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Steam’s recommendation algo thinks Portal was… what?
While researching the itch.io story, I visited Funko Fusion’s Steam page and found this nonsense. Steam’s pages have an “is […]
The itch.io takedown
The players: Funko is best known for its line of Funko Pop figurines, “collectibles” based on other companies’ licensed IP. […]
I misread a headline: city bus driver edition
On my way out of the grocery store one evening, I skimmed the headlines on the newspaper rack and saw […]
My new favorite example of the video game modding hobby
The recent slew of Alien: Isolation videos populating YouTube’s recommendation algorithm caused me to both start a new playthrough (of […]
Alien: Isolation, IGN, and sailing the algo sea
So a couple months ago, YouTube started recommending a bunch of videos about Alien: Isolation. After I watched a couple […]
YouTube helpfully reminds me that Hitler is dead
One of the YouTube channels I subscribe to is Megaprojects. Its main focus is on big construction projects (hence the […]
Google’s AI tried to upsell me on a paid version of Firefox
Once in a while when I’m updating my phone’s apps, I’ll idly click over to an app’s Play Store page […]
The elephant in the greenery: why I don’t buy into utopias
Readers of mine might have gotten the idea that I incline to dystopian thinking or outright cynicism over utopian optimism. […]
Dungeon Siege – can I come along?
As I was retreating out of a spider-infested room under an old ruin, I found myself feeling impatient for Gyorn […]
Ray of Infamy 