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Damiano Gerli
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Gaming historian / digital archeologist @ https://genesistemple.com Ex-music critic / Twitch streamer/podcaster - https://www.twitch.tv/thegenesistemple Support https://www.patreon.com/thegenesistemple / https://ko-fi.com/thegenesistemple
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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · Jul 11
I thought it was time to make a Twitch trailer, a selection of the kind of crap that I take on stream, random singing / laughter / bad jokes / banging the keyboard / dying inside.
Plus the song everyone loves.
All this and very much less on www.twitch.tv/thegenesiste...
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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 4h
What's worse than a nightmare? TWO.
Tonight I'm playing Nightmare on Elm Street NES + DOS back to back, to see which one will break me faster and make me its bitch.
9.30 PM on www.twitch.tv/thegenesiste...
Gloveless Freddy on NES Freddy with glove on DOS
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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 4h
What's worse than a nightmare? TWO.
Tonight I'm playing Nightmare on Elm Street NES + DOS back to back, to see which one will break me faster and make me its bitch.
9.30 PM on www.twitch.tv/thegenesiste...
Gloveless Freddy on NES Freddy with glove on DOS
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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 6h
That artstyle reminds me of the Zorro GBC game, which is probably worse than the Capstone DOS one. Quite the tall order.
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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 14h
It is apparently one of my most popular articles (*sigh*) so, in case you were ever curious about the PC-98 horror series Dead of the Brain, I did a little write-up a couple of years ago on these two cult classic VN titles.
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Dead of the Brain 1 & 2 - The Nightmare Never Ends
Horror PC-98 adventures Dead of the Brain 1 and 2 were developed by a company specialised in erotic games. But are they a decent proposition?
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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 8h
I confess to using "winos" several times on my last few streams because an adventure game from 1984 reminded me of the existence of that word.
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5uki5en5or @5uki5en5or.bsky.social · Apr 29
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Just pirate it
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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 9h
Hang on to your bones
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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 13h
Also I'm going to play the newly translated Dead of the Brain 2 on stream next week so it'll be time to update the article for sure. www.twitch.tv/thegenesiste...
TheGenesisTemple - Twitch
Italian gaming historian, researcher and professional blasphemer.I stream in English and focus on weird obscure games/software from 80/90s, mostly on Wednesday / Friday / Sunday.
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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 14h
It is apparently one of my most popular articles (*sigh*) so, in case you were ever curious about the PC-98 horror series Dead of the Brain, I did a little write-up a couple of years ago on these two cult classic VN titles.
genesistemple.com/dead-of-the-...
Dead of the Brain 1 & 2 - The Nightmare Never Ends
Horror PC-98 adventures Dead of the Brain 1 and 2 were developed by a company specialised in erotic games. But are they a decent proposition?
genesistemple.com
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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 14h
That face was a 100% giveaway
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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 1d
Who knew computer sales in the 80s could be sexy?
Cover of Computer Sex Input with a lady in a sexy (?) dress hanging out on a sofa
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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 1d
Short and sexy circuit
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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 1d
They're at least six months late
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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 1d
Well, they might play the "oh we didn't know he was LIKE THIS" card, but it's a bit too late I think, especially after backpedaling on the charity.
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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 1d
Who knew computer sales in the 80s could be sexy?
Cover of Computer Sex Input with a lady in a sexy (?) dress hanging out on a sofa
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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 1d
Yep that's all the game has to offer
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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 1d
...we have discussed this with the author and found that kicking puppies MIGHT ACTUALLY BE...
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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 1d
That's like me hearing at 10 "games will make kids violent" and hearing that same crap thirty years later
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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 1d
Rushing to donate everything to charities then backing up is a very bad business decision, whichever way you spin it
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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 1d
He really does sound very sorry, doesn't he?
Moses beat "cancel culture"
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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 1d
So if he hadn't apologized for his comments, the author would have been fine with donating 100% of his royalties, but now that he has, there's no need to do that anymore and he can happily keep them since he has, and I quote, "beat cancel culture".
Huh.
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Bitmap Books @bitmapbooks.com · 2d
Monday 6th October 2025 Dear supporters of Bitmap Books, Although I stand by the fact that Moses’ comments were ill-advised and insensitive, the whole thing blew up and was made much bigger than it needed to be. Moses has publicly apologised for any offence caused, as has the original poster of the comments who did not intend to cause this much trouble. I do not feel that this warrants an author losing his livelihood and ruining years of hard work to produce the book. Despite multiple accusations to the contrary, Moses freely agreed to donate his royalties to charity. There was no coercion from me, however we both recognise that due to an increasingly stressful situation that decisions were rushed on both sides. I’m pleased to say that Moses and I have spoken again today, we stand together, and have agreed that he will receive 100% of his royalties. Maybe I was hasty in my response, and I’m happy to admit to that. At the time I sincerely thought I was doing the right thing to diffuse an increasingly difficult situation. I will commit to donating all company profits from this first print run to the charity, Special Effect. The bottom line is that is that Moses has apologised for his original comments, and will now be paid the royalties that are rightfully his. Moses and myself have received a large amount of personal abuse and threats over the past few days. We hope that this statement will bring some closure to what has happened. Sam Dyer, founder of Bitmap Books
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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 2d
Circus Fighters is a 1-vs-1 fighting game with two circus-like mechs and... That's it, I literally know NOTHING else about it. Infogrames is mentioned. Is that real? Doubt it.
It was released around 1997... wait, "released"? Was it sold? Is it a proof of concept? I can't find anything.
Two mechs going up against one another Winning a match in Circus Fighters
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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 2d
I still don't think Infogrames had anything to do with this, but I also wonder why it was on a Warez cd to begin with
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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 2d
I'd chuckle
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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 2d
Tagging @abdw.fr cause I don't know what else to do hah
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