spiro
@spiroharvey.com
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I like painting toy soldiers, wargaming, programming in dead languages on dead computers, collecting comic books, and having very long naps.
I don't follow back follow farmers.
I like painting toy soldiers, wargaming, programming in dead languages on dead computers, collecting comic books, and having very long naps.
I don't follow back follow farmers.
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spiro
@spiroharvey.com
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I’m going to make a more concerted effort to post and share stuff about my hobbies rather than politics.
I would like to get back to wargames, retro computers, and comic books filling my feed.
Maybe because I don’t post anything specific most who follow me back seem to mute or ignore me.
I would like to get back to wargames, retro computers, and comic books filling my feed.
Maybe because I don’t post anything specific most who follow me back seem to mute or ignore me.
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Pay attention. The legendary creator of Santatron 2024 is having a sale!
#amiga #retrocomputing #retrogaming
#amiga #retrocomputing #retrogaming
My #Amiga games are on a frankly ridiculous discount for the next couple of days.
itch.io/s/170629/bla...
#Commodore #RetroDev
itch.io/s/170629/bla...
#Commodore #RetroDev
November 28, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Pay attention. The legendary creator of Santatron 2024 is having a sale!
#amiga #retrocomputing #retrogaming
#amiga #retrocomputing #retrogaming
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At about 2 a.m last night, I finally restocked the bunny store…
I also added two new prints! The Cactus Cats are finally represented!!🌵🐈
www.willquinnart.com/shop/prints
I also added two new prints! The Cactus Cats are finally represented!!🌵🐈
www.willquinnart.com/shop/prints
November 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
At about 2 a.m last night, I finally restocked the bunny store…
I also added two new prints! The Cactus Cats are finally represented!!🌵🐈
www.willquinnart.com/shop/prints
I also added two new prints! The Cactus Cats are finally represented!!🌵🐈
www.willquinnart.com/shop/prints
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Stump gun and crew for my turnip28 army. I kitbashed them a little but the base minis are a combo of 3D prints and a metal mini from knucklebone miniatures, tine fieldling, darksword miniatures, and the frogspawn's 50 Pounder
November 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Stump gun and crew for my turnip28 army. I kitbashed them a little but the base minis are a combo of 3D prints and a metal mini from knucklebone miniatures, tine fieldling, darksword miniatures, and the frogspawn's 50 Pounder
If you see this, post a comic cover you love...
November 29, 2025 at 4:25 AM
If you see this, post a comic cover you love...
Pay attention. The legendary creator of Santatron 2024 is having a sale!
#amiga #retrocomputing #retrogaming
#amiga #retrocomputing #retrogaming
My #Amiga games are on a frankly ridiculous discount for the next couple of days.
itch.io/s/170629/bla...
#Commodore #RetroDev
itch.io/s/170629/bla...
#Commodore #RetroDev
November 28, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Pay attention. The legendary creator of Santatron 2024 is having a sale!
#amiga #retrocomputing #retrogaming
#amiga #retrocomputing #retrogaming
Finallly found most of my PC Engine games… but there are more somewhere because Gunhed (my fave game) and Dead Moon are missing.
But honestly had forgotten I had a couple of these gems… like the Knight Rider game. 😂
#pcengine #hucard #hudsonsoft
But honestly had forgotten I had a couple of these gems… like the Knight Rider game. 😂
#pcengine #hucard #hudsonsoft
November 28, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Finallly found most of my PC Engine games… but there are more somewhere because Gunhed (my fave game) and Dead Moon are missing.
But honestly had forgotten I had a couple of these gems… like the Knight Rider game. 😂
#pcengine #hucard #hudsonsoft
But honestly had forgotten I had a couple of these gems… like the Knight Rider game. 😂
#pcengine #hucard #hudsonsoft
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
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Saturday, Nov 29th 2025 at 16:00 CET is when we start our Transmission64 at t64.to/watch. Currently, we're checking & recording all the awesome contributions we've received. JOIN US at #Transmission64. Here's a quick peek at our studio where things are being prepared. #c64 #demoscene #commodore64
November 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Saturday, Nov 29th 2025 at 16:00 CET is when we start our Transmission64 at t64.to/watch. Currently, we're checking & recording all the awesome contributions we've received. JOIN US at #Transmission64. Here's a quick peek at our studio where things are being prepared. #c64 #demoscene #commodore64
Bacchus/FLT does a great interview with Christian Wenk, author of Trigger Happy .. a massive book all about video game controllers.
