Kevin Bunch (ubersaurus)
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Science Communicator, Video Game Historian, author of Atari Archive, old school FGCer, occasional Retronaut host, and chicken owner. He/him
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– Limited Run Games
Limited Run Games is the industry-leading publisher and distributor of award winning collector's editions, rare video games, and merchandise for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PS5, PC, and retro cons...
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Hello new followers! I'm Kevin, game historian, science communicator, and fighting games old head. My history focus is on the early days of gaming history in particular, so I want to plug some of my work: first and foremost with my book, for sale through Limited Run (and on Amazon in paperback).
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👀〰️!
November 26, 2025 at 4:52 AM
👀〰️!
Played like 20 minutes of the 2011 Star Raiders for an upcoming video and you know what, it seemed better than how it reviewed. Perfectly cromulent game
November 26, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Played like 20 minutes of the 2011 Star Raiders for an upcoming video and you know what, it seemed better than how it reviewed. Perfectly cromulent game
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Hot and fresh out the containment unit. The Not Really Ghostbusters vs Abe Lincoln!
October 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Hot and fresh out the containment unit. The Not Really Ghostbusters vs Abe Lincoln!
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
If you want to count Spaceballs I would totally put it at number four of my personal rankings and bump everything else down, but:
1: Star Wars
2: Empire
3: Last Jedi
4: Return of the Jedi
5: Force Awakens
6. Phantom Menace
7: Solo
8: Rogue One
9: Sith
10: Clones
11: Rise of Skywalker
1: Star Wars
2: Empire
3: Last Jedi
4: Return of the Jedi
5: Force Awakens
6. Phantom Menace
7: Solo
8: Rogue One
9: Sith
10: Clones
11: Rise of Skywalker
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
If you want to count Spaceballs I would totally put it at number four of my personal rankings and bump everything else down, but:
1: Star Wars
2: Empire
3: Last Jedi
4: Return of the Jedi
5: Force Awakens
6. Phantom Menace
7: Solo
8: Rogue One
9: Sith
10: Clones
11: Rise of Skywalker
1: Star Wars
2: Empire
3: Last Jedi
4: Return of the Jedi
5: Force Awakens
6. Phantom Menace
7: Solo
8: Rogue One
9: Sith
10: Clones
11: Rise of Skywalker
I will be honest, I did not realize the unreleased Viewpoint 2064 even had a final version. As a fan of the original game and its various incarnations though, I can't wait to sit down with this over the holiday weekend!
FOUND! Viewpoint 2064 - FINAL VERSION preserved (N64)
YouTube video by Hard4Games
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I will be honest, I did not realize the unreleased Viewpoint 2064 even had a final version. As a fan of the original game and its various incarnations though, I can't wait to sit down with this over the holiday weekend!
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Scientists say it's one of the oldest constellations.
November 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Scientists say it's one of the oldest constellations.
Baby Pac-Man’s code base for the video game portion is based off an officially unreleased Bally Arcade console pac-man rip off done by Midway’s Bill Adams that was canned after Atari got litigious over their exclusive rights
i was going through my X archives and found this by @superpodsaga.com, which I qrt'd at some point years ago
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
November 24, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Baby Pac-Man’s code base for the video game portion is based off an officially unreleased Bally Arcade console pac-man rip off done by Midway’s Bill Adams that was canned after Atari got litigious over their exclusive rights
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November 24, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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symptom of a sick society that the popular gaming service "Steam" has official tags for "roguelike deckbuilder" and "extraction shooter" but not "virtual pet" or "burgertime clone"
November 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
symptom of a sick society that the popular gaming service "Steam" has official tags for "roguelike deckbuilder" and "extraction shooter" but not "virtual pet" or "burgertime clone"
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Gallery of this years Atari Party at the Quakertown Train Station
Thank you @rectapete.bsky.social for the invite!
www.mblum6180.com/atari-party-...
Thank you @rectapete.bsky.social for the invite!
www.mblum6180.com/atari-party-...
November 23, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Gallery of this years Atari Party at the Quakertown Train Station
Thank you @rectapete.bsky.social for the invite!
www.mblum6180.com/atari-party-...
Thank you @rectapete.bsky.social for the invite!
www.mblum6180.com/atari-party-...
A great time as ever! Now if only there were enough Bally Professional Arcade fans to bring back the Astro Bash
Atari Party 2025 was amazing. It was great catching up with @nathaniellockhart.bsky.social and @atarispot.bsky.social. I got to meet up with @atariarchive.org for the first time too!
An absolutely gigantic thank you to @rectapete.bsky.social and @billlange.bsky.social for organizing the event.
An absolutely gigantic thank you to @rectapete.bsky.social and @billlange.bsky.social for organizing the event.
November 23, 2025 at 12:14 AM
A great time as ever! Now if only there were enough Bally Professional Arcade fans to bring back the Astro Bash
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Fishes, Stereo Sound, Two Monitors, and Two Players - A fine
prep-list for famously aquatic DARIUS.
