Darren Hupke
@darrenhupke.bsky.social
Video game book maker (32 Bit Library, Retro Game Zine). Writer. Podcast host (Complete Discography, Pixels and Polygons). Owner of @pixelsandpolygons.net
Links to my books, podcast, and creative output below 👇
https://linktr.ee/darrenhupke
Links to my books, podcast, and creative output below 👇
https://linktr.ee/darrenhupke
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Darren Hupke
@darrenhupke.bsky.social
· May 10
For new and interested followers:
I’m Darren Hupke! I do a lot of different things in the retro gaming world.
I’m a writer:
📚32 Bit Library
I’m a publisher:
📖 Retro Game Zine
I’m a podcaster:
🎙️Pixels and Polygons
Find out more about all of these projects right here: linktr.ee/darrenhupke
I’m Darren Hupke! I do a lot of different things in the retro gaming world.
I’m a writer:
📚32 Bit Library
I’m a publisher:
📖 Retro Game Zine
I’m a podcaster:
🎙️Pixels and Polygons
Find out more about all of these projects right here: linktr.ee/darrenhupke
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I’m curious to ask; what is the first skateboarding game (or game with skateboarding in it) you ever played?
November 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I’m curious to ask; what is the first skateboarding game (or game with skateboarding in it) you ever played?
Bold.
I love the design of this book.
I love the design of this book.
November 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Bold.
I love the design of this book.
I love the design of this book.
I’m curious to ask; what is the first skateboarding game (or game with skateboarding in it) you ever played?
November 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I’m curious to ask; what is the first skateboarding game (or game with skateboarding in it) you ever played?
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We’ve actually got a little while to go before we hit 4k followers but it would be cool. Tell ur friends about us!
November 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
We’ve actually got a little while to go before we hit 4k followers but it would be cool. Tell ur friends about us!
This is news to me. Wow.
November 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This is news to me. Wow.
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You can digitally and physically buy the new issue of Retro Game Zine today!
Head over to pixelsandpolygons.net for your own physical copy, or purchase it digitally right here: www.patreon.com/posts/retro-...
Big thanks to @mckliz.bsky.social for the contribution in this issue!
Head over to pixelsandpolygons.net for your own physical copy, or purchase it digitally right here: www.patreon.com/posts/retro-...
Big thanks to @mckliz.bsky.social for the contribution in this issue!
Retro Game Zine 011 - Harvest Moon | Pixels and Polygons
Get more from Pixels and Polygons on Patreon
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November 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
You can digitally and physically buy the new issue of Retro Game Zine today!
Head over to pixelsandpolygons.net for your own physical copy, or purchase it digitally right here: www.patreon.com/posts/retro-...
Big thanks to @mckliz.bsky.social for the contribution in this issue!
Head over to pixelsandpolygons.net for your own physical copy, or purchase it digitally right here: www.patreon.com/posts/retro-...
Big thanks to @mckliz.bsky.social for the contribution in this issue!
I love Mohawk Storm.
November 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I love Mohawk Storm.
New zines! I didn’t know they’d be so… small! Not that there’s anything wrong with that! Digging in this afternoon (after I do some work on my own zines, actually).
Check out @mathewkumar.com to get your own, there are digital options and a physical ones still in stock.
Check out @mathewkumar.com to get your own, there are digital options and a physical ones still in stock.
November 8, 2025 at 7:57 PM
New zines! I didn’t know they’d be so… small! Not that there’s anything wrong with that! Digging in this afternoon (after I do some work on my own zines, actually).
Check out @mathewkumar.com to get your own, there are digital options and a physical ones still in stock.
Check out @mathewkumar.com to get your own, there are digital options and a physical ones still in stock.
Listening to the new @hdtgm.bsky.social, and hearing that Jason is going to be in the Criminal show makes me want to see it even more, and I wasn’t sure that was possible.
Brubaker and @seanphillips.bsky.social are my favorite creators.
Hopefully it’s out soon!
Brubaker and @seanphillips.bsky.social are my favorite creators.
