PacBilly
@pacbilly.bsky.social
Lover of Dark Castle and C= computers. There is great humor to be found in assigning the utmost importance to those things which do not remotely deserve it. https://www.youtube.com/@pacbilly
So many picks from the great Edgar to which I can only shout hear, hear—Max Ophuls, Black Narcissus—but most importantly, he recognizes Richard Lester as one of our most underrated comedy directors. I had no idea his Musketeers collection got the Criterion treatment. youtu.be/f-bklvjQftk
Edgar Wright’s Closet Picks
YouTube video by CRITERION
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM
So many picks from the great Edgar to which I can only shout hear, hear—Max Ophuls, Black Narcissus—but most importantly, he recognizes Richard Lester as one of our most underrated comedy directors. I had no idea his Musketeers collection got the Criterion treatment. youtu.be/f-bklvjQftk
@logrus.uk @thehighlander71.bsky.social @robcap.bsky.social @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social @commodork.bsky.social and @golgo13.bsky.social when he returns from his internet hiatus.
youtu.be/iXfyBjkwwBc
youtu.be/iXfyBjkwwBc
Commodore 128 -=Stunt Car Racer 128=-
YouTube video by Saberman RetroNews
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
@logrus.uk @thehighlander71.bsky.social @robcap.bsky.social @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social @commodork.bsky.social and @golgo13.bsky.social when he returns from his internet hiatus.
youtu.be/iXfyBjkwwBc
youtu.be/iXfyBjkwwBc
I have it on good authority that both the interviewer and the interviewee here are portrayed by imposters. And the only reason the authorities look the other way, the interviewer has stolen the interviewee's identity, and the other way round. Let this be a lesson, kids. Don't impost. Stay in school.
Here's a video in which I had a chat with @pacbilly.bsky.social about his new creative endeavours on SubStack. Go watch it! Also subscribe to him. Mostly that, but also watch this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_La...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_La...
Chatting with PacBilly about his new creative pursuits
YouTube video by JimPlaysGames
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November 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I have it on good authority that both the interviewer and the interviewee here are portrayed by imposters. And the only reason the authorities look the other way, the interviewer has stolen the interviewee's identity, and the other way round. Let this be a lesson, kids. Don't impost. Stay in school.
When you're writing about ye olden times and someone says you've no idea just how dark it got without light pollution—nobody could see at night the way we can today—just remind them of our moon tonight, when you can read by moonlight, it shines off the leaves and casts harsh shadows. Well done moon.
November 6, 2025 at 6:15 AM
When you're writing about ye olden times and someone says you've no idea just how dark it got without light pollution—nobody could see at night the way we can today—just remind them of our moon tonight, when you can read by moonlight, it shines off the leaves and casts harsh shadows. Well done moon.
A graphite iMac DV SE, though I spent many years drooling over them before I finally saved up enough to get one.
November 2, 2025 at 12:20 AM
A graphite iMac DV SE, though I spent many years drooling over them before I finally saved up enough to get one.
"Post a game you remember playing that nobody else remembers."
Knights, Amiga shareware. 2-player vertical split, it required a pizza box lid or piece of cardboard to hide the players' screens from each other. A sort of top-down medieval Spy v Spy. Some of the most fun I ever had on the Amiga.
Knights, Amiga shareware. 2-player vertical split, it required a pizza box lid or piece of cardboard to hide the players' screens from each other. A sort of top-down medieval Spy v Spy. Some of the most fun I ever had on the Amiga.
October 31, 2025 at 2:49 AM
"Post a game you remember playing that nobody else remembers."
Knights, Amiga shareware. 2-player vertical split, it required a pizza box lid or piece of cardboard to hide the players' screens from each other. A sort of top-down medieval Spy v Spy. Some of the most fun I ever had on the Amiga.
Knights, Amiga shareware. 2-player vertical split, it required a pizza box lid or piece of cardboard to hide the players' screens from each other. A sort of top-down medieval Spy v Spy. Some of the most fun I ever had on the Amiga.
