I know who I am! I'm the dude, playing the dude, disguised as another dude!
Philadelphia, PA
Joined June 2009
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I’m rather proud to announce that a magazine I grew up reading, @computesgazette, has re-launched. The first issue is out today! Check out my article on What Atari’s Revival Could Teach a New Commodore. Order and subscribe here if you are so inclined: computesgazette.com/
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That rubber ball bouncing down the stairs in THE CHANGELING (1980) is one of the simplest, most chilling moments in horror.
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PSA: COMPUTE!'s Gazette Retro Poker Run! youtube.com/shorts/AI5LYr7dh… via @YouTube
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🃏 Poker Run top 10 is up! Mark leads with kings full of eights, with three more full houses close behind.
No monster hand? 13 Wildcard prizes are drawn at random from qualifying hands, so a pair can still win.
25 prizes and growing, closes Dec 8.
computesgazette.com/pokerrun…
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🚨 SWITCH 2 & ZELDA GIVEAWAY! 🚨
“Hey, listen!”
To celebrate next week’s launch of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake, we’re giving you the chance to WIN:
🎮 Switch 2 Console!
📕 TLoZ: Ocarina Remake *with foil cover*!
TO ENTER:
🫵🏻 FOLLOW US and REPOST this!
✍🏻 RESPOND to tell us your favourite Zelda game and why?!
ENDS:
Wednesday 4th October at 12pm ⏳
*Will be shipped out for arrival with you on launch day, 5th October!*
Good luck, Collectors!
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🃏 Win a Commodore 64 Ultimate!
The Retro Shopper Poker Run is on: visit 7 retro vendors, collect a card at each stop, play your best hand. Free to enter, closes Dec 8.
Get your route: computesgazette.com/pokerrun…
Know a retro fan? Repost and tag them! #C64 #RetroComputing
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I was in a very dark place before doing all this. I was not well at all. But helping others, meeting new friends, and just seeing the joy I can bring to devs gives me something to wake up for
I am very grateful I get to do this. Thank you guys, truly ❤️
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Thirty-eight years ago, on October 12, 1988, Steve Jobs introduced a machine too cool for its decade.
The NeXT Computers didn't sell all that well, but they built the web, helped give us DOOM, and NeXTSTEP became the backbone of Apple's future. Proof that even a "business cube" can have a wild side 😉
I hope my outfit is as sleek as the NeXT computers themselves 🤗
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Bob Costas was 18 when his father dropped dead at JFK airport. At the wake, a man handed him a thick envelope with $6,000 in $100 bills. It was everything his father left behind, and a bookie would never have paid it to a dead man.
In the video below, he tells the story himself.
His father, John, was a big-time gambler. Not casinos, not racetracks. Ball games. Bob says the mortgage was literally riding on his bets.
When the games went the wrong way, he threw things, cursed and yelled. Bob’s mom and sister would leave. Bob stayed, because watching the games with his dad was the only way to be close to him.
Friday, May 15, 1970. A cop knocks on the door. Before he says a word, Bob’s mother asks, “My husband’s dead, isn’t he?” John Costas had a heart attack walking through JFK. He was 42.
At the wake, one of his gambling buddies walked in with the envelope. “Your father was up when he died. Give this to your mother.” A bookie never pays a dead man, so the friend went to the bookie himself and said John sent him to collect.
Decades later, Bob Costas refused to read sports betting ads on air. Today the bookie lives in everyone’s phone. Is that progress?
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snuff box is pure chaos and brilliance—matt berry at his surreal best. criminally underrated. teapaw.org/RiddlerGroyper2/status…
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Let’s talk about the Chris Maragos case… aka the one where a Philly jury hit Eagles doctors with a $43.5 million verdict for negligently ending a Super Bowl captain’s career.
Maragos tore his PCL (with meniscus issues) in a 2017 game vs. the Panthers. Dr. James Bradley (longtime Steelers doc) did the surgery; Rothman Orthopaedics (Eagles team docs) handled rehab.
Plaintiffs argued the meniscus wasn’t properly addressed and rehab was advanced too aggressively (including running) despite a 2018 MRI showing persistent problems. That caused further damage and forced retirement in 2019.
Defense said the meniscus was stable and more surgery would have done more harm than good.
After a two-week trial (Nick Foles, Trey Burton, and Jordan Hicks testified), the jury found negligence in under three hours.
Liability: Bradley 67% ($29.2M), Rothman 33% ($14.3M). An economist put lost earnings at ~$8.7M as the floor; the rest reflected pain, limitations, and future care.
The verdict was upheld on appeal in 2024.
Maragos’ lawyer put it bluntly: it forces team doctors to stop focusing only on “when can he return to play” and start thinking about the next 50 years of a player’s life.
Fun fact, players have sued team doctors for negligent return-to-play decisions (ex-Eagles captain Chris Maragos won $43.5M over his knee care).
As a very disappointed Eagles fan, I’m enraged.
Hurts was in the hospital until 4 am, told not to sleep because of the clot risk, then cleared to play in London.
Now it’s DVT + bilateral pulmonary emboli and he’s out for the season on blood thinners. Granted I’m no doctor, but I wouldn’t be surprised if his career is over because of this.
There are some serious questions around that initial medical call that need to be looked at.
Health first for Jalen.
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The 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐎𝐚𝐭𝐡 demo is LIVE on Steam for #SteamNextFest! ⚔️
If you're a fan of retro survival horror, give it a try!
