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Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101

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He/him. HG101 Sega Console Classics Vol. 1 now available at Amazon: https://amzn.to/4eOEYOw. Icon by Rusty Shackles, header by Thor Thorvaldson. Patreon: http://patreon.com/hg101

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Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · Dec 3

Now available on Amazon: Sega Console Classics Vol. 1! Covering classic Sonic the Hedgehog, Shining Force, Phantasy Star, and Master System games! amzn.to/3Zk4qFD

The cover of HG101 Presents Sega Arcade Classics Vol. 1 featuring characters from Sonic the Hedgehog, Shining Force, and Phantasy Star.

The bacl cover of HG101 Presents Sega Arcade Classics Vol. 1 featuring characters from various Sega Master System games like Kenshiro (Black Belt), JJ (Zillion), Niño (Aztec Adventure), Papri (Girl's Garden), Kelesis (Golvellius), Mick (Ghost House), the Orguss mecha (Orguss) and the penguins from Penguin Land.

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Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 3h

it was an $18 charge in addition to the actual the tariff fees. It's not officially specified but based on Reddit murmurings, this is around $18 or a small percentage of the charged tariffs, whichever is higher

Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 5h

It does seem like some places are taking advantage of the uncertainty and doing things like that

Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 5h

eBay seems inconsistent and depends on the seller. Small packets seem to make it through the USPS if it's low value or declared as a gift

Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 8h

At least we'll always have Klan Cookout www.mobygames.com/game/138166/...

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Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 8h

I think books (or printed material in general?) is exempt. Stuff like CDs too. Who knows about games.

Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 8h

*customs paperwork, cursed autocorrect

Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 8h

This came in earlier this week, zero tariffs! Not even a customs surcharge like DHL did when I ordered some figures from Suruga-ya. Probably since it was all books. There was no customers paperwork though so I don't know how it was classified.

Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 6d

Recently ordered a few books from Mandarake which in theory should be exempt from tariffs, let's see what DHL does

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Boost Mix Music - game music remastering @boostmixmusic.bsky.social · 4d

Die Hard PC Engine was originally going to be released by Nichibutsu as "Dasshutsu" 脱出 which at a glance looks very similar to 脱獄 aka P.O.W. but ended up getting renamed to Die Hard and released from Pack in Video, can't find information about why but interesting nonetheless. #pcengine

脱出 (Escape) temp name is the title of the game shown here

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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 22h

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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Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 15h

It looks like it's out of print. :( I have a different MSX book about Konami that I think I ordered from Spain several years ago

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Romhack.ing @romhack.ing · 1d

News Added: Tales of Rebirth - English Translation - Release

Tales of Rebirth - English Translation - Release - News

Life Bottle Production's English translation of Tales of Rebirth has just reached version 1.0 status. Go check out their project on GitHub and report any bugs you find in their Discord server.

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Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 1d

you can definitely make that happen!

Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 1d

I can't say for sure but I'm assuming that's how it'll go down

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Shaun Musgrave @shaunmusgrave.bsky.social · 1d

Alright, let’s recommend some books about games. This will be a thread I add stuff to as I think of it.

Kurt Kalata writes about all kinds of games but if you’ve known his work as long as I have, he’s Mr. Castlevania. I really liked this one.

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Hardcore Gaming 101 Presents: Castlevania (Color Edition)

Hardcore Gaming 101 Presents: Castlevania (Color Edition) [Kalata, Kurt] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Hardcore Gaming 101 Presents: Castlevania (Color Edition)

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Darren Hupke @darrenhupke.bsky.social · 1d

Okay, I’m like 98.47% done with my parts of 32 Bit Library Greatest Hits Vol 1!

The other cool part is stuff is rolling in from @hg101.bsky.social for it, and…

“HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER!”

I got @glitch.mov’s contribution for the book already.

This one is going to be fun!

Artwork of various PlayStation game characters in a collection, colorfully rendered, by Ry-Spirit

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Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 1d

People are not always the best at voicing their support even if they are reading it. Especially over social media. Take pride in your writing!

Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 1d

I peaced outta there totally last November even though I'd been mostly posting here for quite some time

Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah. Bitmap's basic designs are actually very clean and structured. Once you make something you're happy with you can just continue to copy/paste.

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Standard Issue Computing @standardissuecomputing.blog · 1d

Feels like a cool time to share that I made some digital zines about Sega stuff a few years ago and they’re pay-what-you-want defstan480.itch.io

Standard Issue Computing

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Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 1d

come to think of it, I don't think they actually enjoy much of anything, either

Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 1d

I don't really have good graphic design sense but I've somehow managed. I always figured that if people could tolerate Die Hard Game Fan from back in the day then you couldn't do much worse

Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 1d

most other publishers use InDesign which everyone hates since it's Adobe but it's industry standard. It's not necessary difficult to use but there's a learning curve because it's way too powerful for something relatively straightforward like laying out a book

Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 1d

all of my current HG101 books are laid out in an ancient program called PagePlus that's no longer supported. I was going to suggest a newer program put out by the same company but it seems like they've pulled everything off sale at the moment

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 1d

Did you know I’ve got a starter pack of awesome people who make awesome video game books and magazines?

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Ray Barnholt @rdbaaa.space · 1d

As I wrote 10 years ago in my final magazine: you have immediate access to decades of games/scans/videos/etc. to make a unique gaming text. You can go bigger than a zine and still make it look cool, and you don't have to make yet another platform/genre catalog. Curate and craft for god's sake

Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 1d

For anyone lamenting how some goon was able to get a publishing deal - put together your own book! Create a solid concept, do some planning, create a design, and pitch it! Most publishers don't have open pitch seasons. They want to see someone that can see a full project to completion.

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