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Rob Caporetto
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Australian, 40-something (he/him) coder of Games & Stuff until the Industry took an Arrow to the Knee.

Looking for what's next, whilst making vids on old games & more.

Here for connections, not shitposts.

Check it all out: linktr.ee/hellfire64
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I guess it's intro time, right?

Name's Rob. I'm primarily a programmer (gameplay &UI), but I'm also big into exploring gaming's past - which I do by making videos about them.

Looking forward to meeting cool folks!

If you want everything I'm up to, it's all here: https://linktr.ee/hellfire64

<3
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The deeper dungeons of Moredecoom await...

The award-winning Evercade smash-hit Roguecraft DX is coming to Amiga, Game Boy Color, and MEGA65!

Good luck, brave warrior...

#roguecraft #roguelike #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #retrogames #amiga #mega65 #gameboy
January 1, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Happy New Year from my part of AU. Hopefully the calm of the last 15 mins holds on!

🖤
December 31, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Put it bluntly: 2025 was a royal [REDACTED] of a year.

It's been a hard slog just trying to keep my head above water as I get so few bites job wise.

It's felt draining to feel like the one passion project which gives me ~something~ feels more and more like I'm screaming into a void.
December 31, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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Saved lives *and* screwed Sky News? Put down your glasses, we have found the Australian of the Year
December 31, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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I've written a bunch of stuff this year, so my daily blog posts for the next few days are a digest of stuff from throughout the year that you might have missed. Part 1 of my MoeGamer output from the year gone by is here: imnotdoctorwho.moegamer.net/2025/12/29/o...
#oneaday Day 570: Some stuff I've written this year - MoeGamer edition (Part 1) - I'm Not Doctor Who
I've written a lot of stuff this year! I write a lot of stuff every year, much of it absolute nonsense, but I thought with the end of the year coming up, I'd highlight some bits and pieces that you mi...
imnotdoctorwho.moegamer.net
December 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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My final newsletter of 2025: We're in The Enshittifinancial Crisis, the fourth stage of enshittification, where companies turn on their shareholders. Unprofitable, unsustainable AI threatens future of venture capital, private equity and the markets themselves.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-enshitti...
The Enshittifinancial Crisis
Soundtrack: Lynyrd Skynyrd — Free Bird This piece is over 19,000 words, and took me a great deal of writing and research. If you liked it, please subscribe to my premium newsletter. It’s $70 a year, ...
www.wheresyoured.at
December 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Hey folks!

Kind of a big end of year reflections/wrap-up on the video side of things, and some updates about things for next year.

If you've got any interest in what I'm doing on that side of things, it'd mean a lot if you could take some time to read it!

🖤

www.patreon.com/posts/reflec...
Reflecting on 2025 | Rob Caporetto
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December 30, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Hey folks!

Kind of a big end of year reflections/wrap-up on the video side of things, and some updates about things for next year.

If you've got any interest in what I'm doing on that side of things, it'd mean a lot if you could take some time to read it!

🖤

www.patreon.com/posts/reflec...
Reflecting on 2025 | Rob Caporetto
Get more from Rob Caporetto on Patreon
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December 30, 2025 at 7:32 AM
The first 3 words you see will define your 2026.

FRIEND
HOPE
MONEY

…that might actually be okay if it works out.

(I could really do with the latter two!)
The first 3 words you see will define your 2026:

WINE
BEACH
BOOBS

... But that's a weekend, at most, not a full year...
December 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Along with that, let's not forget the last of 'em from a couple of weeks back, celebrating the amazing handy work behind Darius Extra!

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NEW VIDEO! The last Scanlines for the year is APPROACHING FAST, and it's a look at Darius Extra for the #megadrive/#genesis, which shows off a neat case of a fan project going legit and filling an ever so unique gap!

As well as being a fantastic shmup!

#retrogaming

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bAr...
Darius Extra (Sega Mega Drive/Genesis): Huge Battleships Are Approaching Fast!
YouTube video by Beyond The Scanlines
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December 29, 2025 at 6:38 AM
ICYMI, a small thread of highlights of the videos I published during the year.

Hopefully there's some there you rather dig!

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Seeing other are posting their year retrospectives, thought I might as well do my quick thing on my fav episodes I put out during the year - at least in no particular order.

Maybe it's an excuse to check something out you might have missed! Or revisit a fav! 🖤
December 29, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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Here's a fresh piece from me! Steam's a surprisingly great place to get game music, hosting everything from generous freebies to albums unavailable anywhere else!

www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
Steam has quietly become the best place to buy videogame soundtracks—even for games that were never released on PC
5 games I played this year made me rush out and buy their soundtracks, and each was rewarding to own in a different way.
www.pcgamer.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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I love Wolfenstein 3-D and Spear of Destiny, but I've never explored the later entries in the series. I thought it was time to correct that, so here's my look at Return to Castle Wolfenstein on Xbox to kick things off. moegamer.net/2025/12/28/r...
Return to Castle Wolfenstein and my history with Nazi-blastin' - MoeGamer
I love Wolfenstein 3-D and Spear of Destiny, but I've never played any Wolfensteins past that. Time to educate myself in Nazi-blasting!
moegamer.net
December 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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December 27, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Got something new for #RandomGameSaturdsy - the (recent) conversion of Tiger-Heli for the Atari 7800!

This is a rather impressive take on the arcade game, and it’s neat to see it arrive in space year 2025.
December 27, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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Ah, this was magical back at the time!

#RandomGameSaturday
December 27, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Working in games means your answer to the question "If you could do anything you wanted in life, what would it be?" isn't a different career, but the same career in a kinder version of the same industry.
November 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
As someone who typically finds it hard to get into the spirit of the season - I hope that if you celebrate it, you have a Merry Christmas.

Otherwise, hoping whatever you do for the holiday season is relaxing and you're with those who make you feel safe & appreciated.
December 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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playing silksong (in act 2 in my stream playthrough!), come watch me lose some fights~ twitch.tv/aciddotexe
December 24, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Time for a fresh post everyone can read! Click this way for a look at this Puyo-fect portable puzzler!

kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2025/12/24/p...
Puyorin LCD: Puyo-rfectly formed
How does Puyo Puyo, a game that has always been about organising multiple colours into neat little piles, work when the only colour puyos to be found are on the box? I had no idea when I first stum…
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Really feeling the fish-out-of-water-at-the-extended-family-pre-Christmas-and-relative-birthday-thing.

(One of those things I was asked whether or not I wanted to go to, but felt like I ~had~ to attend, even if I didn’t want to…)
December 24, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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So very tired, but I couldn't let 2025 end without taking stock of Microsoft's embarrassing treatment of gaming, Windows, and indeed human beings while it chases the AI money train
Microsoft's year of shame
Can't make a few trillion dollars without ditching game developers, going googoo gaga for AI and supplying tech to the military, I suppose!
www.pcgamer.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Just a little bit of #gamedev progress to show a new (and kind of important) system in my racer prototype & that's an UPGRADE system.

Completing races will earn points, and once you complete a run, you randomly get a new part which will buff your car up in a few areas.

#godotengine #godot
December 23, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Got an end-of-year recommendation list here for people with a refined gaming palate:

www.pcgamer.com/games/i-play...
I played dozens of retro games this year, and these are the ones I still whole-heartedly recommend going into 2026
Dust off your DOS, reinstall those ROMs, and party like it's 1999.
www.pcgamer.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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Keep your Dizzy inside this winter. They’re not safe.
December 22, 2025 at 11:34 PM