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Redefining Console Generations

Sat, 14 Feb 2026 15:52:57 EST

I propose, with a minor amount of autism, redefining console generations by harware capability rather than release year or "bits".

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Comic 'The Hookworm Offensive'

Fri, 16 Jan 2026 14:22:15 EST

I drew this comic a while ago and apparently forgot to post it. I probably procrastinated since it will be on its own line in the gallery thumbnail grid.

Please pretend it is still relevant. Thank you.

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3D Printed Dental Pick Box

Fri, 16 Jan 2026 13:42:32 EST

I made a box for picks.

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3D Printed Intellivision Overlay Box

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 14:18:37 EST

Continuing with the latest trends in gaming.

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ExtrudeX Kickstarter Scam Video

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:18:00 EST

In this video I evaluate a kickstarter for a 3D printer filament recycler that I believe to be a scam. The demonstration video is deceptively edited to show the machine doing things that it cannot actually do and the entire concept is a bad idea.

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I know what the kids want these days, and it's high density storage for their Mattel Intellivision games.

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Comic 'Hells GDP'

Sat, 11 Jan 2025 13:58:15 EST

I'm deploying an emergency comic about the most important thing in the world.

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Comic 'Spare Tire'

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 17:08:47 EST

The tire has to want to change.

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Comic 'Traffic Laws'

Sun, 17 Nov 2024 13:04:39 EST

Sometimes the wings fall off your plane and you gotta make up time on the road.

I showed this to ChatGPT and it was a little confused on the joke, but it was able to identify the model of car which is very impressive.

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Comic 'Restaurant Closed'

Sun, 10 Nov 2024 12:50:07 EST

It's Sunday, time for a sensible chuckle.

This comic features authentic boomer humour written by a real boomer.

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Comic 'Which Wing'

Sat, 02 Nov 2024 16:14:15 EDT

This is actually the third comic, but I figured I should post it now in case the wings actually fall off next week.

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Comic 'Reverse Psychology'

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 13:04:44 EDT

New batch of Boomer Magazine comics coming in, freshly rejected by The New Yorker.

I actually did this one a while ago and forgot. I also struggled a bit with the artwork.

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3D Printed RadioShack and Tandy LCD Game Shelves

Sat, 13 Apr 2024 15:16:51 EDT

I designed and 3D printed display shelves for my old LCD games.

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3D Printed Game Gear Shelf

Wed, 10 Apr 2024 11:33:10 EDT

I designed and 3D printed a Game Gear game display shelf.

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Leisure Vision Box Inserts

Fri, 05 Apr 2024 20:13:38 EDT

I designed and 3D printed some box inserts for Leisure Vision games.

Finally, a solution to the problem that has plagued so many of us for so long.

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3D Printed Alarm Clock Battery Cover

Thu, 04 Apr 2024 21:14:55 EDT

The battery cover on my ancient alarm clock broke so I designed and 3D printed a replacement.

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NES Cartridge Shadow Box Mount

Wed, 03 Apr 2024 19:18:45 EDT

I've designed a 3D printed frame for mounting an NES cartridge in a shadow box.

And now I give it to you.

The people.

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Ugly on Purpose

Sat, 24 Jun 2023 09:05:05 EDT

I've written an article about video game women being made intentionally ugly.

It's actually more like a collection of images.

Documenting a war crime.

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Comic Do You Guys Have Gas

Sun, 16 May 2021 20:10:04 EDT

I wrote a topical comic about the current gas shortage. I hope it will fade into obscurity and not be continually relevant for years to come.

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Brown Ring of Quality

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 04:24:15 EDT

How one Dilbert comic predicted the future of brand design!

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Comic Anti Firing Squad

Sun, 31 Jan 2021 18:09:29 EST

You can talk your way out of any situation.

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Red Squiggles

Tue, 15 Dec 2020 17:40:13 EST

I have compiled a highly important list of words that chrome doesn't recognize but google does.

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Comic Disappoint Your Pets

Sat, 21 Mar 2020 12:00:00 EDT

A new (?) take on an Read >>

Comic Take a Spin

Fri, 20 Mar 2020 12:00:00 EDT

I have a feeling I'm gonna reference this one a lot.

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Comic What Are The Odds

Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:00:00 EDT

End of continuity.

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Comic Multi Party Authentication

Wed, 18 Mar 2020 12:00:00 EDT

There's a continuity here, a bit of an office romance.

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Comic Perfect Design

Tue, 17 Mar 2020 19:36:55 EDT

I drew 5 boomer comics and submitted them to The New Yorker, but they never got back to me for some reason.

I'm just going to post them here, one per day.

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Hilarious and Original Cat On TV

Sat, 08 Feb 2020 21:16:08 EST

I have identified and cataloged a hilarious and original joke involving cats and their proclivity to sit on television sets.

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Bernie Off The Top Rope

Wed, 29 Jan 2020 03:40:37 EST

On the subreddit /r/FunnyAndSad, there is a robot/shill that does nothing but cross-post links to

Anime Rankings

Mon, 13 Jan 2020 20:24:54 EST

I have summarized and rated all of the anime I have seen. There may be some things missing and out of order because there is a lot.

