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An Exclusive Survey Offer Just For You From MarketDorks

If defunct beverage brand Jolt Cola were to be resurrected under new ownership with an exciting and delicious new formula, which member of your high school friend group would it be?

  • Amarantha Fisher
Amarantha Fisher Mar 31, 2022 • 3 min read
DramaBomb.aq Forums Daily Digest Email 3/26/2022
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DramaBomb.aq Forums Daily Digest Email 3/26/2022

I'm not gonna continue missing key vtuber metaplot developments just because my wife tells me she'll be "teleported to ultrahell for an eternity of indentured servitude to Cyberbaal" if she doesnt complete whatever the hell a "geas" is by midnight.

  • Amarantha Fisher
Amarantha Fisher Mar 26, 2022 • 6 min read
LocusMods.ru Monthly Newsletter for November 2021
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LocusMods.ru Monthly Newsletter for November 2021

What's up, fellow locusts?  It's ya girl SharkBoy51 here again in your email inbox and continuing to wish the forum software supported username changes.  Hard to believe the festivities for the 23rd anniversary of the site's first upload are over, but that doesn't mean there aren't dozens of worthwhile new

  • Amarantha Fisher
Amarantha Fisher Nov 10, 2021 • 2 min read
5 Abandoned Small-Town Arcades That Remind You of Your Lost Youth, Which You Will Never Get Back
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5 Abandoned Small-Town Arcades That Remind You of Your Lost Youth, Which You Will Never Get Back

Zazzie’s Place Location: Woodshed, Oregon Most Popular Machine: Super Hat Trick Racing, a horse racing sim with an actual saddle you sat on and reins you held. Based on one of those motorcycle racing games with the tilting fake motorcycle seat. Most Popular Food or Drink Item: Cheese fries,

  • Amarantha Fisher
Amarantha Fisher Nov 9, 2021 • 3 min read
5 Must-See Speedruns from AVPQ 2020
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5 Must-See Speedruns from AVPQ 2020

It’s always sad to see the end of another August Videogames Played Quickly charity marathon, especially to those of us at SLN who took a bunch of pills and stayed up for every single one of the marathon’s 72 hours of duration.  But hey, more

  • Amarantha Fisher
Amarantha Fisher Aug 31, 2020 • 3 min read
IllegalFil.es & GAMEWAREZ.RU present: The Five Most Influential Games of the Decade, None of Which We Paid For
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IllegalFil.es & GAMEWAREZ.RU present: The Five Most Influential Games of the Decade, None of Which We Paid For

This will be an unordered list because there were four injuries, two of them fatal, during the editorial process of narrowing it to five entries, and we have families and no health insurance, so like just deal with the uncertainty, okay? The Missouri SeaThis surrealist point-and-click adventure, set in a

  • Amarantha Fisher
Amarantha Fisher Jan 29, 2020 • 2 min read
Crazy Leon's Pinball Enthusiast Newsletter: Tables For Sale Thanksgiving Week 2019
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Crazy Leon's Pinball Enthusiast Newsletter: Tables For Sale Thanksgiving Week 2019

Heya, pinpals!  It’s your favorite former moderator from the alt.games.pinball.moderated newsgroup, here with another email newsletter for the two dozen or so remnants from those halcyon days before the larger internet pinball community migrated first to the MegaPinFan forums and then splintered off to various

  • Amarantha Fisher
Amarantha Fisher Nov 23, 2019 • 2 min read
The Boxer
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The Boxer

We here at the SLN Videogame Depot welcome back correspondent Jax Hamleg, who has returned from extended medical leave as a broken yet very opinionated man. Take it away, Jax. Look me in the eye and tell me something, motherfucker. How many loot boxes have you purchased? With real money.

