Wandering Adventure Party

“Break Out” (1984) by The Pointer Sisters – 12” 33 RPM LP.

This is the definitive edition—the one loaded with the mega-hit “I’m So Excited”. Wild fact: that song was originally meant for Michael Jackson. Hard to picture it now, because it’s impossible to imagine the 80s without the Pointer Sisters owning it.

But this album isn’t just riding one hit. It’s stacked, front to back, with cuts that hit hard. No filler. No duds. Just peak Pointer Sisters.

What often goes unsaid: Break Out is one of the most forward-looking electro-dance records of the decade. The very thing that makes it futuristic—the layers of synths and electronic production—is also what makes it sound warm, rich, and full of life.

This is 80s pop at its sharpest edge, and it hasn’t lost an ounce of heat.

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Desperado (1995) on VHS.

The film that launched Antonio Banderas into Hollywood stardom—and he does it with pure swagger.

Back in the day, people drew comparisons to Pulp Fiction. Sure, Tarantino shows up in a cameo, and Rodriguez would go on to collaborate with him plenty. But this movie carves out its own identity.

Nothing beats the sight of a lone mariachi with a guitar case full of firepower. Wall-to-wall shootouts, slick style, and a soundtrack that absolutely smolders.

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Final Fantasy (1987) for the NES.

The game that kicked off what would become the most iconic JRPG series of all time. A lot of people mistakenly think it was the first JRPG—but it wasn’t. What it was, though, was the one that introduced most Western players to the genre.

The mechanics are straightforward, heavily inspired by Wizardry and Ultima with their obsession over stats and party composition. Yet so many of the things we now consider JRPG archetypes—job classes, elemental magic, overworld exploration—were solidified here.

I never owned Final Fantasy as a kid, but when I finally got my own NES years later, this was one of the first cartridges I hunted down.

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“Autonomy” by Puritans (2017) – 7” 33RPM EP

Chill but noisy indie rock that fizzes like ginger beer—smooth sweetness up front, then a sharp bite that kicks in. The guitars absolutely soar, filling the room with ecstatic energy. Vocals? Surprisingly warm and melodic, the perfect counterbalance to the chaos.

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@maj @Mark_Harbinger Don’t know what you’re precisely looking for but some instances have a specific communities filter in their search results.

Mark Harbinger Find a Lemmy or Piefed server and do the following:

1. Hit the search bar.
2. Type the topic you want—movies, photography, whatever.
3. Look for results that start with !. That’s a community. Example: !movies@lemmy.world or !movies@piefed.social.
4. Click in, hit subscribe, and you’re set.

@bob As it should be.

@Mark_Harbinger No, because it doesn’t work like hashtags but instead as topical communities. It’s exactly like Reddit or the forums of old.

@greenhombre Voyager app.

I know a lot of you still think of the #Fediverse as just “Mastodon”.

But it’s far more than that. There’s an entire ecosystem of federated message boards that’s already proven popular: #Piefed, #NodeBB, #Lemmy, #Mbin, and #Discourse.

Even the classics like #Friendica and #Hubzilla have solid forum features baked in.

If you’re only here for the microblogging, you’re missing a key piece. Communities built around interests are something #Twitter never offered, and #Bluesky still doesn’t.

So if you’re looking to replace your #Facebook Groups, the Fediverse already has you covered.

This is another core reason why #Lemmy and #Piefed are better than #Reddit.

On Reddit, if a head mod of a major subreddit goes toxic or starts power-tripping, the community is stuck. That mod only got control because they lucked into claiming a name like r/movies or r/pics first—and now they hold the keys.

On the #Fediverse, it doesn’t work that way. If people don’t like !movies@lemmy.world, they can move over to !movies@piefed.social. Even if lemmy.world is the biggest Lemmy server, it has no monopoly on access.

And that’s exactly what happened. People voted with their feet. Which is why !movies@piefed.social is now the most active movie community on the Fediverse.

