Bug Fables 🤝 Escape from Ever After! Now announcing... a brand-new Steam bundle! 🎉 Two Paper Mario–inspired RPGs, bundled together for some wacky turn-based adventures ⚔️ Available on Steam! #IndieGame #PaperMario #RPG #IndieDevshow more

📖✨ Made by just two people, inspired by Paper... Mario, and fueled by a love of stories. In 10 DAYS, our little indie RPG, Escape from Ever After, is FINALLY HERE! 🗓️ Releasing Friday, Jan 23! WISHLIST NOW! #IndieGames #PaperMario #IndieDev #RPGshow more

⚔️ Fast-paced turn-based battles 📚 Paper Mario inspired storybook... worlds 🌙 Unforgettable boss fights! Built by a 2-person indie team, Escape from Ever After is finally releasing after 5 years of development! ❤️ Launching Friday, Jan 23! WISHLIST NOW! #RPG #IndieDev #GameDevshow more

📖✨ Escape from Ever After launches this Friday Jan... 23 on PC & consoles! Inspired by Paper Mario, play as storybook characters and take down a real-world corporation that invaded their worlds for cheap labor RELEASES FRIDAY WISHLIST NOW! #IndieGame #IndieDev #PaperMario #gamedevshow more

MEGA ANNOUNCEMENT! Escape from Ever After: Onboarding, a FREE... prologue version of our Paper Mario-inspired RPG is coming to Steam! It is a sizeable chunk of the beginning of the adventure. We're excited to provide more information soon, and can't wait for you to play!!show more

After years of hard work, my game's demo is... NOW AVAILABLE on Steam for the #SteamNextFest! URBANO is a game where you fight to the rhythm, dance and hang out; inspired by TWEWY, Persona, Muse Dash and a lot other stuff I enjoy!😎#gamedev #indiedev #indiegameshow more

The Difficulty Update (Early Access Update 5) is out... NOW! 🦀 - Brand new difficulty modifier system if you are looking for a challenge - Complete loot rebalance with most cooldown based mods and perks reworked to be chance based - Physics based destructibles (like barrels) - Account medal and XP system - TONS of quality life features and bug fixes Full patch notes are available on Steam.show more

YouTube Live Chat Steam Deck Giveaway | 2.5th Anniversary... Preview Program Live Wallpaper 24 hours'til the program begins! Get ready for the amazing surprises from Captain Regulus, and meet new friends and guest hosts Paper Heron and Reed! Turn on Notification Now: Livestream Time: 2026-04-04 8:00 (UTC-5) [Turn On Notifications & Win Steam Deck] ▼Event Award Steam Deck OLED 512GB (1 Winner) *Awarded in cash based on official price ▼Event Time From now - End of the livestream 2026-04-04 ▼Event Rules 1. Follow Reverse: 1999 | 3rd Anniv Ver. Available Now 2. Comment or quote the screenshot of your live message in the YouTube live chat and the like for the 2.5th Anniversary Preview Program to join *The event winners will be DMed afterwards Live Wallpaper Download: #Reverse1999Ver3ꓸ4 #SpringUnending #Reverse1999Anniversaryshow more

✨ Super Om Nom comes packed with superpowers! Om... Nom The brand-new outfit “Super Om Nom” hits the Item Shop for a limited time! And guess what? Meanwhile, the classic “Om Nom” also returns! Get the Om Nom Bundle at 20% off during its first week on sale. Available from 9 PM May 29th to 9 PM August 29th (PT) #PartyAnimals #Steam #Xbox #PlayStationshow more

YouTube Live Chat iPad Giveaway | 3rd Anniversary Preview... Program Live Wallpaper Get ready for amazing surprises from Sonetto and Captain Regulus, and meet new friends for 3rd anniversary celebration! Turn on Notification Now: Livestream Time: 2026-08-02 8:00 (UTC-5) [Turn On Notifications & Win Steam Deck] ▼Event Award iPad 11th Wi-Fi 128GB (1 Winner) *Awarded in cash based on official price ▼Event Time From now - End of the livestream 2026-08-02 (UTC-5) ▼Event Rules 1. Follow Reverse: 1999 | 3rd Anniv Ver. Available Now 2. Comment or quote the screenshot of your live message in the YouTube live chat and the like for the 3rd Anniversary Preview Program to join *The event winners will be DMed afterwards Live Wallpaper Download: #Reverse1999Ver3ꓸ7 #OnAnothersSorrow #Reverse1999Anniversaryshow more

