Wes Fenlon
@wes.readonlymemo.com
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I am very proud to announce that our English translation patch of London Spirit Detectives is now done and released on GitHub. Thanks to aishsha, bigbanana23, Cash Ogawa, Pennywise, Ryusui, TheMajinZenki and vervalkon What a wonderful project! See reply for details.
Welcome to the great Tech Pause. It could be worse. www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
Embrace the great Tech Pause
It's a great time to enjoy the stuff we already have.
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Somebody asked me on Reddit why people who use AI to generate Recomp projects are currently being rejected from the communities and what they can do to fix this. I might tweak parts of this to be a more general blog post at some point, but this should be of help to anyone in a similar situation.
More like Beast of What in Tarnation, amirite? (no idea if I'm right)
I'm trembling while writing this: Kamaitachi no yoru—not the PC remake, not the iOS port, but the actual original SFC version—has been translated at last by ButThouMust, who graciously brought us an English patch for Otogirisou in the past. This is HISTORICAL.
New newsletter! Reporting from the Mister UI frontlines with @takiudon.bsky.social's Console Mode, and chatting with @snowyaria.goodorevengreat.games and @yuvi.app about their latest kusoge adventures!
Read Only Memo@readonlymemo.com · 3d agoHands-on with Console Mode, plus an interview with the team behind a new fan translation of Japanese Xbox RPG Innocent Tears.
thank you to the artist who drew Weird Gollum and put it on Getty, thereby making it possible to have a header image with literally anything going on
Ted Litchfield@dilfpatrol.bsky.social · 4d agoOnly @joshuawolens.bsky.social could have written this, and I'm pretty sure @pcgamer.com is the biggest site on the web that would publish it. www.pcgamer.com/games/roguel...
Once upon a time, Sony was so hyped about its PC CD-ROMs that it took out a 16-page ad in @pcgamer.com magazine just to talk about how much they wipped ass
In happier times, Sony was courting PC gamers with lavish magazine ads for its 'most popular CD-ROM titles'
Back when Sony still liked discs *and* publishing games on the PC.
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Got on a plane for 10 hours and both Kavinsky and Glen Hansard died? Fucking hell
If you're excited about the relaunch of EverQuest and the wild frontier days of MMOs, read the definitive account of its launch by @stevenmessner.bsky.social:
Breaking the internet: The story of EverQuest, the MMO that changed everything
How a group of nobodies came together to create the game that defined a genre.
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Hello! Would you like to help out my dad and also own a book of film photographs that, in the words of @soniaim.bsky.social, will make you nostalgic for a time and place you didn't actually experience? 👇
Wes Fenlon@wes.readonlymemo.com · 4w agoSomething a bit more personal than usual: For the last 10 years my dad has been struggling with a version of ALS, a terrible neuromuscular disease. He's kept up his spirits by making photo books chronicling his life as a photographer+traveler. I'm helping sell them now to pay for nursing care:
Lost no longer! Scanned, cleaned, and uploaded at 2400dpi. This Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link poster by Ranmaru comes from the November 1987 issue of Wanpaku comics and it's probably the most I've paid to obtain/scan a single piece of #Zelda art to date. Find it here! archive.org/details/wanp...
Save Onigard from the clutches of Emperor Mahj with the power of riichi mahjong! Mahjaventure: Warring Tiles for the Famicom is out now in English! Patch: github.com/Eight-Mansio... Hacking: Pennywise Translation: @snowyaria.goodorevengreat.games Graphics: @nichetopic.bsky.social and Graphicus
Upon BLUE HERON streaming on the @criterionchannl.bsky.social, here's my review of it: filmfreakcentral.net/2026/05/blue...
Blue Heron (2026) - FILM FREAK CENTRAL
****/****starring Eylul Guven, Iringó Réti, Ádám Tompa, Amy Zimmerwritten and directed by Sophy Romvari by Walter Chaw I don’t know if others will talk about it this way, but Blue Heron, the debut fea...
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Okay I'm giving Molly Millions in the Neuromancer trailer a cautious "fuuuuck yes." Are they actually gonna pull this off
The Halo remake is decent. But playing Campaign Evolved and the original back-to-back reveals how right Bungie got it back in 2001. Review: www.pcgamer.com/games/halo/h...
I played the Halo: Campaign Evolved remake and original Halo back-to-back, here's my review
A neat, but fundamentally flawed remake that doesn't always understand the appeal of Halo.
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New in our digital archive: We're taking you back to E3 like you've never experienced it. Explore thousands of pages of ephemera and nearly 24 hours of video from the history of the Electronic Entertainment Expo Read more: gamehistory.org/e3-history/
Revisit E3 Like You've Never Seen it Before
YouTube video by The Video Game History Foundation
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For our latest big story, @duncanfyfe.net dives deep the bestselling pinball game of all-time, The Addams Family.
The Addams Family pinball: An oral history
We talk to the team behind the 1992 breakout hit to learn about licensing, magnets, and how it designed the most popular pinball game of all-time.
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Hi, unsure who all will see this but: I'm the lead of the original translation project for this. Recently, the original team has come together to pick this project back up, as it was left VERY incomplete. In ALL aspects. Please, be aware that this release does not represent our complete efforts.
Romhack.ing@romhack.ing · 2w agoBrightis - English Translation (Complete) (PSX) Added
Okay I should have added context to really grab people, rather than just a link. That's my bad. I worked on this translation for Fullmetal Alchemist 3 on PS2 which you can download right now... Ready, steady, go!
SONICMAN69@sonicman69.bsky.social · 2w agoFeels like @defector.com should consider suing Marvel over horning into their turf with that Let's Remember Some Guys-ass Doomsday trailer
New @readonlymemo.com! PlayStation 5 emulation is here, but should you care yet? Plus: ZOOL. Lots of Zool! A human-made RPG translation!
Get ready for PlayStation 5 emulation
This issue: Two PS5 emulators race ahead, and an in-depth look at an obscure N64 JRPG translation.
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New from me: "Being engaged in videogames over the last decade has meant watching a cohort of publisher executives inherit an industry of products, professionals, and consumers they seem to actively resent for failing to produce instant, infinite profits."
Does anyone know how to drive this thing?
It's increasingly looking like nobody remembers how videogames work—or cares to.
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one day I'm gonna read a comment like this and lose my whole goddamn mind
Just saw a VGCats avatar and reacted like I'd laid eyes on a chupacabra