  • Amarantha Fisher
Amarantha Fisher Mar 22, 2018 • 3 min read
Spring Cleaning: 5 Notable Projects Being Pruned From Github.net.au For Inactivity
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Spring Cleaning: 5 Notable Projects Being Pruned From Github.net.au For Inactivity

OpenCluck A GPL-licensed clone of the ClustrFuCK development framework and its accompanying compiler, API, IDE, and STD. Last Commit: Fixed buffer overflow when converting an imported FurthestCK database containing malformed emojis. (Nov 14, 2014) Cause of Death: One of the two lead developers had his brain removed and frozen by

  • Amarantha Fisher
Amarantha Fisher Mar 22, 2018 • 2 min read
From the SLN Kitchen: Prime-Roasted Ecthelion with Soda-Braised Ribcage and Regretful Shallots
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From the SLN Kitchen: Prime-Roasted Ecthelion with Soda-Braised Ribcage and Regretful Shallots

Ingredients: – 23 and a third shallots, chopped coarsely into rectangular prisms (NOT CUBES) – one 13-18lb shaved, kneaded, and descaled ecthelion, not frozen or brined – one 2-liter bottle of diet pepsi OR pepsi max – one 14oz jar of cucumber regrette, of Bob & George’s brand

  • Amarantha Fisher
Amarantha Fisher Nov 16, 2017 • 3 min read
Selected Drug Trip Reports from the Dark Web
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Selected Drug Trip Reports from the Dark Web

SLN readers are a pretty savvy bunch, so I’m sure all of you are veritable dark web experts at this point.  Well, recently I’ve been digging real deep into the archives of the pre-Bitcoin version of infamous drug clearinghouse Silk Road, before it got all commercialized

  • Amarantha Fisher
Amarantha Fisher Sep 19, 2017 • 3 min read
Sponsored Post: Value Comics presents The Hitler Ultimatum, Uncut & Uncensored and in TPB for the first time!
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Sponsored Post: Value Comics presents The Hitler Ultimatum, Uncut & Uncensored and in TPB for the first time!

Guten tag, nerd nation! Rejoice, because Value Comics’ controversial crossover event The Hitler Ultimatum is finally coming out in trades!  We here at the SLN Comics Silo have the exclusive skinny on the new uncensored and expanded releases of the event that The Mary Sue refused to cover, and

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Amarantha Fisher, Robbi Ramirez May 14, 2017 • 4 min read
SLN Mailbag 5/14/2017
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SLN Mailbag 5/14/2017

You stare into the blackness.  The only sound is the howling of a wind whose origins you dare not contemplate.  This wind slowly changes its direction and the howling its tune, and letters handwritten on crumpled, soft paper swirl up from somewhere below.  One by one they blow into your

  • Amarantha Fisher
Amarantha Fisher May 14, 2017 • 5 min read
2017 Spring Movie Preview
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2017 Spring Movie Preview

March Jennifer Lawrence brings her quirky and irreverent charms to the Armenian genocide in Lars Von Trier’s The Girl Who Was Death, Part 1 of 3.  James McAvoy and Charlie Day are exterminators who fall in love with the same unhygienic heiress in the hilarity-packed Roach Maiden.  Terry

  • Amarantha Fisher
Amarantha Fisher Jan 7, 2017 • 1 min read
SLN Holiday Gift Guide 2016 Part 2
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SLN Holiday Gift Guide 2016 Part 2

Kompjuter! Magazine, July 1995 Yahoo! Auctions, starting bid $0.35 This back issue of the seminal Maltese computer gaming mag is in near-mint condition with light shelf wear and includes the original cover disc.  Inside is the infamously controversial top 25 list that nearly led to a military confrontation between

  • Amarantha Fisher
Amarantha Fisher Dec 17, 2016 • 1 min read
Minipost: SLN Holiday Gift Guide 2016 Part 1
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Minipost: SLN Holiday Gift Guide 2016 Part 1

Chic Grey Orb Sharper Image, $599 Hovers steady and unmoving four feet above the floor, making a quiet but constant humming noise. Wifi and Bluetooth enabled. Antique Brass Piss Jug Crate & Barrel, $49 Stores urine excreted by you or a loved one for longer than is socially acceptable.  Can

  • Amarantha Fisher
Amarantha Fisher Dec 1, 2016 • 1 min read
New Uploads for October @ AncientGamez.ru
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New Uploads for October @ AncientGamez.ru

