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Credit Feed 11: Bee Aggressive (Yars: Recharged)

Review of Yars: Recharged for the Nintendo Switch with a focus on Mission 29 (Wingman)

Credit Feed 10: Reviewing Reviewing

A post talking about the concept of attributing scores while reviewing media

15 MILLION FOR CLIMATE COLLAPSE

Strategic plan my ass, more like a 15 million euro donation.

Summer Game Challenge 2026

I have a handful of games that need completing. This is my Summer Game Challenge for 2026.

Scratch, Dig, Blow

This post is about brand loyalty and how the magic of marketing and public relations often hides a rancid base note.

Credit Feed 9: Them Legs (Rolling Thunder Review)

A review of Rolling Thunder, the 1986 NAMCO arcade platformer, in which I praise everything about the game.

Overhead Projector 3: EOY 2526

Reviewing the 2526 academic year and predicting the future; AI FUD about education.

Credit Feed 8: How do you Pew?

A rambling acknowledgment of the shmup community and their door-holding nature; a list of YouTube creators that you might find enjoyable.

Blogging in 2026

Blog post about blogging and blogs in which I blog about blogging and the top 5 blogging platforms are not featured here and neither are the 10 greatest AI writing prompts for blogs that guarantee backlinks

Dissecting AI News as a Layperson

How to deal with the deluge of AI-related news stories we see everyday when most of them have no substance to them

Keep It To Yourself

A guide to digital privacy for 2026, a manifesto to refuse complying to new measures, three suggestions for this new age of surveillance

A Message from the SCHOLSBAG Foundation

A satirical post about alternative Android operating systems

CSS Naked Day

In honour of CSS Naked Day, I will disable CSS until tomorrow

Teachers, you do not need those tools

A plea to stop using the many online teaching tools like Kahoot! and switch to a more ethical alternative

Mistral AI: Pas mal non ? C'est français.

A quick look at the French AI sloperator Mistral AI

"you should already have a google account"

Android will be a pain in the ass if the platform doesn't remain open

Addicted to my phone again...

I'm addicted to my phone. We're all a little addicted. What can be done?

Credit Feed 7: Tigers, Sharks, Cobras, Men in Tights, Robots, Aliens

A review for the Toaplan Arcade Collection Volume 1, a collection of shooting games, for the Nintendo Switch

Cryptic Prediction

A cryptic prediction regarding The Foundation's recent proclamation regarding a future collaboration

Meticulously Crafted

A post about work-life balance and piling wood

The Dillo Appreciation Post

An appreciation post regarding the Dillo Browser and how I use it to browse the web, including YouTube, Wallabag, and others

Overhead Projector #2: Knot Sure What I'm Doing, But It Works

Retraining myself to tie my shoes a different way lead to reflecting on how I teach my lessons.

Credit Feed 6: The Gunner Light (Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Review)

Review of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond with comments on the franchise

2025_wrapped_work

Quantifying my work life using khal and dayplot

2025_wrapped_games

A list and ranking of the games I played in 2025

2025_wrapped_music.addendum

A short post looking at some of my favourite musical discoveries

2025_wrapped_music

My favourite albums of 2025

Credit Feed 5: Loading... (Guilty Gear -STRIVE- Review)

A post about Guilty Gear -STRIVE- and why I didn't like it

Who are you? (Survey Results 2025)

A brief summary of the survey I ran on my blog

IndieWeb 2030

A response to the IndieWeb Carnival for the month of December 2025.

Overhead Projector #1: You Can't Tame a Zebra

A post about jumping on the bandwagon

The Press Has Entered The Chat

A post about an alternative Android ROM

Innovation in Education

Another post being negative about generative AI

Call Off Your Dogs

This post discusses recent laws banning social media for adolescents

The Generati

A post about students using generative AI in class

Throwing off my groove

A response to the IndieWeb Carnival for the month of November 2025. The theme of this short post is Cycles and Fluctuations.

Credit Feed 4: Embrace the Kickback

Review of two platformers, Yoku's Island Express and Pepper Grinder

Testing Octothorpes

A note on using octothorpes on my blog

Credit Feed 3: Here be Dragons (Psikyo Shmups)

Diving into the weird world of Psikyo shmups

Credit Feed 2: Fail/No Fail (Ganryu 2 & Gris Reviews)

I talk about two platformers---one of them a modern classic---that I picked up during a sale on the Nintendo Switch

Credit Feed 1

This is a round-up post of games I've been playing and other video game commentary

Dear Clara, Web Expert

An open reply to the web expert that keeps sending me emails

AI cannot replace me, but it can destroy my job

More reflections on Generative AI from the perspective of a teacher.

The Hill on The Hill

I heard a sound that reminded me of another sound, this post is about how nothing new stays new forever.

Pew Pew Pew. Die. Retry.

This post is about shmups, a type of game I am not very good at but have fallen in love with.

On Social Networks, May 2025 Edition

A post about social networks and the importance of making a stink.

I accidentally bought something cool, and I can't put it down

A quick review of the Taito Super Pocket and some of the games available.

La De Da 20 Years Later

In which I talk about a 20-year-old album that has never left my playlist.

Restart

This post talks about starting over.

Way over yonder in the low-key

A response to the IndieWeb Carnival for the month of March 2025. The theme of this short post is self-expression. In it I talk about staying in my zone and signaling that to others.