“Ben Burtt Looks Back on the Memetic Legacy of the Wilhelm Scream”: “But even when I stopped, my crew would put it in because they felt it had to be there. I couldn’t stop them. I created a monster.”

“The Effect of CRTs on Pixel Art”: this is a great article explaining what pixel art is ACTUALLY supposed to look like, and why it’s done the way it is. Plus, it explained a problem I found when replaying Monkey Island on a modern PC!

“Apple memory holed its broken promise for an OCSP opt-out”. Apple’s not having a great public image month…

I forgot to post this month’s chocolate drop from Origins Chocolate Bar! These are all chocolates produced locally in British Columbia!

Y’all know I’m a big fan of the Ultima games, and recently I’ve fallen into a rabbit hole of research and nostalgia about it. Here’s another retrospective video I’ve been enjoying a lot. It’s especially wonderful to hear Finntrovert discover how amazing the writing gets with the 4/5/6 trilogy.

Oh my, Apple is going after Patreon’s subscriptions, asking for its 30% fee… plus, probably, the Core Technology Fee in the EU 🤣 Apparently there’s no limit to Apple’s greed, because there’s no limit to capitalism. Graphs gotta go up!

“Andy Warhol’s lost Amiga art found”: “Problem was, he didn’t know how to use a computer.”

Cleaning up the old home theatre PC in order to start playing retro games again in the living room… I hope this thing boots up!

My DAC was giving out static while turning the volume button, and I finally decided to investigate. I found a super quick solution in a 10 years old Reddit post! Thank you past Redditor.

Prep for my Friday group’s next interlude game: Mothership! After that, we try Spire! Sadly, the good fluffy boy is uninterested in helping #TTRPG