Rom Patcher JS is 12 years old already! It started just as a proof of concept and I can't still believe how far it got since 2014. According to Google stats, the app is visited more than 100k times per month by users around the world. It's amazing, thank you :-) www.marcrobledo.com/RomPatcher.js/

PlayStation says the end of physical media is here, but we're clearly not ready for an all-digital future with a lack of consumer protection for digital purchases. This week's Unpacked from @nickjcal.bsky.social is out now.

Online-infested consoles have existed for decades and for some reason we have never seen a clearer piece of communication from a developer about the state of the release than this. Congrats, Fumi Games and PlaySide! This deserves applause! Can't wait to play MOUSE.

Entiendo que esto no importe a tanta gente porque es completamente mi nicho, pero quiero que entendáis lo treméndamente importante que es que exista esta revista: ¡una revista de videojuegos ENTERA sobre producción nacional! ¡Hace 10 años esto hubiese sido imposible! Es un GRAN motivo de alegría. 😍

The fight to protect games is an incredibly complex one. You fight Sony's gaslighting. You fight lying lobbyists. You fight misconceptions about physical media. You fight hordes of trolls spreading lies online. You fight ignorance. It's exhausting, but WE WILL CONTINUE!

Chat Control 1.0 passed despite a majority voting against it (314:276), ushering in suspicionless mass scanning of your private communications until 2028. Regrettably, Roberta Metsola's brazen and undemocratic actions jeopardise the legitimacy of the EU. The battle against Chat Control 2.0 begins!

New from me: Talking to some of the folks on the frontier of porting retro games to PC, and saying 'fuck AI' while they do it

I had to reboot one of my Windows computers just now. What an interesting way to say, "I don't like the fact that you chose a different default browser, so I'm going to forcefully override because I wrote the bleeding Operating System."

I wanted to write something thoughtful about XBOX's wanton destruction spree of their talent, portfolio, and future - on how XBOX has destroyed so much trust from both of its audiences - from developers and players. But how can I write anything thoughtful about such thoughtless greed?

Don't be fooled! Sony is spreading the demoralizing story that they won't reverse their attack on gaming culture. That they don't care. If that is the story they want to run, help them! Tell everybody that the exploiting, ignorant, arrogant corpo doesn't even see them as humans.

One thing Sony certainly hasn't calculated in when pushing for digital-only, is something we hear very often. People buy digital, but they give a big middle finger to paying full price for a rental. Those higher profits vanish again when people only buy at 50-80 % discounts.

Mira, una puta mierda PERO: Es la 1.0, que no es obligatoria y no toca mensajes encriptados. Ya la hemos vivido y la conseguimos quitar. Podemos seguir mandando emails para dejar claro que la queremos fuera, y de paso que no aprueben la 2.0, que está en trámite y es peor fightchatcontrol.eu

Just like they resent having to pay people to make their products, executive shit-spigots resent having to sell those products to us. If you look at the trajectory of videogame monetization, so much of it has been about establishing a direct line to our wallets. Money for nothing.

There's a video I've always wanted to make but I new knew how to package it A video about how videogames taught the rest of the world English, but it was based on broken translations. For example, I had a friend who learned English by playing the original Resident Evil 1

Looks like the Sony PR team has begun its consent manufacturing operation among the media in the past 24 hours. I wonder how many other gaming outlets and influencers this week will also happen to put up posts/articles/videos declaring that eliminating physical media from consoles is good, actually?

Sony blindsided its own partners with their "kill discs" strategy. We heard from multiple insiders that 3rd party had no clue it was coming. Now a report suggests 1st party/AAA was steamrolled too. Sony screws the industry, and doesn't even give its own folks time to brace.

I want to re-emphasize one part of this Xbox story: Half of the 3,200 cuts are happening today and half are happening in the next 12 months. In other words, even people who survived today's layoffs will have to spend the coming year wondering if they're going to be next.

Now that Sony told you they will kill discs in less than two years, how long do you think they will keep that disc drive authentication we warned everyone about running? System reset? Swapping parts? That thing becoming a brick is now closer than ever!

I've finally put my Mario Artist translations to @romhack.ing. It really took me that long to finally figure out which patch format to use. PPF is the one I'm using as it does what I wanted. This is part of all the long term stuff I'm doing about my work.

