JJSignal - GET ROM: NEURODIVER
@jjsignal.bsky.social
Pixel pusher, retro game enthusiast, and lead artist/animator/director for 2064: Read Only Memories and Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER. Header by @soaps.bsky.social
• https://jjsignal.com/
OPEN FOR WORK.
• https://jjsignal.com/
OPEN FOR WORK.
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Had some really cool things I got to work on since the end of May up to now, but my contracts are wrapping up this week, which means I'm jobless again! I'd love a full time W-2 job with benefits, but I think those don't exist? Anyway, my portfolio is here: jjsignal.com
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And yet, a trace of the true self remains in the false self
November 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
And yet, a trace of the true self remains in the false self
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I'm extremely proud of this track on so many levels, more than my more popular works, and I've been definitely feeling the need to revisit this vibe. Hopefully I will soon 💜
(also I really need to upload it to my own youtube account like damn)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=16r_...
(also I really need to upload it to my own youtube account like damn)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=16r_...
DV-i Perpetual (2021)
YouTube video by L W
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November 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I'm extremely proud of this track on so many levels, more than my more popular works, and I've been definitely feeling the need to revisit this vibe. Hopefully I will soon 💜
(also I really need to upload it to my own youtube account like damn)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=16r_...
(also I really need to upload it to my own youtube account like damn)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=16r_...
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Issue 5 is out now! 🦄 🎉
Featuring our incredible collaboration with Vanillaware for our Unicorn Overlord cover, interviews with some of the medium's most iconic creatives, and beautiful essays with original art from cover to cover.
Let's walk through the latest issue: 👇🧵
Featuring our incredible collaboration with Vanillaware for our Unicorn Overlord cover, interviews with some of the medium's most iconic creatives, and beautiful essays with original art from cover to cover.
Let's walk through the latest issue: 👇🧵
November 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Issue 5 is out now! 🦄 🎉
Featuring our incredible collaboration with Vanillaware for our Unicorn Overlord cover, interviews with some of the medium's most iconic creatives, and beautiful essays with original art from cover to cover.
Let's walk through the latest issue: 👇🧵
Featuring our incredible collaboration with Vanillaware for our Unicorn Overlord cover, interviews with some of the medium's most iconic creatives, and beautiful essays with original art from cover to cover.
Let's walk through the latest issue: 👇🧵
As it turns out, it was issue 5, not 6 that I did some stuff in! I was one of the artists for this lovely article on the host of Game Center CX, Shinya Arino, a long side Michael Azzi, who did some ridiculously good pixel art. As always, APWOT made another beautiful book.
The Unlikely ‘Father’ of Let’s Plays 🎮🎥
Japanese national treasure Shinya Arino has been the host of GameCenter CX for more than 20 years.
@lewisgordon.bsky.social meets with the comedian, host and game industry’s original ‘Let’s Player’ to discuss what makes the show so beloved to this day.
Japanese national treasure Shinya Arino has been the host of GameCenter CX for more than 20 years.
@lewisgordon.bsky.social meets with the comedian, host and game industry’s original ‘Let’s Player’ to discuss what makes the show so beloved to this day.
November 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
As it turns out, it was issue 5, not 6 that I did some stuff in! I was one of the artists for this lovely article on the host of Game Center CX, Shinya Arino, a long side Michael Azzi, who did some ridiculously good pixel art. As always, APWOT made another beautiful book.
It's a perfect rainy day on my birthday.
November 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
It's a perfect rainy day on my birthday.
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The extra you want to see on every blu ray
November 12, 2025 at 8:57 AM
The extra you want to see on every blu ray
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Yuichi Toyama: "At the time, we were developing “ALESTE 2” for the Mega Drive, but it wasn't a port of the MSX2 ver.—it was a completely different game. We pitched that game to SEGA, but the project couldn't get started. So we pivoted and took it to another publisher, and the result was “MUSHA."
November 12, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Yuichi Toyama: "At the time, we were developing “ALESTE 2” for the Mega Drive, but it wasn't a port of the MSX2 ver.—it was a completely different game. We pitched that game to SEGA, but the project couldn't get started. So we pivoted and took it to another publisher, and the result was “MUSHA."
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Happy Yokai Day!
