James Tocchio
@jamestocchio.bsky.social
✏️Writer, video games, cameras & fiction
👋 https://www.clippings.me/users/jamestocchio
📝Editor at http://CasualPhotophile.com
📷Owner http://Fstopcameras.com
🧡Nerd at http://GGDreamcast.com
👋 https://www.clippings.me/users/jamestocchio
📝Editor at http://CasualPhotophile.com
📷Owner http://Fstopcameras.com
🧡Nerd at http://GGDreamcast.com
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Here's the newsstand edition of @retrogamermag.bsky.social which will be out on Thursday.
My big feature on Lumines and interview with Tetsuya Mizuguchi is in this one, alongside so many great articles. If you’ve not checked out Retro Gamer yet, this is a great time to start.
icymi i make videos to show off my favorite *lesser known* video game music. made another one. check out Sega Marine Fishing on the Dreamcast here youtu.be/_aH81K3qIrM
Sega Marine Fishing OST
YouTube video by GG Dreamcast
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
icymi i make videos to show off my favorite *lesser known* video game music. made another one. check out Sega Marine Fishing on the Dreamcast here youtu.be/_aH81K3qIrM
I always squirm a bit with embarrassment when I speak certain truths, but the truth is the truth, and as weird as it sounds now, if SoA hadn’t appeared when I was 16 y/o, I don’t think I’d be here today. Those characters helped me believe things could get better. And they did!
Great article btw.
Great article btw.
Quintessential sky pirate adventure #SkiesofArcadia was out 25 years ago (2000)! With a fresh take on exploration and endearing cast; the title has been a cult hit with vocal fans (like us) since; and these pirates NEED a new port to dock at! 🏴☠️
Feature: www.rpgfan.com/feature/beyo...
Feature: www.rpgfan.com/feature/beyo...
November 14, 2025 at 5:46 AM
I always squirm a bit with embarrassment when I speak certain truths, but the truth is the truth, and as weird as it sounds now, if SoA hadn’t appeared when I was 16 y/o, I don’t think I’d be here today. Those characters helped me believe things could get better. And they did!
Great article btw.
Great article btw.
Well they messed up but I have a 3D printer so I can fix it.
November 13, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Well they messed up but I have a 3D printer so I can fix it.
Great stuff
This marks one year of my column. I really love writing it, and hopefully it saves my loved ones a few lectures.
ICYMI: "Still, the embodied complications of an accelerated puberty are more interesting, and more frightening to me, than the well-trodden sci-fi abstractions of what makes a human."
@nochshorn.bsky.social digs into the real fear of Alien: Earth:
@nochshorn.bsky.social digs into the real fear of Alien: Earth:
November 13, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Great stuff
Love that Unwinnable and its excellent contributors often point me to things I’d never otherwise see.
my first article for unwinnable is about @neal.fun 's i'm not a robot!
"The state of modern technology is overwhelmingly miserable, and I’m Not a Robot works so well because it laughs with you about it."
@beewertheimer.com plays I’m Not a Robot, a game that puts you through an absurd CAPTCHA gauntlet:
@beewertheimer.com plays I’m Not a Robot, a game that puts you through an absurd CAPTCHA gauntlet:
November 13, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Love that Unwinnable and its excellent contributors often point me to things I’d never otherwise see.
Vib Ribbon’s disc art is gorgeous.
November 12, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Vib Ribbon’s disc art is gorgeous.
Taking this all very seriously for a character that once evaded capture by dressing as a whole clown. And don't forget the pigeon that did a double-take...
November 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Taking this all very seriously for a character that once evaded capture by dressing as a whole clown. And don't forget the pigeon that did a double-take...
Don't think, don't wait. Go buy this game now. It is perfect.
🎉 Lumines Arise Available Now for PS5 and Steam 🚀
Light, sound and haptics unite your senses. Feel the good vibes. Puzzle differently.
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2370000/Lumines_Arise
PS5: store.playstation.com/concept/10011885
lumines.game #LuminesArise
Light, sound and haptics unite your senses. Feel the good vibes. Puzzle differently.
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2370000/Lumines_Arise
PS5: store.playstation.com/concept/10011885
lumines.game #LuminesArise
November 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Don't think, don't wait. Go buy this game now. It is perfect.
I really want to write a very specific video game article for Rolling Stone.
November 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I really want to write a very specific video game article for Rolling Stone.
Sorry about my face, but I'm in the new @retrogamermag.bsky.social talking with Simon Flesser of @simogo.com about their Musical Action Game Sayonara Wild Hearts! As always, the magazine looks stunning thanks to @retrogamerdaz.bsky.social and @hkt3030.neocities.org and the design team. Go buy it!
