iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Whenever I write about old software, it still strikes me how absurd it is that it’s easier to run software from the 90s and 2000s on a modern computer than it is to run an iOS app from 15 years ago.

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Dave@Not-Convention Recovery @sasuraiger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i for one love it when manga artists painstakingly re-create arcade video games solely for their own satisfaction (aki by oosaki mitsuru, bio manga of aki and rumi nikaido)

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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

radirgy is a game i have fun with core elements of while also frequently groaning at its shit

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huck mason @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

bad news babe a rogue openai agent must have hacked our refrigerator last night and drank 15 beers

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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Wish ACA1 wasn't getting tapered off, bummer! I don't expect to get a PS5, and I plan on waiting a while yet for a Switch 2

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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

my fav in the series (well, 3tb)

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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

cannot overstate how good scythe is

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Kronok @kronok.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A few weeks ago I released an update to Scythe, my Unreal Engine level editor, which has a lot of QoL features and cool new stuff. Here's a list of some of the cool stuff starting with "hotspot locking":

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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

got the Spinal Breakers 1CC :] Game grew on me a surprising amount. The universe is calm and peaceful...

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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

getting close in spinal breakers...

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✧Mirai✦ @starrymirai.moe · 19/09/2026

The artifice! It has been laid bare!!

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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

got the Hyper Duel clear! :] Needed a win after not being able to re-clear Guwange, lol. Had a real nice afternoon with this one, presentation is nuts and it's cool to play an arcade-arcade Technosoft game.

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alexis @steppinlazer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

it would be helpful to mention japanese labor laws re: layoffs as a factor in these types of stories

Quiet Restructuring vs. U.S.-Style Layoffs

In Japan, U.S.-style sudden mass layoffs are rare by law and custom. Instead, firms practice a "quiet change". They curb hiring, redeploy staff internally, and expand early-retirement schemes. For example, Tokyo Shoko Research reports that 46 listed companies in FY2025 offered early retirement to over 20,000 workers. Notably, many announcements emphasized retraining and redeployment over firing. A consultant's study notes that Japanese companies are focusing on "eliminating redundant tasks" to boost productivity, rather than simply cutting headcount.

What, if any, additional considerations apply if large numbers of dismissals (redundancies) are planned? How many employees need to be affected for the additional considerations to apply?
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In cases of layoffs, courts tend to determine the validity of the dismissal by comprehensively considering the specific circumstances related to the following four elements (Tokyo District Court Decision, January 21, 2000; Osaka High Court Judgment, March 24, 2016, etc.).Since restructuring dismissals are dismissals based on the employer’s circumstances, stricter standards are applied in determining their validity than for dismissals attributable to the employee’s fault. These standards apply regardless of the number of employees targeted for dismissal.

(i) Necessity of Personnel Reduction: The implementation of personnel reduction must be based on sufficient necessity arising from corporate management issues such as recession, decline, or poor business performance, or be recognised as an unavoidable measure.

(ii) Efforts to Avoid Dismissal (Necessity of Selecting Layoffs as a Means of Workforce Reduction) : Measures to avoid layoffs must have been implemented, such as reducing expenses (including cutting overtime pay by stopping overtime work), reducing temporary workers, reducing or eliminating executive compensation and employee bonuses, not renewing fixed-term contracts, halting new hires, suspending pay raises, reassigning employees, or offering voluntary retirement programs.

(iii) Rationality of Selection: Objective and reasonable criteria must be established for selecting employees subject to dismissal, and these criteria must be applied fairly.

(iv) Fairness of the termination process: Conducting labour-management negotiations, individual interviews, and other procedures to provide explanations, disclose information, and engage in consultation with workers.

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Jane @jane.meangirls.online · 17/09/2026

this is probably the worst language i've seen a democrat use. saying "transgender ideology" is straight out of the right wing playbook. this is looking more and more like Labour, so I don't want to hear any more shit about how even the transphobic democrats broadly support our rights.

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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

played like 7.5 hours of guwange today and didn't re-secure the clear. couldn't walk away, game too good did make it to the final boss a couple times

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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I've been bracing for the price when they said it "won't cost more than Index" pre-rampocalypse. I'm excited to mess with this thing. They should send me a dev kit so I can make Horizon Vanguard extra nice and certification-worthy for standalone play on it :]

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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

"wow, everyone knew this already" is such a cynical, annoying and unfortunately extremely common response to tech news. assuming your privacy is being violated and proving that it is are two very different things, and the latter is the result of hard work and rigorous reporting

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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

unfortunately i kind of want the Hori modular stick

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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Got the V-V 1-All :] Made it to stage 2-2. Excellent game, checkpoints and all. Didn't expect to clear this one tonight but I was doing some late night practice and decided to try a full run at the end. It wound up being the one. Shame it wasn't on-stream!

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Corinne Green @ket.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

can those of you mad because you think trans whining on microblogs will depress support for dem politicians please imagine for one second how dem politicians spouting transphobia on enormous mainstream platforms depresses support for trans people

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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

got to the final boss for the first time lfg

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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

some lunch v-v/v-five progress, game's got some really fun stretches in it

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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

nintendo has freed you from the indignity of having to play an old and low resolution game, please clap

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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

sounds dire. you can just go play crazy taxi in a million different ways

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 05/09/2026

“I used AI to make a 3D version of Zork” is something a dork would get beat up for in season 11 of The Simpsons. Vintage pocket protector dork shit

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GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 04/09/2026

Akira Nishitani out here openly asking to get a shot at rebalancing ST (with apologies in advance for potentially nerfing it into the ground) 🇯🇵

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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

cleared Thunder Force IV just in time for Calice, sick game www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5Gc...

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Thunder Force IV 1CC

YouTube video by kntain

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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

i got the 1CC in DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou :] stubbornly stuck with autobomb too long but pretty quickly got the clear after adjusting to playing with it off, lol. a tough one! i don't think i like it as much as donpachi or doj but it's probably a close third place for me

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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

sounds like a common arcade game test menu W to me...

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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

new slight progress PB... but with autobomb off, now. it was initially appealing because I'd eat stray shots. I've learned to mitigate those decently but my bomb sense has completely tanked and it's been so frustrating. so we turn it off and learn to bomb again and oh yeah get 12 extra bombs lol

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GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 21/08/2026

a trio of Star Cruiser MD patches, produced in consultation with og programmer/designer Kotori Yoshimura patch #1 is bug fixes; #2 is fixes+movement tweaks based on specs Yoshimura wasn't able to implement at the time; #3 is all that+diagonal strafing, added at the discretion of the patch maker

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GitHub - marinyan/PATCH_STARCRUISER_MD: IPL patch for STARCRUISER for Megadrive · GitHub

IPL patch for STARCRUISER for Megadrive. Contribute to marinyan/PATCH_STARCRUISER_MD development by creating an account on GitHub.

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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

still no 32inch 16:9 gsync pulsar monitor right

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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

sega just let hamster release all your arcade games. just give em the keys god damn

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The Walking Tim @daddymulk.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

It’s pretty great that they’re releasing this Golden Axe show while still never porting/reissuing Revenge of Death Adder on a single regular game console.

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Daiz @daiz.moe · 18/08/2026

To be fair, taking an old game that would actually be quite unique and distinct today and turning it into the most median regurgitative AAA experience possible sounds exactly what you'd expect from a company openly using the median regurgitation machine to "get to the right answers faster"

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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

it keeps happening (we WILL clear the game before La Calice Cup 12)

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Zach Bussey 🍁 @zachbussey.tos.gg · 12/08/2026

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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

4:3 is "tallscreen" and 3:4 is "ultratall"

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