Distant Arcade
@distantarcade.co.uk
Future blogger fun time video games action. Part of the @nitedre.am network. Tweets by @lukealexdavis.co.uk
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I've been worried and have been warning about this for a while now. 7 years ago (oh dear... ⌛) I had a short episode on that for Left Left Up. Sad to see no progress has been made essentially...;/
youtu.be/O7qNNc5YBwE?...
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Steam Controversy: Lessons To Learn From Fine Art
YouTube video by Left Left Up
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November 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
I've been worried and have been warning about this for a while now. 7 years ago (oh dear... ⌛) I had a short episode on that for Left Left Up. Sad to see no progress has been made essentially...;/
youtu.be/O7qNNc5YBwE?...
youtu.be/O7qNNc5YBwE?...
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Steam bans an artistic, daring indie game release citing some ridiculous indecency rules. Whilst the platform is as we all know, flooded with cheap porn.
Solidarity with Santa Ragione, the sooner devs find a way to move away from the monopoly of Steam the better.
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Solidarity with Santa Ragione, the sooner devs find a way to move away from the monopoly of Steam the better.
www.eurogamer.net/its-extremel...
"It's extremely frustrating and also f*cked up" - one of the world's best indie studios is facing shock closure following confounding Steam ban
You might not immediately recognise the name Santa Ragione, but the independent Italian studio has been creating bounda…
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November 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Steam bans an artistic, daring indie game release citing some ridiculous indecency rules. Whilst the platform is as we all know, flooded with cheap porn.
Solidarity with Santa Ragione, the sooner devs find a way to move away from the monopoly of Steam the better.
www.eurogamer.net/its-extremel...
Solidarity with Santa Ragione, the sooner devs find a way to move away from the monopoly of Steam the better.
www.eurogamer.net/its-extremel...
A friend of mine on Bluesky called deeb found some 3D models of Bowser’s Keep from the Switch version of Super Mario RPG and tried his hand at 3D printing it. If you want to skip to a more finished product, here it is.
A 3D printed Bowser's Keep
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November 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A friend of mine on Bluesky called deeb found some 3D models of Bowser’s Keep from the Switch version of Super Mario RPG and tried his hand at 3D printing it. If you want to skip to a more finished product, here it is.
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I wrote about adding a fourth spice orange controller to my spice orange GameCube and other unnecessary, non-spice orange purchases that have made me happy (DS TV and Saturns)
Four Spice Orange GameCube Controllers
I'm not sure what I'll do with four spice orange GameCube controllers. It's highly unlikely I'll ever need that many. I very rarely have fri...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I wrote about adding a fourth spice orange controller to my spice orange GameCube and other unnecessary, non-spice orange purchases that have made me happy (DS TV and Saturns)
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nobody cared who I was till I put on the mask
November 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
nobody cared who I was till I put on the mask
good for you, sonic racing!
November 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
good for you, sonic racing!
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did microsoft and sega have a baby?
HORI Fighting Commander Octa Controller (Xbox/PC) is $9.99 on Amazon buff.ly/DFs1WTM #ad
November 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
did microsoft and sega have a baby?
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are you even a real turn-of-the-century platformer game mascot if you didn't have some Christmas promo art
November 17, 2025 at 9:24 AM
are you even a real turn-of-the-century platformer game mascot if you didn't have some Christmas promo art
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There's a new pet in town and its hungry for 2.4 and 5Ghz frequencies.
TamaFi: a modern Tamagotchi-style device that "eats" WiFi
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November 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
There's a new pet in town and its hungry for 2.4 and 5Ghz frequencies.
Hey shaders, leave pixels alone!
I'm sorry to tell you but upscaled pixel shaders look crap
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November 14, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Hey shaders, leave pixels alone!
Now you're emulating with power!
Retro Crisis on ARES, an open source multi-system emulator
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November 14, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Now you're emulating with power!
Just pick one and play something!
FPGA or emulation? Just play your games.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Just pick one and play something!
Emulator? Hardly know her!
The difference between software emulation and hardware emulation (FPGA)
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November 14, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Emulator? Hardly know her!
Gotta build fast!
RetroSilver made a Sonic game for the Game Boy
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November 14, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Gotta build fast!
“Living off the scraps of other people’s PS2 experiences was my style at the time.”
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Remembering the PS2 from my youth — Distant Arcade
Playing FIFA Street and WWE games in my friend's loft room was the coolest thing in the world when I was a teenager.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
“Living off the scraps of other people’s PS2 experiences was my style at the time.”
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Apartment building management showed up this morning, gave me ONE HOUR to move this ENTIRE ROOM so they could repaint it. Folks, you know I can't move this room in an hour. told them to leave and come back with written notice. About to make me act up and start a tenants union!!!!!!!!
November 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Apartment building management showed up this morning, gave me ONE HOUR to move this ENTIRE ROOM so they could repaint it. Folks, you know I can't move this room in an hour. told them to leave and come back with written notice. About to make me act up and start a tenants union!!!!!!!!
Relive the old F-Zero days on a slightly younger platform.
F-Zero: Vintage Velocity – a ROM hack fusion of F-Zero and F-Zero: Maximum Velocity
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November 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Relive the old F-Zero days on a slightly younger platform.
Out of the ashes comes a new update on an old game.
G-ZERO: it's F-Zero kinda sorta running on the Sega Genesis
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November 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Out of the ashes comes a new update on an old game.
*honks quietly*
A list of relaxing driving and racing games
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November 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
*honks quietly*
a portable CRT Switch 2???
I Built A Retro Switch 2 Dock!
YouTube video by Joel Creates
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November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
a portable CRT Switch 2???
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oh damn this did numbers uhhh would you like to have this gameboy? you can! www.ebay.co.uk/itm/39723376...
Nintendo Gameboy Advance with IPS Screen | eBay UK
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November 6, 2025 at 10:56 AM
oh damn this did numbers uhhh would you like to have this gameboy? you can! www.ebay.co.uk/itm/39723376...