Spotted a very cool artwork over at Slice of Life awhile back - a Minitel terminal displaying their upcoming event calendar

📕 Win a 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 copy of 𝘐 𝘈𝘮 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘝𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴, by @natedrake.bsky.social 1️⃣ Comment with your favorite cheat 2️⃣ Repost Winner to be selected Thursday Aug 6. retrogamebooks.com/products/i-a... We use the term "cheating" loosely. Exploits and hacks are fine, too.

I Am Not Good: The History of Cheating in Video Games

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This is my favorite retro game con, they put out the good stuff, and it's in a funky air and space museum. I'll be there lecturing, projecting slides into a giant IMAX theater showing Nintendo's abandoned attempt NES as a home lottery system. Later I will sip beer and play Barbie Fashion Designer.

LI Retro@liretro.bsky.social · 3d ago

Import retro games are more than just foreign exclusive titles, they’re completely different experiences like a rapid-fire light gun Famicom game found only in Japan as seen here with @frankcifaldi.bsky.social of VGHF. Check out the Retro Import showcase this week, Aug 7-9 at LI Retro. LIRetro.com

Nobody ever explained to me what a passkey is or how they work. Websites just started asking me for passkeys like it's something we talked about.

This controller looks fun. Might be a hand cramp in the making, but fun

ⓓⓔⓔⓑ definitive edition nintendo switch 2 edition@deeb.bsky.social · 2d ago

It’s a little Bluetooth controller by IINE from Ali Express. It’s practically the same size, or even slightly-smaller than my Nintendo fidgets though!

Once upon a time . . .

Back to Scandinavian wiener posting, Skål in Ballard makes a mean one

Thank you! The original The Legend of Zelda maps were easier to draw since they were actually grids lol. I'm playing every title I haven't completed (2D ones, basically). I'm more fond of Wizzrobes than ever now. A very fun way to play a game. Taking notes! bsky.app/profile/love...

OgPZelda 🐱@lovelain.digital · 5mo ago

After Lv 7, I conceded (failing to find a bomb wall) and started to draw the dungeon maps. Gently guided by a friend and a few passing chatters laughing, by some miracle I found all the hearts and beat the game; somehow still missing some items and areas. They don't make them like they used too...

There have been more Spider-Man movies released in my lifetime than there are officially recognized planets in the Solar System Marvel Universe indeed

I completed it for the first time recently. A friend said "the walk back is the filter" for most people. Luckily I'm stubborn. You get better each attempt. To me that's a genuine reward. It was a blind run. Drew the grand palace map and all. Amazing experience!!! bsky.app/profile/love...

OgPZelda 🐱@lovelain.digital · 3mo ago

It's over! The childhood demon has been defeated. After multiple sessions of grinding, looking for secrets, and mapping the Grand Palace - I've completed Zelda II. Below are my crazy drawings of the palace map. After curiosity confirmed the loop for me; I went straight to the end, four attempts.

Even if you only get halfway through I think Zelda II is worth the experience

Freddie@cabanafred.bsky.social · 3d ago

It took me until I was 40 to realize what Zelda 2 was doing. I now Enjoy it a lot more than I did at 10 but it’s too damn difficult to complete still

Zelda II is such an incredible game. Very difficult, but it still feels so unique in tone and structure to me even after all these years. And amazing music of course.

DOKI DOKI CRT PIXEL@crtpixel.bsky.social · 2y ago

ZELDA II: THE ADVENTURES OF LINK NINTENDO 1988 NES

ZELDA II: THE ADVENTURES OF LINK NINTENDO 1988 NES

About to see the first public screening of this.

Having recently purchased a tripod I've started a playlist on YouTube of video recordings of arcade machines, primarily those that are rare, quite old, and/or unemulated. Feel free to pull from these as you see fit! They're all creative commons. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Video recordings of arcade machines - YouTube

Video footage of various arcade machines of interest that I've come across, typically ones that are pretty uncommon, old, or unemulated. Since these are gene...

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MEGA MAN X CAPCOM 1993 SNES

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Your infrequent reminder that if you live near the San Francisco Bay Area you should go to Moss Landing (south of Santa Cruz) and rent kayaks there, because the estuary is full of sea otters and you will encounter dozens of them

"Does this engine's built-in scripting language allow me to write code using the finest and most adaptive logo-syllabic writing system ever devised in ancient Mesopotamia? If you're considering Godot for your next project, the answer is a resounding 𒀭𒈾."

Godot supports coding in Sumero-Akkadian Cuneiform, if you needed another reason to switch game engines

Take cognizance that (from now on) I will not accept here any code that is not of fine quality.

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Capturing some video from the STe last night for a project. This is a big part of why I bother keeping old hardware around and running. It feels good to be able to contribute to a project in some small way for folks who don't have easy access to vintage machines.

Pretty crazy stuff if you haven't seen it - a game store owner had a box of Super Mario/Duck Hunt carts that turned out to be - brand new - manufactured in 1993 (!) - an extremely late variant unknown to collectors nintendowire.com/news/2026/07...

We discovered a new variant of Super Mario Bros.

Inside, were 97 individually wrapped, brand-new copies of Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt. Each game was wrapped in the same baggie that would have come in an

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I'd love this guy in the movie. So $$ tho :D Help a girl out? watchtheguild.com :D

The Guild: Ren Faire'd

Help us celebrate The Guild's upcoming 20th anniversary by making the most epic renfaire movie of all time!

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Misha Collins@mishacollins.bsky.social · 2w ago

I’m not a diva. I’m an artist! Please join the Kickstarter now. www.kickstarter.com/projects/fel... @felicia.day #theguild

My #SPN fam has come to support my Kickstarter so wonderfully and agreed to be cards in my game. Misha is already a baker, what should everyone else be?!!

I am not sure I ever fully appreciated twist ties until recently

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pimoroni@pimoroni.com · last wk.

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need to start using the dutch word for "party animal"

That time I played Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis with my wife's guinea pig for some reason (2008)

I'm very curious about who still visits www.compuserve.com to read the news or check their legacy CompuServe email addresses

I’m working on an article on John C. Dvorak, the king of computer magazine columnists—RIP—but in the interim, here he is from February 1984 on Macworld and computer magazines in general.

I was a big fan of Dvorak's work, even when he was being cranky and pessimistic about things. Always fun to read. A pioneer and tech journalism legend, RIP

Esther Schindler@estherschindler.bsky.social · 2w ago

RIP John Dvorak > John C. Dvorak, a pioneering technology journalist, podcaster, and cultural commentator, passed away peacefully on the morning of Monday, July 20, 2026. He was 80 years old. (The only link I have is for Facebook, sorry.)