November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Sorry about my face, but I'm in the new @retrogamermag.bsky.social talking with Simon Flesser of @simogo.com about their Musical Action Game Sayonara Wild Hearts! As always, the magazine looks stunning thanks to @retrogamerdaz.bsky.social and @hkt3030.neocities.org and the design team. Go buy it!
Be more like this
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Be more like this
A collection of inventive and thoughtfully made games!
Friends, we're back to self-publishing (which is both fun and scary). We'd be really happy if you wishlist the Simogo Legacy Collection if you have any interest in it! store.steampowered.com/app/3817040/...
Simogo Legacy Collection on Steam
From cute arcade novelties to innovative text-based thrillers and acclaimed fourth wall-breaking stories, Simogo Legacy Collection is an eclectic celebration of Simogo's past, featuring faithful rendi...
store.steampowered.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
A collection of inventive and thoughtfully made games!
Reposted by James Tocchio
As you get ready to play Lumines Arise on 11/11 next week, why not dig into the Making of Lumines (the original!) in the latest issue of RetroGamer. Available now! @retrogamermag.bsky.social @jamestocchio.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
As you get ready to play Lumines Arise on 11/11 next week, why not dig into the Making of Lumines (the original!) in the latest issue of RetroGamer. Available now! @retrogamermag.bsky.social @jamestocchio.bsky.social
This was amazing. Someone on Youtube makes videos where they play through issues of @retrogamermag.bsky.social, and their response to my interview with @kt.uvula.jp was so wonderful. I try to write articles that focus on the heart and soul of gaming. It worked this time! 🙏
youtu.be/w0fP9bqlAi4?...
youtu.be/w0fP9bqlAi4?...
Let's Play Retro Gamer Magazine July 2025 - 25+ Classic Games from Arcade to Amiga!
YouTube video by Alex Krasny
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November 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This was amazing. Someone on Youtube makes videos where they play through issues of @retrogamermag.bsky.social, and their response to my interview with @kt.uvula.jp was so wonderful. I try to write articles that focus on the heart and soul of gaming. It worked this time! 🙏
youtu.be/w0fP9bqlAi4?...
youtu.be/w0fP9bqlAi4?...
I adore this article by @johnandersen.bsky.social which shares his experience interviewing and covering the games of Shinya Nishigaki.
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/rem...
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/rem...
October 23, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I adore this article by @johnandersen.bsky.social which shares his experience interviewing and covering the games of Shinya Nishigaki.
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/rem...
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/rem...
My big feature on Lumines and interview with Tetsuya Mizuguchi is in this one, alongside so many great articles. If you’ve not checked out Retro Gamer yet, this is a great time to start.
Here's the newsstand edition of @retrogamermag.bsky.social which will be out on Thursday.
October 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
My big feature on Lumines and interview with Tetsuya Mizuguchi is in this one, alongside so many great articles. If you’ve not checked out Retro Gamer yet, this is a great time to start.
what's your favorite wii game?
October 22, 2025 at 2:45 AM
what's your favorite wii game?
1999 for obvious reasons.
October 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
1999 for obvious reasons.
Wishing Shinya Nishigaki wasn't taken from us.
October 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Wishing Shinya Nishigaki wasn't taken from us.
God it’s perfect
October 8, 2025 at 1:36 AM
God it’s perfect
I can’t wait to interview a ram stick for a gaming magazine.
October 7, 2025 at 4:14 AM
I can’t wait to interview a ram stick for a gaming magazine.
I just think it's worth reading. www.lowpolypigeons.com/blog/keita-t...
Keita Takahashi, Interview Transcript, May 2025 — Low Poly Pigeons
In May 2025, I interviewed Keita Takahashi about his breakout hit Katamari Damacy. Much of that interview is featured in issue 274 of Retro Gamer Magazine, in a feature titled “The Making of Katamari ...
www.lowpolypigeons.com
October 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I just think it's worth reading. www.lowpolypigeons.com/blog/keita-t...
Found Shenmue 2 in a shop the other day and had to buy it. Then when I got home I saw that my copy from release day way back in 2001 has “For Display Only” on it! That’s weird. Why does it say that??
October 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Found Shenmue 2 in a shop the other day and had to buy it. Then when I got home I saw that my copy from release day way back in 2001 has “For Display Only” on it! That’s weird. Why does it say that??
do you like the North American box art better or do you have a brain?
October 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
do you like the North American box art better or do you have a brain?