Time magazine thinks this is a pikachu (it's a Jolteon)

I don't remember when we switched to PNG files from GIF (or BMP) but maybe that's the good thing. Someone was like "HEY! PNG has transparency AND all the colors!" and that was it and people just gradually adopted it. PNGs downloaded as PNGs, GIFs as GIFs and BMPs as BMPs. Nothing tried to convert anything into anything. No cramming PNGs down people's throats.

I guess if something is made anywhere in Louisiana it's "Cajun certified"? I though it had to be from the French Quarter/New Orleans or there abouts.
(This sauce is made in St. Martinsville)

Sad that artists STILL use Spotify as their primary music thing.
Means I can never hear there music, as well as Spotify already slurping up their music to shit out AI tracks of it.

It doesn't sit well with me that we can't "name and shame" or really "name and reveal" anymore without retaliation.

I've been harassed.
Recently I saw another streamer get harassed. And he was only just venting frustration about scheduling with a certain individual.

I fucking hate it.

Seeing the Internet Archive support AI by pointing to a podcast that is "AI Good actually" feels like a betrayal. Like seriously WTF.

I don't feel good about how IA is preserving things anymore. Is it really to have an archive, or is it to be beholden to AI bullshit. (AKA the rich)

All these devs with their chat apps smelling blood at the corpse of Discord and creating their own "Nitro" shit for their programs.

Yeah you can self-host, but not everyone can do that and they are going to exploit the fuck out of everyone that can't. (also one in particular's self-host link leads to a 404 page so it's kind of a 'get fucked' on top of that)

Still don't know where I'm gonna move too. Lots of the options are vulture capitalist honeypots. Zulip wants money even if you self host over a certain amount of people. Stoat is GenAI friendly. Matrix says they gotta do the same thing Discord is doing. Fluxer has the same Nitro style bullshit Discord has if you can't self host.

Might as well go back to IRC. Not like I don't have Hexchat open anyways.

@trysdyn What was that software you moved some of your friends too?

@trysdyn Finally figured out who your new av pic reminds me of.
Peridot from Puchi Carat.
Examples:

I guess Ubisoft became scummy and now you ahve to pay $20 to play formerly free levels on their car game?

Like it's Ubisoft... why are you giving them money anyways?

@trysdyn You wouldn't know off the top of your head or know of a resource for (bad) games based on anime would you?
I'm thinking I saw some in BBG or WILL see some in BBG.
Friend wants to suffer because I guess 9 in Japanese "ku" means "pain".
Bad is kind of optional. If there aren't a lot then it's just regular games based on anime.

Trying to see if any new mystery dungeon games came out and it's impossible because every "rougelike" gets the tag even when they aren't as well as every damn RPG.

Contemplating how hard it is to do a speedrunning/showcase event.

Was thinking of pretentiously calling it "You Can't Shut This Down" and the rules are "no Nintendo." No games played on any Nintendo hardware, nor Nintendo properties like Mario Bros./Donkey Kong. (Like I think there was a Mario DOS game as well as the old arcade Mario Bros... yeah don't want that)

Basically a time to showcase games that were on other hardware but known for being played on SNES/NES as well as showcasing other hardware itself.
Maybe not super focused on Speedrunning but a "You have 30 min to show off your cool game". Get people in that can't speedrun, but have a cool little known game on an obscure system. Allow for people to have a save state at a place in the game that is the "most coolest!"
I also want to keep it retro? Else it'd just be a lot of modern PC games.
(Kinda want to say to keep the games "tameish". Showcase games that are more about the gameplay and less about the gore or jiggle physics on the female characters. That's just a me thing though. Maybe have a block for the more risque games.)

Attach it to a cool charity for donations.

Basically the spirit of the thing is kind of "We don't need Nintendo" as well as "Fuck Nintendo" thus the "You can't shut this down" Cuz that's what Nintendy has been doing with it's sweet sweet Switch 2, Mario Kart World, New DK game money. Shut down gaming events etc.

OK, so I've only been told the Pied Piper was bad and evil. NOW if he was betrayed... fuck those kids.

That time you are trying to find a tutorial to install ANYTHING on Linux and it's "OK so install Docker" and it's like.. no. Docker just adds another layer of garbage you have to tech support.

When I was ranting about the Anubis anti-ai bot mascot. This is the kinda mascot I'd want. Gender unspecified Anubis non-human character. I even added a tail.

The art is bad, the lines are too thick and I was experimenting with the outlines.

However The hoodie and shirt color I took off of this Anubis statue as well as the apron/skirt instead of having skirt/shorts.

One thing I hate is "manga/anime + inspired" Western tarot decks. (I do own a few of them. Selena Lin's one is my fave) As if anime/manga decks don't exist already. And the art doesn't.. really... look anime/manga. Always has something about the style that looks off.

Cuz like actual tarot decks from Asia exist and they have anime on them. (You can get a Genshin one and of course a few Sanrio decks. Not sure if they count _as_ anime/manga, but Sanrio characters have been in anime/manga.)

Wow. Browser decided to delete all the cookies

Give me a customizable robot game with pretty men and not with their faces covered or "robot face"