Select and Start
@selectandstart.bsky.social
The podcast about meaningful and memorable video games. Hosted by @dannyvegito.bsky.social. New episodes every other Tuesday. Part of the @moonshotpods.bsky.social network. pinecast.com/feed/select-and-start || patreon.com/KeifersCorner
🚨 RENOVATIONS COMPLETE! 🚨 After 34 months, today I unveil the final form of the single largest creative project of my life. THE NAMCO MUSEUM MUSEUM: EVERY GAME, EVERY COLLECTION, EVERY PORT! I've meticulously studied & presented EVERY single instance of Namco's historic game collections, for you!
The Namco Museum Museum | Every Game, Every Collection, Every Port! [REVISED & EXPANDED!]
YouTube video by Mythic Resonance
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Here's what's coming to SuperPod Saga next month! Featured guest hosts: @thrak.bsky.social @pizzadinosaur.fineti.me @idolismj.yase.world @lowlevelowl.bsky.social @guitartearo.bsky.social @georgieboysaxe.bsky.social @realdavejackson.bsky.social Find everything here ⤵️ superpodsaga.com
I'm joining the war of "do you need to actually be playing a game to be an actual play poscast" on the side of "no"
Biley B Hopkins@badfuckinpodcasts.com · last wk.I need a hero! Coming very soon on Riley Hopkins & Their Amazing Friends... @joshnichols.bsky.social , @jakemason.bsky.social , and @theedgeofmypete.bsky.social join me for TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: YEAR OF THE DRAGON. We go crazy with this one, a systemless 8 episodes of playing with toys!
MS Paint study of Mario w/ F.L.U.D.D. Submerged and Distorted by Water Refraction
The image of Mario in jail may seem harsh but Isle Delfino’s rehabilitative model of making Mario clean up his (alleged) mess is actually incredibly progressive.
Select and Start@selectandstart.bsky.social · last mo.What do you think of Super Mario Sunshine? Reply with your thoughts and we might read them on an upcoming episode of Select and Start!
FOLKS! This week, @boxofficegross.bsky.social WINS THE PULITZER!! We are blessed to welcome the great @kphipps3000.bsky.social on the show to help us encapsulate an absolutely perfect BOG entry: extra cool guy Bryan Singer’s SUPERMAN RETURNS!!! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
What do you think of Super Mario Sunshine? Reply with your thoughts and we might read them on an upcoming episode of Select and Start!
I posted my History of Games keynote: - A materialist reexamination of the canonical game crises from a developer's POV - Thoughts on the ongoing game industry restructuring - Indiepocalypse, AAApocalypse, deprofessionalization, games at the knitting stage www.molleindustria.org/HistoryOfGam...
A History of Games Through Mass Extinctions
A transcript of Paolo Pedercini’s History of Games Conference keynote (2026).
molleindustria.org
ARRRRGH (which is an expression of frustration at the lack of physical availability for consumers and in no way me covertly advocating for piracy, which is illegal)
Stephen Totilo@stephentotilo.bsky.social · last mo.NEW: Sony to end production of discs for all new PlayStation games (first and third party) as of January 2028 Full news and analysis at the link: www.gamefile.news/p/sony-drops...
just sent the email ending the lease at my apartment of 4 years to move next month AND got word I'm losing my part-time editing job that's covered my cost of living for 3 years so uh hey who needs a copy editor?
🥩 SLAP THAT MEAT 🍖 After a chat about Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, we do our favorite segments to celebrate our 100th Big Deal, including Unpopular Gaming Opinions, a sales quiz game, and the one, the only... JAV Titles: Real Or Fake? Listen Now, Hoes ⬇️
Slit Appears When Opened | The Big Deal | SuperPod Network
It's our 100th Big Deal, and after a chat about Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, we do our favorite recurring segments. We're playing the hits, baby! Fine Time on...
superpodnetwork.com
happy friday! listen to my podcast!
Select and Start@selectandstart.bsky.social · 2mo agoA NEW episode of Select and Start is out NOW! Cartoonist @jpegolden.bsky.social joins the show to talk about LIVE A LIVE and how it changed the way he Lives His Live. We also talk about the Dragon Quest series, monster-tamer games, fan translations, and more! Listen now: pnc.st/s/select-and...
