retroed
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Games retro to current, and the games industry. Glory to mankind.
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Podcasting is now twenty years old. And that means shows that ran for years are now just a bunch of URLs that resolve to nothing.
Sometimes, someone uploads a full set of mp3s to archive.org, and that’s great! But you can’t easily listen the same way as your other podcasts.
What if you could?
🧵
Sometimes, someone uploads a full set of mp3s to archive.org, and that’s great! But you can’t easily listen the same way as your other podcasts.
What if you could?
🧵
September 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Podcasting is now twenty years old. And that means shows that ran for years are now just a bunch of URLs that resolve to nothing.
Sometimes, someone uploads a full set of mp3s to archive.org, and that’s great! But you can’t easily listen the same way as your other podcasts.
What if you could?
🧵
Sometimes, someone uploads a full set of mp3s to archive.org, and that’s great! But you can’t easily listen the same way as your other podcasts.
What if you could?
🧵
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A Life Well Wasted 9 will be released one week from today. Here’s the poster design by Olly Moss. Screenprints will be on sale from 9/4 through 9/11 on the ALWW website. Still ad-free! Come back next week.
August 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
A Life Well Wasted 9 will be released one week from today. Here’s the poster design by Olly Moss. Screenprints will be on sale from 9/4 through 9/11 on the ALWW website. Still ad-free! Come back next week.
This evening's gaming. And what a game!
August 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
This evening's gaming. And what a game!
Switch 2 GET! Midnight launch at Smyths. Top atmosphere and everything went smoothly. The staff were great.
June 5, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Switch 2 GET! Midnight launch at Smyths. Top atmosphere and everything went smoothly. The staff were great.
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Super Mario Kart (1992, Nintendo) - SNES
Sharp Pixels vs. MiSTer FPGA composite via Sony KV-14M10
Officially under a week before the Switch 2! I’m mixed on it, but mostly I’m just excited to be alive to see another new Nintendo console. What a privilege so many didn’t get.
Sharp Pixels vs. MiSTer FPGA composite via Sony KV-14M10
Officially under a week before the Switch 2! I’m mixed on it, but mostly I’m just excited to be alive to see another new Nintendo console. What a privilege so many didn’t get.
May 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Super Mario Kart (1992, Nintendo) - SNES
Sharp Pixels vs. MiSTer FPGA composite via Sony KV-14M10
Officially under a week before the Switch 2! I’m mixed on it, but mostly I’m just excited to be alive to see another new Nintendo console. What a privilege so many didn’t get.
Sharp Pixels vs. MiSTer FPGA composite via Sony KV-14M10
Officially under a week before the Switch 2! I’m mixed on it, but mostly I’m just excited to be alive to see another new Nintendo console. What a privilege so many didn’t get.
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Giant Bomb is now independent
"Giant Bomb has new owners, and you're looking at them" - Jeff Grubb
"Giant Bomb has new owners, and you're looking at them" - Jeff Grubb
May 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Giant Bomb is now independent
"Giant Bomb has new owners, and you're looking at them" - Jeff Grubb
"Giant Bomb has new owners, and you're looking at them" - Jeff Grubb
Random game Saturday. One of my favourite SEGA Mega Drive titles, QuackShot.
May 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Random game Saturday. One of my favourite SEGA Mega Drive titles, QuackShot.
RIP Giant Bomb.
We understand your frustration and appreciate your patience — we're actively exploring creative directions for the future of GB and look forward to sharing more with you soon.
May 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
RIP Giant Bomb.
Well deserved! Incredible game.
The BAFTA for Narrative goes to Metaphor: Refantazio 🏆 #BAFTAGamesAwards
April 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Well deserved! Incredible game.
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I've just sold a sealed copy of F-Zero on eBay which will pay for the Mario Kart World Switch 2 bundle, Pro Controller 2 and Donkey Kong, with some change leftover. So there's my guilt from pre-ordering last night gone. Thanks, Nintendo!
April 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I've just sold a sealed copy of F-Zero on eBay which will pay for the Mario Kart World Switch 2 bundle, Pro Controller 2 and Donkey Kong, with some change leftover. So there's my guilt from pre-ordering last night gone. Thanks, Nintendo!
I think it might be time to break the emergency glass, and list my sealed PAL copy of F-Zero for SNES.
April 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I think it might be time to break the emergency glass, and list my sealed PAL copy of F-Zero for SNES.
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Hi folks, the website I originally wrote this for ended up getting to get way into crypto and advertising gambling and was nuked from the internet after getting sued.
I think it is some of my best writing and would appreciate if people could share it now it has a new home.
I think it is some of my best writing and would appreciate if people could share it now it has a new home.
Metaphor ReFantazio is a once-in-a-generation RPG. Its stunning world and smart combat system act as the backbone for its deeply political story filled with excellent characters.
