Thanks for this. Does the system use the exact same physical gap between screens? I know some games do fake a continuous play area and were designed for the exact dimensions of the DS including screen gap.

That is always the litmus test for me, if those games naturally show the backgrounds and sprites scrolling between screens in a way that accommodates the exact same gap.

Honestly, the critic response in the article is so well-put, I don’t have anything to add. Just posting it here in the hopes it’s not missed:

Media and cultural critic Kaivan Shroff argued in Zeteo that Sheeran was not actually acting apolitically as he claimed, but rather “letting a pro-Israel billionaire choose his politics for him.”

“Kraft imposed a political condition on his tour, and then Sheeran enforced it,” Shroff wrote. “He did not remain above the dispute; he allowed the billionaire who owned the building to resolve it for him.”

“That is what the language of being ‘apolitical’ conceals,” he continued. “It treats the status quo as neutral and resistance to it as political. Kraft can decide that support for Palestinian freedom is beyond the boundaries of acceptable speech; venue owners can threaten a tour; corporate affiliates can calculate the financial exposure and draw their lines in the sand. None of that is described as activism. Politics supposedly only enters the room when Macklemore says those two words onstage.”

Shroff wrote that the saga demonstrated “how the ultrawealthy exercise political power without accepting political responsibility.”

“They translate an ideological demand into a business necessity, then leave everyone beneath them to describe compliance as unavoidable,” he said. “Kraft did not have to answer Macklemore’s argument about Gaza or persuade an audience that saying ‘Free Palestine’ constituted hate. He could simply threaten the tour instead. Once the money was put in jeopardy, all of a sudden, the unacceptable viewpoint disappeared.”

I don’t know about that, but he’s Billie Eilish’s brother and co-writer/producer.

This is one of the best lines Trey Parker ever wrote.

Trump’s proposal would be legal because the payment would go to everyone regardless of how they voted, or whether they voted at all, said New Mexico-based attorney John Day.

“This is a campaign promise,” Day said. “It’s not a payment to individuals to try to get them to vote in a particular way.”

Just going to ignore the “if Republicans retain control of the House and the Senate”, huh, AP?

Are you talking about America fuel?

There is clearly a vengeful god at work since at least 2015, and you are giving them ideas.

I’m writing this from the future, October 2028, from my desk on America St., America, in America County, capital of the state America, in the America-West region of America, to issue a warning…

Relatedly, it’s probably just that everyone has refined and conformed their parasitic relationships to give Trump what he wants - attention and the facade of power and deference - which means Trump is fine giving them what they want that he has no interest in - Project 2025 and actual governance.

Stephen Miller is the archetypical example of this. He publicly and privately fellates Trump, and in return, Trump gives him a blank check to set basically all domestic immigration and law enforcement policy.

In this scenario, Trump’s mental decline isn’t leverage, it’s just another cost of doing business for the craven opportunists who actually make the decisions.

his body is laying down in a parking lot in the hospital.”

So basically, he died from the ICE “custody” likely in a George Floyd style murder, and the murderers likely brought him to a hospital parking lot and dumped his body on the ground to avoid answering any questions.

The Trump voter got the day he voted for, but I certainly don’t take any pleasure. It’s not clear his brother voted for Trump [edit: he’s an asylum-seeker, so presumably not able to vote] and it’s a tragedy either way. I just feel a little more dead inside reading this. I guess there’s a limit to schadenfreude.

Yup, very likely.

I thought Asha Sharma may be a good reset to get Xbox back on track. It’s clear with the layoffs, studio closure and these moves, she unfortunately just had a more efficient euthanasia plan.

Well, I clicked through to the PDF, and every single image was somehow more depressing than the last, including when I returned to the front of the deck after the last image, just a forever downward Escherian spiral. Here’s nearly where it ends, so you know I’m not kidding:

Now, don’t get me wrong. I think this is an outlier poll in many ways from what we’ve been seeing and will remain optimistic that this opt-in polling (however the intro statement alleges it was controlled) biased it towards false neutral metrics. I mean, NYC voters freaking LOVE Mamdani, but the polls here suggest he’s reviled - no doubt because Fox News is much better represented in the polling bloc than to voters who actually matter for Mamdani’s elections.

But really, all I see reading is the equation: consent equals lies multiplied by duration, volume and repetition.

I had to look it up to see what Trump/DHS’s unconstitutional argument will be to ignore this. The “…” omitted sections show pretty clearly what they will say:

Whoever, being an officer of the Army or Navy, or other person in the civil, military, or naval service of the United States, orders, brings, keeps, or has under his authority or control any troops or armed men at any place where a general or special election is held, unless such force be necessary to repel armed enemies of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both; and be disqualified from holding any office of honor, profit, or trust under the United States. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/592

“…is held, unless such force is necessary to repel armed enemies of the United States, shall be fined…”

So their first-year-law-school failing DOJ leads will argue that they need ICE there to stop voter fraud, which force is necessary to “repel armed enemies of the United States” since hypothetically the rampant fraudsters could be armed.

Either Trump will just do it without any lawsuit-ripening warning, or if his demented brain reveals his plans early and a suit is filed in time, the Supreme Court will hear the emergency appeal of the inevitable district and appellate findings that it is unconstitutional, and issue a shadow docket ruling that overturns the (ruling upholding the) Constitution without comment or reasoning.

WASHINGTON — Vying to become House speaker in a few months, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries outlined four items on the agenda that he said would enjoy “uniform Democratic support” and advance the party’s goal of “making life more affordable.”

This is why people are frustrated with politicians and Jeffries in particular. No, we don’t want the goal to be to make life “more affordable.” We’re well past “more affordable.” Saving $5 on a $15,000 hospital bill is “more affordable.” No, we want life to be “affordable.” That’s single-payer system. Maybe “more affordable” is the temporary compromise until we finish a clearly defined path to “affordable.” But it’s not a goal.

The mere fact that he’s out here talking about extending tax credits and using weasel words is utterly demoralizing also because it suggests this is the starting position which he’s going to negotiate down from later.

He can’t lead on policy, he’s certainly not following the voters’ stated wishes, so it would be great if he could kindly get out of the way.

Once again Democrats are overthinking and under-doing. Trump and his cabinet have been doing and are doing impeachable things daily. You need to impeach or the Constitution is dead letter (or at least, will remain that).

Yes, it’s a time suck and some people care about your agenda, so walk and chew gum at the same time. Impeach and also push your agenda. Have different members lead different things. It’s fine if some of it gets lost in the news cycles. Better to have too much that voters want happening to cover than not enough.

And of course vote Jeffries out of the speaker role first. Any unknown is better than a demonstrated, reliable failure.

Note, this is above “launch MSRP” which for the latest gen already had years of crypto and the start of AI pricing baked in.

It’s not an exaggeration to say we are all forcibly being made dumber by Trump, because we are wasting finite energy and attention that we should be using for self-improvement and instead are spending those resources on keeping track of the sociopathic imbecile with the nuclear codes. It’s exhausting.

Well put. It’s not that there are sanctuary states. It’s that some states are sanctuary for the innocent, and some are sanctuary for the guilty.

Somehow after reading this I just keep vomiting.