Phil Salvador
@philsalv.bsky.social
Library Director @ Video Game History Foundation. Tea, birds, and weird old stuff. Maxis history expert, as seen on TV. ☕🐦📚 he/him
Enjoying the traditional pre-holiday Mouse Meal (eating all the loose bits of cheese that fell out of the grater and didn't make it into the bowl)
November 27, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Enjoying the traditional pre-holiday Mouse Meal (eating all the loose bits of cheese that fell out of the grater and didn't make it into the bowl)
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inventing a fun new game where you get really wasted and put all your kitchen knives on the floor with the lights off. i call it Scary Floor
November 20, 2025 at 2:50 AM
inventing a fun new game where you get really wasted and put all your kitchen knives on the floor with the lights off. i call it Scary Floor
I watched the "Kes returns" episode of Voyager
That wasn't very good!
That wasn't very good!
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I watched the "Kes returns" episode of Voyager
That wasn't very good!
That wasn't very good!
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Day #168: The Exciting World of the Metric System (1976)
November 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Day #168: The Exciting World of the Metric System (1976)
The funniest gag in Abe's Exoddus (which they do over and over and it never gets old) is giving extremely specific hints in the form of the bad guys warning you not to do something
November 26, 2025 at 4:50 AM
The funniest gag in Abe's Exoddus (which they do over and over and it never gets old) is giving extremely specific hints in the form of the bad guys warning you not to do something
Shoutout to everyone still using Hyper Scape emotes on Twitch
November 25, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Shoutout to everyone still using Hyper Scape emotes on Twitch
MAGFest roll call! I'm in full planning mode again already and hoping to see all y'all again
November 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
MAGFest roll call! I'm in full planning mode again already and hoping to see all y'all again
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Thanks to our GamePro art CD archiving (https://archive.gamehistory.org/folder/a5823d80-320b-41c9-9e3c-4dc28f79f2a2), VGHF is preserving hi-res versions of, uh, Bruce Willis being a shoot-y CG guy in Neversoft & Activision's Apocalypse.
November 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Thanks to our GamePro art CD archiving (https://archive.gamehistory.org/folder/a5823d80-320b-41c9-9e3c-4dc28f79f2a2), VGHF is preserving hi-res versions of, uh, Bruce Willis being a shoot-y CG guy in Neversoft & Activision's Apocalypse.
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“Get into my bed and rest,” said Toad. Toad made Frog a cup of hot tea.
November 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
“Get into my bed and rest,” said Toad. Toad made Frog a cup of hot tea.
In case anyone doubts this: here's my bug report about this from 2016 sourceforge.net/p/scummvm/bu...
In The Labyrinth of Time, entering the Ziggurat without a lantern is supposed to show a black screen. However, the developers put in the wrong filename for the black screen, so it fails to render, showing a black screen instead
November 24, 2025 at 4:14 AM
In case anyone doubts this: here's my bug report about this from 2016 sourceforge.net/p/scummvm/bu...
MAGFest panel is happening, more details later! See y'all in... a month? That can't be right
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 AM
MAGFest panel is happening, more details later! See y'all in... a month? That can't be right
In The Labyrinth of Time, entering the Ziggurat without a lantern is supposed to show a black screen. However, the developers put in the wrong filename for the black screen, so it fails to render, showing a black screen instead
November 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
In The Labyrinth of Time, entering the Ziggurat without a lantern is supposed to show a black screen. However, the developers put in the wrong filename for the black screen, so it fails to render, showing a black screen instead
Started on Abe's Exoddus now. That is just a solid chunk of video game. It's almost too big, but it's a great companion to the original. It's like a DLC add-on that's three times as long as the base game
November 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Started on Abe's Exoddus now. That is just a solid chunk of video game. It's almost too big, but it's a great companion to the original. It's like a DLC add-on that's three times as long as the base game
A random game, on a Saturday
November 23, 2025 at 12:58 AM
A random game, on a Saturday
It's Wacky Hat Night at VGHF
November 22, 2025 at 4:29 AM
It's Wacky Hat Night at VGHF
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Lolo plushes archive.gamehistory.org/item/34cd639...
November 21, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Lolo plushes archive.gamehistory.org/item/34cd639...
