As I get older I actively squash most "the old days were better" feelings like they're intrusive thoughts, but the old internet was an objectively better place, full of actual people making things just for the joy of creation. I'm understanding now why older generations don't stfu about the 1960s.

It's Giving Tuesday at the VGHF! We've had an incredible 2025, but we need your help to make sure we can continue doing our charitable work in 2026 and beyond. We just launched our annual Winter Fundraiser campaign, please give if you're able (and share this post!). http://gamehistory.org/donate

Rebecca Heineman's last message was for people to look up her departed partner, Jennell Jaquays.

Jaquays was so influent to tabletop RPGs that "Jaquaysing" became a verb for designing complex, non-linear dungeons.

@nickoten.bsky.social wrote a great article on her:
pathikablog.com/2025/04/26/h...

The last toast by the legend herself:

I leave it up to you to go to lindken.com and look up Jennell Jacques, now look at her job description, goddess of technology… and fuck cancer, fuck it in the ass

- Becky

I’ve started a GoFundMe to help with my cancer battle gofund.me/6850175a3

Thirty-two years ago today, Myst was released.
Happy Birthday, little guy!
🎂

O mysterious and magical witch, teach me the secrets of WIndows ME.

Had a lot of thoughts in my mind this week with the Steam & itchio bans and a book review I've received, so I've decided to write a little article on transgressive games:
felipepepe.medium.com/super-columb...

I know dolls like this are mostly perceived as creepy these days but at the time this photo was taken these were probably some little girl's two favorite companions in the world. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

Classics Of Game 192 www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQs2...

Happy pride folks

I'm still fleshing out the entries, but here's a list of over 200 retro games (pre-2010) which were made by trans people or which had trans people on the dev team.

We have always been here.

dotmaetrix.neocities.org/classictrans...

Today I discovered that people have been uploading old stock photo CD-ROMs to the Internet Archive and now I'm obsessed with the mid-'90s business-core aesthetic.

A photograph of a Japanese American girl holding a cat. Caption on back: "'Sumi' Asaba age 2 years 8 months May 1942 gift from A.D. Bonus to my dear friends The Shigeno Family July 8, 1942".
🗃 #skystorians

Every time some big argument about the Video Game Crash happens, I'm tempted to do a video essay trying to explain it all in very 101 terms. One day I might even do it. But for now, here's my attempt at a Crash 101 in thread form.

🧵 CRASH 101 🧵