Weasel @wildweasel@computerfairi.es

Into The Shadows was an impressive looking 3D fantasy fighting game developed for Scavenger back in 1996 for #PC, #PlayStation and #Sega #Saturn. Only a rolling demo currently exists, but something playable is hoped to be found. Can it be saved?

https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2024/04/into-the-shadows/

New blog post: I dug out my old copy of a favourite Japanese Mac game from 2004, and ended up discovering that it's had an official English translation hidden inside its files this entire time - that can be unlocked by just changing a single byte in the save file.

https://www.mistys-internet.website/blog/blog/2024/04/07/unlocking-puyo-puyo-fever-for-macs-english-mode/

FTC denies rating board's suggestion for age verification system

The Federal Trade Commission has denied a petition to allow companies to use facial age estimation (FAE) technology to obtain parental consent when collecting data from children under 13, a requirement for the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).

#FTC #ESRB #COPPA #games #gaming #facialrecognition #biometrics #surveillance #privacy #technology #tech

https://www.techspot.com/news/102493-ftc-denies-esrb-petition-suggesting-facial-age-estimation.html

Unusual release of a piece of #DOSGaming history:
"Paco El Hare vs Los Marcianos Siderales," a never before seen 1994 DOS point & click adventure demo produced by Alcachofa (of Drascula fame) as a pitch to find a publisher, has been released on Steam (FREE):
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1643000/Paco_El_Hare_vs_Los_Marcianos_Siderales/

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coma28 - skogens djur 011 #pico8 produced with it2p8.py

print ad screenshot (1984) https://archive.org/details/eu_The_Micro_User_1984-11_OCR/page/n65/mode/2up?view=theater

Stephen's Circus 2 - Stephane Sinotte

"happy.p8" own composition #pico8 produced with it2p8.py for a studio making a commercial pico8 game who refused to honor a contract and pay me for the work and then later blocked me on all socials

Win_a_fruity.wsz

https://skins.webamp.org/skin/453895682a74579e20ccdfe6f8f8abbe

Here's one of my little contributions to the fab #amiga #chiptune music disk ChipChop 17 / Desire released at
@revision_party
last wknd :) this one's called Friday Feeling <3
#demoscene

I wish more people who are worried about FOSS supply side attacks would realize that universal basic income and free healthcare would result in an almost infinite stream of excellent software from people who care more about quality than profit.

i guess i'm the only person who knows how to do this now https://github.com/Lana-chan/touch2mouse