Les Orchard <me@lmorchard.com>

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  • 57 minutes ago
    Oh, and all the above controlled with an old-school one-button Atari-style joystick. No mouse or keyboard controls in sight. Totally blew my 11-year-old mind
  • 1 hour ago
    Like, you had to navigate the Zoid mech in an overworld. Shoot railguns at baddies. Fuel up and navigate missiles to targets. Manage shields and damage control. Jam radio signals. Collect macguffins. Fight a boss baddie. Almost each part was a hard-as-nails little minigame you had to manage while the rest of the hazards in the world continued pummeling you in real time. Oh and the machine + human health readouts rendered as EEG graphs and lubb-dubb sound effects, so cool and stressful
  • 1 hour ago
    Sometimes I want to make a slightly more accessible new version of Zoids from the C64. That game was really cool and surprisingly complex for the time, but also way too hard to be much fun. But it was kind of amazing how much mech combat management it managed to cram in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1tjnD9Q8yA
  • 5 hours ago
    Like "my podcast is on YouTube" is the "no coke just pepsi" of the content world
  • 5 hours ago
    Like, "come watch my cable TV channel" (it's a DVD) "i'll give you a ride in my car" (it's a cargo e-bike with a big basket in front) "would you like a sandwich?" (it's an omelet)
  • 5 hours ago
    Ugh man I hate it when I hear someone mention a "podcast" that sounds interesting and I can't find it in the app I use to listen to podcasts because it's actually a YouTube channel 🤦‍♂️
  • 2 days ago
    "Luke, you've switched off your TikTok comments! What's wrong?"
  • 3 days ago
    Content warning:mh-; cat aggression & injury We've confined Minnaloushe to the bedroom we had him in when we first adopted him. Got a vet appointment on Tuesday for further advice, giving him gabapentin in the meantime. He wants out, but he's at least more relaxed about everything. He's really been pouring on the affection every time I hang out with him. Now, if only we can get him to do that with Cosmo.
  • 4 days ago
    Content warning:mh-; cat aggression & injury I feel cruddy about this too, but I'm personally very short on tolerance for pet drama right now after half a year of taking care of and then losing a cat. And he wasn't actively being a jerk to anyone.
  • 4 days ago
    Content warning:mh-; cat aggression & injury welp, Minnaloushe sobered up and started stalking Cosmo again. Thought maybe it was anxiety, but now wondering if Minna's stopped being afraid and suddenly decided to be territorial and take over the house? Back to thinking about re-homing after three decidedly not playful pounces since Thursday. He might be happier as an only cat, rather than go through getting drugged up and confined to a room in hopes of a behavior change. I know we'd rather not go through that.
  • 5 days ago
    Content warning:mh-; cat aggression & injury The boys are looking quite relaxed. I kinda want to steal some of their drugs
  • 6 days ago
    Content warning:mh-; cat aggression & injury Update: The vet gave us gabapentin for both Minnaloushe and Cosmo. The boys are currently having some nice relaxed drug naps on separate floors of the house. Hopefully being doped up for a little while addresses Cosmo's trauma and mellows out Minnaloushe's rampage to interrupt the cycle. Also, Feliway diffusers are deployed in several rooms. We may get anti-anxiety meds for Minnaloushe. I'm half wondering if Minna got keyed up seeing critters on the deck yesterday?

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