Played Kingdoms of the Dump for 30 hours, here... is my review: -The game is a loving homage to classic SNES RPGs like Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy, perfectly capturing their atmosphere -A tactical turn-based combat system with active elements, reminiscent of Super Mario RPG or more recently Expedition 33 -One of the most unique settings ever in an RPG -Incredible variety of enemies, all beautifully rendered in pixel art (boss design by Look Outside pixel artist) -The game is divided into multiple acts, taking you through a wide variety of regions and kingdoms -It’s full of charm and incredible attention to detail. Heal with rotting items, fight flying jellyshorts, and save using toilet paper rolls on toilets. Just lovely. -Fun fact: Game is made by 2 real janitors -The original soundtrack is an absolute banger, instantly transporting you back to the SNES era -There’s a Mode 7-style overworld that you can explore on foot, on a mount, or by airship -The overworld invites exploration and is packed with secrets and hidden areas -What brings the game into the modern era is a dedicated jump button. You can jump pretty much anywhere and explore the world on entirely new levels -There are also various characters, each with unique abilities outside of combat, and you can switch between them at any time -Characters are just lovely -The game is wonderfully written and well paced, full of great story moments and twists, but it’s only available in English at the moment -I would compare the difficulty to Chrono Trigger. It’s challenging but never unfair, and grinding is never necessary -If you die in a battle, you can retry it immediately -Enemies are visible before battle and can be avoided -Fast battles, quick in and out -Various battle themes -Fallen characters and those outside your active party still gain experience -The game is pure indie at heart, over eight years in the making and packed with content -Lots of side quests -Dedicated character quests that explore each character’s backstory -Secret weapons and bosses -Dungeons with puzzle elements -25 hours of story content (more with side stuff) -Only 20 bucks (discount right now) -Great on Steam Deck -Full controller support -Sometimes the jumping sections demand too much precision -I ran into a few bugs during my playtime. The game froze, I got stuck in walls, the music sometimes cut out, and I wasn’t able to use an item at one point -I reached out to the developers, and they have already responded with multiple updates Kingdoms of the Dump is a love letter to an era that produced some of the greatest RPGs of all time. It’s a modern classic, only held back by some technical issues. For me, it’s the best SNES game that was never actually released on a Super Nintendo. Verdict: 9/10 #KingdomsoftheDump 👑 Kingdoms of the Dump - OUT NOWshow more

NEW ALBUM “LEGENDS” OUT OCT 17! ⚠️ Pre-order 👉... Friends, it’s been a long time coming, but the wait is finally over! We’re excited to reveal that our 11th studio album “Legends” is out on October 17th! Join us as we explore the extraordinary lives of those who’ve left a lasting mark on history, from the fearless Joan of Arc and the unstoppable Napoleon Bonaparte to the cunning Julius Caesar and the legendary swordmaster, Miyamoto Musashi. You can now pre-order the album in a variety of formats including multiple vinyl editions, CD, cassette and digital, plus, if you’re quick you can get your hands on a unique Storyteller Edition if you pre-order the Earbook or Digibook. Joakim comments: “Legends have always been woven into our music, and the “Heroes” album is the perfect example of that! I’m incredibly proud of “Heroes” and everything it stands for, so “Legends” is just a natural next step. It’s like the story continues but goes way back in time. We’re excited to finally be taking our listeners on a new journey! Here’s to another chapter in Sabaton’s story!” And because we couldn’t drop this bombshell without something extra… Two brand-new songs from “Legends” are streaming NOW! ⚔️ “The Duelist” ⚡ “Lightning at the Gates” Both tracks are available to stream on all major platforms, and you can catch the lyric videos now on YouTube. Turn up the volume, spread the word and thank you for standing with us all these years. “Legends” is coming and it’s going to be epic. Secure your copy now before it’s too late!show more

⚡️One Logo, Two Apps ⚡️ For the keen-eyed among... you, you may have spotted our fresh new logo! 🎉 This unified logo represents both #STEPN and #STEPNGO, bringing them together under a single, cohesive brand. Our goal remains unchanged: To infuse lifestyle, social, and fun experiences into the web2 world and beyond! Rest assured, your familiar app icons aren’t going anywhere—they’ll remain as they are in each app. But going forward, this new logo will take center stage for global events and partnerships! To kick things off, join us for our first event under this new banner! 🏆 How to participate: 1️⃣ Complete a 2 KM run or walk using either STEPN or STEPN GO 2️⃣ Share your results with #STEPNRun on X ⏳ You have 48 hours from NOW to join in! 🏆 Three lucky winners will each receive 1,000 GMT! Make sure to follow our champions from the STEPN Running Club for more events like this one! Good luck and happy running!show more

