lost_limey

lost_limey

@lostlimey.bsky.social

Just a random Brit living in Virginia.

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I think it was either Missile Command or River Raid on the Atari XE Game System, but I vaguely recall having a system that was a version of Pong before that, it had a faux wood finish and the two controllers were grey tubular things with a black dial on the top and no buttons or sticks.

Sophia_Nyx 🐰@sophianyx.bsky.social

Name the first videogame you played.

Doing some further research, the Pong thing was the Adman Grandstand TVG-2600 MK II. I was misremembering the wood grain, but these were definitely the controllers I recall, plus I remember those switches and the orange and blue buttons. It came out in 1977 but I played it in the early 1980's.

I bet it absolutely does not hold up, but I used to love this game, and ten way tour buildings evolved as you discovered new technology.

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Happy #LetterboxdFriday! What's YOUR #LastFourWatched? Dad movie time resumed in earnest, with some Appalachian moonshine running, I watched a prohibition comic book movie outside of a plane for the first time, tried fixing my Leone blindspot further, and enjoyed an overlong WWII ensemble classic.

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Well, I'm enjoying the heck out of #HellraiserRevival, but can't reliably perform quick turns with my controller, so am having a devil of a time just escaping The Chatterer. Gonna have to learn mouse & keyboard controls for it.

Happy #LetterboxdFriday! What's YOUR #LastFourWatched? I continued in my Clive Barker adjacent horror watch with race/class trauma as I finished a second franchise, before pivoting back to "Dad Movies" with a bit of union busting violence with Chris Cooper and James Earl Jones.

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I'm between Mr. Brownstone and Mr. Brightside. I prefer G'N'R overall, but Mr. Brightside is the better "Mr." song.

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I propose we reorient our generations based on which "Mr" song they most affiliate with Mr Sandman Mr Postman Mr Bluesky Mr Bronwstone Mr Brightside I'm too old to know what comes after Mr Brightside but so is everyone else on this website so we'll leave that to the TikTokers

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An advert as revolutionary as the Paddington TV series or anything done by hand. I can viscerally HEAR the "dow-dow-dow-dow-dow" as the post box chews down on its softmint (disgusting)

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Bought the Hellraiser CE over a year ago... game released today and still no updates on tracking or anything on the game other then "were working on it" mass email...I think at this point I'm done ever pre-ordering from boss team games as this isn't the first time they have had a problem.

Spent quite a bit of $ to pre-order the Cenobite Collector's Edition of Hellraiser Revival, and have yet to receive anything on launch day. Was expecting the physical to be delayed, but thought I'd at least get the digital Steam code... Nope. Shouldn't have broken my never pre-order rule.

Trying to get used to hand wraps. This was attempt #3 on my left hand. Have yet to try on my right, and since I'm not a southpaw, I'm expecting even worse results.

Still not sure if it reads as a dirt road, but I filled it in some, & tamped it down to the board. I also added a Model T in front of the store to make it look more like a road (there's turf & weeds to come that should help), I also positioned the Gossip Tree ready to add people #modeltrains #nscale

Happy #LetterboxdFriday! What's YOUR #LastFourWatchee? I survived the end of the DTV Hellraiser era with Pinhead's non-union Mexican equivalent, which wasn't the franchise nadir, followed by a triumphant reboot, and kept in a Clive Barker space to finish.

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Happy #LetterboxdFriday! What's YOUR #LastFourWatched? Demons to some. Angels to others. I spent a week in literal DTV Hell. Firmly in the era of "cheap spec scripts, just add Cenobites!" A couple of these were pretty decent, and then there's Hellworld... Next batch doesn't even have Doug Bradley.

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While I've already shown these pieces separately, now that my base foam board is painted to look like red clay soil, here's what it looks like with the train on it. When I have the final position sorted out, I'll punch a hole in the board to hide the blue/white wire. #modeltrains #modelrailroad

My favorite Bat-Family reveals my age, I think. Batman: Bruce Wayne Robin: Tim Drake Nightwing: Dick Grayson Oracle: Barbara Gordon Batgirl: Cassandra Cain Spoiler: Stephanie Brown Azrael: Jean-Paul Valley

For this week's #LetterboxdFriday, Ive been on something of a spooky theme as All Hallow's Eve creeps closer, and my #LastFourWatched have such sights to show you. I decided to go to the start of 1 of the 2 horror franchises I can watch and am going to do every one, not just these that I've seen.

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1001 albums #72: I like them better when they were singing about the main geezer.

lost_limey@lostlimey.bsky.social

1001 albums #71: Didn't realize that I'd taken such a long hiatus from posting these, so expect a massive flood of nonsense starting with some New Wave also rans.

1001 albums #71: Didn't realize that I'd taken such a long hiatus from posting these, so expect a massive flood of nonsense starting with some New Wave also rans.

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1001 albums #70: What can be said about this album that hasn't already been said? I genuinely don't know.

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Alan Moore & Melinda Gebbie's "This is Information" from the 2002 9/11 Tribute Anthology comic is one of my favorite comics ever – its metaphorical approach to narrative had a profound influence on my comics making. I share bits of it in class frequently, but worth revisiting on this day...

Haven't brought food to my Sunday D&D group in a while, so thought I'd push the boat out a little bit: Slow Cooker Chicken Shawarma, Greek Lemon Cauliflower Pilaf, Marinaded Sumac Red Onions, Lemon Tahini Sauce, and feta and pitas to assemble their own...

After too long dealing and struggling with coupler repairs for my "Desktop Loop" Piedmont Junction future #modelrailroad layout, I finally have the complete train running on the track #modeltrain #nscalemodel

Well, to turn it into an actual layout, I need to add dirt. Enter ½" thick insulation foam board, matte interior house paint, and premium wood glue to paint the first layer. The second layer of just paint goes on tomorrow night after this dries.