My shortlist is probably WipEout Pulse (I love how that entire series feels like a game made out of electronic music, the same way Doom is made out of metal), WipEout 2048 (for the same reason, but I played it even more), Forza Motorsport 2 (cuz it had a huge influence on my taste at a very young age), and then maybe Gran Turismo 5?

I’m in love with it, it feels like it was made just for me. Like a combo of Skyrim and Fable II. Not everyone feels the same though.

I’m jealous, that sounds like a very nice unit. Unfortunately it’s hard for me to trust used portable machines like that one if I can’t verify they work beforehand. I’m sure it sounds much better than the newer units though.

I did this with a Pi Zero once. It’s a fun project if you have the aptitude for it.

An all-in-one modern solution for that: https://www.wearerewind.com/
(The Fiio CP13 is better, but it doesn’t have recording functionality)

Yeah this isn’t a bad idea. Especially if you get one that supports MP3 files on a CD, you can have several hours of material on one CD-R.

I wrote a little blog post about my experiences trying a variety of different alternatives to just streaming music like most people do. Using players that support physical formats has been a very fun way to expand my music taste in unexpected ways.

Womp womp.

As a sidenote, I’m very impressed by how much Avowed is reminding me of some of my favourite memories playing Fable I and II back in the day. It feels like the same sort of action RPG, with the blending of swords, bows/guns, and magic. Certainly an unexpected treat, given the more obvious Skyrim comparisons that game has been getting.

I think it’s very interesting to note that mainstream consoles like the Switch or PS5 have massive ad campaigns behind them, expensive television spots, and a constant churn of new exclusives that they’re using to keep themselves in the conversation. The Steam Deck certainly had an ad campaign, but it feels impressive to me that they managed to make those numbers happen mostly just through throwing up an announcement on the Steam front page and then having it review well once it found its way into critics’ hands.

I think they’re fantastic. Ghosts is probably my favourite song from them.

I’m genuinely kinda obsessed with it right now. Feel like they made a special one just for me. A perfect mix of my two childhood RPG favourites: Skyrim and Fable II.

I think the “industry standard” tool for ripping is this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exact_Audio_Copy

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It’s WordPress running on a Raspberry Pi with Yunohost.

Yeah! audiovalentine.com I use it as a personal blog and a portfolio of all the music I’ve produced over the years. Very indie web feel. Hoping to expand it to more topics and uses. And it’s on the fediverse!

They’re desperate to manufacture consent against their competition

Yes. Ban it. No more traffic to big social media. If something is newsworthy there will be a blog post about it.

Finally the live service bubble is popping.
I hope the developers working on these projects get put on to something else, instead of shown the door as is so often the case.

I used other Fediverse platforms since about 2022 and was keen to find one that replicated a more reddit-like style.

Hell, in Canada they don’t care at all either.

I was here before the Reddit API kerfuffle, because I care about an open and decentralized internet.