Ben Rosenthal
@benjum.bsky.social
Sometimes writer. Retro Collector of Nintendo Host of @YouDontKnowVideoGames Retro Hunter at Super Retro Squad San Dan (Third Dan) Blackbelt in the JKA
By popular demand: we clipped the public reveal of Banjo-Kazooie from Anthony Parisi's E3 1997 video! This footage (narrated by NOA's Ken Lobb) predates the release of the game by a whole year.
Banjo-Kazooie Revealed at E3 1997 (original recording)
YouTube video by The Video Game History Foundation
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This took me several weeks to make because I went through several years worth of corporate/investor/earnings reports but... here it is! The actual, long-term reason Sony killed physical discs, and why they can't go back. youtu.be/_Znc7MVsSlg?...
everyone is missing the point
YouTube video by Alanah Pearce
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Indie games everyone. Support them. Indie games. The real future of gaming. #indiegames
After many many years, I finally have the All Night Nippon version of Super Mario Bros. Only 3,040 copies of this game were released. It’s an officially licensed retool of Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels. Based on the Japanese radio program All Night Nippon.
I never in my life thought I would see X-Factor vs X-Force on my tv screen. #xmen97
Sometimes you just have to waste money so you feel pretty.
If you like nonsense chatter about video games by Australians, then boy do I have a podcast/vodcast that's almost 9 years old for you! open.spotify.com/episode/0fFU... #podcast #games #spotify #youtube #videogames #goty2026
WORST Games of 2026 (so far)
You Don't Know Video Games · Episode
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PlayStation: Shoots themselves in the foot Xbox: Shoots themselves in the face Nintendo:
Shinobi602@shinobi602.bsky.social · last mo.Nintendo raises employees' base salary by 10% ➡️ mynintendonews.com/2026/06/26/n...
Heyo, it's been a minute but here is all the updates we've had brewing for a while! store.steampowered.com/news/app/321...
End of Ember - Ember's Journal 9: Demo Delay and so much more! - Steam News
Wishlists are cracking on; Dan and Chad went to Korea; Demo date delayed (are we real now?); grant funding joy; EMBER ON TV?!; and we sadly farewell Eli from the studio.
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Environment & Wildlife | Bellingcat's Online Investigation Toolkit
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Large chuck of the Nintendo Magazine Collection got filled today.
Another $5 win! Love finding these old Nintendo relics in the wild.
Not my best work, but felt like this was what's on the menu for Bsky today.
More Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the way!!! 🦈 🌊 🐢 🤙 @ajoustra.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com
BREAKING: Xbox is planning major layoffs next month, Bloomberg has learned, as new CEO Asha Sharma confronts a bleak picture and plans what she calls a "reset" of the business www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Xbox Plans Significant Layoffs as It Transforms Under New CEO
Asha Sharma’s first major cuts will arrive in July
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I’m assuming we will get a Zelda direct down the line. I had a bad feeling about this Direct as soon as I saw the opening game title.
