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Jer
@whydoisay.bsky.social
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Indie gamedev, former Agetec, former EA long ago. Electronic musician. Space age Cecil Harvey. NB they/them. Made When There Is No More Snow, a retro text mode visual novel.

My games: https://whydoisay.itch.io/
My music: https://violencemars.bandcamp.com/
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Jer @whydoisay.bsky.social · Oct 17
I'm a former '00s pro gamedev (Armored Core 2, Eternal Ring, EverGrace, RPG Maker, Sims 2, etc), current indie: whydoisay.itch.io

Punk gone electronic musician: violencemars.bandcamp.com

Did the anime/cult movie podcast Destroy All Podcasts for 9 years! I rip tapes and write threads!

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Jeremy W. Kaufmann
whydoisay.itch.io
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alienmelon.bsky.social
bluesuburbia got this amazing mention in an article talking about Next Level festival, where it was showcased recently 🎉
akduell.org/next-level-d...
“The game moved me more emotionally than I had expected. The format is particularly exciting because it makes literature playable and tangible.” 😊💕🙏
NEXT LEVEL: Die Game-Ausstellung im Künstlerhaus Dortmund – Die studentische Monatszeitung der UDE
akduell.org
February 7, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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yoshimiru-hoshi.bsky.social
The NES game “MetalSladerGlory”.
After being given the go-ahead by Mr. Satoru Iwata, development of the game began in earnest.
I wrote the rest of the game scenario first, and HAL Labs built the program to realize the game system I had conceived.

#pixelart #NES
November 23, 2024 at 3:08 PM
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hyakushiki0087.bsky.social
Oh my god that's where Shatter got hit with a boat!!! #transformers

I still find it insane this was filmed this close to where I live and I never knew that
The empty dry dock at the Mare Island naval shipyard The same dry dock as the first picture, except taken facing the ocean directly My boyfriend taking a picture of his Bumblebee toy at the dry dock
February 7, 2026 at 8:27 PM
whydoisay.bsky.social
Cc @madamcrime.bsky.social
chaputranslations.bsky.social Chapu @chaputranslations.bsky.social · 16h
IT'S COMING!

I'm stoked to announce the upcoming English translation patch for the PS1 Lovecraft-inspired horror RPG "Ningyo no rakuin", now named "The Curse of Ogaeritō"!

ETA? When It's Done™ (soon!)

Stay tuned for more updates!

#NingyoNoRakuin
#FanTranslation
#PS1
#Retrogaming
February 7, 2026 at 10:03 PM
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magentaskull.bsky.social
CGS7 on now!!
LOOK AT THIS LINEUP
February 7, 2026 at 9:18 PM
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rifftrax.com
Ever wondered how the @mst3kofficial.bsky.social planet spins? Kevin is here to give you the inside scoop! rifftraxmakesmst3k.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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triple-q.bsky.social
The Oregon Trail predates Rogue by 9 years, therefore all roguelikes are technically Oregon-likes
February 7, 2026 at 9:41 AM
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cmdrsho.bsky.social
Legacy of Wizard ranked 21st in popularity for its music among all 1,050 Japanese NES titles in an official Nintendo survey.
@yuzokoshiro, aged 19 at the time, composed the game's music without using an expansion sound chip.
February 7, 2026 at 8:41 AM
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allcityslopshop.com
from Hamster's stream, some photos of the Cool Boarders team at UEP Systems circa '96, which was 6 devs at most (not counting outsourced helpers)—all but one of em came fresh out of school with zero practical experience, but somehow managed to make Cool Boarders from scratch in ~6 months
February 6, 2026 at 1:35 PM
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billcorbett.bsky.social
I chatted with @mattmcneilshow.bsky.social about the new MST3K episodes (fun!) plus life here in Minnesota right now with thousands of fascist losers running wild (less fun).
February 7, 2026 at 4:49 AM
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Make My Video series for Sega CD
Source: Mega Play Vol. 4, No. 2 (April 1993)
Scan Source: RetroMags

#retrogaming #sega
Make My Video series for Sega CD
February 7, 2026 at 7:00 AM
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sudden-desu.net
Perhaps you've seen (and felt a burning desire to own) this set of cels from the Sonic CD opening animation. But what's the story behind it? 🧵
February 7, 2026 at 6:58 AM
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retrohistories.bsky.social
Via @ftb1979.bsky.social and @katewillaert.bsky.social, digitised from a VHS tape of an August 2000 Daria marathon and uploaded to YouTube over Christmas... here, after 25 years, is Ulala's VMA appearance:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HwW...
(August, 2000) Space Channel 5 MTV Awards Dance Video of The Year Nominees Commercial
YouTube video by VHS Archival
www.youtube.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:06 AM
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mrtalida.bsky.social
We finally have a photo of the previously unseen Zelda 1 art on display at the Nintendo Museum.

