the healing power of nongshim ramyun

For Gayest Episode Ever's final discussion of The Simpsons — ever! — I asked Ian to draw sexy Ned Flanders in the style of Marlon Brando. Listen: www.gayestepisodeever.com/episodes/str... But also look.

Pepsi's response to this was their own pc puzzle game: Sierra Myst

There's always been something special about holding a game in your hands. A lot of us here first experienced our favorite games through glancing at the box art, scanning the writeup on the back cover, or flipping through the manual.

People who say they don’t care about physical media have never touched a Wii U disc.

another far side blender recreation! gary larson is my GOAT

mole mole, print ad, imagery (1985) archive.org/details/pi-o...

this is the real reason they're getting rid of discs

As the director of a historical video game preservation institution, and someone who has dedicated his entire adult life to this cause, this is accurate. We have attempted to work with the industry's trade organization to find a legal path forward, but they refuse to offer a meaningful alternative.

as a video game archivist, all I can say is I'm looking forward to the PS6 being the first video game console were we've lost 100% of the games library!

The Diaries of Franz Kafka

Yes game, this is exactly what I wanted to happen.

are you a mohawk or a headphone jack? take the cosmo quiz

buckroe beach amusement park barrel, hampton, virginia, hampton, virginia, 1985

hello MiSTer fpga owners - I have a question I cannot find an answer for from searching around. I'm currently using the system in direct video mode to output to a retrotink 4k. The picture looks perfect on my TV. When I take a screenshot with the MiSTer's WIN + PrtScn button combo I am getting this

when you plug in a new fridge: I'm not ready to make ice I'm not ready to chill now I'm still warm as hell and I don't have time To cool down & down & down It's too soon to make it cold I probably wouldn't if I could 'Cause I'm warm as hell, can't bring myself To do what it is you think I should

realms of the haunting, official website, excerpt (1997) web.archive.org/web/19970605...

how positively elegant - the height of luxury

watching someone play mega man x6 like... why would you do that to yourself?

Hot Mess Express Elm City, NC

companies on july 1st

The sd card in my MiSTer is filling up fast, so I figured I'd give it an upgrade. I'm going from 64GB to one of the 512GB microSD express cards I got from GameStop for $20 a while back. This should be plenty of space for the foreseeable future. (because hard drives are pricey)

it's called the playstation 6 because 6 people can afford one

when the world needed him most he vanished

Alice & Ape III from Arm Wrestling (1985)

this is where they store the mmmbop

seeing this on a random wikipedia page for a game I'm researching today and laughing yeah, bet it does.

dinky kong, oric (1983) gamefaqs.gamespot.com/oric1/312806...

treasure island golf, myrtle beach, south carolina, 1985

Apparently some lunatic made Dragon Quest for the Intellivision.

In Paper Mario: Sticker Star, if Mario picks up a HP-Up Heart while dying, he will be trapped in a purgatory-like black void where he is stuck constantly repeating his death animation, but unable to actually die.

it's the Nichibutsu door

Here it is... the inaugural blog post Beyond the 'Whatevers,' or "How Playing Final Fantasy VIII in Japanese Changed My Perception of the Game: blog.starlost.cc/2026/06/beyo...

He is scared of deletion

Jealous of anyone who wields this in our current job market.

everybody loves him

After having played the Japanese version almost exclusively for 25+ years, the US release of Bust-A-Groove 2 is WEIRD to me. Comet's song has new vocals (it was in English in the original), Hiro's icon is the I heart Me design, and I easily got the special effect in every other stage.

Rusty's Real Deal Baseball

researching baseball

today's fun MiSTer find: it's compatible with RetroTink 4k's direct video features, including automatic DV1 profile switching depending on the core you're playing. Neat. here are the profiles I'm using: github.com/TheJesusFish...