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Bafta nominated game developer and owner of Tikipod. Co-Dev and Publisher of Astro Aqua Kitty, Iron Crypticle, Aqua Kitty, Rock Boshers. Currently based in VIC region, AUS.

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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

Today marks the 42nd anniversary of the release of Hayao Miyazaki's Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, based on his own manga.

A fabulous environmental fable that led to the creation of Ghibli Studios.

11.03.2026 11:36 👍 164 🔁 39 💬 10 📌 4

Just ate 3 creme eggs, how's your day going?

11.03.2026 08:24 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now

10.03.2026 21:30 👍 21574 🔁 5810 💬 194 📌 364

i totally misread that as lizard licker

10.03.2026 01:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Apologies for that, our games are still due to be migrated over to a new account which will fix the issue.
Problem is, we are stuck in a queue and have not been given a definitive date of when :(

08.03.2026 21:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A woman wearing a ghillie suit holding an assault rifle while standing in shallow water. She’s looking off, scanning the horizon for threats.

A woman wearing a ghillie suit holding an assault rifle while standing in shallow water. She’s looking off, scanning the horizon for threats.

It’s almost International Women’s Day and I’m currently thinking about some of the most badass women on earth: The Akashinga Rangers
These Zimbabwean women train hard to protect wildlife from the worst people on the planet: poachers

07.03.2026 01:28 👍 294 🔁 87 💬 4 📌 0

ah thanks - yeah I have never seen that sort of thing on new drive before, was wondering

08.03.2026 09:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Was worried it might be something like that

08.03.2026 09:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The crystal check thing is saying all zeros, but I read somewhere it's possible to reset that data?

08.03.2026 09:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Disk recovery is taking a while.... So far it's reporting 42 files found.

That normal for a brand new drive? Do manufacturers test files on them then wipe/reset usage data?

08.03.2026 08:41 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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hmm - bought a laptop HDD... came in a teeny jiffy bag. Was sealed in a small electrostatic bag - and label on HDD says made 2018!

Could it be old/used and had its usage data wiped/reset?

08.03.2026 05:14 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 1

thinking ill probably extend this for a week just because, not posting on the other site = very little traction lol so come get your juice while its bubbling <3

08.03.2026 01:51 👍 34 🔁 17 💬 0 📌 0
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Astro Aqua Kitty is having a huge 75% OFF on XBOX

Sale is worldwide, just search ASTRO AQUA KITTY :D

Pick your crew (1 pilot and 1 engineer) - each with unique skills to unlock and equip.
Shoot - explore - shop and upgrade across 8 increasingly large levels

08.03.2026 03:05 👍 12 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0

There's something deeply obscene and broken about the fact that Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are bombing elementary schools in an illegal war of aggression, and there's still a sense among the opposition that it has to be explained in terms of gas prices in order to get American voters to care.

08.03.2026 02:12 👍 17826 🔁 4805 💬 617 📌 251

We didn't desert it, made one of the last games before the cut off :)
(Astro Aqua Kitty)

07.03.2026 21:27 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

#ScottPilgrimEX is 100% funded, developed and published by @tributegames.com. Ubisoft isn't and never was involved. There's no Uplay required. When you buy Scott Pilgrim EX, you help Tribute Games make more cool games! Thank you for your support!

07.03.2026 21:14 👍 1527 🔁 499 💬 10 📌 6
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Teeny seed pods

07.03.2026 06:05 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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I've been running gdcparties.com for a few years now. Some shitty company BlueberryAI decided they'd just take all the source code for the work I've done and reskin it, advertising it as their own. Jokes on them...it was still linked to my events spreadsheet, and now their website looks like this 😉

06.03.2026 21:43 👍 4414 🔁 1061 💬 70 📌 40

It seems the thieving grifter pieces of human filth at "superhuman" are using my work without my consent to create AI editors based on me. The world isn't terrible enough, we also have to deal with people just stealing our work to burn resources and enrich themselves in a brand new way? Fuck off

07.03.2026 00:42 👍 252 🔁 71 💬 5 📌 0

what the fuck

07.03.2026 01:09 👍 299 🔁 33 💬 6 📌 0
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U.S. May Have Committed War Crime In Sinking Of Iranian Ship The Geneva Conventions say nations have a duty to “take all possible measures” to help rescue victims of shipwrecks. A U.S. submarine left that to Sri Lanka.

“The 312-foot Dena and its 130-member crew, many of them musicians in the Iranian navy band, had just finished participating in an Indian government naval exercise and cultural exchange that the U.S. Navy had also participated in and were on the way home on Wednesday.”

07.03.2026 00:03 👍 1211 🔁 572 💬 65 📌 134
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From Kodansha's "Light Hole" papercraft stop-motion branded film, featuring Akira, Attack on Titan, Ghost in the Shell and many other mangas.
Directed by Toru Katori (Animation director: Takuro Oishi).
Full video >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIL_...

07.03.2026 02:09 👍 669 🔁 227 💬 4 📌 9

Ooooh, hope it's like a chonky PC Engine LT :)

06.03.2026 22:06 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

which handheld post?

06.03.2026 22:04 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I was being tempted by the Retroid ones... But then that Superstation One looks pretty nice

06.03.2026 21:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Every time I see that idiotic 'operation epic fury' , I automatically imagine it being said by Jibanyan from Yokai Watch

06.03.2026 21:35 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

War Machine (netflix) was middling.
Robot thing was great when it starts up.

Rest not so much. Opening scene you know immediately what's gonna happen there (plus the obvious link to how will later disable robot foe).

And stop with the aliens references (APC blown transaxle...) it's boring.

06.03.2026 17:44 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Chris Huelsbeck Productions Composer of Video Game Soundtracks and other music, with 39+ Years experience & 100+ released projects!

Today is once again Bandcamp Friday, where they don't take a cut or profit out of sales and pay 100% out to every artist! My Catalog now has 59 releases and still keeps growing! Please take a look! 🙂

chrishuelsbeck.bandcamp.com

Bandcamp is awesome for indie artists and fans!

06.03.2026 16:48 👍 19 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 2

Nail a copy of this onto the desk of every MP. Burn the words "AI training isn’t learning" onto a baseball bat.

06.03.2026 09:27 👍 10 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

"you need to learn how to use gAI or you'll get left behind!"

counterpoint!

the absolute fastest way to render yourself unemployable is to build your skillset around a tool that does your thinking for you, that everyone has access to, and that one company can change or take away at any time

05.03.2026 14:27 👍 4906 🔁 1681 💬 41 📌 48