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@lehtimaeki@snapp.social I've been saying for years that I run for my physical and mental health, not in that order.
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Raul Portales
@Sh41@androiddev.social
mastodon 4.7.3I make retro games for #MSX and mint-tin board games for fun, and Android software engineer for a living.
Also TCGs, mostly #Lorcana and #MtG
Neurodiversity advocate. #ActuallyAutistic
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@botteaap@androiddev.social @lehtimaeki@snapp.social I've never met him in real life, he might a very well crafted bot 🤔😂
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@danyork if you've been around long enough, you do remember the "Glassholes" when Google glass was originally unveiled back in 2013
Results for the #MSX dev 2025 are out. Too many "overpowered" games into the top relying on new expansions for my personal preference.
A few excellent MSX-1 games crawled towards the top 10 spots. My favourites are Chrono Runner, Shift, and Space Bash.
My game ended up in the middle of the pack, which was expected, as it was a simple and unoriginal game, but highly polished.
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@grimalkina@mastodon.social travel expenses is a minimum! Most of us are/were not even charging speaker's fees.
I get that running a conference is expensive, but so are quality speakers.
Not fair for people starting, you can't expect people to run sessions "for visibility" or "exposure".
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@lehtimaeki@snapp.social those look exactly like the paints I had 30 years ago.
Either the packaging hasn't changed, or those are very old 😂
I used to play Warhammer Fantasy, and Battletech. Haven't got onto 40K
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@GurgelSegrillo@mastodon.ie I normally don't like fútbol, but at least something good came out of it this time.
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@fishidwardrobe@social.tchncs.de @KatyElphinstone@mas.to @foolishowl@social.coop I think we use imagination differently, that's why:
-NTs think we don't have it
-NTs think we have a lot
"Using imagination differently" as another way of "thinking outside the box"
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@MiaMarkTwo@syzito.xyz Google glasses didn't fail because the technology wasn't ready at the time. They failed because humans don't want that intrusive tech
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@aral@mastodon.ar.al I support your cause as long as I don't need to make any effort and it doesn't cause any inconvenience.
If there's no tradeoff, the support is meaningless
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@Mepurfield it's not lack of empathy, it's a different way to empathize, which NTs don't share, and therefore don't bother to understand 🤷♀️
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@pathfinder @autistics interesting, very thought provoking.
Autism and independence are Indeed a tricky couple, in many ways.
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@3dcandy@mastodon.social @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us this is very sad. All the advancements on integration go very slowly, and then suddenly go back with much more speed. It's infuriating.
I'm speaking as Autistic, but I reckon it happens to most disabilities in a very similar way.
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@mmiasma@mastodon.sdf.org @SuperSelena64@vmst.io doesn't need cables or run out of battery!
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@Migueldeicaza in Spain we have a few different overs, my favourite is when someone gets themselves into trouble: "se metio en un berenjenal"
No idea why being in an eggplant field is trouble, but I love the expression.
I love the look of the roman d6 in the #mtg cards
Finished the #MSX game Chrono Runner. My favourite entry of the 2025 MSXDev contest.
What a beautiful, smart and fine tuned game!
The time mechanic makes you ok to not use save startes, but I still needed them for the final boss.
Great game!
Rewatched Brave, mostly because it's part of the latest #Lorcana set, and it's much better than I remembered.
Today I had a really clutch #MtG play including Fact or Fiction, Dread Return, Laboratory Maniac, Slickshot Lockpicker, Demonic Consultation and Mental note.
And the best part is that it's on camera.
But I have to edit it
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@RandySimons @aperezdc @electron_greg yeah, integer math is way faster than float, specially in Basic
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@SuperSelena64@vmst.io LOL, this hit hard.
It tok me a while to realize that my actual hobby is configuring retro emulation systems, playing the games is secondary 😅
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@hongminhee I also don't own a car, I took a conscious choice to pick an area with good public transport before moving in... On the other hand I live in Ireland and yeah, it's either plane or ferry to get anywhere. I wish I could use trains.
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@Migueldeicaza "hay verdades que escuecen" es la versión española.
I love your reflections on idioms, I tend to think a lot about them myself too 😅
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@grumpygamer@mastodon.gamedev.place unfortunately the Twitter collapse was greatly exaggerated.
Apparently it still has significant traffic. I don't know first hand, because I never returned
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@wink@chaos.social @grimalkina@mastodon.social back when I was speaking at conferences, I only ever got travel expenses 🤷♀️
But I think we can and should do better. Community based conferences, sure, can feed from the community, but bigger conferences should pay.
The problem is that bigger conferences pay only a few speakers, and the rest get paid in "exposure".
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@bladecoder @carrchr also, it's caused by a company culture that encouraged open source projects
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@peligroja78 @juanfr me lots jugué todos, y para mí los de GBC son de lo mejor tanto los Oracle, como Awakening DX
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@transworld@masto.ai I love the cartoon, just a FYI that there's an actual donut franchise called "The Rolling Donut", and AFAIK they don't hate dogs or trans people
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@theonion now, this is way too close to reality, I even considered it to be a real headline... Difficult times for the editors at the onion
New #MtG Brawltisan video!
Reyav equipments Vs Elas aristocrats.
Duel #Commander-ish format only with commons and uncommons.
https://youtu.be/GJyvczjzQo4?is=Glr6lg2UOVfLtHKt
Brawltisan: Reyav Equipments Vs Elas Il-Kor Aristocrats
It's been 14 years since I got my first official #Kendama grading! Back in The EJC at Poland (Lublin)... Time really does fly
Looking at Wilds Unknown for Poorcana, a couple of good additions to Emerald Amethyst Burn, even for full core constructed in Wisp and RC, so naturally I made a new version of that deck
I'm gladly surprised with the depth of the #Lorcana draft of Wilds Unknown.
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@botteaap Android TV? I thought we were in 2026, not 2016
Jokes aside, I still use my Android TV, but Google has not put any effort on it for many years now
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@wink@chaos.social @grimalkina@mastodon.social I see your point, but I think flawed / niche speakers also deserve to get paid, at the very least travel expenses.
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@DoubleTreble@cupoftea.social @GurgelSegrillo@mastodon.ie I don't know much about UK politics, I'm assuming Reform UK and Advance UK are not trying to get back into EU, right?
The Poorcana "final" is up.
https://youtu.be/rWqpZtO9xmc?is=ofUnHZLxFANUZGM0
#lorcana
As my board game Scrapyard Tinkers is "finished", it's a good time to start working on the retheme "Mystical Scoops"