"Army of Belchness", my entry for the 2006 @starmen.net Halloween Funfest, turns 19 this year. I can't help but smile and think of those times whenever I see it 🥲

Hello Trick or Treat Kids and Smilin' Sams, we're announcing the 2025 Starmen.net Carving Contest! Pick up a pumpkin (or festive gourd of your choice) and show us your carving skills! Details at: forum.starmen.net/forum/Fan/Fo... Send them to us by **NOVEMBER 4th** at 11:59 PM EST to be featured!

Hey sm.netters, we'd like to announce some recent changes we have made to our discussion forum: Recently, overwhelming numbers of AI bots & web scrapers have been rendering our forum practically unusable for days at a time; DDOS'ing us in slow motion as they vacuum up 20+ years of posting history..

🕵️ Starmen.net Decennial Mafia: Open for Signups!🕵️ We're celebrating the 10th anniversary of Starmen.net's mafia revival with a special 29-player game, open to newbies and veterans alike. You won't want to miss this! Come join the fun here: forum.starmen.net/forum/Genera...

happy 30th to EarthBound! i “pre-ordered” it back in 1995 (they wrote my name/number on a post-it note) and now the day one box watches over me in my podcast studio—yes, the guide is inside

30 years! Happy birthday, EarthBound. #earthbound

HAPPY EARTHBOUND DAY! On this day 30 years ago MOTHER 2 debuted in North America as "EarthBound" with a now-legendary localization written predominantly by Marcus Lindblom. It didn't make a big splash at it's debut, but sometimes small ripples become epic waves that reshape the world for the better.

THURSDAY, JUNE 5th 2025! It's almost here! We've been counting down the days to one of gaming's most anticipated events, and we're less than a week away. We know it, you know it, the hype has been unavoidable across every corner of the internet.... It's time for... EarthBound's 30th birthday!!!

EarthBound is about to turn 30, so i'm glad my transcription of my (now defunct) local newspaper's review is still online: starmen.net/mother2/revi...

👨‍💻ATTENTION HACKERS👩‍💻 Ever feel intimidated by your dream of a sprawling, complex, technical, and tacoriffic romhack? Lower your expectations and get back to basics during Starmen.net 's First Official PK Hack Jank Jam! Don't just work on a hack, complete it too! forum.starmen.net/forum/Commun...

Looks like our discussion forum is down folks, but we're working on getting it back up! Thanks for your patience!

I didn't expect to shed a tear by reading Part 5. Such a heartwarming ending, just like EB itself!

Part 4 is out! Are you Team Pokey or Team Porky?

Part 2 is out, starting with a classic EB line

🚨MOTHER MERCH ALERT!🚨 For April Fool's this year, Hobonichi is teasing a 1,000 piece jigsaw puzzle..... based on Mu Training?! 🧘‍♂️ www.1101.com/n/s/mother_p... Whether this is a real product or just a lighthearted joke is left ambiguous.... perhaps we'll have to meditate on this for a while...?

Hobonichi has posted a translated interview between Shigesato Itoi and EarthBound localizer Marcus Lindblom, from when Itoi visited Los Angeles last summer. Give it a read if interested: www.1101.com/n/s/mother_p...

KNOCK KNOCK IT’S THE STARMEN.NET EMERGENCY MAKEOVER! 🧹 Tired of dark, drab, blue websites? Do you know basic CSS? Us too! We're excited to announce that for the first time in who-knows-how-long, user-created forum skins are back in action! Get more details here: forum.starmen.net/forum/Site/N...

First part of the chat between Shigesato Itoi and EB localizer Marcus Lindblom is online! And they've never met before?!

Level up: New Admins And Moderator Structure! Long story short, we're empowering our mods and promoting some new admins. If you want the details, you can read all about it here: forum.starmen.net/forum/Site/N...

The 1/128 challenge lives on! Forum member HCchicken has successfully obtained every single 1/128 rare item in EarthBound in just 22 days(!) and we celebrated by bringing the old challenge badge out of retirement! Go send your congratulations in the thread below! forum.starmen.net/forum/Site/N...

Mother Direct 2025 Sign-Ups! It's back with a fresh new coat of paint! Want to show off your Mother fan works? This is the perfect opportunity! From fangames to community events, let's celebrate the Mother Direct's grand return with a bang! Enter through the form below! forms.gle/yDU16H4sZ6rZ...

Hey were you ever part of @starmen.net? I'm still doing that dumb no-stakes awards show! And you can vote on things that don't matter right now! forms.gle/mVJjEcMDg17v...

2024 was a year loaded with Mother merch, and it looks like 2025 is already starting strong! There's still just 2 days left to peruse Hobonichi's 2025 Joy of life exhibition: "Mother Bazaaaar!!" which runs from January 9th - 15th. Check it all out at the link below!! www.1101.com/mother_proje...

Hey folks! The 11th annual Starman Super Awards is now live on the forums!! 🎉🎉🎉 Come check it out and nominate your favorite games from 2024 for Game of the Year, or engage in vigorous debate about whether DLCs count as standalone entries! Either way come get the list started at the link below!! 🏆

Green, green. Oops. I'm still new at this.