It is not an exaggeration to say that 99.9% of the games in here would have disappeared from the world if there hadn't been a piracy scene while they were initially released. Anyone who tells you there's no excuse for piracy has never seriously worked in software preservation.

— Frank Cifaldi the Last (@frankcifaldi) October 1, 2019

The only reason much from this era will be preserved is due to piracy. Otherwise, it’d be completely lost. Pirates are the (as yet) unsung heroes of our time, working to keep the corporate wish to wrest your own culture from you. Which is, in the end, our history — a history that belongs to all of us and should not be subject to willful destruction for the sake of non-existent profits.

Was just thinking about my friend Aubrey from long ago, again. She’s the only person from those days that I truly miss.

One time, we were on a school trip where someone had ordered a bus that was too small for the number of students. She got on the bus, saw that there was nowhere to sit, looked at me and said, “I’m laying on you.”

I said, “Ok?” So she did just that and said jokingly, “Don’t get any ideas, mister.”

“The only idea I have is that your ass is heavy!” I replied somewhat loudly, making those in the seats around me laugh. Which is, of course, why I said it. She was actually very skinny, even skinnier than me, so I was not making fun of her weight at all.

Back then, I’d do anything for a laugh, and she knew that perfectly well when she sat on me.

Killer Sofa.

Well. Can’t imagine I will take the time to watch that, but never let it be said that there are no new ideas in horror.