Derek Quenneville
@techknight.bsky.social
Technical educator and maker who loves video game preservation and history
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The Roottrees are Dead is now out on Steam!
Solve the mysteries of the Roottree family in this puzzle game that's been described as Return of the Obra Dinn meets Her Story:
store.steampowered.com/app/2754380/...
Tell all your mystery loving friends and family to take a look!
Solve the mysteries of the Roottree family in this puzzle game that's been described as Return of the Obra Dinn meets Her Story:
store.steampowered.com/app/2754380/...
Tell all your mystery loving friends and family to take a look!
Save 10% on The Roottrees are Dead on Steam
A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.
store.steampowered.com
January 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The Roottrees are Dead is now out on Steam!
Solve the mysteries of the Roottree family in this puzzle game that's been described as Return of the Obra Dinn meets Her Story:
store.steampowered.com/app/2754380/...
Tell all your mystery loving friends and family to take a look!
Solve the mysteries of the Roottree family in this puzzle game that's been described as Return of the Obra Dinn meets Her Story:
store.steampowered.com/app/2754380/...
Tell all your mystery loving friends and family to take a look!
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Seven days into 2025 and I've already played what I suspect will be one of my favorite games of the year: The Roottrees Are Dead, a narrative logic deduction game (à la Obra Dinn) that has you searching for clues to unravel the dramatic story of a rich family store.steampowered.com/app/2754380/...
The Roottrees are Dead on Steam
A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.
store.steampowered.com
January 8, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Seven days into 2025 and I've already played what I suspect will be one of my favorite games of the year: The Roottrees Are Dead, a narrative logic deduction game (à la Obra Dinn) that has you searching for clues to unravel the dramatic story of a rich family store.steampowered.com/app/2754380/...
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Okay it's official! I'm coming back to MAGFest, and I'm going to do a LIVE DEMO of our library system for the first time ever You will want to see it! 📚
We’re excited to welcome the @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social to Super MAGFest 2025! This non-profit is dedicated to preserving and sharing the rich history of video games.
Big news: Their upcoming digital library—filled with rare video game research materials—could launch just in time for MAGFest!
January 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Okay it's official! I'm coming back to MAGFest, and I'm going to do a LIVE DEMO of our library system for the first time ever You will want to see it! 📚
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Here we go, something I've been drafting for a long, long time: how the US-centric approach to video games and their history / culture basically gaslights us who come from other realities:
felipepepe.medium.com/the-gentrifi...
AKA, why LAN Houses, PokéTibia & Bomba Patch rule.
felipepepe.medium.com/the-gentrifi...
AKA, why LAN Houses, PokéTibia & Bomba Patch rule.
The Gentrification of Video Game History
We’re not all suburban kids who got a Nintendo 64 for Christmas
felipepepe.medium.com
January 3, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Here we go, something I've been drafting for a long, long time: how the US-centric approach to video games and their history / culture basically gaslights us who come from other realities:
felipepepe.medium.com/the-gentrifi...
AKA, why LAN Houses, PokéTibia & Bomba Patch rule.
felipepepe.medium.com/the-gentrifi...
AKA, why LAN Houses, PokéTibia & Bomba Patch rule.
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Was curious if I’d get an apology similar to when they ripped off Art Of Engineering, but I guess I’m not a big enough YouTuber to be a concern. (And while it feels nice that everyone familiar with my work is baffled that I’m not a huge YouTuber, it’s so frustrating that I can’t answer that either.)
Discovery's 'Game Changers' Series Under Fire For Using Historian Kate Willaert's Work Without Credit. (Image: @katewillaertcial)
Discovery's 'Game Changers' Series Under Fire For Using Historian Kate Willaert's Work Without Credit
Bespoke Popeye sprites made by Willaert used without permission
www.timeextension.com
December 28, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Was curious if I’d get an apology similar to when they ripped off Art Of Engineering, but I guess I’m not a big enough YouTuber to be a concern. (And while it feels nice that everyone familiar with my work is baffled that I’m not a huge YouTuber, it’s so frustrating that I can’t answer that either.)
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Thank you, @mobilesyrup.com (via @bradshankar.bsky.social) for including The Crimson Diamond in "Canadian developers made some of 2024’s best games"! It's STILL 20% off for the ☃️Steam Winter Sale!☃️ store.steampowered.com/app/1098770/... Please write a Steam review, they're the best game dev gift!
