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Heart of Neon
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A Scottish filmmaker living in Brooklyn NY, making a documentary about an English video game designer who lives in Wales.
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HEART OF NEON Kickstarter Backers can pre-order this CD as an Add-On in their BackerKit Backer Survey. Orders open until Aug 18th.

Not a KIckstarter Backer? Go to the HEART OF NEON Late Backer Pre-Order page..! Follow the link at www.heartofneon.com!

#cd #soundtrack #indiefilm #gamingcommunity
August 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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If you've been waiting until the last minute to back the HEART OF NEON Kickstarter, then now is the time. This is the last minute! The campaign ends tonight!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/dok...

#gamingcommunity #retrogaming #videogames #supportindiefilm
Photo of HEART OF NEON Blu-ray disc and case, with text superimposed: KICKSTARTER 12 HOURS TO GO! HEART OF NEON Last Chance to grab this collection. 2+ hours of bonus material, art sleeve by Steinar. See HEART OF NEON Kickstarter page and Discord for details
June 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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38 hours to go. Get the HEART OF NEON Blu-ray while you can. Back the Kickstarter.

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#gamingcommunity #indiefilm #retrogaming #videogames #jefffminter #llamasoft #atari
Photograph of Jeff Minter with text superimposed: “...what I love about working with Jeff is that he does it for the pure love of doing it. And that comes across in any interaction that you have with him. It always comes down to the core of what's being made and the artistic vision of it. ….that's just a great skill to have in this industry... to not be distracted by all the superfluous things, all the artifice ” Wade Rosen, CEO of Atari HEART OF NEON A Film About A Life In Video Games. Support the Kickstarter campaign, follow the link at HEARTOFNEON.COM
June 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Less than 3 DAYS to back the HEART OF NEON Blu-ray Kickstarter campaign..! Grab this unique collector's edition before the opportunity is gone.

kickstarter.com/projects/dok...

#GamingCommunity #retrogaming #videogames #indiedev #jeffminter #llamasoft
A photo of Jeff Minter with text superimposed: "'the thing about Jeff that I admire most is his singular voice and no compromise for that. He did what he wanted to do for four decades. He didn't do it for anybody else. He'd occasionally do something for Atari and do whatever, but it was still on his terms. And that's unprecedented, especially for this long. It's just a fascinating career.' Mike Mika President, DIGITAL ECLIPSE ENTERTAINMENT PARTNERS, Co. HEART OF NEON A Film About A Life In Video Games. Support the Kickstarter campaign, follow the link at HEART OF NEON.COM"
June 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Less than 4 days remain to get your copy of the HEART OF NEON collectors edition. Details about the special features in the latest #heartofneon newsletter in subscribers' inboxes now. Not on the list? Sign up @ www.heartofneon.com/#newsletter

#GamingCommunity #SupportIndieFilm #retrogaming
A stylized digital llama with a glowing red heart stands before a psychedelic maelstrom
June 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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FEWER THAN 5 DAYS TO BACK THIS!

HEART OF NEON is a unique perspective on the evolution of the video games business from the point of view of someone who never put profit before the pleasure of gaming.

kickstarter.com/projects/dok...

#gamingcommunity #RetroGaming #videogames #jeffminter #indiefilm
image of the HEART OF NEON Blu-ray disc and case, with second case behind adorned with the Steinar art sleeve. Text superimposed: KIKCSTARTER LAST 5 DAYS! HEART OF NEON Last Few Days to Grab This Collection. 2+ hours of bonus material, art sleeve by STEINAR. See HEART OF NEON Kickstarter page and Discord for details.
June 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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HEART OF NEON is a unique perspective on the evolution of the video games business from the point of view of someone who never put profit before the pleasure of gaming.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/dok...

#gamingcommunity #RetroGaming #videogames #jeffminter #llamasoft #indiefilm
A photo of Jeff Minter with superimposed text: "'I can't think of Jeff Minter without the word legend in my head. For someone to be in games for decades means you're in it for the art, you're in it for the love of it. You're not in it for the money... You just can't say, I'm doing this for the business and the business is great and that's all I care about. You really have to care about raising the bar each time. I think Jeff does that.' Harold Goldberg, Author of ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US: HOW FIFTY YEARS OF VIDEOGAMES CONQUERED POP CULTURE. HEART OF NEON A Film About A Life In Video Games. Support the Kickstarter campaign, follow the link at HEARTOFNEON.COM"
June 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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HEART OF NEON is a unique perspective on the evolution of the video games business from the point of view of someone who never put profit before the pleasure of gaming.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/dok...