Hopefully it’s out soon!
November 8, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Listening to the new @hdtgm.bsky.social, and hearing that Jason is going to be in the Criminal show makes me want to see it even more, and I wasn’t sure that was possible.
Brubaker and @seanphillips.bsky.social are my favorite creators.
Hopefully it’s out soon!
Brubaker and @seanphillips.bsky.social are my favorite creators.
Hopefully it’s out soon!
It’s going to be TWELVE years between releases. This is wild. The amount of money this series makes, that is far too much time from a business standpoint and clearly mismanagement issues.
The more time it takes creates more expectations for fans. I don’t see this being a real innovation.
The more time it takes creates more expectations for fans. I don’t see this being a real innovation.
Opinion: GTA 6 runs the risk of being totally outdated by the time it finally arrives - or does it?
www.eurogamer.net/gta-6-runs-t...
www.eurogamer.net/gta-6-runs-t...
November 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
It’s going to be TWELVE years between releases. This is wild. The amount of money this series makes, that is far too much time from a business standpoint and clearly mismanagement issues.
The more time it takes creates more expectations for fans. I don’t see this being a real innovation.
The more time it takes creates more expectations for fans. I don’t see this being a real innovation.
Wait… can I buy eggnog soon?
November 6, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Wait… can I buy eggnog soon?
What a crazy signing. What not just have EVERYONE in your shop all at once? Sure. That works.
This is a rad shop, too. It’s right down the hill from my brothers house. I wish it was my LCS.
This is a rad shop, too. It’s right down the hill from my brothers house. I wish it was my LCS.
Here's everyone's signing times for the REVENGE OF COMIC CREATORS BLOCK PARTY this Saturday. If you're in SoCal come check it out! I'm signing from 3 to 4, but should be there most of the day just hanging.
November 6, 2025 at 2:16 AM
What a crazy signing. What not just have EVERYONE in your shop all at once? Sure. That works.
This is a rad shop, too. It’s right down the hill from my brothers house. I wish it was my LCS.
This is a rad shop, too. It’s right down the hill from my brothers house. I wish it was my LCS.
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Yo, @espn.com and YouTubeTV.
Figure it out. I want to watch basketball games.
If my “alternative” options are all I have, why pay for any of your stuff?
Figure it out. I want to watch basketball games.
If my “alternative” options are all I have, why pay for any of your stuff?
November 6, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Yo, @espn.com and YouTubeTV.
Figure it out. I want to watch basketball games.
If my “alternative” options are all I have, why pay for any of your stuff?
Figure it out. I want to watch basketball games.
If my “alternative” options are all I have, why pay for any of your stuff?
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I heard a familiar melody on the air while reading Batman #1 before a flight. I wrote about it, and hope you'll follow me on a short journey about Bat-aesthetics, writers and visual styles, and why Batman is in its Jorge Jimenez era.
🚨 NEW on Shelfdust today! 🚨
Batman #1: Styles Upon Styles Upon Styles Is What They Have, by @iamdavidbrothers.com: shelfdust.com/2025/11/05/b...
Batman #1: Styles Upon Styles Upon Styles Is What They Have, by @iamdavidbrothers.com: shelfdust.com/2025/11/05/b...
Batman #1: Styles Upon Styles Upon Styles Is What They Have
By David Brothers Batman is one of the most popular characters in the world, and still a complicated sell for me. A side effect of reading a lot of really good Batman comics is that each new one ha…
shelfdust.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I heard a familiar melody on the air while reading Batman #1 before a flight. I wrote about it, and hope you'll follow me on a short journey about Bat-aesthetics, writers and visual styles, and why Batman is in its Jorge Jimenez era.
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🤖🌟 Issue 6 of APWOT is live on Kickstarter! 🌟🤖
Featuring a beautiful lenticular cover of Astro Bot marking both our feature interview with the game’s director, Nicolas Doucet, and the 30th anniversary of PlayStation.
Get in there!
