Ben Bertoli
@radishgames.com
Author and games journalist seen on Polygon, Game Informer, APWOT, Crunchyroll and many more 🫠
Board game designer behind Bark Magic, Mythic Menu, and Head Hauntcho for RadishGames.com
Board game designer behind Bark Magic, Mythic Menu, and Head Hauntcho for RadishGames.com
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Ben Bertoli
@radishgames.com
· Nov 20
Next up in our music game series: a big profile of Sound Fantasy and Electroplankton creator Toshio Iwai, based on a three-hour call with @radishgames.com.
Toshio Iwai's journey from Sound Fantasy to Electroplankton
We profile the artist behind two of Nintendo's attempts at making experimental music games in the '90s and early 2000s -- one a canceled Super Famicom game based on musical insects, and the other a Ni...
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Thrilled so many folks are enjoying this piece. Iwai is one of the most fascinating developers I’ve ever interviewed and I couldn’t believe all the new details (and media) he was willing to share with me. Give it a read!
I just drove past a billboard here in southern Indiana that read “My Grandpa was Hand Painted” and I can’t figure out what exactly that means or what it’s promoting.
December 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I just drove past a billboard here in southern Indiana that read “My Grandpa was Hand Painted” and I can’t figure out what exactly that means or what it’s promoting.
Thus ends a week scientists are calling Summer 2: Christmas
December 29, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Thus ends a week scientists are calling Summer 2: Christmas
Do you wanna play the fruit game for grown ups or babies?
December 27, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Do you wanna play the fruit game for grown ups or babies?
Stop what you're doing and post a gif of your favourite anime.
December 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Stop what you're doing and post a gif of your favourite anime.
Holy moly. This bad boy is like 20 pounds! So excited 🫠
December 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Holy moly. This bad boy is like 20 pounds! So excited 🫠
Turtles Rock 🤘
(found at my parents’ house)
(found at my parents’ house)
December 27, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Turtles Rock 🤘
(found at my parents’ house)
(found at my parents’ house)
Turtles Rock 🤘
(found at my parents’ house)
(found at my parents’ house)
December 27, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Turtles Rock 🤘
(found at my parents’ house)
(found at my parents’ house)
About to dive into this 💀
December 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
About to dive into this 💀
Our backyard friend is back 🥜
December 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Our backyard friend is back 🥜
Behold my fancy new Donkey Kong hat! Now show me what you got today 👀
December 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Behold my fancy new Donkey Kong hat! Now show me what you got today 👀
Reposted by Ben Bertoli
Merry Christmas! If you'd like to spend 45 minutes celebrating video game history with me, we're about to debut The Untold Story of the Nintendo Entertainment System. I worked on his ALL YEAR, and I genuinely think it will reshape how we all think about the system. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJvp...
The Untold Story of the Nintendo Entertainment System
YouTube video by The Video Game History Foundation
www.youtube.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Merry Christmas! If you'd like to spend 45 minutes celebrating video game history with me, we're about to debut The Untold Story of the Nintendo Entertainment System. I worked on his ALL YEAR, and I genuinely think it will reshape how we all think about the system. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJvp...
Merry Christmas, dorks! 🎄
December 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Merry Christmas, dorks! 🎄
Hoping Crash and Parappa bring you everything you asked for 🎁
December 25, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Hoping Crash and Parappa bring you everything you asked for 🎁
Yippee ki-yay, Cindi Weber
December 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Yippee ki-yay, Cindi Weber
“Y’all got any of that birdseed left?” 👀
December 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
“Y’all got any of that birdseed left?” 👀
Watching Home Alone 2 just so I can hear Tim Curry say “pizza”
December 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Watching Home Alone 2 just so I can hear Tim Curry say “pizza”
Nothing like the delivery of an expertly written, wonderfully designed gaming history book to brighten my day. I can’t wait to dive in.
Fantastic job @metallicaisrad.bsky.social and @readonlymemory.com 🎸
Fantastic job @metallicaisrad.bsky.social and @readonlymemory.com 🎸
December 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Nothing like the delivery of an expertly written, wonderfully designed gaming history book to brighten my day. I can’t wait to dive in.
Fantastic job @metallicaisrad.bsky.social and @readonlymemory.com 🎸
Fantastic job @metallicaisrad.bsky.social and @readonlymemory.com 🎸
Happy Almost Christmas to all who celebrate 🎉
December 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Happy Almost Christmas to all who celebrate 🎉
Bethany set up her new live stream bird feeder and we just had our first visitor lol
December 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Bethany set up her new live stream bird feeder and we just had our first visitor lol
My body always knows when I’m on break and it goes, “We can relax now? Ok, time to be sick then.”
December 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
My body always knows when I’m on break and it goes, “We can relax now? Ok, time to be sick then.”
Good news, everyone!
December 21, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Good news, everyone!
Early Christmas gift from Bethany. Time to settle in for some classic Klasky Csupo 🦆
December 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Early Christmas gift from Bethany. Time to settle in for some classic Klasky Csupo 🦆