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Joey 'Detchibe' W.

@thestacks.ca

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World's first transgender cistorian. 27 NB (they) queer historian - MLIS student - YYC Bishouge and coin-op archivist @gamingalexandria.bsky.social Press material archivist @hitsave.org thestacks.ca linktr.ee/detchibe

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Joey 'Detchibe' W. @thestacks.ca · Feb 25

I've finally put together some thoughts on archiving games history, the satisfaction of scanning, and what the future holds. I'd love it if you took a look 💛
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On Archiving Games History

Some thoughts on amateur preservation, digitisation, conservation, and history

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Joey 'Detchibe' W. @thestacks.ca · 7h

That’s just the old CN tower design from when it was a big orb on a stick

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Joey 'Detchibe' W. @thestacks.ca · 1d

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Joey 'Detchibe' W. @thestacks.ca · 1d

Got in another batch of anonymous scans, starting with ゲームメーカー就職最前線 '97 [Game Maker Employment Frontline 1997]/Gamest [ゲーメスト] Vol. 11 No. 15 Issue 174 Appendix, enjoy! archive.org/details/Game...

ゲームメーカー就職最前線 '97 [Game Maker Employment Frontline 1997]/Gamest [ゲーメスト] Vol. 11 No. 15 Issue 174 Appendix

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Joey 'Detchibe' W. @thestacks.ca · 1d

Commissioned this beautiful illustration of our wedding from the lovely @imgdist.bsky.social 🥹

Illustration of Joey and Michael amidst a garden of greenery and pink flowers, wind blowing through their hair. Michael is wearing a blue suit and Joey a cream smoking jacket. Joey’s hand rests on Michael’s chest. They are both smiling with their eyes closed.

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Joey 'Detchibe' W. @thestacks.ca · 2d

This was one of the first things I ever scanned, and the very issue that got me interested in archiving multimedia porn magazines in the first place! archive.org/details/hust...

Hustler Hard Drive Vol. 1 Issue 1 (September 1995) (600DPI) : Hustler : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Volume 1 Issue 1 of Hustler Hard Drive, Hustler's short-lived computer focused spin-off.RAW Scans are in included ZIP.PDF was OCR'd with Searchable Text in...

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Joey 'Detchibe' W. @thestacks.ca · 2d

Picked up a pristine copy of Hustler Hard Drive Issue 1, the copy I scanned before was pretty battered so it’s nice to see it in its prime!

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Joey 'Detchibe' W. @thestacks.ca · 3d

Got a perm last week and I'm in love with it 😇

Joey in a lemon-patterned shirt with wavy hair

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Joey 'Detchibe' W. @thestacks.ca · 3d

We all want what we don't have 😔

Joey 'Detchibe' W. @thestacks.ca · 3d

Got a perm last week and I'm in love with it 😇

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Joey 'Detchibe' W. @thestacks.ca · 4d

At long last DHL has deigned to give me my mail.

A bunch of Tech GIAN, a Gamejin PARTNER, some Game Blast, some TV Gamer, a Dengeki Games, a Multimedia Entertainment, an EYE-COM, a Tech PlayStation, a BUBKA, a 4Gamer Magazine, an Illustration, a gM, and so much Game Lab/Backup Techniques

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Joey 'Detchibe' W. @thestacks.ca · 4d

TV Gamer [週刊テレビゲーマー] Vol. 1 No. 13 Issue 13 (July 4, 1997) has been scanned and archived, featuring furry hentai and some other stuff that is far less important. Enjoy!
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Joey 'Detchibe' W. @thestacks.ca · 4d

At long last DHL has deigned to give me my mail.

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They Might Be Giants @tmbg.bsky.social · 4d

The John Henry hypercard stack is back. Enjoy. jonuleis.com/jh/ (big big h/t to our hero Jon Uleis)

TMBG John Henry HyperCard Sampler

They Might Be Giants has just completed a new album, John Henry, which will be in the stores this August, but you don't have to wait until then to experience the twenty new songs (interpretive snippet...

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Joey 'Detchibe' W. @thestacks.ca · 4d

Mac Fan [マックファン] Issue 54 (December 15, 1995) has been scanned and archived, enjoy!
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VGDensetsu @vgdensetsu.bsky.social · 4d

I thought something seemed off about the the image posted below: it's a photo that's been edited and colorized by AI. Please don't do that.

Black and white photo showing people around a Darius cabinet at the October 1986 AM Show.

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Joey 'Detchibe' W. @thestacks.ca · 4d

Sadly didn’t win, final bid was 2600JPY over my absolute limit. Thank you to all who donated nonetheless, the funds will be going towards other auctions 😞

Joey 'Detchibe' W. @thestacks.ca · 9d

There's a full set of Game Clash up for auction I would absolutely love to nab, issues are very hard to come by. If you are interested in helping clinch it, any contributions would help tremendously!
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Chris Chapman @retrohistories.bsky.social · 4d

The saddest thing about this is that Dyer is a veteran publisher; he's definitely 100% aware that this book isn't up to their usual standard. Defending this one bad book at a cost to all their other authors is a bizarre hill to die on and not one he would have chosen if he wasn't panicking.

Bitmap Books @bitmapbooks.com · 5d

Monday 6th October 2025

Dear supporters of Bitmap Books,

Although I stand by the fact that Moses’ comments were ill-advised and insensitive, the whole thing blew up and was made much bigger than it needed to be. Moses has publicly apologised for any offence caused, as has the original poster of the comments who did not intend to cause this much trouble. I do not feel that this warrants an author losing his livelihood and ruining years of hard work to produce the book.

Despite multiple accusations to the contrary, Moses freely agreed to donate his royalties to charity. There was no coercion from me, however we both recognise that due to an increasingly stressful situation that decisions were rushed on both sides. I’m pleased to say that Moses and I have spoken again today, we stand together, and have agreed that he will receive 100% of his royalties.

Maybe I was hasty in my response, and I’m happy to admit to that. At the time I sincerely thought I was doing the right thing to diffuse an increasingly difficult situation. I will commit to donating all company profits from this first print run to the charity, Special Effect.

The bottom line is that is that Moses has apologised for his original comments, and will now be paid the royalties that are rightfully his.

Moses and myself have received a large amount of personal abuse and threats over the past few days. We hope that this statement will bring some closure to what has happened.

Sam Dyer, founder of Bitmap Books

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Joey 'Detchibe' W. @thestacks.ca · 5d

Thank you so much Melora!!

Joey 'Detchibe' W. @thestacks.ca · 5d

With my latest batch I've now surpassed 1000 Internet Archive uploads across my two accounts. The 1000 scan benchmark is approaching very quickly too 😇