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FTF Free Talk Friday - October 02, 2026

Welcome to the Free Talk Friday post. This is a place where you can talk about dumb off-topic (or on-topic) bullshit with other Zaibatsu fans.

There's going to be a new post every week, and the newest one will be pinned in the announcement bar for quick access. So feel free to visit these posts during the rest of the week.

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u/ActRaisins He/Him 3d ago edited 3d ago

Week of "spooky month starts". I've had a curtain of pumpkin LEDs hanging up in one of the rooms already, but I probably won't get massively into spooky stuff until later.

In games, I've been fooling around with an old retro handheld I've had for a while. It's called something like the RS-97 V2 and it's pretty modest in terms of performance, but I enjoy it as a means to play 8 and 16 bit games. It has an app where you plug it into your PC and can transfer games to and from the device, but I usually just change game libraries for the emulators that came with the device. However, after the "THEC64" handheld (yeah that's what it called) got delayed into 2027 I started looking at opk files and installing new emulators. Since then, I've now got the C64 emulator Vice running, so I've been enjoying the likes of Uridium and am keen to test more games. Also, if I'm happy enough with this as a solution then I'll potentially save the cost of buying a new handheld.

I also took a look at the Steam Autumn sale yesterday evening, picking up Pepper Grinder (2D game about burrowing and shooting) and Spiritfall (roguelike with Smash Bros-style arena battles.) I haven't tried either of them yet but they should keep me busy for a bit.

A couple of notables from me week in music - Embers by Loudrise is a bit of a vibe - lots of layers and nice echoes and things... while Scartip's Admirer - well, it might be a bit too disjointed for some, but it has some fun chopped up beats and bleeps. It sounds like something I'd play in Sound Shapes or something.

Anyway, this weekend and next week may be more of the same - trying out "new" Steam games and seeing what I can emulate.