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As you get ready to play Lumines Arise on 11/11 next week, why not dig into the Making of Lumines (the original!) in the latest issue of RetroGamer. Available now! @retrogamermag.bsky.social @jamestocchio.bsky.social

This was amazing. Someone on Youtube makes videos where they play through issues of @retrogamermag.bsky.social, and their response to my interview with @kt.uvula.jp was so wonderful. I try to write articles that focus on the heart and soul of gaming. It worked this time! 🙏 youtu.be/w0fP9bqlAi4?...

I adore this article by @johnandersen.bsky.social which shares his experience interviewing and covering the games of Shinya Nishigaki. www.gamedeveloper.com/business/rem...

My big feature on Lumines and interview with Tetsuya Mizuguchi is in this one, alongside so many great articles. If you’ve not checked out Retro Gamer yet, this is a great time to start.

what's your favorite wii game?

1999 for obvious reasons.

Wishing Shinya Nishigaki wasn't taken from us.

God it’s perfect

I can’t wait to interview a ram stick for a gaming magazine.

I just think it's worth reading. www.lowpolypigeons.com/blog/keita-t...

Found Shenmue 2 in a shop the other day and had to buy it. Then when I got home I saw that my copy from release day way back in 2001 has “For Display Only” on it! That’s weird. Why does it say that??

do you like the North American box art better or do you have a brain?

I spoke with legendary game creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi about developing for virtual reality, his vision for the future of interactivity, and his company’s upcoming game, Lumines Arise. www.uploadvr.com/from-pong-to...

Wrote an essay about playing Death Stranding after my wife and I lost our baby boy, how it was the most emotionally devastating media I’ve ever engaged with, and how it and its sequel have helped me feel whole in 2025. Boy I’d like this to be published. Grateful anyway. Wish you were here, son.

I love it.

Well I beat it.

Someone finally let me write about Virtual Boy. Incredible. www.uploadvr.com/virutal-boy-...

Virtual Boy freaks, it’s our time.

Just a reminder that our latest issue featuring @sega-west.bsky.social Shinobi is now on sale. Read about the iconic series and the amazing new game by @lizardcube.bsky.social It's in shops now.

Happy (US) birthday to the friendliest and my favorite video game console of all time. @sega-west.bsky.social

I chatted with @kt.uvula.jp about his breakout Katamari Damacy, and newest game To a T (one of my favorites of the year). I'm so happy with how this article turned out. Many thanks to the team at @retrogamermag.bsky.social for their trust and effort. Get yours in stores or here shorturl.at/s3DKN

They are once again letting me write 3000 words on one of my favorite video games.

I played the first two hours of Death Stranding last night and then went to bed. Twenty minutes after falling asleep, I woke up and wrote 1200 words of a short story that’s actually good? Hideo Kojima is a wonderful creator.

Grateful for the space to share this.

So grateful for the opportunity to chat with Tetsuya Mizuguchi, a game creator I've admired since Rez and the Dreamcast days. We discussed his amazing career, creative philosophy, and the upcoming Lumines Arise. 🙏😭 Lovely UploadVR article dropping tomorrow! Big magazine feature coming next month!

Sweet!

I've chatted with the makers of Lumines Arise and played the demo quite a bit, so I'm happy to share this news post that you all can get a first taste of what will surely be a phenomenal game (coming Nov 11). Demo out now. www.uploadvr.com/lumines-aris...

I reviewed @milkyteastudios.bsky.social's Grit and Valor 1949 for @uploadvr.com. It's an alternative history WWII mech combat strategy game with elements of tower defense and rogeulites, and it's one of the coolest VR strat games I've played in years. www.uploadvr.com/grit-and-val...

My first 5 on Steam. Look at that gap. Wow.

I was so dead tired during this conversation, but it really made (and makes) me so happy. I can’t wait until the articles that come out of this one start landing where they’re going to land. Thank you so much Tetsuya Mizuguchi. And endless thanks to Kyoko Yamashita for helping make this happen.

In the current media landscape, where great writers are losing their jobs and thoughtful criticism is losing ground to ragebait and the anger economy of social media, people forget that the best and easiest thing you can do is just share links to good pieces of work. Flood the place with quality.

Had a chat and some smiles with Tetsuya Mizuguchi, with help from Kyoko. Both were so kind and generous as we discussed Miz’s incredible career, game design and philosophy, and the upcoming Lumines Arise! Lots of magazine and site articles cooking from this one. I feel so lucky and grateful.🙏

Looks amazing, as always.

I mean, just do yourself a favor and like, skip em both? Ask me for a list of a games that will actually benefit your psyche and I got you. It ain't this.

Exer-Gale asks, "What if Star Fox made you tired?" My preview for @uploadvr.com is here. www.uploadvr.com/exer-gale-ea...

For @uploadvr.com, I recently went hands-on with Neolithic Dawn, a VR survival game with an interesting generational re-spawn perma-death system. www.uploadvr.com/neolithic-da...

That’s a great question.

I have this rule that if I see the fourth best XBOX game of all time in a store in 2025 I have to buy it.

“Please learn to count.”

Have you played Dolphin’s Dream or are you terminally uncool?

in a better timeline

you need a hot air balloon ps1 game youtu.be/U4oUvi3xMlQ

I’m talking with Tetsuya Mizuguchi tonight. This is very cool.

Good picture. Someone should make a great bird photography game. I mean, another one. Casual Birder is great.

Unpopular opinion and people will roll their eyes but I’m gonna say it jic people wise up and I can say I was right all along: I’m dreading the next year of battlefield coverage. Games media needs to stop prioritizing this shit and focus on what makes games interesting.

Well this stinks.

This one by @marioprime.bsky.social is great.