Fat Barry
@fatbarry.bsky.social
I disguise my videogame addiction by masquerading as a competent writer and game history enthusiast for @superjumpmagazine.com. I also like TTRPGs, cats and the North Melbourne Kangaroos 🦘
www.superjumpmagazine.com/author/gavinannand
www.superjumpmagazine.com/author/gavinannand
One of the many issues with Western centric games media - if your only consumption of game history is through a Western lens, of course you would come to the conclusion that non-Western games are all derivative copies.
Whitewashing of game history is shamefully extensive.
Whitewashing of game history is shamefully extensive.
To sum it up:
Sword & Fairy 4 had combat QTEs since 2007.
The remake's art direction is exactly the same since its reveal in Dec 2024.
The combat UI is every modern JRPG ever, from Trails of Cold Steel III to Persona 5 to Star Rail.
Goddamn those sneaky Chinese stealing from the saviors of JRPGs!
Sword & Fairy 4 had combat QTEs since 2007.
The remake's art direction is exactly the same since its reveal in Dec 2024.
The combat UI is every modern JRPG ever, from Trails of Cold Steel III to Persona 5 to Star Rail.
Goddamn those sneaky Chinese stealing from the saviors of JRPGs!
December 31, 2025 at 12:55 PM
One of the many issues with Western centric games media - if your only consumption of game history is through a Western lens, of course you would come to the conclusion that non-Western games are all derivative copies.
Whitewashing of game history is shamefully extensive.
Whitewashing of game history is shamefully extensive.
Between 2015 and 2022, gambling rates in Australia have increased in the 18-34 age group, significantly so for men.
While there are a multitude of factors, I would hypothesise that this is also the generation that has grown up with mobile #gaming and the general proliferation of #lootbox mechanics.
While there are a multitude of factors, I would hypothesise that this is also the generation that has grown up with mobile #gaming and the general proliferation of #lootbox mechanics.
December 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Not to be a pedantic nerd, but Mike referring to Will as a sorcerer in #StrangerThings 5 was a whoopsie.
The sorcerer class didn't appear in #D&D until 3rd edition in 2000. Stranger Things 5 is set in 1987, at the tail end of 1st Edition.
UNWATCHABLE.
But otherwise, it's pretty good.
The sorcerer class didn't appear in #D&D until 3rd edition in 2000. Stranger Things 5 is set in 1987, at the tail end of 1st Edition.
UNWATCHABLE.
But otherwise, it's pretty good.
December 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Not to be a pedantic nerd, but Mike referring to Will as a sorcerer in #StrangerThings 5 was a whoopsie.
The sorcerer class didn't appear in #D&D until 3rd edition in 2000. Stranger Things 5 is set in 1987, at the tail end of 1st Edition.
UNWATCHABLE.
But otherwise, it's pretty good.
The sorcerer class didn't appear in #D&D until 3rd edition in 2000. Stranger Things 5 is set in 1987, at the tail end of 1st Edition.
UNWATCHABLE.
But otherwise, it's pretty good.
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Australians, please raid your Uncle's old PC in his shed, and help me find a copy of this to archive.
#Australia #AFL #DOSGaming #Wolfenstein #RetroGaming #MSDOS #RetroComputing
#Australia #AFL #DOSGaming #Wolfenstein #RetroGaming #MSDOS #RetroComputing
October 4, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Australians, please raid your Uncle's old PC in his shed, and help me find a copy of this to archive.
#Australia #AFL #DOSGaming #Wolfenstein #RetroGaming #MSDOS #RetroComputing
#Australia #AFL #DOSGaming #Wolfenstein #RetroGaming #MSDOS #RetroComputing
GAVNO does SATURDAY NIGHT
9:30 PM AEST / 11:30 AM UTC
Live on Twitch.tv/TheFattestBarry
Come and get SWEATY with some techno, electro, house.
Tracklist will be posted here after the set.
Support #artists directly on @bandcamp.com... FCK DRM
#livestream #DJ #music #techno #electro #house
9:30 PM AEST / 11:30 AM UTC
Live on Twitch.tv/TheFattestBarry
Come and get SWEATY with some techno, electro, house.
