We used to play a lot of #videogames in college in addition to way too much partying & some studying. And the 3 games remember that we played most were Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, many fighting games but the ones we played most were any of the King of Fighters series,& Tony Hawke, for sort of a change of pace, I was never good at any of them really but all 3 were so fun. Oh and NFL Blitz too. All for Playstation

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A new issue of our retro gaming and media 'zine, BETWEEN THE SCANLINES, is out! Yep, still rolling along with our magazine project, now seventeen issues strong!

In this new e-zine, we've got adventure in wobbly polygon sands, community features on the game dot com and showing some Game Boy DX love! Plus, we look at the rarest(?) PS1 peripheral. 🔥

We've also got catch-up bundle offers for a discount on multiple issues!

https://betweenthescanlines.itch.io/issue-seventeen

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I have a bit of a confession to make. I've been known to play video games or take a nap while I'm at work.

I know, I know, but hear me out.

It started (at least the gaming part) when I worked in the video game industry (I have done so twice, Bioware and Bethesda / Zenimax), and it was part of my job at least then.

We'd either just be play-testing content, or, as security was my team's job, sometimes we'd be testing to find ways to cheat, testing the security of some things, generating logs for testing detection tools, etc.

Often, the actual content was not new or difficult, and my mind would wander. It'd wander to think about problems I had to solve for work. It'd start thinking about the bigger issues, simplifying things, and even writing blog posts or strategy docs, etc.

It turns out that sometimes when your brain is just doing something, it can almost go on autopilot, and then it keeps itself occupied by working on other problems.

So sometimes, I will fire up an easy, grinding game, play on autopilot, and let my brain think about things.

It also "heals" my brain when pushing it too hard and lets it relax. A quick nap has a similar effect.

Given that thinking turns out to be a large and important part of my job as I progress deeper into this world of IC / Senior Architect / Guy-with-the-ideas, etc., finding ways to connect complex things is important.

This quick post was brought to you by a quick blast through a nightmare dungeon in Diablo IV over lunch, during which I worked out how to relate several programs of work together in a way that I think will make it simpler for others to understand why it's important we keep them aligned.

And then I thought I should write this post about it.

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Headbangers Rhythm Royale is releasing on Game Pass for PC and Xbox alongside its normal PC, Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch release in October.

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