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X-COM꞉ UFO Defense image

Entertainment > Games >

(XCOM > on Wikipedia)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/7760/XCOM_UFO_Defense/
was on microprose.com
was on mythosgames.com

Aliens drop by Earth and evil Humans shoot them down and mug them.

Nothing about the interface makes enough sense, and there are no hints as to how things work. It could have been made much better, even back in the day. I’m not going to forgive how bad it is, especially since there was zero effort by Steam to actually fix basic things like aspect ratio.

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MacOS_Catalina_wordmark.svg

Software > Operating Systems, Operating environment > Apple, macOS >

(on Wikipedia)
was apple.com/macos/catalina

A version of the macOS operating system and environment for Apple desktop computers.

I keep a copy because it’s the last revision which officially supports my hardware.

  • Abandoned



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The Peripheral - (2022 show) image

Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8291284/
https://www.primevideo.com/detail/The-Peripheral/0PE2SANXUROCEZ5W2FD7WGMM9R

A woman witnesses and participates in things she becomes a person of interest for.

Although not immediately spectacular, it gets good enough.

  • Inspired by The Peripheral – (2014 book), by William Gibson
  • Although it was picked up for another season, it was killed due to various strikes.



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Star Trek꞉ Lower Decks - (2020 show) image

Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9184820/
https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/star-trek-lower-decks/
https://www.startrek.com/shows/star-trek-lower-decks

Plucky tertiary crewmates do stuff and things I guess.

Le yawn.



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