James 🏴
@whyalwaysjamesy.bsky.social
Football Trading ⚽📈 Calisthenics 💪
Learning to live with Afib ⚡❤️🩹
Enjoys a bit of older video games too. 🎮
Chat politics get blocked ❌
It's hard being a misunderstood genius.
Learning to live with Afib ⚡❤️🩹
Enjoys a bit of older video games too. 🎮
Chat politics get blocked ❌
It's hard being a misunderstood genius.
Pinned
Enjoyed tracking game completions last year on here despite the interaction only being slight (that's down to my small close-knit following though) so decided to cover them again. I'll share some thoughts and reveal scores at the end of the year in usual fashion.
Reposted by James 🏴
Marvel at the array of names on the scoresheet in this Brazilian league game.
February 12, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Marvel at the array of names on the scoresheet in this Brazilian league game.
If you see this, post two Dreamcast games you love 💙💙
One that starts with S & one that doesn't.
One that starts with S & one that doesn't.
February 11, 2026 at 1:25 PM
If you see this, post two Dreamcast games you love 💙💙
One that starts with S & one that doesn't.
One that starts with S & one that doesn't.
If you could only play 10 games for the rest of your life, what would you pick?
GTA San Andreas (2004)
Banjo-Kazooie
Body Harvest
Resident Evil 2 (1999)
Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Burnout Dominator
TimeSplitters 2
SoulCalibur II
Ninja Gaiden Sigma
Pokemon Blue
(This may change over time)
GTA San Andreas (2004)
Banjo-Kazooie
Body Harvest
Resident Evil 2 (1999)
Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Burnout Dominator
TimeSplitters 2
SoulCalibur II
Ninja Gaiden Sigma
Pokemon Blue
(This may change over time)
If you could only play 10 games for the rest of your life, what would you pick?
Off the top of my head....
Pro Evolution Soccer 2021
Fallout 4
Outrun 2
Fantasy Zone
Game Dev Story
WWF Smackdown
Sonic 1 (Master System)
Super Mario Sunshine
Altered Beast
Dungeon Master (Atari ST)
Off the top of my head....
Pro Evolution Soccer 2021
Fallout 4
Outrun 2
Fantasy Zone
Game Dev Story
WWF Smackdown
Sonic 1 (Master System)
Super Mario Sunshine
Altered Beast
Dungeon Master (Atari ST)
If you could only play 10 games for the rest of your life, what would you pick?
-Command and conquer:Kanes wrath
-Phantasy star online ep1+2
-Shining force 2
-F zero x
-Civilisation revolution
-Balatro
-killer instinct (1995)
-rez
-resident evil 4
-returnal
-Command and conquer:Kanes wrath
-Phantasy star online ep1+2
-Shining force 2
-F zero x
-Civilisation revolution
-Balatro
-killer instinct (1995)
-rez
-resident evil 4
-returnal
February 10, 2026 at 9:04 PM
If you could only play 10 games for the rest of your life, what would you pick?
GTA San Andreas (2004)
Banjo-Kazooie
Body Harvest
Resident Evil 2 (1999)
Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Burnout Dominator
TimeSplitters 2
SoulCalibur II
Ninja Gaiden Sigma
Pokemon Blue
(This may change over time)
GTA San Andreas (2004)
Banjo-Kazooie
Body Harvest
Resident Evil 2 (1999)
Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Burnout Dominator
TimeSplitters 2
SoulCalibur II
Ninja Gaiden Sigma
Pokemon Blue
(This may change over time)
Can't get over the number of broken Series X consoles up for sale on ebay 🤯
February 9, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Can't get over the number of broken Series X consoles up for sale on ebay 🤯
If you see this, post a pic of a Game Gear game you love ❤️
February 8, 2026 at 1:59 PM
If you see this, post a pic of a Game Gear game you love ❤️
My attachment to each Sega console:
➖➖✖️➖➖SG-1000
💙💙💙💙💙 Master System
💙💙💙💙💙 Mega Drive
➖➖✖️➖➖ Mega CD
💙🖤🖤🖤🖤 32X
💙💙💙🖤🖤 Saturn
💙💙💙💙💙 Dreamcast
💙💙🖤🖤🖤 Game Gear
➖➖✖️➖➖ Nomad
➖➖✖️➖➖ Pico
➖➖✖️➖➖ Beena
➖➖✖️➖➖SG-1000
💙💙💙💙💙 Master System
💙💙💙💙💙 Mega Drive
➖➖✖️➖➖ Mega CD
💙🖤🖤🖤🖤 32X
💙💙💙🖤🖤 Saturn
💙💙💙💙💙 Dreamcast
💙💙🖤🖤🖤 Game Gear
➖➖✖️➖➖ Nomad
➖➖✖️➖➖ Pico
➖➖✖️➖➖ Beena
My attachment to each Sega console:
➖➖➖➖➖SG-1000
💙💙💙💙💙 Master System
💙💙💙💙💙Mega Drive
💙💙💙🖤🖤 Mega CD
➖➖➖➖➖32X
💙💙🖤🖤🖤 Saturn
💙💙💙🖤🖤 Dreamcast
(I missed out on Saturn/Dreamcast at the time, it's a big regret of mine)
💙💙💙🖤🖤 Game Gear
➖➖➖➖➖Nomad
➖➖➖➖➖ Pico
➖➖➖➖➖ Beena
➖➖➖➖➖SG-1000
💙💙💙💙💙 Master System
💙💙💙💙💙Mega Drive
💙💙💙🖤🖤 Mega CD
➖➖➖➖➖32X
💙💙🖤🖤🖤 Saturn
💙💙💙🖤🖤 Dreamcast
(I missed out on Saturn/Dreamcast at the time, it's a big regret of mine)
💙💙💙🖤🖤 Game Gear
➖➖➖➖➖Nomad
➖➖➖➖➖ Pico
➖➖➖➖➖ Beena
My attachment to each Sega console:
💙💙💙💙💙 SG-1000
💙💙💙💙💙 Master System
💙💙💙💙🖤 Mega Drive
💙💙💙🖤🖤 Mega CD
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 32X
💙🖤🖤🖤🖤 Saturn
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 Dreamcast
💙💙💙💙🖤 Game Gear
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 Nomad
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 Pico
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 Beena
💙💙💙💙💙 SG-1000
💙💙💙💙💙 Master System