📖: GAME FREAK, 1987
prep-list for famously aquatic DARIUS.
📖: GAME FREAK, 1987
November 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Fishes, Stereo Sound, Two Monitors, and Two Players - A fine
prep-list for famously aquatic DARIUS.
📖: GAME FREAK, 1987
prep-list for famously aquatic DARIUS.
📖: GAME FREAK, 1987
One of the best fighting games of the 2010s and honestly one more people should pick up. It has the pacing of Vampire Savior mashed up with Street Fighter; just intense offensive action and movement coupled with periods of deliberate space control and positioning
12 years ago today, Killer Instinct (2013) was originally released on Xbox One worldwide as a system launch title. It was developed by Double Helix Studios and published by Microsoft Studios.
November 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
One of the best fighting games of the 2010s and honestly one more people should pick up. It has the pacing of Vampire Savior mashed up with Street Fighter; just intense offensive action and movement coupled with periods of deliberate space control and positioning
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The adventures of a precocious 6-year-old and his stuffed tiger debuted on November 18, 1985. NPR's Renee Montagne spoke with the comic strip's editor, Lee Salem, in 2005.
40 years ago, Calvin and Hobbes' raucous adventures burst onto the comics page
The adventures of a precocious 6-year-old and his stuffed tiger debuted on November 18, 1985. NPR's Renee Montagne spoke with the comic strip's editor, Lee Salem, in 2005.
n.pr
November 22, 2025 at 12:29 AM
The adventures of a precocious 6-year-old and his stuffed tiger debuted on November 18, 1985. NPR's Renee Montagne spoke with the comic strip's editor, Lee Salem, in 2005.
My kind of extremely niche adventure game humor
November 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
My kind of extremely niche adventure game humor
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Aww he’s being so cute in the leaves this morning, I should take some phot—wait Piroshky WHERE DID YOU GET A MALLET, STOP COME BACK
November 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Aww he’s being so cute in the leaves this morning, I should take some phot—wait Piroshky WHERE DID YOU GET A MALLET, STOP COME BACK
If you're coming to MAGfest, I just got word my panel was accepted! It's about Mike Mayfield's 1971 Star Trek fan game, which spread across the globe to become one of the most prolific computer games ever written. Currently scheduled for Friday at noon, and I hope a lot of folks can make it!
November 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
If you're coming to MAGfest, I just got word my panel was accepted! It's about Mike Mayfield's 1971 Star Trek fan game, which spread across the globe to become one of the most prolific computer games ever written. Currently scheduled for Friday at noon, and I hope a lot of folks can make it!
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Hi, I’m a website, product, or service you’ve relied on for years without incident. Great news: I’ve now been revamped with a mandatory AI component that makes me unusable.
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Hi, I’m a website, product, or service you’ve relied on for years without incident. Great news: I’ve now been revamped with a mandatory AI component that makes me unusable.
I'm just saying, my site isn't on cloudflare
November 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I'm just saying, my site isn't on cloudflare
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In hearing of the passing of Rebecca Heineman, I thought it would be worth sharing this wonderful interview she did on @retronauts.bsky.social:
retronauts.com/article/1167...
retronauts.com/article/1167...
Episode 211 explores the career of Rebecca Heineman
A whirlwind overview of a legendary programmer's work.
retronauts.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:20 PM
In hearing of the passing of Rebecca Heineman, I thought it would be worth sharing this wonderful interview she did on @retronauts.bsky.social:
retronauts.com/article/1167...
retronauts.com/article/1167...
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I've been saying this since the big AI push started, if you didn't bother to spend time making it, why should I spend my time looking at it? Why is my time so much less valuable than yours? If you don't value the work that went into it, I'm not going to either. You're disrespecting me and my time.
Why am I so against generative AI in games?
Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.
Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.
November 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I've been saying this since the big AI push started, if you didn't bother to spend time making it, why should I spend my time looking at it? Why is my time so much less valuable than yours? If you don't value the work that went into it, I'm not going to either. You're disrespecting me and my time.
To add onto this, Jaquays also was involved in video games, particularly with Coleco early on and later with Quake and Age of Empires. I wrote about one of her projects, Tarzan, a while ago (sadly not long after she passed away, so I couldn’t interview her too): gamehistory.org/atari-2600-t...
November 18, 2025 at 2:13 AM
To add onto this, Jaquays also was involved in video games, particularly with Coleco early on and later with Quake and Age of Empires. I wrote about one of her projects, Tarzan, a while ago (sadly not long after she passed away, so I couldn’t interview her too): gamehistory.org/atari-2600-t...
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I have everything I've ever wanted
Mr. Domino WIND CHIMES
Mr. Domino WIND CHIMES
November 17, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I have everything I've ever wanted
Mr. Domino WIND CHIMES
Mr. Domino WIND CHIMES