
Silicon Siren
@theSiliconSiren
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Just a nerdy '80s girl who loves retro computer hardware, old games, and technology! 🤓
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Joined January 2025
Happy Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles launch day! 🥳 Tactics is one of the finest Final Fantasy games. Square first released the title on PlayStation in Japan in June 1997 and in the U.S. in January 1998. Set in the world of Ivalice (also the setting of Final
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I helped fund the restoration of an old IBM S/34, and now I find myself occasionally thinking about what realtime games you could make run on a 5251 DisplayStation. Tetris would probably be the most engaging. Not sure if you could do it in RPG or COBOL; might require S/34
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Serving up corporate chic with a side of nostalgia. Startup and shutdown haven’t sounded this good in a long time! Windows NT → 2000 → XP. Which one’s still music to your ears? #retro #tech #computer #nostalgia #vintage #microsoft #windows #windowsxp #techhistory #pcmr
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Apple’s 2013 ‘trash can’ Mac Pro! Futuristic, flawed, and still sexy as hell 🖤 Stick around for the full video later this week. #apple #macpro #pcmr #retrocomputer #retrotech
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Have some friends who like to brag about their sick gaming PCs? Ask them this! Check out the full video on YouTube: https://t.co/GkuPbS2Lq7
#retrocomputer #Apple #pcmr #techhistory #G4 #PowerMac #computers
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Phew, I think we're safe 😮💨 But if not, I got us covered! 💪 #AI #SKYNET #SarahConnor #Terminator #cosplay
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So happy I’m an 80s baby! 😁 #retro #80s #80sbaby #xennial #genx #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #LetMeIn
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Every RPG nerd has their holy grails. Mine? Rhapsody (a musical adventure) and Legend of Dragoon. I can’t wait to play them again on original hardware! ❤️ What’s your favorite RPG? (outfit by @ARITZIA) Check out my Patreon page for more exclusive content. Link in bio!
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Because some games can’t be emulated properly, and my nostalgia budget was wide open. Worth every penny! ❤️ #PS1 #retro #retroconsole #playstation #consolegaming #gaming #rpg #nostalgia
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This is gold 👏
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When the top drops, jaws drop. The @CoolerMaster Cosmos Il and Silicon Siren, turning airflow into a moment #retro #retropc
#vintagecomputing #vintagecomputer #vintagepc #dreammachine
#coolermaster #cosmos #pccase #pcbuild #pcmr #pcmasterrace #gamingpc #gaming
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Though they won't be as bright as other years, the Perseids will hit their peak overnight on Aug. 12-13. Learn more and get viewing tips: https://t.co/rY5VZa08qn
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Loved all the amazing raffles and swag from @AMD @AMDGaming @AMDRadeon here @QuakeCon this year! This little keychain is amazing 🤗
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When you win limited edition hardware, you build a PC with it! Check out the Starfield PC, featuring a custom @AMD @AMDRyzen CPU and @AMDRadeon GPU! @bethesda @QuakeCon @NZXT
#pcmr #pcmasterrace #pcgaming #gaming #gamergirl #PCBuild
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Does @TheFIREorg have a position on cases like Collective Shout pressuring payment processors to pressure aggregators like Steam to remove content? Not a regulatory question, but still in the wheelhouse of expression suppression.
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This Mac was so powerful, the U.S. government legally banned it from export. One billion operations per second, a graphite body to die for, and curves the Commerce Department wasn’t ready for. The Power Mac G4 wasn’t just fast, it was classified as a weapon 🚀 Full video
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As a kid, I spent most of my allowance on gaming merchandise. There was a comic shop down the street from my Dad’s house, and one day I was overjoyed to find Mortal Kombat comics. I couldn’t pass up Malibu’s ridiculous Battlewave issue featuring Shao Khan’s marriage to Sonya:
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its refreshing to read @ID_AA_Carmack's logs from building games/engines in the late 90s: what he was thinking, optimizing, debugging, reading
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