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Makes games, shoots photos, does other stuff, etc. πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ§›πŸ»β€β™€οΈ she/her Currently: Death by Scrolling (Out now on PC!), Second Hand Computer (ALSO out now!), and Dungeons of Freeport. The lesbian roadkill of the information superhighway.

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Or has been 60 minutes since I had my coffee. I need another coffee to process this shocking fact.

11.03.2026 21:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Temuera Morrison, Danny Trejo and Cliff Curtis as pirates with AKs on dinghy with an outboard motor.

Temuera Morrison, Danny Trejo and Cliff Curtis as pirates with AKs on dinghy with an outboard motor.

Is "Six Days, Seven Nights" a great movie?

No.

BUT... is "Six Days, Seven Nights" a good movie?

Also no.

But do Temuera Morrison, Danny Trejo and Cliff Curtis play pirates in it?

YES.

11.03.2026 12:48 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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What a heartwarming reunion Tuesday! Deadwood lives!

Geri Jewell, John Rizzo, Larry Cedar, Jeffrey Jones, Robin Weigert, Ian McShane, W Earl Brown, Cleo King, and a couple of gents my addled mind can't name.

11.03.2026 09:30 πŸ‘ 72 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
The ALT GAMES Banner, with the dates 18-19 April, 2026

The ALT GAMES Banner, with the dates 18-19 April, 2026

Dungeons of Freeport! The player, in an ANSI rendered world, walks past a sign which reads "Freeport Hollows - 'A Nice Place to Work', POP 43"

Dungeons of Freeport! The player, in an ANSI rendered world, walks past a sign which reads "Freeport Hollows - 'A Nice Place to Work', POP 43"

ALT GAMES was awesome last year, and I can't wait to be back this year, showing Dungeons of Freeport, my extraction classical roguelike!

powerhouse.com.au/program/alt-...

10.03.2026 00:35 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Check out the line up for ALT GAMES April 18-19 in Sydney!!
We have Shuhei Yoshida, Alanah Pearce and Billy Basso as our keynote speakers!!! Come πŸ‘

powerhouse.com.au/program/alt-...

09.03.2026 23:45 πŸ‘ 86 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 14

Ah. I've done that route. It's pretty, but probably not ideal if one is in even a slight hurry.

09.03.2026 00:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Humans are so uniquely good at lying that we taught our math machines to do it.

08.03.2026 21:06 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Coffee.

Coffee?

Coffee.

β˜•οΈ

06.03.2026 22:46 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't have words for this. Horrific. Heinous. Disgusting.

Actually, I do have two words for it: war crime.

06.03.2026 12:51 πŸ‘ 298 πŸ” 77 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 2

Hot cinema take: I love focus-breathing on anamorphic lenses.

06.03.2026 00:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I thought you meant LMM appears, being jump scared and that sounds kinda cool for an album cameo. β€œWhat’s that random guy yelping about?”

05.03.2026 11:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Ansi by : Rote Kuh 1 Dusel 1995 ' Welcome to: RGB House of Blame 111E! Spw: U 000 0 - 00 IBM AT 300megs ITTTTTTTIIIII 300megs The House of Blame : 6 Nodes Rappeldown ! DePPCHef: Schalgmeister Wie? CoDePP: Rote Kuh

Ansi by : Rote Kuh 1 Dusel 1995 ' Welcome to: RGB House of Blame 111E! Spw: U 000 0 - 00 IBM AT 300megs ITTTTTTTIIIII 300megs The House of Blame : 6 Nodes Rappeldown ! DePPCHef: Schalgmeister Wie? CoDePP: Rote Kuh

002.ANS, 1995-07-20 from Groovy Bytes: Behind the Moon (CD-ROM)

05.03.2026 09:45 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
An Imperial Trader ship docked at Old Blackelk Spaceport, on the planet of Hope in the Gateway system (-1,4). This is the DOS version of Frontier First Encounters (FFE), released by Gametek in 1995.

An Imperial Trader ship docked at Old Blackelk Spaceport, on the planet of Hope in the Gateway system (-1,4). This is the DOS version of Frontier First Encounters (FFE), released by Gametek in 1995.

An Imperial Trader ship docked at Old Blackelk Spaceport, on the planet of Hope in the Gateway system (-1,4). This is the FFFED3D-AJ version of Frontier First Encounters (FFE), modified by Andy Jones (AndyJ).

An Imperial Trader ship docked at Old Blackelk Spaceport, on the planet of Hope in the Gateway system (-1,4). This is the FFFED3D-AJ version of Frontier First Encounters (FFE), modified by Andy Jones (AndyJ).

Approaching Jupiter in the Sol system (0,0). This is the DOS version of Frontier First Encounters (FFE), released by Gametek in 1995.