💙💙💙💙🖤 Mega Drive
💙💙💙🖤🖤 Mega CD
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 32X
💙🖤🖤🖤🖤 Saturn
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 Dreamcast
💙💙💙💙🖤 Game Gear
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 Nomad
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 Pico
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 Beena
February 8, 2026 at 1:55 PM
My attachment to each Sega console:
➖➖✖️➖➖SG-1000
💙💙💙💙💙 Master System
💙💙💙💙💙 Mega Drive
➖➖✖️➖➖ Mega CD
💙🖤🖤🖤🖤 32X
💙💙💙🖤🖤 Saturn
💙💙💙💙💙 Dreamcast
💙💙🖤🖤🖤 Game Gear
➖➖✖️➖➖ Nomad
➖➖✖️➖➖ Pico
➖➖✖️➖➖ Beena
➖➖✖️➖➖SG-1000
💙💙💙💙💙 Master System
💙💙💙💙💙 Mega Drive
➖➖✖️➖➖ Mega CD
💙🖤🖤🖤🖤 32X
💙💙💙🖤🖤 Saturn
💙💙💙💙💙 Dreamcast
💙💙🖤🖤🖤 Game Gear
➖➖✖️➖➖ Nomad
➖➖✖️➖➖ Pico
➖➖✖️➖➖ Beena
If you see this, post a picture of a Master System game
February 6, 2026 at 10:23 AM
If you see this, post a picture of a Master System game
❤️🖤🖤🖤🖤NES
❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤SNES
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️N64
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️GameCube
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 Wii
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 Wii U
❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 Switch
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 Switch 2
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 Game & Watch
❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤 Game Boy
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 Virtual Boy
❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤 GB Color
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ GB Advance
❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 Nintendo DS
❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤 Nintendo 3DS
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 = Never owned/barely played (as opposed to complete & utter shite)
❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤SNES
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️N64
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️GameCube
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 Wii
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 Wii U
❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 Switch
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 Switch 2
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 Game & Watch
❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤 Game Boy
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 Virtual Boy
❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤 GB Color
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ GB Advance
❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 Nintendo DS
❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤 Nintendo 3DS
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 = Never owned/barely played (as opposed to complete & utter shite)
❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤NES
❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤SNES
❤️❤️🖤🖤🖤N64
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️GameCube
❤️🖤🖤🖤🖤 Wii
❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤 Wii U
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Switch
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Switch 2 (early days mind you)
❤️🖤🖤🖤🖤 Game & Watch
❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 Game Boy
❤️🖤🖤🖤🖤 Virtual Boy
❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤 GB Color
❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 GB Advance
❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 Nintendo DS
❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 Nintendo 3DS
❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤SNES
❤️❤️🖤🖤🖤N64
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️GameCube
❤️🖤🖤🖤🖤 Wii
❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤 Wii U
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Switch
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Switch 2 (early days mind you)
❤️🖤🖤🖤🖤 Game & Watch
❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 Game Boy
❤️🖤🖤🖤🖤 Virtual Boy
❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤 GB Color
❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 GB Advance
❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 Nintendo DS
❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 Nintendo 3DS
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ NES
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ SNES
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ N64
❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤 GameCube
❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤 Wii
❤️🖤🖤🖤🖤 Wii U
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Switch
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 Switch 2 (It is simply too expensive for what it is.)
❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 Game & Watch
❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 Game Boy
❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤 Virtual Boy
❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤 GB Color
❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 GB Advance
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Nintendo DS (Specifically DS Lite and DSi)
❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤 Nintendo 3DS
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ SNES
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ N64
❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤 GameCube
❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤 Wii
❤️🖤🖤🖤🖤 Wii U
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Switch
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 Switch 2 (It is simply too expensive for what it is.)
❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 Game & Watch
❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 Game Boy
❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤 Virtual Boy
❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤 GB Color
❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 GB Advance
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Nintendo DS (Specifically DS Lite and DSi)
❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤 Nintendo 3DS
February 5, 2026 at 5:16 PM
❤️🖤🖤🖤🖤NES
❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤SNES
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️N64
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️GameCube
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 Wii
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 Wii U
❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 Switch
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 Switch 2
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 Game & Watch
❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤 Game Boy
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 Virtual Boy
❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤 GB Color
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ GB Advance
❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 Nintendo DS
❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤 Nintendo 3DS
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 = Never owned/barely played (as opposed to complete & utter shite)
❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤SNES
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️N64
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️GameCube
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 Wii
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 Wii U
❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 Switch
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 Switch 2
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 Game & Watch
❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤 Game Boy
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 Virtual Boy
❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤 GB Color
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ GB Advance
❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 Nintendo DS
❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤 Nintendo 3DS
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 = Never owned/barely played (as opposed to complete & utter shite)
What scene from a horror movie still haunts you to this day?
Not quite a full on horror film, but I first saw this at 8 years old and have been cagey about taking a dump in a public place ever since.
youtu.be/VMzfrod7hcE
Not quite a full on horror film, but I first saw this at 8 years old and have been cagey about taking a dump in a public place ever since.
youtu.be/VMzfrod7hcE
February 3, 2026 at 9:23 PM
What scene from a horror movie still haunts you to this day?
Not quite a full on horror film, but I first saw this at 8 years old and have been cagey about taking a dump in a public place ever since.
youtu.be/VMzfrod7hcE
Not quite a full on horror film, but I first saw this at 8 years old and have been cagey about taking a dump in a public place ever since.
youtu.be/VMzfrod7hcE
4 games that changed my life.
Master Games 1 - a bundle that introduced me to World Soccer.
Sonic 1 - cemented my love for the pastime.
Banjo-Tooie - I became a retro gamer especially to come back to this.
Freedom Fighters - an all time favourite that got me through a turbulent coming of age.
Master Games 1 - a bundle that introduced me to World Soccer.
Sonic 1 - cemented my love for the pastime.
Banjo-Tooie - I became a retro gamer especially to come back to this.
Freedom Fighters - an all time favourite that got me through a turbulent coming of age.
January 17, 2026 at 7:08 PM
4 games that changed my life.
Master Games 1 - a bundle that introduced me to World Soccer.
Sonic 1 - cemented my love for the pastime.
Banjo-Tooie - I became a retro gamer especially to come back to this.
Freedom Fighters - an all time favourite that got me through a turbulent coming of age.
Master Games 1 - a bundle that introduced me to World Soccer.
Sonic 1 - cemented my love for the pastime.
Banjo-Tooie - I became a retro gamer especially to come back to this.
Freedom Fighters - an all time favourite that got me through a turbulent coming of age.
I must be one of the few people who are struggling to be excited about GTA VI. I'm looking forward to Mouse PI For Hire or the new Lego Batman game more.
What 2026 #videogame release are you most excited for?
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January 12, 2026 at 9:20 PM
I must be one of the few people who are struggling to be excited about GTA VI. I'm looking forward to Mouse PI For Hire or the new Lego Batman game more.
QTP with your top N64 games
January 11, 2026 at 5:24 PM
QTP with your top N64 games
Reposted by James 🏴
🏴🏆 Wrexham have a proud giantkilling record in the FA Cup and they've done it again, beating Premier League Nottingham Forest on penalties.
The Welsh club threw away a 3-1 lead but goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo saved two Forest penalties to secure the Cupset.
The Welsh club threw away a 3-1 lead but goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo saved two Forest penalties to secure the Cupset.
January 9, 2026 at 10:39 PM
🏴🏆 Wrexham have a proud giantkilling record in the FA Cup and they've done it again, beating Premier League Nottingham Forest on penalties.
The Welsh club threw away a 3-1 lead but goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo saved two Forest penalties to secure the Cupset.
The Welsh club threw away a 3-1 lead but goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo saved two Forest penalties to secure the Cupset.
Enjoyed tracking game completions last year on here despite the interaction only being slight (that's down to my small close-knit following though) so decided to cover them again. I'll share some thoughts and reveal scores at the end of the year in usual fashion.
