The House of Hitstun

I Want the Old Internet Back

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 05:00:45 -0400

Hi, all. It’s been two years since my last post here, and the mainstream corporate–owned Internet sucks now. It’s ruining everything. I can’t even read the news anymore without disabling JavaScript. Even the current hitstun.net is now throwing nagging visitors to log in to Tumblr. I’d like to make a new web site at hitstun.net in PHP, free of intrusive scripts, cookies, and tracking. Msx2plus’s site is a great example. Wiby is a search engine that only indexes sites like that.

These days, I’m mostly active on PieFed, but my family and friends didn’t follow me there. I’ve switched from Android to /e/OS, from Firefox to LibreWolf, from Chrome to Cromite, from Reddit to Mbin to PieFed, from Twitter to Mastodon to Sharkey, from Authy to Ente Auth, and from Facebook to nothing. I wish Twitch and YouTube had some decent competition. I’m sure I’m forgetting some changes. Please come find me.

Source: my old web sites The House of Hitstun, archived from 2011 and PsychoMage’s Game Room, archived from 2001

Where’d Hitstun Go? I’m OK! I’m mostly on Kbin and Lemmy...

Wed, 13 Mar 2024 09:44:58 -0400

Where’d Hitstun Go?

I’m OK! I’m mostly on Kbin and Lemmy and a little Mastodon and Discord. They’re like if Reddit or Twitter were general Internet services like email and not getting ruined by a dumb CEO. I don’t use other platforms much unless I’m checking on someone who only uses one platform.

Today is my birthday and people are visiting my old profiles today, so this post is for them. Family and work are keeping me plenty busy and I haven’t been keeping up with everybody else like I should. These crossposting WordPress posts are too much work and don’t really reach people anyway. Floating Is Fun is way easier to do. I really miss my weekly Twitch stream and I am planning my return as soon as my schedule allows for it. I have a lot to figure out, but I want to be there for everyone who wants to see me. Let’s play chess sometime.

Source: myself on fedia.io? I need to find a better way to do this.

CrystalForce & NutellaFrenchToast – The Concept of Plastic Love

Sun, 19 Mar 2023 18:31:21 -0400

The Concept of Plastic Love by CrystalForce & NutellaFrenchToast

CrystalForce & NutellaFrenchToast – The Concept of Plastic Love

Sometimes, SiIvaGunner’s crack team of mashup artists goes beyond the memes and makes something that’s really good on its own. This one combines Hideki Naganuma’s The Concept of Love from Jet Set Radio Future, Mariya Takeuchi’s Plastic Love from YouTube recommendations, and a few other songs. This was made for the final round of SiIvaGunner’s King for Another Day Tournament, which DJ Professor K won. I keep coming back to this banger, so it’s good enough to post here!

Source: Bandcamp and YouTube via YouTube Music/Google Assistant “play some music”

Mastodon – Crack the Skye ...

Thu, 05 Jan 2023 16:00:00 -0500

Mastodon – Crack the Skye

Because it’s an all-time great metal album and totally not because I just joined the fediverse as @hitstun@computerfairi.es . My posts like this one will continue to appear in all the usual places for now. But, I’m not going to stay active on a site like Twitter when an idiot billionaire tears it apart and ruins it for everyone.

Source: Mastodon via YouTube Music

Tom Scott – How much helium does it take to lift a person? ...

Tue, 13 Sep 2022 17:00:00 -0400

Tom Scott – How much helium does it take to lift a person?

About 1 liter of helium per gram of lift. To his credit, he says that right at the start, so it’s not clickbait. Anyway, I’d be remiss if I let this popular video go unmentioned here. We just found out about the Aéroplume in France which lets visitors strap into giant balloons and fly them around inside a WW1 giant airship hangar. It’s entirely powered by the user rowing themselves around with big wings like a kayak. Very simple, but I really want to own one of these someday.

Source: Tom Scott via YouTube subscription and /r/MealtimeVideos

Hitstun and DALL·E 2 – Me Playing Chess in No Game No LifeI...

Wed, 24 Aug 2022 19:39:35 -0400

Hitstun and DALL·E 2 – Me Playing Chess in No Game No Life

I tried to make a model of myself based on the closest celebrity lookalike I know, Ashton Kutcher, and adjusting it so it looks kinda like me in non-realistic styles. Dalle2Anime on Twitter gave me great tips for key words and including an artist name. I’ve had previous success in 2-step uncropping to make good-looking faces and I went with that approach again.

