Willem Hilhorst
@whilhorst.bsky.social
Games Preservation at Beeld & Geluid (Sound & Vision) | Associate Editor NWR | Games-Journalist | He/Him 🇳🇱
https://linktr.ee/willemh
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Willem Hilhorst
@whilhorst.bsky.social
· Oct 18
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Media Manager Games Preservation at Sound & Vision
|Associate Editor NWR |He/Him
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Hey there! My name is Willem and I am a (fulltime) videogame & digital-born media archivist at the Netherlands Institute for sound & vision. In my spare time I write and produce videos about games (with a focus on Nintendo). I also mod handhelds from time to time👋
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I’m a Capcom Stan, but Mortal Kombat has an important place in the history of 2D fighters, and this collection treats the early days of the franchise with the respect it deserves.
Thanks to Willem for all his work bringing my review from the page to video.
Thanks to Willem for all his work bringing my review from the page to video.
Busy day over on @nintendonwr.bsky.social . I also assisted with the video editing on @lolmonade.bsky.social review of the Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection by @digitaleclipse.bsky.social . From my POV, The documentary stuff here is absolutely worth your time!👇
youtube.com/watch?v=Sn09...
youtube.com/watch?v=Sn09...
Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection (Switch 2) Review - The Komplete Kombat Package
YouTube video by Nintendo World Report TV
m.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I’m a Capcom Stan, but Mortal Kombat has an important place in the history of 2D fighters, and this collection treats the early days of the franchise with the respect it deserves.
Thanks to Willem for all his work bringing my review from the page to video.
Thanks to Willem for all his work bringing my review from the page to video.
Busy day over on @nintendonwr.bsky.social . I also assisted with the video editing on @lolmonade.bsky.social review of the Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection by @digitaleclipse.bsky.social . From my POV, The documentary stuff here is absolutely worth your time!👇
youtube.com/watch?v=Sn09...
youtube.com/watch?v=Sn09...
Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection (Switch 2) Review - The Komplete Kombat Package
YouTube video by Nintendo World Report TV
m.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Busy day over on @nintendonwr.bsky.social . I also assisted with the video editing on @lolmonade.bsky.social review of the Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection by @digitaleclipse.bsky.social . From my POV, The documentary stuff here is absolutely worth your time!👇
youtube.com/watch?v=Sn09...
youtube.com/watch?v=Sn09...
I was over the moon when @simogo.com announced a wonderful collection of their legacy titles, including a lot of their mobile games. So for @nintendonwr.bsky.social I sat down with Simon Flesser to chat about their legacy and the history of Simogo. 👇
www.nintendoworldreport.com/interview/73...
www.nintendoworldreport.com/interview/73...
November 24, 2025 at 9:10 AM
I was over the moon when @simogo.com announced a wonderful collection of their legacy titles, including a lot of their mobile games. So for @nintendonwr.bsky.social I sat down with Simon Flesser to chat about their legacy and the history of Simogo. 👇
www.nintendoworldreport.com/interview/73...
www.nintendoworldreport.com/interview/73...
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Herald: The Interactive Period Drama - Complete Edition is now 30% OFF in the #AdventureX sale event on #Steam. If you're in for a choices-matter mystery #adventuregame set on a ship in the colonial 19th century, then you're in for a treat! Now only $13.99 until December 2nd. 💜
#AdvX25 #indiedev
#AdvX25 #indiedev
Save 30% on Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition on Steam
Herald is a choice-driven adventure set on the high seas. Board the HLV Herald and uncover its dark secrets in an intriguing tale about tyranny and servitude.
store.steampowered.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Herald: The Interactive Period Drama - Complete Edition is now 30% OFF in the #AdventureX sale event on #Steam. If you're in for a choices-matter mystery #adventuregame set on a ship in the colonial 19th century, then you're in for a treat! Now only $13.99 until December 2nd. 💜
#AdvX25 #indiedev
#AdvX25 #indiedev
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Just dropped the second trailer for our upcoming game Australia Did It, this time diving into the gameplay and explaining the cool blend the team blended out of this mix of turn based strategy and bullet heaven game.
youtu.be/nHvQ6fCmfkc
youtu.be/nHvQ6fCmfkc
Australia Did It - HR Orientation Trailer
YouTube video by MysticForge
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Just dropped the second trailer for our upcoming game Australia Did It, this time diving into the gameplay and explaining the cool blend the team blended out of this mix of turn based strategy and bullet heaven game.
youtu.be/nHvQ6fCmfkc
youtu.be/nHvQ6fCmfkc
I'm in serious awe of some of the amazing machines that folks have designed within Kirby Air Riders. Love it when a game makes people show off their creativity with restrictive tools.