@basicallilexi.bsky.social reviews.
www.startmenu.co.uk/home/review-...
@basicallilexi.bsky.social reviews.
www.startmenu.co.uk/home/review-...
Review | Metaphor: ReFantazio - A Manifesto For A Hopeful Future — sonicmenu
Metaphor ReFantazio is a once in a generation RPG. It’s stunning world and smart combat system act as the backbone for its deeply political story filled with excellent characters. Lex Luddy reviews.
www.startmenu.co.uk
April 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Hi folks, the website I originally wrote this for ended up getting to get way into crypto and advertising gambling and was nuked from the internet after getting sued.
I think it is some of my best writing and would appreciate if people could share it now it has a new home.
I think it is some of my best writing and would appreciate if people could share it now it has a new home.
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Game Informer is back! The entire team is returning and we can't wait to reconnect. Come join us to celebrate the best in games, the people who make games, and the people who play games from all around the world.
www.gameinformer.com/letter-from-...
www.gameinformer.com/letter-from-...
March 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Game Informer is back! The entire team is returning and we can't wait to reconnect. Come join us to celebrate the best in games, the people who make games, and the people who play games from all around the world.
www.gameinformer.com/letter-from-...
www.gameinformer.com/letter-from-...
Age yourself with a toy from your childhood.
March 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Age yourself with a toy from your childhood.
Post a picture of when your pet was little.
March 11, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Post a picture of when your pet was little.
Donkey Kong '94 is one of my favourite games of all-time. Mario's Picross is right up there too, as the OG Picross.
Mario’s Picross and Donkey Kong (Game Boy titles) added to Switch Online www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nna-...
March 7, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Donkey Kong '94 is one of my favourite games of all-time. Mario's Picross is right up there too, as the OG Picross.
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This games industry bloodbath is because of corporate mismanagement and pure, unrestrained avarice. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
February 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This games industry bloodbath is because of corporate mismanagement and pure, unrestrained avarice. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
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New blog!
For sentimental reasons, I replayed Alien Breed: Tower Assault, a special game from my youth, and found myself immersed in its open-world survival horror all over again!
gamesfromtheblackhole.wordpress.com/2025/02/16/a...
For sentimental reasons, I replayed Alien Breed: Tower Assault, a special game from my youth, and found myself immersed in its open-world survival horror all over again!
gamesfromtheblackhole.wordpress.com/2025/02/16/a...
Alien Breed: Tower Assault – A monolithic Amiga classic
When I first started this blog, I had a couple of rules, which I thought necessary given that my day job is in the games industry. 1) Try not to cover new releases and, if I do, don’t be negative a…
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February 16, 2025 at 9:05 AM
New blog!
For sentimental reasons, I replayed Alien Breed: Tower Assault, a special game from my youth, and found myself immersed in its open-world survival horror all over again!
gamesfromtheblackhole.wordpress.com/2025/02/16/a...
For sentimental reasons, I replayed Alien Breed: Tower Assault, a special game from my youth, and found myself immersed in its open-world survival horror all over again!
gamesfromtheblackhole.wordpress.com/2025/02/16/a...
I've been an admirer of @jazrignall.bsky.social's writing since the Mean Machines days, so to say I've been looking forward to this new @bitmapbooks.com book is an understatement. I can't wait to get stuck in. Cheers!
February 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I've been an admirer of @jazrignall.bsky.social's writing since the Mean Machines days, so to say I've been looking forward to this new @bitmapbooks.com book is an understatement. I can't wait to get stuck in. Cheers!
What a colossal asshat this man is. No clue whatsoever.
Former Activision CEO Bobby Kotick says PGR and Geometry Wars studio Bizarre Creations was ‘a bad acquisition’.
“The company that was, um… in Manchester, that did the driving game for Xbox, and it was called, um…”
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/bobby-k...
“The company that was, um… in Manchester, that did the driving game for Xbox, and it was called, um…”
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/bobby-k...
Bobby Kotick says PGR & Geometry Wars’ Bizarre Creations was ‘a bad acquisition’ for Activision | VGC
Kotick says buying the Geometry Wars and Blur developer was “an expensive lesson”…
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February 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
What a colossal asshat this man is. No clue whatsoever.
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This is what owning a Sega Dreamcast felt like
January 11, 2025 at 11:37 PM
This is what owning a Sega Dreamcast felt like
Treated myself to a Steam Deck OLED recently, and it's the coolest piece of tech I've bought in a long time. So comfortable to use. I've built a decent game collection already, thanks to the Winter sale.
January 4, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Treated myself to a Steam Deck OLED recently, and it's the coolest piece of tech I've bought in a long time. So comfortable to use. I've built a decent game collection already, thanks to the Winter sale.