Kevin Whitaker @eyecreate@mastodon.technology

I found this an interesting read on how much privacy affects society.
https://aeon.co/essays/privacy-matters-because-it-empowers-us-all

I love small portable things so I found this pretty cool effort.
Project SHRINKO! Tiny versions of big BIG games | BoardGameGeek
https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/256760/project-shrinko-tiny-versions-big-big-games

Some really neat mechanics tied together in this game. Will keep an eye on it. #frozenbyte #videogame
https://www.starbasegame.com/

A nice read about the benefits of honestly displaying your emotions.
https://aeon.co/essays/cheerfulness-cannot-be-compulsory-whatever-the-t-shirts-say

One of my favorite 3D platformers is getting more content. Can't wait to try!
A Hat in Time - Nyakuza Metro + Online Party Announcement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp-DYRP2q1s

Cool project that allows steam games to operate without steam for multiplayer.
https://gitlab.com/Mr_Goldberg/goldberg_emulator

I tried replacing my Google Pixel's battery myself but ended up breaking the screen along the way. I'm certainly making sure my future mobile devices won't so easily have this problem with home repairs.

Google's #Stadia is impressive as a user experience and technology platform, but I worry about the lifecycle of game experiences once you can no longer play them.
A positive aspect to Stadia is, since it uses #linux to run, it could help studios put effort into tooling for linux, even in non-cloud gaming.

Nice to see another #ocremix album from a great composer!
Chronopolis: Music Inspired by Chrono Cross | OC ReMix
http://chronopolis.ocremix.org/

I've been using an #arduino to transfer my old #gameboy camera pictures to my computer.

Wasn't happy with the state of my website, so I've now redone it and gave it lots of more relevant info to show.

Every since it came out last month and I stumbled upon it, I've been consistently listening to this album. I think it must be the energy(and catchy musical phrases) in the music that keeps me coming back for another listen.
http://mikazukibigwave.bandcamp.com/album/romantic-album
#futurefunk #Japanese

Just realized some cool game design in Dragon Quest XI. One character pair are twins and their skill trees are visually roatated 45 degrees. One of them dies in the game and they gift thier skills to the other. After that, the skill tree of the one left now has both sets of skills, which line up perfectly. Really like seeing forethought put into things like this.

I recently bought and have been playing Dragon Quest XI with steamplay and am appreciating how much easier is it to play mainstream windows games on linux now. While I wish support for the platform was more official than it is, I'm glad to have this level of choice in OS platform without being unable to enjoy some good games.

Wanted to share this article discussing various US laws around works and property and their effect on society.
https://aeon.co/essays/the-idea-of-intellectual-property-is-nonsensical-and-pernicious
#copyright #patents #law #USA #trademarks

With recent discussion about Google's change to force Chrome sign-in with Google sign-in, it reminded me about my frustration that we don't have a popular consumer technology company focused around respecting consumers as human beings and not cash cows. So far, #Purism seems to be one of the few aiming in this direction. I can only hope one of these companies can do well enough to become an example to other's business because it's hard to see any way to convince the current dominant businesses to change.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who has been frustrated some current software development practices.
http://tonsky.me/blog/disenchantment/