Advance notice, peeps. Kit and I will be doing a stream together around 3.00pm (GMT) tomorrow with some of our favourite vs retro games, anime CD-ROM digs, and board games. Christmas can be a difficult time, so we want to offer up another place to go to for some chill, friendly chat and fun.

I could have gone the easy route with DPaint or Mario Paint, but instead I chose adversity with Art Alive on Mega Drive in keeping with the BlueSky holiday spirit. Merry Christmas, Yule blessings, and happy holidays, y'all <3

This is absolutely monstrous. Made from Anduril's (Founder Palmer Luckey's arms company) drone metal, soaked in blood. Please do not support (or continue not supporting, as a lot of you are lovely peeps) anything from ModRetro.

Aww, a package arrived from a dear friend, and one of the things inside it was a floppy disk with photos of Machida and Akihabara taken this year with a late 90s Floppy Mavica. 💜 Will post more below. @letelyre.bsky.social

It's November 30th and it's 7am! In aid of @mndassoc.bsky.social I'll be live, finishing off my 80 hours of gaming, I'll be sad to say goodbye to the MegaCD after playing it constantly for the month, but the backlog is calling me, so let's relish in a few hours of MegaCD!! Twitch.tv/cptalbertwesker

$5 for the half priced D*Fuzed GBC ROM incube8games.com/products/d-f... 4.5/5 in Debug #11 87% in Retrogamer magazine #277 9/10 in Fusion magazine #72 92% in Pixel Addict magazine #31 Featured in GB Studio Magazine #8 8/10 on Emuxel website

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An early glimpse of Shenmue in 1999 at the Tokyo Toy Show that year from one of the DOKAN magazine CDROMs. Always happy to discover stuff like this at relatively high quality.

It's Tuesday and it's been a day! Which means in aid of @mndassoc.bsky.social I'll be live, trying to rack up 80 hours of gaming this month, I'm continuing with the Mega CD so let's keep it up! PLEASE let me finish Cobra Command tonight! twitch.tv/cptalbertwesker #gamingforcharity

I've got a bit of a busy week, so I am unable to stream this Wed, so instead I'll be carrying out Tuesday as usual with a bumper stream on Sunday! You'll be able to catch me between 7-12 in the morning if you're a weekend early bird like me, we'll be having some Sunday morning Mega CD fun!

There's one week to go in November! Thanks to a big trip on the weekend I finished Breath of Fire and I'm on track with my 80 hours, so I switched to something a little more relaxed with Professor Layton and the Spectres Call to raise money for @mndassoc.bsky.social socialsync.app/fundraiser/c...

It's Wednesday which means in aid of @mndassoc.bsky.social I'm live, trying to rack up 80 hours of gaming this month, continuing my Mega CD games seeing if I can actually complete Cobra Command; I'm finding it quite difficult! Twitch.tv/cptalbertwesker

It's Tuesday which means in aid of @mndassoc.bsky.social I'll be live, trying to rack up 80 hours of gaming this month, I'm loving my time with the Mega CD so let's keep it up! Let's see if I can get any further in Cobra Command tonight! Twitch.tv/cptalbertwesker #gamingforcharity

Today marked a trip to the wonderful @theretrohunter.bsky.social in Leigh-on-sea in Essex. Which I can never recommend enough! Ally is such a lovely guy and stocks a wide selection of games, toys and even video tapes! I may or may not have come away with far too many cool purchases!

Snacks for Saturday? 90s UK anime magazine Anime UK/FX would always include a cute themed recipe at the back of the mag. Ah, oishii!

Happy Birthday, Final Fantasy IX! Released in North America 25 years ago today on November 14th, 2000! A return to the high fantasy of older Final Fantasy games, giving us some of the most beloved characters in the franchise and, uh, an infamous PlayOnline guide book, aha. Much love for FF9. 💜

It's Wednesday which means in aid of @mndassoc.bsky.social I'll be live, trying to rack up 80 hours of gaming this month, continuing my Mega CD games seeing if I can complete the ridiculous bonkers Wirehead, without a doubt one of the most ambitious FMV games I've played! twitch.tv/cptalbertwesker

It's Tuesday which means in aid of @mndassoc.bsky.social I'll be live, trying to rack up 80 hours of gaming this month, continuing my Mega CD games with one I've neglected for over 20 years; Cobra Command, let's see if I can finish it tonight! www.twitch.tv/cptalbertwes...

Hey, happy 30th birthday GameFAQs! Launched on November 5th, 1995! The earliest scrape I can find on Wayback is December 1996, but I doubt the site changed much. But yes, here it is in its earliest days as the Video Game FAQ Archive!

It's Wednesday which means in aid of @mndassoc.bsky.social I'll be live, trying to rack up 80 hours of gaming this month, continuing my Mega CD games with the classic Road Avenger, let's see if I can finish it tonight! Twitch.tv/cptalbertwesker

Terminator 2D: No Fate is going to take just a little bit longer. 12th December 2025

For the next month I'll be popping on Twitch every Tues/Wed, in aid of @mndassoc.bsky.social as I try and rack up 80 hours of gaming this month tonight I'll be playing Mega CD games starting with Yumemi Mystery Mansion! www.twitch.tv/cptalbertwes...

I'm going from one charity fundraiser to another, as of today I'll be doing my best to get in 80 hours of gaming over the month, it sounds simple but I imagine it will be quite challenging, to raise money for MNDa to help fund research for motor neurone disease socialsync.app/fundraiser/c...