November 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I'm in serious awe of some of the amazing machines that folks have designed within Kirby Air Riders. Love it when a game makes people show off their creativity with restrictive tools.
If you're in Breda, for the next few weeks we're showcasing a selection of games from the Beeld & Geluid Archives. Our selection consists of student games that became full releases: The Blob, SCHiM and Bernband. Special thanks to their original creators for allowing us to showcase these games!
November 21, 2025 at 12:17 PM
If you're in Breda, for the next few weeks we're showcasing a selection of games from the Beeld & Geluid Archives. Our selection consists of student games that became full releases: The Blob, SCHiM and Bernband. Special thanks to their original creators for allowing us to showcase these games!
Look at this muppet.
Butler is not impressed
Butler is not impressed
November 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Look at this muppet.
Butler is not impressed
Butler is not impressed
Game Freak, with all due respect. Please stop trying to make Zeraora a thing. It's not going to happen.
A new trailer for Pokémon Legends Z-A Mega Dimension has revealed Mega Zeraora.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/mega-ze...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/mega-ze...
November 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Game Freak, with all due respect. Please stop trying to make Zeraora a thing. It's not going to happen.
It's me. I'm Haddock.
November 19, 2025 at 9:31 AM
It's me. I'm Haddock.
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If you enjoyed our more positive take on Metroid Prime 4's previews, you'll probably also enjoy @gvg.io's.
youtu.be/eUhmwNjV2Ng?...
and if you missed ours: youtu.be/33aUDA9KnMQ?...
youtu.be/eUhmwNjV2Ng?...
and if you missed ours: youtu.be/33aUDA9KnMQ?...
November 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
If you enjoyed our more positive take on Metroid Prime 4's previews, you'll probably also enjoy @gvg.io's.
youtu.be/eUhmwNjV2Ng?...
and if you missed ours: youtu.be/33aUDA9KnMQ?...
youtu.be/eUhmwNjV2Ng?...
and if you missed ours: youtu.be/33aUDA9KnMQ?...
Mijn recensie voor Lumines Arise staat nu op PU. Het is een overstimulerende en soms prachtige game, maar het probeert te vaak iets te graag Tetris Effect na te doen en verliest daarmee een beetje z'n eigen identiteit. Maar voor de puzzelfanaten is het wel een dikke aanrader! 👇
pu.nl/reviews/game...
pu.nl/reviews/game...
November 18, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Mijn recensie voor Lumines Arise staat nu op PU. Het is een overstimulerende en soms prachtige game, maar het probeert te vaak iets te graag Tetris Effect na te doen en verliest daarmee een beetje z'n eigen identiteit. Maar voor de puzzelfanaten is het wel een dikke aanrader! 👇
pu.nl/reviews/game...
pu.nl/reviews/game...
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My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Rebecca Heineman - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Toen Egbert een paar maanden geleden een video maakte over de game van De Schippers van de Kameleon, stuurde ik hem een mailtje dat we bij Beeld & Geluid nog veel meer Nederlandse games hadden liggen. Het was een plezier om hem het archief te laten zien!
youtube.com/watch?v=RK8R...
youtube.com/watch?v=RK8R...
Hier verstoppen ze Karbonkel
YouTube video by Egbert Kanaal
youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Toen Egbert een paar maanden geleden een video maakte over de game van De Schippers van de Kameleon, stuurde ik hem een mailtje dat we bij Beeld & Geluid nog veel meer Nederlandse games hadden liggen. Het was een plezier om hem het archief te laten zien!
youtube.com/watch?v=RK8R...
youtube.com/watch?v=RK8R...