#retrocomputing #c64 #retrogaming #fairlight #bitmapbooks
#retrocomputing #c64 #retrogaming #fairlight #bitmapbooks
FairLight TV #136, Trigger Happy: A Visual Celebration of Video Game Controllers
YouTube video by FairLight - Home of the Real Crackers
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Bacchus/FLT does a great interview with Christian Wenk, author of Trigger Happy .. a massive book all about video game controllers.
#retrocomputing #c64 #retrogaming #fairlight #bitmapbooks
#retrocomputing #c64 #retrogaming #fairlight #bitmapbooks
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#warmaster #wargaming #10mm #darkelves #miniatures
My Warmaster Dark elves collection. Year 2021, before Forest Dragon released their DE range.
Music: Total War - Warhammer II soundtrack
youtu.be/cO69s4xQRts
My Warmaster Dark elves collection. Year 2021, before Forest Dragon released their DE range.
Music: Total War - Warhammer II soundtrack
youtu.be/cO69s4xQRts
Warmaster Dark elves collection
YouTube video by Haroith
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 12:35 AM
#warmaster #wargaming #10mm #darkelves #miniatures
My Warmaster Dark elves collection. Year 2021, before Forest Dragon released their DE range.
Music: Total War - Warhammer II soundtrack
youtu.be/cO69s4xQRts
My Warmaster Dark elves collection. Year 2021, before Forest Dragon released their DE range.
Music: Total War - Warhammer II soundtrack
youtu.be/cO69s4xQRts
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Secret Passages #3 is live on KS. I've had the pleasure of illustrating article about Blood Bowl. Brawl between Reikland Reavers and Gouged Eye supporters was fun to draw!
More information:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jdh...
More information:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jdh...
November 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Secret Passages #3 is live on KS. I've had the pleasure of illustrating article about Blood Bowl. Brawl between Reikland Reavers and Gouged Eye supporters was fun to draw!
More information:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jdh...
More information:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jdh...
Damn. Personally I find c# waaay harder than assembly. I’ve been trying to learn it and monogame lately and failing dismally to grok OOP.
But if someone could make one of these for Amiga, that would be appreciated. 😁
But if someone could make one of these for Amiga, that would be appreciated. 😁
RetroC64 .NET Workflow for Commodore 64
#RetroC64 #Commodore64 #ArcticRetro #dotnet #vscode #retrocomputing
theoasisbbs.com/retroc64-net...
#RetroC64 #Commodore64 #ArcticRetro #dotnet #vscode #retrocomputing
theoasisbbs.com/retroc64-net...
RetroC64 .NET Workflow for Commodore 64 - The Oasis BBS
Arctic Retro tests RetroC64, a .NET SDK that lets developers code C64 programs in C# using Visual Studio or VS Code.
theoasisbbs.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Damn. Personally I find c# waaay harder than assembly. I’ve been trying to learn it and monogame lately and failing dismally to grok OOP.
But if someone could make one of these for Amiga, that would be appreciated. 😁
But if someone could make one of these for Amiga, that would be appreciated. 😁
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Ever wasted half an hour getting the same wrong answer back 10 times from ChatGPT, and wished you'd just Googled it?
November 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Ever wasted half an hour getting the same wrong answer back 10 times from ChatGPT, and wished you'd just Googled it?
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I proudly present my yellow trolls and my now finally completed Gloomspite Gitz Spearhead.
Took a bit of a risk with the skin tone but I thibk it turned out well in the end.
#warhammercommunity #gloomspitegitz #miniaturepainting #minipainting #nerdlings
More pictures below.
Took a bit of a risk with the skin tone but I thibk it turned out well in the end.
#warhammercommunity #gloomspitegitz #miniaturepainting #minipainting #nerdlings
More pictures below.
