Reading up on the history of Intelligent Games after having SimIsle on my mind this morning. Remarkable that in 1992 you could run a games company out of a flat by hiring an artist, pitching games to publishers and then hiring the programmers when a deal was struck. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelli...

Enjoying some Ridge Racer 7. Not my favourite as many know, but it looks great and plays well.

Akira promotional art by Noriyoshi Ohrai for B-CLub Special AKIRA Mechanics magazine (1988)

Resident Evil ~ バイオハザード (2002) Developed by Capcom Production Studio 4.

Brought my 3DS to work to play over lunch but left my headphone cable at home. Smart move!

More tech workers should be unionized. Mass layoffs should not happen for profitable companies. #corporategreed #unions

God of War is having a 20th anniversary, Rayman a 30th, Castlevania is 40... State of Play is making me feel very old.

This unexpectedly turned up today. Had no idea that it had been posted yet so it was a very pleasant surprise. Might continue my Parasite Eve playthrough on there after I've set it up over the weekend.

The serene nature sounds of 16-bit water ❤️ - Treasure of the Rudras (SNES)

Resident Evil 2 ~ バイオハザード2 (1998) Developed by Capcom. #Unused #PreRenderedBackgrounds

A Creme Egg wil fix me

Resident Evil: Director's Cut ~ バイオ ハザード (1997) Developed by Capcom.

Something new, to me at least. A dear friend bought this for me for Christmas a long time ago but I haven't gotten around to it until now.

How to Kill Your Platform, Part 1:

As a native Londoner this track in Cruis'n Blast had me laughing like a drain, in a good way. The sheer spectacle of seeing the London Eye rolling around the track completely caught me off guard. Best of all, "Carnaby Dash" is nowhere near Carnaby Street. Pure dumb fun.

Slightly irritated to discover that my smoke black #8bitdo SNES controller has spontaneously developed cracks in the plastic near the thinnest point between the screws and the edge of the casing. I don't mistreat my controllers. Heard that the same thing happened to a lot of Analogue Pockets.

This game was wise beyond its years…

🧵 I'm starting a new series, called "fuck-you endings in arcade games". I define a "fuck-you ending" as an ending that (1) is a downer/bummer, and (2) is the "main" (non-secret) ending of the game (if applicable). New entries will be added to the thread as I find them [ CW: flashing lights ]

Someone with some financial power and influence needs to talk to Konami Japan and tell them, yes, the English speaking world really wants those Goemon games

Time to set sail...

burning rangers / saturn sonic team, 1998

Went in for a fun little time before dinner, ended up shouting at Metal Sonic for spamming that throw. Now dinner is late!

"It’s about people coming together to protect a messy, dangerous, and beautiful way of life, and standing up to a militaristic oppressor that sees an entire planet as nothing more than a resource to be extracted until there’s nothing left..." kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2025/07/08/l...

Amused by people pooh-poohing flash carts as they say that poor willpower would lead to them skipping from one game to the next, then going absolutely bananas on eBay and buying loads of old carts anyway.

The Tunisia guy mentions he helped with a magazine on the history of gaming in Iraq - you can download it here: iqgc.net Once again, paying per hour to play consoles comes up. I can't shout enough how this was the default for basically the entre global south but gets ignored when retelling history

Just saw an NTSC-U PS1 I returned to a seller last year relisted on eBay. Sold to me in 100% working order and "fully tested", yet when it failed to power on I saw that the caps on the PSU had been blown for ages. Not sure how they did any testing when it was in this state.

Waking up each morning in 2026…

A black PS1 is 🔥 (we are now shipping black SS1 Founders/Friends Edition orders.)

Hail to the King, Baby! It's the 30th anniversary of the release of the game starring the Duke of Destruction, the Man of Mayhem, the one, the only...Duke Nukem! Now in 3D! Released on DOS PCs on 29/01/1996, popularising the Build Engine and greater interactivity in FPS games.

'Resident Evil 2' was released on the PlayStation 28 years ago today in Japan.

Can finally dig into this, now that I've finished all of the mainline Resident Evil games and don't have to worry about spoilers.

Resident Evil 3 ~ バイオハザード3 (1999) Developed by Capcom.

While announcing the launch line-up for Virtual Boy - Nintendo Classics on Switch and Switch 2, Nintendo casually revealed two extra games coming later in the year- Zero Racers and Dragon Hopper / D-Hopper, previously unreleased and lost games for the system. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVva...

Prime 4 really got me in the mood to go back to this. 👀

Friday afternoon / Monday morning.

Hardly bought any Switch 1 games since the Switch 2 came out. Even if I see a bargain there's a distinct reluctance to invest more in the format, which feels weird as a day one Switch owner who previously enjoyed the console very much.

"I'm off to kill the most powerful man in the world." - Phantasy Star (Sega Master System)

Treasure's motivational message from the Year 2000. Mine too. 💜

All right, here we go! This is my extended and extensive feature on Resident Evil Village! Come walk through the game with me: ko-fi.com/post/Residen...

📖 Bytes of Game Ads 📺 "Now Entering SimCity 2000." The city-builder of the future in 1993. This was such a step up from what would now be called SimCity Classic, what with its gorgeous isometric graphics. The PSX version was the first one of 2000 I played, which had a 3D city exploration mode.

I don't mind fun little references like this occasionally but they can snap you right back out of a world that you're losing yourself in sometimes.

Can't wait to hate the bandersnatches all over again.

My Series X fan is audible for the first time when I'm playing Clair Obscur. Usually the console is whisper-quiet. Maybe it's because I mainly use the system for BC games but I'm also wondering if Unreal Engine might be giving it a workout that is not used to?

Character card for Sonic, from 'Sonic The Fighters'.

Time to recover from the psychic damage of the working week.

Resident Evil 3 ~ バイオハザード3 (1999) Developed by Capcom.

I need a big book of Maxis' artwork. There's something so timeless and calming about a lot of it.

A card of Sonic, which was included in packets of Uncle Toby's Museli Bars in Australia in 1994.