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Hello, good afternoon, hi. We’re back after one of this newsletter’s trademark unannounced hiatuses. Thanks for sticking around. We’ll try to get back to a normal cadence again. In this issue you’ll get an update on my various projects, which seem to multiply by the day! I’m drowning in them! ISN’T THAT FUN
Quick Hits
I produced a got-damn game show! The OpenCV AI Game Show premiered March 24th and I’m proud of the work I did on it. Watch it on YouTube!
I’m working on a little something new around the weird side of video games. The world needs more 2000s-era game blogs right? Email me if you wanna write for an ad-free publication where you own your own work. No pay rn.
Divergent League Update
First off, journalist Parker Molloy made us this awesome animation for Divergent League 1999:
I could watch that all day. We’ve been using “Waste of TV” by Brad Sucks for our pre-show music lately, paired with this sweet baby.
Divergent League 1999 is happening! 14 teams are participating in this season, our most ever! See how the draft went on our blog. We’re onto week 3, with games being broadcast every Sunday and Thursday. Here’s how to follow along:
So far my Mets are in the cellar, but there is still a lot of baseball left to play.
The Good Links
I been piling these up for weeks, folks.
The trailer for the new documentary Sisters with Transistors, about electronic music’s female pioneers. It releases April 23rd
The US passed a law again bullshit “modem rental fees” from internet service providers. So the ISPs kept the fees and simply changed the name of it
Just a few examples of how we’re paying the same price to get less, what is known as “shrinkflation”: Dorito bags are 5 chips lighter, Bounty lost 3 sheets, Wheat Thins lost 2oz per box
David Demchuk’s recent novel, RED X, has been optioned by Shaftesbury Films.
The creator of 1993 ‘hypermedia novel’ “Uncle Buddy's Phantom Funhouse” has gotten control of the copyright and endorses playing the game on Archive.org
Rifftrax: The Game releases on May 5th, for those of you who love talking over the movies (I sure do)
R.I.P. to The Bad Guy, Scott Hall aka Razor Ramon. As a pro wrestler he was one of the best in-ring performers of his generation and a personal favorite. His was a life with many ups and downs and he seemed to take every lump in stride.
Pusha T wrote the “I’m Lovin’ It” jingle for McDonalds, got was paid “peanuts” for it. Now he’s back with a diss track from Arby’s
Some kind soul has created an accurate replica of Lee Carvallo’s Putting Challenge, what every kid wants for Christmas
Modders have added Elden Ring’s message system to Fallout: New Vegas.
I convinced Foone to try adding Triple Play Gold from the Genesis to their excellent Death Generator web app
At last, the Kool-Aid Man’s secrets are revealed! He weighs 5.5 tons.
What made the NES so interesting? Great question. Some answers in this awesome article that goes deep on memory mappers and more.
From the Future: Fighting Cancer with Sound-Controlled Bacteria
NFT grifter game Axie Infinity had over $600 million in cryptocurrency stolen
“Playboy” Gary Hart is one of my favorite minds in the history of pro wrestling. He died too soon, like so many of his peers. But _right_ before he did, he sat down with Kayfabe Commentaries. It’s a great watch and he was engaging unti the end.
That’s all for today. Take care of yourselves.
— Phil Nelson
Wizard Tower Gamma, South of Market, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Earth
04.06.2022