Today I took care of a GBA SP that came with a bundle recently. I only had to replace the upper rear shell and the battery cover because the initial owner scratched his initials into it, but the rest could stay original. 🔄

It's now in a really nice overall condition and runs flawlessly. ✨

#retrogaming #gaming #GameBoy #GBA #Nintendo #games #videogames #diy

EMPULSE is basically Titanfall but from the devs of Splitgate https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/empulse-is-basically-titanfall-but-from-the-devs-of-splitgate/

#EMPULSE #FPS #Titanfall #Demo

Xbox reportedly closing Compulsion Games, and the leak says Ninja Theory and Double Fine are also on the chopping block. This isn't just industry churn, Double Fine has been one of the last big studios making the kind of odd, author-driven games that defined the late '90s / early 2000s PC scene. Losing that feels like another piece of that era getting erased. #RetroGaming #DoubleFine #Xbox #GamePreservation

https://pocg.net/news/xbox-reportedly-closing-compulsion-games-2026/

Free Script Friday. I find myself using this script a lot when I need to convert screenshots or images to something that is best for web use.

Yes, I did use AI to help create this Bash script. It require ImageMagick to handle HEIC files and image manipulation.

I like to create scripts like this for repetitive tasks. In my use case, I needed to convert a bunch of images to JPEG format and reduce their size to 80% so that I could use them for the web. I know there are many other ways to do this, but this works for my needs. Can even assign this script and commands to a hotkey and not even type a single thing in the terminal.

Usage: ./batch_image_convert.sh -d ~/Pictures/ -s 80%

Options:
-d <source_dir> Directory containing the images to convert. If omitted, the script uses the current directory (".").

-s <scale> Resize factor, expressed as a percentage (e.g. 25%). Must end with a percent sign. Default is 50%.

The script creates a sub‑folder named "converted" inside the source directory and writes the converted JPEG files there.

https://gist.github.com/teklynk/1be3121af8616b7f682d791d44358429

#linux #bash #code #automation #imagemanipulation #freescriptfriday