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Mixed feelings about this one

I say this with zero irony: if you are even tangentially a part of a retro video game community, it is your civic duty to push back against this company and shun anyone who doesn't. This is fascism tapping gently at the door and as soon as you let it in, it's going to invite its friends.

This is it: Our Badge of Approval on the physical release of Animal Well! We are so proud to be part of this journey. Seeing our work represented like this is a dream come true. Can't wait for you all to get your copies. Shipping now!

Banana Hell: Mountain of Madness is free to own on Steam (offer ends Dec 21) buff.ly/nUMsj3l

Happy Friday! We're thrilled to announce the full run of Marukatsu PC Engine is now available to download/view. We believe we have now scanned every Japanese PC Engine focused magazine completely. Enjoy and please spread the word by liking/RT'ing. www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2025/12/m...

Giveaway time! Win this copy of the infamous Days Gone 1.61 reprint. How? - Follow us - Like & repost Drawing 1 winner across all platforms on Tuesday, December 12. Shipping worldwide from Austria. Full terms in the legal notice on our website.

Ok! Eyes front and centre 👁️ This month we’ve partnered with @cr-games.bsky.social to bring FOUR games to your inbox Mouthwashing! Arctic Eggs! THRESHOLD! Buckshot Roulette! Keys drop Dec 30th 📩 www.pantaloon.io As always, 5 keys for Bluesky. Follow & share and we’ll draw 5 winners on Dec 30

Follow @wario64.bsky.social and repost for a chance to win 1 of 10 Steam codes for Simogo Legacy Collection from @simogo.com. Giveaway closes on December 6th at 6 PM PT Game is available now for Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, and Steam simogo.com/work/simogol...

Are we not even making our own disinformation? What happened to American manufacturing?

Shout-out to @pantaloon.io for the It Takes a War key and @freeze.ltd for making it. Really enjoyed the experience!

Zork I, II, and III are now open source. Microsoft has released the classic Infocom text adventures under the MIT license! opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11...

THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos. I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.

Insanity

Follow @wario64.bsky.social and repost for a chance to win 1 of 4 codes for Tomb Raider Definitive Edition for Nintendo Switch 2 (NA eShop Code) courtesy of @aspyr.com. Giveaway closes on Nov 21st, 6 PM PT. Game is out now on Nintendo Switch & Switch 2 (no upgrade paths)

Rebecca Heineman's last message was for people to look up her departed partner, Jennell Jaquays. Jaquays was so influent to tabletop RPGs that "Jaquaysing" became a verb for designing complex, non-linear dungeons. @nickoten.bsky.social wrote a great article on her: pathikablog.com/2025/04/26/h...

In the decade-plus I've been making my weekly videos, Rebecca was the only developer to have jumped into my comments to clear up a point I was unclear about—then she graciously agreed to be on the podcast. I found her to be as generous and kind as she was talented. It's truly tragic that she's gone.

SOMEONE: Fuck you! BOVINO: That’s not very nice. THE MOST MOM VOICE YOU’VE EVER HEARD: Well, are you doing nice things?

New addition and a family portrait @qntm.org

Hark! A new game for Pantaloon newsletter subscribers. Brace for DANK VIBES. This month we've partnered with @enigmastud.io to bring you MOTHERED - a psychological horror role-playing game As always we've got 5 keys for Bluesky. Follow & share, we'll pick 5 winners on Nov 27th www.pantaloon.io

We've added 100 new CDs to our collection of press CDs from GamePro magazine, with thousands of pieces of game art, screenshots, and more So, what's the GamePro press CD collection? We put together an explainer

incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty

It Takes a War is OUT NOW 📶 @freeze.ltd has crafted a tactical team shooter (!?) with depth, gravity & more memorable moments than you can shake an AK47 at ICYMI, we have 5 keys to celebrate! Follow & share; we’ll pick 5 random winners on Monday store.steampowered.com/app/3919530/... #indiegames

Psikyo titles delist on Steam this week. No discount available

We are deeply saddened by the loss of Greg Newby, who led Project Gutenberg ( @gutenberg.org ) with passion and purpose. Greg’s belief in free and open access to knowledge continues to inspire us and so many others working to preserve our shared culture online. gutenberg.org/about/newby....

