Kevin Bunch (ubersaurus)
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Science Communicator, Video Game Historian, author of Atari Archive, old school FGCer, occasional Retronaut host, and chicken owner. He/him
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Atari Archive Vol. 1
– Limited Run Games
Limited Run Games is the industry-leading publisher and distributor of award winning collector's editions, rare video games, and merchandise for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PS5, PC, and retro cons...
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Hello new followers! I'm Kevin, game historian, science communicator, and fighting games old head. My history focus is on the early days of gaming history in particular, so I want to plug some of my work: first and foremost with my book, for sale through Limited Run (and on Amazon in paperback).
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Thank you, Veterans!
November 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Thank you, Veterans!
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If you live in Seattle, go here and track your ballot. Make sure it is counted. Because this mayoral race, which Katie Wilson now leads by 91 votes, is epically close.
info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
King County Elections
Led by Director Julie Wise, King County Elections conducts accurate, secure, and accessible elections for King County's over 1.4 million registered voters.
info.kingcounty.gov
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
If you live in Seattle, go here and track your ballot. Make sure it is counted. Because this mayoral race, which Katie Wilson now leads by 91 votes, is epically close.
info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
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Currently doing some marking. A reminder to everyone involved in archives and collections: digitisation is not preservation. If I digitise a box of records and put the files on a USB stick I haven't preserved a thing. It's all about what you do with the files post-digitisation. #archives #digipres
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 AM
I cannot express how helpful the folks in this community have been in my research since I joined around 2018; lot of expertise and willingness to help in all sorts of corners of knowledge.
Hard to believe it's already been ten years that Gaming Alexandria has been around. Here's a (late) article about our history, as well as special thanks and small blurbs from others of what Gaming Alexandria has meant to them. Here's to another ten years! www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2025/11/g...
November 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I cannot express how helpful the folks in this community have been in my research since I joined around 2018; lot of expertise and willingness to help in all sorts of corners of knowledge.
Intellivision Archive opens 1982 wirh Star Strike, Mattel’s knock off of Star Wars’ trench run that wound up as a high selling, critically (and artistically) acclaimed game youtu.be/lO0pup2Wizs
Star Strike: Intellivision Archive Episode 8
YouTube video by Atari Archive
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Intellivision Archive opens 1982 wirh Star Strike, Mattel’s knock off of Star Wars’ trench run that wound up as a high selling, critically (and artistically) acclaimed game youtu.be/lO0pup2Wizs
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So delighted with these posters that just arrived! Vampire Queen, Udon Guardian, and Side Quest Warriors are here~⚔️ The blues and reds pop well, and movement carries through 💕 Please enjoy!
enerjax.storenvy.com
enerjax.storenvy.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
So delighted with these posters that just arrived! Vampire Queen, Udon Guardian, and Side Quest Warriors are here~⚔️ The blues and reds pop well, and movement carries through 💕 Please enjoy!
enerjax.storenvy.com
enerjax.storenvy.com
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this is what will show up if you invite me to your ai & copyright law conference
November 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
this is what will show up if you invite me to your ai & copyright law conference
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Can confirm this game is pretty dang good
out next year on PC/Switch/XB/PS5: Changeable Guardian Estique, the brand-new horizontal STG from veteran devs stretching back to Compile, Westone & beyond store.steampowered.com/app/4078160/ this game hit FC/NES carts at the beginning of the year & I'd argue it's more impressive than Earthion
Changeable Guardian ESTIQUE on Steam
A spectacular, satisfying, and super-watchable defense battle! The ultimate 8-bit shoot 'em ups born in the 21st century, ""Changeable Guardian ESTIQUE"", is now on Steam!
store.steampowered.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Can confirm this game is pretty dang good
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Recently, on the Norwegian videogame site spillhistorie.no, two new discoveries were posted, games that were previously lost. I've written about one already; the other discovery was of a very early Tolkien game, and the first original adventure we have in Norwegian.
bluerenga.blog/2025/11/05/r...
bluerenga.blog/2025/11/05/r...