December 27, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Thank you, @mobilesyrup.com (via @bradshankar.bsky.social) for including The Crimson Diamond in "Canadian developers made some of 2024’s best games"! It's STILL 20% off for the ☃️Steam Winter Sale!☃️ store.steampowered.com/app/1098770/... Please write a Steam review, they're the best game dev gift!
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Writers: you can't just call call it Mephisto Corp LLC, who does that
Real Life:
Real Life:
Cerberus, a private equity firm, buys a chain of hospitals, sells the land on which they sit, and charges them rent. The hospitals struggle and start cutting corners. Patients' care worsens, death rates climb. And Cerberus makes $790 million in profit.
Health care accounts for more than 17 per cent of the U.S. economy, or around $4.5 trillion dollars, but the revenues of just two companies—CVS/Aetna and UnitedHealth—account for nearly one in every seven dollars the nation spends on health care.
December 27, 2024 at 9:46 PM
Writers: you can't just call call it Mephisto Corp LLC, who does that
Real Life:
Real Life:
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If you use a shorter, wider mug you can have as much cocoa and 3x the marshmallows
Follow me for more life hacks
Follow me for more life hacks
December 28, 2024 at 2:05 AM
If you use a shorter, wider mug you can have as much cocoa and 3x the marshmallows
Follow me for more life hacks
Follow me for more life hacks
Vertically-mounting the 2600 (and +) is a revelation! You get visible cartridge labels & rear difficulty switches, and accessible controller ports!
Were we supposed to be playing in this orientation all along? 😅
Were we supposed to be playing in this orientation all along? 😅
What’s up gamers from the Sky Gamerz bar here at SeaTac airport, where they exclusively have Atari 2600+ systems hooked up for some reason
December 23, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Vertically-mounting the 2600 (and +) is a revelation! You get visible cartridge labels & rear difficulty switches, and accessible controller ports!
Were we supposed to be playing in this orientation all along? 😅
Were we supposed to be playing in this orientation all along? 😅
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sesame street isn't supposed to make money. the post office isn't supposed to make money. not everything is supposed to MAKE MONEY
December 16, 2024 at 4:16 PM
sesame street isn't supposed to make money. the post office isn't supposed to make money. not everything is supposed to MAKE MONEY
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So I wrote this, and it's the best thing I've ever written.
"We will resolve disputes in favor of protecting users as a whole."
That right there. That tells everyone how Trust & Safety is going to act, and it gives T&S profound latitude. They're not there to rules-lawyer or first-amendment.
"We will resolve disputes in favor of protecting users as a whole."
That right there. That tells everyone how Trust & Safety is going to act, and it gives T&S profound latitude. They're not there to rules-lawyer or first-amendment.
December 13, 2024 at 8:03 PM
So I wrote this, and it's the best thing I've ever written.
"We will resolve disputes in favor of protecting users as a whole."
That right there. That tells everyone how Trust & Safety is going to act, and it gives T&S profound latitude. They're not there to rules-lawyer or first-amendment.
"We will resolve disputes in favor of protecting users as a whole."
That right there. That tells everyone how Trust & Safety is going to act, and it gives T&S profound latitude. They're not there to rules-lawyer or first-amendment.
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Catly: the Steam page is nonsense written by AI, the website is nonsense images generated by AI, and the trailer shows nothing but a bunch of inconsistent (probably) bought assets jumping around... so they can't explain the game, show the game, or show any ability to make it 🤔
December 13, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Catly: the Steam page is nonsense written by AI, the website is nonsense images generated by AI, and the trailer shows nothing but a bunch of inconsistent (probably) bought assets jumping around... so they can't explain the game, show the game, or show any ability to make it 🤔
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If you want to learn more about the topic, here's an excellent talk from an awesome colourblind #gamedev, @ludiotic.bsky.social - www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbFs...
Solving an Invisible Problem: Designing for Color-Blindness in Games
YouTube video by GDC 2025
www.youtube.com
November 29, 2024 at 9:22 AM
If you want to learn more about the topic, here's an excellent talk from an awesome colourblind #gamedev, @ludiotic.bsky.social - www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbFs...
This is the right way to support a community you want instead of hand-wringing over banning the worst people. If you own the platform you can just decide to protect it!
every site needs a version of somethingawful's "we can just ban you" policy to use against bad actors who make a game of ruining the site while making sure to always stay 1% shy of violating the rules as-written
December 14, 2024 at 1:04 PM
This is the right way to support a community you want instead of hand-wringing over banning the worst people. If you own the platform you can just decide to protect it!
