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Quick note: I may be wrong with this, but it looks blatantly AI.

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System 3 CEO Says Antstream Misled Him Over Use Of GenAI In James Pond Legacy

Oh! Maybe it was Antstream: www.timeextension.com/news/2026/09... Considering the horrid mess regarding James Pond, I'm not surprised the title screen for the Alien Breed 35th Anniversary has AI looking art on it.

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"If they’ve used any generative AI at all, it should have been clear in that statement"

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TBH I should have seen this from a mile away. Modern Commodore are a bit slimy with this kind of stuff. Considering the price tag for the games, this is insulting.

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And I just finished Cicadamata. Not something I've been playing obsessively, just a level or two every week or so. Very impressive. The ending was some odd whiplash, but in general I thought it was superb. Top 10 GotY stuff.

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Herald of Havok: Very, very core boomer shooter. Will likely be only for folks who live, breathe and die boomshoot. If you are only mildly into the genre or got sick of it, an absolute nightmare. Moros Protocol: Well made roguelite dungeon crawler in space. Very well made. I don't like it much.

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Super Buff HD: Very silly. Seems fun. Will likely play through a level at a time over the course of the remainder of the year. IllWill: Super basic, but passable. A game I imagine was made by someone who unironically listens to Korn and Linken Park a lot.

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Bears in Space: Not my kind of thing on paper, but it plays really well and keeps things varied. Some of the humour is not bad. Roboquest: I've barely touched it, but seems like a cool Roguelite. Plays well, looks nice. Will unlikely find the time for it if I'm honest.

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Today was not only stream for a few hours day. Because of the rain it was 'play through the stuff you got at Boomstock for pennies' day. I've not got far in any of these but it has been somewhat fun.

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Caesar's Revenge - Late, but not finished.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVnl... I finally did it! I streamed again! More Caesar's revenge. I think I'm up to the last level of Chapter 1. Note; it is bloody hard!

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YouTube video by Dump o cack.

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This just makes me think of my language escapades: Japanese: "Most of this is easy, but the verb system is a mess" English for teaching: "A lot of piddly little connecting words. Odd verb system." Latin: "OVER COMPLICATED VERBS EVERYWHERE!"

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Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45 on Steam

One thing I do find quite amusing with the RO lineage, is that the only single thing that has survived is the Darkest Hour mod. In its time, RO2 came and went, RS1 passed, it had a sequel in RS2 and that time has gone too. 83 didn't even launch into 1.0. store.steampowered.com/app/1280/Dar...

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Darkest Hour: Europe ‘44-’45 is a World War 2 tactical squad shooter based on Tripwire Interactive’s award-winning Red Orchestra: Ostfront. Starting as a humble modification, the game has grown and ev...

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'83 is a 40v40 squad based, objective focused online tactical first person shooter set in a Cold-War-Gone-Hot scenario. It's designed with 'accessible realism' for the most enjoyable, but still hardco...

store.steampowered.com/app/1059220/... Looks like the Red Orchestra series finally died off totally. I really, really loved the first game as it felt deeply unpleasant to play. That may sound counter intuitive, but for a wargame that is just what I wanted. Each sequel lost something on the way.

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'83 on Steam

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RADICAL 90S BULLDOZER FLIP DUDE!

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Cheers. At this point, with how weather has been, it is less a great worry and more "here we go again". Also, it has yet to be confirmed to hit the mainland. I'm just feeling sorry for the folks in Okinawa. This is like the 6th one in the past couple of months.

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Somewhat related. Bloody hell Mexico! That is not a little breeze! El-Nino this year is rather mean.

Mexico getting a rather windy day off its coast.

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Alright fuckface, what you up to? Experience with these things tells me it isn't going to just stop there.

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"Another typhoon is forming and may hit Japan." STOP! FFS STOP!

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Was it perfect? No. In fact, if you are going to try to review it in a professional manner I doubt it would get more than a 6/10. That kind of misses the point. Mayhem's Deathcrush is a bad album. You can tell they did not give a shit though. Raw, ugly, off-putting, loving its foul existance.

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Voltage High Society finished. That was more than just some game, that was some absolute lunatic's life work. It was very rough and quite raw, but it has the same 'ambition outstrips capabilities, yet did it anyhow' feel as E.Y.E. Divine Cybermancy, and that will likely stick with me more.

Voltage High Society Steam Library header.

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I honestly think this is the perfect black metal album. Somehow both sad and gothic, but always raw and frequently brutal. It has the same energy as Darkthrone where it is just the sound of a couple of guys with instruments and a cheap recording system, yet it sounds evil and sad as fuck via riffs.

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OH SHIZZLE! THEY FIXED IT! Better late than never! Grab the trinity (Dusk, Amid Evil, Ion Fury) if you don't already own them.