@robcap.bsky.social I'm checking in today specifically to see if you've posted your take on the Affinity news.
www.affinity.studio
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October 30, 2025 at 9:05 PM
@robcap.bsky.social I'm checking in today specifically to see if you've posted your take on the Affinity news.
www.affinity.studio
www.affinity.studio
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Hey everyone, here's a real simple way to disable "Super Resolution" on your channels:
• YouTube Studio
• Settings
• Channel
• Advanced settings
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance visual quality"
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance audio quality"
• YouTube Studio
• Settings
• Channel
• Advanced settings
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance visual quality"
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance audio quality"
October 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Hey everyone, here's a real simple way to disable "Super Resolution" on your channels:
• YouTube Studio
• Settings
• Channel
• Advanced settings
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance visual quality"
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance audio quality"
• YouTube Studio
• Settings
• Channel
• Advanced settings
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance visual quality"
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance audio quality"
I'm doing an audience participation Choose Your Own Adventure story for Novel November, and you're all invited to help decide which story to tell.
sammcdavid.substack.com/p/novnov-cyo...
sammcdavid.substack.com/p/novnov-cyo...
NovNov CYOA Call for Ballots
Hurry up and read so you can vote before Saturday
sammcdavid.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I'm doing an audience participation Choose Your Own Adventure story for Novel November, and you're all invited to help decide which story to tell.
sammcdavid.substack.com/p/novnov-cyo...
sammcdavid.substack.com/p/novnov-cyo...
Just bought Pac-Man Museum+ for the third time. First time was the physical Switch version. But I hated getting up to put the cart in every time, so I got it on digital. And just now I got it on Steam because keyboard controls are more precise.
Still, is there some sort of 12-step program for this?
Still, is there some sort of 12-step program for this?
October 30, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Just bought Pac-Man Museum+ for the third time. First time was the physical Switch version. But I hated getting up to put the cart in every time, so I got it on digital. And just now I got it on Steam because keyboard controls are more precise.
Still, is there some sort of 12-step program for this?
Still, is there some sort of 12-step program for this?
@logrus.uk You need to hurry up and play Bubble Bobble Remastered so you can set the set the score / level to beat. If you're waiting for the 2-button version to come out, understandable. But you might as well do the 1-button one while you wait.
daves-retro-forge.itch.io/bubble-bobbl...
daves-retro-forge.itch.io/bubble-bobbl...
Bubble Bobble C64 Remastered by Dave's Retro Forge
A graphically enhanced, fan-made version of the C64 game Bubble Bobble (Firebird, 1987)
daves-retro-forge.itch.io
October 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
@logrus.uk You need to hurry up and play Bubble Bobble Remastered so you can set the set the score / level to beat. If you're waiting for the 2-button version to come out, understandable. But you might as well do the 1-button one while you wait.
daves-retro-forge.itch.io/bubble-bobbl...
daves-retro-forge.itch.io/bubble-bobbl...
@judgegroovyman.bsky.social I love your banner and profile pics.
October 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
@judgegroovyman.bsky.social I love your banner and profile pics.
Did I give my video a clickbaity title for the sake of promoting clickage? Absolutely. Am I ashamed? Not nearly as much as I ought to be.
youtu.be/InzC7fFaSRY
youtu.be/InzC7fFaSRY
All good things must come to an end.
YouTube video by pacbilly
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October 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Did I give my video a clickbaity title for the sake of promoting clickage? Absolutely. Am I ashamed? Not nearly as much as I ought to be.
youtu.be/InzC7fFaSRY
youtu.be/InzC7fFaSRY
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"Hardball Retro's Compendium of Baseball Video Games and Electronic Handhelds"
Game of the Day:
World Series Baseball '96
www.amazon.com/Hardball-Com...
photo credit - #Mobygames
#retrogaming #Genesis #pcgaming #Sega #BlueskySoftware #WorldSeries
#baseball #retro #book
Game of the Day:
World Series Baseball '96
www.amazon.com/Hardball-Com...
photo credit - #Mobygames
#retrogaming #Genesis #pcgaming #Sega #BlueskySoftware #WorldSeries
#baseball #retro #book
October 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM
"Hardball Retro's Compendium of Baseball Video Games and Electronic Handhelds"
Game of the Day:
World Series Baseball '96
www.amazon.com/Hardball-Com...
photo credit - #Mobygames
#retrogaming #Genesis #pcgaming #Sega #BlueskySoftware #WorldSeries
#baseball #retro #book
Game of the Day:
World Series Baseball '96
www.amazon.com/Hardball-Com...
photo credit - #Mobygames
#retrogaming #Genesis #pcgaming #Sega #BlueskySoftware #WorldSeries
#baseball #retro #book
@trusteft.bsky.social How do you pronounce Hephaestus? Was discussing it with a friend. I contended that you said the 'ae' like a long A, as in Day, but he said it was more like a short e, as in shepherd.