Tracklist will be posted here after the set.
Support #artists directly on @bandcamp.com... FCK DRM
#livestream #DJ #music #techno #electro #house
Twitch
Twitch is the world
Twitch.tv
August 30, 2025 at 9:37 AM
GAVNO does SATURDAY NIGHT
9:30 PM AEST / 11:30 AM UTC
Live on Twitch.tv/TheFattestBarry
Come and get SWEATY with some techno, electro, house.
Tracklist will be posted here after the set.
Support #artists directly on @bandcamp.com... FCK DRM
#livestream #DJ #music #techno #electro #house
9:30 PM AEST / 11:30 AM UTC
Live on Twitch.tv/TheFattestBarry
Come and get SWEATY with some techno, electro, house.
Tracklist will be posted here after the set.
Support #artists directly on @bandcamp.com... FCK DRM
#livestream #DJ #music #techno #electro #house
GAVNO does SATURDAY NIGHT
9:30 PM AEST / 11:30 AM UTC
Live on Twitch.tv/TheFattestBarry
Techno, electro and house classics and fresh tracks.
#livestream #DJ #techno #electro #house #bandcamp
9:30 PM AEST / 11:30 AM UTC
Live on Twitch.tv/TheFattestBarry
Techno, electro and house classics and fresh tracks.
#livestream #DJ #techno #electro #house #bandcamp
TheFattestBarry - Twitch
I write about games and gaming history, and use 'research' as an excuse anytime someone says I play games too much. SUPERJUMP Writer | He/him
www.twitch.tv
August 23, 2025 at 9:41 AM
GAVNO does SATURDAY NIGHT
9:30 PM AEST / 11:30 AM UTC
Live on Twitch.tv/TheFattestBarry
Techno, electro and house classics and fresh tracks.
#livestream #DJ #techno #electro #house #bandcamp
9:30 PM AEST / 11:30 AM UTC
Live on Twitch.tv/TheFattestBarry
Techno, electro and house classics and fresh tracks.
#livestream #DJ #techno #electro #house #bandcamp
GAVNO does FRIDAY NIGHT
Join me for some fresh and classic techno, house and electro, live on Twitch.
#dj #techno #house #electro #livestream
www.twitch.tv/thefattestba...
Join me for some fresh and classic techno, house and electro, live on Twitch.
#dj #techno #house #electro #livestream
www.twitch.tv/thefattestba...
TheFattestBarry - Twitch
I write about games and gaming history, and use 'research' as an excuse anytime someone says I play games too much. SUPERJUMP Writer | He/him
www.twitch.tv
August 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM
GAVNO does FRIDAY NIGHT
Join me for some fresh and classic techno, house and electro, live on Twitch.
#dj #techno #house #electro #livestream
www.twitch.tv/thefattestba...
Join me for some fresh and classic techno, house and electro, live on Twitch.
#dj #techno #house #electro #livestream
www.twitch.tv/thefattestba...
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over 20% of the global game dev force was laid of on the last 3 years and absolutely none of it was because of piracy
July 15, 2025 at 9:50 AM
over 20% of the global game dev force was laid of on the last 3 years and absolutely none of it was because of piracy
tbh, most days I just want to abandon all my responsibilities and play #classicgames all day, whether its tinkering with DOSBox, emulators or old hardware. Especially if they're forgotten games.
June 6, 2025 at 7:58 AM
tbh, most days I just want to abandon all my responsibilities and play #classicgames all day, whether its tinkering with DOSBox, emulators or old hardware. Especially if they're forgotten games.
These are incredible!
You can really get the sense of Dotcom Boom energy.
You can really get the sense of Dotcom Boom energy.
Honestly, this photographer was wasted on corporate stock photos.
June 4, 2025 at 5:05 AM
These are incredible!
You can really get the sense of Dotcom Boom energy.
You can really get the sense of Dotcom Boom energy.
Sorry chooms - feeling a bit crook today, so will have to give this one a pass :(
The plan remains though! I shall stream again soon.
The plan remains though! I shall stream again soon.
Hey chooms!
