Agreed 100% -- most of us here will (probably, pending circumstances) be fine and have plenty to sift through. But the future of video game upkeep and preservation as we know it is essentially toast if these trends keep up. Like this is also how slop prevails.

Statement from VGHF director Frank Cifaldi on the discontinuation of physical PlayStation media, and the closure of the PS3 and PSP digital storefronts.

Meanwhile, at Sony

So Sony is essentially killing off whatever we still have related to legitimate console gaming and further funneling the scraps toward PC (which we all know how affordable THAT is now thanks to slop) and fly-by-night mobile models.

Won the lottery of having my face put on the latest @presspauseradio.bsky.social banner, therefore completing the cycle anew

Holy shit, no notes

Who needs this fucking AI shit when a human made 3DO podcast exists?!?! Go listen please: superpodnetwork.com/podcast/the-...

Yearning for times when broken tech at least stayed away from our retirement funds

Please let this be a rising trend

Stoked as always!

Wondering how many more of these previously unimaginable Simpsons events we'll keep blowing through in my lifetime

Figured this was a good place to put the new budding Famicom cart collection

Damn I was afraid of this

I'm just sitting here waiting for AI to destroy us and we find out via headlines like "Man asks for job hunting advice, GPT sends entire transcript to his boss" and "She asked GPT for help choosing coffee; she left her husband four hours later"

Logging off LinkedIn always feels like taking some sort of mental health potion

Like seriously though, how the fuck did we lose the plot so horrendously in so many ways within the same 2-year period, goddamn

Accurate depiction of me when seeing modern (mostly scalped) TCG prices

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I'll be streaming this in an hour for PPR!

Fish in a barrel at this point

Aw, too bad, I can't make it all out

Thought I'd check in and buy my first modern booster pack in ~25 years this week. Pretty sure it'll be a few more years at this rate.

Not gonna stop #FreePacMan

Apparently today was National Trading Card Day, so treated myself to an affordable (lol) legendary tidbit I actually missed out on. Fitting since I pulled everything else out of storage just last week.

Back from a long-needed social sabbatical, what I miss? ...oh. Oh no. ... ...oh lord, no. Fine, I guess? Hi.

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Thought I'd log just to say I'm not dead but still not reinstalling the phone app (also I've been a lot more content as a result) Think at this stage of life I'm essentially done with casual social use. Guess I'll post a picture of a game console once a week or something?

i think the disconnect with the bluesky team and the userbase is that the userbase, the people who occupy this place, think of bluesky as purely a twitter alternative and the bluesky team thinks of it as purely a coding foundation for others build off of

Amazing breakfast this morning. I love waffles

Still awaiting justice for Pac-Man

This era will create 1 million new retro collectors

The hugest mood

Omlettesville was fun but thinking I'm switching back to Scrambletown

Thought my knockoff Dreamcast controller was busted. Turns out it just needed a good contact cleaning? So this majestic sucker is (finally) back in order.

I don't want to hear another damn thing about escalators ever again unless it's the Mitch Hedberg bit

Guess who's helping me alphabetize the early 80s section

Oh noes!

Never been a better time to have any sort of media backlog tbh

Social media's going great, y'all

Played the shareware episode multiple times as a kid (because we were a cheap house). Finally got to play the rest when we stepped up for Ultimate Doom a couple years later.

Hey Meta, how's it-- Uh. Nvm

These past two weeks have felt like the longest year since 2025

Ooof, tough situation all around. But yeah, whole scenario now sounds like a nightmare turned grifter's dream. Heed this advice and walk away.

So I played Slalom for the first time ever and I've gotta say: bold slope name

Citrus, lavendar and vanilla definitely sound like better options than "my shoes off in a room without AC post-workout"

I mean yeah, contact damage especially sucks if the boss is straight up stunned

Still my favorite retro R-type boss to date

Want to feel old? This is Jimmy Neutron today

The “Just Say No” list.