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In the spirit of April Fools' Day but without sacrificing the Supper Mario Broth veracity policy, here is a fact that seems so outlandish as to be a joke, but is actually true: in 1993, a Sega ad campaign briefly planned to use profanity to slander Mario.

grave sins of the membrane / grave sins of the brain

I have a cube number birthday today so here's one of my all time favorite cubes

new favorite guy

my family was crazy abt HP when I was a kid but as a teen I just discovered more interesting things. I kinda feel bad for ppl who didn't. you deserve to graduate from authors who are problematic in plain, concrete, cruel ways to those who are problematic in esoteric ways, only described in whispers

I'm taking my performative train reading to the next level

new ringo sheena is kind of a mixed bag but I like the samba tune a lot and this one's pretty crazy youtu.be/3L0PQUxnfKI

in the ~hundred years since its composition has there ever been a more beautiful melody with worse lyrics

went almost 27 years w/out knowing what color my eyes are but I had to renew my license online recently so I decided to check. been just using "hazel" as a codeword for "I don't know". I must have intuited that eyes are terrifyingly alive up close. staggered away from the mirror like a horror movie

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Today we have an amazing interview from 1989 with Shigeru Miyamoto and Shigesato Itoi. Conducted shortly after the release of Mother, it's full of deep musings about realism, creative exhaustion, the moral panic over kids & gaming, and prescient visions of the future. shmuplations.com/itoimiyamoto/

THE OOZE SEGA TECHNICAL INSTITUTE 1995 SEGA GENESIS

TONIGHT tune in live in ~5 hours

sachiko m - bar sachiko the routine is sitting perfectly motionless on the ice for exactly one hour (they should give a perfect score to anyone who can do this)

update: cool album but I really don't get what they were trying to do with the french horn

Donkey Gorilla / MZ-700 / Tecno Soft / 1983

discog listen sidequest: some jp artists ppl have mentioned to me the last couple years. lot of inspiration here... highlights: siinamota - award strobe hello poison girl friend - "hardly ever smile" rourourourous' debut ep hyakkei - standing still in a moving scene annabel - TALK & cosmic gardener

my contrapasso for thumbsupping in every picture taken of me for the last decade

it's jalentine's day post a jaleco favorite youtu.be/EcFo2B1fGqw

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in a couple weeks I'm hosting another SEGA NIGHT at the boston vgm jam sessions (my favorite day of the month!!) we'll play some classics and some surprises... come check it out if you're local www.vgmjams.com/boston or watch live on youtube www.youtube.com/@VGMJamSessi...

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I really thought the hockey show was about women

was reminded this morning of this sibelius quote I stumbled onto last year. now every time I hear something cool that goes against the grain I am tempted to say it "has nothing of the circus about it"

le roi d'ys nuts

magfest jam clinic

catch me in the magfest "pop up lockers" line thursday 3-5pm

saw everyone posting where they're performing at magfest. here's my schedule!

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who will I see at magfest.....

was the stranger things script always this hackish?? it feels like reading gamefaqs

really happy I got to help close out the year of namco 70th festivities with this great klonoa album!! as usual really heavy-hitting lineup of artists with v diverse creative takes. I covered a hidden gem called CRATERS from one of the gba spinoffs

SECRET PORTA enters its fifth year... the pxtone server secret cover exchange is one of my favorite parts of every holiday season. the results are always charming, highly experimental and creative, and full of love. check it out!! pxtunes.bandcamp.com/album/secret...

two special deliveries came in early for the holidays... PAST FUTURE PRESENT MEMORY on vinyl... thanks to @samplemance.rs for making the best chiptune album of the year and graciously agreeing to autograph my copy. nice sturdy jacket, v pretty liner notes insert. essential buy!

live on youtube playing astronautilus with the new pxtunes remixes. for a few hours prob! tune in youtube.com/live/MesmG8j...

I'm so close to cracking it guys

currently reading. never can decide whether to read the forewords on these things or let my own interpretation grow out of nothing. this one was insightful and a little strange

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segagaga and moonlight syndrome patches in 2026 is going to change the game. that was like #1 and 2 on my wishlist

it's spotify CRAPPED season and in protest I am once again writing about some of my favorite new albums of the year ⬇️

wow, finished this one after like 5 weeks of reading every commute. definitely made an impression... I think the last time I thought "I want to read that again and take notes" was when I played the silver case several years ago. lot of great subtle mysteries here and really compelling symbols+images

annoyed that my friends are gatekeeping their innermost feelings, medical information, home address etc. on small private discords. this is what wikis are for guys!

loopbreaker ost is up on neo's youtube... here's another one I'm really happy with youtu.be/stSBbrk_T6k always grateful when I am handed an opportunity to write "visual novel investigation scene" type music

VIVARIUM, my arr for ASTRONAUTILUS loopbreaker of a tune by @neozoidgames.bsky.social made with pxtone!

ASTRONAUTILUS loopbreaker releases today on Steam and itch! You can get the game and free update here: store.steampowered.com/app/1724120/ASTRONAUTILUS/ neozoid-games.itch.io/astronautilus Have fun playing!

new PXTUNES arrange album for two great pxtone soundtracks, astronautilus and star of providence pxtunes.bandcamp.com/album/starse... somehow it is once again our longest release ever and packed full of exciting creative stuff all the way through. thanks for listening!