"Yokai: Shigeru Mizuki's Supernatural Parade" is out today! This is a tremendous collection of Mizuki's artwork, yokai encyclopedias, and an essay from me about Mizuki's role as a folklorist in Japan.
amzn.to/488rQU2
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"Yokai: Shigeru Mizuki's Supernatural Parade" is out today! This is a tremendous collection of Mizuki's artwork, yokai encyclopedias, and an essay from me about Mizuki's role as a folklorist in Japan.
amzn.to/488rQU2
@dandq.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Happy Yokai Day!
"Yokai: Shigeru Mizuki's Supernatural Parade" is out today! This is a tremendous collection of Mizuki's artwork, yokai encyclopedias, and an essay from me about Mizuki's role as a folklorist in Japan.
amzn.to/488rQU2
@dandq.bsky.social
"Yokai: Shigeru Mizuki's Supernatural Parade" is out today! This is a tremendous collection of Mizuki's artwork, yokai encyclopedias, and an essay from me about Mizuki's role as a folklorist in Japan.
amzn.to/488rQU2
@dandq.bsky.social
Zophar's Domain was always a number one go-to for me when it came to finding up to date emulators, patch tools, and raw sound files all in one place. A part of the Internet Past that's crazily still around! Zophar's Domain (and GameFAQs for that matter) still being around is pretty crazy and cool.
29 long years have passed since I founded the emulation archive, Zophar's Domain, on 11.9.96. To this very day, the site still stands as a testament to an era that never actually disappeared but continues to live in the hearts of retrogamers all over the word. Emulation Forever!
November 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Zophar's Domain was always a number one go-to for me when it came to finding up to date emulators, patch tools, and raw sound files all in one place. A part of the Internet Past that's crazily still around! Zophar's Domain (and GameFAQs for that matter) still being around is pretty crazy and cool.
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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...
Been having a real downer of a week, but Knuckles arrived. I'm really impressed with the Jakks Sonic 3 figures. Their details are fantastic, they all have impressive balance. I'm excited to see how Amy and Metal will look.
November 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Been having a real downer of a week, but Knuckles arrived. I'm really impressed with the Jakks Sonic 3 figures. Their details are fantastic, they all have impressive balance. I'm excited to see how Amy and Metal will look.
I tried the Taco Bell Baja Blast pie. It was fine! Like a middle ground between a Baja Blast flavor and key lime pie. The camera couldn't accurately capture the color, so I had to adjust it a bit.
It looks like a Nickelodeon prop.
Like a Double Dare flag should be hidden in it.
It looks like a Nickelodeon prop.
Like a Double Dare flag should be hidden in it.
November 7, 2025 at 6:34 AM
I tried the Taco Bell Baja Blast pie. It was fine! Like a middle ground between a Baja Blast flavor and key lime pie. The camera couldn't accurately capture the color, so I had to adjust it a bit.
It looks like a Nickelodeon prop.
Like a Double Dare flag should be hidden in it.
It looks like a Nickelodeon prop.
Like a Double Dare flag should be hidden in it.
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Ive got SO much video footage like this, just painstakingly comparing my PSM simulator thats in Demonschool to the official Sony PSM sdk. I had to make sure i nailed the rendering. Its 100% the same, except like... upscaled to 4k@120 (hardware dependent)
November 6, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Ive got SO much video footage like this, just painstakingly comparing my PSM simulator thats in Demonschool to the official Sony PSM sdk. I had to make sure i nailed the rendering. Its 100% the same, except like... upscaled to 4k@120 (hardware dependent)
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ATTENTION TO ALL MY PRESS AND STREAMING FRIENDS: As we lead in to the release of Demonschool, now is the time to get me on your podcast to talk about things, do interviews, etc. I can talk about things other than my game, but also hopefully my game. Hit me up if you want conversations like the below
Why delay a game that’s nothing like Silksong to avoid its surprise release? Because for indies, there’s just too much riding on each individual launch to chance it. Demonschool creative director @brandon.insertcredit.com explains:
November 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
ATTENTION TO ALL MY PRESS AND STREAMING FRIENDS: As we lead in to the release of Demonschool, now is the time to get me on your podcast to talk about things, do interviews, etc. I can talk about things other than my game, but also hopefully my game. Hit me up if you want conversations like the below
If you're already thinking Square-Enix's games kinda run like shit now, just you wait.
