Video Game History Hour's Frank Cifaldi is joined by documentarian, historian, hacker, and all around cool guy @synamax.bsky.social to talk about their documentary Resurrecting Sinistar: A Cyber-Archaeology Documentary in the latest VGHH podcast: gamehistory.org/episode-140-...

Had the absolute pleasure of getting to speak with VGHF's Robin Kunimune and @frankcifaldi.bsky.social on the VGHH podcast about my Sinistar documentary recently. Thanks again for having me on the show!

Happy Bandcamp Friday. To celebrate, I'm releasing a noisy hyperpop track I wrote, inspired by Leroy/Jane Remover. synamax.bandcamp.com/track/janet-...

It's bandcamp friday again. If you would like to support my work, I have a new album out called Harsh Wires. It's a very personal album to me. I hope you enjoy it. cicadasirens.bandcamp.com/album/harsh-...

The Sinistar Reunion panel is now up on YouTube! Considering this was the first time I hosted anything like this, I'd like to think I did an okay job. youtu.be/hY22x1h7uZ8

They're actively targeting creators who call in & banning them, making it even more important to call if you're a customer & not a creator Tell them they shouldn't be dictating how you get to spend the money you put your blood, sweat, and tears into earning

Hi folks. Facing down an expensive month and I have very little in the freelance pipe right now. If you've been thinking of getting a commission I would love to get you in the door soon. Thanks :)

🎮 Retro games shaped generations. But many are vanishing. Some, like educational games by Yaakov Kirschen, who died on April 14, were almost lost forever. Journalist @kirkman.bsky.social explains why preserving niche software matters: blog.archive.org/2025/05/07/v... 🕳️ #VanishingCulture

Want to thank all the people who have purchased music from my Bandcamp already this month, it's been very helpful. I'm currently trying to come up with $150 for rent so if you want to show your support, now would be a great time to do so.

We could all use some good news bookriot.com/penguin-rand...

Still waiting to hear back from the California Extreme guys about the video footage of the Sinistar Reunion panel but I do have the audio recording and several minutes of backup cell phone video. My plan is to have something uploaded this weekend, incomplete or not.

Milk Tea #ドット絵 #pixelart

I'm closing up this "sale", truly the worst deal in DVD sales, early next week, probably Tuesday. If you were wondering if you still had a chance to lose $200 buying a DVD set, this is it. I'm down to a little more than a dozen, and they'll go into the vault. ascii.textfiles.com/archives/5755

New track is up, happy Bandcamp Friday!

Let's Keep Calling!

patreon.com/synamax Your support is always appreciated

Forgot about this interview I did a few years ago. By that point I pretty much no involvement with it anymore. But it's a great stroll down memory lane. #scummvm

Logo I did for Fantastic Records, an upcoming label doing physical releases of indie-game soundtracks

Bit of pitch work im allowed to share!

This is why I referred to all the enemy programming in the documentary as "Intelligence Routines" and not artificial intelligence. The Pac-Man ghosts are not agents running around in a maze.

Remember that you have power, and you always have had power. Remember you can affect things locally. Just recently the medical counsel here in Brazil had anti-trans legislation blocked because WE made a stir. WE protested. People including me shouted at delegations. And we won. Fascists are WEAK.

i just ftp'd into a public ftp server running in Ecuador, and discovered an absolutely critical piece of US Robotics ISP modem pool software that has been missing for 20 years thank you from the bottom of my heart, rolando felix of Educational Unit 10 De Agosto […] [Original post on dialup.cafe]

Called Visa today. The phone operator was a self-described gamer. When I said I had a complaint about ‘policy’ he immediately knew what it was about, told me the call was recorded, said there was an extremely large volume of calls about the issue and he hopes that it will make a difference

Just wanna shout out my last thanks to everyone that let me come to CAX 2025 in San Jose last weekend. My spouse @synamax.bsky.social 's panel was a full room and such a success and it was an honor to get to have a front-row seat in the audience with VIP access as part of our dev team. Thank you!!!

