Ellen Juniper Kaplan

Ellen Juniper Kaplan

@juniper.ellen.zone

🤖 DevRel Enjoyer [Open for work!] ⭐ Theme parks, coffee, and retro games are my jam 📝 Author, "Coping with Gender Dysphoria"; bylines in Vice, @pcgamer.com, etc. 🗺 Boston, MA 🌐 ellen.zone

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damien 🥖🐈‍⬛🧣
@damien.zone

Well. Got laid off, position terminated this Saturday. I need some time to remake my resume and everything but if anyone is looking for a Front-End engineer with 12yrs of exp in the Bay Area/Remote U.S. Ping me.

Ellen Juniper Kaplan
@juniper.ellen.zone

got to play galaxian 3: attack of the zolgear at fun world today! i didn’t even have to ask a tech to turn it on for me, it was just running. it’s one of four left in the whole world, and the only one left in the US. feeling grateful i got to play it.

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Ellen Juniper Kaplan
@juniper.ellen.zone

as a side note, i don’t think galaxian 3 is the best shooter in their collection. that honor goes to STRIKERS 1945 III, a psikyo classic that i’ve never gotten to play on a cabinet before. phenomenal game, highly recommend the switch port.

Ellen Juniper Kaplan
@juniper.ellen.zone

got to play galaxian 3: attack of the zolgear at fun world today! i didn’t even have to ask a tech to turn it on for me, it was just running. it’s one of four left in the whole world, and the only one left in the US. feeling grateful i got to play it.

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Ellen Juniper Kaplan
@juniper.ellen.zone

it’s worth a visit if you’re in boston and want to engage in some arcade history within an hour’s drive, particularly if you like old-school redemption games, though i honestly don’t think attack of the zolgear is worth a visit on its own, given how many of the control stations aren’t working.

Ellen Juniper Kaplan
@juniper.ellen.zone

it’s also worth a visit if you like the idea of visiting a family entertainment center whose best days were clearly two decades ago. it feels oddly frozen in time, and being honest, i don’t know how long it has left, even though there were plenty of families there today.

Ellen Juniper Kaplan
@juniper.ellen.zone

got to play galaxian 3: attack of the zolgear at fun world today! i didn’t even have to ask a tech to turn it on for me, it was just running. it’s one of four left in the whole world, and the only one left in the US. feeling grateful i got to play it.

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Ellen Juniper Kaplan
@juniper.ellen.zone

fun world’s collection also includes a large variety of ride-on arcade cabinets, like Top Skater, Daytona USA, Rapid River, and Prop Cycle. none of them are in the greatest shape, unfortunately, but they’re all still playable. two of the Daytona units still have CRT displays!

Ellen Juniper Kaplan
@juniper.ellen.zone

fun world is a very strange place in general, from the various arcade machines in disrepair to the new-for-this-year mining installation. the rickety himalaya ride was running, but the go-kart track out back has clearly been closed for years. the playground eventually opened, but remained empty.

Ellen Juniper Kaplan
@juniper.ellen.zone

got to play galaxian 3: attack of the zolgear at fun world today! i didn’t even have to ask a tech to turn it on for me, it was just running. it’s one of four left in the whole world, and the only one left in the US. feeling grateful i got to play it.

Ellen Juniper Kaplan
@juniper.ellen.zone

the installation has definitely seen better days. the laserdisc player was replaced this year, and i’m sure that helped! but a couple of the controller stations are non-functional (or less than functional) and the sound is so quiet it might as well be off. maintaining this can’t be easy at all.

Ellen Juniper Kaplan
@juniper.ellen.zone

on top of attack of the zolgear, we also got to play a round of bowling on Bowlingo, a fully automated electro-mechanical mini bowling installation released by Capcom in 1990. this was genuinely very fun, and worked surprisingly well!

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Ellen Juniper Kaplan
@juniper.ellen.zone

After 8 incredible years I’m sad to share that I’ve been laid off from Discord. I can’t describe how grateful I am for the chance to work with so many great folks, both inside the company and the developer community I served. Taking some time to rest before looking for my next DevRel adventure.

Ellen Juniper Kaplan
@juniper.ellen.zone

After 8 incredible years I’m sad to share that I’ve been laid off from Discord. I can’t describe how grateful I am for the chance to work with so many great folks, both inside the company and the developer community I served. Taking some time to rest before looking for my next DevRel adventure.

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Eric Z
@zeman.bsky.social

PCMag is now hiring for TWO roles. The first is for a Writer to cover mobile, and the second is for a Senior Writer to cover mobile. This is the Writer job: www.ziffdavis.com/careers/jobs... This is the Senior Writer job: www.ziffdavis.com/careers/jobs...

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Wes Fenlon
@wes.readonlymemo.com

Hello! Would you like a long, distracting read about chasing a dream, perfecting analog video, battling AI-driven manufacturing shortages, and sticking to the principle of doing right by the open source MiSTer community? Here's that

Read Only Memo@readonlymemo.com

readonlymemo.com"Failure can't be an option:" Taki Udon breaks down the last year of 12 hour days, 6 days a week he poured into the SuperStation, his dream MiSTer FPGA console"After I drew this and did the pitch, I knew that I wanted it."

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Jacob Geller
@jacobgeller.com

gaming is only books if the game has a defined ending and then you sit back and think about it

Patrick Cosmos@veryimportant.lawyer

Gaming doesn’t count as screen time. Gaming is books. Unless it’s on your phone - that is screen time. Movies are books unless they are Marvel, who produce screen time. Television is screen time.

Ellen Juniper Kaplan
@juniper.ellen.zone

meowdy! figured i'd create a professional account in advance of GDC so i had a space to put my thoughts on the state of the industry and follow folks that make things i care about. if you've got questions about getting your game integrated with discord, feel free to reach out, i'm happy to answer!

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