I just realized that when I did my indie game roundup two days ago, I didn’t even realize it was Friday the 13th. Would that have changed anything? Probably not! Maybe I could have said it’s the scariest round up of all. Anyway, today is Father’s Day in the US. Yesterday I went with my kids to a yearly comics event I love at the local library, although I left earlier than I wanted to since I had a migraine that was building up all day from me not getting enough sleep. I also learned I could sign up for the library’s Summer Games and win prizes, and that’s already becoming my whole personality. I’ll probably end up doing a post or two about that at some point. I’m glad the turnout for the protests yesterday was great. Again, there was a huge one where I was at but the whole migraine thing so I wasn’t able to join.

Anyway, people came here to look at some blog links. Consider adding them to your RSS feed reader of choice. I use Inoreader, which I gripe about because it’s starting to poke at AI summaries, but there’s probably something better at that. RSS beats refreshing social media all the time for updates anyway.

And if you don’t have a blog? Start one! It doesn’t have to be anything big, it can just be a free blog on Bear Blog, and then post a link to it so I can add it to my feed reader.

Video Games

I’m a huge fan of Rob‘s blogs (and games). He has the b-movie blog but there’s also the video game one. This time he writes about the slog that is the Summer Games Fest.

If you’re a game dev using Unity, this guide on porting your games to consoles may be handy.

I haven’t followed the Steam Next Fest at all so maybe it’s over. I’m still going to link to round ups though because they may help you find stuff to add to your wishlist. Buried Treasure did a very nice one and so did Adventure Game Hotspot if you’re looking for games in that genre specifically. Alex Rinehart posted a few demo reviews on his blog too.

Unearthed Treasure Room is the only thing I watched during this summer fest and it was very good. Startmenu has a writeup about it and links if you want to learn more about the showcase focused on obscure games that have been already released. Maybe all of us can just do our own showcases.

Bros Get Stoked writes about Interface Dramas, games set entirely on a computer desktop. I had called them Desktop Simulators as a joke but Interface Dramas is probably a better term.

The Good Old Days has a nice review of Air Pico, a flight sim made in pico-8. I just like that there’s multiple sites I follow that are just personal games databases. Jefklak’s Codex is another one I follow. I’ve thought about doing that someday if my list of reviews gets to be pretty big.

Tech

It’s an older post I keep forgetting to mention, but usebox writes about being back on xmpp, which is something I really need to give another shot. I get so excited about talking to people outside of the big social media sites and apps owned by corporations because it makes the web feel bigger and somehow more personal to me when I’m talking to people outside of bluesky or Discord.

I don’t think I’ve ever actually posted about Computer Chronicles Revisited on here before? Which is really weird because I’m a huge fan of it. Anyway, it’s been back for a while after a hiatus and covering Macworld Expo/San Francisco 1989

Food

Brain Baking found his Granddad’s Cooking Notebook and I just thought it was a really nice read. It reminds me that I need to digitize all the old recipes my grandparents have.

Dev Logs

erysdren makes great games like Bitch Hell and I’m happy to see the site posting .plan updates again.