*walks onto stage in t-shirt and jeans and white trainers, wearing stupid fucking headset. Paces around a bit trying to look clever* *In Kermit The Frog voice*: "Imagine never having to watch your team lose in the World Cup again. Well, now AI can make that a reality..."

It's the 97th anniversary of Steamboat Willie, the perfect excuse to crack out a bit of Sloanysoft's award winning "Jet Set Steamboat Willie"...or it would be if itch.io wasn't down due to this Cloudflare nonsense.

More like clownflare, am I right?

That's me back now. Everyone...and I mean EVERYONE I spoke to at Crash Live was amazing. Cannot get over the positivity and sheer joy on display for the whole weekend. Absolutely wiped now, but that will live long in the memory.

Never meet your heroes part 2. Steve Turner & Andrew Braybrook, great bunch of lads.

They say never meet your heroes? Absolute nonsense!! Sir Kevin Toms, pioneer of an entire genre and still the best beard in the business.

Standing room only at the Gremlin talk...I've not had enough sleep for this! Top day so far tho'.

The calm before the storm at Crash Live this morning. Drove 223 miles & had to park up at 3 airports due to a cancelled flight & a re-routed flight...but we've made it. I feel more like CRASHing in my bed to be honest, than socialising. 😄 Looks like I picked the wrong week to give up caffeine.

Boom! We're back in business!! New board installed but it wasn't powering on. Then I realised I had one of the ribbons upside down, another quick disassemble/reassemble and we're up & running!!! Couldn't be happier, huge thanks to Ben from Plaion on the Atariage boards. Now to pack for Crash. 😃

And that's work DONE for the week! All aboard the fun bus to Crash Live!! 🕹️

Corre José, #Atari2600 game inspired by Google Dinosaur game fernandosalvio.itch.io/corre-jose-a... #atari

I went and had a look at Shaw’s Bridge(s).

New Predator film is it? A good excuse to regurgitate this one. Two Ronnies Vs Predator...

It's part of a collab with two other artists, and is responsible for one of the most savage reviews I've ever read : www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

@itch.io it's really difficult to rate games when you are using a mobile browser. Not sure why this is, but it's meant that there's been loads of times where I've gone to rate a game, couldn't find where & then not bothered & forgotten about it & I'm sure I'm not the only one.

If you ever feel like a fraud, just know that "the UK's richest living artist" and former Turner prize winner Damien Hirst is flogging prints of crudely drawn Space Invaders for 3,000 dollars a pop.

It might be a bit early for a drink, but sod it – come join me for a pint on my website, where you can find a bunch of things that I have made in beermat form!

Sunday night plug of my released #ZXSpectrum and #segamastersystem games jimblimey.itch.io

Just realised in over four decades of buying Spectrum tapes, I've never actually seen the original packaging for Short Circuit, only ever as part of Magnificent Seven (and later Hit Squad re-release).

A quick run through of @sloanysoft.itch.io 's BubbleBack. youtu.be/hDFffImQTU4. Apologies for poor capture quality. Not sure what happened there! Great game! Highly recommended!

I had a job like this 22 years ago. It was pure hell.

Sparks! #totp

One of those songs you tried to forget existed. How was this number one? The 90s were a law unto themselves at times. #totp

Eels are just so damn good. #totp

That was a couple of hours of pure & utter joy. What a privilege to see Tim playing our game & what a way to start the weekend!! "Tim Plays - BubbleBack by Sloanysoft - ZX Spectrum" www.twitch.tv/tinytim78/v/...

Tim is playing Bubble Back live on Twitch right now!! www.twitch.tv/tinytim78?sr=a

BBC really burying the lede there

There is an INSANE amount to love in this beautiful video. Enjoy!!

Friday!

14 years ago I was at an event in the stinky Norbreck & I bloody loved it.

Xenovember day 4! This was my first Aliens cover, reuniting me with my Defiance Colorist, Dan Jackson. This one’s special for me because not only was it a return to Alien, but it would later be used as booth and lanyard #art at SDCC to represent the brand. www.instagram.com/p/DQp_ZBmEkV...

Zed from Police Academy has read your posts.

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Absolutely gutted. Played through a load of carts this weekend & had a great time with it. Put the red label Mario Bros it & it's gone & being the pins & now nothing loads. 😭 I picked it up back in July so I can't return it. So frustrating as it's a great little machine, now it's an ornament.

I know it's as basic as they come, with very little variance, but I absolutely love Cosmic Ark. There's something about its simplicity that I adore. Then again I also love Space Zap, the arcade game it's based on, and that's even more basic.

35 years ago today. #NeverForget #SimonSidestepToYourLeft

Took a break from the Speccy today. Picked up one of these on the cheap & had a blast going through the big box of carts that hadn't seen the light of day for at least a decade.

Happier times. #totp

I don't think I'm 1998's key demographic. #totp

What to watch. 🤔🎃🧟‍♂️

happy halloween to what many people believed was the greatest tweet of all time

Both put the absolute shits up me. I've never forgiven Daniels. I've made my peace with Sarah Greene though.

I'm not normally a fan of ULA+ games (orange just seems wrong on a Spectrum game) but I do like Alan Turvey's Trick of Treat games & the Atic Atac is a great use of the ULA + features. Oh and he's made it available for all now, not just the Patreons. happycodingzx.itch.io/atic-atac-al...

These games are well worth it. Jam is hours of fun for less than 1 Euro!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Because lockdown town includes a Halloween theme we've stuck it on sale for just $1 this weekend! Also included is the 3D PC version of Lockdown Town. If you ever wanted to check it out nows a good time to grab it. itch.io/s/165182/hal... #halloween #lockdowntown #zxspectrum #pc

Listening to this again today. It's amazing how different the early versions of "Love to You" are. The sitar gives it a hell of a lift.

Making MPAGD games for the Spectrum with your kid? It'll never catch on. 😉