Today I realised I've never finished an NES game. ...And that I've only ever played one, ever. Which one did I choose to play today? twitch.tv/emmfoolery

Emotions. How do they work? Videogames finally have the answer. 🙏

You know how salads are so much better with dressings? This applies to fruit salad. Dress your fruit salad with some honey and lime juice, and it will truly delight you. Now that you possess this secret knowledge, you must apply it, or your fruit will turn into birds and fly away. I'm so sorry.

Purely hypothetical. You're stuck in bed (because you left the house for an hour yesterday, so your body has shut down), but you have a portable DVD player you scored from a dude for a couple of bucks. What are you watching to lift your mood?

IT'S MISSING DOS MONDAY! This week, here's something that I know actually exists (but I'm only 99% confident it's for DOS…) The Fire Fighter series are mid-90s, Indonesian-developed action games. They were created by the lovely and local Agustinus Nalwan, who no longer has copies of his own. :(

There needs to be a dating app that is not a dating app but a parallel play app where you go to each other's house and share snacks and silently enjoy each other's company then leave.

It's my Twitch Partnerversary and THE FIRST DAY OF NO-DOS-NOVEMBER AUFADSUGDFKHJDFGSLHKFGJHLKFGDDJSDFfg twitch.tv/emmfoolery

I made a shorter game (for DOS) with worse graphics (CGA) and I'm NOT KIDDING. It's free, it's silly, and you can download it here! (Est. 20-30 minutes for a first playthrough.)

My friend @tawejea.bsky.social cosplaying as Shatner, while playing TekWar, should be the most viewed stream on Twitch today. And the fact that it isn't is a travesty. Please go say hi. She is incredible. Phenomenal. Delightful. And more.

Me realising I never took a good photo of my Psygnosis owl cosplay, then realising my wings were too big to fit in the frame of my webcam, then having an internal crisis.

Last DOS stream before No DOS November... Will I play something good, or something to suppress the withdrawals in advance? twitch.tv/emmfoolery

Splitting off a secondary thread here for a subcategory: adventure games commissioned by government departments, NGOs, political parties etc. as part of an outreach campaign, raising awareness about a key issue (like the environment, or personal safety) or the work that the organisation does.

Once again I am endorsing chiptune.app as my favourite music streaming service (it's free.)

“m̸n̵a̸ur” *𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴*

Since I was thwarted by Thor yesterday (storm-induced power outage), let's try and look at those Norwegian DOS games again. twitch.tv/emmfoolery

It's still an hour until Missing DOS Monday but... I FOUND IT. archive.org/details/MAGP... #Australia #AFL #DOSGaming #Wolfenstein #RetroGaming #MSDOS #RetroComputing #MSDOSMonday

Not sure I trust this Uber driver...

Norwegian DOS games seem rare. I have found... three. But first I'm gonna eat a bunch of Czechaboo snacks. twitch.tv/emmfoolery

DOS archaeology ain't much, but it's honest work.

Throwback Thursday: The first thing I did when I got a car with a USB port was see if I could connect a floppy drive to it to play music. I could! Granted, I did have to build a custom disk image by hand, since the floppy disk had to be formatted as if it were an SD card and not a floppy.

Love it when inaccurate auto-translations are more exciting than the real thing. If someone wants to make "Big Races in the Moscow Communal Apartment", I would really appreciate it.

The fool who persists in her folly (DOS games) will become wise (more DOS games) — William Blake (1790)

Playing one of the most famous Czech Adventure Games, Hot Summer. It's especially famous for its incredible dubbing! (I'm playing it without dubbing.) twitch.tv/emmfoolery

Missing DOS Monday rears its head again, and today we have(n't got) Dark Passages (1996). The Shareware version was released by Gene Pokropski, who passed away last year. The alleged full version claimed to feature many more stages, and an illustrated manual, but no public records of it exist. 😞

Sign up for DOSember! Now! Today! We'd absolutely love to have you join us.

