as good a time as any to remind people do NOT target their families

their families probably fucking hate them and can be brought on side

oops oops

A 1986 Japanese guide on how to program using the Family BASIC software for the Famicom features many cute illustrations of Mario and Pauline (known as "Lady" in Japan at the time).

to me, one of the oddest things Nintendo's been doing lately is withholding switch 2 dev kits, barely anyone has them still, which has left the switch 2 library feeling a little bit wimpy, especially compared to the start the switch got off to

like nitrome, for instance, has a game I've been looking forward to for, getting closer to a year now, called Mouse Work, that they mostly have finished but haven't been able to release because they haven't gotten a dev kit, and they said not only do they not have one, developers bigger than they are that they know also do not have dev kits yet either

oh? you want to switch to linux but use photoshop? you can use Flunkly, which is almost feature complete except for the one feature you use in PS every day or you could use G.R.O.N.K., a FOSS alternative with the worst UX you have ever seen and does not support JPEGs for ethical reasons

somethirg feels deeply wrong

"oh yeah i'm totally this fictional character if she had this debilitating fucked up hormone condition"

An official Japanese 1988 guide for Super Mario Bros. 3 contains a small drawing of a Thwomp on the cover that, instead of the usual grimace, has a mischievous, cat-like expression. I have created a high-quality recreation of this Thwomp.

I really like both Mario Kart World and Sonic Racing CrossWorlds, but one thing I think Mario Kart World does particularly better, and honestly better than a lot of racing games in general, is how like. tactile it feels. your kart reacts so satisfyingly to every little bump and slope, every change in momentum, it's got such wonderfully springy suspension

CrossWorlds (and older Mario Karts) have vehicles that feel a lot more stiff by comparison, they tend to just glide smoothly along the track and feel slightly disconnected by comparison

it's a good example of how a bit of exaggeration can end up feeling more real and tactile than adherence to more realism

defaulting on a loan with tom nook has zero repercussions unlike investments from the U.S. so please stop slandering the bell and road initiative

they call me mappy the way i bounce on trampolines and open doors

> This ties in to one of the worst tendencies I note in my own students – the tendency to unthinkingly identify with the elites of the past, to see themselves as the knight, the noble, the senator. But not the farmer, the artisan, the shepherd, the petty merchant. All too often, I see students read the class-contempt of Roman aristocrats or aristocratic medieval troubadours with horror – and then unthinkingly replicate those very patterns of thought when they themselves are thinking about the past (usually in the foolish assumption that nobles were smart and peasants were dumb). That attitude – adopted unintentionally and unconsciously, mind you – is poison not just to the study of history, but also to effective citizenship and leadership in the real world.

https://acoup.blog/201...

the discord replacement i want is basically a chatroom with:

- ability to embed media in your message
- emoji reacts
- control over who's allowed in and who can see the content
- persistent channels you can bookmark and leave and return to (and catch up on) at will

screen sharing and voice chat are overrated

so this past week i learned i'm following more venezuelans in venezuela than i thought

relatedly, "gringosplaining" is such a great word

turns out american “southern hospitality” kind of falls apart once you start acting queer