Though there are many developers who have left their mark on the history of video games, few stand shoulder to shoulder with @rare.co.uk. 2025 marks 40 years of Rare games starting with more titles than you can shake a battle toad at on the NES through the company’s current work at Microsoft.

While the number of games about crabs may be few, the number of games in which crabs appear is as vast as the seas themselves. Take @gearboxofficial.bsky.social's “Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands” (2022) for example.

We can’t wait to get our claws on “Another Crab’s Treasure,” the 2024 Soulslike from developer @aggrocrabgames.bsky.social. Forget souls and blood, this game uses microplastics to upgrade your gear which consists of a fork and trash which serves as armor for our pro-crab-onist.

Happy Pride from Life Begins at 8-Bit! We're playing Pride-inspired games all month. Tonight, it's "Sayonara Wild Hearts" (2019) the pop album video game from Swedish developers @simogo.com who later released "Lorelei and the Laser Eyes" (2024).

On Sunday, Life Begins at 8-Bit raised $3,370 for @thetrevorproject.bsky.social, the world’s largest LGBTQ youth suicide prevention and mental health organization.

THIS SUNDAY! We're raising money for @thetrevorproject.bsky.social during the Musou May Charity Gameathon. 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Central at twitch.tv/lifebeginsat8bit.

Win some prizes. Support a great nonprofit. And watch my brain melt due to 12 hours of Dynasty Warriors action.

In 1986, Square carried out an experiment to determine what happens when you apply a distinctly fantasy vibe to a vertically-scrolling shooter. The result was "King's Knight" which asked us to not only shoot everything on screen, but search for power ups and secrets.

INCOMING CHARITY STREAM BENEFITTING @thetrevorproject.bsky.social!

Tune in from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Central on May 25 for prizes, a good cause, and more Musou action than you can handle.
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Some folks say you naturally start shying away from new experiences as you get older. Now, there’s nothing wrong with going old school. Hell, that’s pretty much our thing. But from time to time, you’ve got to put a little effort into venturing out of the old comfort zone.

Are dinosaurs scarier than zombies? “Dino Crisis” (1999) director Shinji Mikami certainly seems to think so. With this PS1 successor to “Resident Evil” (1996) Mikami and team traded out “survival horror” for “panic horror” marked by dinosaurs being able to move fast and chase you from room to room.

A staggering 43 years after the character’s comics debut in 1954, “Turok: Dinosaur Hunter” (1997) brought the native american dino dispatcher to the television screen in the form of a first-person shooter from now defunct Iguana Entertainment.

What’s got us back-tracking through our favorite metroidvanias all month long? A clever theme: Marchtroid-Vania. Please clap.

Tonight at 7:30 Central, we’re taking on “Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown” (2024).
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Happy Valentine's from the boy one, the girl one, and your one true love: video games.

Oh no!!

They got me. Be careful out there!

"God of War Ascension" is a prequel entry in Kratos’ greek storyline explaining what drove him to attempt to break his bond with Ares and the terrible price he paid as a result.