💫 kck.st/4i1GAHT 💫
Featuring a beautiful lenticular cover of Astro Bot marking both our feature interview with the game’s director, Nicolas Doucet, and the 30th anniversary of PlayStation.
Get in there!
💫 kck.st/4i1GAHT 💫
November 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
🤖🌟 Issue 6 of APWOT is live on Kickstarter! 🌟🤖
Featuring a beautiful lenticular cover of Astro Bot marking both our feature interview with the game’s director, Nicolas Doucet, and the 30th anniversary of PlayStation.
Get in there!
💫 kck.st/4i1GAHT 💫
Featuring a beautiful lenticular cover of Astro Bot marking both our feature interview with the game’s director, Nicolas Doucet, and the 30th anniversary of PlayStation.
Get in there!
💫 kck.st/4i1GAHT 💫
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Dynasty Warriors Origins came out at the start of the year and is a solid starting point. it puts a more RPG, choices-matter spin on the Three Kingdoms story, but leans heavy into the drama and intrigue of its battles. the big charges and troop movements are a blast.
November 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Dynasty Warriors Origins came out at the start of the year and is a solid starting point. it puts a more RPG, choices-matter spin on the Three Kingdoms story, but leans heavy into the drama and intrigue of its battles. the big charges and troop movements are a blast.
The Back to the Future shirt is blowing my mind.
November 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The Back to the Future shirt is blowing my mind.
I don’t want to put any writers out of work, but there are hundreds of folks who want to actually play and understand what they are reviewing, not attempting to do whatever this is.
Wild opening paragraph, maybe you shouldn't be the one reviewing a Warriors game then
November 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I don’t want to put any writers out of work, but there are hundreds of folks who want to actually play and understand what they are reviewing, not attempting to do whatever this is.
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from nov 6-7 later this week i'll be in Rochester for a pop-up arcade of my games @ VSW. if you're nearby, come see me & nilson talk about my work! (i will try also to get video.)
www.vsw.org/vsw-salon/sa...
www.vsw.org/vsw-salon/sa...
November 4, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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Up Top
Marseille
'Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2'
PlayStation
Marseille
'Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2'
PlayStation
November 4, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Up Top
Marseille
'Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2'
PlayStation
Marseille
'Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2'
PlayStation
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Y'all, I know two hours is a big time commitment, but this panel I arranged and hosted last month is one of the most important things I've ever done for video game history. The launch of the NES is a crazier story than most people realize, and my guests were extremely generous with their memories.
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 7:15 PM
Y'all, I know two hours is a big time commitment, but this panel I arranged and hosted last month is one of the most important things I've ever done for video game history. The launch of the NES is a crazier story than most people realize, and my guests were extremely generous with their memories.
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So many new faces! Welcome!
We are a podcast talking about our love of games, the evolution of gaming as an artistic medium & chats with folks from within or even outside the industry. Also minisodes where each ep a different host talks about a game they love & why they love it.
funandgamespod.com
We are a podcast talking about our love of games, the evolution of gaming as an artistic medium & chats with folks from within or even outside the industry. Also minisodes where each ep a different host talks about a game they love & why they love it.
funandgamespod.com
May 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
So many new faces! Welcome!
We are a podcast talking about our love of games, the evolution of gaming as an artistic medium & chats with folks from within or even outside the industry. Also minisodes where each ep a different host talks about a game they love & why they love it.
funandgamespod.com
We are a podcast talking about our love of games, the evolution of gaming as an artistic medium & chats with folks from within or even outside the industry. Also minisodes where each ep a different host talks about a game they love & why they love it.
funandgamespod.com
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hit a milestone! but I haven't worked on any videos since a few months ago. can't get the motivation to do anything, feels like I'm missing the opportunity. anyone have thoughts on hiring a person to produce more videos? I know what I want and have the graphics/script but I hate editing. worth it?
November 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
hit a milestone! but I haven't worked on any videos since a few months ago. can't get the motivation to do anything, feels like I'm missing the opportunity. anyone have thoughts on hiring a person to produce more videos? I know what I want and have the graphics/script but I hate editing. worth it?