Happy 10th anniversary @blackscreenrecords.com ! Treated myself to a fun selection of some of the finest Indie video game vinyl around!
November 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Happy 10th anniversary @blackscreenrecords.com ! Treated myself to a fun selection of some of the finest Indie video game vinyl around!
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Got some thoughts out on how the Metroid Prime 4 previews have been framed. Wanted to give some context and perspective as a viewer, as press, and as a Prime fan. youtu.be/33aUDA9KnMQ
Why I'm Not Worried About the NPCs in Metroid Prime 4
YouTube video by Nintendo World Report TV
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Got some thoughts out on how the Metroid Prime 4 previews have been framed. Wanted to give some context and perspective as a viewer, as press, and as a Prime fan. youtu.be/33aUDA9KnMQ
Ik ben fan geworden en ben ook in deze cartoon voor schut gezet.
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Ik ben fan geworden en ben ook in deze cartoon voor schut gezet.
I guess they just announced the new game in the Horizon franchise. MMO for PC and Mobile, developed by NCSoft (Not Guerrilla). It's not coming to PS5 yet.
youtu.be/bN-NNgWIyIQ
youtu.be/bN-NNgWIyIQ
[Horizon Steel Frontiers] Announcement Video
YouTube video by Horizon Steel Frontiers
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 9:07 AM
I guess they just announced the new game in the Horizon franchise. MMO for PC and Mobile, developed by NCSoft (Not Guerrilla). It's not coming to PS5 yet.
youtu.be/bN-NNgWIyIQ
youtu.be/bN-NNgWIyIQ
If Vin Diesel can be Groot for Guardians of the Galaxy, I'm campaigning for John Cena to voice Yoshi in the Super Mario Galaxy Movie.
November 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
If Vin Diesel can be Groot for Guardians of the Galaxy, I'm campaigning for John Cena to voice Yoshi in the Super Mario Galaxy Movie.
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No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
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All Hands on Deck is out now on Steam and Switch 👐!
Our tiny team is so proud to finally share our first title after years of development. Thank you all for your support.
Grab a friend and jump into a world of puzzles, tools and colourful characters, and please consider leaving a review on Steam.🫶
Our tiny team is so proud to finally share our first title after years of development. Thank you all for your support.
Grab a friend and jump into a world of puzzles, tools and colourful characters, and please consider leaving a review on Steam.🫶
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
All Hands on Deck is out now on Steam and Switch 👐!
Our tiny team is so proud to finally share our first title after years of development. Thank you all for your support.
Grab a friend and jump into a world of puzzles, tools and colourful characters, and please consider leaving a review on Steam.🫶
Our tiny team is so proud to finally share our first title after years of development. Thank you all for your support.
Grab a friend and jump into a world of puzzles, tools and colourful characters, and please consider leaving a review on Steam.🫶
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I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
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“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
“We were effectively props”: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’
Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
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we’re about to start seeing a lot of “here’s a cost effective meal your grandparents made during the great depression”
Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion.
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
November 11, 2025 at 7:39 AM
we’re about to start seeing a lot of “here’s a cost effective meal your grandparents made during the great depression”
Personal dream pick would be Aubrey Plaza for Rosalina. But given the high billing it'll probably be Vanessa Kirby or Sydney Sweeney.
Jay Baruchel as Bowser Jr. And the 'side' character with three lines but a voice cast announcement is gonna be Toadsworth portrayed by Stellan Skarsgård.
Jay Baruchel as Bowser Jr. And the 'side' character with three lines but a voice cast announcement is gonna be Toadsworth portrayed by Stellan Skarsgård.
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Trailer - Nintendo Direct announced for Nov 12, 6 AM PT. No game info in the Direct www.youtube.com/live/yqjMaKQ...
November 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Personal dream pick would be Aubrey Plaza for Rosalina. But given the high billing it'll probably be Vanessa Kirby or Sydney Sweeney.
Jay Baruchel as Bowser Jr. And the 'side' character with three lines but a voice cast announcement is gonna be Toadsworth portrayed by Stellan Skarsgård.
Jay Baruchel as Bowser Jr. And the 'side' character with three lines but a voice cast announcement is gonna be Toadsworth portrayed by Stellan Skarsgård.