Dr. Guillermo Power @gpowerf@qoto.org

A bit of surgery on the old #zxspectrum this afternoon. Fixing a video issue.

All fixed up and Bomb Jack is an excellent way to test. #zxspectrum

LockerGnome now has a #Minecraft server to join!!! Those in-game activities, alongside others, are being streamed into https://youtube.com/lockergnome/live for everybody to enjoy, too. #gamers #videogames

This C&H strip lives rent free in my head.

Karateka on a real IBM PC 5150 with load times left in, and accurate sound.
#DOSGaming
https://youtu.be/zXtxN3hRdVg

decades-long manhunt finally ends

We are family
I got all my sisters with me
We are family
Get up everybody and sing
#AtariST

#ChatGPT prompt "Write a BBC Micro Bot program that draws a picture".

Note to self - train a model with BBC Micro Bot dataset someday #AI #developer

Not surprising, but seems the case against Nintendo failed to read the EULA or correctly interpret US law.

Joycons very clearly have a design / manufacturing flaw, but going after N with half-cocked easily dismissed cases doesn’t help!

https://www.eurogamer.net/american-judge-dismisses-switch-joy-con-drift-lawsuit

#nintendo #gaming

She is here for the cake.

#CatsOfMastodon #cats #floof #MastoCats #gaming #VideoGames #Portal

PC Mag - March 1997
https://books.google.com/books?id=wVDB2C8IJRYC&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false

Next Generation - December 1996
https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_24/page/n39/mode/2up

Spotted — large spy balloon the size of a small spy balloon.

Donkey Kong cheating case rocked by photos of illicit joystick modification 🦍🕹️
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/02/did-billy-mitchell-use-this-illicit-joystick-to-set-a-donkey-kong-high-score/

Mastodon has a bot-friendly API that's free and cannot be taken away for you or ever changed for. There's even a dedicated instance called botsin.space #JustSaying

Hayao Miyazaki’s movies in particular tend to have fantastical modes of transportation.

A spirit-train also plays a significant part in Miyazaki’s Spirited Away when the protagonist, Chihiro, has to go on a spiritual quest to make amends with her boss’ twin sister.

These are some Studio Ghibli's with public transport in frame.

🚉

#ghibli #studioghibli #スタジオジブリ #anime #spiritedaway #train #publictransport #hayaomiyazaki #wallpaper #desktopwallpaper

When an App is to be downloaded from the AppStore because unused for a while, will iOS download the last version or the version I previously had?

Seen earlier in east London.

#graffiti #ComfortingWords #London