#gamingcommunity #RetroGaming #videogames #jeffminter #llamasoft #indiefilm
Close up photo of Jeff Minter in profile, with superimposed text: "What makes Jeff stand out, and what for me was the whole point of the artistry when I was younger, was this notion that it’s you in the thing. It is an extension of you. It is part of you, it is part of your character, your personality, and the means of expression… That merging between [the artist] and the thing they’re doing, to the point where… there is no space between them.' Gary Penn. HEART OF NEON. A Film About A Life In Video Games. Support the Kickstarter Campaign, follow the link at HEARTOFNEON.COM
June 8, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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HEART OF NEON is a unique perspective on the evolution of the video games business from the point of view of someone who never put profit before the pleasure of gaming.

kickstarter.com/projects/dok...

#gamingcommunity #RetroGaming #videogames #jeffminter #llamasoft #indiefilm
A photo of Jeff Minter with text superimposed: " 'He often doesn't believe that people will see the value in his stuff that he feels himself... that's typical Jeff. But every now and then the world is ready for Jeff Minter...' James McCauley. HEART OF NEON A Film About A Life In Video Games. Support the Kickstarter campaign, follow the link at HEARTOFNEON.COM"
June 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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VLM ODYSSEY, the unabridged story of how Jeff brought virtual light to the world, is one of the Stretch Goals for the HEART OF NEON Blu-ray KICKSTARTER campaign. Pledge today.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/dok...

#gamingcommunity #videogames #lightsynth #jeffminter #llamasoft #heartofneon
A photograph of Jeff Minter with text superimposed: "'VLM turned into that otherworldy experience of just being piloted... Instead of you trying to fight against the game or the controls, it was just Enjoy the experience. Come along for the flight... And... I said to Jeff, this is incredible. I can't believe what you've made. This is so special. I just said thanks. Thanks for being you.' James Cope" HEART OF NEON A Film About A Life In Video Games. Support the Kickstarter campaign, follow the link at HEARTOFNEON.COM
June 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Recently I met with Stu + Leon at the GAME OLDER PODCAST to talk about all things Jeff Minter & HEART OF NEON : "From CRTs to COVID, this Bonus episode covers Paul's journey making the film. Watch now on all platforms!"

linktr.ee/gameolder2024

#gamercommunity #retrogaming #videogames #jeffminter
Photo of Jeff Minter in a field with a llama and a sheep, with a photo of Paul Docherty superimposed in the corner, and additional text: BONUS EPISODE. GAME OLDER PODCAST
June 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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HEART OF NEON is a unique perspective on the evolution of the video games business from the point of view of someone who never put profit before the pleasure of gaming.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/dok...

#gamingcommunity #RetroGaming #videogames #jeffminter #llamasoft #indiefilm
A photo of Jeff Minter with superimposed text: “ a lot of people consider ...video games should be free. And so developers have to resort to either chucking ads in everything or making it so that it's all constantly trying to milk the player for more and more consumables. You've got to keep paying and paying and paying to play the game. And to me, that is abomination. I'll never go down that route.” HEART OF NEON A Film About A Life In Video Games. Support the Kickstarter campaign, follow the link at HEARTOFNEON.COM
May 31, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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HEART OF NEON is a unique perspective on the evolution of the video games business from the point of view of someone who never put profit before the pleasure of gaming.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/dok...

#gamingcommunity #retrogaming #videogames #jeffminter #llamasoft #indiefilm
Photo of Jeff Minter at his desk, with superimposed text: “He's never given up on game design as a discipline, as a vocation. It's all very much work, but it is this peaceful kind of compromise. [Jeff’s attitude is] this is going to be the work, but I'm only going to agree to do this amount of work for something that I really love. I mean, to me, that's the ideal expression of what video games are ...turning mathematics into something you can feel.” Mike Thomsen HEART OF NEON A Film About A Life In Video Games. Support the Kickstarter campaign, follow the link at HEARTOFNEON.COM
May 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Stretch Goal #2 unlocked! Each new pledge to the HEART OF NEON crowdfunding campaign adds additional value to the Blu-ray everyone receives! See the Kickstarter page for more details.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/dok...

#gamingcommunity #retrogaming #videogames #jeffminter #llamasoft #indiefilm
A photo of Jeff Minter in extreme close-up, with text superimposed: “...in the old days, [the idea of] magic was that people could use spells and incantations to just create stuff out of nothing... We are the actual true magicians. By speaking these words of power into machines, we can actually create stuff, we can put stuff out there in the world which other people can have and use. To me the real joy is being able to do that. To get stuff out of [my brain] and actually make it exist, just by speaking this weird language is fantastic!” HEART OF NEON A Film About A Life In Video Games. Support the Kickstarter campaign, follow the link at HEARTOFNEON.COM
May 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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We're two or three pledges away from meeting our second stretch goal...

www.kickstarter.com/projects/dok...

