Andy Lundell 🙄 @apLundell@octodon.social

I really need to get around to drawing a new profile thumbnail. Red hats really went out of style hard back in 2016.

I keep hoping they're going to come around again so I don't have to redraw it. I hate drawing.

https://octodon.social/media/qxAWo9VytPbruKajBzM

You don't even have to put ice in there. Nobody checks that.

I notice it comes with a warning not to set the resolution above 1920×1080. They actually emailed that to all backers.

It's possible they're not the greatest programmers in the world, but I suspected as much when the project was delayed for over a year because they'd coded the whole game without first figuring out how save-game functionality would work.

I just realized I finally got my download link for "SpaceVenture", the new game from the "Space Quest" developers.

I mostly just backed their Kickstarter to pay for all those Space Quest games I pirated, I'm not sure I actually want to play this game. I have a terrible feeling it's going to be full of old-man humor.

I think we should have a moment of silence for the brave crew of the DART spacecraft.

I recommend googling for "DART". It's worth a laugh.

I enjoy how the announcer keeps explaining over and over again that this is just a test and the asteroid does NOT actually pose a threat.

NASA's live-stream of the DART mission is online.

Let's all watch live to see if NASA has the ability to deflect an asteroid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RA8Tfa6Sck

If Jim Henson had been born before copyright law, a "Muppet Show" would now be a standard thing that all puppeteers learn to do.

Like a "Punch and Judy show", except more American.

Wouldn't that be a better world?

Micro Review : Play.Date handheld game console.

This is a well-built little device. I like its really crisp screen. It's basically all it was promised to be.

But, in a world where everyone owns a phone, I'm not sure it really justifies its price-tag.

Speaking of NASA, apparently they're leaving Artemis I on the launch pad during a tropical storm?

Personally, if I'd paid $30,000,000,000 for something, I'd take it indoors during bad weather.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/09/nasa-seems-to-be-in-full-send-it-mode-for-the-artemis-i-mission/

Some space exploration enthusiasts seem to think it's a problem that the 7th planet has a name that, in English, works as a double entendre.

But I'll bet that helps with space funding. Keeps people interested.

I propose that all the planets, and scientifically interesting moons, should get slightly naughty-sounding new names.

We can pretend it's Latin. Nobody would check.

LED flashlights must be a minefield to epileptics.

It seems like every last one of them has a flashing mode that you have to cycle through to turn them off.

In the last 48hours, at least 3 PS1-inspired retro horror games came out.

That seems to be a thing this season.

It's amusing that the PS1 only inspires nostalgia in terms of horror games.

It's weird, off-putting 3d graphics are only fondly remembered because it made stuff look creepy.

There's so many 2D side-scroller games on Steam that would have been amazing if they'd come out 15-20 years ago, but now I just scroll past them and think "Oh, another one of those. It looks fine."

Here is a screenshot from an indie video game that came out today.

You know, sometimes I think people don't realize that "Sal's Pizza" is actually a chain, and not just a local neighborhood place.

I wonder if roll-top writing desks will make a comeback now that people don't necessarily keep computers on their desk?