Chris Ainsworth / is on Nostr

Game designer, tinkerer, and occasional writer. Bird enthusiast.

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2024-09-10 20:51:33

Hey game history sleuths! Help the Video Game History Foundation identify this video game illustration by artist Lee MacLeod. Based on where it was found it is believed to be a Namco title, likely from the early 90s, but they can't figure out which.
#VideoGames #RetroGaming
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2024-09-10 20:51:33

2024-01-05 08:53:48

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@npub15x4…3p3l Agreed!
If dunking is a feared use of the feature, design the presentation of the quote post so that the quoted item is shown first, followed by the quoter’s response.
That would reduce the ability of the quoter to prime the way the reader initially views (and interprets) the quoted content, while working just fine as a fork or clarification of the original quoted post.

2023-12-31 02:58:09

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@npub1su4…a0dw enjoyed the interview, sold me on a copy :]

2023-11-16 18:57:16

Sigh.
#SteamDeck
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2023-09-08 03:19:06

Oh God, what have I done.
#tabletop #miniatures
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2023-07-17 19:12:54

Finished off the #BoardGames weekend with Cuba Libre, my very first COIN game experience (I’m sold), and the amazing Inhuman Conditions, one of the best designed social games I’ve ever played.
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2023-07-05 05:56:35

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@npub1yk6…4zz4 Yeah, I totally get that. Without the ability to explicitly control when and where our words are used for such purposes (and the ability to enforce it), I feel like we're basically stuck. I wonder if there's some sort of way to build a poison pill into our sites, some potential technique that would reduce or kill the value of our harvested content when used as AI fodder.

2023-06-23 05:33:27

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@npub14vz…nweu Good time to grab Halo 2600 if you havent, and Baby Pac looks like a blast... any other recommendations?

2023-06-21 06:19:36

PrusaSlicer 2.6.0 just dropped, and its got a hell of a changelog. Organic supports! Text embossing! Fancy cutting!
https://files.prusa3d.com/?latest=slicer-stable&lng=en
#3DPrinting
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2023-05-06 21:52:20

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@npub1yk6…4zz4 abandoned places AND niche retro games? Sign me up!

2023-04-16 00:53:25

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#[0] mm yes, idea is that it'd be focused on the memories folks have from their dialup days, kind of like a kibitz board for the contents of bbslist.

2023-04-15 20:19:52

A simple cultural history website idea:
BBS memories. Front page is a cloud of area codes, click an area code to read stories and comments about the local dialup #[0] scene and to add your own.
And that'd be basically it, with a few little extras like links to #[1]' BBSLISTS to serve as a helpful memory jog, that sort of thing.
Does something like this already exist? Should I make it?