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BeautySnap - (Android spyware) icon

Software, Android >

(on Google Play)
(on F-Droid)
was loverscamera.com

A Chinese spyware/backdoor application default-installed and uninstallable on cheap Chinese mobile phones.

  • Abandoned: Not updated, and the domain is gone.



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MSI Afterburner image

Software >

https://www.msi.com/Landing/afterburner/graphics-cards

A graphics card over/under-clocking tool.

do not use

Of all the problems it might bring, it might fuck with your audio, leading to audio crackles/pops/hiccups not associated with your settings (including power), drivers, sound cards, speakers or electrical outlets.



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Final Fantasy 14 image

Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/

Yet another MMO, but Japanese and built on a huge franchise and the smouldering remains of an abysmal failure.

I don’t understand how this is popular. It has boring repetitive abilities, a confusing layout and a terrible map system.

  • Properly named Final Fantasy XIV
  • Technically I’m looking at Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
  • aka ファイナルファンタジーXIV: 新生エオルゼア
  • aka Fainaru Fantajī Fōtīn: Shinsei Eoruzea

    • Apparently that’s not a joke.
  • aka FF14, FFXIV


bloons-td-6-logo.webp

Entertainment > Games >
Tower Defense Games > Bloons >

(on Wikipedia)
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/bloons-td-6-bf95a0
https://ninjakiwi.com/Games/Mobile/Bloons-TD-6.html

A fair tower defence game that really does come across as a mobile game ported to desktop. I got it free from Epic, which is the only thing making me not completely trash this thing.

Fair, with flaws.

  • Supports ultrawide in so far as it paints a design outside of its normal widescreen aspect ratio.



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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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