Dave Allen

@dafeallen.bsky.social

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Occasional streamer, professional dreamer. (He/Him) https://www.twitch.tv/flaose

A logo used by Ocean Software Ltd. in the early '90s. The word ocean is written in black on a marbled yellow/tan background. A black outline surrounds it. The letters a and n have been combined into a ligature. It has the appearance of a painted, embossed stamp. It bears an uncanny resemblance to the logo used by neo Software Produktions GmbH, though the ocean logo preceded the neo logo by more than two years.
A photo with a green sign at Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, Canada. In white, bold letters are the words, "Give wildlife the space they need." Below the words are silhouettes of a human with a dog and a fully grown with a young deer. Below the sign there is a live deer digging for food in the ground.
A photo of the id anthology, jewel of my retro gaming collection.
A poorly taken photo of a TV. On the TV there's an Amazon Prime ad for Febreeze Plug In Air Freshener. In the bottom-left corner of the screen there is a clickable button labelled, 'Add to Amazon Cart'
A photo with an unusual depth of field of a page from a paperback version of Harper Lee's 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird. There is a thumb holding the upper section of the page. Part of the page is outlined with a digitally imposed red box. The text in the box reads: This would not do, I mused, as the class proceeded with its sums. One maniac and millions of German folks. Looked to me like they'd shut Hitler in a pen instead of letting him shut them up. There was something else wrong—I would ask my father about it.
A still from the THX-remastered VHS version of the 1980 film The Empire Strikes Back. An overexposed hologram of a Star Destroyer Captain can be seen at the bottom left of the frame moments before he (presumably) is killed by an asteroid.
A still from the final stream of my "Apogee Quest". Approximately three-quarters of the screen starting from the left is taken up by video capture from DOSBox. The ending of Commander Keen Episode V: The Armageddon Machine is shown. On a red background in large green letters the word 'CONGRATULATIONS' is written. Below, in yellow, the words: 'You have completed "Goodbye, Galaxy!" Commander Keen has saved the day once again! But things are still in motion . . . .' Below the video capture are two timers. One says, 'Game Time: 5:16:36.90' and the other, ' Total Time: 309:44:22.45'. In the remaining space on the right side of the screen, from top to bottom: The words, 'COMMANDER KEEN in "Goodbye, Galaxy!"'. Video capture of the top third of my body, I am mid speech, sitting in a cluttered basement room, wearing a dark blue hoodie, glasses, and large headphones. The text, 'Game: #49/49' followed by, 'Episode: #2/2'. A box capturing Twitch chat with various viewers expressing their congratulations.
A video screen recording of an AI slop YouTube video. AI-generated voice and music plays over AI-generated images that, without fail, slowly zoom out for five seconds before switching to the next image. Snow-like effects constantly move across the image.
A Canada goose faces off against a bald eagle in Burlington, Ontario. Photograph: Mervyn Sequeira Canada. Source article can be found at https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/05/canada-goose-bald-eagle-political-symbolism
A scan of the front of the box from my childhood copy of the Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons trilogy which was distributed by Distant Markets in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The box design is charmingly amateur with a screenshot from Commander Keen 3 overlaid with colourful squiggly arrows and white sparkle stars.
A poor quality photo from the toy aisle of a local Walmart. The shelves are lined with dozens of varieties of blind box toys.
The cover art of the Wiz Technology, Inc. release of Commander Keen 4. On the top left the words in large, yellow and red font, 'Commander Keen'. Slightly below, a logo with a wizard and a computer and the words, in a smaller, yellow font, 'Easy to use. Just type WIZ!' Below that, in a slightly larger, white font, 'The Adventure Continues with "Secret of the Oracle". Below, in a similarly-sized red and yellow font the words, 'THE $5 COMPUTER SOFTWARE STORE'. In the bottom left, a heavily airbrushed photo of a child in a red shirt on his head he wears a yellow gridiron football helmet with a large white stripe down the middle, outlined by thin green stripes. A simple 3D model of Commander Keen's spaceship, the Bean-with-Bacon Megarocket sits in the background. On the right, three screenshots from the game.
