Ryan C. Gordon
@icculus
I build things that help you build games. Contribute to me building things at https://patreon.com/icculus !
Trying out Patreon to see if people will keep funding fun projects like UT99/emscripten, PhysicsFS, 1pass, etc. patreon.com/icculus
Damn. RIP Ozzy. Legend seems an inadequate word for the impact he had. Ozzy was part of the soundtrack of my life through high school with Sabbath and into his solo career. Ozzy was always there. There playing games and trying to make games in the early 80s. There on drives to…
One thing I'm noticing about myself: variable names get longer when I have no idea how to calculate the thing it's supposed to store. It's like I'm trying to reason it out in English. Or I'm stalling for time, I don't know.

Testing my DirkSimple port on Dreamcast via GDEMU: github.com/GPF/DirkSimple Using my Dreamcast-FMV player code with LZ4: github.com/GPF/dreamcast-… Converting the Daphne emulator lair.ogv to lair.dcmv 📦 Header: RGB565 512x256 @ 23.97fps, 32000Hz, 1ch, 31438 frames,…
The SDL3 GPU API is being talked about at SIGGRAPH this year, by our very own @ThatCosmonaut! Birds of a Feather: Using the SDL GPU Graphics API in Education Date/Time: Monday, 11 August; 4 – 5pm
I can't believe that 28 Years Later was made by Danny Boyle and Alex Garland. I understand the first sequel was made by other people--that happens--but the ones that made the brilliant original took back control of the franchise just to make a lousy third film. Baffling.
Okay, but PLEASE don’t fuck this up, Mel.
I told you we’d be back
I’m fine with his public downfall, but was there literally no one that could have told Elon that was a wrong move?
Nothing hits like some good chess drama especially when World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen is involved
Nothing hits like some good chess drama especially when World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen is involved
It's like 15 years old now, but the soundtrack to the game Bastion still slaps ass. youtube.com/watch?v=2mdQBv…
It's weird how long you can squint at Daniel Larusso in Karate Kid Legends and think...is this meant to be the same character from Cobra Kai? I like to think he's merely a Larusso variant on a specific branch in the Macchioverse.
Fighting words, to be sure, but you know I'm clicking that Big Green Merge Button as soon as a Dreamcast port arrives, too. :)
🚨 BREAKING: Nokia N-Gage support has officially been merged into SDL3. Yes, the N-Gage! Meanwhile, Dreamcast devs still arguing over VMU font rendering. Snake > Sonic? 🐍📱 > 🌀💿 #SDL3 #NGage #RetroDev #DreamcastCopium github.com/libsdl-org/SDL…
This is going to end with the Epic Game Store available on iOS worldwide at this rate.
This is why you should keep referring to X as "Twitter" lol
HBO Max Lives! Max to Change Its Name Back After Two Years variety.com/2025/tv/news/m…
Call your congressman and tell them to say Trump can’t have the fucking airplane.