Elbo got Old Yeller'd in the 2005 GameStop merger

This sets a dangerous legal precedent that I intend to profit from, as the inventor of the knifewich

I had the privilege to mentor 2023 honoree rising star @rinoaskyes.bsky.social through a mentorship program that, to my understanding, ran only for that cohort. She deserves so much better than being used for performative clout and cast aside. This is deeply disappointing and baldly transparent.

They're good books, buy Rachel's books

No justice until there is a deluxe $40 Pee-Poo toy in the "for adult collectors" section at Target

I set this to "warn" and I'm so excited to see which of my friends are canonically rude

I have important news Retired 4x NBA All-Star Anfernee Hardaway has a daughter named LaTanfernee Hardaway

Today we just got 100 new followers and a bunch of people saying "whoa I've never heard of this" re: the game we have been thumping into the ground for the last 3 years by posting one gif from our earliest demo. If you think you post too much about your game: you probably don't!

I had a short-lived phase where I tried to make "castle" a modifier for "excellent," like adding "way" in front of "cool." It turns out that changing linguistics by yourself is hard and you have to try for more than two days.

Y'all, I know two hours is a big time commitment, but this panel I arranged and hosted last month is one of the most important things I've ever done for video game history. The launch of the NES is a crazier story than most people realize, and my guests were extremely generous with their memories.

The Consumer Products Safety Commission recommends testing your smoke and CO alarms monthly, and changing their batteries every year. Be safe everyone!

Y'all, I know two hours is a big time commitment, but this panel I arranged and hosted last month is one of the most important things I've ever done for video game history. The launch of the NES is a crazier story than most people realize, and my guests were extremely generous with their memories.

I had a very brief Space Quest period of maybe a year or two that lined up perfectly with when I first got the internet, so Jess' site was always the template in my head for what I think the world wide web is supposed to be - a place where we share our passions with each other and discover together.

Wendy’s sign said “BRING HOME THE BACONATOR” and i agree. the war has gone on long enough. let him come home

This is what archives are for! Developer explains the concept of Skinballs as a way for Saints Row devs to test skin tone in different lighting, archivist pulls a debug build from the collection and demonstrates Skinballs in action. This is the world I want to live in and encourage through my work!

This feels right to me. In the olden times video games were toys, Ninja Turtles action figures occupied the same play space as their game cartridges. Now that games are their own inherent play spaces, there's almost this full circle effect where you add characters in as virtual action figures.

This is the kind of thing that the deep research sickos go nuts for. I wish we could find more! They're extremely endangered, and we can only scan one when we get a second copy (since you have to chop the spine off)

Every game studio should have a Skinballs motivational poster, this is not a joke

Unlocked! I dig into the history of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Halloween for Atari 2600, actually play them (and take them seriously) and learn Charles "Evil Bong" Band's strange, important part in video game history:

“what radicalized you” idk paying attention

"Why yes, I'd be glad to take a look at 62 mystery EPROMs from a major 8- and 16-bit publisher!" [monkey paw curls]

It has always been important to me that our library is this totally open, free, democratic resource for studying video game history, and we've got a good process. We acquire material, catalog it, digitize it, upload it, promote it, repeat. Our staff size is 2, our overhead low, and our impact huge.

A listener wrote in to KEXP this morning about how he used to sing Outkast's "So Fresh, So Clean" to his baby while changing his diaper and I've been coasting on how funny that is for at least an hour now

Spent about an hour last night trying to get the PC version of Alan Wake 2 to recognize inputs from an Xbox controller, which seems like a pretty fundamental feature? Turns out it's some kind of Epic launcher conflict, and the only reliable workaround is to pirate the game instead.

My short list of retro video game content creators who aren't trash is getting alarmingly small

There's a hole in the bottom of the trashcan and he grows underground like a big green ginger root. Jim Henson confided that in me before he died.

Amanda does very pleasant streams, if you have some candy come hang out and relax and say hi to nice people

Watched "Mad Monster Party?" last night and it hurts me to have to tell you that a movie can look this awesome while sucking ass

GIRL'S GARDEN SEGA 1984 SEGA SG-1000

Sexy Did Anyone Make A PS2 ODE Yet

Cornering you at a party and explaining this while never breaking eye contact

Update I visited the kittens

I didn't buy any video games at Portland Retro Gaming Expo but I did buy the absolute perfect "I was in Portland in October 2025" souvenir: a hand-sewn catnip toy depicting the protest frog

Sorry to be pedantic but I'm seeing the "42% of people don't know potato chips are made from potatoes" story floating around and 1. We have no access to the study, just a single line in a marketing page 2. That line is full of marketing weasel landmines like "real, farm-grown potatoes"

This is a 100% do not miss panel at PRGE! First-hand account of the lead up to and launch of the NES in the US from a small and scrappy team when nobody knew about Nintendo. So proud of the work that @frankcifaldi.bsky.social has done to bring our panelists together today!

a better world IS possible

Finally achieved a lifelong dream, sorry to all my haters who doubted me

The truth is that in real public life the number of people who have been overtly transphobic and cruel to me is vanishingly small compared to the number of people who are kind and normal to me every day wherever I go and that’s why I think we can win

Real ones look at the guest list and do a spit take. If you're at @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social this weekend, you've GOT to come to this panel.

WHEN THERE’S TREASURE BEHIND THE WATERFALL: Oh wow. Yes, very clever! Waterfall treasure! No one’s ever done that before. Lazy jackass WHEN THERE’S NO TREASURE BEHIND THE WATERFALL: Wow. Too stuck-up to put treasure there huh? Too much of a fucking ICONOCLAST for that? Piece of shit. FUCK you

Gently and patiently flattened out and restored this 1985 launch NES box and I'm pretty proud of myself

L: Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988) R: The Secret of Monkey Island (1990)

Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.

Hey! Did you get an NES Classic mini console but you don't care about the manual/poster it came with? Put it to use supporting @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social! I'm seeking these out for fundraiser autograph opportunities, but need them ASAP. Let me know! Can pay!

I was about to congratulate the world on there finally being a big post about Bubsy without anyone lazily replying "what could possibly go wrong," but someone put it in a quote. One of these days...

Hey! Did you get an NES Classic mini console but you don't care about the manual/poster it came with? Put it to use supporting @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social! I'm seeking these out for fundraiser autograph opportunities, but need them ASAP. Let me know! Can pay!

Collectors! Store owners! Hoarders! Help us out! @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social is looking to source copies of this 1985 NES pack-in poster for fundraising reasons, and we need them asap. We already cleaned out eBay. Note that they need to be the ones that say copyright 1985, as pictured! Can pay!

Collectors! Store owners! Hoarders! Help us out! @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social is looking to source copies of this 1985 NES pack-in poster for fundraising reasons, and we need them asap. We already cleaned out eBay. Note that they need to be the ones that say copyright 1985, as pictured! Can pay!