I originally wanted my character floating in the air because it’s me and I think Floating Is Fun, DALL·E 2 kept ignoring parts of my prompts, and it would always crop part of the character’s head out of the top of the image. After a lot of trial and error that cost too much money, I came to grips with DALL·E 2’s limitations on details. I settled for a chess game which makes sense in No Game No Life context anyway.

Here’s an earlier attempt in Tales of Vesperia style.

Source: DALL·E 2 using initial prompt and uncrop prompt

Bill Wurtz – i’m a huge gamer most of the time ...

Tue, 31 May 2022 18:00:00 -0400

Bill Wurtz – i’m a huge gamer most of the time

Oh cool, Bill Wurtz just popped up in my YouTube feed! Time for me to step away from my subreddit about floaty things for a minute and post this to my old social media places! I’ve been a huge gamer my whole life. Though recent changes have taken priority over games, I still play Wordle, lichess, and retro games. I miss my stream and I want to reboot the stream when I can.

Source: Bill Wurtz via the YouTube app home screen

Wordle the Fighting Game Character Tier List ...

Fri, 01 Apr 2022 18:24:14 -0400

Wordle the Fighting Game Character Tier List

After playing Wordle for three months and becoming a mod on /r/wordle, I’ve analyzed every possible starting word for greens, useful yellows, narrowing the solutions, and trap avoidance. Now, here’s the culmination of my. Research: a fighting game character tier list! Every character here is playable and ranked by their effectiveness in Hard Mode. Go run the bracket on those puzzles!

Source: My Tiermaker and my own Google Sheets analysis

katsu0073:２月１４日発売の『ハルタ９１号』表紙イラストを担当。目次、背表紙イラストも担当しております。 Katsu...

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 15:00:00 -0500

katsu0073:

２月１４日発売の『ハルタ９１号』表紙イラストを担当。
目次、背表紙イラストも担当しております。

Katsu Somehira – Harta #91 cover

Oh, hi blog! Katsu Somehira draws the illustrations for the seinen manga magazine Harta. This one rocketed to the top of /r/FloatingIsFun, besting another Katsu Somehira art and another garden in space. I’d totally move to a space station permanently, free from gravity forever. Of course, I’d like to bring my family and raise them in space as Newtypes.

Source: Katsu Somehira’s Tumblr via RSS feed; also Twitter

Tool-Assisted Speedruns Out of Context ...

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 19:35:57 -0500

Tool-Assisted Speedruns Out of Context

In only one week, @TASNoContext speedran becoming my new favorite Twitter account. TASVideos publisher EZGames69 posts short clips of old games freaking out when they receive frame-perfect sequences of gamepad input. Already, the tool-assisted madness has consumed Contra III, Sonic 2 and 3, Pokémon Yellow, UMK3, Donkey Kong 64, and dozens more.

Edit: In less than a year, the Twitter account is retired because some idiot billionaire bought Twitter and did his own speedrun of destroying it. Tool-Assisted Speedrun Clips has moved to Tumblr.

Source: @TASNoContext media posts after their clip of pirohiko & FinalFighter’s TAS of Mega Man

Katrina Yu – Witching Activities ...

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 16:00:00 -0400

Katrina Yu – Witching Activities

When foraging for /r/FloatingIsFun content, sometimes I find something with a special mass appeal. Katrina Yu is a crazy talented photomanipulation artist that loves levitation. This gallery on Bored Panda features her as a witch going about her daily life. There’s plenty more from her on Reddit, Behance, Flickr, Tumblr, Instagram, and Redbubble.

Have you ever wondered what witches do on their ordinary days? I like to think that they’re always there, living among us and witnessing the world’s ordinary miracles. So this for Halloween, I imagined a daily life of a witch and tried to recreate it through my work.

Source: Katrina Yu

Sungazer – Perihelion ...

Tue, 19 Oct 2021 17:58:31 -0400

Sungazer – Perihelion

I’m building a music multireddit to give me fresh music while I work, and it’s already finding good stuff! Sungazer makes the kind of electro jazz fusion that helps me concentrate. Will my multireddit continue to deliver? Repetition legitimises.

Source: Sungazer via a post on /r/ThankYouScientist

My subreddit Floating Is Fun ...

