Emotional Soundscapes

33. he/him. gaymer 🏳️‍🌈🎮 music lover. political scientist. in love❤️ 🇺🇾 in 🇲🇽

[petersolarz]

AB_W-6 © Peter Solarz

Acrylic on wood panel 8x10

[petersolarz]

Untitled © Peter Solarz

[midimushroom]

Pictures taken June 7, 2025

[keatxu]

abandonware should be public domain. force companies to actively support and provide products if they don't wanna lose the rights to them

[omikronsoul]

Game companies hate emulation, but none of them seem to understand that a lot of us would just buy ROMs from them directly if we could. I don't want a fifth remake of Final Fantasy IV, I want to pay five bucks for the 3MB file you already made bank with thirty years ago. Nobody who wants to play something for the purpose of retro gaming is going to consider a $40 remake as the alternative option, and we're certainly not going to let the original dissappear. They're crying about opportunity cost for a product they're not even selling.

[justletmeremember]

op i know you're probably talking about like, video games, etc, but this is also critical for research science - my lab has so much abandonware, either because the company's out of business, or the company decided to not maintain it, and it's a fucking nightmare. we have two windows 95 computers that are CRITICAL for performing experiments/data analysis because the software needed is abandonware. one of the main roles for a guy in my lab is to maintain these little dinosaurs because if they go out, we lose access to ~20 years of raw data for research. part of why is that these companies also make their own file types, and make it difficult-to-impossible to convert those file types without their specific software. by habit, i convert all research files to more generic versions (txt, pdf, tif, etc) so that i minimize risk of losing my shit, but some stuff can't be converted.

for example, we have a microscope that is perfectly functional, good microscope, but its software is abandonware because the company refused to maintain it. the company is still in business, still makes essentially the exact same software, but they made all of the old tech incompatible with new software to force people to buy the new microscope tech. it would cost a quarter million dollars to replace this microscope. this perfectly good microscope.

so like, i know a lot of people look at the original post here and go "well op just wants old video games to play" (which is valid! games companies should not be able to push shit to abandonware and then close it off) but also this is critical for like. biomedical research. if y'all had any idea how much basic infrastructure built on science relies on shit that is technically abandonware, you would probably be horrified.

[emotionalsoundscapes]

You could use a little action; run away and lead a life without consequence. Reaching for a book of matches, strike a light and you'll see the real mess that I am...

Nothing Personal; Des Rocs.

@cronicasvampiricas-rpg

[emotionalsoundscapes]

I stare at the sun just for kicks all by myself. I lose track of time, so I might be past my prime but I'm feeling oh so good, yeah!

Everybody Loves Me; OneRepublic.

@cronicasvampiricas-rpg

[scyther-no-scything]

*grabs tissue* Cubchoo and Beartic

[fullcravings]

Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies

[eternallykakurenbo]

Ikebukuro 2025

[calebwittebane]

person typing into google search bar: obfuscate meaning

google ai overview: Understood! From now on, all meaning will be hidden from you, and you'll be forced to wade through the dreary vastness. Whether it's things you've always held dear, or new ideas you've yet to discover, nothing will make sense or appear to have any real value. This could be the beginning of a fascinating journey!

[banksalec]

[queenbruv]

the power of hitting 'end task' on a glitchy program in task manager is intoxicating. i feel like an assassin. i feel like a tyrant. you don't want to work properly? begone. off with your head. i need to kill my apps with a guillotine

[timkarr]

Jersey City, 2026. Palisade.

[sommerlanding]

Another from Brokenhead Wetlands Interpretive Trail, one of my favourite places

[photos-of-space]

Venus just lost its last active spacecraft, as Japan has officially declared the Akatsuki orbiter - which took the clearest ever picture of the planet, as seen below - dead

[myheartflutters]

The perfect mug doesn’t exi-...(I FOUND IT HERE)

[thepunkysofthepunks]

GIMMIE THAT MUG-

[inzergue]