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John Andersen
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Video game history - researching how the games we love to play were made. Documentaries, game historian, writer, movies. Opinions are my own. LGBTQ ally. BLM. Portfolio!: linktr.ee/johnandersen
Japanese TV commercials for:
Bomberman Land (PSX/Dec 2000)
Bomberman Kart (PS2/Dec 2001)
February 3, 2026 at 12:42 AM
1994: A month before the PlayStation launch in Japan. Sony plays a marketing video. Shells of the SEGA Mega Drive and the Super Famicom are laying in the dust. An ERROR message appears as Nintendo's Super Famicom is scanned. Sony unveils its literal game plan.
Full TBS News video in reply (1/2).
February 2, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Forget Winter Storm Gianna.
Let's talk Giana Sisters and its remake from Black Forest Games. This news report from 2014 goes into details about its history and sequel. Featuring Level Designer Stefan Schmitz, composer Chris Huelsbeck and the studio co-founders.
Watch here: www.dw.com/en/the-comeb...
February 1, 2026 at 11:03 PM
A glimpse of a Hi-Tech Land SEGA game center in Akihabara from 1993, one that would be rebranded to a bright-red Club SEGA and then just SEGA Akihabara before it was sold off and rebranded to GIGO in 2022.
Check out more of 90's Akihabara here Via Vintage Rider: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUQz...
February 1, 2026 at 4:35 AM
A 1999 visit to the Atlus office in Tokyo featuring Atlus R&D 1 director and producer Kouji Okada. We get a look at a cutscene being made for Maken X on the SEGA Dreamcast. A DC dev kit and a SGI Visual workstation is seen.
Via Dreamcast Express Vol 3 and おじチャンネルのレトロゲーム博物館: youtu.be/IGD_jWreMPs?...
January 31, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Random: A lot of candy cabs in Meta's campus game room.😐
Via: www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2pv...
January 21, 2026 at 4:02 PM