Xybur

@xybur.bsky.social

Gaming Literacy Advocate / Pixel 8 Pro, Married, 1 son, 2 dogs / A Chill Dude On The Net

Somebody asked me on Reddit why people who use AI to generate Recomp projects are currently being rejected from the communities and what they can do to fix this. I might tweak parts of this to be a more general blog post at some point, but this should be of help to anyone in a similar situation.

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Algorithm update. Bunch of people have been doing this exact kind of thing to get around TikTok censorship and it’s wild. Feels like an analogue horror series

The round of layoffs affects 3,200 people, marking the most devastating series of layoffs and restructuring in Xbox history. Microsoft has essentially admitted Game Pass is not a sustainable business model. It failed to attract enough users, requiring Microsoft to heavily subsidize (cont...)

In an effort to play old games, returning to my streaming roots, after finishing the EB Beginnings ROMhack (VODs available in playlist), I spent this evening updating and organizing my “to play” lists by release year/category. Expect more themed streams on my Twitch channel in the near future!!!

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Want to keep up with my EarthBound Beginnings playthrough? I've been uploading edited VODs to YouTube! Only the first and final videos will be public. Why? The rest are unlisted so I don't flood your sub box! Yeah, I'm a nice guy :) FULL PLAYLIST: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

EarthBound Beginnings (SNES Remake) - VODs - YouTube

I intend to play this from BEGINNING to end, lol. The first couple of streams were recorded on MISTer FPGA, but I eventually switched to real hardware on a m...

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1/3 of the game industry has lost their job in the last two years. Ubisoft closed two more studios today. Everyone is out of work. To that end I'm starting a new bundle to benefit a layoffs hardship fund. Game devs: please consider submitting your PAID games to the bundle, which will launch in July.

Game industry hardship fund

A game jam from 2026-06-10 to 2026-06-24 hosted by Necrosoft Games. PREMISE: The game industry has a problem. Too many people are out of work (reports say 33% of the industry lost their jobs in the la...

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