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Good morning. Buongiorno. Bore da. Buenos dias. Guten morgen.
One of the most common questions asked by new people is this: "Why is this place on so many different servers? Why isn't it all on one server like other social networks?"
There are many important reasons why Mastodon and the wider Fediverse is spread out on thousands of servers:
https://fedi.tips/why-is-the-fediverse-on-so-many-separate-servers
Hopefully these reasons answer the question. I've tried to keep the explanations as non-technical as possible 
fedi.tipsWhy is the Fediverse on so many separate servers? | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
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If you wanna read my little #gaming ramblings on the similarly #fediverse centric - #Lemmy then you can here:
https://lemmy.world/post/26483935
Think of it more as a blog post of things I've found that are super interesting.
Maybe you'll enjoy it, IDK <3
lemmy.worldSteam Deck / Gaming News #4 - Lemmy.World# First Things’ First: Maybe you’re used to all of this now, but my attempt is
to share an older style of gaming news post. Something maybe a lil bit like the
old gaming blogs / news sites that the internet used to have. Casual,
opinion-based, image-heavy and maybe-filled-with-things-you-already-spotted.
This week’s edition is far less themed (you’ll notice the last few have been a
bit Steam Deck-oriented) than those before. This one is purely interesting
little things I’ve spotted. I hope you might grab a coffee, settle in and enjoy
these bits and pieces!!!
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Physical Gameboy (DMG) bricks (literally) Stumbled over an interesting idea:
someone who made literal bricks look like original Gameboys. The website linked
at the end is murder on the eyes - seriously, the font used is just straight
from Hell itself. But there is a couple of interesting videos in there too,
worth looking at. Here’s some photos I grabbed to attach here, where the font is
far more sane for your eyes:
[https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/29512fa7-a6f2-4e17-b802-d90293f2ae8b.jpeg]
[https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/7ef92cbc-67a9-4894-8db9-21f98010fa77.png]
[https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/b28b80ef-e5cc-4133-8ef3-1be0aad9410e.jpeg] And
the link to their page is right here!
[https://gieskes.nl/souvenirs/?file=gameboy_brick#p17]
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The Sony PlayStation 3 has new system update – 4.92 – 19 years after release The
system software update 4.92 improves system performance, according to the patch
notes, and also renews the Blu-ray player encryption key to allow for disc
playback. Updates of this sort are an annual occurrence, as the Advanced Access
Content System (AACS) encryption key regularly expires - it’s a
copyright-protection technology that requires a key to be set on both the disc
and the console in order to play new films. Will this affect the process to
jailbreak a PS3 (good old HEN)? No, they’re just going to take some time to make
it right. Here’s a photo for those who are into the jailbreaking scene, and want
to read the news:
[https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/f590ecf3-260a-4d3f-ac5b-180c7701247d.png] The
link to an article on is here if you want to read more
[https://www.eurogamer.net/sonys-ps3-gets-new-system-software-update-19-years-after-release]
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Sega is Metacritic’s highest-rated publisher for 2024. This will probably come
as no surprise, on reflection. With games like Metaphor ReFanzio, Persona 3
Reload, Atlus: Unicorn Loverlord, SMTVV…their ‘stable’ of releases for the year
was extremely strong.
[https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/df2d5dc4-965c-4ce1-ba6e-9c88ebc73f10.png]
Interesting to me is seeing how strong Sega is in the industry after pivoting
away from hardware/consoles so, so many years ago. Especially considering the
‘talk’ about Xbox’s plans in the future (I know, all just talk, but they’re
definitely one to keep an eye one) Here’s a link to Metacritic if you want to
see all the rankings, and more detail
[https://www.metacritic.com/pictures/2025-game-publisher-rankings/33/]
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KCD II coming to GOG For those of us who prefer DRM-free gaming (and you should)
- Kingdom Come Deliverance II is coming to GOG on March 28th! This is
wonderfully quick, by memory the first took longer to get to GOG after release
on Steam. KCD II has so much going to it, the optimization makes it run
incredibly well on Steam Deck and is currently sitting at Very Positive on
Steam, with 53,473 reviews on Steam.