This is absolutely wild: in terms of sheer activity, !movies@piefed.social has blown past !movies@lemmy.world—and by a significant margin.

Right now, !movies@piefed.social sits at 1,670 active people, 572 posts, and 2,805 comments. By comparison, !movies@lemmy.world only has 569 active people, 191 posts, and 1,324 comments.

For context, I originally created !movies@piefed.social after the mods at !movies@lemmy.world started removing my threads simply because they didn’t like them. I wasn’t about to keep putting in the work on long, detailed reviews—only for them to be arbitrarily deleted.

At first, the community grew at a modest pace. But then lemm.ee announced they were shutting down, and their movie community migrated over. Around the same time, we added two more mods.

The result? A bustling, active movie community. Dare I say, the best one in the #Fediverse.

I’m glad I built my #Fediverse communities on #Piefed—because they’re rolling out a “move community” feature.

If site admins go toxic or a server is circling the drain, you won’t be trapped. You can just pick up and move elsewhere.

That’s the Fediverse’s killer feature, the one corporate social media can never match: the freedom to walk away.

I’m glad I built my #Fediverse communities on #Piefed—because they’re rolling out a “move community” feature.

If site admins go toxic or a server is circling the drain, you won’t be trapped. You can just pick up and move elsewhere.

That’s the Fediverse’s killer feature, the one corporate social media can never match: the freedom to walk away.

A Corgi’s Cozy Hike launched today on Steam—a bite-sized 3D platforming collect-a-thon that wears its heart (and butt wiggle) on its sleeve.

Now, having played the demo, I’ll be honest: I’m on the fence here. For the asking price, this thing lacks polish. Textures have noticeable pixelation where they shouldn’t, the UI fonts are rough, and there’s a general “student project” vibe that keeps it from landing cleanly alongside its inspirations.

That said, it is fun. The pitch is basically Banjo-Kazooie goes to the dog park. You bound across grassy cliffs, dig up bones, nab squeaky toys, and generally act like the happiest corgi in the world. The game is self-aware enough to lean hard into canine antics, and if you’re one of those people who can’t scroll past a corgi GIF without smiling, this will be pure serotonin.

There are quirks, though, that feel like design stubbornness. The devs really want you playing with a gamepad—nag screens and all. Personally, I think it’s 2025 and keyboard/mouse should be more than viable in a 3D platformer by now. But if you’re in the gamepad camp, it works fine with both Xbox and PlayStation controllers.

On the tech side: native Windows and Mac support, and Linux runs just fine through Proton. No major complaints there.

Where it gets tricky is price. At C$20.79, this isn’t exactly budget-gem territory, especially for something that feels more “cozy afternoon project” than fully-fledged release. But here’s the hook: 10% of all revenue goes straight to dog shelters. Since 2019, developer Scalisco has donated over $20K through their games. So you’re not just buying a corgi romp—you’re literally helping real dogs.

So yeah, I’m mixed. A little undercooked for the cost, but undeniably charming and backed by a good cause. If you want a cozy weekend with corgi energy (and don’t mind funding a few rescue pups in the process), it might be worth a look.

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Dimwood released on Steam today, and it’s one of those games that sneaks up on you with how much thought went into it.

First, let’s kill the nitpicking right out of the gate: no, this isn’t literally 1-bit. Just like Shovel Knight wasn’t actually 8-bit. What people mean by 1-bit is the look of old black-and-white Macs or the Game Boy’s pea-soup displays. Dimwood leans more Game Boy—especially once those crunchy chiptunes kick in.

So what is it? At its heart, a roguelike deck-builder where your cards aren’t static. They’re modal. Meaning their effects shift based on things like light level or the arrangement of “pips.” It sounds simple on paper, but in practice it plays like some weird collision of Yu-Gi-Oh and Dungeons & Dragons, with the cuteness factor tipping the scales toward Yu-Gi-Oh.

There’s meat on the bones, too. We’re talking 400+ cards, 30+ enemies, three hero archetypes (Ranger, Tactician, Druid), plus artifacts, modifiers, and a bestiary to fill out. It’s the kind of roguelike where you’ll tell yourself “just one more run” and then realize it’s 3AM.

