Hi, I’m Phil Nelson, a writer, developer, and audio-visual maker of stuff. I have been making stuff online for over 25 years. I run RetroStrange and Set Side B. Good to see you.
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[What’s that they say about castles built on sand?][link]
>Two researchers on Thursday took down the four major browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Apple Safari, as Pwn2Own, the annual hacking contest that runs in tandem at CanSecWest, wound down in Vancouver.
[link]: https://threatpost.com/all-major-browsers-fall-at-pwn2own-day-2/111731 “All Major Browsers Fall At Pwn2Own Day Two | Threatpost | The first stop for security news”
[A new game from Massive Damage:][link]
>A rogue-like sci-fi strategy survival game with base building, tactical combat, crew management and emergent storytelling.
90% of the words in that sentence make me so happy. Feels like equal parts X-Com, Civilization, and FTL. It *looks* great, too. The visual aesthetic is this kind of atemporal “18-bit” style that never really existed. The whole thing is really well done. I can’t wait.
[link]: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kenseto/halcyon-6-starbase-commander “Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander by Massive Damage, Inc. — Kickstarter”
