#382 A Simple Game

Topics covered in this episode: act: Run your GitHub Actions locally! portr Annotating args and kwargs in Python github badges Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by ScoutAPM: pythonbytes.fm/scout Connect with the hosts Michael: @mkennedy@fosstodon.org Brian: … | Continue reading


@pythonbytes.fm | 11 days ago

My Favourite "My Favourite Game" Covers

Last week I tooted a poll to decide what my next post should be for WeblogPoMo, Ben jokingly asked: Is ‘My Favourite Games’ a compilation of the best covers of The Cardigans track? Of course, it wasn't. Then I went down a rabbit hole for over an hour and listened to every possibl … | Continue reading


@rknight.me | 11 days ago

Ok, spatial personas are fuckin’ rad

I finally had my first spatial persona experience, and it was pretty rad. A friend and I spent about 30 minutes playing chess, checkers, and battleship, in the Game Room app. Over those 30 minutes, it did genuinely feel like I was sharing the same space as my friend. I | Continue reading


@birchtree.me | 11 days ago

Hackers discover how to reprogram NES Tetris from within the game

New method could help high-score chasers trying to avoid game-ending crashes. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 11 days ago

Star Wars’ next Lego playset adds video game hero Cal Kestis

Star Wars has had its ups and downs with fans over a decade of TV series and theatrical releases, but… Continue reading Star Wars’ next Lego playset adds video game hero Cal Kestis The post Star Wars’ next Lego playset adds video game hero Cal Kestis appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading


@readwrite.com | 11 days ago

Helldivers 2’s notorious ‘review bomb’ might end up in the game as a cape design

Arrowhead Game Studios, the maker of Helldivers 2, is responding creatively to the recent controversy roiling the game’s fans which… Continue reading Helldivers 2’s notorious ‘review bomb’ might end up in the game as a cape design The post Helldivers 2’s notorious ‘review bomb’ m … | Continue reading


@readwrite.com | 11 days ago

Pulled Pork Tacos

Pulled Pork Tacos feature juicy, tender pulled pork piled high onto crispy, cheesy tortillas with all of your favorite toppings! My favorite easy slaw recipe is included. These are so perfect for summer parties, game days, and just as a fun weeknight dinner with the family. If yo … | Continue reading


@willcookforsmiles.com | 12 days ago

Ghost of Tsushima gets a new update

Sucker Punch Productions have released a surprise update for Ghost of Tsushima. The much-loved game set in war-torn Japan. The… Continue reading Ghost of Tsushima gets a new update The post Ghost of Tsushima gets a new update appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading


@readwrite.com | 12 days ago

Apple Announces New and Updated Apple Arcade Games Coming in May and June

Source: Apple. Apple announced that four new games are coming to Arcade early next month: Rabbids: Legends of the Multiverse Return to Monkey Island+ Tomb of the Mask+ Fabulous - Wedding Disaster+ In addition, on May 30th, Where Cards Fall, the excellent indie game by The Games B … | Continue reading


@macstories.net | 12 days ago

Finding Asterisk Tracker

I started writing a post about my computing history (coming soon) and realised I couldn't remember the name of a game I played a lot of in the early 90s. The best way to describe it is flappy bird in space. I tooted with this description: black background with white stars and you … | Continue reading


@rknight.me | 12 days ago

For a Dollar, For a Battle

by John Allen Paulos An abstract paradox discussed by Yale economist Martin Shubik has a logical skeleton that can, perhaps surprisingly, be shrouded in human flesh in various ways. First Shubik’s seductive theoretical game: We imagine an auctioneer with plans to auction off a do … | Continue reading


@3quarksdaily.com | 12 days ago

Sand Land Review – Goofy Adventures Of Tanks And War Crimes

Sand Land is one of the many different series created by the prolific Akira Toriyama. It was first a manga series- a short one- in 2000. It received an anime and film release in 2022, and now the world and story is presented into a video game. It’s not as advertised as much, but … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 12 days ago

Sand Land Review – Goofy Adventures Of Tanks And War Crimes

Sand Land is one of the many different series created by the prolific Akira Toriyama. It was first a manga series- a short one- in 2000. It received an anime and film release in 2022, and now the world and story is presented into a video game. It’s not as advertised as much, but … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 12 days ago

19:45 –> Down the street a ways from the Villa.  Vacaville…. Ordered grilled veggies and an SB. 

