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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 5h

The first console to appear in Italian cinema was (probably) the Seleco-Zanussi Gun-o-tronic, showing up in 1976 Il Signor Robinson (Mr. Robinson).
The Gun-o-tronic was the official gun accessory for the Ping-o-tronic, an early Italian Odyssey clone released around early 1975.

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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 5h

Interesting how the movie portrays games as the worst kind of mindless entertainment, the main hobby of bored rich people. While that might have been an easy target in the 80s or 90s (especially for Italy), for 1976 that is quite advanced.

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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 5h

The first console to appear in Italian cinema was (probably) the Seleco-Zanussi Gun-o-tronic, showing up in 1976 Il Signor Robinson (Mr. Robinson).
The Gun-o-tronic was the official gun accessory for the Ping-o-tronic, an early Italian Odyssey clone released around early 1975.

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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 6h

What about writing to the Pope to pitch a new design for that ol' dusty Sistine Chapel?

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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 23h

There was something about the original The Sims and its random, unusual events that few other games seem able to replicate. It felt like being immersed in true suburban horror.
This phone call with that mf weird laughing mask lives rent-free in my head.

Phone call from The Sims "You have been chosen. They will come soon".

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Jennifer/Aster Unkle 🏳️‍⚧️ 🔪 @spookycutewitch.bsky.social · 23h

“Why isn’t anyone covering our indie games?”

1. The gaming press has been decimated by business suits, and the whims of an uncaring search engine behemoth
2. Doing the job means you get death threats and harassment
3. There are more games released in 1 week than there were in entire months in 2015

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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 23h

I've mostly given up on it

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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 23h

There was something about the original The Sims and its random, unusual events that few other games seem able to replicate. It felt like being immersed in true suburban horror.
This phone call with that mf weird laughing mask lives rent-free in my head.

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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 23h

Rather, gaming press has been basically killed off. It was never an easy job, but I would never recommend it to anyone in good faith, unless they have another job to support themselves.

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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 23h

Thank Google and AI for killing the main source of revenue for all medium and small websites.
The few big websites left are just focusing on big stuff that gets them views, so no one wants to report on smaller things (unless you are writing them for free).

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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 1d

But take no part in it whatsoever

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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 1d

Finishing Nightmare on Elm Street NES on stream was an experience, especially because I started out saying "this game is not that bad", and by the end I was literally insulting it.
A couple of good design decisions were underutilized and a lot of laziness, not worth your time.

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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 1d

Luckily the great design in Skool Daze allowed you to have fun even while ignoring the objective. So instead of feeling "lost" you could just experiment and while away the hours.

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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 1d

Finishing Nightmare on Elm Street NES on stream was an experience, especially because I started out saying "this game is not that bad", and by the end I was literally insulting it.
A couple of good design decisions were underutilized and a lot of laziness, not worth your time.

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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 1d

Skool Daze was huge for me too, I wrote a lil' piece about it a few years ago genesistemple.com/quirky-and-w...

Quirky & Weird C64 – (Old) Skool Daze - The Genesis Temple

Skool Daze is an early example of sandbox gameplay and a fun (old) school simulator all in one. Let's revisit those old memories of ours!

genesistemple.com

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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 1d

Yup

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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 1d

What's worse than a nightmare? TWO.
Tonight I'm playing Nightmare on Elm Street NES + DOS back to back, to see which one will break me faster and make me its bitch.
9.30 PM on www.twitch.tv/thegenesiste...

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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 1d

What's worse than a nightmare? TWO.
Tonight I'm playing Nightmare on Elm Street NES + DOS back to back, to see which one will break me faster and make me its bitch.
9.30 PM on www.twitch.tv/thegenesiste...

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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 1d

That artstyle reminds me of the Zorro GBC game, which is probably worse than the Capstone DOS one. Quite the tall order.

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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 2d

It is apparently one of my most popular articles (*sigh*) so, in case you were ever curious about the PC-98 horror series Dead of the Brain, I did a little write-up a couple of years ago on these two cult classic VN titles.
genesistemple.com/dead-of-the-...

Dead of the Brain 1 & 2 - The Nightmare Never Ends

Horror PC-98 adventures Dead of the Brain 1 and 2 were developed by a company specialised in erotic games. But are they a decent proposition?

genesistemple.com

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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 2d

I confess to using "winos" several times on my last few streams because an adventure game from 1984 reminded me of the existence of that word.

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5uki5en5or @5uki5en5or.bsky.social · Apr 29

evergreen

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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 2d

Hang on to your bones

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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 2d

Also I'm going to play the newly translated Dead of the Brain 2 on stream next week so it'll be time to update the article for sure. www.twitch.tv/thegenesiste...

TheGenesisTemple - Twitch

Italian gaming historian, researcher and professional blasphemer.I stream in English and focus on weird obscure games/software from 80/90s, mostly on Wednesday / Friday / Sunday.

www.twitch.tv

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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 2d

It is apparently one of my most popular articles (*sigh*) so, in case you were ever curious about the PC-98 horror series Dead of the Brain, I did a little write-up a couple of years ago on these two cult classic VN titles.
genesistemple.com/dead-of-the-...

Dead of the Brain 1 & 2 - The Nightmare Never Ends

Horror PC-98 adventures Dead of the Brain 1 and 2 were developed by a company specialised in erotic games. But are they a decent proposition?

genesistemple.com

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