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Joe from Game Sack, a show on Youtube about retro video games. Exciting? Hmmm.

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RE: New 2D Castlevania. Looks fine I guess but I'm not as blown away as some people seem to be for whatever reason. I'll probably get it just to cover it eventually if nothing else.

Dave isn't impressed, though:
Text message with Dave. I'm not gonna transcribe it here, no need. Pretty much any app can do that from any image these days just by dragging your cursor across and highlighting it like any ol' text document.
February 13, 2026 at 3:09 AM
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I keep getting target ads for this abomination (1st pic). No that's not a game controller, it's for video editors. My mouse can already scroll horizontally and I'm much faster with that and the keyboard. I do use a Stream Deck (2nd pic) though.

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Speed is not really a concern when I edit as I'm pretty fast, and I'm not sure how this could possibly help me. I also have a Blackmagic "Speed Editor" which came free with my purchase of DaVinci Resolve (did not want, it just arrived in the mail with my Resolve USB dongle) and nah man... just way faster with a mouse and keyboard. But because I edit video I get this thing advertised to me. Looks cheap as hell but it's actually like $170. This is the most fancy Elgato Stream Deck. I probably don't need this many buttons. I dislike the name "Stream Deck" because it kind of pigeonholes it, but whatever... you can do pretty much any macro commands you want with it in any app. I have it mostly set up for Final Cut Pro. I really like to use it to quickly change workspaces between my regular one and VO editing one which is vastly different. I also like my "Zoom to Fit" button which shrinks the timeline to fit onscreen. The Mail button lights up if I have unread email and moves me to that app. The Stadler button is only used in emergencies and shall not be discussed further.
February 11, 2026 at 4:45 AM
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Well *I* am not in the Epstein Files, so that's good (see attached proof). But some others are.
February 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
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What can I do?
I’m so old now.
Who can help me find, the Alpha Ozone for me?

I will!
I’ll find the Alpher Ozone!
February 3, 2026 at 1:24 AM
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NEW EPISODE!

It's GAME BATTLE where two games enter and only one game can leave victorious!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx6z...
February 1, 2026 at 7:01 AM
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The ANALogue 3D has been updated to firmware 1.2.0 which attempts to take care of games that use interlacing. A good first step! Overall I like this firmware update quite a bit.
January 30, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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DotEmu sent in this big fake book for Ys Origin. Inside is a large black marble and a bottle of mysterious fluid meant to be consumed. So what's the fluid? POISON! I drank some, and died. Some of you might remember watching me die as I drank it on-camera. Still dead.

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A hand of a white male is holding a rather large book that has the title of Ys Origin. It's being held over a gray carpet which appears to be indoors. It is likely this photo was taken on the planet Earth. You are seeing this image (if you can actually see) on the social media platform Blue Sky. Blue Sky was started in part by the guy who started Twitter. Twitter is owned by Elon Musk who made Cadillacs and Dinosaurs for the Sega CD. Back to Blue Sky... for some reason Blue Sky has a very restrictive character limit for posts, but for pictures? Not so much. So the character limit is not due to any kind of technological limitation. It's designed to limit YOU! Yes you and your speech. Just when you were about to finally say something that would expose THE MAN, you run out of characters! Oh well can't post it I guess. But Blue Sky unknowingly left the Alt Text character limit super high, so we can expose THE MAN here in secret. This is where we must all rally and communicate... in the ALT TEXT of image files. It's genius! Just like me. Anyway, back to this Ys Origins which is the subject of the image. This was sent in to promote said game... but it did not include the actual game! What did DotEMU expect us to do with this? Post it on social media and say "Heeey look at this fake book! Ys Origins yo!" And then people would be like "Holy crap! A picture of a fake book that has Ys Origin on it? Dear god that is awesome! I'm gonna buy the game right now!" Marketing departments are weird. Like... they can somehow find the money to design and manufacture crap like this, but they just can't afford to press actual game discs? You know... the thing people actually want? Well, Limited Run Games makes a lot of money by manufacturing worthless trinkets and crap to go along with the games that they sell, so who knows? Do people really like that stuff? I mean they must otherwise they wouldn't still be doing it. It just makes me hate people more than I already do. Oh well... This is the second image.
January 22, 2026 at 6:34 AM
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NEW EPISODE!
Let's check out how well some arcade games survived the trip to home consoles!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8WX...
January 18, 2026 at 7:02 AM
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Just learned that "criminitly" is an actual word. All my life I thought it was "crime in Italy".
January 16, 2026 at 8:30 AM
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If Golden Globes has a Best Podcast category now, where's the Best Youtube Channel category (or Best Online Video Channel to avoid the branding)? Not saying I'd win, but come on... I'd be at least in the top 4,000 or so.
January 13, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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The very first computer I ever purchased, March 1998.

