A change of pace this week. A blog article looking at the ways publishers killed off various beloved (and sometimes not so beloved) computer magazines. whereweretheynow.blogspot.com/2026/10/how-... #RetroGaming #RetroComputing
How Magazines Died
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Chinnyvision's hit the nail on the head here. Review the AI port fairly and...well, it's still garbage. The sprites are literally cut in half + all over the shop for scaling/collision, it's completely inferior to other efforts and of course, it shouldn't exist. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF6j...
ChinnyVision - Ep 581 - Outrun 2026: New Amstrad CPC Outrun Created Using AI
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In honor of scary media month: what is the first piece of media you remember truly frightening you as a child?
Sleepy Hollow Reviews 🎃🐎@sleepingvillage.bsky.social · last wk.In honor of scary media month: what is the first piece of media you remember truly frightening you as a child?
I should probably keep posting this in case anyone's missed it, as it is at least one thing actively reducing stress levels atm. Obvs no obligation, people have been incredibly generous already but I would be letting Flo down if I didn't keep reposting it on her behalf www.gofundme.com/f/flo-and-rob
Donate to Help Flo and Rob with Flo's Stroke Recovery, organized by Emma Leadley
Flo is an artist, sci-fi and fantasy writer and regular attendee at conventio… Emma Leadley needs your support for Help Flo and Rob with Flo's Stroke Recovery
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Had to explain to a chronic fuckwit earlier today that a PhD isn’t the ‘basic’ degree that anyone gets for going to university. Really pushed my patience, that did.
Head Over Heels! I didn’t even play it to start with, but watched my parents play it, both taking turns, and my mum mapping it on graph paper. I later got the hang of playing it. Pretty epic arcade-adventure with early elements of what we’d now call a Metroidvania. Wonderful pixel art too.
Retro Blast 👻@retroblastpod.com · 3w agoWhat's your "origin" video game? Most gamers have a lot of favorite games, sure, but there's always one that basically 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 you. I'm talking about the game that flipped that little switch in your brain and made into a life-long gamer. So, which game is 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨?
My proposal: • hard reboot, only keeping core concepts and (for merch reasons) the TARDIS. • rarely travel outside Earth; use certain British historical sites and outdoor museums for location shoots. • no Daleks; they’re boring. • total ban on “end of the universe” stories. • new, modern theme tune.
New opportunity: Doctor Who invitation to tender
Deadline for initial submissions: 2 October
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This classic arcade cabinet made everyone want a Ferrari and a road with no speed limits – remembering Outrun at 40 www.stuff.tv/features/thi... Also: sequels! ALSO: opinions!
This classic arcade cabinet made everyone want a Ferrari and a road with no speed limits – remembering Outrun at 40 | Stuff
Sega’s classic arcade game has turned 40, which is all the excuse you need to take the game and its sequels out for a spin. Although some are probably best left in the garage
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National and Internal Borders 2029 might look something like this
Old Nrrd@djnrrd.com · 4w agoNational and Internal Borders 2029 might look something like this
Don't forget that if you don't like something you probably shouldn't repost it.
Byproduct of cash-strapped broadcasters cutting back on fresh programme commissions plus most of what remains of the active 'indie' sector producing the likes of Bake Off/Big Brother such as All3Media are basically major US corps (Warner Bros. etc.) in disguise www.theguardian.com/media/2026/s...
Tiny cash buffers leave small UK TV firms at risk of going bust, analysis finds
Median £42,000 in reserve not enough to cover filming overrun or delay to series, industry body warns
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A government worth paying taxes for would be locking all these wankers up under terrorism charges.
Disruption at Port of Dover as masked men hold protest
Protesters, all dressed in black and with their faces covered, are heard chanting "stop the boats".
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Tip for Reform: if you don’t want people conducting sting operations to potentially entrap you into committing crimes, don’t agree to commit crimes, as then they wouldn’t successfully show you are potentially willing to commit crimes.
Following @ricardoautobahn.co.uk 's post about the UKIP Calypso guys made up chart, I offer you some of the secrets of Independant Local Radio in the UK before Greatest Hits fucked it over:
BLOG UPDATE: According to Discogs, there have been 6,997 albums released in the UK with "Greatest Hits" in the title. But which of those use the term most tenuously? I've been through the lot of uncover the 20 Least Great Greatest Hits in UK Chart History. brokentv.uk/2026/08/26/t...
The 20 Least Accurate Greatest Hits Albums Ever
A few days ago, there was a thread doing the rounds on BlueSky asking for nominations on the greatest Greatest Hits album of all time. As could reasonably be expected, that basically just became a …
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I feel really downbeat about this Manic Miner remake. Games should be developed with a passion, not using "AI". And it'll probably end up being another title where downloading a legitimate copy of the original online to play will be discouraged, and fair use will be restricted by IP.
At one point, it would have been owning one of those computers with a floppy disk drive, mouse and (where applicable) dedicated monitor. Plus a colour printer, for mega-posh points.
BUCKERS@deathofbuckley.bsky.social · 2mo agoThings I thought were dead posh when I was a kid: 1. Having a loft 2. Capri-Suns 3. Chocolate Christmas Tree decorations 4. Bottles of spirits 5. Having a stepdad
Hate to go all “dead serious corner” this early, but I despair that we’ve seemingly imported the American discourse whereby a medically recognised condition cannot possibly exist because companies produce medication for that condition, and doctors earn money by specialising in that condition.
Another email in my inbox from someone I know obviously written by AI. It’s that vague, inhuman prose style, and the message being at least twice as long as it needs to be. Didn’t used to write like that. It’s like Invasion of the bloody Body Snatchers, you just don’t know who’s next to be ‘turned’.
Want to make art as easily as if you were prompting AI? It's SIMPLE! Type what you would have typed to AI, send it to an artist, pay them (like you used to do for tokens!) and hey presto, you get your art!
Suggested alert noise for when the bomb is about to drop.
Anonymous X@anonymousx.bsky.social · 2mo agoCan I suggest that The Government have different alert sounds for the severity of the situation? Full klaxon sound for “the big one”, and a lighter customer service announcement with xylophone chimes when they want the public to stop twatting about with barbecues?
