Christian Senn, who worked on Geist Force for the Dreamcast, had begun imagining Geist Force 2 in his spare time. He intended to present his work to the rest of the team once the first game was released👇 www.sega-dreamcast-info-games-preservation.com/en/unrelesea...

Learn more about Bill C-22, and particularly the new proposed "Supporting Authorized Access to Information Act" here: blog.privacylawyer.ca/2026/03/lawf...

We need to talk about #BillC22- the largest surveillance bill Canada has ever seen. It would force every messaging app, cloud service, and internet provider we use to build government backdoors into their infrastructure. Permanently. Tell your MP to kill it now 👇 openmedia.org/StopC22-bsky

Vote NO on the “KIDS Act”! It’s KOSA 2.0: Tell Your Representatives to No. buff.ly/VKO7oqQ

🚨 The Conservatives (EPP) are attempting to force a new vote on Thursday (26th), seeking to *reverse* Parliament's NO on indiscriminate scanning. This is a direct attack on democracy and blatant disregard for your right to privacy. No means no. Take action now: fightchatcontrol.eu

For last few years, an Italian production studio has been conducting hundreds of interviews with video game people. vgpplay.com/home You need to sign up to view it - and it's in Italian - but it's well worth it. I'll highlight some of their amazing gets on occasion.

USPS must be fought for and protected. If USPS goes away, or is made private, it will negatively impact EVERYONE. The USPS is a service and not a business. The cost for operating shouldn’t be seen as a business loss. Stand up for the USPS! 💌 CALL YOUR REPS 5calls.org

But seriously we are on the precipice of the demise of the USPS and too overwhelmed with crises to give it proper attention. The Constitution will not save it, the admin wants it dead, and Republicans in Congress are on permanent vacation. No one is coming to save it unless we show them it matters.

In the early 1990s, as BBSes turned into businesses, some sysops and developers started making real money. Could ANSI artists and publishers do the same? breakintochat.com/blog/2026/03... Part 4 of my series "ANSI art and webcomics" is here! #retrocomputing #ansiart #textmode #comics #digipres

A reminder to call your reps today! KOSA has been sandwiched into the KIDS Act and is still a huge censorship threat. You can use this tool- it takes just a few minutes: www.badinternetbills.com

The fabled graphics accelerator add-on for the Sega Saturn was real, as confirmed by an interview published by Beep21! And SHIRO! has exclusive details you won't find anywhere else: www.segasaturnshiro.com/2026/03/06/f... #sega #saturn #segasaturn #retrogaming #retrogames #videogames #セガ #セガサターン

The Saturn graphics accelerator was real, as confirmed in this BEEP interview between Kenji Tosaki and Junichi Naoi! And Virtua Fighter 3 and Shenmue indeed were developed with the accelerator in mind. note.com/beep21/n/n5c... #sega #saturn #segasaturn #retrogaming #videogames #セガ #セガサターン

"We Need As Many Hands As Possible" - There's A New Volunteer-Driven Effort To "Preserve Myrient's Legacy".

Have you ever read or seen a discussion about the "first videogame"? It turns out the picture you likely saw as part of it is wrong. #history bluerenga.blog/2026/02/13/t...

If you have the means, please donate to the Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate and they are overwhelmed with requests. Colorado borders Kansas, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out. tcpipeline.org

List of resources in the thread ❤️🖤🤍💚

UK chums, this is a full five-alarm fire. Write your MP, call them, whatever. The government’s own survey showed 97% of us wanted copyright strengthened, and those abject fucks are weakening it anyway to appease snake-oil grifters and thieves

If you’re part of any creative groups, unions or other organisations in the uk you should be passing news like this along and spreading the world. News like this gets has the chance to be overlooked but if enough organisations kick up a fuss things can change.

🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work. This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public. Please spread the word. 🧵 1/4

You only have a short time to comment. They are trying to destroy our forests to enrich a few logging company executives and the politicians they’ve paid off. Leave your comment here: eplanning.blm.gov/Participate-... morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/blm-announ...

Wayback Machine director Mark Graham pushes back on unfounded claims from media organizations that the Wayback Machine is a backdoor for AI scraping.⁠ ⁠ Read more via @techdirt.com 🔗 www.techdirt.com/2026/02/17/p...

You can check out our video regarding Hideki Sato, where he spoke at Hitotsubashi University Innovation Research Center as part of an oral history on the video games industry in Japan. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LfO...

Last Friday, we lost former Sega president and engineer Hideki Sato. To say he was a legendary figure is an understatement. He designed Sega's iconic home consoles, including the Sega Saturn. RIP #sega #segasaturn #hidekiSato

Obituary: Sega Console designer Hideki Sato has passed away

I have an early prototype of that controller!

The Sega Mega Drive was Hideki Sato’s masterpiece. Before landing on the "dark and moody" console we love, he was prototyping some wild concepts from paddle-style controllers to keyboard add-ons. ​It’s fascinating to see the journey from those "out there" ideas to the iconic 16-bit powerhouse.

