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Al. Lopez @al2009man.bsky.social · 22h

after witnessing the Yunayu sitaution, I feel like everyone learned NOTHING from Amano Pikamee controversy. no wonder this website get shit on constantly by their own competitors... come on, we were supposed to use Genderbend Draco Malfoy as a way to slander JK Rowling!!!!

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Al. Lopez @al2009man.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

still playing Control Resonant, and I got jumpscared by that familiar shirt.

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Al. Lopez @al2009man.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

yooooooooooooooo Devil May Cry HD Collection stealth update. They modified their .exes and swap codec to webm. In turn: overall file size has been reduced by -6.76gbs. I'm guessing this is to prepare for SteamOS/Deck/Frame/Machine Verification?

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Al. Lopez @al2009man.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

currently playing Control Resonant. I swear, I heard of this exact phrase before.

Dylan Faden after stumbling across a Map Kits, a maintenance worker, will owe you a beer for setting up the map.

"Hey, thanks. I'll owe you a beer after this."

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 24/09/2026

When you see art

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Al. Lopez @al2009man.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

just watched the newest Re:Zero [S4E18] episode.

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Al. Lopez @al2009man.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Just got back home from the theater from watching Resident Evil (2026 film). While I was on my way home, I saw a suspicious van parked around the movie theater.

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Al. Lopez @al2009man.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I participated in Ringfall Pre-Alpha's focus test, and I opted to use a "dual-input" method (in my case: Steam Controller 2). gonna say, this might be the most fun multiplayer game I've had in a long time!

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tobyfox @tobyfox.undertale.com · 16/09/2026

A friend found one of my business cards from 13 years ago

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Al. Lopez @al2009man.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

TLOU2 Mult mod is gone, and I'm seeing /r/Games believing it's a paid mod (it's actually a paid early access mod) and is criticizing Speclizer for it. At this point: the entire modding community will need to make an unofficial "guideline" to avoid shit like this from happening.

"Hey everyone, as you all know, the TLOU 2 Multiplayer mod that has been in development since January was supposed to release this month. Unfortunately I recently received a letter on behalf of Sony Interactive Entertainment requesting for the mod not to be released. Extremely sad that this never got to see the light of day but I hope you'll continue to follow me onto the next project, this time something of my own. Thank you all for the incredible amount of support over the last year. I hope to bring you something bigger and better soon!" -Speclizer

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Six Dettmar @sixdettmar.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I’M AT THE URGENT CARE I’M AT THE TACO BELL I’M AT THE COMBINATION URGENT CARE AND TACO BELL

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Ash @santanaelchan.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Sony: we are getting rid of game discs forever fuck you Microsoft: our next console cant even read game discs fuck you Nintendo: Samus is BACK and BOY, is she HUNGRY

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Al. Lopez @al2009man.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Just discovered Clownacy's fork of DR2Fix, a community mod for Dead Rising 2 (and Off the Record). One of the biggest improvements/fixes is extending controller support beyond Xbox 360 controllers! If you wonder why a modern Xbox controller never worked on PC, this is why:

Headline: Controller Compatibility

The game’s controller support is very strict: it only supports a small selection of XInput devices and nothing more, limiting the game to official Xbox 360 and Xbox One controllers only; DirectInput controllers do not work, nor do other XInput devices. This can be worked around by using middleware (such as DS4Windows) to make other controllers pretend to be Xbox 360 controllers, but this is clunky and error prone; as of writing, not even Steam Input works.

I am no stranger to improving controller support in an old game, having done exactly that for the 2004 version of Cave Story when I was still a novice C programmer! That game used DirectInput for reading controllers, but Dead Rising 2 is clearly using XInput, so I would have to take a slightly different approach here.

The plan is generally the same though: I can extend DR2Fix’s DLL to embed a copy of the SDL library, and then hook into the game’s logic to make it call SDL instead of XInput for reading controllers. Examining the EXE’s DLL imports, it is revealed that only two XInput functions are used – ‘XInputGetState‘ and ‘XInputSetState‘; this should be easy!

