@robcap
Australian, 40-something (he/him) coder of Games & Stuff until the Industry took an Arrow to the Knee. Looking for what's next, whilst making vids on old games & more. Here for connections, not shitposts. Check it all out: linktr.ee/hellfire64
I finally lost my shit about so-called AIs, LLMs, enshittification & everything fucking evil that @officialgrammarly.bsky.social is doing. I'm fucking furious, and not just about what 1 company has done. An open letter to Grammarly & the rest of the LLM hype machine www.moryan.com/an-open-lett...
It's the beginning of history - and an era where we'll see thorough tests of the assumptions of the AI bubble as a result of the war in Iran and the economic and social chaos to follow.
It's time to stop using the past as a guide to what happens next.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-beginnin...
I want to introduce you all to something myself and @jacksonwryan.com have been working on.
A PRINT MAGAZINE about video games and video game culture.
We know things have been bad for games writing recently. We're asking, "do you want to Continue?"
www.kickstarter.com/projects/con...
We're today releasing a Commodore 64 curiosity: Bomb Race - an earlier version of Bomb Uzal, originally due for release under the old Mirrorsoft label (before ImageWorks was born). A few visual differences already spotted, and may be more to discover.
www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/bomb-r...
ICYMI: Roguecraft is coming to the ZX Spectrum Next in 2026!
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There’s a bunch of work on “agents” which do just that - run independently and perform tasks, and not code related ones at that..
In the project I saw yesterday, there were commits into a got repo by Claude, not authored by the repo owner.
It’s also a security and privacy mess in the making…
Of course, but sadly we've seen them ignore ROBOTS.TXT files on web pages which are meant to block scraping. I'd be worried if they'd be as flagrant for this too.
It's a major ethical thing situation to adapt to, and the uncontrolled pace of it really is a concern.
As always, I'll never not be a massive fan of what Geoff Crammond managed to get the humble BBC Model B to do here - Revs is truly a groundbreaking simulation for the time, and still feels amazing to play today.
Qualifying Results from Revs on the BBC Micro for the Silverstone Circuit on Amateur (the 2nd) Difficulty. My time here was 1:26.4 - about half a second off the pace compared to the fastest of the computer drives.
Race results from a 10 Lap race of Silverstone on BBC Micro Revs at the Amateur Difficulty Level (the 2nd). I finished in 6th here, scoring a single point which was incredibly rewarding after an early race mistake meant I ended up at the back of the pack.
Distracted myself a bit this evening with a little Revs on the BBC Micro action.
Pretty satisfied with the qualifying (Amateur difficulty on Silverstone), and the final results too.
Had started off well, but messed up and ended up back of the pack and hard to work to get that 6th place.
Even among 1986's ambitious arcade conversions, Dragon's Lair was baffling. How did anyone look at its laserdisc-powered lushness and think "this would work perfectly on C64"?
It turns out, no one did.
New post on how it happened, and proved a success, anyway:
superchartisland.com/dragons-lair/
There's nothing more depressing than seeing a cool project, scanning the source of it ('cause it's open), and seeing "Claude" as a contributor.
Makes using than an automatic no from me these days.
Shame really, but it's my principles on AI bullshit.
True 3D action on the original Game Boy? Right here:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2019/02/17/x/
I have to admit: the 9-favourite games thing is actually pretty hard for me.
Not only because of fluidity reasons, but also because I don't even know how I could box it.
8-bits? Purely modern? Indies? All-up?
Makes me wanna scream a little thinking about it! (oh no)
Looking incredible! :D
Eek, almost forgot! My article on untranslated Czech DOS adventure Colony 28 is now available for everyone! This is an amazing game, you've got to read this:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2026/03/06/c...
🧵Ko-fi subscribers have SIX articles to enjoy today! I thought you might enjoy sitting down for some weekend reading :)
First up is this piece on a lovely untranslated DS Shiren-like, Dramatic Dungeon: Sakura Wars! In spite of the genre change it's a wonderful sequel:
ko-fi.com/post/Dramati...
Greatly appreciate those words.
Threads thread: thriller_instinct 3d Is it okay to bully 40 and 50 year olds who are on social media just for being on it, cuz like why are you here - 254 Q 3.1K G 28 746 corporateash 18h ••• My ICQ UIN is 7231680. That number is burned into my consciousness. I inadvertently learned that you could see private conversations in public chat rooms when using Telnet instead of a browser on GeoCities. I can tell you the difference in audible dial-up handshakes between 1200, 2400, 14.4 kbps modems. I needed a edu email address to join Facebook after my university was admitted. We were here at the beginning. We made social media. You wouldn't be in my Top 8. I have usernames older than you. 852 Q62 G6 72
“I have usernames older than you.”.
Holy shit
And let's not forget the mailing list - I only push stuff there once an episode goes public, and is a nice way to be reminded away from the whims of social media algo BS.
eepurl.com/hnpZhX
A little bit of swashbuckling ahead with the new Scanlines which just went up for supporters!
(You know the deal, catch it a week early, no ads, show that you appreciate the work which goes into these et al).
www.patreon.com/posts/15233985…
ko-fi.com/post/Musketeer…
A doodle of arcade game Blaster.
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oh to the fucking no.
Because of course fucking C L A U D E brain is going to manifest itself.
OF FUCKING COURSE.
Friends don't let friends use C L A U D E, as your brain will rot.
*le sigh*
*le oh no*
The spiders were such a non-issue I didn't even include them in my review. Wild. This game is beautiful enough that they didn't even matter.
The launch sale for the Steam version of "Blaze of Storm" will end soon. Don't miss it! And please leave a review!
cosy cult stream because i am dying [Woolhaven DLC] twitch.tv/aciddotexe
An Analogue Pocket running Tetris for the original Game Boy. It’s displaying the Game Over screen, showing I made it to Level 10, with 101 Lines and a final score of 55327.
I think it might be the first time I ever cracked 100 Lines in GB Tetris, the Best Tetris.
Here's me. 'Stop pretending to be dumb: the Iran War is about Greater Israel, not “liberation”'
the 3D cartoon robot who turns into a dinosaur and his name is dinobot has one of the greatest character arcs in any piece of media ever
A screen grab showing the Lock Screen of my phone, as it’s playing “Stonefang Depths” from the Earthion Soundtrack.
Definitely need the kick of some phat 16-bit FM synth to get going this morning.
My latest for @theavclubgames.bsky.social is on the 40th anniversary of original The Legend of Zelda, and its role as a streamliner of the complicated, demanding, and burgeoning action RPG. This classic did not come out of nowhere, but was to action RPGs what Dragon Quest was for turn-based ones.