A screenshot of the Commodore 64 version of Math Mansion by Sunburst Education/Sunburst Communications (198?). I played the MS-DOS version but that version doesn't seem to be documented anywhere on the internet.
A photo of a hand reaching into a bag of delicious, Magic Masala flavour "hot" Cheetos.
A screenshot from the 1997 computer role-playing game Fallout depicting a dialog between the player character and a member of the Brotherhood of Steel.
Two Stitch-branded advent calendars next to each other. The first has the little doors ripped off and chocolates devoured, the second has had the little doors carefully opened and shut again so that it appears to have not been used at all.
Footage of the 2005 Game Boy Advance game Pokémon Emerald Version captured directly from a Game Boy Player. A sand-coloured pseudo-hieroglyphic border with carvings of Nintendo peripherals surrounds Pokémon Emerald gameplay footage. In the footage, Feebas evolves into Milotic, which in Pokémon Emerald required Feebas to level up with a high Beauty condition.
The circuit board of a copy of Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition being held in a clamp. The numbers 99-11 are visible on the battery.
In a still image from the 2008 video game Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, Colonel Anatoly Cherdenko, played by Tim Curry, delivers his now iconic line, "I'm escaping to the one place that hasn't been corrupted by capitalism... space!"
A meme using the Epic Handshake template. An apparently painted image depicting a moment in the 1987 film Predator where Alan "Dutch" Schaefer (played by Arnold Schwarzenegger) greets his old comrade Al Dillon (played by Carl Weathers) and they have an in-air arm wrestling match. Written on Dillon's arm are the words, "Ancient meme template", written on Schaefer's arm are the words, "Ancient graphics format", and written on top of their clasped hands are the words, "This post".
A Launch Arcology from the 1993 simulation game SimCity 2000.
A riff on Benjamin Franklin's famous "Join, or Die" political cartoon with the colony initials replaced with the initials of various unions represented by the Common Front. From head to tail the union initials are: AFL, ATA, AUPE, BTA, HSAA, UFCW, UNA, and UNIFOR.
A screen shot from Google News with a CBC News article carrying the headline, "Jeromy Farkas edges Sony Sharp in tight mayoral race"
A portrait of Carlos II, last of the Habsburgs, by Juan Carreno de Miranda
A three-year old Twitter exchange where Moses Norton makes an overtly xenophobic post and then makes fun of the person who calls him out for it.
A pair of Tylenol 500 tablets in my hand.
A screenshot showing the minimum and maximum salaries for teachers with five years of post-secondary education in the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario. Alberta has the second-lowest numbers for both min and max salaries.
A half-functioning Nintendo Virtual Boy with an aftermarket stand and eye shade.
An image of the Certificate of Completion from the PragerU Oklahoma Teacher Qualification Test. The text says: PragerU CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION This is to certifiy [sic] that [redacted name] has successfully completed the Teacher Qualification Test Awarded on 2025-08-31
An image of Mater from the Disney/Pixar Cars franchise with a sign behind him edited to say RE MATER.
A photo of Pam Bondi by Eric Lee for The Washington Post
A clip from the 2004 game Half-Life 2 showing a member of the City 17 Civil Protection charging Gordon Freeman with a baton for looking too closely at an arrest.
An unappealing photo of an open marshmallow fluff and peanut butter sandwich, aka a fluffernutter.
A screenshot from Google News showing two headlines. The first headline, from Global News, says, 'Trump deploys California National Guard to LA to quell protests despite the governor's objections'. Below it, a headline from The Globe and Mail says, 'Ottawa sending armed forces support to evacuate northwestern Ontario First Nation as wildfires spread'.