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Punch-Out!! prize cart by Nintendo for the Nintendo Famicom has been scanned in high resolution. Thanks to @kohler.bsky.social for scanning this and saving me hundreds of dollars! Spent a lot of time cleaning this rarity up. Enjoy! www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2024/12/p...
December 13, 2024 at 11:15 PM
Punch-Out!! prize cart by Nintendo for the Nintendo Famicom has been scanned in high resolution. Thanks to @kohler.bsky.social for scanning this and saving me hundreds of dollars! Spent a lot of time cleaning this rarity up. Enjoy! www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2024/12/p...
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I'm thrilled people are connecting with FANTASTIC FOUR, and beyond flattered to be at the #1 position (!!!) on Newsarama's list of the 25 Best Comics of 2024! There's so many great comics here, all of them better than mine, and I recommend you read EVERY ONE :0
www.gamesradar.com/comics/best-...
www.gamesradar.com/comics/best-...
The 25 best comics of 2024
The 25 best comics of 2024
www.gamesradar.com
December 13, 2024 at 1:01 PM
I'm thrilled people are connecting with FANTASTIC FOUR, and beyond flattered to be at the #1 position (!!!) on Newsarama's list of the 25 Best Comics of 2024! There's so many great comics here, all of them better than mine, and I recommend you read EVERY ONE :0
www.gamesradar.com/comics/best-...
www.gamesradar.com/comics/best-...
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Did you catch us on @wholesomegames.com Wholesome Snack?!
Dig, explore, and find trinkets as an unlikely duo of a young capybara and crow!
"I FLY, YOU DIG. WE’RE A TEAM, THAT’S THE DEAL."
Watch the teaser now www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4RW...
#wholesomesnack2024 #cozygames
Dig, explore, and find trinkets as an unlikely duo of a young capybara and crow!
"I FLY, YOU DIG. WE’RE A TEAM, THAT’S THE DEAL."
Watch the teaser now www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4RW...
#wholesomesnack2024 #cozygames
Capy Castaway Wholesome Snack 2024 Teaser
YouTube video by Kitten Cup Studio
www.youtube.com
December 10, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Did you catch us on @wholesomegames.com Wholesome Snack?!
Dig, explore, and find trinkets as an unlikely duo of a young capybara and crow!
"I FLY, YOU DIG. WE’RE A TEAM, THAT’S THE DEAL."
Watch the teaser now www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4RW...
#wholesomesnack2024 #cozygames
Dig, explore, and find trinkets as an unlikely duo of a young capybara and crow!
"I FLY, YOU DIG. WE’RE A TEAM, THAT’S THE DEAL."
Watch the teaser now www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4RW...
#wholesomesnack2024 #cozygames
Balatro and UFO 50 have both captured a bunch of my time - I'd also add Arctic Eggs and The Crimson Diamond to this list!
This has got to be one of the best years in gaming history. I loved all of these:
- Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
- Animal Well
- Rise of the Golden Idol
- Astrobot
- Shadow of the Erdtree
- Metaphor ReFantazio
- UFO 50
- Balatro
- Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
- Animal Well
- Rise of the Golden Idol
- Astrobot
- Shadow of the Erdtree
- Metaphor ReFantazio
- UFO 50
- Balatro
December 10, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Balatro and UFO 50 have both captured a bunch of my time - I'd also add Arctic Eggs and The Crimson Diamond to this list!
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I kid you not, @itch.io has been taken down by Funko of "Funko Pop" because they use some trash "AI Powered" Brand Protection Software called Brand Shield that created some bogus Phishing report to our registrar, iwantmyname, who ignored our response and just disabled the domain
December 9, 2024 at 7:13 AM
I kid you not, @itch.io has been taken down by Funko of "Funko Pop" because they use some trash "AI Powered" Brand Protection Software called Brand Shield that created some bogus Phishing report to our registrar, iwantmyname, who ignored our response and just disabled the domain
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Big update on my 3D scan FOIA lawsuit against the Rodin Museum and French Ministry of Culture. I'm going after French national museums' 3D scans, and my case is now before the French supreme court: cosmowenman.substack.com/p/secret-3d-...
