Eclectic Elf
@eclecticlee.bsky.social
Old geek of many interests including classic video games, comic books, & funny music. Also a pack rat posting items from his hoard. He/him.
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Eclectic Elf
@eclecticlee.bsky.social
· Oct 22
I've revised my bio, but don't have a pinned post, so here we go. Nostalgic child of the '80s specifically into Atari 2600, Atari Force, the Funny Music Project (FuMP), the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Pac-Man Fever, Rom the Spaceknight, Star Trek, Star Wars, theater organ, Weird Al, and more.
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All of us at GenXGrownUp would like you wish you a very nerdy Christmas! May Santa bring you all the coolest gaming & tech gadgets on your wishlist! 🎅🎄🎁
December 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
All of us at GenXGrownUp would like you wish you a very nerdy Christmas! May Santa bring you all the coolest gaming & tech gadgets on your wishlist! 🎅🎄🎁
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The original sequel to Santa vs. Darkseid, now with brand new fancy colouring! Sunday Funnies!
December 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The original sequel to Santa vs. Darkseid, now with brand new fancy colouring! Sunday Funnies!
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All I want for Christmas is…a painting of a mouse riding a lobster.
Christmas cards during the Victorian Era tended to be rather unusual, reflecting an offbeat sense of humor before Christmas iconography had solidified into what it is today.
Let’s shake this tree down. 🧵⬇️
Christmas cards during the Victorian Era tended to be rather unusual, reflecting an offbeat sense of humor before Christmas iconography had solidified into what it is today.
Let’s shake this tree down. 🧵⬇️
December 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
All I want for Christmas is…a painting of a mouse riding a lobster.
Christmas cards during the Victorian Era tended to be rather unusual, reflecting an offbeat sense of humor before Christmas iconography had solidified into what it is today.
Let’s shake this tree down. 🧵⬇️
Christmas cards during the Victorian Era tended to be rather unusual, reflecting an offbeat sense of humor before Christmas iconography had solidified into what it is today.
Let’s shake this tree down. 🧵⬇️
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
December 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
search your camera roll for “hell”
December 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
search your camera roll for “hell”
Oh, Dave has a point there. Never *had* an AOL e-mail address, but did "use" them by sending. So 19 for me. (I never slept in a water bed.)
December 17, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Oh, Dave has a point there. Never *had* an AOL e-mail address, but did "use" them by sending. So 19 for me. (I never slept in a water bed.)
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Jane Austen used 'however' at the beginning of a sentence, and so can you.
December 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Jane Austen used 'however' at the beginning of a sentence, and so can you.
Went back to the shop with more time to look and found a couple more DC comics with Atari inserts. Both were on my list of possibilities already, I just overlooked them before.
However, I learned that I don't want DC issues from Dec 1981. Those inserts aren't Atari.
bsky.app/profile/ecle...
However, I learned that I don't want DC issues from Dec 1981. Those inserts aren't Atari.
bsky.app/profile/ecle...
December 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Went back to the shop with more time to look and found a couple more DC comics with Atari inserts. Both were on my list of possibilities already, I just overlooked them before.
However, I learned that I don't want DC issues from Dec 1981. Those inserts aren't Atari.
bsky.app/profile/ecle...
However, I learned that I don't want DC issues from Dec 1981. Those inserts aren't Atari.
bsky.app/profile/ecle...
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It's a cancer: it just keeps spreading until we kill it.
December 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It's a cancer: it just keeps spreading until we kill it.
Two months ago I became aware of these DC inserts thanks to Aaron. I have very few pre-Crisis DC comics, so I, a 1980s Atari enthusiast, missed out.
I managed to find a list of issues—no idea of it's complete or not—and eventually got to my local comic shop to see what they had. 1/2
I managed to find a list of issues—no idea of it's complete or not—and eventually got to my local comic shop to see what they had. 1/2
December 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Two months ago I became aware of these DC inserts thanks to Aaron. I have very few pre-Crisis DC comics, so I, a 1980s Atari enthusiast, missed out.
I managed to find a list of issues—no idea of it's complete or not—and eventually got to my local comic shop to see what they had. 1/2
I managed to find a list of issues—no idea of it's complete or not—and eventually got to my local comic shop to see what they had. 1/2
#StarWarsSunday Marvel Special Edition Featuring Star Wars #2. It's treasury sized, but it's not officially part of that series. It contains the last three (of six) issues of the original Star Wars comic adaptation. Front and back cover art by Howard Chaykin and Tony deZuniga.
December 14, 2025 at 9:12 PM
#StarWarsSunday Marvel Special Edition Featuring Star Wars #2. It's treasury sized, but it's not officially part of that series. It contains the last three (of six) issues of the original Star Wars comic adaptation. Front and back cover art by Howard Chaykin and Tony deZuniga.
#RandomGameSaturday Confession: Most of my games have gone unplayed for years. I bought this copy of BMX Airmaster new from post-Crash toy store stock in the late '80s. Now it has actiplaque. (Does anyone still use that term? I'll explain in the follow up.) I didn't realize this had happened. ☹️ 1/2
December 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
#RandomGameSaturday Confession: Most of my games have gone unplayed for years. I bought this copy of BMX Airmaster new from post-Crash toy store stock in the late '80s. Now it has actiplaque. (Does anyone still use that term? I'll explain in the follow up.) I didn't realize this had happened. ☹️ 1/2
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My love for em dashes is as old as the hills and as mighty as my inability to make a transition between thoughts literally any other way and I will be damned if I let the clankers take that from me
December 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
My love for em dashes is as old as the hills and as mighty as my inability to make a transition between thoughts literally any other way and I will be damned if I let the clankers take that from me
See, news media? You don't have to leave details out to write a headline that makes you want to read more.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
December 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
See, news media? You don't have to leave details out to write a headline that makes you want to read more.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#WeirdAlWednesday UHF was my transition ALbum. Previously I'd bought Weird Al on vinyl, but this one I got on cassette. 1/2
December 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
#WeirdAlWednesday UHF was my transition ALbum. Previously I'd bought Weird Al on vinyl, but this one I got on cassette. 1/2
If you see this, post a comics cover you love.
