Technology Connections

techconnectify.bsky.social

27 January 2025 08:51

My crankiest belief is that we are now being sold on solutions to problems which only exist because we've let others convince us they exist. That is what "innovation" seems to be in 2025. There's a level of introspection that's just not happening these days re: what actually needs to bother us.

Video Game History Foundation

gamehistoryorg.bsky.social

20 January 2025 08:23

Ah, the classic '90s 'fight pollution with swords' video game angle (!), as seen in this ad for Atlus-published SNES slasher Run Saber. [Ad via the VGHF Library.]

Tobias Wilson-Bates

phdhurtbrain.bsky.social

20 January 2025 08:23

Making animated movies into live action: tiresome, unnecessary, lame Re-making every classic film into a muppet movie with a single human actor: sophisticated, erudite, revolutionary

Jaysen

ezeekat.bsky.social

20 January 2025 08:22

Going in for my autism appointment tomorrow after waiting months. I’m not sure if nervous is the right word for how I feel? Kerfuffled? Yeah, kerfuffled feels right.

Dr. M.A. Davis

mikedavis.bsky.social

20 January 2025 08:19

here's a generational shift - back in the early 90s, the MST3K writers could call "Barabbas! Give us Barabbas!" over shots of rowdy crowds seen from above. Even if they were referencing DeMille-era Biblical epics, they could still say that and expect that the audience could get it. 🧵