Got the veg, but no SB. All good, no rush. Nurse home having her girls game night, first […] | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 13 days ago

With inspiration from “Tetris,” MIT researchers develop a better radiation detector

A new detector system based on the game “Tetris” could enable inexpensive, accurate radiation detectors for monitoring nuclear sites. | Continue reading


@freethink.com | 14 days ago

A Moment Of Calm Before Game 7 Tonight (Maple Leafs/Bruins)

Visit the post for more. | Continue reading


@cimple.life | 14 days ago

The Best Fallout 4 VR Mods to make you think you are actually in the show

The world has gone Fallout mad as Amazon Prime’s TV rendition of everybody’s favorite post-apocalyptic video game really hit the… Continue reading The Best Fallout 4 VR Mods to make you think you are actually in the show The post The Best Fallout 4 VR Mods to make you think you a … | Continue reading


@readwrite.com | 14 days ago

Creating an Emacs Helper Function for Incrementing a Game Clock Track

Summary: Some double nerd action where I do symbolic arithmetic via Emacs Lisp. For my personal installation, I have used the Nerd Font to represent circles partially filled in. Which likely means what you’re seeing is rather garbled. Apologies but the math holds up. I’ve been pl … | Continue reading


@takeonrules.com | 14 days ago

Google Kneecaps Loads Of Very Big Websites After SEO Change

Search visibility for Game Informer, Kotaku and Dexerto is down by over 60% The post Google Kneecaps Loads Of Very Big Websites After SEO Change appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 14 days ago

A Bee Delay

[M-V-🐝! M-V-🐝!] Earlier this week, a Major League Baseball game was delayed nearly two hours due to…bees. That’s amusing, but it has happened before. It was actually what happened after the bees were cleared that stood out to me. When the bees were discovered near … | Continue reading


@onefoottsunami.com | 14 days ago

National Silk Art Museum in Weston, Missouri

It began when collector John Pottie found what he thought was a print of a game of billiards. Removing the art from the frame, he realized it was actually woven silk. How could such a small piece of art be created from fibers and a loom? The fascination ignited; soon the National … | Continue reading


@atlasobscura.com | 14 days ago

My Unconventional Cooking Trick for Making Beef Nachos Better than Taco Bell

The technique is a game-changer. READ MORE... | Continue reading


@thekitchn.com | 15 days ago

SuperTuxKart 1.5 Gears Up For Summer Release

Fans of open-source racing game SuperTuxKart will be pleased to hear its devs are busy in the pitman pepping the next major update to launch this summer. SuperTuxKart 1.4 was released back in 2022 with a ton of improvements. Successive updates in that series have fine-tuned, fixe … | Continue reading


@omgubuntu.co.uk | 15 days ago

Nintendo’s rarest game ever just got an ESRB rating

The Electronic Software Ratings Board, which is the video games rating authority in North America, has just given an E-for-Everyone… Continue reading Nintendo’s rarest game ever just got an ESRB rating The post Nintendo’s rarest game ever just got an ESRB rating appeared first on … | Continue reading


@readwrite.com | 15 days ago

Are we getting a ChatGPT search engine?

For decades, Google has monopolized the search engine game. Other search engines have come and gone in an attempt to… Continue reading Are we getting a ChatGPT search engine? The post Are we getting a ChatGPT search engine? appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading


@readwrite.com | 15 days ago

Gray Zone Warfare: How to complete the Secret Compassion task

Gray Zone Warfare is largely a game about shooting bad guys in the face with your squad of highly trained… Continue reading Gray Zone Warfare: How to complete the Secret Compassion task The post Gray Zone Warfare: How to complete the Secret Compassion task appeared first on ReadW … | Continue reading


@readwrite.com | 15 days ago

Horizon Forbidden West (PC) Review – Same Buffet, Different Town

Two years after the PlayStation release of Horizon Forbidden West, PC gamers can now join Aloy and Magical AirPod’s Journey to The Forbidden West, published on Steam and Epic Game Store. This marks another PlayStation-exclusive game coming to the PC ecosystem just like Guerrilla … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 15 days ago

Gray Zone Warfare: How to complete the First Hit task

Gray Zone Warfare is a game about getting in, getting the job done, and extracting out with the minimum of… Continue reading Gray Zone Warfare: How to complete the First Hit task The post Gray Zone Warfare: How to complete the First Hit task appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading


@readwrite.com | 15 days ago

Resident Evil 9 is set for release early next year according to leak, announcement soon

Leakers gonna leak. After rumors of a delay to the Resident Evil 9 game that has been in development for… Continue reading Resident Evil 9 is set for release early next year according to leak, announcement soon The post Resident Evil 9 is set for release early next year according … | Continue reading


@readwrite.com | 15 days ago

My Favourite Games

Inspired by Chris' post, herein lies my favourite games across the genres I play. Also like Chris, a ★ indicates what I think is a greatest of all time game. I have a fairly large collection of physical games which you can see on my games collection page. 3D Platformers ★ Jak and … | Continue reading


@rknight.me | 15 days ago

Norland Early Access Delayed To July As Steam Wishlist Numbers Soar

Developer Long Jaunt and publisher Hooded Horse announced that they are pushing back the Early Access release date for Norland, the Rimworld-esque medieval colony sim/ story generator. The game will now be releasing in July rather than in May, and this extra two months of develop … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 15 days ago

We’ve Gotta Play SOMETHING

The video game industry doesn't stop just because AAA releases have The post We’ve Gotta Play SOMETHING appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 15 days ago

