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Topaz Sanvich
@topazsanvich.bsky.social
I have an unusual fascination by movie-tie in games and how they're created. I intend to celebrate them all. I play on real hardware with real discs, none of that emulation stuff (great for preservation though).

https://www.youtube.com/@TopazSanvich
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So I got off my butt to put together a fancier spreadsheet of my collection. We're currently searching for games released before 2005 to play while we await the 20th for Curse of the Were-Rabbit next month. Have a squizz and let me know if you want have any requests:

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Well it's time to celebrate a 20th anniversary with a livestream. We have 4 anniversaries left to celebrate this year all [roughly] at the same time, We had a poll on which one to start with and the winner was Æon Flux.

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Æon Flux (2005) PS2 #1 | 20th Anniversary
YouTube video by Topaz Sanvich
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November 19, 2025 at 7:04 AM
The results are in! We'll be checking out Æon Flux first, which I'm keen to check out as I've never played or seen footage of the game before. (I have vague recollections of the movie and series it's based on)

Tune into the stream tomorrow (19/11/2025 @ 5pm GMT+10): www.youtube.com/live/WO3DMcO...
November 18, 2025 at 5:12 AM
I'm quite a bit late on getting this one out, but better late than never??? I've been fiddling with some editing that will hopefully make the cleaning videos more interesting. Let me know what you think.

youtu.be/mEc9E1vd2ZY
Chicken Little (PS2) | 20th Anniversary Cleaning
YouTube video by Topaz Sanvich
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November 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
So I kind of forgot that Bluesky doesn't have polls. So I guess I'll try this awkward link to the Youtube poll.

We have four options for our next 20th Anniversary to celebrate, vote for which one you want to see first!

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Poll from Topaz Sanvich - YouTube
Which 20th Anniversary should we celebrate first?
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November 15, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I had planned to stream The Matrix: Path of Neo this week, but my game freezes before it can load the main menu. Though my copy of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) works and shares its 20th anniversary with Path of Neo. However I'm not feeling well, so I won't be streaming this week...
November 11, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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Silk Soar has been renamed to.... Tumbles. Our cute lil guy has taken over the name of the games and released the demo from PAXAus, including the new skill trees.
Try it out, Wishlist and spread the name of Tumbles!
#indiegames #Tumbles #Wishlist #games

store.steampowered.com/news/app/327...
Tumbles - Silk Soar Tumbles - Steam News
Silk Soar has been renamed Tumbles, and Demo has been updated to include fixes and the Skill tree shown at PAXAus
store.steampowered.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Well boy howdy I was right, I do really like From Russia with Love. Fortunately I still have more of it to play today, so come join me as we play the second half of the game for it's 20th Birthday.

youtube.com/live/YE2ensj...
007: From Russia with Love (2005) PS2 #2 | 20th Anniversary
YouTube video by Topaz Sanvich
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November 6, 2025 at 7:03 AM
In a few minutes I'll be going live over on Youtube to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of 007: From Russia with Love. Considering I almost didn't stop playing it when I was making sure my disc was working, I think I'm going to really vibe with this one.

youtube.com/live/PDJkqRp...
007: From Russia with Love (2005) PS2 #1 | 20th Anniversary
YouTube video by Topaz Sanvich
youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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Hey, if it helps, at least the PS3 and Nintendo Wii aren't turning 20 years old this year!

...they both turn 20 years old NEXT year.
November 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Happy HalloWii’n! 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 8:04 AM
So we didn't quite get to finish Chicken Little last stream, so the stream tonight will be a short one as we get through the last few levels and see what else we might be able to unlock. We'll also be starting it a bit later at 6:30pm (GMT+10).

youtube.com/live/jYfgfrE...
Chicken Little (2005) PS2 #2 | 20th Anniversary
Chicken Little brings you into the middle of Oakey Oaks, where you'll experience all the action and adventure of Disney's animated film of the same name. Taking on the roles of Chicken Little and his ...
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October 29, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Depending on your region of the world, I'm a smidge late to checking out Chicken Little on the PS2 for it's 20th Anniversary. But better late than never! Starting now-ish youtube.com/live/44kKnlp...
Chicken Little (2005) PS2 #1 | 20th Anniversary
Chicken Little brings you into the middle of Oakey Oaks, where you'll experience all the action and adventure of Disney's animated film of the same name. Taking on the roles of Chicken Little and his ...
youtube.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:59 AM
After what feels like a hecking long break from streaming, somehow I have returned. However I'm somewhat behind on a bunch of 20th anniversaries. So plenty of catching up to do, starting with Chicken Little (released Oct 18th 2005).

