the European lust for Tekken 3

Me when I try doing something for the first time and I’m immediately not good at it

Less than 2 weeks to sign the EU Initiative against the destruction of video games. We are so close to making history now! Please continue spreading it to more people in these final days. Please continue collecting signatures from eligible people. eci.ec.europa.eu/045... #StopKillingGames

Final day for the #StopKillingGames petition for UK citizens. Signatures look good but more never hurts. Give it one final push, will ya?! petition.parliament....

Beautiful Saturday morning. Breakfast ready. Hot coffee in your mug. Surely now you all are relaxed enough to quickly sign a European Citizens' Initiative before the KILLING OF VIDEO GAMES disturbes your peace again, right? Sign here: eci.ec.europa.eu/045... #StopKillingGames

As someone with a keen interest in Game preservation movements like #StopKillingGames needs all the support it can get. I urge anyone in the EU to vote and the UK to make our voices heard. UK petition - petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70... EU citizens - eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#...

SAVE THE DATE! July 2nd. We want to get the hashtag #StopKillingGames trending on that day. Please use it in a post and link to the EU initiative and the UK petition.

this is what the average retro gamer's feed on BlueSky looks like

The 🏁 flag waves over the #SplashWaveRacing Ridge Racer 4 challenge! Let's head over to the podiums for the final standings! NTSC AT 🥇 @six-is-dead.bsky.social 🥈 @elly.social 🥉 @archangel2147.bsky.social NTSC MT 🥇 @weirdguy.bsky.social 🥈 @overthere.banginsummer.love 🥉 @yreval.bsky.social 1/2

We're back #SplashWaveRacing 🏎 I think the announcers grandma must be related to The Stig cause she's a speed demon, but I've really managed to shave some time off. It's getting really tough now to squeeze those few extra milliseconds out now, not sure I'll top this run. 1'31"518 PS1/PAL/MT

Okay! Let's have a current standings update for the current #SplashWaveRacing challenge! Phew, it's been a while since I typed that out! Sniff, the nostalgia. In first place in NTSC AT: @archangel2147.bsky.social! While in MT, @overthere.banginsummer.love weaves around @yreval.bsky.social! 1/2

Back at it #SplashWaveRacing ! Took a few more seconds off and feeling a lot more in control of those drifts and tricky turns. Struggling through the sharp corner and the hairpin though they're really messing with me. 1'35"620 PS1/PAL/MT Let's all keep going!

Ape Escape 4 with Soichi Terada back in the musical helm would be a dream come true for me. Help me Team Asobi, you're my only hope.

After today's trials for #SplashWaveRacing we've chipped a few seconds off the time and am sitting at 1'37"684 PS1/PAL/MT It's been super fun doing something like this and it's definitely scratching the itch Tekken 8 left me- let's see if we can get lower before the end!

Okay! I promised it was coming back soon, and here we go! Back after a hiatus for a fourth year with a Splashwave favourite and a sublime racer. 🏁 #SplashWaveRacing League 🏁 This is a hi-score challenge for racers! Nothing serious, just flavour in the name! 1/2

I am once again reminding you that Edelgard is the only ruler who truly cares about Fodlan and is right about everything

Fuck it, if I don't get this out there now I might never 😂 2097.uk I'm no website builder, but consider this a small corner of the web host to a half reasonably sized Wipeout curation away from social media platforms! Enjoy! (Or don't, theres no obligation 😛)

Check it out, trans allies. 💜

Life just hasn't been the same since I lost my local Goth club night 😭 I yearn to imitate a willow tree smelling of clove again

Giving this a fresh boost as it's going to save lives in the coming days. Signal boost this too please, lovelies 💜

Fuck AI, the thread chain suggests you might be able to block it so if you own a server that might be useful for you.

58/100 damn fake gamer over here 😭 I'm only really counting DoA since I played one set in a joke mystery game tournament at an event too lmao. Blank in replies

Big stuff for fans of preservation and physical media, really looking forward to seeing where this goes.

Woo! We did it, and YOU did it, kind supporters reading this! <3 Our first Kickstarter campaign is complete! Don't worry if you wanted to support us but couldn't at this time; this also includes funding for bigger print runs, so we'll have a storefront up once it's off to backers.

Everyone on Bluesky has such nice CRT setups and mines sat on an old workbench 😭 I need to start taking some notes and getting mine all cosy for the retro game nights.

Huge news for Death Stranding 2.

Ape Escape

Share the last 4 games you've played and expose your gaming habits. Uni deadlines have meant I've not played nearly as much or the variety I'd like recently, but I've finally made a start on that full series playthrough of MGS I've been threatening for years.

Road Rash 2 on the Mega Drive was probably my first game and it's still super fun to return to with a soundtrack that has stuck with me for decades.

On this day 30 years ago, Sony made waves at E3 '95. Sega had just released the Saturn for $399, but Sony was prepared. During the PlayStation presentation, Steve Race, head of development at SCEA, confidently declared "299" and left.

The dismantling of games journalism exactly mirrors the dismantling of the industry it covers. It’s a very deliberate disassembly - media in general is being actively killed off by myopic and utterly useless vandals. I sincerely wish ill for those who *indulge* in causing layoffs.

Coming soon to a Kickstarter page near you: Scanline Artifacts: Issue One. A physical magazine bringing together a selection of articles from the first 32 issues of Between the Scanlines - plus some new content not seen before! Pre-Launch page going live now - launch SOON!

Digging into something I've been meaning to for ages: one of the Dokan magazine CD-ROMS that would come packed with an offline slice of what was hot on the web, music, and video clips. This one is from October/November 1998. Let's dig in and see what we can find. 🧵

Before trying a new antidepressant, you should watch the Tekken 2 opening and see if that sorts you out

Repost if your profile is LGBTQIA+ safe I barely post on here and mostly just lurk but I'd like to make people feel welcome nonetheless

Not posted in a while but can’t resist one of these lolol I wish I was her picrew.me/en/image_mak...

Here's One Of The Rarest Piece Of Ape Escape Media it's Ape Escape's Original Theme Song. youtu.be/lEAH6uxFWyQ?...

30 DAY ANIME CHALLENGE DAYS 10 AND 11: Favourite Horror and most rewatched Hot take (maybe?) but I don't think there's any decent horror anime (havent watched Shiki yet), so I'm giving it to Hellsing for the vibes. Don't have a lot of time for repeats but Wolf's Rain is mine

30 DAY ANIME CHALLENGE DAYS 8 AND 9: Favourite Sports anime and favourite couple Double billing today cause I forgot about it last night! Favourite sports anime is Initial D (I'm not a big fan of normal sports) Favourite anime couple has to be Legoshi and Loius (let a man dream ;-;)

30 DAY ANIME CHALLENGE DAY 7: MOST RECENT ANIME - DRAGONBALL Last anime I watched was actually OG Dragonball, been watching that and Sailor Moon at the minute and it's been really fun.

30 DAY ANIME CHALLENGE DAY 6: FAVOURITE VILLAIN- FRIEZA Late posting on this one, but it was an easy one this time. Absolute icon and one of the greatest of all time, Namek saga frieza cannot be topped

What getting no commendations in FFXIV feels like

30 DAY ANIME CHALLENGE DAY 5: FAVOURITE ANIME OPENING - CODE GEASS OP1 The hardest choices require the strongest of wills. This was such a hard pick for me but I feel like Colors just encapsulates everything about a good anime OP. The show is an absolute 🐐 and so is the song.