Mario Ar​tist Polygon Studio - English Translation (Complete) (64DD) Added

Mario Ar​tist Talent Studio - English Translation (Unfinished) (64DD) Added

They crunch us and bleed us dry and leave the broken bones for scraps, and they make money every step along the way

Interesting survey found on Eurogamer. Over 320.000 votes. Still only 29 % who go strictly digital. 22 % die-hard physical. But the rest is also still in the market for discs and cards. Basically confirmation that you can straight up block every "physical is dead" bot comment.

Our English patch for Kowloon's Gate has been updated to version 1.1. Patch notes: -Various typo and script fixes -English labels were added to the Divine Compass screen when used in inventory Downloadable here (no paywall) www.patreon.com/hilltopworks...

who could've possible seen this coming

ah, que van a encerrar a un chaval DE POR VIDA por un videojuego de mierda. www.xataka.com/videojuegos/...

There's a noticeable lack of risk-taking in the modern AAA space. @sigmagears9.bsky.social digs into that in his latest video essay. www.youtube.com/watch?v=15k2...

Sony is desperately trying to sweep things under the rug. Make sure they run out of brooms. Keep the pressure up! FIGHT FOR PHYSICAL GAMES AND OWNERSHIP!

My in-person panel from Vancouver Retro Game Expo is now up on YouTube. The Q&A section at the end gets very interesting! www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgyy...

The Sony backlash has transcended the borders of gaming. Comedians, fast food chains, tech companies, everyone is piling on Sony. Everyone can feel that something bad has happened. It is by far the most intense criticism we have ever witnessed against a gaming platform.

#StopKillingGames relies on creators spreading the word and giving commentary on us like @f4mi.bsky.social, @conkerax.bsky.social, Ross Scott, and many others. We would not be here without them. Treating them as second-class voices under whoever someone else deems “trusted” is deeply concerning.

there are loads of reasons why the death of physical is bad news, but I think there are downstream effects that the industry is already suffering from today - that are only going to get worse youtu.be/jGtv_lyaNww

The single biggest story in video games this month, prompting widespread concern across the community, and the ESA has no comment. Thank you @duckvalentine.bsky.social for holding them accountable for their total failure on this issue

Sony summed up by Adam Koralik: They established they are very willing to take down content you own. They are very willing to take down the only network by which you can acquire games. And they are very willing to cut off any sort of alternative. Alarm bells couldn't be louder.

What's wrong honey? You barely touched your dick rice

My latest op-ed might be the hardest I've ever gone in the paint in my entire career, but this is the feeling that has been building up in me for the last few years. The last few weeks was the tipping point. Writing this gave me no pleasure, but it was certainly therapeutic in a way.

The legal drama surrounding Subnautica 2 has finally come to a close. @nickjcal.bsky.social digs into how right side won in the latest episode of Unpacked. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZmN...

Don't give up! We saw the news about Sony repurposing their Austrian disc factory. They are hell-bent on killing ownership. Be the counterforce! Voice your opinion! Don't support their all-digital push! Abandon services that exploit you! Show them what they'll lose!

At a certain point all you can do is laugh. Especially given the Vatican has no diplomatic relations with China. (Anyway, worth looking back at what else the US has blamed on China, because once you look into it you work out it's projection for the most part).

Big misconception I'm seeing is that the decision to go all digital reflects a company thinking that players do not care about physical. This isn't true. Everyone knows a physical player base exists. The choice to go all digital reflects a belief that this is not a market worth keeping or growing.

He needs Harry Kane

Normally I'd say "with all due respect" but in this case, none is given. Absolutely the fuck not.

Infinity Blade’s disappearance is a perfect example of the damage done to mobile gaming. It was in the vanguard of mobile’s rise. For a time it was *the* showcase of a potential, valuable new outlet for the medium. For it to be washed away in a sea of RAID trash is downright perverse.

Pego el hilo de Twitter de marras (no sé para qué pongo nada allí, fallo mío) por aquí (como debería). Como persona que vive de esto y convive con Excels, se está errando mucho el tiro y no se está viendo el elefante en la habitación con el tema de PlayStation y el formato físico, de corazón.

This week on Semi-Ramblomatic, @yahtzeecroshaw.bsky.social isn't impressed by things being big.

Companies need to make money to survive but the success necessary to do this is earned - particularly in entertainment. You can only push your customer base so far before something snaps. When you make enough deeply unpopular decisions - it will eventually bite you. Nintendo walks this line well.

This whole end of physical media thing is really affecting me. It’s not just having the disc - it everything around shopping, hunting for things, spending time with buddies. None of it matters to business but it makes me question why I bothered getting into the gaming space at all. Really sad.