Approaching Jupiter in the Sol system (0,0). This is the DOS version of Frontier First Encounters (FFE), released by Gametek in 1995.

Approaching Jupiter in the Sol system (0,0). This is the FFFED3D-AJ version of Frontier First Encounters (FFE), modified by Andy Jones (AndyJ).

Approaching Jupiter in the Sol system (0,0). This is the FFFED3D-AJ version of Frontier First Encounters (FFE), modified by Andy Jones (AndyJ).

When Frontier First Encounters launched in 1995, it was a DOS-only game in 320x200 resolution. Some 30 years later, we can all enjoy the same brilliant game in much greater detail, thanks to some enterprising and talented coders. Details of FFED3D are at tinyurl.com/FFED3D-AJ

03.03.2026 12:03 πŸ‘ 56 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

I'm 2 seasons into Lost and at this point the plot twists are so stupid I expect by season 4 it'll be like "it turns out Jack is just a figment of everyone's imagination created by Hurley's acid reflux, which was caused by a secret gang of ninjas on the island."

04.03.2026 06:35 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

What amazes me about your film-watching isn't the number of films, but the fact that somehow like 90% of them end being things I've never heard of and suddenly go on my to-watch list.

03.03.2026 12:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A pixel art palm forest, with a pop-up over torn paper which reads "A hard stone, you could knap a smaller stone against this to sharpen it."

A pixel art palm forest, with a pop-up over torn paper which reads "A hard stone, you could knap a smaller stone against this to sharpen it."

Sneak preview of Sekrit Project. #GameDev #IndieDev #PixelArt

02.03.2026 21:50 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Unreal Tournament (1999)

01.03.2026 13:50 πŸ‘ 345 πŸ” 91 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 4

Oh wow. So, I NEVER watched it back in the day, despite being about your age from the sounds, but recently began watching it. I'm... 1.5 seasons in?

It's wild how compelling it is despite, frankly, the plot rapidly going from kinda cool to "wait, we're doing WHAT now?"

28.02.2026 14:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Mana Bar, in Brisbane, if I remember rightly.

28.02.2026 05:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Anyone else remember the excitement of getting to play on a Nidhogg arcade machine, before it came out for general release on console/computer?

It just occurs to me that strange aberration is the only time this CENTURY I've excitedly rushed to play an arcade game, as I couldn't play it at home.

27.02.2026 13:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
I still from Only Lovers Left Alive. The three vampires are at a bar, Adam looking put upon and Eve looking tolerant, Ava looking stoned somehow, and Ian the "Zombie" having no idea what the fuck he's walked into.

I still from Only Lovers Left Alive. The three vampires are at a bar, Adam looking put upon and Eve looking tolerant, Ava looking stoned somehow, and Ian the "Zombie" having no idea what the fuck he's walked into.

Night out with the gang.

26.02.2026 05:29 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A while back a friend commented (jokingly) on it being 'unfair' that I (a woman) could have pictures of attractive women on my walls while he could not.

That stuck with me. I guess it's a double-edged sword. Some days I wake up and the women on my apartment walls make me insecure about my body. 🫠

25.02.2026 21:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just heard a clip from a podcast where the hosts said Return to Oz (1985) was bad. That's it. Shut down the internet. We had a good run but things are getting out of hand.

25.02.2026 11:17 πŸ‘ 282 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 5

Spider-Man story pitch: turns out Spidey's webs leak long term toxins into the people they touch, and it's only found out a decade later. There's a class action lawsuit against him due to the long term harm he's done to everyone from hired goons to people he saved from falling to their death.

24.02.2026 22:11 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You do seem concerningly optimistic, relative to the subject matter you regularly research and present.

24.02.2026 21:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Re-watching The Terminator because a world where AI becomes sentient and destroys us not just during its time but across multiple times is less depressing than reality: we destroy our own society & environment by staggeringly inefficient autocomplete programs.

24.02.2026 10:48 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Wee little eInk display, product shot.

Wee little eInk display, product shot.

Zine idea: I bulk buy a bunch of Arduino Nanos and tiny eInk displays, 3d print some cases for them, and sell the zones at basically cost with the zine only readable on the tiny eInk display. And when you're done - you get to wipe it and make your own thing with it.

22.02.2026 03:19 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Went to a zine fair and it was one of the most surprisingly excellent, wholesome things I've done in a while.

Got me itching to make a zine which is... precisely now what I need right now (another creative project).

22.02.2026 02:38 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tfw you still have some edge cases to fix in your procedural locomotion system #gamedev

21.02.2026 16:02 πŸ‘ 8880 πŸ” 2883 πŸ’¬ 74 πŸ“Œ 126

Bad news, Sergeant Hardflank - they’ve kidnapped Doctor MacGuffin.

21.02.2026 20:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0