@JeremyBranham@JosieBedlam And Iโm not saying not to love it, just remember where the money goes. If Iโm claiming the best Texas burger, itโs not from Whataburger, and we all know that.
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma hints they are planning on moving away from having customers buying consoles and instead going to a monthly rental or subscription program
She says it's hard to imagine people continuing to spend thousands of dollars on future console generations
This is code for you will own nothing and we will charge you monthly for a product forever
See that circle over East Downtown (Eado) Houston? That's a #NoDroneZone!
Until July 20, unauthorized drones are PROHIBITED within that area at ALL times!
Violate a #NoDroneZone during #FWC26Houston and expect the following:
๐ FBI and law enforcement will locate you
โ Your equipment will be seized
๐ฐ You will face up to $100,000 in fines and possible federal charges
SOMEONE BUILT WORDLE BUT FOR MINI GOLF AND IT IS QUIETLY BECOMING MY FAVORITE MORNING RITUAL
it's called https://t.co/uNM5Of4MOd.
you open the tab and there is one mini golf hole. that's the whole game. one new hole every midnight pacific. same hole for everyone in the world. your first finish counts.
you click the ball, drag back like a slingshot, let go. the further you pull, the harder you hit.
today's hole is called "Up and around." it's an S-shaped tropical island floating in dark teal water, with cross-barriers and one little wooden ramp that i ricocheted off three times in a row. par 6.
at the top of the screen, a live ticker scrolls past in real time:
> someone holed 6/6 ยท par
> someone holed 5/6 ยท birdie
> someone holed 11/6 ยท +5
real strangers are putting on the same hole as you. you can see the ghost rings of where their balls travelled, in cyan and purple and pink.
when you finish, you get a wordle-style share card. emoji result. takes one tap to drop into a group chat.
PC Gamer just wrote a whole love letter to it. the writer admits they scored a 20 on a par 12. they were thrilled.
the developer goes by https://t.co/0LJJsQnIeY. the 3D models are from Kenney, a guy who has been releasing free CC0 game assets for over a decade.
no signup. no account. no tracking. your streak lives in your browser. if you clear your cookies, the streak dies with them.
the about page says it in one sentence: "Same hole for everyone, new one at midnight Pacific, and your first finish is your score. That's the whole game."
we are 35 days into the project and the calendar archive lets you play every single previous hole.
i don't know why this is so satisfying. i just know i was supposed to be writing this post and i kept reopening the tab.
the internet is healing.