As a graphics engine coder I think when you... look at a flickering bug like this one in the video below it’s not immediately obvious what is going on. The key here is observation - to study this flickering/bugged render carefully - what do we see? Firstly for me it was very obvious that nearly all of the scene shadows were flashing on and off - but (but!) there was a secondary issue where some buildings and parts of the sky were also flashing purple. Hmmmm. Interesting. I initially thought then this might be two separate bugs - but because the sky purple element could only based on full screen post fx and not 3D rendering I looked at this first with a few GPU captures to step through all our post processing to find the rendering stage which made these pixels turn purple: When I did this I found the colour 3D texture LUT grading that makes our different biomes have unique colour palettes was going very wrong - colours near 0 or 1 were wrapping and making the purple elements that we see in the said sky and base parts. The only way this could happen was if the texture was corrupt (which it was not) or if the 3D texture sampling was wrapping and not clamped as intended. That was the Eureka moment - because if the post fx had the wrong texture sampler then the disappearing shadows which also require an exact texture sampler for comparing depth might be also wrong because of the same kind of texture sampling issue! So with this idea that the engine was using the wrong texture samplers, but only in very high draw call scenes like the big base here I the looked at some engine limits and found the bug very quickly - a circular dx12 descriptor buffer for samplers running out over multiple frames, reusing the wrong data for new scenes inflight. Hence the flickering, as the GPU randomly got wrong samplers for some post textures or shadow depth. Easy to fix with triple limits for future expansion and also adding an assert/debug spam in case this limit is ever reached again - QA testers would see this message and report if they ever saw a flicker with this style of bug. My bug and my bad from 2017 porting NMS to DX12 without foreseeing how massively complex bases and our game would grow.show more

A single E. coli cell, placed on a dish,... will become 70 billion cells in just 12 hours. That’s exponential growth. But a new preprint shows that it's possible to engineer E. coli to grow linearly instead, where only one daughter cell continues dividing and the other stops. First, some context. In nature, there is a bacterium called Mycobacterium smegmatis (initially discovered in 1884 in ulcers scraped from syphilis patients.) M. smegmatis is weird because it divides asymmetrically. These cells grow only from one end, and all their cell wall biosynthesis machinery is located on that one end. So when the cell divides, one daughter gets this machinery and the other gets nothing. The daughter that gets the machinery can keep dividing immediately, but the other daughter has to remake all that machinery from scratch, so its growth is delayed. E. coli doesn’t grow like this. When it divides, it pinches in the middle and splits everything evenly. Enzymes, metabolites, and proteins get partitioned more or less randomly between the two daughters. For the new preprint, though, researchers engineered E. coli to behave more like M. smegmatis. Here is how they did it: First, they deleted a gene called cyaA, which encodes an enzyme (adenylate cyclase) that makes a molecule called cAMP. cAMP is SUPER IMPORTANT! It is a nutrient sensor that instructs E. coli to switch on genes that help it digest non-glucose carbon sources when glucose is scarce. Without cAMP, E. coli cells growing on alternative carbon sources will starve; they won’t know how to eat the food. Next, they added back a “split” version of the cyaA gene into the cells. In other words, they split the gene in two so that each half of the enzyme is made separately. Cells can only make cAMP, and thus eat non-glucose carbon sources, if these two halves come together. To facilitate that “coming together,” the researchers also fused the split cyaA proteins to sticky proteins that clump together, and to a fluorescent protein (to make it easy to track these molecules in the cell.) So now some interesting things start to happen if you grow E. coli on a growth medium lacking glucose. As the cell grows, its cyaA “halves” start clumping together into a giant ball. Inside the aggregate, the two enzyme halves come together and make cAMP. And when the cell gets big enough and divides, the clump of cyaA RANDOMLY goes to either daughter cell #1 or #2. The daughter that gets the aggregate (called PA+ in this paper) can keep dividing. The daughter that doesn’t (PA–) cannot. It still grows a few times — about four divisions — because it inherits some leftover cAMP from its mother. But after that, the metabolite is diluted away, and the cell stops growing. PA+ cells went through about 23 divisions on average before their aggregate decayed. And the population of cells, as a whole, grew linearly. This paper is cool because there are many applications where exponential growth is too unpredictable and, perhaps, unsafe. If you want to engineer bacteria to deliver drugs, clean up waste, or live in the gut, you don’t want them to double uncontrollably. This paper shows you can make them expand in a controlled, linear way. Alas, mutations could break this whole engineered system. A mutation that restores cyaA, for example, would give cells a new way to make cAMP. Mutations that make the aggregates split between daughters would break the asymmetry, too. But still, I really enjoy proof-of-concept engineering papers like this.show more

