Scott Rowland

Coffee, straight out of my nose.

Reddit post titled "Australian “new” Nintendo Switch games aren’t factory sealed — confirmed by Nintendo" Post content - I’m an Australian collector and recently contacted Nintendo Australia about something I’d noticed: brand new Nintendo Switch games sold here often don’t come factory shrink-wrapped, unlike the same titles in the US, Europe and Japan. NSW Fair Trading followed up with Nintendo on my behalf, and Nintendo confirmed that games assembled locally are intentionally not shrink-wrapped. They consider it a commercial decision. The cartridges are unused — so this isn’t about defects — but from a collecting standpoint it means Australian retail copies are visually indistinguishable from opened/pre-owned copies. For collectors, factory sealing is usually part of condition grading, authenticity, and long-term value. I’m curious how others here would view this: Does “new” still mean new if it isn’t factory sealed? Would you treat unsealed retail stock differently in your collection? Does this affect how you’d value Australian copies vs overseas ones? Happy to share the Fair Trading correspondence if anyone wants to see it.

So much free time, none of it spent touching grass

Atlantis (Brice ORS/IBREC)

Fly Through The City of Atlantis In This Incredible Fan Project
www.gateworld.net/news/2026/03...

WATCH: One Stargate fan has built an incredible, virtual city of Atlantis.

Brilliant news

LOGGING ON

We need a lot of sulfur, and a lot of aluminium! Now, can someone ask Ruth what exactly we need them for?

Star Birds, which we created together with our friends at Toukana | Star Birds 🐤✨ | Dorfromantik 🏡 is available in Early Access on Steam: https://kgs.link/starbirds

Cartoon. Person says to other person „We invented a robot that answers questions.“, adding, „we just have to feed it 10 baby giraffes a day“. The other person asks „But it answers the questions correctly?“ Person responds „Oh my goodness, no. No no no no no.“ By Aram J. French Appropriated due to missing alt text

This GOOD BOY ran onto the course during the Women’s Cross-Country Skiing Team Sprint event, crossing the finish line and being automatically recorded by OMEGA’s photofinish camera 😆

This local Wolfdog joined an Olympic ski event and triggered the finish-line camera. This is Nazgul. He snuck into a cross-country skiing sprint this morning and raced the homestretch with some competitors before being escorted home. 14/10 someone get him a medal

A photo of an ice cream machine with a sign reading, "Anything is possible with ice cream." Beneath that is a hand lettered sign reading, "No ice cream".

2026 basically

WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out Hyperscalers are tearing hard drives out of the hands of manufacturers. Prices are therefore also rising for SSDs.

WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out

Reposting with alt text. This is glorious.

Google with AI buttons

Google without AI buttons

I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for
* Google AI Summaries
* YouTube Ask button & chat summaries
* GitHub Copilot
* Facebook AI chat
* X's Grok buttons
* Deviantart DreamUp
* Booru AI images
* And more

github.com/Stevoisiak/S...

You are being misled about renewable energy technology. YouTube video by Technology Connections

Let's do this.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9...

I'd like to meet Gizmo someday. Thank you 😂

obsessed with channel 9 not noticing that their ai slop got their own logo wrong

Amazing wording on this glacier memorial

I am officially properly unemployed now so uh, hit me up if you have work or are a secret billionaire giving away millions of dollars. Preferably the latter but work is okay too I guess.

Stargate Announcement | Prime Video YouTube video by Prime Video

What amazing news to wake up to. A brand new Stargate show, a continuation of existing canon from the original creators. 🥹 youtu.be/e82uV9sBt4I?...

I saw the news and quickly had a big smile on my face (as well as some tears!) 🥳🥹
So excited and happy with the news.

Happy Birthday Leo 🥳

A fresh tattoo on the upper arm. It is a 1 up mushroom from Mario that looks like a paper sticker with creases and curled up edges.

Always remember to keep an extra life on hand (or this case, arm!) Thanks to www.instagram.com/briskeart for my first tattoo 😀 #tattoo #mario #1up

I’ve written for some of the biggest media properties on the planet, including Sports Illustrated, ESPN, Newsweek, Men’s Journal, Parade, USA Today, News•com•au, The Sun, and probably more that I’ve forgotten.

I also have qualifications and experience in marketing, community management, and PR.

I find myself in the unenviable position of needing to find work so

Hiya. I’m a writer with a decade of experience writing about video games, tech, film and TV, and more.

News reporting, interviews, guides, reviews, features — you name it, I can do and have done it.

Please hire me 🙏

This is evil and I love it. Though as a steam deck owner this is a welcome change and I still don't understand why this was not a feature before now.

I like free!

ladies and gentlemen...we got him

I think about this SO MUCH.

It's so counterproductive and passive-aggressive. Though even in lighter, unintentional ways, it can hurt a bit. If you've always wanted to talk to someone and they finally gush at you, a response of 'Neat' and changing the subject back to you immediately can do this.

“A little condiment, as a teat.”

says @andyschimpf.bsky.social in the replies

this is such a real feeling, the railroading hurts. I offer a tip: when you unlock side quests, you become free. It doesn't FEEL like it cuz the game is still trying to make you do things, but that's the actual point where Urbain stops yelling at you if you try to buy a shirt