[https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/2e6bd894-5ded-4981-873b-56d3a337a63c.jpeg]
I’ve already bought it on Steam, a rare buy there since I buy 99% of my games on
GOG. And being the wuss I am, I’ve downloaded a few mods on it, too. I love what
they’ve done, but some bits are a touch too sim-ish for me. Regardless, this is
just great news to see it coming to GOG!
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Prime Gaming giveaways this month:
[https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/78f53c54-795c-43ec-951d-34a7c7c68f29.webp]
Available Now (March 6th) * Saints Row: The Third Remastered [GOG Code] * Mafia
2: Definitive Edition [GOG Code] * Crime Boss: Rockay City [Epic Games Store]
* Naheulbeuk’s Dungeon Master [Amazon Games App] March 13th * Wall World [Amazon
Games App] * Syberia: The World Before [GOG Code] * Endling – Extinction is
Forever [Amazon Games App] * Dark Deity: Complete Edition [GOG Code] *
Beholder 3 [Amazon Games App] March 20th * Wolfenstein: The Old Blood [Xbox and
PC via Microsoft Store Code] Note: The Wolfenstein: The Old Blood offer is
available only in Prime Gaming regions where the game is also offered via the
Microsoft Store. Prime Gaming offers may sometimes vary by region. See
primegaming.com [http://primegaming.com] for more details. * Mutazione [GOG
Code] * Figment 2: Creed Valley [Amazon Games App] * Legacy of Kain: Defiance
[GOG Code] * Mortal Shell [Epic Games Store] March 27th * The Forgotten City
[Amazon Games App] * Deus Ex: Invisible War [GOG Code] * Session: Skate Sim
[Epic Games Store] * Let’s Build A Zoo [Epic Games Store] * Gamedec –
Definitive Edition [GOG Code] * The Wisbey Mystery [Legacy Games Code]
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Next week’s free Epic Games title: Will be Mortal Shell! Free from March 13th to
March 20th. This (like a few others so far this year) have been repeats of games
already given out over 2022. Nice for those who missed them!
[https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/a8540f3e-8c89-4a2b-b030-6ef64a6d4bf6.jpeg]
Further, for those keeping count: Epic Games free for one day previously, and
have not not been repeated yet → waiting for their weekly giveaway. 2021 -
Shenmue 3, Neon Abyss, Vampyr, Pathfinder: Kingmaker, Salt of Sanctuary. 2022 -
Sable, Them’s Fightin’ Herds (now free), Lego Builder’s Journey, Encased, Mortal
Shell (coming free). 2023 - Melvor Idle, Art of Rally, Human Resource Machine,
Cursed to Golf, Cat Quest, Saints Row (2022), 20 Minutes Til Dawn. 2024 -
Vampire Survivors, Astrea: Six Sided Oracles, TerraTech, Wizard of Legend, Dark
and Darker - Legendary Status, Dredge, Ghostrunner 2, Hot Wheels Unleashed, Kill
Knight, [REDACTED], Sifu.
