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Felipe Pepe @felipepepe.bsky.social · 5d

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

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Xandot Oaster @xandotoaster.bsky.social · 6d

bug yeah

Speedrun World Records @speedrunwr.bluesky.bot · 6d

A Bug's Life - Any% [PC] in 16:47 (No Loads) by Destabilize

www.speedrun.com

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Xandot Oaster @xandotoaster.bsky.social · 8d

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

Iain Mew @superchartisland.com · 8d

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

A scan of a Commodore User preview of Rambo. "We work very fast, I can't understand these programmers who spend a year on their games - it'd bore us senseless. Roland Rat took three weeks."

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Iain Mew @superchartisland.com · 8d

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

An edited screenshot of Alien 8 showing details of its release and when it reached UK #1 (February 1985)

An edited screenshot of The Way of the Exploding Fist showing details of its release and when it reached UK #1 (July 1985)

An edited screenshot of Monty on the Run showing details of its release and when it reached UK #1 (November 1985)

An edited screenshot of Commando for the Commodore 64 showing details of its release and when it reached UK #1 (November 1985)

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Xandot Oaster @xandotoaster.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you

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Xandot Oaster @xandotoaster.bsky.social · 15d

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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Kyle Labriola @kylelabriola.bsky.social · 17d

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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Punchy @punchystream.bsky.social · 18d

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

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Xandot Oaster @xandotoaster.bsky.social · 18d

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

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Xandot Oaster @xandotoaster.bsky.social · 18d

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

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Metanet Software Inc. @metanetsoftware.com · 19d

It's time! Today we're celebrating N++'s 10th Anniversary, aka TEN++, with style -- a fancy free update to the game and a Daily Deal on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/230270/N...

Save 75% on N++ (NPLUSPLUS) on Steam

N++ is a fast-paced, momentum-based platformer about darting around obstacles, narrowly evading enemies and collecting gold in a beautiful minimalist landscape.

store.steampowered.com

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Xandot Oaster @xandotoaster.bsky.social · 19d

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.

Metanet Software Inc. @metanetsoftware.com · 19d

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

www.youtube.com

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Stella Sacco @antlervel.vet · 20d

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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Team Fastest Furs @fastestfurs.com · 24d

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!

A promotional image for the Fastest Furs Fall Fest 2025 Watch Party and Donation Drive at Slightly Furry Taproom!

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Xandot Oaster @xandotoaster.bsky.social · 25d

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?

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Muzgrob @muzgrob.bsky.social · 27d

Did some content editing for the wonderful Righteous Vow series of books for #Shadowdark. If you want to pick up a copy you can pre-order here! righteous-vow-3.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...

Or if you want to pick up some of the prior volumes, you can do so here! www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...

Pre-order Righteous Vow 3: A RPG Zine for Old School Gaming on BackerKit

170+ page, oversized zine packed with monsters, magic, & mercenaries, and compatible with Shadowdark RPG! Get your orders in now to receive stretch goals from the Kickstarter! (While supplies last)

righteous-vow-3.backerkit.com

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Xandot Oaster @xandotoaster.bsky.social · 27d

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.

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Xandot Oaster @xandotoaster.bsky.social · 27d

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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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 27d

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.

René Otto @aceottorney.bsky.social · 27d

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...

An image about the game developer's guide to publishing agreements feauturing otto the otter

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sink @sinksadventure.bsky.social · 28d

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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Rui @rui2pop.bsky.social · Oct 2

Finally, a real speed tech

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Alanna Smith @alannamode.bsky.social · Sep 29

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

Murlin @murlin.bsky.social · Sep 29

From bravewave.net/interviews/t...

Mo: Do you remember the first time you met someone who said they loved your work on Mega Man 2?

Tateishi: You’re the first, in 2013. No one else has.

Mo: Wow. I’m surprised. I don’t even have a follow-up question… how could no one come up and say something.

Tateishi: …

Mo: Now that you know how big Mega Man 2 is outside of Japan, do you look fondly back at the soundtrack?

Tateishi: Yeah, my thoughts have changed since I met you and became more aware of how people felt. But even when I was at Konami, I didn’t even bother telling anyone I did Mega Man 2. So the fact you came all the way to Japan to tell me these things makes me very happy I worked on the game all those years ago.

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Xandot Oaster @xandotoaster.bsky.social · Sep 29

Screenshot from the Simpsons of Krusty at a press conference. A reporter asks, "But Krusty, why now? Why not 20 years ago?"

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Indieformer @indieformer.com · Sep 26

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

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Xandot Oaster @xandotoaster.bsky.social · Sep 25

It's a real hidden gem

Playstation Datacenter @psxdatacenter.bsky.social · Sep 25

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

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