October 17, 2025 at 2:03 AM
@trusteft.bsky.social How do you pronounce Hephaestus? Was discussing it with a friend. I contended that you said the 'ae' like a long A, as in Day, but he said it was more like a short e, as in shepherd.
Mac users: The people in charge of how much storage you get on your computer WANT YOU TO RUN OUT OF IT. Don't be gouged. If you're buying a new Mac Mini, get the minimum and go after market. expandmacmini.com
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October 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Mac users: The people in charge of how much storage you get on your computer WANT YOU TO RUN OUT OF IT. Don't be gouged. If you're buying a new Mac Mini, get the minimum and go after market. expandmacmini.com
Every time I have the luxury of seeing my phone screen through a pair of reading glasses, I’m reminded, as though I’d forgotten entirely, how crisp it’s all meant to be. Then when I try to look at literally anything else, instant nausea. We need prescription phone glass that changes the focus.
October 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Every time I have the luxury of seeing my phone screen through a pair of reading glasses, I’m reminded, as though I’d forgotten entirely, how crisp it’s all meant to be. Then when I try to look at literally anything else, instant nausea. We need prescription phone glass that changes the focus.
Those of us who catch his streams have witnessed @golgo13.bsky.social finish it several times. The 2024 QoL-tweaked revision is highly recommended.
csdb.dk/release/?id=...
csdb.dk/release/?id=...
October 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Those of us who catch his streams have witnessed @golgo13.bsky.social finish it several times. The 2024 QoL-tweaked revision is highly recommended.
csdb.dk/release/?id=...
csdb.dk/release/?id=...
Every so often, someone drops a hint that they've read my YT video descriptions. Most folks make videos to make videos or to make money. I make them chiefly for what's written beneath.
If you're a subscriber, are you among those who read them? You'll know why I ask soon enough.
youtu.be/hZLQddQieGY
If you're a subscriber, are you among those who read them? You'll know why I ask soon enough.
youtu.be/hZLQddQieGY
Reading some of my favourite PacBilly video descriptions
YouTube video by JimPlaysGames
youtu.be
October 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Every so often, someone drops a hint that they've read my YT video descriptions. Most folks make videos to make videos or to make money. I make them chiefly for what's written beneath.
If you're a subscriber, are you among those who read them? You'll know why I ask soon enough.
youtu.be/hZLQddQieGY
If you're a subscriber, are you among those who read them? You'll know why I ask soon enough.
youtu.be/hZLQddQieGY
If ever we needed a someone to weigh in on a new release, the someone is @logrus.uk and the release is daves-retro-forge.itch.io/bubble-bobbl...
The upgrades aren't just cosmetic, and 2-button support coming in ver 1.1, but we need the master's take on 1.0. I expect a video on my desk by morning.
The upgrades aren't just cosmetic, and 2-button support coming in ver 1.1, but we need the master's take on 1.0. I expect a video on my desk by morning.
Bubble Bobble C64 Remastered by Dave's Retro Forge
A graphically enhanced, fan-made version of the C64 game Bubble Bobble (Firebird, 1987)
daves-retro-forge.itch.io
October 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
If ever we needed a someone to weigh in on a new release, the someone is @logrus.uk and the release is daves-retro-forge.itch.io/bubble-bobbl...
The upgrades aren't just cosmetic, and 2-button support coming in ver 1.1, but we need the master's take on 1.0. I expect a video on my desk by morning.
The upgrades aren't just cosmetic, and 2-button support coming in ver 1.1, but we need the master's take on 1.0. I expect a video on my desk by morning.
@golgo13.bsky.social You mentioned the Super Bubble Bobble mode. Well here it is, right in the manual.
October 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
@golgo13.bsky.social You mentioned the Super Bubble Bobble mode. Well here it is, right in the manual.
This was back when he was going by the full Benjamin. You know, back when he was just a severed foot, before the rest of a person grew out from him.
October 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
This was back when he was going by the full Benjamin. You know, back when he was just a severed foot, before the rest of a person grew out from him.