It’s extremely dumb and possibly illegal that I have 4000 people following me yet only a few hundred at best are also following an artist that has almost certainly brought you joy in our shared hobby space over the last 15+ years.

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I visited my parents this week for an emotionally fraught Christmas, as these things tend to be. But at least I handled it responsibly by painting up a party’s worth of little freak miniatures after everyone else went to bed.

If you feel a little underwhelmed by the big reveal being Space Invaders, it's worth remembering just how vital that game is to... well, all of this.

I visited my parents this week for an emotionally fraught Christmas, as these things tend to be. But at least I handled it responsibly by painting up a party’s worth of little freak miniatures after everyone else went to bed.

Fuck I hope Menswear Guy doesn’t point out that I mostly wear fast fashion off the rack separates, even to semi-formal and formal occasions! I don’t know if I could ever come back from people finding out that clothing occupies a very small amount of my budget and brain space.

Brian’s Polar Express save can now legally drink alcohol in the United States

You say Aqualung? I say The Jethro Tull Christmas Album. You say Close to the Edge? I say Christmas Variations. You say Chicago II? I say Chicago XXXIII. Repost if you are part of the 8% of teens that listens exclusively to late-career Christmas albums by prog and fusion bands.

It’s time for my favorite holiday tradition (@randomstranger.bsky.social releasing a long video on one of the worst games in existence)

SOME OTHER BEACH BOY: hey brian why dont we sing "its my favorite time of year," a normal thing to say that has the same rhyme and meter basically BRIAN WILSON:

I have no boughs and I must deck

on the Sega Retro Hang-On page

When you stray too far from God’s light you are protected from His judgement but also by consequence His mercy

Hi Sandy. I hope you are doing well. However, I think it’s important to remember that Cid did in fact survive his heroic sacrifice and can be found recuperating in the Dwarven King’s Castle. Lali-ho! (From Sandy’s review of Final Fantasy IV in Dragon #199)

UPDATE: I just got off the phone with the bank, and to get my car back, I need to pay the entire remaining balance, which is a little over $5K. I feel awful asking for any more after how overwhelmingly powerful the response has been so far(!), but unfortunately we aren't quite out of the woods yet.

[TATu "all the things she said" voice] yoshi is a horse yoshi is a horse yoshi is a horse

sotn ass enemy death

We are, again, dumbstruck by the response we've received so far. This is helpful beyond words right now and that means the entire world. I truly cannot thank you all enough. Hoping and praying that I can find something at least semi-stable in the new year, with any luck.

“Women, what’s stopping you from dressing like this every day?” I ask before my wife silently slides the butcher’s knife beneath my clavicle, cleanly severing my aortic artery and ending my life in seconds

Ultraman Fighting Evolution 3 (2004 | Banpresto | PS2)

LMAO thank you @xarlaxas.bsky.social for the very important messaging this holiday season uwu Design by @emotion-engine.bsky.social

PaRappa vs Nardwuar (repost)

I am so deeply sorry to be in the position to have to pull this lever again, but I just watched my car get towed away and I don't really know what else to do anymore. More details in the update & description, but if you're able to help out or share, we would be grateful beyond words.

There are far less expensive and stupid ways to tell me that we will never be friends.

(Guided By Voices - The Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory voice) Flintheart Glomgold, Scrooge McDuck’s foe

Men will literally drybrush until the ferrule falls off instead of going to therapy

(Guided By Voices - The Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory voice) Flintheart Glomgold, Scrooge McDuck’s foe

I have no shortage of conspiracy theories on how and why Gen AI is pushed on us but every studio heads trying doing shit like this in the last week seems like good old-fashioned successful white men craving persecution.

Just left Wicked: For Good and I am pleased to announce that big CGI tentpole blockbusters have finally reached the level of set-piece design and storytelling nuance of a lesser Bayonetta game.

Watching a full day of productivity flash before my eyes as I learn about the Bersaglieri, Italian sharpshooters from World War 1 that transported machine guns on folding bikes and wore incredibly elaborate pimp hats into combat

Please do not purchase Luck be a Landlord on Xbox. I will be making a $10,000 donation to The Palestine Children's Relief Fund to (hopefully) help offset the revenue the game has generated for Microsoft.

Valkyrie Profile (1999) | RPG | Sony PlayStation | tri-Ace Motoi Sakuraba's score manages just the right amount of magic for both its story and its many battles. Here, the opening theme accompanies our valkyrie, Lenneth, as she begins the journey to her destiny after pausing for a bit of nostalgia.

Pre-order the Retro Game Zine 2025 ANNUAL now! Shipping starts 12/31. $60 for 418 pages of retro gaming goodness. This collection has an original cover by @wiloverton.bsky.social. Read more about it and get your own copy from the link below! pixelsandpolygons.net/products/ret...

Just left Wicked: For Good and I am pleased to announce that big CGI tentpole blockbusters have finally reached the level of set-piece design and storytelling nuance of a lesser Bayonetta game.

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hey have you played CYBER PUNK JANITOR, my FREE short visual novel / retro adventure game about being a janitor in future Detroit that kinda makes fun of snatcher? whydoisay.itch.io/cyberpunkjan... #videogames #indiegames #visualnovels #cyberpunk

Search your camera roll for “hell”

This was an intrusive thought that kept me from sleeping last night until I typed it out

Incredible things are happening on You Tube dot com

YES there's a Minotaur and YES he might be amenable to cordial relations but I protest you calling my puzzle dungeon a "Minotaur sex maze". that's simply reductive

All PS1 games today. All 3 numbered PS1 Final Fantasy Games, 2 "Tales of" games. Galaxian 3 and a bunch of other really good stuff. Man, Namco made a lot of great games for the PS1... Site: japanretrodirect.ocnk.com

xevious 3D/G+ / psx namco, 1997

A very weird thing about Teslas that is difficult to convey without driving one yourself is that they drive like someone who has only played Need For Speed games dictated the entire experience. The moment you let off the gas it immediately grinds to a halt. A deeply unserious vehicle

Garfield the cat hates Mondays. Suda 51 has made several games where the moon is symbolic of evil or rot. Monday is a corruption of Moon Day. In this essay I will use these unassailable facts to prove the beloved Japanese game designer IS in fact the same person as funny pages mainstay Garfield.

when people say a game looks like a ps2 game I specifically think of Okage: Shadow King and then I go "fuck yeah"

Fisherman Park (Pilot ni Narou!/Wing Over 2, PS1, Beluga, 1998)