The cartouche in the top right, subtitled "THE MAP OF HYRULE," depicts 3 fairy/goddess figures unfolding a cloth (making the world?). Miyamoto's signature is on the bottom right.
February 7, 2026 at 7:39 AM
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tokugifs.bsky.social
Taiyou Sentai Sun Vulcan (1981)
Episode 6
February 7, 2026 at 7:25 AM
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shanewatch.bsky.social
February 7, 2026 at 2:38 AM
whydoisay.bsky.social
Indiepocalypse rules! The best video games?? Probably!!
pizzapranks.bsky.social Andrew | BUY INDIEPOCALYPSE ➡️ PAX East @pizzapranks.bsky.social · 1d
Starting off it's 6th year of bringing you monthly highlights of the more unexplored corners of indie games, it's Indiepocalypse #73!

-10 curated games for $15!
-Zine!
-Newly commissioned game by @cmi.bsky.social

-Cover by @alexsiple.bsky.social

pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-73
February 7, 2026 at 1:12 AM
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spacecoyote.com
Guile... Guinan... Guilenan
A drawing of Guile from Street Fighter and Guinan from Star Trek TNG in a crouched fighting stance side-by-side, showing the similarity between Guile's hair shape and Guinan's hat shape
February 6, 2026 at 9:15 PM
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michaelklamerus.bsky.social
My latest indie game roundup featuring experimental tabletop and video games, and just other games that I thought were cool

virtualmoose.org/2026/02/06/i...
low res first person view of a piano conversation with people with one saying "Game Over Babe!" another panel saying "After too many letdowns," and a man saying "You are fired!" and a guy saying "where's my taco shop!?" and a final panel with text saying "Fed up with U corp-like power, Clark enlisted in R.A.B.I.T.: Rebels Against Big Tech" low res black and white image of a pinball table isometric view of a guy fighting a green monster in a dungeon
February 6, 2026 at 10:15 PM
whydoisay.bsky.social
Yeah you should pop in tomorrow for some of the coolest music you ever heard and some of the coolest visuals you've ever seen!
headlessbloodidol.bsky.social HEADLESS BLOOD IDOL @headlessbloodidol.bsky.social · 7d
[ NEXT EVENT ] 🎉
JOIN US FOR OUR ANNIVERSARY
HBI started concerts FEB 5, 2001!!

since then--
100+ artists platformed, 24 VODs
Over a PETABYTE of data served
$2,000 raised for charity 🫶

so how else could we celebrate????
CONCERT MARATHON!! ALL DAY

DISCORD - SATURDAY, FEB 7th!
#headlessbloodidol
February 6, 2026 at 10:35 PM
whydoisay.bsky.social
You should listen to pj's amazing music on this fine Bandcamp Friday!
pjpriiincess.itch.io pjpriiincess🏳️‍⚧️🇧🇸 @pjpriiincess.itch.io · Dec 19
tarihornova.bandcamp.com/album/the-gl...

you can also listen and or buy it over on his bc page :3
February 6, 2026 at 10:34 PM
whydoisay.bsky.social
Oh hey, check out my music for bandcamp Friday!

violencemars.bandcamp.com

#music #electronicmusic
Burning Mansions, by Violence Mars and Vantana Row
track by Violence Mars and Vantana Row
violencemars.bandcamp.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:18 PM
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sean.zimmerit.moe
I've slowly been working on series of article tracing the history of Heavy Gear, the VOTOMS-influenced tabletop game that arrived in 1995 and still exists today. The game's origins lay with a couple of early anime magazines, Protoculture Addicts and Mecha Press.

www.zimmerit.moe/protoculture...
Mecha from Montreal, A History of Heavy Gear Ch. I: Protoculture Addicts & Mecha Press
Wearing its VOTOMS influence on its sleeve, the tabletop game Heavy Gear rose to prominence in the late ’90s. It had come, albeit indirectly, out of foundations laid in 1987 by a handful of C…
www.zimmerit.moe
February 6, 2026 at 6:29 PM
whydoisay.bsky.social
Ooo this is a great opportunity! Liz rules and this music rules, too! Jump on it!
hellvalleyskytrees.bsky.social hellvalleyskytrees @hellvalleyskytrees.bsky.social · 1d
hey #bandcampfriday peeps! i finally got into my stripe account, so today is the last day you can get my full discography for free, i recommend checking out the psychedelic rock Sad Valley Sky King albums i made with my (local 1980's guitar hero) dad. the mixes ain't all great, but the songs are!
hellvalleyskytrees.bsky.social hellvalleyskytrees @hellvalleyskytrees.bsky.social · Oct 3
rather than try to figure out the password of my old stripe account on the off chance someone tried to buy something for bandcamp friday, I'm making everything free until I move to ampwall. have at it! hellvalleyskytrees.bandcamp.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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philsalv.bsky.social
Going through the 1995 E3 Show Dailies. There are some amazing trade-only ads in these that I don't know have ever been reproduced
An ad featuring PlayStation's original mascot, Polygon Man. About the PlayStation, he says, "It was invented to make up for all that other stuff that sucks." An ad for the Atari Jaguar directed at retailers. The headline reads: "We put the GROSS in your income" next to a picture from a violent shooter.
February 6, 2026 at 12:23 AM