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2019 Failure

Tue, 31 Dec 2019 12:00:00 EST

I didn't post anything in all of 2019. I'm adding this post in 2020 so the 2019 page isn't empty.

Visual Basic Games

Sun, 18 Nov 2018 19:19:15 EST

I've uploaded a bunch of visual basic games that I made in high school. I updated them to run in windowed mode and have proper timing on modern computers, but I have not attempted to fix any bugs. Strangely, many of them run slower on a 3+ GHz computer with Windows 10 than they did on a Pentium-200 with Windows 95. Thanks Microsoft.

Source code is included.

ArduboyXL Assembled

Sun, 29 Jul 2018 16:41:14 EDT

I made a case for the Arduboy and got it together. It seems to work.

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ArduboyXL PCB Design

Tue, 03 Jul 2018 03:49:05 EDT

I have completed the PCB design for the ArduboyXL project.

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ArduboyXL CAD

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 16:19:57 EDT

I did some CAD work for the case and PCB outline of the ArduboyXL project.

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ArduboyXL

Thu, 14 Jun 2018 04:19:34 EDT

I've been working on a DIY Arduboy clone with a larger screen and the ability to load games from a micro SD card.

It's not finished yet, but I've written up what I've done so far.

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Super Official Podcast 03

Sun, 27 May 2018 06:20:52 EDT

Against the natural order of the universe, we have produced a third podcast.

We may have done a bad job explaining what we're actually talking about several times, but there are links in the timeline section.

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1lb Combat Robot Progress

Fri, 30 Mar 2018 04:33:32 EDT

I've been working on an antweight combat robot.

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Super Official Podcast 02

Sat, 17 Feb 2018 07:51:36 EST

Another podcast. We cover many topics, including the video games we're pretending to work on.

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Super Official Podcast 01

Sat, 03 Feb 2018 05:23:17 EST

I recorded a podcast with fellow ~~fraud~~ game developer Rotondo.

Maybe next time we'll talk about game development.

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Arcade Power Panel

Thu, 04 Jan 2018 18:30:33 EST

I tidied up the back of my arcade cabinet with a custom power panel.

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Comic The Moon

Wed, 06 Dec 2017 17:26:41 EST

I made a comic about a thing around the planet that I live on. I feel like a small child could have written this.

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Workbench Shelves

Sun, 12 Nov 2017 13:44:26 EST

I built a custom shelving system for my workbench.

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Crowd Funding Fraud Leaderboard

Sun, 08 Oct 2017 08:29:07 EDT

It's a scientific fact that every human activity can be improved with some good 'ol gamification - including stealing money from idiots.

Let's take a look at some of the best (?) crowd funding scams ever and see which one comes out on top!

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DuckDuckGo Autocomplete Manipulation

Wed, 06 Sep 2017 04:34:49 EDT

Alternative search engine DuckDuckGo is manipulating their autocomplete algorithm.

While disappointing, this is not surprising.

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Terminator Redux

Tue, 22 Aug 2017 15:15:07 EDT

I made this a couple years ago, uploaded it, but forgot to make a post about it.
Enjoy this shortened version of the classic action film "The Terminator".

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Perennial Hat Dispenser

Sun, 23 Jul 2017 11:29:05 EDT

The most important part of the game - of any game - the hat dispenser.

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Comic Stealth 100

Sun, 16 Jul 2017 17:45:42 EDT

I made another comic about forum administration

Perennial Ocean2 Elevator

Fri, 14 Jul 2017 21:24:13 EDT

Believe it or not, I'm still working on this game. I have implemented many gameplay features - at least that's what I think until I go to put them in a level and something goes wrong. Anyway here's an elevator thing that totally works and doesn't get you stuck in the floor at all.

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Mario Land Fun Browser Port

Wed, 14 Jun 2017 10:40:40 EDT

I have ported my Super Mario Land remake to javascript via Play Mario Land Fun >>

Beetleweight Rumble

Wed, 26 Apr 2017 03:05:33 EDT

My final fight at RoboGames 2017 was a 4-way rumble between the remaining beetleweights - Hypershlock, Sharpshooter, and Keiler.

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Bezek vs Sharpshooter

Wed, 26 Apr 2017 01:58:35 EDT

My fifth fight at RoboGames 2017 was a friendly match against the vertical beater, Sharpshooter.

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Bezek vs Just A Wedge

Wed, 26 Apr 2017 01:52:28 EDT

My fourth fight at RoboGames 2017 was against the wedge kitbot, Just A Wedge.

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Bezek vs Dark Slayer

Wed, 26 Apr 2017 00:15:29 EDT

My third fight at RoboGames 2017 was against the infamously brutal horizontal spinner, Dark Slayer.

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Bezek vs Hoot

Tue, 25 Apr 2017 23:02:47 EDT

My second fight at RoboGames 2017 was against the vertical spinner, Hoot.

