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May 25, 2023

Alladin (1993)

Posted by Rube | 25 May, 2023

Summary

I never played Disney's Aladdin back when it was current on the Genesis, but I did see the movie. I may have seen the game at the time, but I don't remember it. That was right after my tenure at Kaybee Toys ended, and without an employee discount it was unlikely to enter my possession.

I've tried this one out in emulation, and it's a rollicking good time. I am looking foward to exploring it.

Expectation

This is one of those platformers that current "retroid" indie games aspires to, from my short time trying it out. I expect to get into it, and enjoy it at least as much as the other Disney games of the time like Castle of Illusion. I want to enjoy this one, and if possible finish it.

Alan Wake (2010)

Posted by Rube | 25 May, 2023

Tags: xbox360gaming2023alanwake

Summary

I bought this game early in the 360 cycle, and bounced right off it. I've probably put 5 or 6 hours into it, which is a slow bounce. But bounce I do, and I've retried it at least twice.

It's vintage remedy, though, and seems to be almost as good as max payne. I like the story, and would love to see where it ends up. The mechanics are good but frustrating as hell when you lose.

Expectations

I think I'll get into the groove of the mechanics and enjoy it a bit more than before now that I have the goal to actually fihnish it. I look forward to learning more about the story. I might have to take notes this time around.

Versions

This is an Xbox 360 exclusive for the original version, I believe. Let me look that up real quick.

Actually, there's a 360 release, but looks like a re-release for PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One/Series. I believe the Windows/Steam release is the original version, while these others may be the remake.

I'm not really that interested in the remake, as the graphics / sound of the old version were fine for me. I'm a simple man.

The Steam version might be interesting to try out on the Steam Deck, I guess. Could be something. It costs £11.39 on its own, £15.49 with extras. Might be worth purchasing, as the graphics are better and there's the option to use a mouse, should I decide to do that. Plus, I already own it on Xbox, so where's the fun in not buying somethin.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/108710/discussions/0/666828126738685857/

WP Compat Issues

Posted by Rube | 25 May, 2023

Tags: bloggingdevelopment

  • [fixed] Creating a post appears to ignore the publish / draft setting; posted as published
  • [fixed] Create Post with New Category Creates the category correctly, but doesn't add the category to the post; converting back to draft works as designed
  • [fixed] Create Post with existing category assigns the catogory
  • Pasting a photo into a post fails to upload it
  • Posts defined as Pages are show alongside blog posts
  • Embedded media in posts (when URLs are posted for example) cause an error, but post is added successfully
  • [fixed] Can't upload images for some reason; I think this needs to be moved over to xgallery (expects a record of all uploaded content, I guess, and not just a URL provided at upload time). According to the logs, this is a wpUploadFile call.
  • Aside: pasting a bunch of markdown into the wordpress client works pretty good, converting headers, etc. Will need to try when it has a link
  • [fixed] The "post format" option when publishing is not available. Need to look into where this would come from (getOptions?)
  • Moving post to Trash does not work (“wp.deletePost not supported”)
  • [fixed] Updating a post with multiple categories leaves it assigned to one category (the old one?)
  • [fixed]Changing category on existing post doesn’t save the new category. it appears that wp.updatePost doesn’t handle categories well.