Phil Salvador
@philsalv.bsky.social
Library Director @ Video Game History Foundation. Tea, birds, and weird old stuff. Maxis history expert, as seen on TV. ☕🐦📚 he/him
Replaying Bomberman 64 for the first time since it came out. I have respect for games that put impossible secrets in the very first level
January 4, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Replaying Bomberman 64 for the first time since it came out. I have respect for games that put impossible secrets in the very first level
Reposted by Phil Salvador
Me eating pretzels for dinner
A1420.4
Food originally obtained
without effort.
Food originally obtained
without effort.
January 3, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Me eating pretzels for dinner
A bit of fun ephemera for Maxis fans: This is a box mock-up for The Mindwarp, a never-released 3D action game in development by Maxis SimLabs (a subsidiary in Utah)
Scanned from Maxis' spring 1996 product catalog! Working on processing this right now
Scanned from Maxis' spring 1996 product catalog! Working on processing this right now
January 2, 2026 at 9:29 PM
A bit of fun ephemera for Maxis fans: This is a box mock-up for The Mindwarp, a never-released 3D action game in development by Maxis SimLabs (a subsidiary in Utah)
Scanned from Maxis' spring 1996 product catalog! Working on processing this right now
Scanned from Maxis' spring 1996 product catalog! Working on processing this right now
You'll never guess why they closed! It was sold to a private equity firm (not mentioned until paragraph 7, of course)
After 20 years of shaping American dessert culture, Sprinkles has officially closed all of its stores nationwide, marking the end of a brand that not only helped spark but also outlasted the U.S. cupcake craze. https://wapo.st/4sh0Dqd
January 2, 2026 at 3:50 PM
You'll never guess why they closed! It was sold to a private equity firm (not mentioned until paragraph 7, of course)
Reposted by Phil Salvador
You ever find yourself going just a liiiiiiiiiiiittle bit too far with what was originally meant to be a low-effort shitpost?
Anybody, I made Speedigami for GDQ.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
(with apologies to @jonbois.bsky.social, and probably also @chrishanel.com)
Anybody, I made Speedigami for GDQ.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
(with apologies to @jonbois.bsky.social, and probably also @chrishanel.com)
GDQ Speedigami (AGDQ '16 - Present)
docs.google.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:12 AM
You ever find yourself going just a liiiiiiiiiiiittle bit too far with what was originally meant to be a low-effort shitpost?
Anybody, I made Speedigami for GDQ.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
(with apologies to @jonbois.bsky.social, and probably also @chrishanel.com)
Anybody, I made Speedigami for GDQ.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
(with apologies to @jonbois.bsky.social, and probably also @chrishanel.com)
Finally found one of my history white whales: A Gamer's Manifesto, an unhinged multi-page rant from c2005 that was passed around message boards like Martin Luther's theses. Ground zero for the internet era of angry gamers who hate everything
web.archive.org/web/20100129...
web.archive.org/web/20100129...
January 2, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Finally found one of my history white whales: A Gamer's Manifesto, an unhinged multi-page rant from c2005 that was passed around message boards like Martin Luther's theses. Ground zero for the internet era of angry gamers who hate everything
web.archive.org/web/20100129...
web.archive.org/web/20100129...
Working on my slides for MAGFest
January 1, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Working on my slides for MAGFest
Chunky is not thrilled about the fireworks
January 1, 2026 at 6:56 AM
Chunky is not thrilled about the fireworks
Priceless memories of 2025
December 31, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Priceless memories of 2025
This is unreal. In this month's @romchip.bsky.social: This author was researching "superguns," unofficial devices used to play arcade games at home
Sooo they built their own, following the instructions from vintage Japanese electronics magazines from the 80s/90s
romchip.org/index.php/ro...
Sooo they built their own, following the instructions from vintage Japanese electronics magazines from the 80s/90s
romchip.org/index.php/ro...
December 31, 2025 at 12:17 AM
This is unreal. In this month's @romchip.bsky.social: This author was researching "superguns," unofficial devices used to play arcade games at home
Sooo they built their own, following the instructions from vintage Japanese electronics magazines from the 80s/90s
romchip.org/index.php/ro...
Sooo they built their own, following the instructions from vintage Japanese electronics magazines from the 80s/90s
romchip.org/index.php/ro...
Watching the movie Roofman, which is set in the late 90s, and immediately I noticed this. Where did they source the period-accurate Mario statue for their Toys R Us set?! I know some collectors have this one, but that's real dedication from the set designers
December 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Watching the movie Roofman, which is set in the late 90s, and immediately I noticed this. Where did they source the period-accurate Mario statue for their Toys R Us set?! I know some collectors have this one, but that's real dedication from the set designers
Passing through former Snyderville on the way to the airport reminded me of this story, which deserves to be retold in another form somewhere
I wrote a big post about Snyderville, a saga from my hometown in Indiana in which a corrupt husband-and-wife town council briefly turned their tiny roadside town into an autocratic dystopia
This really happened. Local politics are WILD
This really happened. Local politics are WILD
Welcome to Snyderville: The brief, bizarre story of a Hoosier dystopia
Back in high school, I bore witness to the events of Snyderville, the unbelievable saga of a small-town fascist power grab that briefly turned a half square mile in northern Indiana into a two-person ...
cohost.org
December 30, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Passing through former Snyderville on the way to the airport reminded me of this story, which deserves to be retold in another form somewhere
Put my teenage pajama pants in a museum
December 30, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Put my teenage pajama pants in a museum
The time has come: I am finally watching Kpop Demon Hunters
I managed to avoid learning literally anything about it until now
I managed to avoid learning literally anything about it until now
December 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The time has come: I am finally watching Kpop Demon Hunters
I managed to avoid learning literally anything about it until now
I managed to avoid learning literally anything about it until now
At LaGuardia in 2018, I saw John Malkovich waiting in line to board a flight, wearing a sweatsuit and chewing a toothpick. He didn't look thrilled to be at LaGuardia
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 29, 2025 at 9:34 PM
At LaGuardia in 2018, I saw John Malkovich waiting in line to board a flight, wearing a sweatsuit and chewing a toothpick. He didn't look thrilled to be at LaGuardia
I wanted to learn about why there's a series of trading cards depicting NFL players as monsters. Then I ended up down a looong rabbit hole.
The answer is: It was part of a union-busting campaign!
The answer is: It was part of a union-busting campaign!
December 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I wanted to learn about why there's a series of trading cards depicting NFL players as monsters. Then I ended up down a looong rabbit hole.
The answer is: It was part of a union-busting campaign!
The answer is: It was part of a union-busting campaign!
Assam: It's Good™
December 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Assam: It's Good™
We're out in the middle of nowhere Indiana at the BEEF BAR
December 29, 2025 at 12:41 AM
We're out in the middle of nowhere Indiana at the BEEF BAR
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painting of ET getting pelted with pinecones i did a few years ago
December 28, 2025 at 10:19 PM
painting of ET getting pelted with pinecones i did a few years ago
@blackheartwings.bsky.social Found it
December 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
@blackheartwings.bsky.social Found it
Here it is, where my troubles began
December 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Here it is, where my troubles began
Oh hell yeah, I found my Psycho Games box
December 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Oh hell yeah, I found my Psycho Games box
A day late for random game Saturday, but I found this in my closet. A little battered but it can be fixed up
December 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
A day late for random game Saturday, but I found this in my closet. A little battered but it can be fixed up