F_T_B
@ftb1979.bsky.social
Migrating from the other place. YouTuber. Chronic Illness sufferer. Perpetually brain blank on an infinite sea.
YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@f_t_b2238/videos
PATREON:
https://patreon.com/user?u=97540811
YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@f_t_b2238/videos
PATREON:
https://patreon.com/user?u=97540811
November 17, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Q&A is up for relevant patron tiers.
Aside from subtitling which will come later, this completes all patron exclusive bonuses for the Laplace no Ma video.
I'm not sure what the next topic will be 100%, but it should probably be up around Christmas /New Year's.
Aside from subtitling which will come later, this completes all patron exclusive bonuses for the Laplace no Ma video.
I'm not sure what the next topic will be 100%, but it should probably be up around Christmas /New Year's.
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Q&A is up for relevant patron tiers.
Aside from subtitling which will come later, this completes all patron exclusive bonuses for the Laplace no Ma video.
I'm not sure what the next topic will be 100%, but it should probably be up around Christmas /New Year's.
Aside from subtitling which will come later, this completes all patron exclusive bonuses for the Laplace no Ma video.
I'm not sure what the next topic will be 100%, but it should probably be up around Christmas /New Year's.
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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 4:45 PM
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...
Some truly great stuff here, a lot.of this is tough to puzzle out due to psuedonyms etc.
Why were there gender-balanced teams at Sega in the late 80s, and why was this never the case again afterwards? I also provide a chronology of the industry's pioneers in Japan, while addressing the issue of gender discrimination, before discussing working conditions more broadly in a later chapter.
An overview of the status of women in the video game industry in Japan and in Japanese society more generally
(+ a focus on the career of Miki Morimoto, the second known woman to have directed a game at Sega)
vgdensetsu.net/riekokodama6
dispo en VF
vgdensetsu.net/riekokodamavf6
(+ a focus on the career of Miki Morimoto, the second known woman to have directed a game at Sega)
vgdensetsu.net/riekokodama6
dispo en VF
vgdensetsu.net/riekokodamavf6
November 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Some truly great stuff here, a lot.of this is tough to puzzle out due to psuedonyms etc.
Q&A narration recorded. As soon as the video is edited to it, it'll be up for Patrons.
Thanks for patience- illness is getting in the way
Thanks for patience- illness is getting in the way
November 8, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Q&A narration recorded. As soon as the video is edited to it, it'll be up for Patrons.
Thanks for patience- illness is getting in the way
Thanks for patience- illness is getting in the way
Trigeminal neuralgia flares suck x.x
November 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Trigeminal neuralgia flares suck x.x
Can't record audio yet, electric heater needs replacement. I mean, I could, but there would be a lot of unholy screeching. Should be fixed in a day or two.
November 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Can't record audio yet, electric heater needs replacement. I mean, I could, but there would be a lot of unholy screeching. Should be fixed in a day or two.
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「古代祐三氏と行くマイコン博物館」動画を公開しました。数多くの歴史的なコンピュータを収集・展示している、青梅のマイコン博物館を古代祐三氏とともに訪れています #obslive
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHcm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHcm...
古代祐三氏と行くマイコン博物館 Visiting the computer museum with Yuzo Koshiro
YouTube video by オニオンソフト
www.youtube.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:56 PM
「古代祐三氏と行くマイコン博物館」動画を公開しました。数多くの歴史的なコンピュータを収集・展示している、青梅のマイコン博物館を古代祐三氏とともに訪れています #obslive
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHcm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHcm...
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Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!
October 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!
Q&A for Patrons will be worked on this weekend. Topics will include the marketing of the FM Towns, Call of Cthulhu Twilight Angel, a bit more about Traveller, and a small selection of other tabletop rpgs that can kill during character creation.
October 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Q&A for Patrons will be worked on this weekend. Topics will include the marketing of the FM Towns, Call of Cthulhu Twilight Angel, a bit more about Traveller, and a small selection of other tabletop rpgs that can kill during character creation.
Bonus up, Q&A solicitation sent for relevant tiers.
This video is doing a lot better than the last couple, and I can't begin to tell you how happy I am that people are enjoying the story of these strange little games :)
Time for go to bed.