What is up my dudes!  Cobrastyle69 here with some spooktacular new abandonware uploads to celebrate the eve of all hallows!  Whether you’re emulating in DOSBox or gassing up your vintage Russian retro gaming rig with industrial-grade diesel, these are sure to be a treat.  Shout-outs and greetz to

  • Amarantha Fisher
Amarantha Fisher Oct 27, 2016 • 3 min read
Halloween Old Stock Sale @ Hirsute Halfling Anime & Games
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Halloween Old Stock Sale @ Hirsute Halfling Anime & Games

Betrayal at Melrose Place Avalon Hill, 1997 Construct a dynamic luxury apartment complex as you play, then engage in rich soapy drama in this licensed gem based on the TV classic.  Contains 41 luxury room cards, six character tokens, and two “sensuousness decks.” 40% off! Star Wars: The

  • Amarantha Fisher
Amarantha Fisher Oct 21, 2016 • 1 min read
We Are Bringing This To You Live
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We Are Bringing This To You Live

As you may be aware, there is presently a category 4 hurricane hammering the bejeezus out of the Florida coast.  Self-Loathing Nerds’ hurricane correspondent Jax Hamleg is on location. Thanks, Paul.*  I am standing here outside the locked doors of a shelter that I was pleaded with not to

  • Amarantha Fisher
Amarantha Fisher Oct 6, 2016 • 3 min read
Excerpt from the Hintbook for Phantasmagoria 3: The Flensing
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Excerpt from the Hintbook for Phantasmagoria 3: The Flensing

In 1999, long after the FMV game boom had withered and died, Sierra quietly released Phantasmagoria 3: The Flensing on a single DVD in some European and Asian markets.  Aside from a cameo by a drunk and confused Roberta Williams, no personnel from either of the first two games returned,

  • Amarantha Fisher
Amarantha Fisher Sep 22, 2016 • 1 min read
Missed Connections, City of Dis Metropolitan Area
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Missed Connections, City of Dis Metropolitan Area

m4w: a large piece of my torso with head attached floated by you down the river of blood while you were forced to mercy kill a wounded bird with a rock when you were 14 again and again for eternity;  our eyes met for a moment and it seemed like

  • Amarantha Fisher
Amarantha Fisher Sep 1, 2016 • 1 min read
TCS Defenestrator Administrative Briefing, 0400 Hrs
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TCS Defenestrator Administrative Briefing, 0400 Hrs

Okay, is everyone seated? Lieutenant Garland, you can’t sit next to Petty Officer Grimsdottir, the restraining order is still in effect. Goddamn creep. Okay I have some technical updates from the hangar to start off with. Duratanium armor plating on the VF-35 Rapier Vanguard starfighter increased to 14mm

  • Amarantha Fisher
Amarantha Fisher Aug 18, 2016 • 1 min read
Patch Notes Studio Professional Amiga ST Export Module
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Patch Notes Studio Professional Amiga ST Export Module

LEVEL EDITOR: Tilesets can now be mixed freely!  Your dreams of mixing Doctor’s Office with Pet Crematorium and Apartment Building That Is Really Cramped And Honestly Kind of Shitty But It’s In The City So You Put Up With It can now be realized! LEVEL EDITOR:

  • Amarantha Fisher
Amarantha Fisher Sep 17, 2015 • 1 min read
WCYL-TV Online Streaming - 9/15 New Additions
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WCYL-TV Online Streaming - 9/15 New Additions

Friends The One With Child Baseball With Rachel and Monica still trapped in child form from the old woman’s curse, Phoebe decides to enroll them in a little league team to try to keep their spirits up.  Unfortunately, Joey and Ross get a little too aggressive in their

  • Amarantha Fisher
Amarantha Fisher Sep 15, 2015 • 1 min read
Patch Notes NT 2001 Premium Edition Gold
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Patch Notes NT 2001 Premium Edition Gold

INTERFACE:  Added suicide command for when player is stuck in level geometry, a long line at the DMV, or a loveless marriage SOUND:  The air conditioning unit in room 23A of the tenement building level no longer makes that grinding noise when left on for too long GRAPHICS:  Added motion

  • Amarantha Fisher
Amarantha Fisher Aug 28, 2015 • 1 min read
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