AI Game Worlds and Humane Games

I learned about Project Genie and similar “world building” AI tools. While I suspect their best use will be generating slop for social media consumption, I take my critique as an opportunity to examine humane game development concepts.

https://thenewleafjournal.com/ai-game-worlds-and-humane-games/

Best Article Months (Through Jan. 2026)

I recently published by review of the month that was at The New Leaf Journal in January 2026. I included a […]

https://thenewleafjournal.com/leaf/best-article-months-through-jan-2026/

January 2026 at The New Leaf Journal

Join me in reviewing the month that was at The New Leaf Journal, Emu Café Social, and Newsletter Leaf Journal in January 2026 (perhaps with the pictured hot chocolate).

https://thenewleafjournal.com/january-2026-at-the-new-leaf-journal/

I set up TOTP 2FA on the Itch.io account I used to publish my first visual novel a few days ago (see my pinned post for the VN). I ordinarily have no reason to take note of instructions for setting up app-based 2FA, but something in the Itch instructions caught my attention and led me to suspect that Itch has not touched the page in some time...

https://thenewleafjournal.com/itch-io-outdated-totp-2fa-app-recommendations/

#2FA #TOTP #Itch #WindowsPhone #BlackBerry

It's a weird feeling deleting actually useful comment spam left by AI bots.

@perishable The English-language AI comment spam I delete from my Guestbook does not fall into the "useful" bucket, but this post inspired me to hope that all of the Russian-language comment spam I delete would be useful if I could read it.

We've teamed up with Automattic to fight link rot on the open web. Check out the new Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer for WordPress. The free plugin preserves pages, redirects broken links to archived versions, and helps ensure the web keeps its memory.

“It’s very important that websites have a memory," said Alexander Rose of Automattic. "When links go dead, in effect, the truth goes dead—especially in the age of AI,”

Learn more ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2026/02/04/inside-the-new-wayback-machine-plugin-for-wordpress/

#linkrot

PS: While GitHub would usually not be my first choice, I couldn't think of a better place for a repository complaining about Bing.

Back when NLJ was blacklisted by Bing for several months in 2023, I created a GitHub repository with stories/resources about Bing blacklisting. I have not thought too much about it since my Bing issue was largely resolved in August 2023, but I had cause to post my first update in years with Neocities going public with its own Bing ban.

https://github.com/nafnlj/not-awesome-bing-bans-and-deindexing/

Neocities' experience prior to going public is similar to my own... except I was responsible for one site, not 1.5 million.

We are entering a new step in the development of #Holos and we need more people to test.
We have reopened subscriptions through the app: https://holos.social/signup

We wrote a page explaining how we implemented #E2EE DMs over #ActivityPub: https://holos.social/e2ee

Don't hesitate to contribute and share your feedback with us. Thank you.

#HolosSocial

Making My First Visual Novel: Little White Lies

N.A. Ferrell discusses developing the first-ever New Leaf Journal visual novel, Little White Lies, in collaboration with singer-songwriter Victor V. Gurbo.

https://thenewleafjournal.com/making-my-first-visual-novel-little-white-lies/

#renpy #visualnovel #itchio #visualnoveldevelopment

Newsletter Leaf Journal CCLXV 〜 Car moving service

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Welcome to the 265th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal ("NLJ") and its short-form writing sister publication, The Emu Café Social ("ECS"). This newsletter…

RE: https://linuxrocks.online/@nafnlj/115980952936766303

I published an article about how I helped a woman move her car from a snowy parking spot in Brooklyn Heights the other evening. I did so because I have taken the very serious position on the NLJ that the most important part of being a hero is telling everyone about your heroic deeds. Thanks to Koko Analytics, I learned that the article has received a decent number of hits from "NewsBreak App." Great to see. I think my heroism is "newsworthy" (very impartial opinion, of course).

RE: https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/sega-32x-virtua-racing-decompiled-01-30-26/

I just read a Time Extension article about the Sega 32X version of Virtua Racing being decompiled. This made me feel special as one of the relatively few people (if 32X sales data is to be trusted) to have had a 32X and Virtua Racing in the 90s. As I note in a short ECS post, I discussed my Virtua Racing memories on the NLJ back in December 2024.

My Heroic Car Rescue in Brooklyn Heights

The story of how I helped a lady move her car out of a very snowy parking spot in Brooklyn Heights.

https://thenewleafjournal.com/my-heroic-car-rescue-in-brooklyn-heights/

#snow #brooklyn #winter #anecdote

Wrote a new blog post, about blogging with clarity.

https://www.marginalia.nu/log/a_129_finding_audience/

NBA Champions After Losing MVPs/All NBA Players

Every instance where an NBA player wins an MVP or makes an All NBA team with team X, leaves team X, and is still active and playing for a different team when team X wins a championship.

https://thenewleafjournal.com/nba-champions-after-losing-mvps-all-nba-players/

Mecha Comet modular Linux handheld hits Kickstarter for $189 and up

The Mecha Comet is a modular handheld Linux computer featuring a modular input section below a 3.92 inch AMOLED display, allowing you to swap out a QWERTY keyboard for a gamepad, I/O board, or other modules.

After first introducing the device a year ago, the makers of the Mecha Comet have now launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign with Early Bird reward levels starting at $189 for an […]

Newsletter Leaf Journal CCLXIV 〜 Footnote edition

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Welcome to the 264th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal and its short-form writing sister publication, The Emu Café Social. This newsletter comes to you as…

Creating NLJ QR Code With QR Code Generator

I decided to create a QR code for The New Leaf Journal’s homepage. After some research, I tried nayuki’s QR Code Generator on GitHub.

https://thenewleafjournal.com/creating-nlj-qr-code-with-qr-code-generator/