Kicking off a pilot volunteer project at VGHF today that will either: a. become a ongoing community effort we can keep doing for years, or b. be a huge boondoggle that we immediately abandon after this test Exciting times!!!
Phil Salvador
@philsalv.bsky.social
Library Director @ Video Game History Foundation. Tea, birds, and weird old stuff. Maxis history expert, as seen on TV. ☕🐦📚 he/him
Assuming Will Wright kept 25% of his EA stock from the Maxis buyout, his shares were just cashed out for ~$25mil
Jason Schreier@jasonschreier.bsky.social · 17h agoEA officially goes private tonight, meaning: - EA will no longer trade on the NASDAQ for the first time in 36 years - All stockholders of EA (including many employees) will receive $210/share - EA will take on $18 billion (!) in debt, putting it on the hook to pay ~$1.8 billion/year in interest
This was super interesting and unexpected from our E3 videos: Kowloon's Gate was shown to an English-speaking audience at E3 1997! It appears to be unlocalized, but they may have been considering bringing it to the US
revolver ocelthot@rnaboursiii.bsky.social · 22h agoKowloon's Gate spotted on the floor at E3 1997 Source: archive.gamehistory.org/item/667d84e...
This is the most theater drama thing I've ever heard, surpassing the time in high school when one guy came out as gay because the actual gay kid in drama club was getting more attention than he was
Pixie Casey@pixiecasey.bsky.social · yesterdayin insane local news, the 26 year old director of a rocky horror production was arrested for sending threatening messages to himself in order to get the play shut down bc he didn’t want to deal with cast drama www.mynbc5.com/article/rock...
Here a compilation of stupid things library consultants have said to me in solidarity with library pals at Lambeth Libraries where genius consultants has decided that a qualified head of library service post isn't really essential.
Okay, cat's out of the bag now: @leximax.bsky.social allowed us to include the amazing map Hard Light from Odamex Horde in Reelism 2 Turbo! Such a fun crossover I've been dying to share for the last year
Instant order
The Yetee 🌈 🕊️@theyetee.com · 2d agoYou Have The Power to Be His Friend... ✨ The long awaited Moon Child collection has officially launched exclusively at The Yetee! Jam out with a new tee and pin, both designed by @miski.bsky.social in close collab with @seven.eurosky.social and available now: theyetee.com/moonchild
Reelism 2 Turbo v2.01 is out now. It's just a hotfix covering a few minor things that popped up on livestreams. #DOOM reelism.dog remains a real url.
Want to play Big Walk but I have to do Big Work instead
Made it home after 30 hours of travel. I am probably not flying American Airlines again 🫠
Overheard as we enter Hour 9 at the airport: "Stop. Do not eat things off the ground. You will get sick. Look at me. Stop."
Me putting Myst on anything I get my hands on is just masochism at this point really.
Ask for tea and I will bring you tea
Garrett Fredley@somecronzaguy.bsky.social · 5d agoPhil is a man of his word
Thank you Phil, not only for a great talk but for the added reassurance that prioritization of your time and getting things “good enough” is ok! Perfection can be the enemy of progress, and we all have a lot of things to balance! Also that Pokémon card is top notch 🏆
Phil Salvador@philsalv.bsky.social · 6d agoI'm up next!
It's official: emulating Windows 9x in a scaleable setting is, in fact, hell
I'm really appreciating the international diversity at Save The Games. This speaker is a PhD student from Brazil studying the intersection of games and cultural heritage
Oh wowwww. Staff at Rohrbach Library at Kutztown University tried to start a historical video game collection, but it was rejected because of a policy preventing the library from acquiring "obsolete media" Library collections policies are NOT designed for the complexity of game media
Somebody at Save The Games has been lugging around a PVM. I'm onboard for whatever is happening here
