@Ace66062 @PurpCat @beardalaxy @frost I knew about his existence for a while, but there was one time I was trying to program a platformer, but didn't want to do a Mario clone like everyone else, and Sonic was way too complex, so I decided that I should do an Alex Kidd clone. When I actually played Alex Kidd, I realized how much personality and wasted potential the franchise had. It just needed to have a game with SMB3 levels of content during the Genesis era instead of the heaping pile of shit known as Enchanted Castle and ditch the rock-paper-scissors boss fights.
@berkberkman @PurpCat @beardalaxy
>Pulseman and Vectorman were my personal favorite mascots
Pulseman and Vectorman weren't even owned by Sega and they could've easily gone multiplat if they wanted. Alex Kidd was Sega's original mascot, outside of Oppa Oppa and some rabbit character that appeared in instruction booklets for the SG-1000.
Pulseman didn't have a chance because GameFreak was also working with Nintendo on Pokemon which would end up being their cache cow for both companies.
>A lot more people seem to love funny animals than androids and robots.
Sonic and Crash were the only video game funny animal mascots that really saw popularity. People tried to copy Sonic's success with characters like Bubsy, Jazz Jackrabbit, and Rocket Knight, but they didn't find much success. Jazz Jackrabbit was popular with PC gamers, but PC gaming in the 90s was mostly for adults outside of edutainment and simulation games.
Besides Mario, Sonic, and Crash, the most iconic video game mascots (pre-6th gen) are Pac-Man, MegaMan, and Bomberman. None of them are animals.
@frost @PurpCat @beardalaxy The Master System was insanely popular in Brazil.
@frost @PurpCat @beardalaxy South Americans remember him fondly.
@beardalaxy @PurpCat He could've saved you from Chris Chan, but instead he ended up serving lottery and tobacco addicts at a gas station.
@beardalaxy @PurpCat He could've saved you from Chris Chan, but instead he ended up serving lottery and tobacco addicts at a gas station.
@beardalaxy @PurpCat Alex Kidd was a way better mascot and you know it. Sega actually had some great IPs before the whole brand was ruined by furshit.
@beardalaxy @PurpCat Alex Kidd was a way better mascot and you know it. Sega actually had some great IPs before the whole brand was ruined by furshit.
Important reminder, if you own a domain name and don't use it for sending email.
There is nothing to stop scammers from sending email claiming to be coming from your domain. And the older it gets, the more valuable it is for spoofing. It could eventually damage your domain's reputation and maybe get it blacklisted, unless you take the steps to notify email servers that any email received claiming to come from your domain should be trashed.
Just add these two TXT records to the DNS for your domain:
TXT v=spf1 -all
TXT v=DMARC1; p=reject;
The first says there is not a single SMTP server on earth authorized to send email on behalf of your domain. The second says that any email that says otherwise should be trashed.
If you do use your domain for sending email, be sure to add 3 records:
SPF record to indicate which SMTP server(s) are allowed to send your email.
DKIM records to add a digital signature to emails, allowing the receiving server to verify the sender and ensure message integrity.
DMARC record that tells the receiving email server how to handle email that fails either check.
You cannot stop scammers from sending email claiming to be from your domain, any more than you can prevent people from using your home address as a return address on a mailed letter. But, you can protect both your domain and intended scam victims by adding appropriate DNS records.
UPDATE: The spf and the dmarc records need to be appropriately named. The spf record should be named "@", and the dmarc record name should be "_dmarc".
Here's what I have for one domain.
One difference that I have is that I'm requesting that email providers email me a weekly aggregated report when they encounter a spoof. gmail and Microsoft send them, but most providers won't, but since most email goes to Gmail, it's enlightening when they come.
#cybersecurity #email #DomainSpoofing #EmailSecurity #phishing
@wowaname That's bad news. Broadway people are the worst.
@wowaname That too.
I've been playing this game for the #GameBoy called Solomon's Club and it is actually a pretty fun puzzle platformer! Solid gameplay and simplicity
#Anbernic #AnbernicRG35XXSP #GB #Gaming #RetroGaming