A year before Chrono Trigger, Square released the experimental and overlooked Live A Live: a wildly eclectic and sincere game pulling from manga, film, television, and history to tell a story about how our lives are shaped and how we shape lives. Listen to our love letter to a love letter!
Select and Start@selectandstart.bsky.social · 2mo agoA NEW episode of Select and Start is out NOW! Cartoonist @jpegolden.bsky.social joins the show to talk about LIVE A LIVE and how it changed the way he Lives His Live. We also talk about the Dragon Quest series, monster-tamer games, fan translations, and more! Listen now: pnc.st/s/select-and...
really fun episode that made me say "wow that's literally me" numerous times during the early bits of the conversation and also made me really want to play Live A Live
Select and Start@selectandstart.bsky.social · 2mo agoA NEW episode of Select and Start is out NOW! Cartoonist @jpegolden.bsky.social joins the show to talk about LIVE A LIVE and how it changed the way he Lives His Live. We also talk about the Dragon Quest series, monster-tamer games, fan translations, and more! Listen now: pnc.st/s/select-and...
It's guest feature time at @retroxp.bsky.social, and my ex-Paste colleague @mads.haus is here to tell you the good word of unreleased NES action title, Bio Force Ape. The game, the story behind the prototype eventually being unearthed, and its focus on wrestling and impressive character animations.
Guest Feature: Bio Force Ape
A prototype
retroxp.beehiiv.com
I spent the last few months talking to over 30 game developers about generative AI. It began as a sort of interview survey but became a pretty comprehensive collection of arguments against the technology altogether. www.gamesradar.com/games/why-so...
Why so many game developers don't want to use generative AI
With credits ranging from Dispatch and Marvel Rivals to Uncharted and Dragon Age, over 30 devs share their thoughts on gen AI
gamesradar.com
Play Live A Live
Select and Start@selectandstart.bsky.social · 2mo agoA NEW episode of Select and Start is out NOW! Cartoonist @jpegolden.bsky.social joins the show to talk about LIVE A LIVE and how it changed the way he Lives His Live. We also talk about the Dragon Quest series, monster-tamer games, fan translations, and more! Listen now: pnc.st/s/select-and...
The next episode of Select and Start will be its 64th 👀
A New York Knicks fan was forced to stand during Game 5 of the NBA Finals while waiting for King Zora to move down a seat. paletteswap.site/dif...
If you’ve ever wanted to here me RAMBLE give this a listen
Select and Start@selectandstart.bsky.social · 2mo agoA NEW episode of Select and Start is out NOW! Cartoonist @jpegolden.bsky.social joins the show to talk about LIVE A LIVE and how it changed the way he Lives His Live. We also talk about the Dragon Quest series, monster-tamer games, fan translations, and more! Listen now: pnc.st/s/select-and...
In case you missed my new game announcement trailer last weekend at the PC Gaming Show! Super excited about this one, I think it's my best game yet! Plus it's multiplayer!
Nate Purkeypile: Solo Indie Dev🤘@npurkeypile.bsky.social · 2mo agoAnnouncing Gone Feral! Stalk your victims through 1980s America in this co-op roguelike assassination game. Improvise brutal kills with everyday objects, terrorize your targets, and get revenge solo or with friends. Wishlist Gone Feral on Steam now! store.steampowered.com/app/4009220/...
A NEW episode of Select and Start is out NOW! Cartoonist @jpegolden.bsky.social joins the show to talk about LIVE A LIVE and how it changed the way he Lives His Live. We also talk about the Dragon Quest series, monster-tamer games, fan translations, and more! Listen now: pnc.st/s/select-and...
Hello. Job leads have been few and far between this year so far, and job hunting outside my discipline to make ends meet has been fruitless and demoralizing. I have not gotten a paycheck since October. I could use help making rent this month. “Thank you” - Stella PayPal: @StellaSacco Cashapp: $sacc
⚔️NEW EPISODE Warcraft: Orcs & Humans (With @standardissuecomputing.blog flashback64pod.podbean.com/e/warcraft-o...
like anyone, I've realized I'm not annoying enough about my projects. so 💃 I write about (indie) games on my website! it has an RSS feed! AND a monthly newsletter where I collate all the things I've written/made/appeared on, plus a song rec and some other ephemera dialedindie.net/p/newsletter...