Square Enix wants 70% of its QA work to be handled by generative AI by the end of 2027, in partnership with the University of Tokyo's Matsuo-Iwasawa Laboratory. https://bit.ly/4qKdyQR
November 6, 2025 at 11:47 PM
If you're already thinking Square-Enix's games kinda run like shit now, just you wait.
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Snapped from Famitsu July 4th 1986's issue, which features as an amazingly stylized Mario on the cover.
November 6, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Snapped from Famitsu July 4th 1986's issue, which features as an amazingly stylized Mario on the cover.
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Today we're rescanning some issues of the 80s/90s magazine Game Player's.
This issue (Volume 2, Number 3) includes the First Annual Videogame and Computer Game Awards! Let's see what won in 1989...
This issue (Volume 2, Number 3) includes the First Annual Videogame and Computer Game Awards! Let's see what won in 1989...
November 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Today we're rescanning some issues of the 80s/90s magazine Game Player's.
This issue (Volume 2, Number 3) includes the First Annual Videogame and Computer Game Awards! Let's see what won in 1989...
This issue (Volume 2, Number 3) includes the First Annual Videogame and Computer Game Awards! Let's see what won in 1989...
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TWO WEEKS UNTIL DEMONSCHOOL
November 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
TWO WEEKS UNTIL DEMONSCHOOL
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In case you missed our last newsletter, we'll say it out loud:
Production has begun on a limited-edition 2-disc CD set of #StrayChildren music!
You'll be able to pre-order the set soon, and it ships worldwide!
Subscribe to our newsletter now to make sure you don't miss out! 👉 oniongames.jp/cellar
Production has begun on a limited-edition 2-disc CD set of #StrayChildren music!
You'll be able to pre-order the set soon, and it ships worldwide!
Subscribe to our newsletter now to make sure you don't miss out! 👉 oniongames.jp/cellar
November 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
In case you missed our last newsletter, we'll say it out loud:
Production has begun on a limited-edition 2-disc CD set of #StrayChildren music!
You'll be able to pre-order the set soon, and it ships worldwide!
Subscribe to our newsletter now to make sure you don't miss out! 👉 oniongames.jp/cellar
Production has begun on a limited-edition 2-disc CD set of #StrayChildren music!
You'll be able to pre-order the set soon, and it ships worldwide!
Subscribe to our newsletter now to make sure you don't miss out! 👉 oniongames.jp/cellar
My memory of Johnathan's was going to one somewhere in northern Yokohama to do some late night game dev brainstorming with a friend while he was still in the general area. We went for the unlimited drinks special. All the melon soda you'd ever want. And then there's the Cat Soup comic.
November 6, 2025 at 12:32 AM
My memory of Johnathan's was going to one somewhere in northern Yokohama to do some late night game dev brainstorming with a friend while he was still in the general area. We went for the unlimited drinks special. All the melon soda you'd ever want. And then there's the Cat Soup comic.
Today is a day filled with some Big Sighs and Oh Wells and mild Creeping Panic.
November 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Today is a day filled with some Big Sighs and Oh Wells and mild Creeping Panic.
Cloudy day walk.
November 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Cloudy day walk.
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I do not post on social media, but I feel in the age of AI slop and digital only releases, something physical, beautiful and created with such care should be shouted from the rooftops.
@apwot.bsky.social keep doing what your doing!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/caz...
@apwot.bsky.social keep doing what your doing!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/caz...
A Profound Waste of Time: Issue 6
The beloved gaming mag returns, with Astro Bot's Nicolas Doucet, Danganronpa's Kazutaka Kodaka, Team Ninja's Fumihiko Yasuda and more!
www.kickstarter.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I do not post on social media, but I feel in the age of AI slop and digital only releases, something physical, beautiful and created with such care should be shouted from the rooftops.
@apwot.bsky.social keep doing what your doing!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/caz...
@apwot.bsky.social keep doing what your doing!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/caz...
I got to contribute to a really fun part of this issue! A Profound Waste of Time continues to be one of the best games culture magazines out there. Every single one of them. Check it out!
🤖🌟 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 10:06 PM
I got to contribute to a really fun part of this issue! A Profound Waste of Time continues to be one of the best games culture magazines out there. Every single one of them. Check it out!