I finally got around to writing up my 2025 year-in-review post. This year I worked on high speed mutts, Robotron-inspired CRT psychedelia (with @allenriley.bsky.social), another alt control jam (with @mtylpg.bsky.social & @arcadecommons.org) among many others! blog.emma.coop/andy/andys-2...

Two rad pictures of @jfriedhoff.bsky.social and I running tournaments for @arcadecommons.org at @magfest.org courtesy of Nick Santaniello!

its post magfest so now I can showoff my Qualia Machine, lovingly built & designed by @blazinkarp.bsky.social inspired by glass teletypes and retro PC from a future that doesn't exist yet. The booth was decorated by me to reflect a cubicle inside an Intellica office. Lots of secrets there too...

I wanted to build a console for the game jam games that would eventually be wall-mounted and live at @wonderville.nyc Here's a demonstration of how it works showing Up To Go Down by @dxtr.se and Wesna

In late 2025 @mag-indiearcade.bsky.social teamed up with @arcadecommons.org to run a game jam called Flip Out - games made using 5 toggle switches. This is the second alt.ctrl game jam following 2024's Lever Up jam. You can play the games made from this jam here: itch.io/jam/flip-out

QUALIA IS ALIVE ‼️ PLAY IT NOW ‼️ my first game is out now! qualia is about a lot of things: ai, robots, depression, death, but those are just what it means to me. i hope, like qualia itself, this game means something to you. thank you so much for playing. ♥️ store.steampowered.com/app/3351080/...

walkthrough of the @arcadecommons.org space at MAGFest 2026. an absolutely OP lineup this and every year players on EVERY game, devs standing around talking to players, commander keen piloting a cheeseburger

Hello new followers! It was so nice meeting so many of you at MAG 26! If you wanna keep the conversation going and stay in touch, consider joining our discord! discord.gg/M32eyPRmGF

Of course, always have to give it up for the @arcadecommons.org and @mag-indiearcade.bsky.social people. I've said this during the con, but I've been going to this for 10+ years. To see it go from a little section in the expo hall to becoming one of the main pillars of the con is inspiring.

And of course the cabinet I design with @arcadecommons.org WeatherSys Admin!!

Another @magfest.org down! Thank you for sharing in the joy of independent arcade gaming with us. If you enjoyed any of the games in our collection, checked out our community showcase, stopped by and chatted with us, or just took in the vibes - thank you so much. See you next year!

AND THATS A WRAP! 561 races! 7,253 boosts! 2,616.4 km collectively traveled 569 deaths!! thank you all SO much for stopping by!! absolutely FLOORED by the volume of ppl who wanted to play and say hi ❤️🖤 hopefully ill see you all next year!!! 😃🐇‼️

I'm at the arcade, I'm at yeag, I'm at the combination arcade and @b0tster.yeag.gay yeag

so, yeah. they're all important. anyway if you're at magfest & wanna see some cool shit that *is* respectful of the process & human element of making art, the rest of @munitygames.bsky.social is there w/ @arcadecommons.org showing off shootlanzer (5/5) blacksky.community/profile/did:...

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dyebreaker tournament last night was so good! the winners were two folks who came in second last year. they showed up this year in their dyebreaker shirts and swept the whole thing. a redemption arc with some insanely good matches

the heroic winners, and me, and @andymakes.itch.io! massive thanks to Andy and Jane and all the other @arcadecommons.org folks running these tournaments. what a blast

Had to miss out on Day 2 of MAGFest - headaches - but back again for Day 3! Started out by paying tribute to the new old blood: Nightmare Kart! I know it's available on PC, but the arcade cabinet is something else. 10/10, would kart again!

If you aren't at the @magfast.org panel to see some high level Hoverburger gameplay, you can catch the stream at twitch.tv/magfast starting in the next few minutes!

I got to play the Nightmare Kart cabinet for the first time since last MagFest! And this time with the Bunlith! Hopefully i embarrassed myself less than yesterday 😂 Happy anniversary Nightmare Kart!

got 2nd at the magfest nightmare kart tourney! thanks to @b0tster.yeag.gay for the killer game and @arcadecommons.org for the killer cab!

Happy 20th MAGFest! Come try out #Shootlanzer at the @mag-indiearcade.bsky.social !!

Hey @magfest.org I'll be on the alt control panel hosted by @emilykoonce.bsky.social at 6PM! Panels 4 - Chesapeake I'll be talking strange controllers with Blake Andrews (currently blasting me in the arcade with horse race test), David Antognoli of Night City Games and John Meister of Super Soul!

