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  • Texas abortion law aftermath

    Texas abortion law aftermath

    Article image is actually a photo of a women’s march in Washington DC…but y’know same energy

    There was an article I read about the Tripware ex-CEO’s tweet (that got him fired), I know I read it because one of the comments had instructions on “ignoring” a game dev or publisher on Steam (which I did, until Tripwire removed him), of course now I can’t find it. I can find all the URLs I visited on the Steam store where I ignored them. Of course. 😩

  • Sequel to Spellscan? Spellingcheck/Spellhelper

    Sequel to Spellscan? Spellingcheck/Spellhelper

    Hey guys, remember when Spellscan tried to school me?

    1. No “Maria”, I did not. 👿 That’s how you spell “cron“, fffffs.
    2. I would take your two sites a lot more seriously if your email didn’t look like a carbon copy of Spellscan’s.
    3. Like, it makes you wonder. 🤔 Did Spellscan realize its jig was up and re-emerge under new names?
    4. No one’s talking about it right now, so it must be really new.
    5. First comment on this poor site—does “Maria Campbell” (if that’s even your real name 👿) have nothing better to do?

    Sidenote: randomly found that “Spellscan” has an unofficial Twitter account. 🤩

  • GPORG Stands With Hong Kong

    GPORG Stands With Hong Kong

    Instead of copying and pasting everything from reddit, I’ll just link to the actual thread, a list of resources:

    HISTORY MEMES STANDS WITH HONG KONG

    I discovered this about a year too late, and most of the US activism bits already passed. It looks like these are still relevant:

    My Thoughts

    • Really disappointed to see Apple on the list. (This and the CSAM controversy had me disable iCloud Photos and transferring photos to my laptop via cable.)
    • Already knew about Blizzard & Activision-Blizzard being on the list. I haven’t bought anything from them since Diablo 3, partly because of Hong Kong and also because of the sexual harassment allegations.
  • Dragon Quest XI Demo

    Dragon Quest XI Demo

    FYI, just downloaded the demo for DQXI for the Switch and just arrived in Heliodor. I’ve only started exploring the entire town, so haven’t done anything else yet. Here’s my thought so far:

    • For those not aware, this is actually the 3rd Dragon Quest game I started, with the first being Builders 2 and the second being Builders 1. But you see, both Builders games specifically tell you when you’re going to name your character. XI didn’t do that. It just said to pick a name for your save file. I thought the Luminary would just be nameless or be called “Luminary” or “hero”. So…whatever you name your save file/”adventure log” will end up becoming your character’s name. I picked “giant” (short for giantpaper, which was too long to for me to type out on the Switch keyboard), and ended up restarting said save file when people kept calling him “giant”. 🤦‍♀️ So, he’s Lucian now.
    • I think Builders 2 cursed me. 😬 Came across what would be considered an animal pen in Builders, minus the door. And at first wondered how this could be considered an animal pen if there’s no gate. It kinda bugged me, like the game designers just made an unfinished animal pen.
    • After leaving Cobblestone, I came across some ruins. Had the strongest urge to take out my castle blocks so I could rebuild them.
    • I did not expect to find that many sound effects from Builders 2 in XI (ex. the victory sound effect after finishing a battle). I knew they were being used in Builders 1, but assumed they were Builders series only. So…yeah…it was kind of nostalgic for me. 😅 I guess reusing character sprites isn’t the only thing the Dragon Quest franchise likes to do. 🤔

    Gonna report back when I make more progress.