Old post! Talking about crime, fiction, and how we're all drowning in Nobuhiko Obayashi's madcap, hyper-dense post-modern exploration of Japan's greatest detective. "Goodbye, Mr. Todoroki. Goodbye, Kosuke Kindaichi. Goodbye, everyone."

Valentine’s Day is coming up, and Loft has you covered with pink slime gifts

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior

My kids keep insisting the Slime from Dragon Quest is named "Jeff" and I've never been so angry

Will Psyduck pass his driving test??

this is genuinely incredible

"People guessed around 43.8% of people born outside of Ireland were availing of social housing compared to the real figure of 6.1%." www.thejournal.ie/immigration-...

Daily bunny no.3200 is sleeping in today

vertical shmups have names like "Understated Sadness" and sidescrolling shmups have names like "Glorbian"

One of my favourite things in Dragon Quest is when people are all fearful of "M-m-m-monsters" and then the monsters are just Slimes.

Dragon Quest VII Reimagined

Mum and dad sleeping peacefully time to smash our home's only pot.

PHANTASY STAR II SEGA 1990 SEGA GENESIS

SNOWBOARD KIDS RACDYM 1998 N64

A train treat.

I'll call you mooonster because you come from the moon and the stars. You're a prehistoric creature. An animal.

FILM #2 - The director of the amazing Christmas noir PARIS PICK-UP made another Christmas Noir! It's 32 minutes long and it's called LA DAME DE NOEL (1958)

Happy anniversary to the Phantasy Star series! ⭐ I just wanted to redraw that title screen.

The roman porno remake of this, Trapped in Lust, is worth hunting down also.

Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog Pasta (1998-1999): Canned pasta in a tomato/cheese sauce from Franco-American, shaped like weapons, a castle, and a dragon from the short-lived Fox Kids action-fantasy series from Saban, which was set in ancient Ireland

Everything has been Post Malone since Cheers got cancelled.

This Saturday, a film festival in the Liberties is showcasing comedies by and for kids. “These films, short as they are, show a lot of imagination and talent,” writes Luke Maxwell.

Breath of Fire IV is $4.99 on GOG (preservation program) buff.ly/wN4IYmv

I made cookies that didn't come out as one giant amorphous blob for once.

@robvnnie.bsky.social let's go adventuring!

This dude is like, someone drew Kevin Bacon from memory

Oooof.

They're making a Mighty Pip plush. He's a hero.

The "Golgo 13" anime (from 1971) will be released on Blu-ray in Japan. This series was considered lost until the masters were found two years ago. natalie.mu/comic/news/6...

Watching Watership Down this morning. Like many I was traumatised by this as a child. And now again.

Dragon Quest One is Dragon Quest Done. Spoilers in the images.

Jackpot!* (*They all ran.)

Got this funky looking Piccolo figurine. Reminds me of a bootleg Goku I had when I was a child before I even knew what a Dragon Ball was.

Your 3D scanned keshi today is Jack from Might Bomb Jack on Famicom! I believe this figure is by Amada. Download the stl model here: archive.org/details/kesh...

Terminator starts promisingly, being about two naked men on a quest for some trousers, but then goes off in a different direction that isn't as interesting.

I remember going over to my friend's house in primary school and he had named all the enemy bots "Luke". We laugh about it now but at the time it was alarming.

I tried the new Kinder Christmas time treat, the Choco Ball.

Got him! And what a jump. 20000EXP for this guy.

Kirby Beanie Adult Size is $0.11 on Amazon Haul buff.ly/2e2VT8r lots more $0.11 items (free shipping over $25 order, otherwise shipping is ~$3.99) buff.ly/QSygO1n #ad

29 long years have passed since I founded the emulation archive, Zophar's Domain, on 11.9.96. To this very day, the site still stands as a testament to an era that never actually disappeared but continues to live in the hearts of retrogamers all over the word. Emulation Forever!

I spent a good amount of time last night butting heads with this guy. I think the numbers are against me on this guy. Going to go find something else to do and come back to him. Consistently have him on dark red only for him to break pattern and go crazy with the big hits.

Loat my voice. Sound like Super Dave

An Irish director’s new film presents five stories about home, love and belonging, writes Luke Maxwell. The suite of stories in ABODE are “moving, heartfelt and always underpinned by a wry observational humour”.

"Like a tomato-based ketchup."

With the new Football Manager a disaster the choice for managing a spreadsheet full of football guys seems obvious.