Ringen: Return of the
Æons ago, in the pre-pandemic year of 2019, I wrote about the Norwegian game Ringen, based on Lord of the Rings. I only knew about it from a vague reference in a list of Tolkien games which gave th…
bluerenga.blog
November 6, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Recently, on the Norwegian videogame site spillhistorie.no, two new discoveries were posted, games that were previously lost. I've written about one already; the other discovery was of a very early Tolkien game, and the first original adventure we have in Norwegian.
bluerenga.blog/2025/11/05/r...
bluerenga.blog/2025/11/05/r...
Imagine not letting Kinu Nishimura just rock however she sees fit on a piece of art
Kinu Nishimura and Tsukasa Kotobuki say that some clients no longer simply give verbal instructions or a rough sketch when ordering an illustration, but now provide an AI-generated image, which stifles artists' creativity by limiting their scope for interpretation.
xcancel.com/nishi_katsu/...
xcancel.com/nishi_katsu/...
November 5, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Imagine not letting Kinu Nishimura just rock however she sees fit on a piece of art
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zohran winning, cheney dead, new glitch discovered in fatal fury special where cheng is throw invulnerable after [2]8A/C. what a night!
November 5, 2025 at 4:10 AM
zohran winning, cheney dead, new glitch discovered in fatal fury special where cheng is throw invulnerable after [2]8A/C. what a night!
theprotomen.bandcamp.com/album/act-ii... soundtrack of the evening
Act III: This City Made Us, by The Protomen
9 track album
theprotomen.bandcamp.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 AM
theprotomen.bandcamp.com/album/act-ii... soundtrack of the evening
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If you're on the fence about voting today and are concerned about pollution and climate, this is just a reminder that they can be meaningfully addressed at the state and local level. How we build and where; infrastructure and funding for mobility; what companies get tax breaks. #vote
It can often feel like there's a whole lot outside our control.
But if there's any kind of election in your town today, that's a way to make a meaningful difference in your state or local affairs.
But if there's any kind of election in your town today, that's a way to make a meaningful difference in your state or local affairs.
Today I’m voting for school board. Keep the local MAGA out. Keep the ABA teacher with no real information about her out too (IYKYK).
Your local election for boards and judges and funding and so forth really do matter. Go vote!
Your local election for boards and judges and funding and so forth really do matter. Go vote!
November 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
If you're on the fence about voting today and are concerned about pollution and climate, this is just a reminder that they can be meaningfully addressed at the state and local level. How we build and where; infrastructure and funding for mobility; what companies get tax breaks. #vote
I will never forget the time Cheney shot a man in the face while hunting and the guy apologized to him
Former Vice President Dick Cheney has died at age 84. And, today, voters in New York, Virginia and New Jersey choose new leaders in key races. n.pr/3XgOEdT
Former Vice President Dick Cheney dies. And, Election Day races to watch
Former Vice President Dick Cheney has died at age 84. And, today, voters in New York, Virginia and New Jersey choose new leaders in key races.
n.pr
November 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I will never forget the time Cheney shot a man in the face while hunting and the guy apologized to him
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All the Adventures continues with Comp 1983 and a contrast with the previous game: despite both games being set on islands, rather than staging "scenes" Search for the Ruby Chalice clearly is trying to simulate an "environment" instead
bluerenga.blog/2025/11/03/s...
bluerenga.blog/2025/11/03/s...
Search for the Ruby Chalice (1983)
Last time I wrote about Polynesian Adventure, an entry into the Falsoft contest for Tandy CoCo adventure games. It was written by an older couple, whereas today’s selection was written by a 1…
bluerenga.blog
November 4, 2025 at 1:04 AM
All the Adventures continues with Comp 1983 and a contrast with the previous game: despite both games being set on islands, rather than staging "scenes" Search for the Ruby Chalice clearly is trying to simulate an "environment" instead
bluerenga.blog/2025/11/03/s...
bluerenga.blog/2025/11/03/s...