Did you know that there was an arcade platform based on the GameCube? In this deep dive, we introduce our console step-sibling and show off all of its games! There's definitely nothing else. dolphin-emu.org/blog/2026/02...

Lovely article on University of Cambridge's Future Nostalgia project - rescuing knowledge from old floppy disks! Much of it resonates with the preservation work we do at GTW: www.bbc.com/future/artic... via BBC_Future

Beep21 has reported that Hideki Sato, the father of Sega hardware, passed away yesterday at age 71. We planned to publish this article later, but it seems more fitting now to honor Sato's commitment to Sega's quality and legacy. www.sega-16.com/2026/02/clas...

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

'Sonic The Hedgehog 3' was released on the SEGA Genesis 32 years ago today in the US.

We’re still here at PBS. We had some layoffs and had to make cutbacks, but we’re still being supported by viewers like you! Donate to your local station: pbs.org/donate

One thing you can do is find your local PBS station and click “donate” at the top of the page. www.pbs.org/stations/ (2/2)

A lot of public media will be destroyed by this. Public TV and radio are vital for rural areas in our country, and without them, anyone living there will have a difficult time finding out about important news in their area. (1/2)

We are saddened by the passing of Graeme Baird, a visionary programmer who, alongside Ian Oliver and Andy Onions, co-founded Realtime Games Software. While the 16-bit era is often credited for the 3D revolution, it was Graeme, working with Ian, who brought Starglider to the 8-bit generation. (1/4)

With David Rosen's death, bad information about Sega as a company is starting to re-emerge across the internet. I will try to give a very condensed version of the Sega corporate shenanigans here as to clear some of the air. 🧵

David Rosen, who helped create Sega and changed the coin-op industry forever, has passed away. www.replaymag.com/segas-dave-r... An absolute titan in video game history. May he rest in peace.

We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of David Rosen, one of the founders of SEGA, and a true pioneer in the video game industry. SEGA would like to offer its condolences to the family, friends and acquaintances of Mr. Rosen, and we will always remember his contributions to our company.

David Rosen氏のご逝去の報に接し、ご遺族、ご友人、関係者の皆様に謹んで哀悼の意を表します。 Rosen氏はセガ創設者の一人であり、ゲーム業界における真の先駆者として多大な功績を残されました。従業員一同、Rosen氏の貢献に深く感謝し、心よりご冥福をお祈りいたします。

Did you know that there was a Wii that used wired Wii Remotes, couldn't be accessed by players, yet could swap between 22 retail titles? In our latest feature article, we look at the weird, the wonderful, the Starlight Wii. dolphin-emu.org/blog/2025/11...

2025: Web pages vanished. Links broke. Public data disappeared. But the Internet Archive kept the receipts. From investigative reports to video features, these stories show why preserving the web became one of the year’s defining information battles. ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/12/22/t... 🧵

If "a Game Boy made with attack drone metal" doesn't make you think "maybe this isn't good": ModRetro is founded by Palmer Luckey, the founder of weapons manufacturer Anduril, a Trump fundraiser, and general shithead who went off the rails after Oculus made him a billionaire.

The latest Origin of Game article is live! Pleased to bring you yet another of the great Japanese arcade companies. Nick did a great job digging into sources and context to forge this riveting tale of true entrepreneurship under difficult circumstances.

Love to see the Sedgwick County Zoo putting out a good explainer on why GenAI slop videos of animals are a problem & how to identify them! It’s succinct, easy to read, and doesn’t shame people for not knowing better. A+ useful link to share with family and friends. scz.org/blog/the-rea...

🕹️☎️ Some gaming history for your Thanksgiving week. In the early 1990s, programmers writing online games for BBSes faced a LOT of constraints, from slow modems to extremely limited sound and graphics. How did they work around those limitations? (1/x) #retrocomputing #gamedev #retrogaming #bbs

He ran a kickstarter with some grand animation expectations & then took the money and ran, not giving anyone the things they pledged for. Radio silence on that always. I can't stand people who bite the hand that feeds them... TL:dr: Don't send me Snow Bear plz 🙏

Ages ago during the metoo era at least 4 women artists I had looked up to came out with accusations of misogyny against him. Twitter exploded into X and very little of that remains to link back to. I watched him live do some suss political art around georgefloyd & mock a lgbt student's coming out

So tired of constantly being sent Aaron Blaise's work because of what I draw. Having to tell these well meaning people that I can't support his art because he's a giant asshole. Then inevitably having to explain why over and over despite not wanting to. Even shitty people can make beautiful art.

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Morio Kishimoto, director of Team Sonic, was an NMK alumni. He worked on a lot of shmups there, including Gunnail, Macross, Rapid Hero, and Desert War. Desert War was NMK's last video game, and sometime after Kishimoto went to Sammy. Guess who Sammy merged with years later?