Played another weird text adventure on stream, 1988's Loogaroo. You are a reporter, suffering from blackouts, assigned to report on some weird murders. And you have a "masculine" living room. You break your friend Joe out of prison and... then you shoot him cause he's the werewolf. There's more🧵

Played another weird text adventure on stream, 1988's Loogaroo. You are a reporter, suffering from blackouts, assigned to report on some weird murders. And you have a "masculine" living room. You break your friend Joe out of prison and... then you shoot him cause he's the werewolf. There's more🧵

Castle of Terror (1984) is one strange text adventure. It looks absolutely amazing for the time, with animated screens and a full soundtrack. But it's filled with weird items that have no point (but are still required to progress), there's no ending and puzzles are all over the place.

Live now, expect more horror shenanigans in the warmup

Tonight, more Nightmare on Elm Street, one of the most trollish games I've ever played. All traps, teleports, confusing level design, obscure puzzles. I'm about halfway through so let's continue it at 9.30 PM: www.twitch.tv/thegenesiste...

Tonight, more Nightmare on Elm Street, one of the most trollish games I've ever played. All traps, teleports, confusing level design, obscure puzzles. I'm about halfway through so let's continue it at 9.30 PM: www.twitch.tv/thegenesiste...

Remembering the time I pitched a book on the history of the Italian gaming industry. I got a yes. Yay right? The offer? Nothing. Literally nothing. No marketing, no advance, no 20%, nothing. I would get 8% of each copy sold after 200. I asked "how many copies do you sell usually?" "200" Alright.

Castle of Terror (1984) is one strange text adventure. It looks absolutely amazing for the time, with animated screens and a full soundtrack. But it's filled with weird items that have no point (but are still required to progress), there's no ending and puzzles are all over the place.

"In the early 80s, games were less edgy and sexual than today" Apple II in 1980: try this "Ladies of the Night" simulator by the XXXciting studio HARDCORE SOFTWARE

Was watching a 1999 Swiss TV documentary about "fear of videogames". Noticed some interesting things, for example, how many kids were playing with GameBoy at the time, way more than PlayStation, PC or "Nintendo" (I guess they meant the N64). Also look at that nostalgic shop.

"In the early 80s, games were less edgy and sexual than today" Apple II in 1980: try this "Ladies of the Night" simulator by the XXXciting studio HARDCORE SOFTWARE

Welcome to horror time, babe. Tonight I'm starting my playthrough of the DOS version of Westwood's Nightmare on Elm Street from 1990. Some horror warm-up too. See you at 9.30 PM (CET) on www.twitch.tv/thegenesiste...

Welcome to horror time, babe. Tonight I'm starting my playthrough of the DOS version of Westwood's Nightmare on Elm Street from 1990. Some horror warm-up too. See you at 9.30 PM (CET) on www.twitch.tv/thegenesiste...

Was watching a 1999 Swiss TV documentary about "fear of videogames". Noticed some interesting things, for example, how many kids were playing with GameBoy at the time, way more than PlayStation, PC or "Nintendo" (I guess they meant the N64). Also look at that nostalgic shop.

Today in "cover art that didn't need to go so hard", Square Deal on the Game Boy (by Robert Bellavance, an artist that disappeared VERY quickly)

Alright, you know what I'm doing this Halloween on Twitch.

Today in "cover art that didn't need to go so hard", Square Deal on the Game Boy (by Robert Bellavance, an artist that disappeared VERY quickly)

Don't know if there are any experts of pirate compilations out there, but I've been looking for one I used to have in 97. There were only older DOS games, such as Quest for Glory IV, Car & Driver, Battle Bugs, Simon the Sorcerer 2. Maybe some FPS too, but don't remember which ones. Any guesses?

Don't know if there are any experts of pirate compilations out there, but I've been looking for one I used to have in 97. There were only older DOS games, such as Quest for Glory IV, Car & Driver, Battle Bugs, Simon the Sorcerer 2. Maybe some FPS too, but don't remember which ones. Any guesses?

Not sure why the Bio-Hazard Battle Japanese cover art had to go all symbolism-hard/1994 dance compilation cd cover, but happy it did.

I keep running into people who have never played games in their lives and they truly have no idea that there's a whole world of games outside of "the ones that people play well into the night screaming at the TV and get obsessed about".

Sometimes, I wake up screaming during the night, and all I can remember is this classic "Italian aperitivo" I got served years ago: two slices of unseasoned bread (per person) with raw carrots and zucchini.

Don't know why Data East was so fascinated with the adjective "crude", converting Crude Buster to Two Crude Dudes, but for the ending to that exciting game, they decided "crude" needed to be its own higher principle.

