Xandot Oaster
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Xandot Oaster
@xandotoaster.bsky.social
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(He/They) Scrabble for the Sony Playstation is genuinely an extremely fun speedrun, and I feel sad that more people don't appreciate that
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So, today I'm announcing a new book project... and doing a call for papers: crpgbook.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/t...

It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.

Please share :)
The Video Game History Expansion Pack – Pitch your story
Today I’m putting my money where my mouth is and launching a new project — a book focused on game history outside of the usual North American perspectives.
crpgbook.wordpress.com
Please let's all add "I can't understand these programmers who spend a year on their games" to the great canon of gamedev quotes
Ocean's game of Rambo: First Blood Part II was, like many a Christmas hit, made in a hurry. "I can't understand these programmers who sepnd a year on their games" said programmer Tony Pomfret.

www.superchartisland.com/rambo-first-blood-part-ii
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Over the last two months on my blog, I've written about the history of each of the nine computer games to reach #1 in UK sales charts during 1985.

Here is a thread with links to those posts, plus one thing I learned for each of them

www.superchartisland.com
I haven't heard of LLMs helping with executive dysfunction. If you don't mind my asking, what are some ways AI can help with that?
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Trying to make a sequel that is "everything from the first game but better" feels like a really risky move. If anything, I think it might be good to purposely leave in some reasons for people to prefer one over the other.
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how do spyro 100% runners do it, man. if I did a whole level and was a single gem short I would be apoplectic. i would set a hex upon the insomniac offices that consigns them to an even worse fate than making marvel shit for all eternity

but those guys just handle it. it's so easy to miss a gem too
Coming out of the first reactor, in that first screen where you see Aerith, there's a poster on a wall that flows in the wind

I've played the start of this game 3 or 4 times now, at least, and I never noticed that before
I got a Japanese copy of Final Fantasy 7 last weekend, and tried playing a little bit of it yesterday

It's really fun to play a game where you can't understand anything that's going on, forcing all your focus onto the things you can understand, like the environment and music

What a beautiful game
Wild to think this game came out more than a decade ago. Even if I don't play it much anymore, my life would look very different if I hadn't ever gotten into it. My time speedrunning would have been totally different. I wouldn't have met many of my closest friends. Complete alternate timeline.
TEN++ is a big thank you to everyone who has played the game and supported us over the years -- you rock! Check out this amazing video community member abho made for us to help celebrate: www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8gs...
Happy 10th Anniversary, N++!
YouTube video by metanetsoftware
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WHEN THERE’S TREASURE BEHIND THE WATERFALL: Oh wow. Yes, very clever! Waterfall treasure! No one’s ever done that before. Lazy jackass

WHEN THERE’S NO TREASURE BEHIND THE WATERFALL: Wow. Too stuck-up to put treasure there huh? Too much of a fucking ICONOCLAST for that? Piece of shit. FUCK you
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Check out Fall Fest from the @slightlyfurry.bsky.social Taproom in Seattle this Thurs-Sat to watch the event and participate in their charity drive to help us support Trans Lifeline! As a bonus, on Saturday, they will be hosting @killingpepsi.bsky.social 's run of Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts LIVE!
As someone who almost never buys new books and generally tries to avoid Amazon, is there a particular website you'd recommend purchasing this from? Or are local bookstores gonna be a better option than any website?
In particular, when you say, "I wanted to apologize," and later when you say, "From my perspective as a journalist," followed by Chastity starting again with "It's 2025." Unless I'm forgetting others, I think those were the only times.
I liked the interview, but the transcript has some errors that make it kind of a confusing read. In particular, it misses when the speaker changes a few times. If I wasn't listening along while reading, it would have been unclear who was talking and what point was being made at those times.
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When @aceottorney.bsky.social first told me about this I said "this could change people's lives and stop developers from getting exploited" and having seen the final resource, I think I was not wrong. I'd call it a must-bookmark for indie devs.
Proud to announce Deviant Legal’s Game Developer’s Guide to Publishing Agreements: a free resource for developers wanting to learn about publishing deals. Publicly accessible, without requiring to provide your data: deviantlegal.com/guide/game-d...
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My new open world precision "batformer" Vampire's Best Friend is out now on Steam and itch with a 10% launch discount!

Vampire hunters are after a mischievous vampire girl, and it's up to her pet bat to save the day!
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Finally, a real speed tech
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Give folks their flowers

No, I mean right now. Go tell someone you loved their work right now. They're on social media just say it, it has never been easier

"They know how much people love--" no they don't go say it right now to a composer or artist or game dev or writer or anyone AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
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Waypoint is live 🚀

Nearly a year in the making — a custom-curated calendar for indie games, updated every few days with new gems.

Every game since June 2024 (and more) is already in there. We’re building in public, and your feedback will shape it.

👉 waypoint.indieformer.com
It's a real hidden gem
PS2
Scaler

Uncovering his neighbor's evil plot to take over the universe with an army of mutant lizards, Bobby "Scaler" Johnson is is transported to another dimension and transformed into a lizard.

Info:
psxdatacenter.com/psx2/games2/...

#ps2 #psx #retrogame #playstation #Scaler #A2M