Mostly Game Boy restocks today. Some fun ones too. Also 3 items which are new to the site. The Super Famicom Hammerin’ Harry game. The Pillows Album Trial and a Japan exclusive One Piece fighting game. Site: japanretrodirect.ocnk.com

Time to teach my kids about absolute cinema.

Here is a short clip from the one time we were able to interview the legend @burgerbecky.bsky.social We were making a video about the SNES port of Out of This World and were blown away by the coding magic she used to get it to run without any expansion chips. RIP Becky ❤️ youtube.com/shorts/48iEE...

At the 7-11. Wait.., is Netflix trying to disrupt the instant Ramen industry?

Words to live by…

Such sad news. Becky is my developer idol. One of the smartest and kindest in this industry. I had the pleasure of interviewing her a few years back and we ended up talking for hours. Always planned to do a follow-up to that. Sending all my love Burger Becky.

If you want a good feed here on Bluesky, I would recommend following a bunch (or all) of these people.

Digging for sweet potatoes today. We will eat them roasted or grilled over the holidays. I love Japan.

Interesting Dragon Quest tie-in with Boss Coffee.

Neighborhood Kagura Festival.

Making spider piñatas for Halloween events. It’s very time consuming but a nice chance to listen to some music.

What’s this indeed…

These are mystery packs of “junk” N64 carts. I am going to open them on stream and see what I get. Not sure when I will go live but if this interests you, here is the channel I will be streaming on: youtube.com/@famicomdojo...

Gonna have some sweet tunes while doing dishes this afternoon. Now I just need the MOTHER 3 soundtrack to go with this.

I got some new followers recently and I want to share the love. So I am bumping the Import Gamers Starter pack again. These are people I am following that make my feed great. Follow some or all of them to make your Bluesky even better. Anyone I forgot? go.bsky.app/FE8Qdwj

I love the Mother 2 Nintendo Switch Online cards and the Dragon Quest coffee cans.

OK Bluesky friends. Use the code “BSTariffRefund” on checkout to save 15%. Let me explain. So, since the new shipping restrictions and tariffs went into effect my sales have fallen off a cliff. And in the last 2 weeks I have received only a single order. (1/5)

No Pac-Man! Don’t drink the soap!

Some Kirby game center game.

Went to a retro toy exhibit today. There was a Famicom display too but I could get a photo because too many people were around it.

When my kids were young we decided to have themed birthdays for them. And I would make piñatas. This we easy when they wanted things like rockets and Minions. But now my middle child is turning 13 and I am wondering if my Taylor Swift piñata will be acceptable.

My daughter got her allowance this month and went to meet her friend at the mall. I figured she’d buy some clothes or snacks and things. She comes back with this 450 page monster of an art book. I think I might be raising a nerd. I couldn’t be more proud.

I just backed SONS OF COMTEC · a comic about srs business ppl on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/zpx...

After all that delicious but high calorie food in Wisconsin I needed to do a “cleanse” with some good sushi.

Last evening in Wisconsin. The weather was perfect. I’ll miss this place.

My mom found some of my old games while cleaning the basement. She asked if I still wanted them…

Camping tonight

I love that one of their flavors is called “Exhausted Parent”. I also love that it is almost sold out.

Who is Taylor Swift? Who is Travis Kelce? Who was Jesus? Oh Walmart..

Visited my old University. It has changed so much. But happy to see the club I founded the “Anime Appreciation Society” is still going.

Went to Culver’s. I love Culver’s. But I ordered a burger and when I opened it, there was no meat! Not sure how that could have happened. Staff were good and got me a fresh one. But still super weird.

With only a few hours of sleep and possibly against better judgement, we went to Nickelodeon Universe today.

OK finally at the hotel. Goodnight/good morning everyone. Zzzzz

Just landed in Minneapolis. Started this “day” 36 hours ago. But soon we will be able to rest.

Gonna get to the hotel around 3:00am. Kids are exhausted. We started at 5:30am Japan time (so yesterday). This has been the toughest itinerary I’ve ever had.

Annnnnnnnnnnd flight delayed 2 and a half hours…. Gonna get to the hotel around 3 or 4 am…

To those complaining about the price of Switch 2 games, I present you the Seattle Airport. I bought water and snacks for my family and wound up paying nearly the price of Donkey Kong Bonanza.

In Korea right now (well the airport)

Fukuoka Airport has some questionable marketing…. #TeamFUK

Off to the United States!

Edited clip from one of my recent streams. What do you think? Is 3D Hot Rally in the Famicom Disk System a precursor to Mario Kart? Or something else entirely? www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMSu...

I remember really liking Vanquish when it came out. But I haven’t played it in probably 10 years. Does it still hold up?

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It's on. (this is a game cart with a built in land-line modem, so we are going to try it out).

Underwear exchange? Nah, I’ll keep the ones I have. But thanks for the offer.

Super happy to be involved in this project. If you like the show Red Dwarf you should listen and give them a sub.

I was cleaning and found this behind the dresser. I totally forgot I had Austin Powers on LaserDisc.

It's time to pump this starter pack up again. Trying to help gamers on Bluesky find their people. And you can help by: 1. Following the cool gamers in this pack. 2. Reposting the link so other people can discover them. and/or 3. Letting me know who else should be added! go.bsky.app/FE8Qdwj

My daughter and I bonding while we watch a They Might be Giants concert livestream. Best Father’s Day ever.