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matt sephton
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✳️ Games @ Perplexity 🤓 Game Dev since 1990 🟨 YOYOZO (GOTY 2023) 🕹️Retro Games 🗿Moai 💿 Macintosh Magazine Media 🍎 ex-Apple
https://blog.gingerbeardman.com
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Super Happy to share that I’ve joined Perplexity to lead Games! 🎮

This marks the start of a new game studio—building your next favourite game. 🔰

Speaking of which...it has been playable for a while already and progress continues at breakneck speed! ☄️
Gameplay
November 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
A set of six brainworms from Japan in this week's #NewMusicMix

"Boyaketa Hibi EP" by @kazunocobit.bsky.social

On Bandcamp since last year, but new to streaming, these are gorgeous warm, gentle, glitchy, chiptune type electronica tunes.

song.link/https:/music...
Boyaketa Hibi - EP by kazunocobit
Listen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Finally! @mobygames.com lists the credit for Enzan-Hoshigumi in Sparrow Solitaire, some ~30 years after their last credit for some Japanese/riichi mahjong games for Macintosh.

www.mobygames.com/company/5363...
November 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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#GBA Ridge Racer tech demo by Gustavo Valiente

#retrodev #gbadev #gbdev #gameboy #retrogaming #programming #gamedev
GBA Ridge Racer tech demo
YouTube video by Gustavo Valiente
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Arrangement by Alice Litchfield (Ichiyo school) representing Space or Sky, for the 5th level of a five-level pagoda, and responding to this Basho haiku: From time to time The clouds give rest to The moon beholders. At today’s #Ikebana International Chapter #1 (DC) program on Japanese Pagodas.
June 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
There's an amazing Japanese market in Dalston today @ The Factory, Shacklewell Lane.

Selling everything from vintage kimono through art prints and hand made jewellery to city pop vinyl and laser disc. Lots of toys and lots of food!

1/2
November 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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New Old Music today for #NewMusicMix

"Golden Cage (Fred Falke Remix)" by The Whitest Boy Alive
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTZO...

The Greatest Remix Of All Time now on streaming for the first time since release ~20 years ago! Merci Fred Falke

All platforms: song.link/https:/music...
Golden Cage x Fred Falke
YouTube video by Fred Falke
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
New Old Music today for #NewMusicMix

"Golden Cage (Fred Falke Remix)" by The Whitest Boy Alive
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTZO...

The Greatest Remix Of All Time now on streaming for the first time since release ~20 years ago! Merci Fred Falke

All platforms: song.link/https:/music...
Golden Cage x Fred Falke
YouTube video by Fred Falke
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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product photography is my passion
November 6, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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I had a rather spontaneous yet incredibly Japanese 🇯🇵 Sunday in London.

First up was some Japanese food and drink for lunch 🍣 followed by the Pictograms exhibition at Japan House 🚻

1/3
November 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I had a rather spontaneous yet incredibly Japanese 🇯🇵 Sunday in London.

First up was some Japanese food and drink for lunch 🍣 followed by the Pictograms exhibition at Japan House 🚻

1/3
November 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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I ported DOOM, a 1993 PC game, to the Atari ST, a 1985 homecomputer. Read all about my journey into retroprogramming: medium.com/@jonas.esche...
October 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
November 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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The Cure announce live movie of epic ‘The Show Of A Lost World’ Troxy gig

The entire show will be available to watch in cinemas worldwide from mid December
The Cure announce live movie of epic 'The Show Of A Lost World' Troxy gig
The Cure announce live movie of epic 'The Show Of A Lost World' Troxy gig. It will be shown in cinemas around the world.
www.nme.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Shingo Nakamura - San Francisco House Mix (Rooftop)
m.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y1M...

🙌
Shingo Nakamura - San Francisco House Mix (Rooftop)
YouTube video by Shingo Nakamura
m.youtube.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Gravis Metro Mini backpack showed up recently on Mercari Japan! My patience was rewarded. I've lost count of how many years I've waited, though I did miss one a couple of years ago. Bought my original one in 2013.
October 30, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Shingo Nakamura - San Francisco House Mix (Rooftop)
m.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y1M...

🙌
Shingo Nakamura - San Francisco House Mix (Rooftop)
YouTube video by Shingo Nakamura
m.youtube.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:35 PM
New blog post...

Post-Playdate: One Year Later
blog.gingerbeardman.com/2025/10/29/p...

Plus ça change—the more things change, the more they stay the same.
October 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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For the first time ever, Hard Off's in-store music (which is licensed muzak and not owned by the Hard Off Corporation) will be released as a vinyl record. Preorders are open now.
www.jetsetrecords.net/i/8160064655...
October 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Anyone have a reasonably definitive list of futuristic racing games on the PS1? Wipeout, Jet Moto, Rollcage, MaxRacer, S.C.A.R.S, stuff like that - Future Racer (ie. Defeat Lightning) really messes up any web search lol. Oddballs like Running High probably also count.
October 28, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Rapidly swapping between edit and play modes in my own engine—with live hot reload—is a total game changer for dev speed. I’d love to see more self-built engines showing off this instant iteration flow. Less friction so I can stay in the zone 😎 #gamedev #gameengine #gamedesign
October 27, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Code is Just, all three seasons, as heavily requested, is finally out in a compiled PDF and ePub for easy reading. Price is whatever is reasonable for you, including zero. 1720541891659.gumroad.com/l/qkali
Code is Just — The Compiled Edition
A record of the British home computer revolution — and my place in it. First told live on Twitter in 2021, now compiled, complete, and yours to keep.Code is Just began as a live Twitter thread in 2021...
1720541891659.gumroad.com
October 25, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Just been reminded of this stone cold classic

"Colour" by Pete Josef

youtu.be/xoQIW1tQJQg
Colour
YouTube video by Pete Josef - Topic
youtu.be
October 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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#NewMusicMix from Japan

"I Never Tell You My Hurt"
by Muscle of the Soul

youtu.be/jK3zC69aauY

Swelling pads, relentless beats, and hypnotic synths act as a kind of medicine. Best played loud to clean the darkest corners. Then it's over and the world is a slightly better place
I Never Tell You My Hurt
YouTube video by Muscle of the Soul - Topic
youtu.be
October 26, 2025 at 12:25 AM
#NewMusicMix from Japan

"I Never Tell You My Hurt"
by Muscle of the Soul

youtu.be/jK3zC69aauY

Swelling pads, relentless beats, and hypnotic synths act as a kind of medicine. Best played loud to clean the darkest corners. Then it's over and the world is a slightly better place
I Never Tell You My Hurt
YouTube video by Muscle of the Soul - Topic
youtu.be
October 26, 2025 at 12:25 AM