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Other me's:@Auster | @Auster1 | @Auster(I have other alts, but if a profile claims to be me, doubt it)

  • [Shitpost] Offering my services

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  • Hot Take: most modern games are designed to purely kill time

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  • Indies still seem to tackle such.

    Major games, at least by production value or how much they could spend on ads, are usually bland, and/or if carrying a message, it's dubious at best.

    Meanwhile, indies are more free to do what they want, instead of having to follow orders of someone pushing an agenda or that just cares for profit based on brand.

    If you'd be willing to sift through, you can find way too many good titles on places like Steam, GOG, and in a surprising quantity even on Itchio, plus other places, sure.

  • How to survive the Kindle apocalypse

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  • Cannot play games b/c Internet is needlessly required. Starcraft, Age of Empires, Civilization..

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  • About new versions of such games, I forgot to mention, but you could check GOG or Zoom Platform, nowadays the main ones rereleasing old games, and with a DRM-free philosophy.

    Also, since you got the original files, you could check if there are interpreters, wrappers or engine reimplementations for those games. If there are any, they might even work on legacy systems, similar to ScummVM if your game, even if original and theoretically compatible, has trouble running through the original means (monkey island ptsd ressurging)

    However, I'm not familiar with either games, @freedomPusher@sopuli.xyz, so I won't be able to source information for either.

  • Cannot play games b/c Internet is needlessly required. Starcraft, Age of Empires, Civilization..

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  • Cannot play games b/c Internet is needlessly required. Starcraft, Age of Empires, Civilization..

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  • Indeed. And furthermore, in days of yore, the sound was even an indication whether things were working or not. A most valuable behavior, in my opinion.

  • Cannot play games b/c Internet is needlessly required. Starcraft, Age of Empires, Civilization..

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  • Going by mentions of Windows Live in the list of DRM-free games from Steam over at Fandom/Wikia (link), you should be able to do a partial installation of the dependencies.

    And regarding using the disc drive, you can dump the discs as ISOs or BIN/CUE files, and mount them with WinCDEmu. It even allows keeping a disc mounted between sessions, and works as far back as, afaik, Windows 2000. So hardware needed only for the initial dump. Though beware certain programs, e.g. Chaos Legion, may throw a hissing fit if you try to run the disc somewhere other than the one you used to install the game.

  • Checking....what's the status for FOSS agentic AI models with skills?

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  • There's also a community for it here on the fediverse, to those interested: !Ollama@lemmy.world

    Also, from my tests, it works decent enough even on Android's Termux, though a powerful phone seems needed.

  • Checking....what's the status for FOSS agentic AI models with skills?

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  • Google removes Doki Doki Literature Club! from the Play Store

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  • Iirc, yeah, Plus! is Unity-based.

    Also I've seen a few engine interpreters over the years. None as overarching as ScummVM and JoiPlay, in this order, but pretty useful stuff. I should check some time if I still have a list of such tools.

  • Clingy kitty vs introvert kitty

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  • if lions and tigers are dangerous, explain this

  • Paris Court Issued Simultaneous Site Blocking Orders Against ISPs, DNS Resolvers and VPNs * TorrentFreak

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  • With the tendency certain countries to be autocratic, France included, I worry that may be the intent indeed, through using a legitimate reason to create a precedent for illegitimate ones.

  • Google removes Doki Doki Literature Club! from the Play Store

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  • First version uses Ren'Py, so likely playable on JoiPlay.

  • Removed

    A more accurate version

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  • Not the first time OP breaches rule 2, looking at his post history.

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    I just released my first pixel art tileset – looking for feedback 👀

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  • Wrong community, and your account is only hours old in your home instance.

    If it's a scam or spam, people will dislike, possibly block you, and move on. If it's legit, try not looking like a scammer/spammer.

  • Lutris now being built with Claude AI, developer decides to hide it after backlash

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  • From that article. Also, fuck websites that block screenshots.

    VM / Waydroid would help?

  • Any projects that want/require translations from English to Portuguese(Brazil)?

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  • DeMeta - DElete Meta & Let's get the critical mass together to leave it behind! :)

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  • Added degoogle and demeta to the deshittification sidebar.

    Thanks for the suggestion!

  • Impossible Mission III for the C64 releasing on May 18th, ROM download will also be available

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  • Ooooooooooh

    Thanks for the explanation! Indeed paints the original post different.

  • RetroGaming @lemmy.world
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    Impossible Mission III for the C64 releasing on May 18th, ROM download will also be available

  • datahoarder @lemmy.ml
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    Backing up bluray discs as ISOs with ddrescue?

  • Music @lemmy.world
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    Would a lyrics sharing community be an interesting idea?

  • Reaction Memes @lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Who, me?

  • Selfhosted @lemmy.world
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    What to study to be able to host a site?

  • Reaction Memes @lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    B L E P

  • NPCs (NonPolitical Comics) @piefed.social
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    Safely Endangered

    Feb 26, 2026

  • Software recommendations @lemmy.world
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    Android keyboards for multiple writing systems: Simple Keyboard, Mozc, Heliboard and Fcitx5

  • Dogs @lemmy.world
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    Silly husky

  • GOG @lemmy.world
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    Final Fantasy VII now also added to GOG's catalogue

    www.gog.com /forum/general/final_fantasy_vii_is_now_out_with_a_limitedtime_discount_alongside_classic_final_fantasy_deals_ca8e3
  • NPCs (NonPolitical Comics) @piefed.social
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    Dinosaur Comics

    January 19th, 2026

  • Blåhaj @lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Is this blåhaj?

  • Dogs @lemmy.world
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    Play after training

  • NPCs (NonPolitical Comics) @piefed.social
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    Scandinavia and the World

    Superbowl

  • GOG @lemmy.world
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    GOG's blog appears to use Wordpress, but no federation and/or comments available

  • NPCs (NonPolitical Comics) @piefed.social
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    Deogie (@deogie.bsky.social) - Dec 2, 2025

    bsky.app /profile/deogie.bsky.social/post/3m6zoktgbqc25
  • RetroGaming @lemmy.world
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    After 3 decades, the MS-DOS game 'Star Quest 1 in the 27th Century' is back, updated and free!

    old.reddit.com /r/pcgaming/comments/1qq9a6c/after_3_decades_star_quest_1_in_the_27th_century/
  • Reaction Memes @lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Danger kitty has a question

  • NPCs (NonPolitical Comics) @piefed.social
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    Bedtime - ADHDinos

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    Denmark & Australia - Scandinavian and the World