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Sean Cleaver @cleaverslips.bsky.social · 9d

I still have not played COD Warzone.
I don’t think I’ve played either PUBG or Fortnite since I left my last job.

Have I played Farming Simulator on an actual Mega Drive? Yes I have.

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Sean Cleaver @cleaverslips.bsky.social · 12d

Finally caved after god knows how many years and got the Dishoom book, along with more Poppy and research on how to get drunk.

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Sean Cleaver @cleaverslips.bsky.social · 15d

A cool look at why retro consoles are doing the business right now.

Tom Regan @grapedosmil.bsky.social · 16d

What's driving the rise in retro game handhelds?

For this week's @vgim.bsky.social I speak to Evercade's @cleaverslips.bsky.social, @apzonerunner.com and GamerCard's Grant Sinclair about the legality and longevity of gaming's newest booming industry.

www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/the-retro-...

The Retro Handheld goldrush 25/09/2025

How forward thinking companies are cashing in by looking backwards.

www.videogamesindustrymemo.com

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Sean Cleaver @cleaverslips.bsky.social · 16d

Believe it or not, I did not plan the release of two great arcade cartridges with Japanese greats to coincide with Tokyo Game Show.

Evercade @evercade.co.uk · 16d

TAITO Arcade 1 and 2 are out TOMORROW! Which of the 18 games from these great collections are you most looking forward to?

Cover art for the Evercade cartridge TAITO Arcade 1, featuring 9 arcade classics.

Overview of the 9 games included in TAITO Arcade 1: BUBBLE BOBBLE, CHACK'N POP, COLONY 7, DON DOKO DON, GROWL, SPACE INVADERS, PIRATE PETE, RAIMAIS and THE LEGEND OF KAGE.

Cover art for the Evercade cartridge TAITO Arcade 2, featuring 9 arcade hits.

Overview of the 9 games included in TAITO Arcade 2: ALPINE SKI, THE ELECTRIC YO-YO, ELEVATOR ACTION, KIKI KAIKAI, LIQUID KIDS, RASTAN, OPERATION WOLF, THE NEWZEALAND STORY and VOLFIED.

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Sean Cleaver @cleaverslips.bsky.social · 16d

Excellently done.

Sean Cleaver @cleaverslips.bsky.social · 18d

This is pretty much the EuroMillions jackpot tomorrow, to put this in some kind of mad context.

Henry Stockdale @henrystockdale.com · 18d

Reposting because I thought he had shares in the team. Utterly obscene payout for Horner www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formul...

Red Bull: Christian Horner formally leaves with £52m pay-off

Christian Horner formally leaves Red Bull after agreeing a severance deal following his sacking as team principal in July.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Sean Cleaver @cleaverslips.bsky.social · 23d

Swing and a miss, algorithm.

Sean Cleaver @cleaverslips.bsky.social · 23d

I get ads all the time. But the new powder mix energy drinks one that claims old school energy drinks are giving me anxiety are especially egregious.

Not least because I don’t drink energy drinks of any kind and pretty much exclusively only have sparkling water.

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Sean Cleaver @cleaverslips.bsky.social · 23d

This is not a problem.

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Sean Cleaver @cleaverslips.bsky.social · 24d

Sounds like a bit of me then!

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Sean Cleaver @cleaverslips.bsky.social · 24d

For your own enjoyment or are you sharing online?

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Sean Cleaver @cleaverslips.bsky.social · 24d

What are you buying now?

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Sean Cleaver @cleaverslips.bsky.social · 24d

Can't believe you put Sewer Shark top...

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Sean Cleaver @cleaverslips.bsky.social · 24d

Hey Bluesky Followers!

How are you? I've been crap at posting on any social media lately, but I'm still here and still working out what I should post about.

If I'm going to throw stuff to the void, I at least want it to be some kind of productive void filler.

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Sean Cleaver @cleaverslips.bsky.social · Aug 25

These are not Brannigan’s. But they are as close as I’ve had since they stopped making them.

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Sean Cleaver @cleaverslips.bsky.social · Aug 16

You know what, I think I might!

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Sean Cleaver @cleaverslips.bsky.social · Aug 16

Off to Gamescom next week. No stand but am moving around the halls. If any journalists/media what to chat about the rise of retro and nostalgia in gaming, and see cool Evercade stuff, let me know.