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H.K // デビル零 #PlayMoreVF @devilrei.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

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Some of the comments about affected communities I saw in the wake of Sony’s announcement to kill discs made me want to investigate further. So I did, and what I learned was complicated, interesting, and often not what I expected. Super happy with this one, please have a read!

gamespot.com

Who Gets Left Behind In Sony's All-Digital Future?

We spoke to rural players, librarians, global gamers, and tournament organizers, and the consensus isn't what you'd expect.

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bVork @bvork.farm · 23/06/2026

The current market for computer hardware has made me much more diligent about cleaning and maintaining my computer. My computer outperforms the Steam Machine and cost less to build in 2020 than the Steam Machine does today. I don't really want to think about a hardware failure.

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Qardnall @qardnall.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Ever wanted to see the script that the voice actors used in a Contra game? Now you can! The development used game script for Neo Contra on the PS2 has annotations, cast and character information, and storyboards. Check it out! archive.org/details/neo-...

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bVork @bvork.farm · 10/03/2026

My Switch 2 arrived today, and there was clearly only one correct game to play first on Mar 10.

Photo of vertical Switch 2 playing Donkey Kong in vertical orientation.

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bVork @bvork.farm · 08/03/2026

...thanks, Kirkland chicken broth box?

Conversion Chart
1 cup water = 1 cup broth

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bVork @bvork.farm · 06/03/2026

Interesting how IGN has updated their Forza Horizon 6 gameplay video description. I think whoever is doing marketing for Forza Horizon 6 is having a very bad day.

Youtube video description: "We're dumping the clutch on our March IGN First "cover story" effective immediately with Forza Horizon 6! As such, feel free to slide into the passenger seat and enjoy nine minutes of exclusive gameplay from the next instalment of Forza Horizon: the reigning heavyweight champ of open-world racing series. Forza Horizon 6 is coming to Xbox Series XIS and PC via the Microsoft Store and Steam on May 19, 2026, though it will be available with Early Access for Premium Edition players starting four days earlier (on May 15). It’s also coming to PlayStation 5 later this year."

This second image has the added sentence: "Provided by the developer, this scenic drive through a slice of Forza Horizon 6's Japanese open-world has traffic density turned down and NPCs disabled in order to really showcase the gorgeous new environments."

bVork @bvork.farm · 05/03/2026

#My9Games from my9games.com. I went for the ones that truly shaped me, rather than just favourites. For instance, I think Civilization IV is better than Civilization II, but II's Civilopedia is probably responsible for my choice to get a history degree. No particular order.

Grid of games: Doom, Rune Factory 4, Out Run, Ikaruga, System Shock, Wing Commander, Civilization II, Ultima IV, The House in Fata Morgana

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bVork @bvork.farm · 26/02/2026

I'm not sure I actually like Firefox, but I think I dislike it the least of any modern web browser.

Firefox's Block AI enhancements toggle turned on.

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bVork @bvork.farm · 25/10/2025

My 5.25" internal BD drive for my computer has a problem where it won't reliably open when it's empty, but has no issues when there's a disc inside. I have therefore found the ideal disc to use as a permanent resident: one that's professionally manufactured, commonplace and valueless, and useless.

Photo of Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector disc in disc tray. (Humans disregard: photograph of a blue globe.)

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bVork @bvork.farm · 22/10/2025

I'm having a great time with Ninja Gaiden 4. It occupies an interesting triple middle ground between Itagaki NG design (enemies are extremely aggressive), Sigma (reduced enemy counts, more enemy HP), and Platinum (perfect dodges and parries). Izuna Drop into Ultimate Technique feels so good.

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bVork @bvork.farm · 09/10/2025

And that's Hollow Knight completed. Incredible game. Sure didn't feel like 30+ hours!

Screenshot showing 110% completion of Hollow Knight in 31h 41m 14s.

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bVork @bvork.farm · 08/10/2025

Just used ExplorerPatcher to remove the rounded corners in Windows 11 (and, for consistency, figured out the css tweak to do the same on my Ubuntu laptop). Windowed rectangular image + rounded corners = cropped image. "But it's only a few pixels!" I don't care, stop it. Objectively wrong design.

bVork @bvork.farm · 01/10/2025

If I didn't have Fortnite Crew, I'd be cancelling now. Even with that, I'm making a list of games to finish and then re-evaluate continuing my subscription.

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bVork @bvork.farm · 01/10/2025

And bit the bullet and updated my primary desktop to Windows 11 due to the #Endof10. That was surprisingly pain free. Only two showstopping errors that required me to search for forum posts to get solutions and continue onwards. Sadly, I count that as pretty good by modern computing standards.

Windows neofetch screenshot from desktop computer.

bVork @bvork.farm · 01/10/2025

With the #Endof10 approaching, I put Ubuntu on my aging Acer Switch 2-in-1. Tried OpenSUSE, Fedora, and Zorin, but only Ubuntu played nice with the touchscreen and automatically called up an on-screen keyboard when in tablet mode, so that's what I'm going with.

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bVork @bvork.farm · 13/08/2025

"Nominee who does not believe in implicit right to privacy gets personal demonstration in the implications of his belief." Conservatives only understand things when they get directly affected and still somehow missed the object lesson (apart from the band-aid legislation around rental records).