Control-wise, it supports both Xbox and PlayStation controllers, but honestly it feels way cleaner with a mouse. Flicking cards around with an analog stick just feels clunky compared to point-and-click precision.

Officially, it’s Windows-only, but I got it running flawlessly on Linux via Proton. So Steam Deck owners and penguin OS diehards: you’re in luck.

And the kicker? It’s priced at C$19.49. For the amount of depth packed in here—and considering this all started as a one-week jam prototype on itch.io—that’s a damn solid deal.

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Xbox, running on my Toshiba 32” CRT.

This set has been sitting dormant for years, ever since the original remote went bust after a messy battery leak. Today I finally resurrected it with a universal remote—shockingly painless to program.

Worth it, because a lot of my movies and games look plain wrong on modern LCDs. CRTs like this one render 480i/480p content natively, no scaling artifacts, no input lag, no weird motion smoothing. Just pure, era-accurate picture. And with that chunky Toshiba tube, the colors and scanlines hit exactly the way they’re supposed to.

Sometimes, the only way to play is the way it was meant to be played.

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LIVE MOVIE FRIDAY – TONIGHT at 9PM PST

Tonight’s watch party is none other than Disco Godfather (1979) — directed by Rudy Ray Moore, king of rhyming vengeance and righteous fury. This one’s got it all: sequins, kung fu, anti-PCP public service announcements, and some of the wildest line deliveries in cinematic history.

We’re watching it together and I’ll be doing live reactions here:

https://piefed.social/post/1206455

Start time: 9PM PST / 4AM GMT

️ Watch free on Tubi: https://tubitv.com/movies/496326/disco-godfather

️ Also on Prime Video: https://www.primevideo.com/region/na/detail/0HBUUI7DN4H2Z14Y3Z1VP08RXW

Put your weight on it. Then put the movie on.

#LiveMovieFriday #DiscoGodfather #RudyRayMoore

Lone Ruin (2023) is a spell-slinging roguelike twin-stick shooter that doesn’t immediately murder you the second you boot it up.

It begins gently with small rooms and manageable waves, then escalates once you start stacking spells and upgrades. The loop is quick, improvisational, and satisfying—runs feel intense without ever being overwhelming.

The presentation, though, is divisive. I like the vaporwave ruins drenched in magenta and cyan, but if you’re colour blind this game is borderline unplayable. Plenty of players on Steam point out that projectiles and enemies disappear into the palette, which helps explain its “Mixed” reception.

What makes it stand out are the little details. The Steam page lists minimum requirements as 2 MB of RAM—like you could run this on a Pentium II pulled from a recycling bin. The Survival mode is capped at exactly ten minutes, which makes leaderboards a test of how fast you can escalate damage rather than how long you can grind. And if you buy the soundtrack, the track titles double as spoilers for boss fights, casually revealing names like The Mana Drinker and Turtleman.

On the technical side, it’s a split personality. On Steam Deck it runs beautifully—smooth and stylish, perfect for handheld bursts. On my Pop!_OS desktop it was oddly cranky, even after Proton tweaks, with frame pacing rougher than you’d expect. Strange behavior for something that claims to run on two megabytes of memory.

For me, though, Lone Ruin works. It’s short, stylish, and unapologetically arcade-pure—no grindy meta-progression, just runs that rise or fall entirely on your choices. It won’t dethrone Hades, but it’s a fun little blast of chaos and synths, best played on a handheld screen where it really shines.

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“Electric Power” & “Your Show of Shows” by The Exploders – 7” 45 RPM single.

With a name like The Exploders and cover art that screams danger, you’d expect nothing less than chaos in a groove. And yeah—they deliver. This is pure, high-octane rock n’ roll. Loud, dirty, and unapologetic.

The weird part? Both tracks are on Side A. Flip it over, and Side B has grooves… but no music. Just silence. Like the calm after the blast.

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