I see a lot of people talking about the A1200 mini. Here's a reminder that Paul Andrews of Retro Games ltd. (and various other companies, and a proper James Blunt) does not deserve your money: boingboing.net/2019/11/18/h...

I bought a recapped ZX Spectrum+2 (black, yes inferior to the grey), my first working Speccy in about thirty years. Bearcat's looking after it in the car boot, as there was no packaging! #CrashLive

After 28 years I again meet Phil South from Your Sinclair. #CrashLive

Phil South (Your Sinclair) and Nick Roberts (Crash) with a fan at #CrashLive

If you want to find me at #CrashLive, I'm the bald middle-aged white guy in jeans and trainers.

I have arrived in beautiful sunny Kenilworth at a place that's a cross between the Grange Hill and the Crossroads Motel. #CrashLive

Important. Especially for people in the U.K., where we consider swearing a highly-evolved artform.

Come and say hello if you’re at Crash Live next weekend. You can even ask me some questions on Sunday morning if you like. Whether I can still remember anything from working on the ZX Spectrum nearly 40 years ago is another matter.

Crash Live 2025 is in 10 days! Here's the guest line up for the whole weekend:-

With his constant grifts, Soulja Boy is a perfect fir for the retro scene....

Very sus...

Odd how after he was called out and before he nuked his channel, it suddenly wasn't getting hundreds of new subscribers every few minutes any more.

'Virtual James' (James King) has deleted his retrogaming YouTube channel and, seemingly, all of his social media presence.

Yesterday I tried to get answers from YouTube user @VirtualJamesKing on why their channel mysteriously gained tens of thousands of subscribers over the past few months but had very low view rates. James replied, stating he too was mystified. @chinnyvision.bsky.social quizzed him further. Today...

Over 1000 have been added since the yesterday's screenshot, but after this afternoon, I suspect this number will 'magically' plateau (at least temporarily). IYKYK.

I wonder if @jk2447.bsky.social would like to comment on the huge discrepancy on his retrogaming YouTube channel's subscriber growth and the actual hours watched. It does seem like a 'bought audience', if you know what I mean. Over to you, James, if you'd like to tell us what's going on.

Tell me this twat isn't buying subs and views. Chinnyvision almost doing the same amount of watch hours in the same period on a fraction of the views. Because bots only watch for 5 seconds

Some Your Sinclair cover artwork was pretty good, so I picked one at random to 'replace' the game's original inlay. Um, well, this one wasn't a good example, I think the original wins out.

Hello it's me the Windows 11 file browser I know you were expecting to see some files here but I think I can offer you something even better which is a message saying please wait and then crashing

Who remembers Terramex?

Can anyone help? Bartop arcades - I'd like to get one (Arcade Geeks seem to have good options). But how can I edit the games collection on them? Do any of them run on a Raspberry Pi and memory card? Or similar?

In 1985, not much changed in computing. In 1986, not much changed in computing. In 1987, not much changed in computing. In 1988, not much changed in computing. In 1989, not much changed in computing. In 1990, not much changed in computing. In 1991, not much changed in computing.

"Not much changed in computing between 1985 and 1995". YOU WOT MATE? It was the complete opposite!! Also you were 12 in 1995, so "how the bobbins" would you know? Going to cancel my BBC license fee in protest!!

There are a number of ZX Spectrum games rated 95%-99% by games magazines. Less than 100, and I've catalogued them all here... spectrumcomputing.co.uk/forums/viewt...

Molecule Man? Dear me. I reviewed the C64 and C16 ones recently, as did one of the fellow Mastertronic Collectors Archive reviewers for the Spectrum version. Spectrum - mastertronic.co.uk/game-review-... C64 - mastertronic.co.uk/game-review-... C16 and Plus/4 - mastertronic.co.uk/game-review-...

Following on from a look at the Spectrum magazines that flung out "10/10" ratings in questionable circumstances, I delved into the "5/5" ratings. Again, Sinclair User is flinging them out... at things like Jail Break and Molecule Man! spectrumcomputing.co.uk/forums/viewt...

Maybe they could all retrain as ballet dancers

I hate it when someone posts a spoiler.

Why was Sinclair User so heavily generous with its '10/10' ratings compared to all the other ZX Spectrum mags? I've done some research... spectrumcomputing.co.uk/forums/viewt...

L@@K!!!!!!!!!!!!111 R@RE #RETROGAMING #NINTENDO

Hello, I am now part of David Van Day's Commodore. The other faction is now known as The 'Dore, due to our cease & desist letters.

I've just bought the branding rights of Commodore for Rutland and West Northamptonshire. And still got change from the fiver.

Someone actually got paid money to write this joyless finger-wagging article about hand-held emulators that come with pirated games: www.androidauthority.com/retro-gaming...

#WeTransfer controversy - the company denies AI involvement: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

honestly I was never that good at business studies in college but I was pretty sure you don't lose money on things you're not selling?

An alert to all creatives using #WeTransfer. Basically, stop immediately! As of August, they will begin scraping everything you send for AI purposes (see the new paragraph in their Terms and Conditions below). If, like me, you’re a voice artist, they’ll clone your voice. Avoid at all costs.

Stop using WeTransfer - especially for anything work-for-hire or covered by NDA.

In an attempt to alienate the whole C64 community I have taken a look at the new Commodore 64 offer and have spoken my brains about the situation to generate "internet drama on toxic social media". youtu.be/2L-mTKi2PbI

"Hands up who likes me?"

Apparently, some idiot at Gaming Culture magazine thinks the falsehood-spewing troll Kieren Hawken (AKA 'Laird's Lair') should join the publication. No serious retrogaming community wants to read his mistake-riddled garbage. What an insane idea.

I was in Norwich yesterday. Here's a quick report on the commercially unviable retrogaming bar, Barcadia.

I've decided to return to video content after a long break. And here I am now turning my attention to the ZX Spectrum's superb homebrew scene. I'm playing Herbie Wants To Be A Millionaire from @bitmagine.bsky.social . Am I any good at it? Is the game any cop? Find out now! youtu.be/IraaSx4ICdU

Don't INSERT COIN. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“And I wrote all my books, completely from scratch, if it looks like I just copy and pasted stuff from somewhere else then that’s because they copied my book - sometimes before I published it”

"I never claimed to write Steve Davis Snooker, I claimed to have written a hack for 128k machines but don't let that confuse the issue. Its also not all one sided as a moderator on AA went and edited my own posts to make me look bad and then banned me."

I'm in London today. And what does this place have in common with the ZX Spectrum? It's crap, but no longer in a funky skillo sort of way.