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Pixel Bandits
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Standard nerd working in video games’ social media and community management. Sharing retro nostalgia and contemporary gaming content, news and reviews. Kindness and inclusive community vibes, always.
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Pixel Bandits @pixelbandits.bsky.social · May 9
Here's a little slice of ME. If these sound like things you're interested in, I'd love to meet you!

🎮 Working in #VideoGames
🎥 Streaming #RetroGame and New Releases
📑 New #Gaming reviews
🚀 Flying in #EliteDangerous
🐢 Reading #Discworld
🥰 Safe and #Inclusive Gaming
💢 Living with #Anxiety
pixelbandits.bsky.social
It's me, you, a pettable cat and more block-battling strategy than you can shake a particularly short stick at.

Join me for Turnbound as we go live, right now, at https://twitch.tv/pixelbandits

#VideoGames #Gaming #Gamers 🎮
February 5, 2026 at 8:32 PM
pixelbandits.bsky.social
Now that I can play it in bed I've got time to dive back into Elite Dangerous - and huge thanks to Frontier for continuing to send through the new ships <3 That was a lovely and unexpected present to find in my birthday week!

#EliteDangerous #VideoGames #Gaming #SteamDeck 🎮
a picture of a steam deck - with elite dangerous on the screen and a bedspread below. text reads "elite in bed. what a time to be alive"
February 5, 2026 at 1:28 PM
pixelbandits.bsky.social
Zidane is an awful person and is at this point the only reason I don't like Final Fantasy IX. But I'm suffering through his awfulness and finding that I like other parts of the game!

I'm NOT streaming on Sunday - don't forget!

#VideoGames #RetroGaming
February 4, 2026 at 8:42 PM
pixelbandits.bsky.social
It's frankly criminal that we haven't had any (proper) follow ups to these franchises in over 10 years.

#Gaming #VideoGames #Gamer
February 4, 2026 at 4:11 PM
pixelbandits.bsky.social
Your first, last and only line of defence against the worst scum in the universe.

XCOM is still my favourite franchise ever. What's yours?

#VideoGames #RetroGaming #Retro #Gaming 🎮
February 3, 2026 at 5:33 PM
pixelbandits.bsky.social
Onwards! To Victory! Sometimes! I Really Don't Want To Over Promise! I'm A Bit Rubbish!

Thanks to the folks at @1tkgames.bsky.social I'm delving into the strategic auto-block-battler Turnbound on Thursday from 20:30 at https://twitch.tv/pixelbandits

#VideoGames #Gaming #IndieGame 🎮
a screenshot with a dial like on an old lift, and a Victory statement. Text reads - Strategic block battling? you son of a witch, I'm in.
February 3, 2026 at 1:32 PM
pixelbandits.bsky.social
Were you with me on the front lines of the Colony Wars in the late 1900s?

#VideoGames #RetroGaming #Retro #Gaming 🎮
a screenshot of colony wars on ps1. a space ship hug with laser beams firing at a navy frigate. Text reads - did you fight in the colony wars
February 3, 2026 at 11:32 AM
pixelbandits.bsky.social
Even if I'm not playing retro games I am hearing retro movies - and a classic Michael Caine line. Thanks Supermarket Sim

#VideoGames #Gaming #MissCongeniality #Gamer 🎮
February 2, 2026 at 5:04 PM
pixelbandits.bsky.social
It can't just be ME feeling this old?

I know it's my 40th this year (any other older nerds out there?) but I remember when this was insane graphics for a Grand Prix title.

#Retro #Gaming #RetroGaming #GrandPrix #VideoGames 🎮
a screenshot from the Oliver Twins' Grand Prix Simulator. A top down view of a race track with little rectangles for cars
February 2, 2026 at 2:04 PM
pixelbandits.bsky.social
What would it look like if Magic the Gathering had a baby with a sport management sim? Looks like Turnbound is going to let us find out.

Follow NOW at https://twitch.tv/pixelbandits and join me on Thursday for strategic block battling!

#VideoGames #Gaming 🎮
a screenshot from turnbound. cartoon art on blocks with various fantastical items and creatures, some with health and attack stats. text reflects main post text.
February 2, 2026 at 10:58 AM
pixelbandits.bsky.social
Join me now on a journey beyond sight and sound. We've left our world, and are Alexandria bound - https://twitch.tv/pixelbandits

#VideoGames #Gaming #Retro #RetroGaming #FinalFantasy 🎮
a ps one console with the final fantasy disc in it, and a memory card that has "safety safe" written on it
February 1, 2026 at 7:31 PM
pixelbandits.bsky.social
I said Final Fantasy IX was the worst and the internet DISAGREED... So I am re-playing it live on Twitch on original PS One hardware. Join me tonight from 19:30 at https://twitch.tv/pixelbandits

#VideoGames #Gaming #Gamers #RetroGaming #Retro #FinalFantasy
a screenshot from final fantasy 9 from the first fight. a badly rendered man (possibly) holding his head and saying "take it easy, you guys"
February 1, 2026 at 5:38 PM
pixelbandits.bsky.social
It's the best book to video game adaptation in the world. Ever. While "that doesn't work" is burned into my brain, it's worth it for a hilarious puzzle point and click.