After writing a simple reimplementation of ‘XInputGetState’ that uses SDL, the game would boot, but… the controller did not work. Oddly, standard XInput controllers still worked; it was just alternative controllers which did not, even though the whole point of using SDL was that all controllers should work. Searching through the EXE, I found a string reading ‘Unsupported gamepad, id=0x%08x‘; clearly, the game was using some kind of controller whitelist.

Indeed, I was able to trace this string to some code which filtered gamepads by their VID/PID:

a code snippet of AddController

According to this site, the meanings of these VID/PID values are…

0x045E/0x028E - Xbox360 Controller
0x045E/0x02A1 - Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver for Windows
0x045E/0x02D1 - Xbox One Controller
0x0738/0x4426 - Unknown Mad Catz Device

As expected, the allowed devices include a bunch of Xbox controllers, but, strangely, a random Mad Catz device is also present.

Bear with me here: I traced these VID/PID values to a struct, which originated as an argument to a callback function. The callback function was passed to a method of an unknown object. I was able to trace this object’s origin (via its ‘this’ pointer) back to a ‘DirectInput8Create‘ call, revealing that the object is an ‘IDirectInput8‘ class. Specifying the object’s class got the decompiler to deobfuscate the class’s VTable, allowing me to learn the name of that mysterious method which was producing the controller VID/PID values – it was EnumDevices.

What this had just revealed was that, though the game polls controller input using XInput, it confusingly detects controllers via DirectInput.

This had me worried at first: the EnumDevices callback was extremely complex, so I could not find whatever variable signalled that a connected controller was detected, but, without this variable set, the game would never read the controller! Then I realised, I did not need to bypass the EnumDevices callback; I just needed to bypass its caller: by replacing the call to EnumDevices with my own function, I could call the callback function with my own “fake” device information. Theoretically, the game would be fooled, believing these nonexistent DirectInput devices to really exist, and unlocking controller support!

This had me worried at first: the EnumDevices callback was extremely complex, so I could not find whatever variable signalled that a connected controller was detected, but, without this variable set, the game would never read the controller! Then I realised, I did not need to bypass the EnumDevices callback; I just needed to bypass its caller: by replacing the call to EnumDevices with my own function, I could call the callback function with my own “fake” device information. Theoretically, the game would be fooled, believing these nonexistent DirectInput devices to really exist, and unlocking controller support!

To my amazement, this actually worked; I was able to fully control the game using my DualShock 4 without DS4Windows! Presumably, many more controllers are now compatible with the game too, such as the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller.

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Al. Lopez @al2009man.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Saros opted to refer to it simply as "Gyro Aiming", as opposed to "Motion Sensor Fucntion Aiming" due to certification requirements Does that mean it'll be discontinued in favor of a more marketable term ("Gyro Aiming") going forward, or will it be business as usual?

NEW ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES
Slow Game Speed, HI-Constrast Mode, Gyro Aiming and more...

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Al. Lopez @al2009man.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

i can confirm, it is real good!

The Ghost in The Shell, Episode 9

Subtitle text: "Isn't this already covered by Article 67 or the Police Duties Execution Act?"

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Al. Lopez @al2009man.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

COD has a new Gyroscopic feature that was added to MW4, called "Motion Sensor Function: "Weapon Control". I conducted a quick video on how it works in action, and you can try it out right now on PC [via DualShock 4/DualSense, USB only], PS5 and Nintendo Switch 2!

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Al. Lopez @al2009man.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I'm trying out the new Controller feature introduced in COD MW4, part of "Motion Sensor Function" suite. it's called "Weapon Control". It's sort of like a hybrid of Wiimote Aiming and Tweakzone / Gyro Offset of Fortnite. I'm getting the hang of it. :)

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Al. Lopez @al2009man.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

While #COD already had Gyro Aiming support for years, #ModernWarfare4 introduced a new feature to "Motion Sensor Function" (aka Gyro Aim) suite of options. dubbed; "Weapon Control", which functions more akin to a Freeaim/Lightgun Cursor! (you can also tilt your weapon around.)

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Al. Lopez @al2009man.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Ignoring my recording issues, Gears of War: E-Day has native Gyro Aiming support for DualSense controllers, but said implementation bakes in deadzones, while using Joystick camera source as opposed to Mouse source.