One of Star Wars' Weirdest Edits Is Now a Very Fun Game Card

Over the years, the Star Wars saga has been taken under the knife and chopped and edited—for better or worse—many times, even beyond the Special Editions of the ‘90s. And yet one of the weirdest tweaks is still one of the most recent: the bizarre rally cry of “maclunkey!” when Gr … | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 15 days ago

Hades II’s new combat options enhance an already great game

New magic system shines in the game's early "Technical Test" period. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 16 days ago

The Moloch Trap of Environmental Problems

Hannah Ritchie at Sustainability By Numbers: A Moloch Trap is, in simple terms, a zero-sum game. It explains a situation where participants compete for object or outcome X but make something else worse in the process. Everyone competes for X, but in doing so, everyone ends up wor … | Continue reading


@3quarksdaily.com | 16 days ago

The Ride1Up Prodigy v2 Review — CleanTechnica Tested

Ride1Up has been disrupting the world of electric bikes with edgy designs that take some of the same affordable components found on other e-bikes and bundes them together in extremely affordable packages. The Ride1Up Prodigy was one of the best values in the mid-drive electric bi … | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 16 days ago

In memoriam Anna Palm de Rosa: painting the card game

For a couple of summers, she visited the Nordic Impressionists at the artist's colony in Skagen. Her painting of their card game is her outstanding work. | Continue reading


@eclecticlight.co | 16 days ago

27% : WearOS Growth Figure Points To the End Game for smart watches – plus a new tech trend is highlighted

I've held the opinion for several years now that the end game is... The post 27% : WearOS Growth Figure Points To the End Game for smart watches – plus a new tech trend is highlighted appeared first on the5krunner • tri bike run. The full post can be read now at the5krunner • tri … | Continue reading


@the5krunner.com | 16 days ago

Earth Defense Force 6 Releasing Worldwide In English This July

EDF! EDF! EDF! If you’re hungry for more horde shooters where you shoot bugs with military jingoism vibes, you’re in luck. D3Publisher is finally bringing developer Sandlot’s game Earth Defense Force 6 worldwide with an English release. EDF 6 released in 2022 in Japan, featuring … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 16 days ago

Deflect Boy Is A Top-Down Shooter But You Have No Gun, Out Now

Here’s a simple pitch of a game. A top-down bullet hell shooter, but you don’t have a gun. Instead, you have a shield that can deflect bullets. That’s the core premise of Deflect Boy, a newly-released indie game by Indonesia-based Reima Project. Its artstyle may be simple, but th … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 16 days ago

Funko Fusion Releasing This September

Looks like there’s another worlds-collide video game featuring various IP and it’s tied together thanks to Funko Pop, the popular collectible figure collection. Funko Fusion is an action-adventure game that can be played solo with online co-op support. The game will feature vario … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 16 days ago

Next Starfield Update Makes Maps More Useful, Adds Ship Interior Decoration And More

A new update for Bethesda Game Studio’s latest game Starfield is sort-of live, available on the Steam Beta branch for PC players on Steam, but will be available for the rest of the PC players as well as on Xbox Series soon. The new update, Update 4, adds a very much requested fea … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 16 days ago

Mickey Mouse Will Fight Winnie the Pooh in the Latest Public-Domain Horror Extravaganza

It was inevitable, really: as soon as beloved childhood characters became fair game under public domain, they’d be seized upon by horror filmmakers... and eventually, the biggest headliners would square off. The world may not be ready for Mickey vs. Winnie, but it’s coming, and i … | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 16 days ago

The Best Way to Poach Chicken Is Not What Most Recipes Say, and We Have the Proof

Traditional poached chicken recipes are usually a guessing game of timing and temperature, leading to meat that's either undercooked or dry and stringy. Our unconventional cold-start method is worlds better, producing chicken that is plump, tender, and juicy. | Continue reading


@seriouseats.com | 16 days ago

Relicblade: Storms of Kural starter

I recently picked up a copy of the Relicblade: Storms of Kural starter set from a local gamer. I have been interested in the game for some time but a local sale made it easy to pick up. There are many things about the game that are interesting but after a look through the books.. … | Continue reading


@zacgaming.wordpress.com | 16 days ago

Email Microsoft didn’t want seen reveals rushed decision to invest in OpenAI

Microsoft CTO made a "mistake" dismissing Google's AI as a "game-playing stunt." | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 16 days ago

Indie developer behind Deliver Us Mars shuts its doors

KeokeN, makers of the acclaimed video game Deliver Us Mars, has ceased operations entirely and laid off its entire staff.… Continue reading Indie developer behind Deliver Us Mars shuts its doors The post Indie developer behind Deliver Us Mars shuts its doors appeared first on Rea … | Continue reading


@readwrite.com | 17 days ago

Tom Clancy’s The Division Resurgence – what we know so far about the mobile game

There has been much anticipation for Tom Clancy’s The Division Resurgence, which is expected to land on mobile devices this… Continue reading Tom Clancy’s The Division Resurgence – what we know so far about the mobile game The post Tom Clancy’s The Division Resurgence – what we k … | Continue reading


@readwrite.com | 17 days ago