Misty De Méo
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New blog post! I wrote about Father Christmas, the weirdly barebones Japan-exclusive CD-ROM game based on the British storybook. It's... not very good, so I didn't have much to say, but I *did* find some interesting stuff in here anyway.
cdrom.ca/games/2025/1...
cdrom.ca/games/2025/1...
December 25, 2025 at 2:47 AM
New blog post! I wrote about Father Christmas, the weirdly barebones Japan-exclusive CD-ROM game based on the British storybook. It's... not very good, so I didn't have much to say, but I *did* find some interesting stuff in here anyway.
cdrom.ca/games/2025/1...
cdrom.ca/games/2025/1...
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Happy 20th anniversary to "Samoyed and teddy bear" on Wikimedia Commons.
"This is a picture of my samoyed with a teddy bear. I release all rights to it, it would just be nice if her image could survive forever."
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sa...
"This is a picture of my samoyed with a teddy bear. I release all rights to it, it would just be nice if her image could survive forever."
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sa...
December 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Happy 20th anniversary to "Samoyed and teddy bear" on Wikimedia Commons.
"This is a picture of my samoyed with a teddy bear. I release all rights to it, it would just be nice if her image could survive forever."
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sa...
"This is a picture of my samoyed with a teddy bear. I release all rights to it, it would just be nice if her image could survive forever."
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sa...
Just setting up my Twitter. #myFirstTweet
December 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Just setting up my Twitter. #myFirstTweet
Oh man, new k.h.d.n. remix CD… repress of the original Karous too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hte-...
Karous サウンドトラック Original & Remixed teaser movie
YouTube video by 株式会社RS34広報部
www.youtube.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Oh man, new k.h.d.n. remix CD… repress of the original Karous too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hte-...
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Happy Xmas! My present to you is to remind you (as I was just reminded!!) that this year Hiroshi Iuchi (Radiant Silvergun, Ikaruga, Sin & Punishment) released a new rail shooter developed with M2 - NIGHT STRIKERS GEAR (PC and Switch)
December 26, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Happy Xmas! My present to you is to remind you (as I was just reminded!!) that this year Hiroshi Iuchi (Radiant Silvergun, Ikaruga, Sin & Punishment) released a new rail shooter developed with M2 - NIGHT STRIKERS GEAR (PC and Switch)
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Yakyūken type in game by T. Sano for the Sharp MZ-700 has been preserved by @thestacks.ca. Enjoy! www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2025/12/y...
December 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Yakyūken type in game by T. Sano for the Sharp MZ-700 has been preserved by @thestacks.ca. Enjoy! www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2025/12/y...
Game reverse engineering question: has anyone done any work on the Engine Software Pulse Sound System music format? Didn’t see anything but figured I’d ask before potentially spending time on redundant labour.
December 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Game reverse engineering question: has anyone done any work on the Engine Software Pulse Sound System music format? Didn’t see anything but figured I’d ask before potentially spending time on redundant labour.
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This Month In Retronauts: @feitclub.bsky.social @stuartgipp.bsky.social & @allcityslopshop.com close out 2025 with news, the latest announcements, your comments, and our picks for the best games of the year
Available to backers at the $5 level & up: www.patreon.com/posts/146322...
Available to backers at the $5 level & up: www.patreon.com/posts/146322...
December 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
This Month In Retronauts: @feitclub.bsky.social @stuartgipp.bsky.social & @allcityslopshop.com close out 2025 with news, the latest announcements, your comments, and our picks for the best games of the year
Available to backers at the $5 level & up: www.patreon.com/posts/146322...
Available to backers at the $5 level & up: www.patreon.com/posts/146322...
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イーロン・マスク体制になって以来、Twitter/Xは一貫して虚言や憎悪といった加害性をマネタイズする方針を取っているので、最早アクティブユーザーとして在籍すること自体が消極的加担にあたるのではと考えています。SNSの性質上、人と情報の流量がプラットフォームの生命線なので。
December 25, 2025 at 4:18 AM
イーロン・マスク体制になって以来、Twitter/Xは一貫して虚言や憎悪といった加害性をマネタイズする方針を取っているので、最早アクティブユーザーとして在籍すること自体が消極的加担にあたるのではと考えています。SNSの性質上、人と情報の流量がプラットフォームの生命線なので。
New blog post! I wrote about Father Christmas, the weirdly barebones Japan-exclusive CD-ROM game based on the British storybook. It's... not very good, so I didn't have much to say, but I *did* find some interesting stuff in here anyway.
cdrom.ca/games/2025/1...
cdrom.ca/games/2025/1...
December 25, 2025 at 2:47 AM
New blog post! I wrote about Father Christmas, the weirdly barebones Japan-exclusive CD-ROM game based on the British storybook. It's... not very good, so I didn't have much to say, but I *did* find some interesting stuff in here anyway.
cdrom.ca/games/2025/1...
cdrom.ca/games/2025/1...
One of my favourite Wingroove features is that it measures how good your PC is in terms of how many times faster it is than the developer's PC. My Windows 98 VM is 131 times faster, apparently.