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Dark and Darker pulled from Epic Games Store
[https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/0940e3f0-142d-4c01-9d6a-1e3b4ef70088.jpeg]
Dark and Darker has been taken down from Epic Games Store amid ongoing legal
dispute. Developers of Dark & Darker used to work at Nexon, under Nexon they
were making a game called Project Q I think, can’t really remember the name,
either way, that project got cancelled so the development team decided to just
up and leave and continue making the game and eventually it would become Dark &
Darker. Tldr: The legal issues come from the developers using the information
they had from their time working at Nexon, any work they had done under Nexon
was deemed Nexon’s property, so when the developers left they started using the
same assets for common items, they would recreate systems they made essentially
copying their own work, but their own work wasn’t legally theirs. So when Dark &
Darker was on the uprising, Nexon sued the devs for Copyright Infringement. That
failed but they were on the hook for Corporate Espionage since they took trade
secrets and used it in their own product. Link to an article hosted on
pcgamesn.com
[https://www.pcgamesn.com/dark-and-darker/delisted-epic-games-store]
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Legacy of Kain Sadly the Legacy of Kain writer, Jim Curry has passed away. Along
with Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, Curry wrote Akuji: The Heartless and handled
marketing for the Gex games. I’m unsure whether he kept up with the industry or
news surrounding Kain, but if he did, it would have been nice for him to see the
recent remaster of Legacy of Kain. This is obituary for him, worth a visit if
you’ve the interest
[https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/obituary-legacy-of-kain-writer-jim-curry-has-died]
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Oldest active MMO
[https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/8d86bd78-d28d-40ee-86bd-52ab434022cd.jpeg]
Tibia - the oldest active MMO is adding a new ‘vocation’ to the game, 28 years
after release in 1997. Known more in Brazil, Mexico and Poland as a bit of a
cultural phenomenon, it’s had a dedicated and steady player base for all these
years. Previously the vocations were: * Knights * Druids * Paladins * Sorcerers
But now a new one is coming to the mix: ‘monk’. Interesting news for a VERY
niche passion for some!
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FSR4: AMD have collaborated with Sony to create ‘FSR4’. For anyone who thinks
this may benefit the likes of current gen base PS5, then it is very unlikely as
they are using the 2-generation old RDNA 2 architecture which doesn’t even have
the required AI Hardware cores to run PSSR let alone the heavier FSR 4. This
collaboration, project amethyst is likely going to benefit console gamers likely
for the next generation with PlayStation 6. Link here (Yahoo) for anyone who
wants to read the announcement in full
[https://www.yahoo.com/tech/ps6-development-milestone-teased-amd-113159874.html]
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RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business One of the most surprising ‘AA’ games
we saw recently in 2023 was RoboCop. The dev is known for their take on '80’s
cinema / games of that subject (having done the same for Terminator), and Rogue
City took a lot of gamers by surprise.
[https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/6ef9df83-03f0-41b8-804e-1bbb7790da9e.png] It
played extremely well on the Steam Deck, was nicely optimized, and felt
extremely polished for a (admittedly ‘on rails’) game of their budget. A trailer
for the follow-up has been released, and looks just as fantastic, you can click
this link to view it on YouTube if you’d like!
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t54vyqadHk0]
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Nintendo DS This is just…lovely. An artist shared their work (‘ParkingFee6960’)
which they made in Art Academy on their Nintendo DS. I just thought it was
beautiful, and wanted to share it!
[https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/25ff9854-4655-4b6c-973c-c82d72b31c29.webp]
[https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/6bdaa4d4-354a-4926-801a-0a891d249ba1.webp]
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Path of Exile Update: Path of Exile 2 update featured Steam Deck specific patch.
Interesting for Steam Deck fans, this one fixed Steam Deck and other Linux
Wine-based clients being incorrectly warned for modifying the client. Here is a
link to the note showing the update!
[https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3732353]
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Steam Deck + gboperator User Bitz`Primus has “…designed a bracket to use my
gboperator on my steam deck. Finally gameboy games on the go”
[https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/51c6039e-3d99-4e24-aeb7-d5abafa9495e.webp] A
link to their makerworld page on it, with more photos is here, if you want to
check it out more!
[https://makerworld.com/en/models/1177869-epilogue-gb-operator-to-steamdeck-adapter#profileId-1187321]
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Ballistic Moon closes Until Dawn Remake Developer Ballistic Moon “Effectively
Closed” Article here, because this is the end of my post and I’ve lost the
energy to write my own thoughts
[https://insider-gaming.com/until-dawn-remake-developer-ballistic-moon-effectively-closed/]
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And…I suppose that’s it! As ever, I hope these might be interesting to some.
