Notices by xianc78@gameliberty.club, page 28

@BigDawg869789 @YeetLibs Just remind him of what Thomas Jefferson said, in that we should not have any allies, but free-trade with other nations.

Given that more instances are blocking Nostr bridges due to moderation concerns, I just want to say this:

Nostr is NOT unmoderated. People who run relays can moderate content and block users from posting to said relays. Bridges also act as relays and they can delete content and block users. Users can also report posts to the admins of the relays where the post was submitted.

I've been using Nostr on and off for over a year now, and I have yet to come across any spam or illegal content even after connecting to every relay I come across. This only tells me that most relay admins moderate their relays.

You may hate the culture there, but a lot of these claims about the protocol are false.

#nostr #mostr #fediblock

@Forestofenchantment I could but that would require major reconstruction to the game's code.

@Forestofenchantment No. I have no experience with network game programming.

I think editing with ffmpeg de-synced the audio.

Key now only appears after killing all of the enemies in the room.

#gamedev #gamedevelopment #indiegamedev #indiedev #indiegames #indie #SFML #cplusplus

Increased the size of the explosions.

#gamedev #gamedevelopment #indiegamedev #indiedev #indiegames #indie #SFML #cplusplus

Explosions now kill enemies.

#gamedev #gamedevelopment #indiegamedev #indiedev #indiegames #indie #SFML #cplusplus

The (Necessarily Incomplete, Inarguably Ridiculous) List of Things "Caused by Climate Change"

https://corbettreport.substack.com/p/the-necessarily-incomplete-inarguably

@nach @Tsuki @BigDawg869789 @mint I think I had that exact MP3 player except it was white.

@BigDawg869789 You're missing out on one of the most comfiest ways to play music. Though I doubt that you own a Saturn.

https://youchu.be/watch?v=4oidzqQ40X0

@BigDawg869789 Just burn music to CDs and play them on consoles that way.

@allison @sun_eater @Merc @vivi That was probably the best time to own a PDA or smartphone. I always liked the simple UI of Palm OS and I could easily see myself owning a Tapwave Zodiac if I was aware of it's existence at the time.

@allison @sun_eater @Merc @vivi You still lived 8.5 years before the iPhone came out.

@allison @sun_eater @Merc @vivi We're the same age! I don't like the label because I can still remember life before smartphones (the defining item for zoomers). I kind of like the "zillenial" label, personally.

@beardalaxy Except it was kind of pointless given that it was not online. You might as well be talking face to face. It only made sense in a crowded area where you are in a considerable distance.

Speaking of the DS turning 20 this year, check out this screenshot of 4chan/v/ during that time. It's a completely different place than what it is now!

@beardalaxy I had one of the original models. It was that exact "electric blue" color too. The hinges on the thing were terrible and it was easy for them to break lose, and the stylus holder wasn't secure at all. It was easy for the stylus to fall out. Terrible build quality, but I did share that thing with my siblings who abused the hell out of it, so it was to be expected. I later got a DSi XL, but that was at the tail end of the original DS's life and the beginning of the time where playing video games in public was no longer socially acceptable behavior. The only DSiWare game I ever downloaded was Zelda Four Swords only because it was free.

Nobody really cared about the DS until the Lite came out. The GBA was out for only three years, so not many people were eager to upgrade. The launch line-up wasn't really that special. You had Nintendogs and a subpar SM64 remake. There were other games, but they aren't worth talking about. Things really didn't pick up until Mario Kart DS and New Super Mario Bros came out.

But I think the original DS provided the most memorable gaming experiences of my childhood. It was my first handheld that was backlit and the first system I got a decent amount of games for (I mostly played hand-me-down GB and GBC games on my GBA). It also provided the most social gaming experience I ever had thanks to the wireless connectivity. You could be anywhere and there will always be someone willing to play multiplayer or PictoChat, and of course there was Nintendo Wi-Fi for online multiplayer (even though it was full of ActionReplay cheaters). I don't feel like there will be a system like that ever again. Maybe the 3DS was like that, but I missed out on that one.

My only gripe with the DS is that I don't think many of the games have aged particularly well. There are too many 3D games that rely on the D-pad or had stylus gimmicks up the ass. Also, major franchises like Zelda, Metroid, and StarFox hit their low points on that system and that is rarely brought up.