#gamingcommunity #videogames #retrogaming #supportindiefilm #jeffminter #llamasoft
A photo of Jeff Minter laughing, with superimposed text: “This fun scene we’d started out in was… it wasn’t like it was disappearing, but it was mutating into something else. And it seemed to me that if you wanted to stay in that scene then you had to become something other than what you’d been before. And I didn’t want to become other than what I was.” HEART OF NEON A Film About A Life In Video Games. Support the Kickstarter campaign, follow the link at HEARTOFNEON.COM
May 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Last call. HEART OF NEON Early Bird deals end in two hours. Don't miss out on the discounts.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/dok...

#heartofneon #jeffminter #GamingCommunity #videogames #RETROGAMING #indiefilm
Drawing of Jeff Minter behind a giant Blu-ray disc and case, with text superimposed: KICKSTARTER EARLY BIRD DEALS END IN TWO HOURS! HEART OF NEON Back the Blu-ray Early Bird deals end tonight! See HEART OF NEON Kickstarter page and Discord for details.
May 24, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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Get yourself a discount. HEART OF NEON Early Bird deals end in 12 hours.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/dok...
Drawing of Jeff Minter behind a giant Blu-ray disc and case, with text superimosed: KICKSTARTER EARLY BIRD DEALS END IN TWELVE HOURS! HEART OF NEON Back the Blu-ray Early Bird deals end tonight! See HEART OF NEON Kickstarter page and Discord for details.
May 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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The HEART OF NEON Blu-ray Kickstarter is LIVE!

Go get yours now :

www.kickstarter.com/projects/dok...

#heartofneon #jeffminter #videogames #indiedev #retrogaming #GamingCommunity #blueskygamers
Heart of Neon blu-ray and case, with other Heart of Neon merchandise behind, and superimposed text: "KICKSTARTER LIVE NOW!!! HEART OF NEON Back The Blu-ray Thursday May 22nd. Early Bird Special Deals end May 23rd! See HEART OF NEON Kickstarter page and Discord for details."
May 22, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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Tomorrow it begins...

Take advantage of the Early Bird special discount. Sign up for immediate notification of the launch! Follow the link...

kickstarter.com/projects/dok...

#retrogaming #videogames #indiefilm #kickstarter #jeffminter #llamasoft #indiedev #documentary
Heart of Neon blu-ray and case, with other Heart of Neon merchandise behind, and superimposed text: "KICKSTARTER starts TOMORROW! HEART OF NEON Back The Blu-ray Thursday May 22nd. Early Bird Special Deals end May 23rd! See HEART OF NEON Kickstarter page and Discord for details."
May 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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David Bowie points a gun at Candy Clarke, who seems to be trying to lick it.
May 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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The fun starts in less than 2 DAYS..! Sign up for notifications of the Kickstarter launch

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line art of Jeff Minter surrounded by video game elements, with superimposed text: "KICKSTARTER STARTS IN TWO DAYS! A Documentary About The Exceptional History of Jeff Minter and Llamasoft. HEART OF NEON Back The Blu-ray Thursday May 22nd. Early Bird Special Deals end May 23rd! See HEART OF NEON Kickstarter page and Discord for details."
May 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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1 WEEK TO THE LAUNCH OF THE HEART OF NEON KICKSTARTER! This & ZZAP! LIVE 2025 in the latest #heartofneon newsletter in subscribers' inboxes now!
Not on the list? Sign up at www.heartofneon.com/#newsletter today

#jeffminter #llamasoft #indiefilm #Kickstarter #videogames #retrogaming
The HEART OF NEON Blu-ray and case in front of an exploding digital llama emerging from a psychedelic tesseract.
May 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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A hand drawn portrait of Jeff Minter looking meditative while a digital explosion of video game love happens behind him
May 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Here we go! #heartofneon Blu-ray announced! HoN @ Zzap! Live 2025! Substack & THE SHROUDS! This & more in the HoN newsletter in inboxes now! Not on the list? Sign up at heartofneon.com#newsletter

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The Heart of Neon blu-ray disc and case depicted floating over a digital llama's silhouette standing in front of a psychedelic maelstrom
May 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Tomorrow 10am US/ 3pm UK
See you in the comments : )
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Stylised llama posing in front of a psychedelic maelstrom, with superimposed text: "HEART OF NEON LLAMATHON Tuesday April 22nd 2025 Begins 10am US/ 3pm UK. Llamasoft gameplay livestream. YouTube.com/@heartofneon/streams Heart of Neon Celebrates the birthday of Jeff Minter with a 6-hour livestream featuring gameplay from select Llamasoft titles including IRIDIS ALPHA, LLAMATRON, POLYBIUS, SPACE GIRAFFE and many more!"
April 22, 2025 at 3:03 AM