December 24, 2025 at 10:28 PM
One of my favourite Wingroove features is that it measures how good your PC is in terms of how many times faster it is than the developer's PC. My Windows 98 VM is 131 times faster, apparently.
This is such a *specific* set of weird imagery. Really wonder if there was some kinda story here.
December 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This is such a *specific* set of weird imagery. Really wonder if there was some kinda story here.
Jessica's been here for years now and still gets weirded out by the Duracell/Energizer bunny thing.
December 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Jessica's been here for years now and still gets weirded out by the Duracell/Energizer bunny thing.
Have I just discovered a Saturn game would be SUPER easy to fan translate? Yes. Is the game bad? Oh yes. Am I getting this done by tomorrow? Probably not.
December 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Have I just discovered a Saturn game would be SUPER easy to fan translate? Yes. Is the game bad? Oh yes. Am I getting this done by tomorrow? Probably not.
Good guide on getting yt-dlp to ignore AI upscaled video when downloading: alexwlchan.net/til/2025/ign...
Ignore AI upscaled YouTube videos with yt-dlp
Filter for formats that don't include `-sr` ("super resolution") in their format ID.
alexwlchan.net
December 24, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Good guide on getting yt-dlp to ignore AI upscaled video when downloading: alexwlchan.net/til/2025/ign...
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Thanks to @retropals.bsky.social, I am now aware of Home Alone 2: Kevin's Dream, an unreleased Game Boy game which features some kind of nightmarish creature with the heads of Harry and Marv as its final boss.
And now you are too.
(Screenshot from the invaluable resource that is @tcrf.net.)
And now you are too.
(Screenshot from the invaluable resource that is @tcrf.net.)
December 12, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Thanks to @retropals.bsky.social, I am now aware of Home Alone 2: Kevin's Dream, an unreleased Game Boy game which features some kind of nightmarish creature with the heads of Harry and Marv as its final boss.
And now you are too.
(Screenshot from the invaluable resource that is @tcrf.net.)
And now you are too.
(Screenshot from the invaluable resource that is @tcrf.net.)
’Tis the reason for the season (panettone) youtu.be/wgQdkstTNg8
Always Room for Panettone | Aunty Donna
YouTube video by Aunty Donna
youtu.be
December 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
’Tis the reason for the season (panettone) youtu.be/wgQdkstTNg8
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Meowy Christmas - We're streaming Jingle Cats for PS1 tonight at 7 pm CT to raise vaccination funds for a real kitten we just adopted! Yes, it's based on the Jingle Cats series of Christmas novelty songs! twitch.tv/retropals
December 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Meowy Christmas - We're streaming Jingle Cats for PS1 tonight at 7 pm CT to raise vaccination funds for a real kitten we just adopted! Yes, it's based on the Jingle Cats series of Christmas novelty songs! twitch.tv/retropals
Every now and then I see people raving about a game I thought was merely okay and really wonder if I missed something. Like seeing all the Japanese game developers' year-end lists with Urban Myth Dissolution Centre on it
December 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Every now and then I see people raving about a game I thought was merely okay and really wonder if I missed something. Like seeing all the Japanese game developers' year-end lists with Urban Myth Dissolution Centre on it
If you haven't played Immortality this is a great time to try it. Trust me.
All the games are on sale, because it's winter!
store.steampowered.com/developer/Sa...
🔥 IMMORTALITY - $9.99
📹 TELLING LIES - $4.99
☕ HER STORY - $4.99
And you are obliged to 💫Wishlist our upcoming projects PROJECT C and PROJECT D whilst you're at it! #SteamSale #SteamWinterSale #Cheap #Art
store.steampowered.com/developer/Sa...
🔥 IMMORTALITY - $9.99
📹 TELLING LIES - $4.99
☕ HER STORY - $4.99
And you are obliged to 💫Wishlist our upcoming projects PROJECT C and PROJECT D whilst you're at it! #SteamSale #SteamWinterSale #Cheap #Art
December 24, 2025 at 1:41 AM
If you haven't played Immortality this is a great time to try it. Trust me.
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my oomfies love to be scammed and bamboozled by wicked Ernestine Cumbee, the leatherclad heiress to Lord Mountingbloc's fortune
December 6, 2024 at 8:23 PM
my oomfies love to be scammed and bamboozled by wicked Ernestine Cumbee, the leatherclad heiress to Lord Mountingbloc's fortune
Y'know speaking of blogging sometimes people reply to a post saying "hey this would make good material for a video by X person" or "why don't you make a video, more people might watch it" and it seems kind of hard to explain that this is my hobby, and I like reading/writing but not making videos.
December 24, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Y'know speaking of blogging sometimes people reply to a post saying "hey this would make good material for a video by X person" or "why don't you make a video, more people might watch it" and it seems kind of hard to explain that this is my hobby, and I like reading/writing but not making videos.
Writing a blog post where my conclusion after all my research is there just isn't that much interesting to say, but you know what? No reason to stretch it out, sometimes it just comes down to writing as much as is interesting
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Writing a blog post where my conclusion after all my research is there just isn't that much interesting to say, but you know what? No reason to stretch it out, sometimes it just comes down to writing as much as is interesting