As if it was tailor-made for me, they're filming a wrestling movie in Portland at a local arcade. I'm playing the role of the ring announcer.
Hot Blooded Tough Guy Rusty Shackles
@rustyshackles.bsky.social
Game fan artist, pro art 4 hardcoregaming101.net, 1900hotdog.com, Eras of Wresling (OUT NOW!) https://erasofwrestling.com/ ). 100% booked - NO new clients. Store! https://artofrustyshackles.blogspot.com/ Links! https://linktr.ee/rustyshackles
I was recently on the @calcopia.bsky.social podcast to discuss The PC Engine Box Art Collection book, as well as the appeal of the system in general. Give it a listen! calcopia.com/gaming-histo...
Gaming Historian Kurt Kalata Talks PC Engine Box Art - Calcopia Press
Nate chats with the author of the most comprehensive collection of PC-Engine box art ever assembled in one printed volume.
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I really enjoy taking product pics so it was fun as heck to spruce up the sale blog : artofrustyshackles.blogspot.com
Love seeing me a preview with the initial name
@merrittk.com found a Choose Your Own Adventure style novelization of the Fantastic Four animated series. We hate The Fantastic Four so we made this article FREE! 1900hotdog.com/2026/08/nerd...
watch this and tell me your laughing out loud breaking point. Mine was Huey Lewis
Jason@jason1749.bsky.social · yesterdayI absolutely remember yelling at this commercial at 2am in my 20's, challenging its definition of "punk". youtu.be/dJoo7Tgjr8U?...
a fun thing i like to do is load almost any synthwave song in one browser and look at this gif in another browser while it plays
I recently sat down and watched all of cowboy bebop for the first time in sequence. I’ve had the blurays for a while. Just never got around to it. You know who can keep their trap shut about what happens at the end of the series? Cowboy Bebop fans. Literally had no idea bless them.
It’s been interesting using my ethnic background and making characters for Eras Of Wrestling and also explaining no no Wahoo McDaniel and Tatonka are legit
RJ City@rjcity.bsky.social · yesterdayWe need to get back to old school wrestling, when Italian guys would pretend to be Indigenous, that’s what’s missing today.
I keep coming back to the idea Aerith should have constantly had near death experiences in the new games, including blindly chasing a Butterfly thru a construction site as "Powerhouse" plays www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9-7...
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Hot Blooded Tough Guy Rusty Shackles@rustyshackles.bsky.social · 2d agoAerith is just strolling by this toll booth as James Caan is about to cross through, I’m sure she’ll be fine
We've been posting it over a couple of weeks, but the full article series on Bloody Roar, the 3D anthro fighting game, is now complete! www.hardcoregaming101.net/series/blood...
I’m sure they’ll pull her up, she’s fine
Hot Blooded Tough Guy Rusty Shackles@rustyshackles.bsky.social · 2d ago
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Emergency Call Ambulance, Sega's post-Crazy Taxi take on ambulance driving. Then stick around for Zombie Dinos from Planet Zeltoid, an edutainment game where you use dinosaur facts to kick some zombie brains! www.hardcoregaming101.net/podcasts/top...
Exclusively for Patrons! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank PO'ed, the most butt-kicking-est 3DO FPS ever! www.patreon.com/hg101/posts/...
Live on ebay! Original art and case -https://www.ebay.com/itm/267747407756
@seemoreevil.bsky.social was given a tarot deck with an Abraham Lincoln card. Ooooo seems mystical and patriotic. 1900hotdog.com/2026/08/nerd...
here's how Dayton area businesses are responding to Buc-Ee's threatening a shop that existed 2 years before them in BEAVERcreek OH
I would simply go into the boardroom with a boombox and blast Accept's "Fast As A Shark" at them, and figure the rest out later
weinberg@weinbergs.bsky.social · 7mo agolet's pretend: Universal announces a screenwriting contest for Jaws 5. What's your pitch?
Pre-Order Your Copy of FAST BREAK today! fastbreakcomic.com
Fast Break
Growing up is a team effort in Fast Break, a contemporary middle-grade graphic novel about hoops, family, and friendship—perfect for fans of The Tryout and...
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Shawn Pryor@shawnrpryor.bsky.social · 5mo agoIn FAST BREAK, when basketball prodigy Mikayla Thomas transfers to a new school & denied a chance to make the team, she joins a co-ed team, the Firebirds. It’s not the team she hoped for, but might be just what she needs. Created by me & @delartstuffs.bsky.social! Pre-Order at fastbreakcomic.com!
Aerith is just strolling by this toll booth as James Caan is about to cross through, I’m sure she’ll be fine
Beyond the NES is ready to share with the world!!! --Coming August 18th to Kickstarter-- www.kickstarter.com/projects/syn...
Coming soon: Beyond the NES: Rediscovering 8-bit on the Japanese Famicom
Discover the 8-bit games you missed. A curated, 300+ page collector's guide to the Japanese Famicom library.
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Late in the game and can only control Aerith. I’m sure she’ll be fine.
Is depicting Moses as a fusion of man and ZX Spectrum sacrilegious? Sure, probably, but don't forget it also looks pretty upsetting.
Anything you say to my E Honda rubber duckie you can say to my face
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I Am Not Good: The History of Cheating in Video Games
For generations of players, cheat codes were a secret handshake. A gateway to extra lives, godlike powers, and hidden worlds. But behind every cheat lies a story of creativity, rebellion, and the ever...
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not going into it too much buuuuuuuuut somehow I'm changing departments and getting an 18k a year raise so...yeah :)
Hot Blooded Tough Guy Rusty Shackles@rustyshackles.bsky.social · 2mo agoAfter 17 years, it looks like my day job is about to have a Rusty sized hole in it. I do have some very, very large creative gigs in the pipe so I may try to knock those out if free time happens. Thinking about doing a résumé just for creative stuff this time.