November 26, 2025 at 5:19 AM
I proudly present my yellow trolls and my now finally completed Gloomspite Gitz Spearhead.
Took a bit of a risk with the skin tone but I thibk it turned out well in the end.
#warhammercommunity #gloomspitegitz #miniaturepainting #minipainting #nerdlings
More pictures below.
Took a bit of a risk with the skin tone but I thibk it turned out well in the end.
#warhammercommunity #gloomspitegitz #miniaturepainting #minipainting #nerdlings
More pictures below.
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I see a lot of people talking about the A1200 mini.
Here's a reminder that Paul Andrews of Retro Games ltd. (and various other companies, and a proper James Blunt) does not deserve your money:
boingboing.net/2019/11/18/h...
Here's a reminder that Paul Andrews of Retro Games ltd. (and various other companies, and a proper James Blunt) does not deserve your money:
boingboing.net/2019/11/18/h...
Horace Goes Copyright Striking
How an obscure game character from the 8-bit era ended up at the heart of a very modern YouTube takedown fight
boingboing.net
October 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I see a lot of people talking about the A1200 mini.
Here's a reminder that Paul Andrews of Retro Games ltd. (and various other companies, and a proper James Blunt) does not deserve your money:
boingboing.net/2019/11/18/h...
Here's a reminder that Paul Andrews of Retro Games ltd. (and various other companies, and a proper James Blunt) does not deserve your money:
boingboing.net/2019/11/18/h...
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🥳 retrogaming anniversary 🥳
On this day [Nov 25th] in 1975, Atari registered its iconic logo. The stylised "A" was designed by Atari's in-house graphic designer, George Opperman.
/|\ ausretrogamer.com/celebrating-...
On this day [Nov 25th] in 1975, Atari registered its iconic logo. The stylised "A" was designed by Atari's in-house graphic designer, George Opperman.
/|\ ausretrogamer.com/celebrating-...
Celebrating the Iconic Atari Logo | AUSRETROGAMER
The iconic Atari logo was registered on this day, November 25, in 1975. Long live Atari
ausretrogamer.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:22 AM
🥳 retrogaming anniversary 🥳
On this day [Nov 25th] in 1975, Atari registered its iconic logo. The stylised "A" was designed by Atari's in-house graphic designer, George Opperman.
/|\ ausretrogamer.com/celebrating-...
On this day [Nov 25th] in 1975, Atari registered its iconic logo. The stylised "A" was designed by Atari's in-house graphic designer, George Opperman.
/|\ ausretrogamer.com/celebrating-...
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Morning thoughts about "AI".
Where do we go from here?
Where do we go from here?
![Thoughts about “AI”
Yes it’s:
The slop
The theft
The brainrot
The loss of work
The crumbling of creator rights
The destroying of the environment and infrastructure
But it's also the destroying of trust in anything that you’re not seeing with your own eyes right in front of you.
Wonder now turned to the narrowing of eyes in immediate scepticism seeing something magical.
Questioning the realness of everything from a stilted written apology to profound works by students in school.
It feels like a slow poison to creativity and humanity at large.
[At the bottom is a doodle of me, mouth a thin line, looking at the viewer]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hlstghbtgoakwc7evp5v6ubw/bafkreihv3rly5g2olva6kbhnisvwtzqbyn3u3fxjfcbjqyp2zud22hrzgq@jpeg)
August 12, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Morning thoughts about "AI".
Where do we go from here?
Where do we go from here?
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Want to find out more about the homebrew games featured in issue 276 of Retro Gamer (published in August 2025)?
Read the Homebrew Extra blog with the full interviews with Sarumaru on The Nyanja (PC Engine CD) and the Champion Coder, Sandro Mestre on his Zezito games. /more
Read the Homebrew Extra blog with the full interviews with Sarumaru on The Nyanja (PC Engine CD) and the Champion Coder, Sandro Mestre on his Zezito games. /more
November 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Want to find out more about the homebrew games featured in issue 276 of Retro Gamer (published in August 2025)?
