Rare Encounter

Particle Illusion, crypto titties, and degloving.

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Show Notes

Japan's arcades are facing game over

Japanese gaming arcades are on their last life | The Japan Times

Although time and technology marched on, arcades always had a certain charm that couldn’t be replaced by better graphics or central processing units. They were places you could go out of nostalgia, time machines to another era, and, most importantly, where you could interact with like-minded people. This appeal wasn’t limited to traditional gamers; in 2010 Nikkei reported that arcades were increasingly becoming social hubs for the elderly. One 65-year-old said going to the arcade and making loads of friends was “like being in a dream.”

Anime

Higurashi: When They Cry - SOTSU

Kanojo mo Kanojo

English title: Girlfriend, Girlfriend

Books

All Quiet on the Western Front

Bildungsroman - Wikipedia

The literary genre to which All Quiet... fits into.

Hyperion

The Fall of Hyperion

Sequel to Hyperion.

The Enemy

The eighth Jack Reacher novel.

Jack Reacher (book series)

Haruhi Suzumiya

Epic v. Google, explained

The Epic v. Google lawsuit finally makes sense - The Verge

The Apple lawsuit made a lot of sense from the get-go. But until just recently, the suit against Google was a bit more mysterious. Not anymore!

On Thursday, Judge James Donato unsealed a fully unredacted version of Epic’s original complaint against Google (via Leah Nylen), and it alleges the company was so worried about Epic setting a precedent by abandoning the Play Store that it unleashed a broad effort to keep developers from following the company’s lead. That included straight-up paying top game developers, including Activision Blizzard to stick around, and sharing additional chunks of its revenue with phone makers if they agreed not to preinstall any other app stores.

Google gave phone makers extra money to ditch third-party app stores - The Verge

Android OEMs couldn’t preload apps that could install other apps

Shades of Microsoft in the 1990s. Maybe after Epic, it'll be the DOJ bringing an antitrust suit?

The saga of River Dave continues

Tech billionaire Alex Karp gives $180k to ousted hermit River Dave 

River Dave will be able to build a new home thanks to an unexpected benefactor: Palantir Technologies CEO and billionaire Alexander Karp, who gave former hermit David Lidstone a personal check for $180,000 last week.

tna solutions launches tna remote assist service at SNAXPO | PotatoPro

Harold is hiding the pain of having no idea of what he's doing with that machine.

Kanojo × Kanojo × Kanojo [NSFW]

If you want to know about that visual novel AbleKirby kept confusing with anime.