The Doom Drop cabinet is going strong at #magfest

Dyebreaker ready for action! right between two MAGFest heavy hitters, Nightmare Kart from @b0tster.yeag.gay and Nothing Good Can Come of This from Cartwheel Games. halls open in 29 minutes 🙇‍♂️

At MagFest with my homie as he's posted up as a hunter with @b0tster.yeag.gay's Nightmare Kart cab

hey magfest goers!!! if ur looking for the bunlith and NMK merch u can find it at the INDIE ITEM SHOPPE in front of the arcade commons booth at the back of expo hall C!!

hell yeah Nightmare Kart at MAGFest w/ @ohtazer.goblinmo.de @construct.goblinmo.de @b0tster.yeag.gay

Went and got both posters of @b0tster.yeag.gay 's awesome projects after her and @arcadecommons.org 's Nightmare Kart panel and speedeun by @j0kerr.bsky.social !

im gonna be at the magfast room at 6:00pm tonight for the nmkart Q&A with @arcadecommons.org!!! ❤️🖤

magfest expo hall is opening in UNDER AN HOUR find me (and the rest of @arcadecommons.org!) at the indie gaming part of the expo hall, at the back!!! cant wait for yall to try out all the cabinets! ❤️🖤

It's important to hit your arcade cabinet with a lint roller from time to time to make sure its coat is shiny

Blood Crisis is coming to MAGFest! youtu.be/qjdKio0h5b8

@jfriedhoff.bsky.social and @radstronomical.bsky.social also worked on Salmon Roll!

We're so excited to be going to MAGFest!! Huge thanks to @arcadecommons.org for bringing us along!

And surprise! A fan favorite, NOTHING GOOD CAN COME FROM THIS by Michael Consoli is getting a fresh coat of paint, both literally by @chriscariot.bsky.social with new hand-painted side art, and lots of refurbs by Alex Panait, ready to re-emerge @mag-indiearcade.bsky.social !

And of course, it wouldn't be MAG without Slam City Oracles by Jane Friedhoff Particle Mace & Salmon Roll by @andymakes.itch.io Volleygon & Powerboat Italia '88 by Robysoft Super Sharp Birds by Neil Sveri Waxwing by Common Opera WeatherSys Admin MASSIVE by Matt Fry & Robysoft

Did you know we have an annual community showcase @mag-indiearcade.bsky.social ? These include games in all formats from our wider community! This year is one of our best yet, with some real slam dunks:

Driving a big truck to MAG

road trippin' endlessly grateful to the @arcadecommons.org folks for lugging Dyebreaker to @magfest.org every dang year! see you tomorrowww

We're hard at work gearing up for @magfest.org ! We'll be there with all the beloved indie arcade community classics, like HOVERBURGER by Robysoft, Nightmare Kart by @b0tster.yeag.gay, Dyebreaker by @runningjump.games , and a new build of TRAPPED IN HERE WITH ME, by @jameskor.in and @kokode.io !

tickets are $5 - 15, but if you can't afford the $5 minimum reserve a spot anyways and just let us know :) (ways to pay are listed on the eventbrite page!) there's limited space (60 tickets) so make sure to rsvp! the talk will also be streamed on our twitch: www.twitch.tv/boshisplace

join us 2/19 for our first ever lecture series event, featuring @ellaguro.bsky.social: "What Doth Videogame? A personal history of art and life in the age of collapse." following the talk will be a listening party for liz's new album, Saint Elizabeth! rsvp here: www.eventbrite.com/e/boshis-lec...

so who's going to magfest :)

You all really love Nightmare Kart! The trigger stopped engaging - a small bump that presses the switch has literally been worn down from usage.That little silver spot on the trigger used to be about a millimeter thick, now it's completely flat. We'll have a fix before @magfest.org, don't worry 😎

also gave my portfolio a bit of an update, yippee! www.wendymurphy.online

Jam organized by @arcadecommons.org and @mag-indiearcade.bsky.social ✨ As part of the jam participants also built their own version of the controller, this is our shoebox version by @sadlilrobot.bsky.social

The Flip Out Jam itch.io/jam/flip-out, with games made for a custom alt controller with five toggle switches, was such a blast. Play the jam games (including my annoying elevator operator simulator Up To Go Down) at MAGFest!

We’re soooo excited to make this announcement. Our end of year fundraiser has hit its goal!! There’s still time to contribute to the community and help us even further improve our programming for next year!! #games #newyorkcity #fundraiser #boshi #egg

Getting Hypnogenesis ready for its debut at @magfest.org with a new console!