Read the Homebrew Extra blog with the full interviews with Sarumaru on The Nyanja (PC Engine CD) and the Champion Coder, Sandro Mestre on his Zezito games. /more
Read the Homebrew Extra blog with the full interviews with Sarumaru on The Nyanja (PC Engine CD) and the Champion Coder, Sandro Mestre on his Zezito games. /more
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November 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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I recently discovered that the original soundtrack for Doom was composed using an SC-55 so this is the canonical E1M1
We have finally got the MT-32 and SC-55 setup for the ultimate in DOS gaming.... The setup we all dreamed of having back in the day.
November 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I recently discovered that the original soundtrack for Doom was composed using an SC-55 so this is the canonical E1M1
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Seven days to Transmission64 #hype #hype
You got 6 days to upload your entries for one of our C64 competitions at t64.to/vote: Music, PETSCII, BASIC oneliner, Screen Fader, Graphics, 4k & Demo categories await your prods. 9 entries have been submitted so far - are you gonna be our number 10? t64.to
You got 6 days to upload your entries for one of our C64 competitions at t64.to/vote: Music, PETSCII, BASIC oneliner, Screen Fader, Graphics, 4k & Demo categories await your prods. 9 entries have been submitted so far - are you gonna be our number 10? t64.to
Transmission64 - the c64 online demoparty
Transmission64 - the c64 online demoparty on November 29th, 2025 at 16:00 CET on Twitch.
t64.to
November 22, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Seven days to Transmission64 #hype #hype
You got 6 days to upload your entries for one of our C64 competitions at t64.to/vote: Music, PETSCII, BASIC oneliner, Screen Fader, Graphics, 4k & Demo categories await your prods. 9 entries have been submitted so far - are you gonna be our number 10? t64.to
You got 6 days to upload your entries for one of our C64 competitions at t64.to/vote: Music, PETSCII, BASIC oneliner, Screen Fader, Graphics, 4k & Demo categories await your prods. 9 entries have been submitted so far - are you gonna be our number 10? t64.to
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Hello! I'm Victoria & I write Warhammer stories 💀
If you'd like to hear about:
💀Writing for Black Library
💀Writing the first 100% consumption phase novel
💀Which is the most stylish Tyranid
💀Catachan poetry
Here's where you can hear more ⤵️
@arbitorian.bsky.social & @miramanga.bsky.social book club
If you'd like to hear about:
💀Writing for Black Library
💀Writing the first 100% consumption phase novel
💀Which is the most stylish Tyranid
💀Catachan poetry
Here's where you can hear more ⤵️
@arbitorian.bsky.social & @miramanga.bsky.social book club
DEATHWORLDER: Interview with author VICTORIA HAYWARD | Warhammer Book Club
YouTube video by Arbitor Ian
m.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Hello! I'm Victoria & I write Warhammer stories 💀
If you'd like to hear about:
💀Writing for Black Library
💀Writing the first 100% consumption phase novel
💀Which is the most stylish Tyranid
💀Catachan poetry
Here's where you can hear more ⤵️
@arbitorian.bsky.social & @miramanga.bsky.social book club
If you'd like to hear about:
💀Writing for Black Library
💀Writing the first 100% consumption phase novel
💀Which is the most stylish Tyranid
💀Catachan poetry
Here's where you can hear more ⤵️
@arbitorian.bsky.social & @miramanga.bsky.social book club
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Covers of various independent wargames.
November 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Covers of various independent wargames.
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So excited to be involved in this award! We're hoping it's going to lift the profile of some of our amazing Specualtive Fiction authors!
tepaetawhitiawards.nz/getting-to-k...
tepaetawhitiawards.nz/getting-to-k...
Getting to Know Us: A.J. Ponder Te Pae Tawhiti Convenor | Te Pae Tawhiti Awards
tepaetawhitiawards.nz
November 20, 2025 at 11:32 PM
So excited to be involved in this award! We're hoping it's going to lift the profile of some of our amazing Specualtive Fiction authors!
tepaetawhitiawards.nz/getting-to-k...
tepaetawhitiawards.nz/getting-to-k...
It’s time to start calling it auto incorrect.
November 20, 2025 at 11:42 PM
It’s time to start calling it auto incorrect.