RIP to David Bowie who, 10 years ago, pulled off the greatest promo campaign of all time by releasing an album about death and then, two days later, actually dying

This cake shop is crushing it

“Dad, we made you a cake!” “Wow, thanks! It looks great!” “Can you tell what it is?!” “…” “…” “It’s the Galaga ship! “Yeah, of course it is!”

As a former research animal in a tick-borne disease study, our beagle as two tattoos: one on her ear and another on her inner thigh. Kind of odd to have dog that has more ink than I do lol

Thanks to @gametank.zone for talking to me about the Game Tank, a very cool project to create a new, open source, 8-bit, retro-style console. Listen to my interviews with him and others at PRGE for @hbgameclub.bsky.social right here: bit.ly/hbgc-prge-2025

My kids enjoyed Tron: Ares so much we went back to see it in 3D again. This time they even insisted on a souvenir popcorn bucket. Haters are dumb, this movie is good

When you like the album but your kids are mildly disturbed by the cover

Tron: Ares: I went in with *very* low expectations. Got a big, mostly dumb action movie with great visuals, a killer soundtrack, and none of the pseudo philosophical Matrix bullshit that weighed down the second movie. It’s a good time! B+

I’ll never quit Reddit

When you try to convince your childhood friend to finally listen to your damn podcast for the first time ever

*ahem*

Happy 4th of July, Americans!

Awww man I forgot to post my favorite tabloid headline for Father’s Day

I am traveling for work and having a drink in the hotel rooftop bar and holy shit I just realized this is a *rotating* restaurant. I swear to god I thought I was high

Subscriber here! 👋 This issue features an excellent in-depth comparison between the Analogue Pocket, ModRetro Chromatic, and the FunnyPlaying FPGBC. Very interesting (and useful) for fans of Game Boy FPGA consoles!

I just found out someone I know put herself through cosmetology school by trapping muskrats and selling the pelts, and for the record I just want to say that is the most Southeast Missouri shit I have ever heard

Just published an excellent interview on our podcast. Worth a listen for anyone curious about game design, even if retro / homebrew aren’t necessarily your thing

It’s taken about three decades to get there but I have finally started to appreciate the banana album

On the question “which of Elon Musk’s many children eventually grows up to be the misanthropic mad scientist who kills us all?” my money is on Grok

I’ve been trying to figure out why there’s this textured area in the middle of my car’s dashboard. I’ve concluded it’s a place for charging your solar powered Casio watches

I picked this up for my wife for $12 yesterday in the used record bin. Holy shit, this album is great

Explaining to my kids that Easter is a story about sacrifice, death, and resurrection

This was a lot of fun to watch. Tons of great chiptune music coming out of the #nesdev community right now.

And also some sweet new drink coasters, if you’re into that 🍺

@doodleworldgame.bsky.social My son is coming with me to MGC. He specifically asked if “Doodle World Guy” would be there. He is a fan 😆

Feels like we're finally entering the "FAFO" stage of the Trump Era.

Regardless of anything going on in the news, Signal is a good app and I’ve convinced a lot of my friends to switch their messaging over to it from a lot of far worse platforms

Makes sense

The California Fire Relief Bundle is live!! Benefitting survivors of the SoCal wildfires through the Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE). Featuring 400+ games: Tunic! Tangle Tower! Catlateral Damage! Hidden Folks! Cook, Serve, Delicious! And more! $10 minimum!! itch.io/b/2863/calif...

My mother in law can barely figure out her phone. But sure, AI advertisement, I will definitely get her this lightsaber covered in Apple Watch modules

Great episode, really enjoyed listening to you. And glad you liked my game 🙂

It’s weird that video games are the only medium where this is considered normal. You wouldn’t see a movie critic judge a silent film from 1908 by the same standards as, say, Apocalypse Now. Even a casual movie fan would understand that to be an ignorant comparison

There’s a conversation on the @hbgameclub.bsky.social discord about whether or not these are “detective games.” I say yes, obviously?

I've spent the last few weeks working my way through David Bowie's entire catalog. This list ranking every one of his albums was a good place to start (and so far I agree with the #1 pick): blog.roughtrade.com/gb/ranked-da...

Got a new NES / Famicom caravan shoot ‘em up from Japan. Thanks @habitsoft.bsky.social

As shitty as things may get in the world, at least I've still got my autographed copy of Eraserhead

So my work cut back drastically on overtime hours, and I need to make up the difference... anybody have some mods or repairs needed on old hardware that yours truly could take a crack at? Perhaps a modded NES gamepad for a console with terrible controllers?

Gotta say for a band called JOY DIVISION they had some pretty UNHAPPY songs

It’s the third time in a week one of my kids has clogged up the toilet. Either somebody’s up to something weird or my wife needs to examine whatever the hell she’s been feeding them

ICYMI: In our latest episode, we take on swashbuckling NES platformer The Storied Sword and debate: Is "NES hard" too hard for modern gamers? (Naaaah.) Check it out at bit.ly/hbgc-sword or wherever you get podcasts! Still need to play the game? Get it here: www.bitethechili.com

Trying to determine if the constant, nagging sense of anxiety I'm feeling this week is a side effect of a new medication I recently started or just a normal reaction to current events

Please follow us on Steam… You can see ALL of our past reviews all in one place! Debug on Steam: store.steampowered.com/curator/4547...

Sent this pic to my teenage nephews with caption “Hey, got one of those Switch 2 things my kids have been talking about.” Nobody responded on the chat Turns out they assumed their poor uncle got scammed and were too embarrassed to say anything. Wtf guys I am not actually that frigging old

On January 30th, The Game History Foundation will make its digital library available for the public. Including over 1500 out of print magazines, promo materials, flyers, press kits and more. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-vid...

I miss Humble Indie Bundles. I discovered so many great new games through those things

POST a pic of you + your fav Pokémon

My son’s Pinewood Derby car “Highlighter Shark.” I’ve been encouraging my kids to aim for the design award instead of trying to make the fastest car, because after several years of this I’ve realized we’re not beating the engineering dads who design these things in AutoCAD

Peanuts predicted social media