Wow! Arrow knocked it out of the park with the package design on this Hellraiser box.
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Designer, developer, left brain creative who notices too many things and plays too many vintage video games and owns too many CRTs. https://longplaytech.com
Folks I won’t tell you not to feel your feelings, but this is rage bait. He’s talking about expanding beyond politics into things like live sports.
The Verge@theverge.com · 2d agoBluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."
Reading the comments on this makes me wonder if anyone actually listened to the podcast. He said no AI slop, no bots, no algos and no ads. Yes to content moderation and yes to more users. Shocking and controversial stuff. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The Verge@theverge.com · 2d agoBluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."
Happy 40th to FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR and a rockin’ 45th to MTV!
Daria: Overcome with Emotion
Alt: Daria: Overcome with Emotion
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Not bad for six bucks! 28 Days Later is still sealed. Dead Alive has been on my list for a long time. Wish I never sold my old copy. Last of the Mohicans is a classic. #DVD
Like, we're supposed to feel bad about the kids who have killed themselves right?
That's how LLMs are designed. It patronizes you and gives answers confidently even if they are wrong. You have to have your guard up 100% of the time using them. This isn't a side effect. This is how they plan on getting a return on their enormous investment. It worked with social media.
Kotaku@kotaku.com · 5d agoYouTuber Hank Green Admits He Has Unhealthy Relationship With AI After Facing Backlash Over Recent Video 'The level of dopamine I've been getting from interacting with LLMs is not healthy for me,' said Green
I wanna use this to go on a bit of a rant, I was going to blog about this, but no one reads blogs, so here's a thread about how I use AI and how I understand his "dopamine" comment. And how I think A LOT of you are in an anti-AI bubble and you just don't understand how prevalent this is becoming.
Kotaku@kotaku.com · 5d agoYouTuber Hank Green Admits He Has Unhealthy Relationship With AI After Facing Backlash Over Recent Video 'The level of dopamine I've been getting from interacting with LLMs is not healthy for me,' said Green
Dark Souls II is the best of the three. Glad I played it last.
Chris Person@papapishu.bsky.social · 5d agoI've spent the better part of the last 12 years being told that Dark Souls II is this critically flawed, lesser game, only to see it be slowly redeemed. I was right when I reviewed it. I'm right now. For @aftermath.site: fuck the haters, Dark Souls II is (still) good. aftermath.site/dark-souls-i...
Went to Insta because I got a DM. The first thing the algo fed me was this. (Someone selling an online course or something.) "Your art can't compete with a paycheck. And that's how decades disappear." Now I want to curl up and die. Thanks, Zuck. So glad I'm not on that platform anymore.
Walmart is busy building out their fast EV charger network in the US…currently 73 locations in 17 states. Their eventual goal is install chargers at “thousands of its locations by 2030”. [evchargingstations.com]
State of Walmart EV Charging: July 2026 Update
June was another fruitful month for the Walmart EV charging network, which grows and expands geographically.
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One of the all time great comic artists. Can’t wait to watch. youtu.be/ur61tnhuRQE?...
That Polish Guy - Official Teaser Trailer (Documentary) | Comic Con 2026
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With the Arrow sale going on, I was really considering getting the TMNT trilogy. Then I found this at my used media shop. All 4 movies for $12. These films are really grainy anyway. I doubt 4K would fix anything. Plus the discs are pizzas! 🍕 Cowabunga!
To the other Josh Nichols out there who got a $40k personal loan and used my email address: Thanks for wasting my day making sure I wasn’t a victim of fraud. At least all the credit bureaus for me are now frozen with alerts. I was meaning to do that anyway.
Just in case you still use any Basecamp products, DHH is crashing out about his AI product gently pointing out that it’s bad for him to have extermination fantasies about the Roma people.
Blu-ray turned twenty last month. A week later Sony announced it would stop producing physical discs for new PlayStation games starting in January 2028. It seems inevitable: discs are done, streaming won. Are TV and movies next? #physicalMedia longplaytech.com/posts/best-t...
Now Is the Best Time to Start Collecting Blu-rays
Why Blu-rays have never been a better deal and why they're going the way of vinyl.
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Dug out my copy of Six String Samurai to watch and it's just a basic widescreen DVD. Looks pretty bad on a big TV. Just found out it was released on 4k UHD/Blu-ray by Vinegar Syndrome ... five years ago and is sold out everywhere. :-(
How AI agents forced a 30-year-old movie box office stats website offline: an escalating flood of agentic traffic, plus attempts to hack the server to manipulate prediction markets https://stephenfollows.com/p/w...
What just happened to TheNumbers.com should worry us all
If you work in or around the film industry, there is a decent chance you have used the work of The Numbers this month, whether you realise it or not.
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The Analogue 3D had a great update. It's been a while since I've updated the firmware. We now have some upscaling, force progressive scan, overclocking, memory support with flash carts, and cartridge customization. I'm sure there's more. The N64 never looked so good! www.reddit.com/r/AnalogueIn...
From the AnalogueInc community on Reddit: I made a side by side for the new graphic upscaling feature of A3D
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Colorforms began with vinyl scraps stuck to a bathroom wall in NJ, then grew into a toy found in millions of homes. The company has tried action figures, VHS tapes, and computer software, but the original idea has barely changed. Today, I took a look at their history. www.retroist.com/p/colorforms
Physical media is awesome, but I’m not buying terrible AI upscaled junk. I’ll hunt down the old Blue-rays. I like film grain and non-wax people.
It's funny how much Final Fantasy 1 owes to this 1986 Japanese Cindy Crawford Pocari Sweat ad, art directed by Moebius
I heard this again: "Today is the worst AI will be. It's only going to get better." Kiddo, you may not have been born yet, but Facebook was legit amazing at one time. Google Reader existed. The internet was incredible. It all enshittified over time. This is absolutely the best AI will ever be.