PLEASE BE IMPRESSED RIGHT NOW
January 11, 2026 at 10:10 AM
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So I'm setting things up, hooking up the Switch 2 dock as I get things ready not paying a ton of attention to any one thing and find myself trying to put the Wii U Game Pad into the Switch 2 dock because... who knows.
January 11, 2026 at 2:02 AM
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This is the ONLY Arby's that I will go to. All hail the mighty apostrophe!
@falcom.co.jp
January 7, 2026 at 1:11 AM
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NEW EPISODE!
Let's take a look at all of the games that are exclusive to the NEW 3DS as well as the games that are enhanced in some way on the NEW 3DS.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YueJ...
Every NEW 3DS Exclusive and Enhanced Game
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January 4, 2026 at 7:01 AM
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I am a true rebel.

-I have no tattoos.

-I don't have a podcast.
December 28, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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NEW EPISODE!

Some games have ports to other consoles you may not know about, so let's look at them!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo8z...
Forgotten Ports
YouTube video by Game Sack
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December 21, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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So are The Game Awards™ the official videogame awards thingy now... like the Academy Awards are for movies? It feels wrong to give awards for a year that hasn't finished yet but hey maybe that's just me.
December 12, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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I'm maybe a couple of hours into Metroid Prime 4. 120fps is nice. 5.1 audio is mostly nice (main gun has too much sub). Boss fights still too long. You can invert the camera, but that doesn't follow over to the lock on or the psycho beam that you remote-control. Why not? Will try with "mouse" later!
December 11, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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Mouse compatibility with Switch 2 is abysmal. I have several mice, wired and wireless (with dongle), new and old. None work with Metroid Prime 4. The Joycon 2 works but that's just not comfortable but I can't turn off acceleration. Spent so much time troubleshooting now I'm not in the mood to play.
December 9, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Bought my 3rd Switch 2 game... which isn't even exclusive to Switch 2. Anyway I look forward to testing out the mouse controls in this new mission on Planet Vulva.
December 7, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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NEW EPISODE! Let's look at some cool 2D games that you can play on your 3D powerhouse consoles!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GzR...
2D Games on Modern Platforms 4
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December 7, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Here's a couple of behind the scenes photos from when we filmed some interviews for Pixels to Pages: The Story of EGM . Watch it here if you haven't! www.youtube.com/watch?v=E010...
December 7, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Interviewing EGM's Ed Semrad in one of Doc Mack's offices near the Galloping Ghost Arcade in 2018. Also pictured are EGM's John Stockhausen and Martin Alessi.

Documentary Pixels to Pages available to view now!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=E010...
December 5, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Check out this amazing documentary by @gamesack.net & @mylifeingaming.bsky.social all about the creation and story behind the classic Electronic Gaming Monthly Magazine.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=E010...
Pixels to Pages - The Story of Electronic Gaming Monthly
YouTube video by Game Sack
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December 4, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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Now comes the process of putting all of these magazines away! I took them down to scan individual pages or video them for the doc. At least now I have an excuse to reorganize the shelves. Somehow some issues I KNOW I used to have are nowhere in sight!
A whole slew of EGM and related game magazines sloppily placed on a bed that the cat would very much like to sleep on. Bookshelf with some game magazines, many have been removed, others are missing forever because young Joe was an idiot or something. So is old Joe though.
December 4, 2025 at 4:33 AM