After visiting San Francisco for the first time and meeting so many amazing people, I realized it's imperative for me to continue following the goal of developing games as my job. I say this knowing that the industry isn't doing great but at this juncture, I'm ready to change things for the better.

San Francisco rocks. Miss it already.

At California Extreme, I had the chance to help a tad with @synamax.bsky.social and his Sinistar Panel. Here he is looking appropriately joyful with Sam Dicker, RJ Mical, and Noah Falstein.

This past weekend was one of the greatest of my life so far. I hosted a Sinistar reunion panel at CAX and interacted with so many amazing, talented people there. As soon as I get a hold of the panel footage and put it all together, I'll upload it on Internet Archive and YouTube for everyone to see.

you have got to be kidding me

big collaborative drum and bass album that I'm a part of is premiering in 10 minutes!!! Go watch!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XrP...

Never wanted to pin someone else's post before.

Patrick's videos are a passionate in depth look at the video games he loved. He was a a bright light in the video creation scene. He'll be missed. The videos he shared with all of us will continue to be something we can remember him by.

You heard it here, folks: What's New in Game History was one of the "top-rated" panels at GDC 2025!

The web is our collective memory—like a vast library holding every thought, story, and discovery humanity ever shared. Preserving it is preserving everything: the echoes of who we were, clues to who we’ll become. If the universe keeps its records, so should we.

Verified by looking at the copies the Internet Archive had before.

I've also been reverse engineering the game and figured out how sound calls work. The sound system by David Kipping is actually really impressive for the time and creates these sequenced pseudo-FM noises with really smooth sine waves. And of course, there's a couple of unused sound effects too!

NL can just enter a state of samadhi at will, amazing

I've been researching another game, Cube Quest by Simutrek (the first game with 3D polygons and arguably the main inspiration for the Polybius urban legend). I just looked up Simutrek's founder, Noah Anglin, and found his obituary. In an incredible coincidence, today would've been his birthday.

Classics Of Game 091 www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCPI...

This is yet another announcement! I just finished some sound design work for a Metroid clone called Nitecyte. Due to the lofi nature of the SFX, it was surprisingly challenging to get them sounding right, but me and the dev are really happy with the results. dead-sanctum.itch.io/nitecyte/dev...

For my next big announcement: I'm working on my own game! Me and Shoffur have been working on Nested Dreams since 2022 but it had to be delayed when I started working on my documentary. But I'm really glad we waited because I've learned a lot about Godot and we have a great story worth telling.

being a published musician (aka having to align releases with publishers & other things releasing on similar platforms) is often a manic game of ethics dodgeball with these big tech companies so i'll say again, despite my music being there unless i can avoid it: please don't stream music on spotify

New single "Warp" is now out!!! bassclefff.bandcamp.com/track/warp open.spotify.com/track/2XzgdY... www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen... soundcloud.com/bassclefff/w... :)

Today's been very weird. It was already a rough day at work and so I posted the Acrolyte update to kinda lift my spirits up. Then moments after that, I hear this awful news from Jay. Sorry this happened, man.

I have more news and surprises to announce soon in the coming weeks, keep your eyes peeled.

I think it's time to make an announcement. I'm currently writing music for Acrolyte, a game that I'm really excited to be a part of. You can wishlist it here on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3459050/...

Someone randomly faved this post last night and y'know what, good time to bring it back

Screenshot from Possessioner (PC-98, 1994, Queen Soft). When you're a very talented artist who has mastered the art of dithering, you don't need more than 16 unique colors.

Moment of Gratitude: CloudFlare CloudFlare saved the Internet Archive servers from a DDOS yesterday. Max rate of this DDOS attack was 525 Gbps (44.93 Mpps) of a "TCP flood" @archive.org does not have enough bandwidth to fend off that kind of attack = wouldbe bad saturday. Thank you #CloudFlare