Stream starts at 28th Oct 5pm GMT+10
youtube.com/live/44kKnlp...
Chicken Little (2005) PS2 #1 | 20th Anniversary
Chicken Little brings you into the middle of Oakey Oaks, where you'll experience all the action and adventure of Disney's animated film of the same name. Taking on the roles of Chicken Little and his ...
youtube.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I spoke to a few talented developers while at #PaxAus2025, @sassifrasi.bsky.social was no exception. We had the opportunity for a quick chat about @stouthearted.bsky.social's upcoming game: #SilkSoar

#paxaus #indiegame
youtu.be/PS-fb1Tgvn4
Silk Soar | Developer Interview | PAX Aus 2025
YouTube video by Topaz Sanvich
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October 18, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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My book, Aliens: The Video Games, goes beyond officially licensed titles, including fan games, unofficial tie-ins and, hmm, inspired experiences, from the 20th and 21st centuries.

Published next year. Pre-orders, soon.
October 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Life may have gotten in the way a bit of my ability to stream the past few weeks, but I've not been entirely idle either. Figured I'd show off some acquisitions I've made during my break.
October 18, 2025 at 2:33 AM
While at PAX AUS last week I managed to borrow Jack from Devil Juice games for a quick chat about their upcoming game Rob & Roll: youtu.be/m_O4GJz5By0

#paxaus #indiedev
Rob & Roll | PAX Aus 2025 | Developer Interview
YouTube video by Topaz Sanvich
youtu.be
October 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
No streams again this week. PAX Aus snuck up on me, and I will be travelling to it later in the week. Figured I would push the streams back another week. The upside though is that I've invested in some recording equipment so I can make a video about all the cool people and their cool stuff.
October 6, 2025 at 4:38 AM
I was supposed start up the streams again last week, but life uhh found a way... to get in the way. Anyhoo I figured it was high time I stepped out into other platforms for movie tie-ins. So this week we're going back to the PS1 with Alien Trilogy. (30/09 5pm GMT+10)

www.youtube.com/live/pU17QsH...
Alien Trilogy (1996) PS1 #1 | Movie Tie-in Live Stream
Alien Trilogy is a first-person shooter based on the first three Alien movies. You control Lt. Ripley in three sections, each based on one film: The colony complex on LV426 (from Aliens), the prison p...
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September 28, 2025 at 10:41 PM
New Cleaning Video! It's a little late to the party because I've already streamed it, but hey life can be like that. Happy 20th Anniversary to @frontierdev.bsky.social's Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit! (PS2, Xbox)

youtu.be/kIu1sIgno4g
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (PS2) | 20th Anniversary Cleaning
YouTube video by Topaz Sanvich
youtu.be
September 9, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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NEW VID www.youtube.com/watch?v=92Ne...

A complete breakdown of EVERY PSP game that connected with PS2/3: From small things like cross-saving, to a PSP spin-off's save data totally changing every mission in its console counterpart.

Nobody's put em all in one spot before. Please clap (and share!)
The PSP Games That Talked To Your PS2 & PS3 | The Golden Bolt
YouTube video by The Golden Bolt
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August 7, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Reposted by Topaz Sanvich
Who needs fancy reflections and raytracing when you can have THIS!
Peak realism in mirror technology! 😎
August 2, 2025 at 4:44 PM
We're doing the thing again... to be more specific we're continue to play The Thing (2002) on the ps2. We killed some things, some of our friends were things... surely it couldn't happen again this time right...

www.youtube.com/live/0RdaFFX...
The Thing (2002) PS2 #2 | Movie Tie-in
Set after the events of the 1982 John Carpenter movie, The Thing is a squad based 3rd person shooter, where each member of your team is equipped with a range of weapons and items to help you in your q...
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July 31, 2025 at 6:02 AM
It's time to figure out which thing is The Thing in The Thing (2002), a video game sequel to The Thing (1982), not to be confused with The Thing (2011)... Oh boy that's a lot of things. We're playing the PS2 version rather than the recent remaster.

youtube.com/live/I_vsAzJ...
The Thing (2002) PS2 #1 | Movie Tie-in
Set after the events of the 1982 John Carpenter movie, The Thing is a squad based 3rd person shooter, where each member of your team is equipped with a range of weapons and items to help you in your q...
youtube.com
July 29, 2025 at 7:16 AM
I recently played through Batman Begins on the channel. Minimme has been a huge inspiration in wanting to start my channel. If you don't already know him, I can't recommend him highly enough
July 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM