For #RandomGameSaturday this week, I pulled out Lost Kingdoms on GameCube, developed by none other than From Software. This had a cool, card-based battle system and ended up having a sequel a few years later which is a little on the pricey side these days.

Tom Baker looking increasingly deranged as Professor Plum on Cluedo

Paul Cornish@paulgcornish.bsky.social · 4d ago

Does anyone have access to that clip of Tom Baker on Cluedo looking increasingly more deranged with every passing week? @pipmadeley.bsky.social, was it one of your magnificent creations?

For #RandomGameSaturday my hand drifted towards Kenseiden for the Master System - essentially Sega's take on a Castlevania game. I had this recommended to me by a friend when I started revisiting the Master System library a few years ago. It's robust, if difficult, and I've not beaten it yet!

Note to anyone outside of Wales sending emergency Government alerts to people in Wales, try sending it bilingually in one instance so that non-Welsh speakers don't have the bejesus scared out of them when it's Welsh only. I had to translate for my partner.

New video is up! It's a massively expanded and revised version of the first video i ever did, talking about the rival clubs of University of Tokyo Microcomputer Club and The Theoretical Science Group and how that informed games like Heiankyo Alien and the AX series. youtu.be/ZlHZoXpp0k0

Rival Clubs: How University Computer Groups influenced early 80s Japanese Arcade & Computer Gaming

YouTube video by F_T_B

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Well, we did it - more than $250k for game devs who have been laid off, to be distributed by @videogameworkers.bsky.social. Congratulations and thanks to everyone who donated their time, games, and money to help folks out in a time of need.

Brandon Sheffield@brandon.insertcredit.com · 3w ago

Alright y'all, this is it! The final stretch for the game industry hardship fund. We've got $13k to raise in 14 hours to meet the final goal, I think we can do it. itch.io/b/3802/game-...

A nice bit of stand-up about Sega in 1994 that approximately ten people will enjoy. If this is your jam (your Sonic Jam if you will) come and see me live. www.soozkempner.co.uk/gigs

I recently bought some new PC hardware so, of course, I gave it a run for its money by playing a 2013 hidden object game.

You may not like it, but this is what peak localization looks like (Asterix: Mega Madness (PS1, 2001))

I've made a game! A piece of interactive fiction, to be specific. A sci-fi caper, if you will. You can read about it here, and then play it in your browser (mobile browsers too)! kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2026/08/07/o...

Out of the drafts and into…

Out of the drafts and into… About a thousand million years ago, I decided to follow up my mildly creepy little C64 text adventure Escape the Dragon Caves with a lighter sci-fi offering, written for…

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Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️@kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 4w ago

Here's a fresh post for all Ko-fi subscribers on the joys of the weird, wonky, and plain broken. "...a perfectly good idea that tripped over its own shoelaces somewhere along the way." I promise you, 6/10 is the best score a game can get: ko-fi.com/post/The-mag...

We passed the initial goal in 4 days! So we've upped it - let's push forward to $200k!! Thanks to everyone for buying the bundle and sharing wherever you can.

Brandon Sheffield@brandon.insertcredit.com · last mo.

In response to the unprecedented number of game developers laid off this year, we have created a bundle on itch to benefit a Game Industry Hardship Fund, managed by @videogameworkers.bsky.social. More than 100 games for 10+ bucks! Please share widely and donate generously! itch.io/b/3802/game-...

In response to the unprecedented number of game developers laid off this year, we have created a bundle on itch to benefit a Game Industry Hardship Fund, managed by @videogameworkers.bsky.social. More than 100 games for 10+ bucks! Please share widely and donate generously! itch.io/b/3802/game-...

Call of Ponchy: Mahjong Warfare has you using mahjong tiles to summon demons while battling schoolkids before a helicopter shows up to the tune of Ride of the Valkyries, and it's the realest, ultra low-budget, maximalist bullshit videogame I'm here for.

POINPY IS BACK! 🎉 And now it's FREE! No ads, no paid unlocks, just the full game. There's a tip option if you feel like it 😉 Available NOW on iOS and Android!