January 4, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Enjoyed tracking game completions last year on here despite the interaction only being slight (that's down to my small close-knit following though) so decided to cover them again. I'll share some thoughts and reveal scores at the end of the year in usual fashion.
Bully
What's the best game of 2026 so far
January 1, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Bully
MTV is officially ending all of its music channels (although I honestly don't think there's been anything decent music related on them since Michael Jackson died).
In honor of that, what's your favorite music video?
youtu.be/p1JI_GO07_I?...
In honor of that, what's your favorite music video?
youtu.be/p1JI_GO07_I?...
December 31, 2025 at 3:54 PM
MTV is officially ending all of its music channels (although I honestly don't think there's been anything decent music related on them since Michael Jackson died).
In honor of that, what's your favorite music video?
youtu.be/p1JI_GO07_I?...
In honor of that, what's your favorite music video?
youtu.be/p1JI_GO07_I?...
My top 3 games of 2025... And the worst.
If you see this, share yours 🙂
If you see this, share yours 🙂
December 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
My top 3 games of 2025... And the worst.
If you see this, share yours 🙂
If you see this, share yours 🙂
Started Bully again this year, think I might stick at it this time around.
Hope everyone has had a good day today.
Hope everyone has had a good day today.
Here's 4 games I've "saved for a special occasion" and spent different Christmas Days playing over the years, only to go back to whatever I was playing before once the day's over, and end up not coming back to them. Anyone else guilty of this?
December 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Started Bully again this year, think I might stick at it this time around.
Hope everyone has had a good day today.
Hope everyone has had a good day today.
Seeing this remindsed me of this image that keeps getting regurgitated by the Blue Tick Daves™ (IYKYK) over on Twitter, complete with "Best Video Game Of 2004?" caption. Including The Polar Express is clearly rage bait considering the games missing from the image. Burnout 3 isn't even there FFS.
December 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Seeing this remindsed me of this image that keeps getting regurgitated by the Blue Tick Daves™ (IYKYK) over on Twitter, complete with "Best Video Game Of 2004?" caption. Including The Polar Express is clearly rage bait considering the games missing from the image. Burnout 3 isn't even there FFS.
If this isn't bad enough, what you don't see here is the excessive haptic feedback the game doubtless has with EVERY screen touch and EVERY animation, while you struggle to find and navigate the settings to disable it.
So glad I grew out of that phase of playing shitty mobile games
So glad I grew out of that phase of playing shitty mobile games
In case you were wondering what it’s like to boot a free to play mobile game in 2025
December 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
If this isn't bad enough, what you don't see here is the excessive haptic feedback the game doubtless has with EVERY screen touch and EVERY animation, while you struggle to find and navigate the settings to disable it.
So glad I grew out of that phase of playing shitty mobile games
So glad I grew out of that phase of playing shitty mobile games
I just want to say thanks again for the work that went into this, especially as it transpired to be one of your more challenging requests. I really appreciate it 🙂
Order #5046
I had an order to refurbished this #PS2 slim, but it had a secret inside 🫣
Want to see how it all ended up? Check below 👇
I had an order to refurbished this #PS2 slim, but it had a secret inside 🫣
Want to see how it all ended up? Check below 👇
December 3, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I just want to say thanks again for the work that went into this, especially as it transpired to be one of your more challenging requests. I really appreciate it 🙂
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Customer mentioned the console had an ODE and said they would send the FreeMcBoot memory card, so didn't think much of it. I wasn't expecting this.
December 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Customer mentioned the console had an ODE and said they would send the FreeMcBoot memory card, so didn't think much of it. I wasn't expecting this.
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Yep, a mod to "resurrect" the IDE interface and install an IDE-2-SD adapter. Modern versions of this use a flex cable, like those by Gusse. However this one is wire-by-wire.. and is held together by hot glue 🤯
December 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Yep, a mod to "resurrect" the IDE interface and install an IDE-2-SD adapter. Modern versions of this use a flex cable, like those by Gusse. However this one is wire-by-wire.. and is held together by hot glue 🤯
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The main issue for the TLC is that the top shield cannot be released without ungluing things. Talking to the customer (who didn't know how all this was held together), we agreed I would do my best to at least try to change the thermal pads on the main chips. Easier said than done!
December 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The main issue for the TLC is that the top shield cannot be released without ungluing things. Talking to the customer (who didn't know how all this was held together), we agreed I would do my best to at least try to change the thermal pads on the main chips. Easier said than done!
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Once that was done 🥵 I moved to the fan. This one was very difficult to disassemble as well due to the metal housing, so I opted for using fine cotton buds to reach all the fan blades.
December 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Once that was done 🥵 I moved to the fan. This one was very difficult to disassemble as well due to the metal housing, so I opted for using fine cotton buds to reach all the fan blades.