This video is doing a lot better than the last couple, and I can't begin to tell you how happy I am that people are enjoying the story of these strange little games :)
Time for go to bed.
October 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Bonus up, Q&A solicitation sent for relevant tiers.
This video is doing a lot better than the last couple, and I can't begin to tell you how happy I am that people are enjoying the story of these strange little games :)
Time for go to bed.
This video is doing a lot better than the last couple, and I can't begin to tell you how happy I am that people are enjoying the story of these strange little games :)
Time for go to bed.
Okay. That's all of Paracelsus No Maken's gameplay edited and narration added for the Patreon bonus about the plot. Will add music and fix any errors, and then it should be up shortly after.
October 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Okay. That's all of Paracelsus No Maken's gameplay edited and narration added for the Patreon bonus about the plot. Will add music and fix any errors, and then it should be up shortly after.
Slight delay on Patreon bonus vid for high tiers due to life/illness stuff. Shouldn't be too much of one, but the headaches from the weather south of me are slowing me up.
October 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Slight delay on Patreon bonus vid for high tiers due to life/illness stuff. Shouldn't be too much of one, but the headaches from the weather south of me are slowing me up.
Fatigue slowing me up a bit but should be working on the patreon Bonus vid today as well as other projects.
October 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Fatigue slowing me up a bit but should be working on the patreon Bonus vid today as well as other projects.
When will graphics get better than this?
October 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM
When will graphics get better than this?
Hello - @bowloflentils.bsky.social, do you recall if Demon's Ring (The Falcom game) 's PC-98 ports ever released? Sources conflict.
October 9, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Hello - @bowloflentils.bsky.social, do you recall if Demon's Ring (The Falcom game) 's PC-98 ports ever released? Sources conflict.
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I wrote a long article about Rieko Kodama, her career at Sega, the evolution of her company, the games she worked on (including some canceled games and/or games for which she is not credited), the status of women and working conditions in the video game industry, etc.
vgdensetsu.net/riekokodama/
vgdensetsu.net/riekokodama/
October 7, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I wrote a long article about Rieko Kodama, her career at Sega, the evolution of her company, the games she worked on (including some canceled games and/or games for which she is not credited), the status of women and working conditions in the video game industry, etc.
vgdensetsu.net/riekokodama/
vgdensetsu.net/riekokodama/
New video is up. This one took a while due to the release schedule and difficulty of the first game being higher than expected. It's about Hitoshi Yasuda and the Ghost Hunter trilogy, as well as the various behind the scenes weirdness that caused it to be forgotten.
youtu.be/PWXv0LsT1xY
youtu.be/PWXv0LsT1xY
Forgotten Horror: How early tabletop gaming in Japan led to a forgotten Lovecraftian game series
YouTube video by F_T_B
youtu.be
October 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
New video is up. This one took a while due to the release schedule and difficulty of the first game being higher than expected. It's about Hitoshi Yasuda and the Ghost Hunter trilogy, as well as the various behind the scenes weirdness that caused it to be forgotten.
youtu.be/PWXv0LsT1xY
youtu.be/PWXv0LsT1xY
New video up tomorrow, it's uploaded, it's just very late. Some minor typos in the credits but honestly I can live with it lol, I don't want to have to upload it again @_@
Should kick over public at 11AM EST, but I'll post on here and patreon when it is up.
Patreon bonuses should be up in a week.
Should kick over public at 11AM EST, but I'll post on here and patreon when it is up.
Patreon bonuses should be up in a week.
October 5, 2025 at 7:51 AM
New video up tomorrow, it's uploaded, it's just very late. Some minor typos in the credits but honestly I can live with it lol, I don't want to have to upload it again @_@
Should kick over public at 11AM EST, but I'll post on here and patreon when it is up.
Patreon bonuses should be up in a week.
Should kick over public at 11AM EST, but I'll post on here and patreon when it is up.
Patreon bonuses should be up in a week.
Next video should be up on YouTube this weekend. Just finishing up citations and some audio re-recordings. Should be around 45min long and speak about the Ghost Hunter franchise (Laplace no Ma, Paracelsus no Maken, Kurokishi no Kamen) as well as some history of Group SNE and Hummingbird Soft.