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 02:28:00 -0400

My subreddit Floating Is Fun

Hi, all! I’ve been away adapting to my new life as a dad. Reddit and its great RSS feeds have been helping me keep up with eclectic music fans, retro gamers, the FGC, CAP makers, dreamers, explainers, and otaku. Still, those don’t scratch my itch for a feeling of floating, so I made my own subreddit for that!

At Floating Is Fun, we play around with things that float in the air, real or fantasy, and it doesn’t take much work for me. If prolonged loss of contact with the floor sounds like a good time, come on in and give us a push!

Source: r/FloatingIsFun on Old Reddit; screenshot contains content by Thomas Pesquet, chanomach, momokan315, Chris Fay, OK Go, Foo Midori, and Maki’s Atelier

Krzysztof Słowikowski – Mega Man 3 Guitar Playthrough (revised) ...

Thu, 08 Jul 2021 01:30:00 -0400

Krzysztof Słowikowski – Mega Man 3 Guitar Playthrough (revised)

Oh boy, it’s a Mega Man! The Mega Man games always have rockin’ soundtracks. Krzysztof “MET” Słowikowski made metal covers of every game in the entire classic series, some of the X games, and some other random stuff.

Source: Krzysztof Słowikowski via searching for the Mega Man II Game Boy soundtrack

Kamasi Washington – The Rhythm Changes ...

Thu, 27 May 2021 17:54:00 -0400

Kamasi Washington – The Rhythm Changes

Welcome to this crazy world that constantly changes. Let’s find happy things together! Even if I’m tired or quiet, you can always talk to me. No matter what happens, I’m here for you.

Source: Kamasi Washington and Patrice Quinn via a YouTube Music station based on Jaga Jazzist – Lithuania

The 8-Bit Big Band ...

Sun, 18 Apr 2021 16:00:00 -0400

The 8-Bit Big Band

The 8-Bit Big Band plays memorable video game tunes arranged for their incredible New York orchestra from the Before Times. I’m really vibing to this, so it’s a natural fit for this blog’s music pantheon.

Source: The 8-Bit Big Band and YouTube and Bandcamp via andyTHPS Community Tournament #2

Laoshu – Foreign Language Roadrunning ...

Sat, 06 Mar 2021 22:10:00 -0500

Laoshu – Foreign Language Roadrunning

Yesterday, we lost a local legend. Moses “Laoshu” McCormick was a giant among polyglots, having developed his own Foreign Language Roadrunning method to practice and speak dozens of languages. He recently became internet famous for finding foreigners and surprising them with conversations in their native languages. I’m fortunate to have met Moses and Marcell at our local fighting game meetups and Asian Festivals, and I’m glad Moses could pass on his knowledge through his online courses.

Source: Laoshu505000 and Foreign Language Running

thedroprate:“Donut Land” by Hitstun - ‘Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater...

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:00:18 -0500

thedroprate:

“Donut Land” by Hitstun - ‘Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2’ (Create A Park Ma…

Drop Rate – “Donut Land” by Hitstun

Drop Rate has this super nice dude who plays Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 custom parks and some indie games. He has a knack for finding cool stuff, and he found my PS4 park, Donut Land! Um…I think I broke him. Sorry.

Source: Drop Rate via YouTube searches for THPS 1+2 parks

Magnetro – Marvel vs Capcom 2 - Ataraxia Combo Video ...

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 23:54:00 -0500

Magnetro – Marvel vs Capcom 2 - Ataraxia Combo Video

We’ve seen tool-assisted Marvel before, but Ataraxia takes it to new heights with camera hacks so we can see some previously offscreen setups. Combo scientists like Magnetro treat MvC2 like a puzzle game where they can create a bouncing Colossus, interruptable Ruby Heart supers, and Dhalsim’s rapid-fire turban attack. Leave it to Magnetro to put out a five minute video that takes a 38 minute video to explain.

Source: Magnetro via YouTube subscription

Bill Wurtz – here comes the sun ...

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 23:59:00 -0500

Bill Wurtz – here comes the sun

We made it through 2020! Better times await! Bill Wurtz disappeared for a year, and as it turns out, he spent the year learning Blender. This glorious 3D acid trip is just what we need. I love this style and I want to make a game that looks like this someday. I’m getting back into creative stuff, too. See you soon!

Source: Bill Wurtz via YouTube recommendations