THE RITUAL IS COMPLETE 👁️ The Cardinals update is OUT NOW. A free expansion to Occlude, bringing 24 new puzzles with it, new Artefacts & Objects & host of other improvements store.steampowered.com/app/3547010/... I've got 5 keys here! Follow, share this & I'll pick 5 winners on Friday #indiegames

Still creepy

Preemptive service

A joy to revisit. Onward to the sequel

alright gonna put myself out there a little bit oh my lord I do believe I regret purchasing a book. i am not done and I intend to read far more of it to finish judging it but I'm already pretty upset.

BONK! It's October. The best month. And we've chummed up with @rawfury.bsky.social to bring Ballionaire to our newsletter; 3000 keys will be dropping on Oct 30th. Subscribe and get bold & bizarre games to your inbox: www.pantaloon.io We have 5 keys for Bluesky, too! Follow & share this to be in x

The generals and admirals at Quantico today should be forgiven if they walked out of the auditorium and wondered: What on earth is wrong with the commander in chief? www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

"no more superficial individual expression"

Thrilled to announce the release of scans for the entire run of Technopolis! Read about the history of this Japanese computer gaming magazine written by @ftb1979.bsky.social and download/view the scans. Enjoy and please RT to help spread the word. www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2025/09/t...

Follow @wario64.bsky.social and repost for a chance to win 1 of 5 Steam codes for Digimon Story Time Stranger (giveaway courtesy of @gamesplanet.bsky.social. Giveaway ends on Oct 1st, 6:30 PM PT) Game is currently $57.71 on Gamesplanet w/ code DIGIMON buff.ly/0d0q6NQ

If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.

RT to piss off and confound anyone with basic knowledge of video game history, then reply to me to explain what it is they were trying to actually convey here

I usually believe in "slow news" and tend to write about things the next day, but this Kimmel shit is such a mess, I put this together quickly. Key points: 1. Most people are pretending Kimmel said stuff he didn't. 2. SCOTUS just last year said that you can't do shit like this.

This passed almost entirely without notice, but the 1978 arcade game Block Fever was preserved for the first time and added to MAME. This was Nintendo's second arcade video game, and as far as I can tell the only Nintendo game that had not previously been preserved www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaWr...

BELT UP! It’s a new month & we’re boshing a new game into your inbox Our partner title for Sep is FUTURE RACER 2000, from the vivid mind of @timoxton.com Sign up to our newsletter to gear up (lol) for a key www.pantaloon.io As usual, we also have 5 keys for Bluesky. Follow & share to enter. GL!

I can’t think of any other time in modern video-game history that a game as highly anticipated as Silksong has arrived with no early reviews, impressions, leaks, guides, videos, or even forum teases. Soon, everyone will be playing Silksong for the first time. It’s unprecedented and kinda beautiful

This is a real danger but to jamelle's point in this thread, folks often don't appreciate the scale of American elections: how many polling places, election workers, and decentralized redundancies, and how little of it is under any federal control. It far outstrips federal manpower in its vastness.

Going through my Switch screenshots and found these in a row. Sometimes you just play some great games one after the other

See, before today I didn't really want to burn an American flag. Now it's basically my duty as an American

Billion Road will delist on Steam on Sept 30th (assuming eShop too) buff.ly/ptzBxHe Switch physical available: $22 PNP Games buff.ly/22vcRo1 $39 VGP buff.ly/4gI11fu

This week on the Video Game History Hour, it's an episode about digital archaeology! We went deep with @stopskeletons.bsky.social and @zarithya.online about how they restored the long-lost 16-player mode from Faceball 2000 for the Game Boy, and how fan restoration is its own kind of preservation.

VILE: Exhumed may be banned for sale, but I refuse to let that stop people from playing the game. It’s now available, for free, at WWW.VILEISBANNED.COM Please share the site, share the game, and fuck anyone who tries to control storytelling and expression.

We've acquired the historic game magazine Computer Entertainer. As in, we got the rights. We own the magazine. And we're putting it into the Creative Commons for anyone to use for free. Learn more: gamehistory.org/computerente...