October 1, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Next video should be up on YouTube this weekend. Just finishing up citations and some audio re-recordings. Should be around 45min long and speak about the Ghost Hunter franchise (Laplace no Ma, Paracelsus no Maken, Kurokishi no Kamen) as well as some history of Group SNE and Hummingbird Soft.
Gaming Alexandria has acquired and scanned the entire run of Technopoiis, and I have provided a history overview .Thanks to @playhistory.bsky.social and @marklincadet.bsky.social for editing and factchecking, and for Hubz for putting up with me summarizing many magazines on a hunch.
Thrilled to announce the release of scans for the entire run of Technopolis! Read about the history of this Japanese computer gaming magazine written by @ftb1979.bsky.social and download/view the scans. Enjoy and please RT to help spread the word. www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2025/09/t...
September 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Gaming Alexandria has acquired and scanned the entire run of Technopoiis, and I have provided a history overview .Thanks to @playhistory.bsky.social and @marklincadet.bsky.social for editing and factchecking, and for Hubz for putting up with me summarizing many magazines on a hunch.
Absolutely stunned by this my condolences to all affected.
This is terrible to hear, SpaceDrake was hugely instrumental in the early days of Japanese PC localization. Rest in peace.
Absolutely devastated by this news. SpaceDrake was no doubt a huge influence in drumming up interest for Japanese indie games localized into English and pushing for them on digital distribution storefronts like steam. Huge loss. Might be time for another playthrough of Recettear in his honour.
September 26, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Absolutely stunned by this my condolences to all affected.
WIP video (mostly finished, just needs citations,credits, and some bits of footage that aren't essential) is currently exporting. Should be up for Patrons in a couple of hours barring issues. At worst it should be there early tomm. morning.
Thanks as always for patience- final will be next week.
Thanks as always for patience- final will be next week.
September 15, 2025 at 1:21 AM
WIP video (mostly finished, just needs citations,credits, and some bits of footage that aren't essential) is currently exporting. Should be up for Patrons in a couple of hours barring issues. At worst it should be there early tomm. morning.
Thanks as always for patience- final will be next week.
Thanks as always for patience- final will be next week.
Things left to do on video
- a bit more gameplay footage of late game for Laplace no Ma and Paracelsus no Maken
- add X68000 Laplace No Ma version, Group SNE quotes, and gameplay systems discussion
- record final edit voiceover
- Edit to final voiceover
- Release and hope the views are ok
- a bit more gameplay footage of late game for Laplace no Ma and Paracelsus no Maken
- add X68000 Laplace No Ma version, Group SNE quotes, and gameplay systems discussion
- record final edit voiceover
- Edit to final voiceover
- Release and hope the views are ok
September 11, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Things left to do on video
- a bit more gameplay footage of late game for Laplace no Ma and Paracelsus no Maken
- add X68000 Laplace No Ma version, Group SNE quotes, and gameplay systems discussion
- record final edit voiceover
- Edit to final voiceover
- Release and hope the views are ok
- a bit more gameplay footage of late game for Laplace no Ma and Paracelsus no Maken
- add X68000 Laplace No Ma version, Group SNE quotes, and gameplay systems discussion
- record final edit voiceover
- Edit to final voiceover
- Release and hope the views are ok
So why the griping? Well, I've seen growing sentiment that folks should be faster in their output and, well....
there's so many creators doing fantastic work, but when folks put in the extra effort it takes longer. Plus, we have lives to manage in this hellscape. Patience - works will come.
there's so many creators doing fantastic work, but when folks put in the extra effort it takes longer. Plus, we have lives to manage in this hellscape. Patience - works will come.
September 8, 2025 at 7:47 AM
So why the griping? Well, I've seen growing sentiment that folks should be faster in their output and, well....
there's so many creators doing fantastic work, but when folks put in the extra effort it takes longer. Plus, we have lives to manage in this hellscape. Patience - works will come.
there's so many creators doing fantastic work, but when folks put in the extra effort it takes longer. Plus, we have lives to manage in this hellscape. Patience - works will come.