385TB Of Retro Games Saved, Xbox One Finally Cracked & More - Ramble 152

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In this episode I talk about the Myrient community saving their 385TB collection of retro games, DOOM: The Dark Ages having Denuvo DRM removed, the DOOM movie not being very good, GameStop's announcement about the WiiU, PS3 and Xbox 360, ModRetro looking for a $1bn valuation, a new hack for the Xbox One, the Thunderpass StreetPass clone being AI slop, the new Animal Crossing PC decomp also being AI slop and & more!

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Episode Links:

Myrient Saved By The Community: https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/385tb-video-game-archive-saved-by-fans-myrient-has-been-100-percent-backed-up-and-validated-torrents-being-generated

DOOM The Dark Ages Denuvo: https://www.eurogamer.net/doom-the-dark-ages-denuvo-has-been-cracked

DOOM Movie Is Not Very Good: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/03/doom-star-says-the-movie-was-probably-one-of-the-worst-films-ever-made

GameStop Announcement: https://x.com/gamestop/status/2033672053640028385/photo/1

ModRetro Valuation: https://www.notebookcheck.net/Palmer-Luckey-seeks-1-billion-valuation-for-ModRetro-as-it-gears-up-to-release-the-M64.1248110.0.html

Xbox One Crack: https://x.com/idlesloth84_/status/2032875623476023446

MVG Video Of The Above: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Evi6IDgjPD0

Street / Thunderpass AI Slop: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/03/if-that-bothers-you-i-understand-android-devices-get-a-nintendo-streetpass-successor-but-of-course-theres-a-catch

Animal Crossing AI Slop: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/03/ai-coded-slop-no-thanks-animal-crossings-native-pc-port-was-made-using-claude-code

Video Of The Week 1 (Francois Lionet Interview w/ Rob Smith / Yawning Angel): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhEY5pqe5SQ

Video Of The Week 2 (Angine De Poutrine Performance On KEXP): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ssi-9wS1so

Video Of The Week Bonus (Niels Leenheer CSS Doom): https://bsky.app/profile/html5test.com/post/3mgxr3pcjhk2k

Chapters:

00:00 Myrient Saved By The Community

05:01 DOOM: The Dark Ages Denuvo Gone

13:17 DOOM: The Movie Was Terrible

17:33 Xbox 360, PS3, WiiU Now Officially Retro

23:19 Palmer... Eugh

29:17 Xbox One Finally Busted Wide Open

36:23 Big Ol' Helpings Of Slop - Thunderpass & Animal Crossing Controversy

47:59 Videos Of The Week