SKG, Thnickles, New Retro Gaming Scam, FPGA Neptune & More - Ramble 119

Rees Rambles

Jul 05, 2025•49 min•Season 1Ep. 119

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Episode description

Latest Main Channel Release (Big Box Gaming on Linux): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWI9-t1qtHA

In this episode I talk about the latest happenings in the Stop Killing Games campaign, a man making some thick coins (for some reason), a new LLM-powered scam targeting retro gamers and OSS users, an official Xbox 360 dashboard update, Microsoft layoffs, the return (again) of the SEGA Neptune & more!

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Episode Links:

Stop Killing Games: https://www.stopkillinggames.com

Thnickels: https://thick-coins.net

Nathan Adams on LLM Scam: https://bsky.app/profile/dinnerbone.com/post/3lsu6m67flk2p

Xbox 360 Dashboard Update: https://www.theverge.com/news/693631/microsoft-xbox-360-dashboard-software-update-ads

Microsoft / Xbox Layoffs Latest: https://www.eurogamer.net/microsoft-xbox-layoffs-june-2025-tracking-the-situation-as-it-happens

Romero Games Announcement: https://bsky.app/profile/romerogames.bsky.social/post/3lt2io5pmfk2v

SEGA Neptune FPGA Console: https://www.gf1neptune.com