They’re just some fun things I’ve spotted, and I do so enjoy putting these
together. Was it a full week since my last one of these, where I promised I
would thereon-in make them weekly? No. No it is not. Is that just an excuse to
link you to my last one of these news posts (click here!)?
[https://lemmy.world/post/26306459] Yes, yes it is. Any errors, they’re all
mine. Any weird formatting - yup blame me. But…I hope you enjoyed this
regardless? LMK! And, as ever, if you wanna lurk my Mastodon, it’s here:
[https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/4edffecf-de2d-4298-85b8-e7bae9f65508.png]
The official account of WA Dept of Health said not much happening in its account. I live in the Puget Sound and did not know such account exists.
So, help me boost it so more people discover it, to encourage other orgs for using more open platforms.
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Schade, daß #EuropeanSleeper noch nicht hier im #Fediverse ist, nur bei LinkedIn. Vielleicht, wenn ein paar Leute hinschreiben?
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@rbreich So glad that you are not only publishing your valuable insights on Substack but here on Mastodon as well, thank you!
#fediverse #ghost
@newyorktimes's veteran tech reporter @Markoff interviewed some of #TeamFediverse including @Gargron, @reckless1280 and our CEO @mike for a feature on the rise of decentralized social media. “It goes back to the original principles where the internet started out as decentralized,” Eugen Rochko told Markoff. Here's the full story [may be paywalled].
We're so excited to develop these conversations further at SXSW this weekend — check out the itinerary and sign up to join us at #FediverseHouse at the second link.
The New York Times · Facing the Looming Threat of A.I., Publishers Turn to Decentralized Platforms
Nach der Fediverse-Sprechstunde ist vor der #FediverseSprechstunde
In der März-Sprechstunde am 27.03.2025 nehmen wir #PeerTube genauer unter die Lupe. @gunchleoc wird dazu etwas vorbereiten. Eine Aufzeichnung wird es nicht geben – also seid live dabei!
Für die April-Sprechstunde gibt es ein besonderes Anliegen: Die Idee kam auf, #Lemmy vorzustellen. Dafür suchen wir Anwender und Entwickler, die bereits mit Lemmy arbeiten und ihre Erfahrungen teilen möchten.
Wo sind die Lemmy-Nutzer im #fediverse Wer kann berichten? Bitte teilt diesen Aufruf, damit wir gemeinsam die Lemmy-Community im Fediverse finden! 
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If you’re not in #Austin or can’t attend, we recommend checking out @molly0xfff's @dot_social conversation with @mike, which touches on many of the same themes, recorded about a year ago: https://dot-social.simplecast.com/episodes/molly-white #podcast #fediverse #creators
Hi all, I know a lot of us would like to show their support for #Science as it is being threatened in the #US with consequences worldwide,
whether we are scientists or not. 
Those who don't have a "#StandUpForScience" event nearby, or prefer not to go in person, can protest here on the Friday 7th of March !
We can do this by posting about the event, using the hashtag, with additional content (or not) of your choice. I know the #Fediverse has a lot of imagination.
Others can of course mute the hashtag ;)
Feel free to boost and let's do this!!
And if you don't know what I'm talking about.. I'll be surprised but I'll answer any questions!
There is a new #Fediverse bot that facilitates web forensic analysis of websites.
You can submit a domain for crawling by messaging @lookyloo, and it will respond with the analysis results.
#cybersecurity #threatintel #dfir
services is provided by @circl
Thanks to @rafi0t for the new bot.
We crossed the 15M total user mark on the #Fediverse Let’s make that 20!
New on #TheFutureIsFederated 
#PeerTube: the Fediverse’s decentralized video platform (part 1: first impressions)
mentioning @Framasoft @peertube @fedihost@mstdn.social @fedihost@video.fedihost.co @paige @veronicaexplains @ewen @docpop @hikingdude
P.S.: this is the 20th article for The Future is Federated 
Elena Rossini · PeerTube: the Fediverse’s decentralized video platform (part 1: first impressions)
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