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The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.

This Steam game is "desperately" trying to avoid a Disney lawsuit

The roguelike bullet hell game is called StarLords… for now, according to the developers. Some user suggestions have been helpful than others.

Spire of Soaring puzzle walkthrough in Crimson Desert

The Spire of Soaring in Crimson Desert has a blocked entrance. Here's how to get inside and solve its puzzle.

Raspberry Pi raises prices by between $11.25 and $150, citing higher memory costs after December and February hikes, and unveils a 3GB Raspberry Pi 4 for $83.75 (Stevie Bonifield/The Verge)

Stevie Bonifield / The Verge:
Raspberry Pi raises prices by between $11.25 and $150, citing higher memory costs after December and February hikes, and unveils a 3GB Raspberry Pi 4 for $83.75  —  Prices are going up by over $100 in some cases thanks to those AI fools. … As of today, the price of the 16GB version …

Raccoin, the coin-pusher roguelike, sold 100K copies in just 24 hours

Raccoin is a roguelike deckbuilder where you combine special coins with powerful items, and it's drawn comparisons to Balatro.

Apple Marks 50th Anniversary

The Apple.com homepage has a nice little animation showing sketches of the company’s most iconic products. The video file itself is hosted here, but I’m not sure how permanent that link is.

Tim Cook posted a different video on Twitter/X, a VHS-style “rewind” through Apple product history. This one’s more fun. There’s an absolutely exquisite audio glitch at a certain moment — chef’s kiss. Bit of a shame that it’s only on X as far I know. Update: Ah, Apple posted the same video to their homepage, linked to a “◀︎◀︎ REW” button set in bitmapped Chicago 12, but it’s seemingly only shown when you visit on an iPhone. I don’t see the button from my Mac or iPad. But you should be able to watch the video from any device at this link. (I would have awarded bonus points for making the “◀︎◀︎” triangles pixel art too. I mean, come on!)

And, last night, Paul McCartney played a full concert at Apple Park for Apple employees. Good to see the two Apples burying the hatchet.