A version of the five-panel Boardroom Suggestion meme. Panel 1 A boardroom setting with a boss and multiple employees at a table Boss: ALRIGHT TEAM, IF WE WANT ROLLERBLADE RACER TO BE A SUCCESS WE NEED TO STEAL PAPERBOY'S BEST FEATURES Panel 2 A wide shot of three employees Employee #1: "Curbs!" Employee #2: "Dogs!" Employee #3: "Wanton property destruction" Panel 3 A closeup of the boss looking angry Panel 4 A closeup of employee #3 looking oblivious Panel 5 An exterior view of employee #3 being defenestrated from an upper level of a multi-story building
A photo by Duane Burleson for the Associated Press showing Spencer Turnbull of the Philadelphia Phillies pitching a baseball. The photo is taken at such a moment and angle that Turnbull's torso and right arm seem to be wildly disproportionate to the rest of his body.
In an iconic—though recaptioned—scene from the TV series Seinfeld, Kramer, bathed in red light, says to Jerry, "Flame on, Jerry".
A warning from Twitch that my video storage has exceeded the 100 hours per channel limit and is sitting at 903h / 100h.
A screenshot from WordPerfect 5.0. The text on the screen says: This document is being written in WordPerfect 5.0, the first "game" I ever played. I would make a train like this -> <||||||||> and hold down the space bar to move it across the screen. I called it The Train Game and my parents would sometimes let me play it.
A paparazzi photo of Ben Affleck, standing at a London doorstep, wearing a blue sweater and jeans, smoking a cigarette with a painted expression on his face. Photo credit: AKIF/Vantagenews / AKM-GSI
A drawing of a girl and a dog with the following words written in the upper-left corner: Drawing's may not come out perfect... ...but they can come out nice.
The profile of a phishing bot that says, in part, 'Explorer of ideas, lover of [Good hobby/passion], depressing positivity one post at a time.'
A screenshot of Google trying to get me to add Gemini to Messages.
A leafless, unfinished LEGO Botanical Collection Bonsai Tree model.
A photo of hundreds of eggs at a Canadian Walmart priced at $4.14/dozen.
A modified version of the "Is this a pigeon?" meme featuring a screen grab from a 1991 episode of the anime TV series The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird with an obviously modified subtitle. A young man looks at a butterfly and asks, "Is this an asteroid?"
A colourized version of a contemporary engraving of eight of the thirteen conspirators of the Gunpowder Plot.
An old Sea-Monkeys® ad illustrating an anthropomorphic sea creature family.
A photo of a Luke Skywalker™ X-Wing™ Mech LEGO® STAR WARS™ set.
A watercolour painting by George Munger of the burned-out husk of the White House after the Burning of Washington during the War of 1812.
My wife, Summer, and I in a poorly-lit photo at our anniversary dinner.
A photo of more Grinch socks from McDonald's.
A slightly-blurry photo of a solved Rubik's Cube.
An EGA-style version of the Ned Stark "Brace Yourselves" meme. The text reads: BRACE YOURSELVES DOSEMBER IS COMING.
A picture of me sitting at my desk with a full beard, winter jacket, and toque, but still looking cold and grumpy. Now with the original aspect ratio!
A picture of me sitting at my desk with a full beard, winter jacket, and toque, but still looking cold and grumpy.
A picture drawn on a generic Boogie Board-style tablet of a heart filled with childish buttcrack doodles.
A two-panel comic from dinosaurcouch. Panel 1: A blue cartoon dinosaur says, "i know nothing" Panel 2: The same dinosaur, now wearing a square academic cap and holding a diploma, says, "i know even less than i thought"
A colourized woodcut of Guy Fawkes and some of his Gunpowder Plot co-conspirators.
A screenshot from a mobile email client where the name of the sender, The Alberta Teachers' Association, being too long for the client to display fully on screen, has been changed to The Alberta Teachers' Ass.... The subject line reads, 'Have you seen it? 👀'