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I was front row center for this amazing panel and now you get to watch it too. Probably one of the best panels ever given at a retro gaming show. Felt like the culmination of @frankcifaldi.bsky.social's life's work:
Hear about the NES US launch 40 years ago from the people that made it happen: Gail Tilden, Bruce Lowry and Lance Barr with @frankcifaldi.bsky.social from the @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social moderating! Panel recording at youtu.be/f2WDfsiLiRA
#prge #prge2025 #retrogaming #VGHF
#prge #prge2025 #retrogaming #VGHF
We Launched the NES 40 Years Ago Today - Gail Tilden, Lance Barr, Bruce Lowry - PRGE 2025 Portland
YouTube video by Portland Retro Gaming Expo
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I was front row center for this amazing panel and now you get to watch it too. Probably one of the best panels ever given at a retro gaming show. Felt like the culmination of @frankcifaldi.bsky.social's life's work:
This episode brought to you by me reading the National Archives write up about the lawsuit involving Atari’s Asteroids vs clone game Meteors
One week early for our Patreon subscribers: @atariarchive.org @feitclub.bsky.social @mollipen.bsky.social & @mrose.ink offer testimony on legal battles over video game clones
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November 3, 2025 at 12:17 PM
This episode brought to you by me reading the National Archives write up about the lawsuit involving Atari’s Asteroids vs clone game Meteors
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I saw Marge with Piccolo's cape and I couldn't stop my hands from moving.
November 2, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I saw Marge with Piccolo's cape and I couldn't stop my hands from moving.
Love to have repaired my dryer in August only for it to apparently break down again a couple months later
November 1, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Love to have repaired my dryer in August only for it to apparently break down again a couple months later
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Remember: this afternoon is the ideal time to visit your local historic cider mill!
November 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Remember: this afternoon is the ideal time to visit your local historic cider mill!
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Look, you need to stop calling out AI slop images unless you're certain. 15–20% of the time when I see someone calling it out, it's not even AI — you're disparaging an artist's work.
Accept that sometimes you won't be able to tell for sure, and hold off. You can't win a battle with friendly fire.
Accept that sometimes you won't be able to tell for sure, and hold off. You can't win a battle with friendly fire.
November 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Look, you need to stop calling out AI slop images unless you're certain. 15–20% of the time when I see someone calling it out, it's not even AI — you're disparaging an artist's work.
Accept that sometimes you won't be able to tell for sure, and hold off. You can't win a battle with friendly fire.
Accept that sometimes you won't be able to tell for sure, and hold off. You can't win a battle with friendly fire.
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Live in the Northern Hemisphere and want to see a comet older then the Solar System? Nice overview of upcoming pre-dawn visibility for interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS with small amateur telescopes 🔭🧪
All Eyes on Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will soon exit the Sun's glare to enter the morning sky. Get ready for the observing opportunity of a lifetime.
skyandtelescope.org
November 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Live in the Northern Hemisphere and want to see a comet older then the Solar System? Nice overview of upcoming pre-dawn visibility for interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS with small amateur telescopes 🔭🧪
Oh wow, I never expected this one to show up. @sacaitlin.bsky.social
STOP THE PRESSES.
The ROM for the unreleased Famicom RPG Splatter World has been released (in a thread on 4chan, of all places). I've tried it myself, and it does seem to be genuine. If it's a fake, it's a damn good one.
Expect (more) coverage on West Mansion soon.
@hg101.bsky.social
The ROM for the unreleased Famicom RPG Splatter World has been released (in a thread on 4chan, of all places). I've tried it myself, and it does seem to be genuine. If it's a fake, it's a damn good one.
Expect (more) coverage on West Mansion soon.
@hg101.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Oh wow, I never expected this one to show up. @sacaitlin.bsky.social