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While I'm reading the Microsoft news, I will say it is sad, but not surprising at all. At this point I'm just to presume they are going to keep doing this until nothing is left with the execs hoping to just make an AI platform using the IPs. If they can gut someone like Id, nobody is safe.

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This is just very northern Anglosphere I'd say, both business wise and political. Everything is a tactical reaction, nothing is strategic.

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Wabbaboy @wabbaboy.dev · 22/09/2026

Despite today being what could best be described as am annoying headache (I really dislike Shinjuku), I did get one of my favorite Black Metal CDs. Since moving to Japan I've not listened to this, so a good moment. I'm not sure it'll make as much sense in Japan though, as opposed to cold Yorkshire.

Mütiilation's album Vampires of Black Imperial Blood on CD.

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Reposted by SCUMM

FlyKnight Enhanced Edition · Hard Mode, with redesigned levels and bosses · Proper Poison Swamp · Item and Enemy Randomizer · New Weapons · New Enemies · NG+ · A bunch of bug fixes and performance enhancements Free Update, no price increase, this Friday store.steampowered.com/app/3108510/...

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台風25号で土砂崩れ　5人死亡6人不明　住宅街で崩落「排水口」に注意【スーパーJチャンネル】(2026年9月22日)

youtu.be/nxSmLqLXmts Well, that could explain why the Keikyu line was closed today. Made getting to Tokyo very hard, but considering the whole line is more or less running past big hills that seem to have landslides like crazy? Yeah, be safe.

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A reminder today that I really dislike Shinjuku. I know some folks see it as the beating heart of Tokyo, but fucking hell is ot a mess to navigate! I don't think it even looks that nice. It just feels like overcrowded city centre. Masses of indistinct buildings covered in lights. Blegh!

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"Beer-like"? What do you mean by "Beer-like"?

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Derelikt - Small part of the limited playtest.

Screw it, the raw footage from the previous two videos: youtu.be/tVT0r3X1T88 I die in a very stupid way at about 40 minutes, but that should be enough to give you an idea of how it plays.

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And done. Just a lot of rain and not much wind. Not too bad considering how things have been over the past few years. I guess I can go to the conbini now.

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DERELIKT is a narrative retro FPS built for fans of claustrophobic PS1-era sci-fi horror.

Fully finished. That was really interesting. The hub area seems to make me think there is Metroidvania backtracking as there are a lot of destructible doors and some doors with odd patterns on them. Makes it even more interesting! Really can't wait! store.steampowered.com/app/3810510/...

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DERELIKT on Steam

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I can't tell if it is a Steam problem, or if Fulqrum are sitting on their hands. I know a lot of folks like them because of their legacy and they have had very good sponsorship policies, but something about their quality control seems off. Like 3D Realms, but less hubris.

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YouTube video by Fulqrum Publishing

youtu.be/cBZp-newY2Q I sort of like the pace of this better than the Realms Deep videos from way back, mostly because this is varied enough to be interesting but also does not drag on. That said, the fact this has been broken for the whole sale is silly. No fest page, just reroutes you to store.

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Boomstock 2026 Showcase

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雨が降っている。

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The later half is a slow and slightly clumsy, but builds a great atmosphere. Environmental puzzles that require you to think about what is around you and some stiff but quite appropriate combat.

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Ok, a couple of videos methinks. The gameplay is like a more advanced Alien Resurrection. Like Doom 3 mixed with the said title, where you walk about a space base, talking with folks and carrying out basic quests. The following is the opening sections of the first part of the game.

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Cabin fever from being stuck indoors all day. Walk out into the beginnings of a typhoon for a 20 minute walk.

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I've straight up given up on ever being able to get any Valve hardware. The store in Asia is always out of stock, mostly because as soon as stock comes in it gets botted to hell instantly. Unless a shop in Akihabra gets it in, it is not for sale in Japan. They no longer get stuff in.

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I'm actually going to come out swinging for the 6500xt. Sure, it was a poor GPU when it came to value for money at the time, but for indie stuff, the GPU is fine. Now, for a sub $100 card, it'll do your indie stuff fine. It's likely more power efficient than an rx580 at this point too!

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Also, very cheeky! Ignore the AMD and Steam overlay stuff.

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Works perfectly. I didn't notice any frame drops, so I guess it'll run on a potato considering this is sub RX580 / GTX 1060 levels of hardware. I would record it, but RX6500XT and trying to record stuff are not good bedfellows.

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Screw it! I just repasted my 'Steam Dreck' (not a typo) with the RX6500XT. I may as well see how it performs on something lower spec than a monster R7 9800X3D + RX9070XT system.

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