Attempting to reflash our bespoke piece of VHS capture hardware
The Half Assed Approach To Foundation Repair (The Simpsons)
YouTube video by ThingsICantFindOtherwise
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Attempting to reflash our bespoke piece of VHS capture hardware
@laceyjohnsonmusic.bsky.social Is this you
November 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
@laceyjohnsonmusic.bsky.social Is this you
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📢 TODAY - November 21 @ 2PM ET 📢
⚒️🏠🧑🏿💻 TreaAndrea Russworm talks about what the Black arts tradition can tell us about The Sims, broken systems, and utopian possibilities⚒️🏠🧑🏿💻
🎟️ TIX + Info: buff.ly/DDUsvVm
💸 Our talks are always FREE and PUBLIC. DONATE: buff.ly/3PQ2HDE
⚒️🏠🧑🏿💻 TreaAndrea Russworm talks about what the Black arts tradition can tell us about The Sims, broken systems, and utopian possibilities⚒️🏠🧑🏿💻
🎟️ TIX + Info: buff.ly/DDUsvVm
💸 Our talks are always FREE and PUBLIC. DONATE: buff.ly/3PQ2HDE
November 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
📢 TODAY - November 21 @ 2PM ET 📢
⚒️🏠🧑🏿💻 TreaAndrea Russworm talks about what the Black arts tradition can tell us about The Sims, broken systems, and utopian possibilities⚒️🏠🧑🏿💻
🎟️ TIX + Info: buff.ly/DDUsvVm
💸 Our talks are always FREE and PUBLIC. DONATE: buff.ly/3PQ2HDE
⚒️🏠🧑🏿💻 TreaAndrea Russworm talks about what the Black arts tradition can tell us about The Sims, broken systems, and utopian possibilities⚒️🏠🧑🏿💻
🎟️ TIX + Info: buff.ly/DDUsvVm
💸 Our talks are always FREE and PUBLIC. DONATE: buff.ly/3PQ2HDE
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🚨 Episode 1 of Arcade Academia is now LIVE on Substack, Spotify and Apple Podcasts! 🚨
In our first episode, we interviewed @borman.bsky.social with the Strong National Museum of Play and @philsalv.bsky.social from the Video Game History Foundation about the state of video game preservation.
In our first episode, we interviewed @borman.bsky.social with the Strong National Museum of Play and @philsalv.bsky.social from the Video Game History Foundation about the state of video game preservation.
November 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🚨 Episode 1 of Arcade Academia is now LIVE on Substack, Spotify and Apple Podcasts! 🚨
In our first episode, we interviewed @borman.bsky.social with the Strong National Museum of Play and @philsalv.bsky.social from the Video Game History Foundation about the state of video game preservation.
In our first episode, we interviewed @borman.bsky.social with the Strong National Museum of Play and @philsalv.bsky.social from the Video Game History Foundation about the state of video game preservation.
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The singer Carly Rae Jepsen and the movie ‘Rocky IV’ premiered 40 years ago today 🎂
November 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The singer Carly Rae Jepsen and the movie ‘Rocky IV’ premiered 40 years ago today 🎂
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Saw a little girl walking out of Berkeley Bowl with her mom. She was eating an entire baguette out of the bag like it was a freezer pop. We should all strive for this life
November 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Saw a little girl walking out of Berkeley Bowl with her mom. She was eating an entire baguette out of the bag like it was a freezer pop. We should all strive for this life
"Game preservation takes many forms, and it’s important to consider research as well as play."
Right there, plain as day. Research access to games can coexist with playing them for fun!
Right there, plain as day. Research access to games can coexist with playing them for fun!
Open sourced Zork today opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11... and ran it on a swarm of containers in the cloud 😂
Preserving code that shaped generations: Zork I, II, and III go Open Source
Microsoft’s Open Source Programs Office (OSPO), Team Xbox, and Activision are making Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III available under the MIT License.
opensource.microsoft.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:58 PM
"Game preservation takes many forms, and it’s important to consider research as well as play."
Right there, plain as day. Research access to games can coexist with playing them for fun!
Right there, plain as day. Research access to games can coexist with playing them for fun!