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Batman: Return of the Joker (NES) Review

Nix McRetro // 18th January 2016 // Categories: Gaming, Nintendo, YouTube

I played Batman: Return of the Joker on the Nintendo Entertainment System, and I was rather impressed by what the developers managed to get out of an 8-bit console. The graphics look lovely, particularly the backgrounds and clouds that give everything a surprising sense of depth. Of course, being one... Continue reading

A New Direction - Game Reviews

Nix McRetro // 15th January 2016 // Categories: News, YouTube

It has recently occurred to me that being a full-time student (and unemployed) has really stopped me from having any disposable income like I had previously while employed full time. Ahhh, being a student gives you all the “freedoms” of working without the pay day at the end of the... Continue reading

Debian, Uptime and Darknets

Nix McRetro // 7th January 2016 // Categories: Raspberry Pi

This one has always been tricky for me, remembering which Raspberry Pi was running which version of Raspbian / Debian. Two handy commands from this period were: lsb_release -da and: hostnamectl They overlap a little, but they are not exactly the same thing. lsb_release focuses on Linux distribution information, while... Continue reading

Take Back the Darknet (Part 14)

Nix McRetro // 5th January 2016 // Categories: Guides, Raspberry Pi

Part 14 - Testing the Waters Archive note: This page documents the January 2016 Tor v2 onion-service setup. Read the compatibility and security warning in Part 1 before using these commands on a current system. Time to get some content onto the web server. In this setup I could use... Continue reading

Take Back the Darknet (Part 13)

Nix McRetro // 4th January 2016 // Categories: Guides, Raspberry Pi

Part 13 - Generating a Vanity Onion Address Archive note: This page documents the January 2016 Tor v2 onion-service setup. Read the compatibility and security warning in Part 1 before using any of this series as current guidance. Back in 2016 I used Shallot to generate a vanity onion address... Continue reading