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bVork @bvork.farm · 07/08/2025

Tried out #Ludocene. Took me 30 cards before it gave me anything that even approached being an action game, and it was Hades, and then it was just endless roguelites after that. I don't think anyone there enjoys action games. Maybe it's great if you really like indie narrative games and cozy games?

bVork @bvork.farm · 06/08/2025

I got my first RetroAchievements mastery!

Screenshot from the RetroAchievements website, showing a mastery (all achievements unlocked) for James Pond II on Genesis.

bVork @bvork.farm · 17/07/2025

Does Microsoft understand consent? • No • Ask later

The only two options presented by a Microsoft Edge pop-up: Buttons reading "Confirm" and "Set later"

bVork @bvork.farm · 15/07/2025

Never have I been less mad to die in Fortnite.

Cropped screenshot of Fortnite, showing the text "Eliminated by TRANSRIGHTSUSA" - the player that eliminated me.

bVork @bvork.farm · 06/07/2025

At last, the trilogy is complete. The third Valis collection is the cool one for sickos because it has the really dank versions like PC88 Valis 1 and MSX2 Valis 2.

A photograph of the three English-language Valis: The Phantasm Soldier Collection releases for Nintendo Switch

bVork @bvork.farm · 06/07/2025

Saw Sinners in IMAX last night. What a film! Embraces horror and music with equal fervour. Smart, stylish, and not ashamed of its genre inspirations. That one musical sequence (if you've seen it, you know which one) is going to live forever.

bVork @bvork.farm · 24/06/2025

Tested out my new Anbernic Arc-S with the funniest possible first game.

A cellphone photograph of an Anbernic Arc-S handheld system, running James Pond II: Codename: Robocod for the Sega Genesis.

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bVork @bvork.farm · 21/06/2025

Age eventually catches up. I came off of a search & rescue shift that was more eventful than I would've liked, and now everything hurts. This is actually the first time I've gone "I can't do this anymore" and it's actually scary to think about my own mortality.

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bVork @bvork.farm · 10/06/2025

The Truxton Extreme demo is actually pretty good! I'm very pleasantly surprised.

bVork @bvork.farm · 10/06/2025

I have become a terrible landlord in Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma. Villager is a big eater? Evicted! Slacker? Evicted! Timid but I need loggers or miners? Evicted! I feel bad but ya gotta make that bar chart go up.

bVork @bvork.farm · 05/06/2025

This probably won't last long, but I'm currently #1!

Screenshot of the leaderboards for Arcade Archives 2 Ridge Racer for Xbox, showing bVork at #1 for the Hi Score Mode Novice.

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bVork @bvork.farm · 04/06/2025

Never thought I'd see the day when both of these games have basically flawless arcade ports on a single console.

A cropped phone snapshot of game tiles for Arcade Archives 2 Ridge Racer and Daytona USA, side-by-side, on the Xbox Series X dashboard.

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bVork @bvork.farm · 18/04/2025

Clarice finally found the ideal of man.

bVork @bvork.farm · 12/04/2025

Last night I dreamed that I was in an electronics store, looking at a new line of all-in-one media players that could handle VHS, Bluray, and Laserdisc. Then I woke up and was sad.

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bVork @bvork.farm · 27/02/2025

Got back from Mexico last night. I think this is my favourite picture that I took during the trip.

A photograph of a Mayan ruin above a cenote.

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Jason Dyer @jdyer.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

For today's game I embark on Kim-Venture, a highly unusual adventure game on the KIM-1, a system with a "calculator display" that could only display six characters at a time and had a ludicrously small memory capacity. bluerenga.blog/2025/02/10/k...

bluerenga.blog

Kim-Venture (1979)

Most histories of personal computing focus on devices resembling a modern computer, with a keyboard and screen — perhaps provided separate from the main product — and the main hardware …

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bVork @bvork.farm · 09/02/2025

Anything can be painted a failure if the execs determining the success criteria set up impossible conditions and hand-pick the metrics for evaluation. Andrew Wilson's measure for success is Ultimate Team revenue (which itself is on the decline...), so anything that can't pull equivalent is a failure

bVork @bvork.farm · 07/02/2025

Killed my Filco Majestouch 3 keyboard by spilling tea on it :( It was so bad that it actually shut off my computer (don't use PS/2 in 2025, kids) Replaced it with a $40 CAD MSI GK310 keyboard. Does it feel quite as good? No. But it's about 95% as good at 20% of the price, so I'm pretty happy.

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bVork @bvork.farm · 04/02/2025

I have successfully upgraded my Atari VCS with 32gb of RAM and a 1tb SSD.

bVork @bvork.farm · 29/01/2025

Rats. My primary keyboard died (Filco Majestouch 3) so now I'm using my Model M. Which is great, but not ideal for gaming.

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bVork @bvork.farm · 25/01/2025

Okay and Ninja Gaiden II Black but come on, of course I had to check that out.

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bVork @bvork.farm · 25/01/2025

I have been playing almost nothing but Fortnite and Zenless Zone Zero the past week. I have become the Normal Gamer.