Rare Encounter

Avoiding the Noid, juicing the carts, and pranking the Windows.

Show Notes

Petition · Make LeVar Burton the next host of Jeopardy! · Change.org

Linux bans University of Minnesota for sending buggy patches in the name of research - Neowin

Don't fuck with kernel devs. Not only are further patches from UMN banned, but previous work is going to get pulled out and replaced too.

Anime

Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro

Japanese title: Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san

Second episode is nowhere near as bad as the first!

86: Eighty Six

coldacid was wrong. They know.

Smith's brings back Gobbledok and other favorite faces to celebrate 90 years! | PotatoPro

WTF is a "Gobbledok"?!

Stephen Curry celebrating with Australia's oldest chip brand.

This is a gobbledok. And he's hiding in your closet. Watching you.

The Noid

The Noid - Wikipedia

The mastcot of Domino's Pizza, before Hatsune Miku.

Yo! Noid - Wikipedia

Originally Kamen no ninja Hanamaru, "localized" in the USA for Domino's Pizza.

Avoid the Noid (video game) - Wikipedia

Original game for Commodore 64 and MS-DOS

Geek Prank 😈 Windows XP and Other Online Pranks

Relive Windows XP or force others to do so with this fake WinXP simulator, or other pranks.

WINDOWS93

Another Windows simulation for your browser.

DMNet : a Dungeon Master multiplayer remake - English Amiga Board

Multiplayer port of Dungeon Master!

Dungeon Master (video game) - Wikipedia

Power consumption of Game Boy flash cartridges - gekkio.fi

Non-genuine carts might actually have better power use than the ones straight outta Nintendo. Very interesting analysis by someone who has made his own open-source cart designs.

Microsoft accidentally ruins PC gaming performance in latest Windows 10 update | PCGamesN

Quelle suprise.