December 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM
If you see this, post a comics cover you love.
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Just want to note that ET came out in December, making it concurrent to the crash taking place but not a “cause”
On this day in 1982, Warner Communications announced it had adjusted its guidance regarding its earnings for the year - primarily due to the issues faced by its Atari Inc. subsidiary.
Tech stocks plummeted the next day, signalling the Market's start of the Video Game Crash.
Tech stocks plummeted the next day, signalling the Market's start of the Video Game Crash.
December 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Just want to note that ET came out in December, making it concurrent to the crash taking place but not a “cause”
#StarWarsSunday Marvel Special Edition Featuring Star Wars #1. It's treasury sized, but it's not officially part of that series. It contains the first three issues of the original Star Wars series, which is half the comic adaptation. Front and back cover art by Rick Hoberg & Dave Cockrum.
December 8, 2025 at 4:10 AM
#StarWarsSunday Marvel Special Edition Featuring Star Wars #1. It's treasury sized, but it's not officially part of that series. It contains the first three issues of the original Star Wars series, which is half the comic adaptation. Front and back cover art by Rick Hoberg & Dave Cockrum.
This is a cool story. I'm glad there are people preserving photo booths. (The text is just a summary. Listen for the full story.)
As analog tech becomes vintage, photo booths are making a comeback. Manhattan’s photo booth museum offers a glimpse into where they started.
The photographer keeping the art of analog photo booths alive
After 15 years of finding and fixing old booths, Breanna Conley Saxon has opened a photo booth museum in Manhattan.
www.marketplace.org
December 7, 2025 at 12:49 PM
This is a cool story. I'm glad there are people preserving photo booths. (The text is just a summary. Listen for the full story.)
#RandomGameSaturday Personal Arcade: Volume One for Windows 95 was released in 1997. Despite the title, it does not contain arcade games, but rather ten Colecovision non-arcade ports. This collection has an entry on MobyGames, but lacks scans, so I need to take care of that.
![Personal Arcade: Volume One box front
"Requires Windows 95"
"10 Classic Arcade Games" [No, they're not.]
Shows boxes for the Colecovision versions of Beamrider, Nova Blast, River Raid, and Pitfall! All were originally by Activision except Nova Blast, which was by Imagic. Except by this point (1997), Activision owned the old Imagic properties.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:g7urlejksjijttlg5bxglezs/bafkreiew7i5ue6yd2ny3et62nqqx2bzxcxotimuee2gvuev32u32sanwfq@jpeg)
December 6, 2025 at 5:44 PM
#RandomGameSaturday Personal Arcade: Volume One for Windows 95 was released in 1997. Despite the title, it does not contain arcade games, but rather ten Colecovision non-arcade ports. This collection has an entry on MobyGames, but lacks scans, so I need to take care of that.
While we're on the subject, Seitz is pronounced like "sites."
December 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
While we're on the subject, Seitz is pronounced like "sites."
I need to do this.
🚨 VINTAGE SHRINKWRAP PSA 🚨
⚠️ Sealed boxes are a horrible idea for preservation.
📜 You will destroy the thing you got by keeping it sealed as the shrink bows the box inwards crushing it.
ℹ️ Buy a pack of acid free bags or poly sheets or even record sleeves, to put your prized game into.
⚠️ Sealed boxes are a horrible idea for preservation.
📜 You will destroy the thing you got by keeping it sealed as the shrink bows the box inwards crushing it.
ℹ️ Buy a pack of acid free bags or poly sheets or even record sleeves, to put your prized game into.
December 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I need to do this.
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Change a letter, ruin a game:
Sac-Man
Sac-Man
Change a letter, ruin a game:
Dorm
Dorm
Change a letter, ruin a game:
Will Wright's Spork
Will Wright's Spork
December 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Change a letter, ruin a game:
Sac-Man
Sac-Man
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30 years ago today, Netscape announced a new programming language, one that emerged from a frantic, week-and-a-half-long sprint. It ended up sticking around far longer than anyone could've expected.
In 1995, a Netscape employee wrote a hack in 10 days that now runs the Internet
Thirty years later, JavaScript is the glue that holds the interactive web together, warts and all.
arstechnica.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
30 years ago today, Netscape announced a new programming language, one that emerged from a frantic, week-and-a-half-long sprint. It ended up sticking around far longer than anyone could've expected.
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if you didn’t know the facts the true statement “the best-selling game of all time in 1985 went over 40 years without a rerelease” would be absolutely shocking, given our culture’s love of nostalgia (and/or love of reselling any old thing with name value)
Both a best-seller and infamous, industry-shaking failure, Pac-Man's Atari 2600 port was recently rereleased for the first—and second—times. www.avclub.com/atari-2600-p...
Rereleased after 43 years, this infamous Atari 2600 game is a brutalist take on Pac-Man
Both a best-seller and infamous, industry-shaking failure, Pac-Man's Atari 2600 port was recently rereleased for the first--and second--times.
www.avclub.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
if you didn’t know the facts the true statement “the best-selling game of all time in 1985 went over 40 years without a rerelease” would be absolutely shocking, given our culture’s love of nostalgia (and/or love of reselling any old thing with name value)