Don't know why Data East was so fascinated with the adjective "crude", converting Crude Buster to Two Crude Dudes, but for the ending to that exciting game, they decided "crude" needed to be its own higher principle.

In 90s Italian TV culture, Zio Tibia ("Uncle Creepy") reigns supreme. Modeled after the Cryptkeeper from Tales from the Crypt, this bad puppet hosted a show introducing horror movies for two seasons in the Summers of 1989/1990. People still "cherish" it, despite its short lifespan.

In 90s Italian TV culture, Zio Tibia ("Uncle Creepy") reigns supreme. Modeled after the Cryptkeeper from Tales from the Crypt, this bad puppet hosted a show introducing horror movies for two seasons in the Summers of 1989/1990. People still "cherish" it, despite its short lifespan.

Forgot that, for my warm-up, I am going to play MAG!!! the 1996 German DOS game where you run a gaming magazine.

Forgot that, for my warm-up, I am going to play MAG!!! the 1996 German DOS game where you run a gaming magazine.

Ready to get polygonal? Let's go back to the PS1 today and look at some games I have never played in my life. A lil' Ape Escape anyone? See you at 6.30 PM on www.twitch.tv/thegenesiste...

Ready to get polygonal? Let's go back to the PS1 today and look at some games I have never played in my life. A lil' Ape Escape anyone? See you at 6.30 PM on www.twitch.tv/thegenesiste...

Sorry, can't reply to your email, busy playing ASCII Doom

Sorry, can't reply to your email, busy playing ASCII Doom

BUT BEFORE CURSE. some terrible adventure games

Tonight it's EVEN MORE CURSE OF ENCHANTIA DOESN'T THIS GAME EVER END JESUS CHRIST ON A POGO ST- Okay. Some more adventurin' from the 80s and 90s before we dive in. 9.30 be there: www.twitch.tv/thegenesiste... or not, I don't make the rules. if I would you'd be in bed.

Tonight it's EVEN MORE CURSE OF ENCHANTIA DOESN'T THIS GAME EVER END JESUS CHRIST ON A POGO ST- Okay. Some more adventurin' from the 80s and 90s before we dive in. 9.30 be there: www.twitch.tv/thegenesiste... or not, I don't make the rules. if I would you'd be in bed.

If the flight attendant asks you to put away that laptop for landing, just do your best Tim Robbins impression and say "darling, it is securely and comfortably attached to me".

If the flight attendant asks you to put away that laptop for landing, just do your best Tim Robbins impression and say "darling, it is securely and comfortably attached to me".

"What should we do for the cover art of Ultima The Black Gate on SNES?" "Well, it's a gate, it's gotta have some keys, right?"

"What should we do for the cover art of Ultima The Black Gate on SNES?" "Well, it's a gate, it's gotta have some keys, right?"

Tonight it's more Curse of Enchantia (GOD WHY), I'm about halfway through my no-walkthrough stream and there might be a good chance to finish it. Also some adventurin' intros with some text and point and clicks from all stages of life. See you at 9.30 CET on www.twitch.tv/thegenesiste...

Gaming history blazing hot take: if recreating the experience of playing old games via CRT shaders is important, it's equally important to recreate crappy old emulators so you can experience what it was like to play these games for the first time on a low-env 90s PC.

Tonight it's more Curse of Enchantia (GOD WHY), I'm about halfway through my no-walkthrough stream and there might be a good chance to finish it. Also some adventurin' intros with some text and point and clicks from all stages of life. See you at 9.30 CET on www.twitch.tv/thegenesiste...

The struggle was real.

Still one of the most underrated TV series ever made. Not only it basically predicted so much humor that would come in the 00s but it still feels so modern in its writing, characters and pacing.

The struggle was real.

The Bologna museum of coin-ops and pinball seems to have unearthed the original schematics for the early (1976) Sega coin-op Heavyweight Champ (today considered to be lost media). Using them, the game could now theoretically be rebuilt from scratch.

This is a pretty big deal; Heavyweight Champ is an early predecessor to fighting games, is TTL-based (and therefore difficult to emulate) and there are no extant units that I'm aware of. All we've had is a few precious seconds of it being played from a newscast. Here's hoping it lives again soon.

The Bologna museum of coin-ops and pinball seems to have unearthed the original schematics for the early (1976) Sega coin-op Heavyweight Champ (today considered to be lost media). Using them, the game could now theoretically be rebuilt from scratch.

While the 1995 Tower of Souls isometric RPG might look generic, its GUI is to die for. Doors are opened by turning the lockpick in the keyhole with the mouse, then carefully listening to clicks while you rotate the wheels. Same with puzzles, slide and click. It is 100% a Morrowind precursor