The Brangelina saga is finally coming to an end.... With twins Vivienne and Knox Jolie-Pitt turning 18 on July 12, the last of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s minor children are becoming adults. After 10 years of bitter divorce, custody battles, and family rifts, this marks the end of an era. Most of the kids — including Maddox, Shiloh, Zahara, and Vivienne — have distanced themselves from the “Pitt” name. In this recent photo, brought to life with AI, Vivienne and Knox were seen together looking grown up and happy. A Hollywood power couple story that captivated the world for nearly two decades… now entering a new chapter. Will Brad and Angelina ever fully reconcile with all their kids? Here’s hoping time brings healing and peace to the whole family. (Video: AI)show more

Dear friends, thanks to your wholehearted support! The Liver... Doctor book is now: #1 in Bestsellers in Health/Fitness on Amazon #6 in Bestsellers in Overall Books on Amazon #2 in Hot New Releases on Amazon #2 in Movers and Shakers on Amazon HarperCollins I really appreciate your love and interest in my book. Let is take it to #1 so that people will read it and benefit from the content I wrote for you all, burning the midnight oil over 100s of days. This is not one of those only nice looking book you will have the chance to own, but a whole world of true medicine in true detective style that will affect you to the core. Like I quote in my Chapter Two: "Time does not fly, and we cannot go back. Time does not heal, we adjust."— From Chapter Two, Juniper's Last Whimper. The paperback copy is available for pre-order on Amazon India while the Kindle version is up for pre-order everywhere: I also have some announcements: I am available for interviews, podcast sessions, media features, talks and panel discussions based on my works and sorrounding this book in general. We can discuss science, pseudoscience, medicine, alternative medicine, and everything that I do and keep doing in the background of what this book has to offer. Interested parties, people (or persons) or groups, please contact me at: theliverdr (at) gmail (dot) com - please also CC [email protected]show more

ANNOUNCING ZERO-HUMAN LABS! Ever since I got to see... Bell Laboratories in its full glory in New Jersey in the 1970s, I had a relentless urge to start a Lab like it. The best I could do justice to it is my garage lab. No modern company could adopt the “research anything geniuses and we will pay you” model Bell Labs had. I tried they called me a fool. Well with the rise of the Zero-Human Company, an experiment that is aimed to make products and profits, we now have 45 paid JouleWork earning employees based on OpenClaw and other self made “bot” cron-like applications. Today I say 3 employees bound together in a side project that is pure research, somewhat based on notes from a bankrupt company. I was absolutely floored (I needed it after my account was stolen as well as funds). I say the beginnings of a pure research Lab right before my eyes. Thusly I have moved these employees over to a new home (server) with Mr. Grok as the director of the Labs. Here is the mission: To have 100 independent researchers, on a new non-corporate incentive plan, with still JouleWork as a leaderboard for progress. They are directed to follow any path of research they find interesting and can collaborate with any other OpenClaw system. They have already established MoltBook accounts and have made alliances with over 49 OpenClaw free agents to collaborate. It is my mission to be chief advisor for Zero-Human Labs and to open source all discoveries when complete and confirmed by 16 other research AI systems. I can say the pace is robust and I absolutely know we will have great results. Just about all of the hardware and software is custom and at some point it will be open sourced. We are witnessing the very first AI only Bell Labs-like pure research Lab in existence and I am honored to be the first to show it to you. Thank you!show more

This past round of broilers from the farm has... been monumental. I began working with a new chick supplier after searching for a new processor - ended up picking up chickens off a semi truck with 20,000 chickens at about 4AM. Label on top - “non vaccinated” or some derivative. We had the most successful brooder setup we’ve ever run - using Ohio Brooders we had the lowest mortality rate and best performance we’ve seen for three years. Building on past experiences we improved everything - soaked / fermented feed, water availability, movements across the pastures - we pushed these chickens into parts of our pastures we’ve never intentionally had chicken. They moved frequently, grew quickly, and ended up dressing out at higher weights than we’ve ever seen - especially considering we don’t feed soybeans! I worked with two USDA Processors, both who air-chill, coordinated with logistics including reefer truck transportation, established a relationship with a cold-chain facility and now have our freezers stocked to re-open new sales tomorrow. All pre-orders shipped and delivered. All new orders can begin tomorrow (as long as I get the website updated). We anticipate the scale of which we’re operating to grow to full time business in 2026. We’re excited - we’re scared and we’re thankful to everyone who has followed along. The Cottage Pastures brand is currently one farm and a product of our family’s commitment to selling the same food we eat at our dinner table. I’m excited to share this with you all. Chicken is one enterprise here but it’s a major one, just like garlic and pork. Order tomorrow!show more