NetHack is one of the most complex and longest-lived open source programs ever written, and after 46 years, v5.0 shipped today.
https://t.co/ICEyakS6T5
And ... it is a VERY cool large codebase to work with in the LLM era.
A Canticle For Leibowitz is a classic early (1959) post-apocalypse novel where an order of monks preserved the last remnants of learning (the memorabilia) after a nuclear exchange turned the remains of society into book and scientist burners.
I first read it in the 80s as a mass market paperback that I somehow lost along the way. Other paperbacks from that time are yellow with age and getting brittle, but still readable.
I read it again in the late 2000s on a first edition Kindle. I eventually migrated to iPads for Kindle reading, but every couple years I would come across an old Kindle in a drawer, charge it up, and check out what I had been reading on it. They eventually stopped working entirely.
I’m just finishing reading a new Folio Society edition, printed on heavy, acid-free archival quality paper. If it doesn’t get soaked or burned, it could still be in good shape for centuries.
The ephemeral nature of digital storage does give me some pause. We can still read Sumerian tablets full of administrative trivia from four thousand years ago, but there are no known copies of some important software products from just fifty years ago.
I am a proud supporter of the Internet Archive!
La boyante industria del videojuego retro nace de un pecado original:
Cuando el móvil pudo ser la Game Boy de la humanidad, estudios y oligopolios eligieron el micropago como modelo de negocio.💰
El tiempo les ha demostrado como diversión y avaricia indisimulada se repelen
Announcing Nitrome Classics. We are bringing back beloved games of old re-equipped for modern gamers.
Re-live your childhood. Wishlist Twin Shot Deluxe now:
https://t.co/HJO4Yr4Mcw
Experimental post: The Inevitable March of Time
From the moment of this post, Super Mario Bros. is now closer to World War II than it is to the present day.
SOPA, desarrollado por @StudioBando, tiene fecha🧡 El videojuego colombiano, inspirado en Coco, El Principito y el cine de Hayao Miyazaki, llega el próximo 7 de octubre a PC y Game Pass. ¡Pasá a conocer todos detalles! 😍 | ✍️ @JLo_Gamer 🔗 https://t.co/ocvEMctVTP
So excited to finally share this! 🎉
We just launched the Steam page for *** Mega Deal Card ***, our new roguelike card game. 🃏🔥
You'll be able to play the demo in October!
Add it to your Steam wishlist and follow us on X❤️
https://t.co/nJIW0q4NF7
#indiegames#Roguelike
MicroProse partners with San Hugo Studios and Bacord Games to bring you Conur Life – a chaotic 2D open world adventure set in the heart of suburban Argentina.
Play now: https://t.co/MM7rFP3uEZ
Inspired by classic GTA, explore the gritty streets of San Hugo, dodge gangs and police, tune your ride, and try to survive the madness.
@SanHugoStudios @BacordGames #ConurLife #IndieGame
Atuel, our award-winning surrealist documentary game about climate change, is coming to Steam & Google Play later this year! 🙌🎉✨
🌏 Localized to 7 new languages!
🎮 Full controller support!
💸 All for free!
Wishlist it now and help us with a RT!🙏
https://t.co/xidufK8wXK
🚀 Big news!
@Enteio, from the @mozillabuilders cohort, was featured in @TechCrunch as a top alternative to reclaim your online life from billionaires and surveillance. 🔒
Check it out and explore how open innovation is driving change! ✨ https://t.co/dQrvX8w39L