Notes for July 22, 2026

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Microsoft Has Just Announced Xbox Backward Compatibility for PC

The four games that are currently available are BLiNX: The Time Sweeper, Conker: Live and Reloaded, Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge, and Fuzion Frenzy.

YES! I never played the other games listed here, but with all the classic N64 titles available on Nintendo Switch Online, I've been pretty bummed out that Conker's Bad Fur Day is still this inaccessible relic of the past. In my experience it's one of those games that runs like shit on emulators, so you need an actual N64 and a physical copy of the game to play it. Super stoked to see Microsoft finally re-issue this classic Rare title. Most of the retro games I play are less about nostalgia and more about playing rad pixelated masterpieces I never knew about when I was younger, but this is 100% nostalgia for me.

Bonus: also found this when I was scrolling the RSS feed today. Some footage of an earlier version of CBFD called Conkers Quest.

Hasbro Reveals First Wave Of Legend of Zelda Action Figures

The Legend of Zelda is in the spotlight at the moment, all thanks to the upcoming movie, set to be released in April 2027, and ofcourse in Nintendo fashion, they want to milk it as much as they can, and I don't blame them, it's an incredible piece of IP. Well, it seems they have now partnered with Hasbro to release an array of The Legend of Zelda action figures, with their first 3 being teased via their official website.

In other nostalgic Nintendo news: I'm not big on collectibles these days, but reading about this brings me back to when I got the Ocarina of Time figures for Christmas one year when I was a kid. They were advertised in a little foldout pamphlet that came with the game cartridge.

Baby name 'Donald' hit record low popularity in US

"Donald" is the new "Adolf"

My online personality isn't an act, it's not necessarily my 100% real self, but it's parts of me that I want to show to the internet. That's also marketing. I'm marketing myself as a kinda goofy, fun developer who likes to try out different ideas and see what works. I'm not about shipping the most polished software, I'm about shipping things that solve problems and serve as explorations on what we can do with the protocol.

Love this take. Any time you're on a public stage you're marketing something. Whether it's for free or for profit, an idea or even just yourself, you're kinda selling something. Attention is a form of currency and we're selling things we like in exchange for a little bit of that.

I feel this so much 😅 I catch myself getting a little smug when I see a Gen Z kid wearing baggy pants and rocking Nirvana shirts. Or when I hear slang like "out of pocket" or "slay." But then I remember my silly ass walking around in skin tight Levi's, rocking Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin shirts in the 2000's, and listening to shit like Korn's cover of Another Brick in the Wall.

Cool shit always makes it back around and there's always a new wave of kids to embrace it. I know millennials get a lot of guff for never feeling like we grew up, but I don't think anyone ever truly feels like an adult. Until they start reflecting on this kind of stuff anyway.