Secret 3D Scans in the French Supreme Court
The Rodin Museum and the French Ministry of Culture threaten freedom of information and public access to cultural heritage
cosmowenman.substack.com
November 30, 2024 at 9:18 PM
Big update on my 3D scan FOIA lawsuit against the Rodin Museum and French Ministry of Culture. I'm going after French national museums' 3D scans, and my case is now before the French supreme court: cosmowenman.substack.com/p/secret-3d-...
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BTW, the hardcover version of the CRPG Book is back in stock!
www.bitmapbooks.com/products/the...
684 pages on hundreds of Computer RPGs, from 1970s PLATO RPGs to Disco Elysium. Plus extras on French, Korean and Taiwanese/Chinese RPGs, RPG Maker and online RPGs! All author revenue goes to charity ❤️
www.bitmapbooks.com/products/the...
684 pages on hundreds of Computer RPGs, from 1970s PLATO RPGs to Disco Elysium. Plus extras on French, Korean and Taiwanese/Chinese RPGs, RPG Maker and online RPGs! All author revenue goes to charity ❤️
The CRPG Book: A Guide to Computer Role-Playing Games (Expanded Edition)
The CRPG Book reviews over 450 defining Computer Role-Playing Games from 1975 to 2019 across 684 pages, such as Ultima, Wizardry and underrated genre treasures alike.
www.bitmapbooks.com
December 5, 2024 at 10:11 PM
BTW, the hardcover version of the CRPG Book is back in stock!
www.bitmapbooks.com/products/the...
684 pages on hundreds of Computer RPGs, from 1970s PLATO RPGs to Disco Elysium. Plus extras on French, Korean and Taiwanese/Chinese RPGs, RPG Maker and online RPGs! All author revenue goes to charity ❤️
www.bitmapbooks.com/products/the...
684 pages on hundreds of Computer RPGs, from 1970s PLATO RPGs to Disco Elysium. Plus extras on French, Korean and Taiwanese/Chinese RPGs, RPG Maker and online RPGs! All author revenue goes to charity ❤️
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Alright, it's time for a thread. The Video Game History Foundation is a tiny organization, and we did a LOT this year. We're in the middle of our annual fundraiser, so it's time to recap all the exciting things we've been up to—and what's next! 🧵
Video game history in action! 2024 was a big year for moving the conversation forward, preserving important artifacts, and building tools that make access easier for everyone. As our annual Winter Fundraiser heats up, let's look back at the year that was: gamehistory.org/our-2024-in-...
December 4, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Alright, it's time for a thread. The Video Game History Foundation is a tiny organization, and we did a LOT this year. We're in the middle of our annual fundraiser, so it's time to recap all the exciting things we've been up to—and what's next! 🧵
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The Hand Eye Society Ball is almost upon us! Whether you're supporting us in Toronto or online, check out tonight's talk from Game Workers Unite, feat. Bethesda developers! We'll be streaming and partying!
Twitch going live around 6:30pm (in 30m)! twitch.tv/handeyesociety
Twitch going live around 6:30pm (in 30m)! twitch.tv/handeyesociety
November 30, 2024 at 11:04 PM
The Hand Eye Society Ball is almost upon us! Whether you're supporting us in Toronto or online, check out tonight's talk from Game Workers Unite, feat. Bethesda developers! We'll be streaming and partying!
Twitch going live around 6:30pm (in 30m)! twitch.tv/handeyesociety
Twitch going live around 6:30pm (in 30m)! twitch.tv/handeyesociety
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Arctic Eggs is a cooking game that isn’t about the food, so much as the “uniquely human ritual” of lingering over a shared meal
Here’s why developer Keven Brown built a whole game around flipping an egg
Here’s why developer Keven Brown built a whole game around flipping an egg
Why Arctic Eggs are a dish best served cold
Developer Keven Brown tells us why he chose a chilly, bleak setting for a game about the social experience of eating.
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 28, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Arctic Eggs is a cooking game that isn’t about the food, so much as the “uniquely human ritual” of lingering over a shared meal
Here’s why developer Keven Brown built a whole game around flipping an egg
Here’s why developer Keven Brown built a whole game around flipping an egg
I hope that you'll all join me in nominating Arctic Eggs for game of the year in the Steam awards! 🍳
November 30, 2024 at 1:44 AM
I hope that you'll all join me in nominating Arctic Eggs for game of the year in the Steam awards! 🍳