Hey peeps, just a heads-up: if you especially enjoy what I do here on BlueSky, my site, and with other stuff, then you can financially support my efforts via my Ko-Fi or Patreon. Support like this is truly appreciated and helps keep it possible to do it all. patreon.com/SashasRetroB...

An absolutely huge thank you to everyone that tuned in this week, especially for all the donations to help out the lovely @specialeffect.org.uk Charity! We did it!! I finished Deep Fear with 50 mins to spare, allowing me to make a start on the atmospheric Enemy Zero!

I'm now live on Twitch for the final time this week! Where I'll be trying my best to complete Deep Fear on the Sega Saturn in aid of the lovely @specialeffect.org.uk charity twitch.tv/cptalbertwesker until 20:30 GMT (8:30)!

Thank you all for those that tuned in for tonight's @specialeffect.org.uk screamteam stream!! I had lots of fun talking horror and gaming in general, we had some slow points and some ACTION! Not finished just yet though! I'll be streaming again tomorrow for the last part!

I'm once again, now live on Twitch! Where I'll be continuing through Deep Fear on the Sega Saturn in aid of the lovely @specialeffect.org.uk charity www.twitch.tv/cptalbertwes... until 20:30 GMT (8:30)!

Thank you all for those that tuned in for tonight's @specialeffect.org.uk screamteam stream!! I did remember the ratio for tonight's puzzle, managed to get through an intense boss fight and an even more intense rush to get to the end of disc 1 with 20 seconds to spare thanks to some silly mistakes!

I'm now live on Twitch! Where I'll be continuing through Deep Fear on the Sega Saturn in aid of the lovely @specialeffect.org.uk charity www.twitch.tv/cptalbertwes... until 20:30 (8:30) tonight!

Thank you all for those that tuned in for my @specialeffect.org.uk screamteam stream!! Whilst I may definitely be a bit less than 3 hours into the game, we killed a boss, we watched a friend die and we're ready for a puzzle tomorrow evening! Question is, will I remember 10.25!

I'm now live on Twitch! Where I'll be trying my best to get through Deep Fear on the Sega Saturn in aid of the lovely @specialeffect.org.uk charity www.twitch.tv/cptalbertwes...

Currently hoping my PC will start back up in time for my SCREAM Team @specialeffect.org.uk stream this evening. Yes, I did boot my PC earlier on to stop this from happening. No, it clearly didn't help 🤣

In just under three weeks I'm taking part in @specialeffect.org.uk 's Scream Team for the Halloween week, the best week of the year! I'll be using it as a lovely excuse to try and make my way through the classic Deep Fear for the Sega Saturn tilt.fyi/SIOydWikjt would be great if people can join in!

If I've brought you joy, a moment of calm, piqued curiosity, given you an 'oh that's cool', or rekindled a fond memory by what I do here, with the zine, articles, or anything else I'm doing or have done in the past, then I'm really glad, and its mission accomplished on my end.

@cptalbertwesker.bsky.social Playing Burger Boss and Rex has decided to turn my establishment into a cat café! #Boardgames #Boardgaming #BurgerBoss #GamingCat #Cat

Rex is ready for RPG day. #TTRPG #RPG #RPGCat #Caturday

Game night.... with a cat who's had enough of the heat. @cptalbertwesker.bsky.social #boardgames #boardgaming #cat #boardgamingcat

Check out these fantastic times from the Sega Rally #SplashWaveRacing challenge!! Congratulations to the podium finishes! It's been a little too hot/me busy to take part in this one, I have hopes for the next challenge though!

Some wild times from the winners of the Ridge Racer 4 #SplashWaveRacing challenge!! 🙌

Okay, let's have a penultimate current standings update for the Ridge Racer Type 4 #SplashWaveRacing challenge! @six-is-dead.bsky.social holds a two-second lead in NTSC AT, with @yreval.bsky.social in the lead in MT! But watch out, Yreval, @overthere.banginsummer.love is hot on your tail! 1/2

I've really gotta get with the program, but for now my fastest #SplashWaveRacing challenge time is 1'44"847 @sharkabytes.bsky.social @kitnibbles.bsky.social for PAL in AT, shall give it another go tomorrow after hitting a figurative wall this evening!

I have always lived by this saying since playing this game as a teen 🥰

You've got til Tuesday evening to get your best time in Ridge Racer Type 4! Here's the current times to beat!

Okay! I promised it was coming back soon, and here we go! Back after a hiatus for a fourth year with a Splashwave favourite and a sublime racer. 🏁 #SplashWaveRacing League 🏁 This is a hi-score challenge for racers! Nothing serious, just flavour in the name! 1/2

Giving this a fresh boost as it's going to save lives in the coming days. Signal boost this too please, lovelies 💜

We had a conversation today with the Met in regards to our planned route.. In light of this conversation to avoid unnecessary restrictions on our protest we have agreed to switch the start to Marble Arch with the end point outside Downing Street on Whitehall. Please spread the word..

I was pleasantly surprised to have my copy of Farming Simulator 16-bit arrive this morning, I am an absolute fiend for simulators, so what better than having one that I could play on my CRT <3 very calming indeed, I'm halfway on affording my next map upgrade. It's simple but everything I wanted!

#SplashWaveRacing It's been a while, hasn't it, Splashwavers?

I'm curious, peeps; what were your regular and favourite classic video game (and/or anime) magazine reads? And if you still pick up new ones, what do you read these days?