Tomorrow night (Friday 7:30ish Aust Eastern Time), I'll be live streaming Day of the Tentacle by LucasArts.
Come check it out, have a laugh and try to remember how to get through all the puzzles.
#gaming #livestream #dosbox #lucasarts #retrogaming
Tomorrow night (Friday 7:30ish Aust Eastern Time), I'll be live streaming Day of the Tentacle by LucasArts.
Come check it out, have a laugh and try to remember how to get through all the puzzles.
#gaming #livestream #dosbox #lucasarts #retrogaming
May 30, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Sorry chooms - feeling a bit crook today, so will have to give this one a pass :(
The plan remains though! I shall stream again soon.
The plan remains though! I shall stream again soon.
Hey chooms!
Tomorrow night (Friday 7:30ish Aust Eastern Time), I'll be live streaming Day of the Tentacle by LucasArts.
Come check it out, have a laugh and try to remember how to get through all the puzzles.
#gaming #livestream #dosbox #lucasarts #retrogaming
Tomorrow night (Friday 7:30ish Aust Eastern Time), I'll be live streaming Day of the Tentacle by LucasArts.
Come check it out, have a laugh and try to remember how to get through all the puzzles.
#gaming #livestream #dosbox #lucasarts #retrogaming
May 29, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Hey chooms!
Tomorrow night (Friday 7:30ish Aust Eastern Time), I'll be live streaming Day of the Tentacle by LucasArts.
Come check it out, have a laugh and try to remember how to get through all the puzzles.
#gaming #livestream #dosbox #lucasarts #retrogaming
Tomorrow night (Friday 7:30ish Aust Eastern Time), I'll be live streaming Day of the Tentacle by LucasArts.
Come check it out, have a laugh and try to remember how to get through all the puzzles.
#gaming #livestream #dosbox #lucasarts #retrogaming
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Call of Cthulhu is the first #TTRPG I ever ran as a game master and is still my most loved system.
It’s a horror game where players are “investigators” looking into some form of mystery.
If you’ve only ever played D&D, try it out. It’s a very different type of game, but quite easy to pick up.
It’s a horror game where players are “investigators” looking into some form of mystery.
If you’ve only ever played D&D, try it out. It’s a very different type of game, but quite easy to pick up.
May 25, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Call of Cthulhu is the first #TTRPG I ever ran as a game master and is still my most loved system.
It’s a horror game where players are “investigators” looking into some form of mystery.
If you’ve only ever played D&D, try it out. It’s a very different type of game, but quite easy to pick up.
It’s a horror game where players are “investigators” looking into some form of mystery.
If you’ve only ever played D&D, try it out. It’s a very different type of game, but quite easy to pick up.
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I guarantee you’re a better writer than ChatGPT. Never butcher your own writing or relinquish your own voice to put your name on the dead-eyed, mechanical hallucinations of a bunch of 1s and 0s. People who know good writing and AI have no trouble recognizing AI-generated garbage.
February 18, 2024 at 12:54 AM
I guarantee you’re a better writer than ChatGPT. Never butcher your own writing or relinquish your own voice to put your name on the dead-eyed, mechanical hallucinations of a bunch of 1s and 0s. People who know good writing and AI have no trouble recognizing AI-generated garbage.
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truly iconic that machine games has made a legacy for themselves as the “we make games where you punch Nazis in the face a lot” studio, i love that for them
April 28, 2025 at 8:59 AM
truly iconic that machine games has made a legacy for themselves as the “we make games where you punch Nazis in the face a lot” studio, i love that for them
So my feelings are: Oblivion Remastered:
First up, poor performance optimisation. Outdoor areas get FPS drops quite a bit. But I imagine will be patched soon.
First up, poor performance optimisation. Outdoor areas get FPS drops quite a bit. But I imagine will be patched soon.
April 26, 2025 at 11:25 AM
So my feelings are: Oblivion Remastered:
First up, poor performance optimisation. Outdoor areas get FPS drops quite a bit. But I imagine will be patched soon.
First up, poor performance optimisation. Outdoor areas get FPS drops quite a bit. But I imagine will be patched soon.