#VideoGames #Retro #Gaming #RetroGaming #Discworld 🎮
a screenshot from the first Discworld video game. rincewind is watching a chef flip pancakes with text reading "the best book to game adaptation - that does work"
February 1, 2026 at 12:42 PM
pixelbandits.bsky.social
The best VR game - Sniper Elite. Sighting down the scope is a joy, and good to know we're making the world a better place.

#Gaming #VideoGames #SniperElite #VirtualReality #VR
January 31, 2026 at 6:26 PM
pixelbandits.bsky.social
This is the saddest moment in gaming. That poor little mage. Heart broken. Deflated. Didn't even get good Tetra Master cards

#Gaming #VideoGames #Retro #RetroGaming 🎮
a screenshot from final fantasy 9 with the vendor telling Vivi he has a fake ticket
January 31, 2026 at 2:30 PM
pixelbandits.bsky.social
Of all the crossovers in all the worlds... Speedball and Judge Dredd is 100% the coolest

#Gaming #VideoGames #Gamers 🎮
A screenshot from the online mode of speedball featuring a character in judge dredd uniform. Text reads "my favourite crossover so far"
January 31, 2026 at 12:08 PM
pixelbandits.bsky.social
What's better, the original Syndicate or Syndicate Wars on PS1?

Are there any other This is Definitely Not a Cult™" hits you love today?

#VideoGames #Gaming #RetroGaming #Retro 🎮
January 30, 2026 at 5:30 PM
pixelbandits.bsky.social
What game won you over after an initial ick?

I couldn't stand the visuals on Return to Monkey Island when they were revealed, but as soon as I started playing it, they just felt completely right.

#VideoGames #MonkeyIsland #Gaming 🎮
a screenshot from return to monkey island - a cartoon with guybrush and his son sitting on a bench in a forest. text reads "did you love the return to monkey island"
January 30, 2026 at 2:44 PM
pixelbandits.bsky.social
It's Victoria Beckham as you've (probably) NEVER seen her before!

Posh Spice in Spice World - Do you have a retro-video-game guilty pleasure? This one's definitely mine

#Beckham #PS1 #RetroGaming #Gaming 🎮
a screenshot of victoria beckham as posh spice in the PS1 game spice world. she's stood on a grid of squares and there's an icon of a man in a beanie behind her
January 30, 2026 at 11:58 AM
pixelbandits.bsky.social
Please wait wile Microsoft reports the...
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January 30, 2026 at 9:47 AM
pixelbandits.bsky.social
Take me to the ball game! Live now with the all now Speedball at https://twitch.tv/pixelbandits!

Thanks to Rebellion for sending this one through. One of my favourite retro games dressed up in modern clothes!

#VideoGames #Gaming #Game 🎮
a middle aged nerd in front of a monitor with the Speedball splash screen
January 29, 2026 at 8:32 PM
pixelbandits.bsky.social
It's nearly time to kick off in the all-new Speedball! Come with me tonight to check out the new release and see how Brutal we can get!

Join me tonight from 20:30 at https://twitch.tv/pixelbandits

#VideoGames #Gaming #Gamers 🎮
A speedball player - they look a lot like an american football player in yellow armor - down in a super herop landing post to celebrate scoring a goal. Text reads - Let's go! Max Justice!
January 29, 2026 at 7:28 PM
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blightstonegame.bsky.social
Is it worth the cost? Adding to your party can help Adventurers to deal damage and heal your allies... but with the limited sustaining power of the Earthglass, there's a trade which must be made!

#VideoGames #Gaming #IndieDev #IndieGameDev 🎮
January 29, 2026 at 3:56 PM
pixelbandits.bsky.social
Voyager IS the best Star Trek and Elite Force IS one of the best games.

For proper Trek Nerds - It's set between the episodes Dragon's Teeth, and Flesh and Blood. Don't say I never tell you anything interesting.

#Gaming #RetroGaming #Retro 🎮
January 29, 2026 at 1:28 PM
pixelbandits.bsky.social
I really can't figure out how this Quarantine Zone smuggler has managed this. Any ideas?

#VideoGames #Gaming #Gamers 🎮
an image from the video game Quarantine Zone - showing an xray image of a man with a potato in his lower intestine
January 29, 2026 at 10:18 AM