The Red Heat of the Universe: a PC DOS shareware darling that's fiendishly addictive with 'just one more go' once it gets its claws into you. 📺: SkyRoads, Blue Moon Software, 1993

Today we have something special: a newly translated interview from July 1996 between Shigeru Miyamoto and Kenji Eno! Conducted just weeks after the launch of Mario 64, Eno takes Miyamoto to task (in a friendly way) with several fascinating critiques of its design. shmuplations.com/miyamotoxeno/

Shigeru Miyamoto x Kenji Eno (1996) - shmuplations.com

In July 1996, Kenji Eno visited Nintendo HQ to speak with Shigeru Miyamoto as the first of his "cross-talk" series.

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What I love to see on social media is people shouting "preserve physical media" by performatively posting photos of extremely common games haphazardly scattered on top of each other as if they were thrown out of double decker bus.

Not seen this point raised re: physical discs. Sony clearly banking on people being unable to afford to buy a PC thereby locking them into a closed PS ecosystem. They are hoping that people eventually become too invested in their digital library to seek an alternative by the time PS6 comes around.

It's not raining N64 recomps...it's snowing them! Up next at the big decomp energy convention...Snowboard Kids 2! And wow is it impressive youtu.be/PElUZNRCTNs #gaming #gamingnews #gaming_news #retrogames #N64 #Nintendo

Name a film with a title that is a full sentence.

Brandon Sheffield@brandon.insertcredit.com · 2mo ago

Name a film with a title that is a full sentence

To celebrate the not-in-the-US 30th anniversary of the launch of the Nintendo 64, here are the top 200 best-selling N64 games in the US ranked by unit sales... in reverse order... in one ridiculously long thread. Why? Why not. Source: Circana Retail Tracking Service 200 - California Speed

Only 4 more days to put your game into the game industry hardship fund! Please add your games (and TTRPGs are okay too) so we can make some money for out of work game devs! Do it over the weekend! itch.io/jam/game-ind...

Brandon Sheffield@brandon.insertcredit.com · 3mo ago

1/3 of the game industry has lost their job in the last two years. Ubisoft closed two more studios today. Everyone is out of work. To that end I'm starting a new bundle to benefit a layoffs hardship fund. Game devs: please consider submitting your PAID games to the bundle, which will launch in July.

Yes, you really should just play Urban Myth Dissolution Center.

Kars@karoshimyriad.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"Urban Myth Dissolution Center" developer MOCHIKIN created a website that lets you share 9 Steam games that you would like to see more widely known. The website will also provide recommendations to similar games based on your picks. 9games.pages.dev

When you loved videogames but didn't have a console for a notable chunk of your childhood, Skunny *kind of* became the mascot platformer that was bestowed upon you but certainly not the one that you deserved.

merritt@merrittk.com · 3mo ago

it's hard to find a video game worth writing about at @1900hotdog.bsky.social because gamers are obsessive and everything's been done to death. but today i bring you something truly grotesque: Skunny Hardnut, which is somehow not a DOS porno game 1900hotdog.com/2026/06/nerd...

I was today years old when I found out that Vinnie Jones did a movie with Sonny Chiba.

Third Window Films@thirdwindowfilms.com · 3mo ago

SURVIVE STYLE 5+ 4K restoration coming to UK cinemas Sep 10 – London @princecharlescinema.com Sep 11 – Newcastle Sep 11 – Birmingham Sep 11 – Manchster @cpxmcr.bsky.social Sep 11 – Bristol @wshed.bsky.social Sep 13 – Nottinghm @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social More thirdwindowfilms.com/films/surviv...

1/3 of the game industry has lost their job in the last two years. Ubisoft closed two more studios today. Everyone is out of work. To that end I'm starting a new bundle to benefit a layoffs hardship fund. Game devs: please consider submitting your PAID games to the bundle, which will launch in July.

Friday at last…

Also for those that have played Dungeon Encounters and want to learn more about the behind-the-scenes stuff, this 40 minute interview with both the director and producer for the game really is solid www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4Sy...

*English Subtitle Available*「FFシリーズ」「 #ダンジョンエンカウンターズ 」のATBは寝落ちから生まれた！？伊藤裕之のゲームデザイン【 #スクエニの創りかた 】

YouTube video by スクウェア・エニックス

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Sam Barlow 🔥@mrsambarlow.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Think that if you played Dungeon Encounters and Lorelei and the Laser Eyes and paid attention, you've basically absorbed 90% of how to make a videogame. Both incredible deconstructions and retrospectives on whole genres and entire careers whilst also being perfect games in themselves

For my birthday this year my partner bought me 6kg of doughnut-filling jam. It was a good birthday.