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The curse of being a Maxis fan who lives in the East Bay is seeing a building and thinking "I'm pretty sure that building is in SimCity 2000"
and then being RIGHT
and then being RIGHT
April 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The curse of being a Maxis fan who lives in the East Bay is seeing a building and thinking "I'm pretty sure that building is in SimCity 2000"
and then being RIGHT
and then being RIGHT
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oh god it's draft week
April 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
oh god it's draft week
@johnromero.bsky.social is this something you could have ever imagined back in 1993?
youtu.be/PKebn_Ly9T8?...
youtu.be/PKebn_Ly9T8?...
DOOM (acapella)
YouTube video by MayTree
youtu.be
April 16, 2025 at 9:41 AM
@johnromero.bsky.social is this something you could have ever imagined back in 1993?
youtu.be/PKebn_Ly9T8?...
youtu.be/PKebn_Ly9T8?...
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"We may not see another game like Deus Ex, because the world that it portrays is now far too close to reality for comfort."
Story by Gavin Annand.
➡️ https://www.superjumpmagazine.com/conspiracy-prescience-and-deus-ex/
Story by Gavin Annand.
➡️ https://www.superjumpmagazine.com/conspiracy-prescience-and-deus-ex/
April 14, 2025 at 9:39 AM
"We may not see another game like Deus Ex, because the world that it portrays is now far too close to reality for comfort."
Story by Gavin Annand.
➡️ https://www.superjumpmagazine.com/conspiracy-prescience-and-deus-ex/
Story by Gavin Annand.
➡️ https://www.superjumpmagazine.com/conspiracy-prescience-and-deus-ex/
This is an ongoing frustration I have with the gaming press, and how excessively America-centric it is, unless that press is deifying Japan's contribution via Sony, Nintendo, Sega, etc, though even that is filtered through a US lens.
The European market for videogames in the 1980s was not a “scene. Apart from the number of home computers, trying to measure the market on game units sold is poor methodology, given that a lot of the distribution took place through piracy and games one could type from a magazine.
"Poorly Analyzed US-Centric Garbage" - Why Do Americans Keep Ignoring European Gaming History? (Repost)
March 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM
This is an ongoing frustration I have with the gaming press, and how excessively America-centric it is, unless that press is deifying Japan's contribution via Sony, Nintendo, Sega, etc, though even that is filtered through a US lens.
The new Wacky Willy Wednesday section on Patti's Foods with @thefootywithbro.bsky.social and @thomaszahariou.bsky.social had this energy for sure:
youtu.be/GAuG-5rKAw0?...
youtu.be/GAuG-5rKAw0?...
longest grill
YouTube video by Robbie Valentino (bluezineman)
youtu.be
March 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The new Wacky Willy Wednesday section on Patti's Foods with @thefootywithbro.bsky.social and @thomaszahariou.bsky.social had this energy for sure:
youtu.be/GAuG-5rKAw0?...
youtu.be/GAuG-5rKAw0?...
By Design: The Power of Immersion
www.superjumpmagazine.com/by-design-th...
www.superjumpmagazine.com/by-design-th...
By Design: The Power of Immersion
Skyrim always brings you back
www.superjumpmagazine.com
March 12, 2025 at 6:48 AM
By Design: The Power of Immersion
www.superjumpmagazine.com/by-design-th...
www.superjumpmagazine.com/by-design-th...
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The New Blood Anniversary Sale is LIVE!
Featuring MAJOR game updates and BIG deals.
It's a CELEBRATION!
February 24 - March 4 🎉
youtu.be/wHPjymTglok?...
Featuring MAJOR game updates and BIG deals.
It's a CELEBRATION!
February 24 - March 4 🎉
youtu.be/wHPjymTglok?...
New Blood Anniversary Sale 2025!
YouTube video by New Blood Interactive
youtu.be
February 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The New Blood Anniversary Sale is LIVE!
Featuring MAJOR game updates and BIG deals.
It's a CELEBRATION!
February 24 - March 4 🎉
youtu.be/wHPjymTglok?...
Featuring MAJOR game updates and BIG deals.
It's a CELEBRATION!
February 24 - March 4 🎉
youtu.be/wHPjymTglok?...