Jordan Starkweather✨

@jackal27.bsky.social

KCMO they/them Freelance covering weird video games, CRT TVs, horror movies, trashy novels, and cool art. Talking games on pocketoid.bsky.social for 15 years. Runs crtpixels.bsky.social. Help us fight Mitzi’s cancer: https://gofund.me/177ca33f

Curious what everyone’s next few months of games is shaping up as. I’ve REALLY pared it down. 9/4 Onimusha 9/17 Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave 10/6 Star Wars: Galactic Racer 11/3 Godzilla: DAMM Remastered 12/3 Dragon Quest Monsters: Withered World Zelda: OOT will be in there too

damn, been working on something about this exact thing for a couple of weeks now and this is push i needed to keep going. i’ve had (and made) enough slobbering enthuiasism to last me a lifetime. i’m ready to talk about why this shit really matters.

Aftermath@aftermath.site · 5d ago

In an era of hyper-agreeable AI, toxic positivity, and false equivalence, being a hater is more important than ever. @edzitron.com, big AI companies' foremost hater, explains why

I actually disagree with this when it comes to dinosaurs specifically. Dinosaur fans LOVE retrosaurs and speculative biology. What we HATE is the way the JW franchise in particular intentionally threw away JP’s science-focused approach in favor of (really bad) nostalgia-bait.

Ethan Kocak@ethankocak.com · last wk.

I have a personal belief that the more a person is a nerd for something: dinosaurs, The Odyssey, etc, the less likely they are to enjoy a popular entertainment version of that thing.

It's on Strago. It's literally on Vivi. It's on Vaan with ads. It's literally on Yuna. You can probably find it on Noctis. Dude it's on Quistis. It's a Wakka original. It's on Prompto. You can watch it on Prompto. You can go to Prompto and watch it. Log onto Prompto right now.

For anyone curious, the Nova’s custom, first-of-its-kind 4:3 120hz OLED screen means you can run black frame insertion and beefy CRT shaders and games up to and beyond PS2 and GCN. @retrogamecorps.com’s latency tests show that its responsiveness is on par with a CRT TV. Insanity.

Wario64@wario64.bsky.social · last wk.

Retroid Pocket Nova is $229-$274 at Retroid (preorder freebies available until Aug 1) buff.ly/Q08kDX2 #ad units starting to ship soon "Qualcomm has signaled possible industry-wide price hikes. We’re pushing hard to keep Pocket Nova’s price stable and will update you as soon as we know more."

stop saying “indie games are pixelated nostalgia slop” start saying “i’m so glad there’s a variety of visual styles that enable small dev teams to create appealing, performative game graphics without killing themselves!!”