HELL YEAH GET READY

What's that????? 🤔 Only a month and a half left to make a game for the DOS jam????? 🤔 You want to make something but you don't know where to start????? 🤔 Your inner perfectionist won't stop screaming????? 🤔 Let me "inspire" you. twitch.tv/emmfoolery

I have no regrets.

I can avoid Korean Furry Gaming no longer. twitch.tv/emmfoolery

It's Missing DOS Monday, and these creatures are missing their clothes! DressMeUp was released by Christopher G. Gunn (ShareGames) in 1991. Many more outfits, including custom outfits based on your photos(!!!), were allegedly available for additional fees. Anyone buy their squirrel a frock coat?

While you were playing Final Fantasy VII, the Australians were playing... mousepad boardgames for PC?

Spectrum moment.

I truly think the Games Industry would be in a much better place, creatively, if everyone had more exposure to DOS Shareware games.

Y'all thirst for physics puzzle games. Quoted is one I saw at Parallels the other night, which doesn't require you to shoot a cat, goldfish, or monkey to solve the puzzle. Check it out! Pictured below: proof of your thirst.

Stealing this for my MS-DOS jank go live message, thanks jordo. twitch.tv/emmfoolery (Go follow jordan, jordan is a delight.)

highlight of my professional game dev career

Heading to Parallels with @sonneveld.bsky.social! If you see me, feel free to say hi… so I can capture your image on floppy disk… because I'm too socially awkward to function in public without some sort of DOS-adjacent security blanket. 😎 #MIGW

Lenovo Execs on their company name: "Le Novo." "New Legend." Innovative, timeless, luxurious. Me, every time my laptop starts up, over the past ten years: "Len Ovo." "Leonard Egg." Who is Leonard Egg? 🤔🤔🤔

My local library app lets you filter audiobooks by Popular, and last time I looked, it was literally just reams of cowboy erotica. Now it's... this? Happy Melbourne International Games Week, I guess????

Tomorrow! I'll be 43 but I'm busy then so Tonight! We're doing a viewer redeem to celebrate my birthday - kicking off with Fantastic Dizzy as redeemed by @underconsolepod.bsky.social followed by Thief redeemed by @boardgameheaven.bsky.social if we beat it! #MMGPlays twitch.tv/mysticalmach...

Missing DOS Monday! Today's lost media is The Sexotica Collection by Dragon’s Eye Productions! The full version containing four stories is confirmed to exist, but few were sold. The original source code is also missing. #MSDOSMonday #Furcadia #Pixel #MSDOS #RetroErotica #RetroComputing #LostMedia

Thought about changing to 'Emmghoulery' for October, but fools are already pretty scary tbh.

Maybe I should start MiSsing DOS Monday, where I post about elusive media and try to get people to find it.

Australians, please raid your Uncle's old PC in his shed, and help me find a copy of this to archive. #Australia #AFL #DOSGaming #Wolfenstein #RetroGaming #MSDOS #RetroComputing

I was supposed to get a new ISP today, but that hasn't happened yet, so the stream may go down at any minute. 🤔 MS-DOS games by Scott Haag! twitch.tv/emmfoolery

Today is a special day! Melon Head turns exactly 1 year old! ONE year since release, whoopee!! 🎉📣😅🎉 Melon Head is a certified underground classic of modern #retro #pointandclick games! 😋 I'm hosting a SALE on itch to celebrate! 🔽 wavey-games.itch.io/melon-head #indiegame #indiedev #adventuregame

Aaaaaaaaaaa after a life of floundering, rotting, liquid panic, overwhelm and isolation, I finally managed to advocate for myself long enough to seek help and the NDIS was like yeah girl you're FUCKED and I'm getting an OT and a psych and support workers and might be a functional human one day 😭😭😭😭😭

When Shareware devs ghost my attempts to reach out, I wonder what goes through their heads. Is it shame? Is it general disinterest? Is it fear of a Shareware registration-fee debt-collector coming after 'em, demanding they repay people the $20 + $5 postage they paid in 1992, adjusted for inflation?