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Al. Lopez @al2009man.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I haven't seen this level of divide since the Nier Reincarnation private server controversy.

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Al. Lopez @al2009man.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

You know what's funny about these two posts? People love Theater Kids when it comes to voice acting (think that 4chan screenshot of Doorman from Deadlock), but the moment Theater Kids is part of the writing/art/production side, they'll kill you. Sometimes, the Internet doesn't know what they want.

St1ka, quote tweeting video clip of Xenoblade Chronicles's overall English voice acting: "The gaming industry needs to hire more classically trained, theater actors as VAs"

AmberClad (america first i guess?), quote tweeting a specific scene of Halo: Campaign Evolved of a Sgt. Johnson speech that has a 10 second pause after every other word: "This is what happens when you let theater kids develop video games instead of legitimate computer nerds.
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Al. Lopez @al2009man.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

"time to play that new #nikke event story that came out, let's see how the evil ceo's origin story ends up–" Syuen for some reason:

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Al. Lopez @al2009man.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I'll guarantee you that they'd still gonna keep using basic XInput instead of either SDL Gamepad API or GameInput API.

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Al. Lopez @al2009man.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Just watched the newest episode of The Ghost in the Shell

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Al. Lopez @al2009man.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Looks like @hytale.bsky.social Update 6's Part 7 will be adding Gyro Controls support!

Pre-Releaes (Update 6 Part 7): Headline Features

"Take aim with Gyro Controls!

Hytale now has gyroscope support for controllers! Those with a gyroscope-capable controller, such as a DualSense or Switch Pro, can now enable motion controls in the Controller settings to aim the camera by tilting the controller."

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Al. Lopez @al2009man.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I am never going to escape from Skullgirls.

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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The state of dew releases

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casillus @casillus.art · 13/07/2026

we're never getting chapter 6 bro

steam screenshot: "Toby Fox is playing Warframe"

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PlayWarframe @warframe.com · 11/07/2026

Sadly, @benstarr.bsky.social couldn't make it to our The Narrative of #Warframe panel, but Creative Director Rebecca Ford was able to make an appearance instead!

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Al. Lopez @al2009man.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

in @doom.com: The Dark Ages Revelations DLC: when using the Spear's Meathook, trying to airborne upwards when using both Controller and Keyboard/Mouse Input simultaneously: the hook can't go upwards more reliably.

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Accursed Dirt Beast 🔞 @aftermoles.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

If anyone is getting smacked with this - just use deer.social or another alternate client. Bsky is just an AT Protocol Client, and your Bsky account is an AT Protocol account - you can use your same Bsky account thru another AT Protocol Client, no migration or loss necessary. Could not be easier.

deer.social

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Al. Lopez @al2009man.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

After jokingly asking John Fortnite, Gyro Aiming folks gets to experience Tweak Zone too ...more accurately: "Gyro Offset".

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That Tom Hall @thattomhall.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

RIP Bobby Prince. His music legacy will live on, making inspired music for Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3D, DOOM, countless others. A true legend. And such a nice man, great musician, wonderful, fun-loving man, nothing but happy memories of him. A loss to the world.

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Al. Lopez @al2009man.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Decided to check out 1047 Games' Empulse. it has a Mixed Input bug.

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smorl girl @blivveries.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

As you can see, Xbox held their presentation on 6/7, while Nintendo is holding theirs on 6/9. This is due to their core company missives; Nintendo holds fast to traditional (and successful!) gamer values, whereas Xbox is a brand that constantly tries to remain relevant by latching onto trends

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Al. Lopez @al2009man.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

of course tupac joined the daidoji faction.

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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 04/06/2026

007, your first mission is to agree to this end-user license agreement. Should you successfully accept its terms, you’ll then move to Phase 2: accepting our privacy policy. We have full faith in you, 007. And remember: speak to Q to create an account and receive our latest news and special offers

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VelvetPuppy_ 🦇🦴✨ @velvetdoggy.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

HOLY FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Tirk @frogkaro.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

My Wife Took The Fucking Air Combos In The Divorce

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