Pixels and Puppets

Keep up with everything Operation: Puppet does at https://www.operationpuppet.com!Intro (hellos and stuff)We back!Rock and Rule BTS KickstarterCoping Mechanism: Spanakopedia and Shoutout The Gamers Tavern21:53The Puppet Pit (puppet workshop and video catchup)Recent builds: second purple monkey, a goblin, beginning Hooman commission and LDCA general saleThe next episode of The Oracle is... written!Build streams continued!All links on https://www.operationpuppet.com. Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/3zPqDcGJAC32:47Pixeltown (tech, gaming and related stuff)Game streams are back, baby!How bad is it for Microslop? This bad. MicroSlightlyLessSlop. Update: Nope, just a sneaky rebrandShitty Web3 Dev is ShittyAI slop is everywhere, even the CaribbeanEsquire interviewed an AI version of an actorNo Man's Sky releases an update just for Andrew: No Man's Legally Distinct Pocket MonsterWarframe releases an update just for Kevin: Voruna PrimeMusic Credits:Opening Music/Stinger: Funk Babe by emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License.Pixeltown: kiddpark, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License).

Keep up with everything Operation: Puppet does at https://www.operationpuppet.com!Intro (hellos and stuff)Wait, didn't we just do this?Coping Mechanism: Alan Lomax's Blues Archive available online; Ryan George24:55The Puppet Pit (puppet workshop and video catchup)Recent builds: Yet another purple monkeyNo build stream this week, next week TBDAll links on https://www.operationpuppet.com. Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/3zPqDcGJAC29:51Pixeltown (tech, gaming and related stuff)Deck Nook: Certified Refurbs can actually be obtained! (briefly)Hey I know, let's move to EuropeSo, about DLSS5...A great look at how broken mobile sites areCrimson Desert is a lot, unless you have an Arc. And it's got AI art in it. Of course.Marvel Heroes Server 1.0 out TODAY! Project T.A.H.I.T.I. is on it!Warframe check-in: uh, Warframe got hacked. Yes really. DE is, of course, on it.Music Credits:Opening Music/Stinger: Funk Babe by emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License.Pixeltown: kiddpark, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License).

Keep up with everything Operation: Puppet does at https://www.operationpuppet.com!IntroSLOPPELGANGER lol (Regarding Grammarly's AI bullshit)Coping Mechanism: You Will Fail: the Story of Digital Extremes. ; post 1037:23The Puppet PitRecent builds: Smols and a purple monkeyBuild streams did, in fact, continue!We talk OrdisAll links on https://www.operationpuppet.com. Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/3zPqDcGJAC51:18PixeltownNook-adjacent: "Hey buddy, got any RAM?" -- Valve, visibly shakingSOMEBODY got a switch 2 (not me)RE9 on Switch 2 is fineKevin's been thinking about DiabloMarathon is good, actually?Crimson Desert is good, actually?Fortnite raised prices! Oh no!Marvel Heroes Server EMU nears 1.0, Project T.A.H.I.T.I. holding stress test NOW!Warframe check-in: Happy 13th, new 5 Minute Meditation videoMusic Credits:Opening Music/Stinger: Funk Babe by emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License.Pixeltown: kiddpark, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License).

Keep up with everything Operation: Puppet does at https://www.operationpuppet.com!IntroParamount is the devilCoping mechanism: Ask a Historian: Why Does It Feel Different This Time? by Nicole Rudolph; Andrew discovered Mitski31:37The Puppet PitRecent builds: What if there was a Greeblee related to Grover? And a very pink monstor.Build streams did not, in fact, continue but a new tutorial video is upAll links on https://www.operationpuppet.com. Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/3zPqDcGJAC51:38PixeltownDeck Nook: Can you believe the Steam Deck was 4 years ago? Insert "only" if appropriate.PSSR! Sure why not.Bluepoint wanted to make a Bloodborne remake, but FromSoftware said noResident Evil 9 is, um, popularShoutout The Gamer's TavernXbox? More like Ex-box. Seamus has notes.Destiny 2 is on life support, Marathon looks interestingTie FIghter Reimagined? Yes please!Discord is vewy vewy sowee, pleez don be mad. Oh but we're still doing the thing.Warframe check-in: New dev stream, details about 64th Warframe Follie, and Warframe on Android is proving popular. Oh yeah and Kevin is actually going to Tennocon.

Keep up with everything Operation: Puppet does at https://www.operationpuppet.com!IntroIntro and a story about frogsCoping mechanism: All Laws Are Local by Cory Doctorow; Joseph Ricketts Snorkelin'26:59The Puppet PitRecent builds: A blue dog and legally distinct celebrity amphibianBuild streams continueNo I haven't watched The Muppet Show special yet. Maybe one day. And also AI slop because nothing is sacredAll links on https://www.operationpuppet.com. Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/3zPqDcGJAC43:44PixeltownNookpocalypse? As of Feb 2026, all versions of the Steam Deck are out of stockWould you like to spend $4K on a handheld?Ring: Flock? Never heard of itHighguard studio layoffs, a succinct breakdown, but Arc Raiders sold 14 milPeople are mad at Discord and will do nothing about itCapcom slaps DRM on Steam version of Dino Crisis, despite GOG not having itOnce again they've done it again. No Man's Junkyard.Diablo IV huh?Warframe check-in: Kevin did a build videoMusic Credits:Opening Music/Stinger: Funk Babe by emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License.Pixeltown: kiddpark, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License).

IntroIntro, we're on schedule!Darren Aronofsky's AI slop 'muricaA social network for AI agents? WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONGCoping mechanism: My diabetic friendly zero-ish calorie hoisin sauce substitute. Glen and friends, 40:22The Puppet PitRecent builds: a French Hooman and a Legally Distinct Celebrity AmphibianBuild streams motor along! Kinda!New episode of The Oracle is out! Peertube link for the cool kidsAll links on https://www.operationpuppet.com. Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/3zPqDcGJAC54:47PixeltownDeck Nook-ish? Handheld maker GPD misrepresents working with Bazzite team, Bazzite issues statement -- follow up (scene drama) and follow up post by BazziteGood news everyone! Bazzite joins the Open Gaming CollectiveGOG coming to Linux!Highguard has crystallized what's wrong with gaming AND gaming coverageAll glory to gaming necromancers: Anthem private server proof of concept shown. Related: Should Kevin run his own Marvel Heroes Omega server?Warframe check-in: new 5 Minute Meditation in the worksMusic Credits:Opening Music/Stinger: Funk Babe by emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License.Pixeltown: kiddpark, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License).