Fantasy Author Brian A. Mendonça

Hello new friends! 👋 So glad you’re here—especially if you’ve found me because of the Symphony of Crowns and Gods fantasy books. 📚 Here’s what to know about me: By day: I’m a programmer who builds databases and apps for medical data. By night: I’m an indie author and readers love the complex dilemmas I put my characters in. ✨ When I’m not writing, you’ll find me: • Binge-reading fantasy novels and manga 📖 • Deep in a JRPG rabbit hole (any fellow RPG fans? 👀) • Juggling all the above with dad duties in sunny California ☀️ Let’s connect! Drop your favorite book trope below ↓ or tell me what drew you here. Ready for adventures? A 🔗 to the first in my series is in my bio.

There’s a lot of confusion right now about the PlayStation 30-day DRM issue People are calling it a random bug or saying it only affects PS Plus games It’s not a bug and it's happening to regular purchases. I investigated what happen under the hood to see exactly what Sony did Here is the technical breakdown: First Sony didn't change anything on the console software side the expiration timer has always existed to protect subscription content what changed is how the server issues your .RIF (Rights Information) file the digital license your console uses to verify you own the game. To test this, I compared the hex data of the .RIF files for the exact same game across two accounts: one bought before March and one bought recently For the old purchase the End Timestamp offset is set to 7F FF FF FF FF FF FF FF this translates to no expiration date. For the recent purchase that infinite value is gone the server now actively populates the End Timestamp to expire exactly 30 days out bottom line sony is simply reusing an existing feature any new digital license you get from Sony's servers now comes with a 30-day check-in requirement baked directly into the license file

Game so good my only complaint was that it ended 💔

Twitter/X is shutting down Communities on May 6 due to “declining usage.” Users are instead being encouraged to share XChat links, which have a limit of 350 members per chat.

"Oh, it's just 30 days!" "What, you're not gonna connect to the internet in 30 days?" Yeah, it's just 30 days now. Next is: Verify your Identity at the end of that 30 days or lose access to your account. This should BURY PlayStation, but Gamers aren't angry enough.