"She worked, as he had guessed, on the novel-writing machines in the Fiction Department. She enjoyed her work, which consisted chiefly in running and servicing a powerful but tricky electric motor... Books were just a commodity that had to be produced, like jam or bootlaces."

Surely you can cut a little chunk out of Star Wars Land now and bring back Big Thunder Ranch BBQ

Good thread if you want a quick primer on the convoluted history of Balloon Fight sequel Ballon Kid. tldr: might be a good time to grab the Japan GB app since the GB Color version is Japan-only.

Even the dictionary is messed up about this

Catherine O'Hara was one of the greatest to ever do it. Absolute legend. Such a loss. youtu.be/UKTIziMILYM?...

LIFE IS LIKE A HURRICANE. We finally did it! Grateful to our friends at Disney for helping make this long-awaited release happen - with more games AND physical copies! There are some cool new additions to the Galleries, too.

The Disney Afternoon Collection (Switch/Switch 2) is $17.99 on US eShop (10% off preorder discount) buff.ly/Ec4IayD

LIFE IS LIKE A HURRICANE. We finally did it! Grateful to our friends at Disney for helping make this long-awaited release happen - with more games AND physical copies! There are some cool new additions to the Galleries, too.

Here is the official fact sheet for the 1996 game that Nintendo is about to release for the first time

Nintendo bringing finished-but-unreleased Virtual Boy games to Switch is fantastic news. Zero Racers is an F-Zero spinoff! D-Hopper is an action adventure by Intelligent Systems! These are big deal internally-developed Nintendo games. Exciting times for big nerds

This guy has one more copy of Terranigma than I do

Catching up on Nintendo news, I'm not really seeing anything in the translated quotes from Kensuke Tanabe that suggests he's retiring or leaving Nintendo? He may have said that this is his last game, but that could just be transitioning out of hands-on development... www.ign.com/articles/met...

Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step. 1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish. 2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.

Kiki sequel finally in English? Translated by MY FRIEND?!

Kiki sequel finally in English? Translated by MY FRIEND?!

hey guys, just to confirm this is my fundraiser. i didn't want to ask for help, but i do need it. my cancer is back. i am going through a lobectomy next week, the same surgery Walter White undergoes. i can't express how grateful i am. thank you so much everyone. www.gofundme.com/f/support-ge...

Finished Quartet this weekend! Absolutely the best "not an SNES JRPG" I've ever tried - really enjoyed the story, the great soundtrack, and the turn-based mechanics are catnip for a "fight/magic/items" type person like myself. PC only for now: store.steampowered.com/app/1307960/...

Finished Quartet this weekend! Absolutely the best "not an SNES JRPG" I've ever tried - really enjoyed the story, the great soundtrack, and the turn-based mechanics are catnip for a "fight/magic/items" type person like myself. PC only for now: store.steampowered.com/app/1307960/...

my beautiful innocent post and the comments underneath it:

Took 35 years but somebody finally found the true ending

Thinking back to that time I remade the entirety of The Legend of Zelda 1 in Super Mario Maker with only a few minor cuts. Pretty solid port www.youtube.com/watch?v=--8i...

Latest thing to pop up in the high-end collector world is a really beautiful Super Mario Bros. with an intact 1985 first-run matte sticker seal. Unfortunately for the seller, it's not a sealed copy—it's actually open from the bottom—but will go for a lot anyway www.ebay.com/itm/35810290...

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When a Final Fantasy V guy plays Quartet

if you got quanchied at MAGFest you legally have to buy mortal kombat legacy kollection. sorry i dont make the rules

Hell yeah I’ve got Switch 2 Switch 2 a new medication every couple of months so please bear with me

Incredible timeline magic

CARTOON/BART2.GIF

I've been attending the DICE Awards for literally 20 years straight, but this will be my first time ON the red carpet instead of just off to the side of the red carpet. Let's go!!!

Thanks to your donation dollars we can do important data recovery work, like uncovering the print art used for Generations Lost on the Sega Genesis, revealing two abs that were thought to be lost due to cropping

A little poem to start off the new year. My apologies to W. H. Auden, and to villanelles in general. jordanmechner.com

"How are those fighting animals coming along? "Wonderfully. The tests show they're fighting quite a lot."

babe are we out of Zuru Snackles?

Not paying $250 for a review copy of Murder on the Mississippi, but at least we can read the whole press release... www.ebay.com/itm/39744594...?

Not the biggest score at all but very cheap! Ask your GameStops if they have retro stuff.

The final day

it’s stupid when gamers say gaming is expensive, yet ignore ROM hacks. It’s like saying you’re hungry when there’s a fan translation of Linkle Liver Story on the ground outside

Making a very late appearance in my games-of-2025 is Quartet, an RPG heavily influenced by the best 16-bit games -- I'm only about six hours in so far, but the story, graphics, music, combat systems all feel very strong. store.steampowered.com/app/1307960/...

Interesting find at local game store: Joystick attachments for Intellivision controllers! I can't find any other examples of this product online or any info about it at all. Weird little bit of history:

Knight of the Seven Kingdoms promo campaign has begun

Very endearing and relatable memory from @kohler.bsky.social in the very entertaining EGM Compendium

I like to look at the Popular With Friends tab to see what you all are into these days

Wife: Do you know what this fruit is called? Me: Yoshi melon. Yoshi's Story melon? Melon Yoshi eats.

Wario World is so good. I don't think I appreciated it as much at the time but it's full of Weird Little Guys and it's extremely stupid and funny

Saw a post elsewhere about someone finding a GI Joe aircraft carrier and lots of comments saying "Just so you know, that's not the VINTAGE one. That one's from 2001" and wow do I have some bad news for them

This makes me feel a lot of things

Seconding this because I saw it and was like yes! This is how I feel! Never ever again messing with scissors, regular printer, ink, tape, etc. The dollars-to-less-aggravation ratio is off the charts.

This would be perfect for my TV game show about identifying fake prototypes, called "Dump It... Or Lump It!"