So the latest review is up and this one is pretty wild, a fair shmup that lots of people have nice things to say about, except the original Japanese release had a couple of really deranged 2 player mode story arcs... Gunbird has a nasty secret... youtu.be/kc3iOkTe_Bo #retrogaming #playstation

Still having fantasies of actually going on multi day walks. Another couple of guides to trail I'd like to wander if my health allowed.

There's still one more video to come for 2025 on the Rubbish Heap channel. I wanted to extend my thanks for all those who have tuned in during 2025. For a small channel focused on playing Japanese video games it's grown! On Jan 1st 2025, 144 subs. Now it's 369! So thank you! 良いお年を！#retrogaming

If you were to walk the Six Dales Trails would you need to find six clones of @dribelad.bsky.social to succeed?

I hope everyone has a good Christmas.

Happy Bah Humbug Day eve to those who celebrate. 😀

When I was putting away the shopping this morning I tweaked my hip, felt like someone had jammed an icepick into it. Still hurts and walking is now really difficult. That is today's whinge.

Bah Humbug Day in three sleeps. 🤪

Fun fact: when Michael Flatley drinks champagne he turns into Michael Bublé.

A thick fog on the winter solstice is about standard here but Happy Solstice anyway.

Courtesy of the poke.co.uk 😂

It’s Robins all the way down 😊

My blood is actually acting like blood, a wonderful Xmas present.

Got to talk to my Dad this morning after he'd been in hospital for about 3 months. Not really sure how much of his memory is still there but he sounded happy.

Another Youtube annoyance is that while it will auto-generate captions it very often won't then auto-translate those captions. Occasionally work but more often than not you end up with not caption and someone speaking in a language that I've never managed to learn.

Okay. This is angering me. First of all, “MAN”!? We’re not in the nineteenth century FFS. There’s a better word and it is “Humans”. And secondly - who the f£&k thought HUMANS only learned to control fire 50,000 years ago???!!! www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Youtube keeps inflicting adverts for the Torygraph's podcast on me. Might be time to turn on an adblocker.

Wow! There is so much unsourced information, and a lot of misinformation about Hudson and NEC's follow up to the PC Engine, the PC-FX. But, what if you did original research, in Japanese, what story would you uncover about this fated machine - this video is what! #retrogaming #pcfx #pcengine

The difference between now and night is that there is just enough light to see the rain drops hitting puddles.

A bit early but, Bah Humbug!

Do you notice how the catch all excuse for an entire generation of awful public figures who have behaved horrendously, whether left or right, is: “the kids have all gone crazy on social media”. Do you see how it is in fact the old farts who have roasted each other’s brains on Twitter and Facebook.

A bright sunny still day is something to celebrate. A really lovely morning.

Seems like it was only yesterday I was feeling January was taking forever and now it is December. I blame aging. 😁

This week, in the 35th Rubbish Heap review, Saki gets really into the weeds of the Japanese GameBoy library with a virtually unknown puzzle/RPG hybrid called Gem Gem. Was it a hidden jewel, or did it end up being a serving of jank-en? youtu.be/pzKK5WI_KOA #gameboy #retrogaming

Your Party? No, Their Party not mine.

Lovely day out there, I wanted to go for a wander but my body said no. It does this way, way too often these days.

This week's review on the heap is this quirky, and somewhat inexpensive rare game, which left Saki scratching her head in Himeji City on discovering it, is Gem Gem an antecedent to Pokemon, but from 1991? Find out in this week's review: youtu.be/pzKK5WI_KOA #retrogaming #gameboy #pokemon

A shame this third part in this extensive Hudson Soft retrospective totally flopped on YouTube, with only 500 views or so. Pt3 covers Hudson becoming Multiplatform again and how Hudson and NEC judged the PC Engine's success. Big names, clickbait, and rage bait wins the day on YouTube :( #retrogaming

So we're slightly late to the party given that the big news dropped a month ago, but here's a full hour of the #TerribleLizards #Podcast where @iszi.com and I talk about #Nanotyrannus and what it all means for T. rex and tyrannosaur research going forwards. terriblelizards.libsyn.com/nanotyrannus

Lovely bright sunny morning today. :)

This made me giggle

Coming up in the coming weeks on the Rubbish Heap for review, another PC Engine Super CD-ROM ROM title that has vanishingly little coverage in the English-speaking world, Nadia - The Secret of Blue Water. #pcengine #nadiathesecretofbluewater #retrogaming

The number of "I would want to talk to you about job, please add me to Whatsapp" is getting ridiculous.

Blood less treacle but still not flowing that well.

Wishful thinking time.

I'm the featured poet at Nottingham's DIY Poets Quarterly Showcase, a hybrid event with open mic. Tickets free / pay-what-you can (suggested £3-£5) Thursday 20th November at 7pm GMT. All welcome, would be great to see you there, and please feel free to share. city-arts.org.uk/event/23070/...

That's right, @rubbishheap.bsky.social is a YouTube channel where the artwork was mostly created in Deluxe Paint on the Amiga! Seemed kinda rad to use a retro computer to make the artwork to make a retro game review channel! #retrogaming #amiga #pixelart #ドット絵

My question is who is doing all the Epsteining for these powerful wealthy men now?

Did you know Hudson made a sequel to acclaimed TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine strategy game Military Madness, on the Super Nintendo? Well, they did, a Japan only exclusive called Earth Light. Does it improve on the original, or is war no longer fun? youtu.be/mLCIDWwMGbI #snes #retrogaming #pcengine

It has come to my attention that many of you have been sharing this photo of Streeting and Mandelson widely. Please remember that Wes Streeting does not like it being shared widely. So please do not share it widely and on every possible occasion. We wouldn’t want to upset him would we?

Hippotenudes

hello marine biology bsky, does anyone know the orcas' phone numbers

Something gone a wee dodgy with my blood again, its back to being treacle. Need to start medication almost from scratch again.

Dementia is a cruel thing, watching it take my Dad and the pain that causes my Mum is so hard cope with.

The Rubbish Heap reviews Japanese retro games with snappy reviews, explains them properly, whether you need to know any Japanese and to what level. We go beyond the surface level glance and unlock what is going on behind the language barrier! www.youtube.com/@SakiEndosRu... #retrogaming

Rome2Rio always opening a booking dot com tab in my browser is extremely annoying.

Don't often look forward to the postie arriving but I did today. They brought me a copy of @davehone.bsky.social and @markwitton.bsky.social 's Spinosaut Tales. This should be very interesting.

Yesterday, my parent channel's Hudson Soft retrospective (part 3) got some interest, but some of you may want to start at the beginning, so here is part 1 which covers Hudson from 1973 to 1987. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYAx... #retrogaming #hudsonsoft #famicom

Would the people with the fireworks please insert them into their rear end before letting them off please? It might muffle the noise a bit.

Over on the Rubbish Heap's parent channel, the 3rd instalment on Hudson Soft, which covers their history between 1992 and 1994 and looks at whether NEC and Hudson saw the PC Engine as a success or failure in the end. And lots of games shown! youtu.be/Iy8ZfEEcTtU #retrogaming #pcengine #hudsonsoft