You can now download 6000+ Lego instruction manuals from the Internet Archive, from the old sets you remember as a kid to the newer massive Star Wars models and sets for adults. https://kottke.org/23/07/instruction-manuals-for-6000-lego-sets-courtesy-of-the-internet-archive
"Very broadly speaking, the video game industry has supported the idea of game preservation. But when it comes to copyright reform, consistently weβve received pushback from the video game industry and its lobbying groups for even modest changes to copyright law to make it easier for libraries to do their jobs."
Me, on Marketplace today!
https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace-tech/older-video-games-are-in-danger-of-going-extinct/
Y'know. There's a big, loud audience for people who customize keyboards. Tons of different switch types, hundreds of keycap color schemes and key profile shapes.
Why doesn't such a big, loud audience exist for mice? I'm so damn sick of buying a mouse every 2 years and having the buttons quit working or not feel right or whatever. Where are all the people who geek out about what kind of clicky switches they have and how their mouse wheel is an optical spinner from a Major Havoc arcade machine?
Friends, I've just had the most marvelous game idea.
DREAMM 2.1b7 is now up
https://aarongiles.com/dreamm/beta/
It's been a couple of weeks and I've been on vacation (and recovering from COVID), but I'm back and have some fixes for you.
Apparently the Freeware tactical fps from Japan "X Operations" had already celebrated its 20th anniversary this year. I never really see any coverage of this game in Western sources.
It was great. A free Counter Strike-meets-Rainbow Six kind of thing. Basic, but very functional. Both single and multiplayer. Lots and lots of content. Modding tools.
the iconoweb is so charming. there is so much to explore
He/him. Puzzle-Adventure Hybrid with RPG Elements. Supports 3D Acceleration. He Is Essentially What He Believes. Just in case, π, LGBTQ+ π, DOS π, ππ©π.
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