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Bezek vs Keiler

Tue, 25 Apr 2017 20:19:35 EDT

My first fight at RoboGames 2017 was against the vertical drum bot, Keiler.

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Bezek Pre RoboGames Spin Up

Tue, 25 Apr 2017 17:39:47 EDT

Clearer, close-up video of my combat robot spinning up to nearly full speed.

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Bezek Weapon Test

Wed, 19 Apr 2017 03:17:36 EDT

First real weapon tests on my 3lb combat robot, Bezek.

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Robot Drive Test 2

Sun, 05 Feb 2017 18:37:29 EST

Just a quick video of me driving the aluminum build of the robot around.
It's a lot more solid than the prototype.

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Robot Radio

Wed, 25 Jan 2017 20:41:02 EST

My radio PCB arrived.

Bare Board Assembled

Robot AL Update

Sun, 22 Jan 2017 16:54:49 EST

I've made some progress on my robot.

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Robot Drive Test

Sat, 22 Oct 2016 18:05:12 EDT

I got my beetleweight combat robot prototype rolling around.

There are some problems.

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Other People's Comics

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 10:53:43 EDT

I have ~~stolen~~ collected a pile of comics that I enjoy from the internet. Unlike almost everyone else that does this, I have also linked to the original artist's website when it is known and available.

If you have a better source for any of these comics, post it in the comments.

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Comic 'Guilty'

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 10:38:34 EDT

I drew this comic a while ago to make a point on the Blockland forums, but I didn't post it here because I was afraid that SJWs would call my boss and get me fired.

I recently remembered that I don't have a job.

Lathe Stand

Wed, 21 Sep 2016 22:05:43 EDT

I need a lathe for my robot project. The local maker space had a lathe, but it was crated up and they didn't have anywhere to put it. So I built a table for it using some 4x4 posts and available scrap wood.

It has not collapsed yet, so I think the project was a success.

Xbox Radio

Tue, 20 Sep 2016 18:00:00 EDT

I built a custom radio transmitter for my combat robot project.

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Beetleweight Robot Prototype

Wed, 24 Aug 2016 18:00:00 EDT

I am designing a beetleweight (3 lb) combat robot. This is a partially assembled acrylic prototype. There's still a lot of work to do before moving on to the final aluminum chassis.

Drivetrain and shell
Drivetrain closeup

Web Wanderer Recovered

Sun, 14 Aug 2016 18:00:00 EDT

I found a javascript/ASP thing I made a long time ago and ported it to PHP for posterity. It's still unfinished/broken.

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Steam Game Rankings

Thu, 07 Jan 2016 00:10:29 EST

I have ranked all of the steam games that I own.

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Top 5 Things to Pull out of Your Ass

Tue, 29 Sep 2015 03:50:53 EDT

Who has time for pockets? Japan brings us the latest techniques in arsenal concealment.

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Red vs Blue

Tue, 26 May 2015 07:13:22 EDT

I've investigated the competition between red and blue.

There are many unanswered questions. The article may be updated in the future, once technology has advanced sufficiently.

Mario Land Fun Released

Thu, 12 Feb 2015 00:00:01 EST

I made a remake of Super Mario Land!

It's free!

Check it out!

The Future Is Here

Thu, 01 Jan 2015 00:00:01 EST

It's finally here! All of the future! Also some shorter clips that may prove useful this year:

Why We Ban

Sun, 12 Oct 2014 18:00:00 EDT

There is a phenomenon where internet forum goers will post videos or stories of their anti-social exploits. No crowd reaction can correct their behavior - they have multiple psychological outs. The only way forward is banishment.

Naturally, this comic was inspired by the

Using the best available data, I have scientifically extrapolated the future weight of chickens.

The future is both terrifying and delicious.

Take Off Ebola Chan

Tue, 07 Oct 2014 18:00:00 EDT

I made a comic. I cannot un-make it.

Transparency Sorting Errors

Mon, 22 Sep 2014 20:01:40 EDT

Real-time computer graphics is nothing but a series of compromises. Here is a collection of transparency sorting errors in high profile games.

Is this interesting at all? Probably not, but I took the screenshots so why not post them.

Best L4D Text

Mon, 22 Sep 2014 14:17:22 EDT

What is text? Zombies? Read ahead will be ready off alarm!

All You Can Eat

Fri, 27 Jun 2014 18:00:00 EDT

A comic about Blockland.

Legions and Future War

Thu, 19 Jun 2014 18:00:00 EDT

I have reorganized the games section.

I managed to pull together downloads for the old Legions and Future War prototypes, if for some reason you are interested in that.

Comic 'Anger'

Sat, 31 May 2014 17:21:01 EDT

People on the internet sometimes acuse me of being anrgy all the time.

I have attempted to clarify the situation via an illustration.

Reddit Gets Drawn 2

Sun, 23 Feb 2014 18:18:03 EST

I drew some more people on

Blue Snap Complaints

Tue, 04 Feb 2014 14:48:57 EST

BlueSnap, formerly known as Plimus, is an ecommerce provider with extremely questionable business practices.

Read about how shitty they are.