Mat
@mathewdacosta.dev
Programmer who makes the video games happen. Probably at a gig somewhere
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dodie time!!!!!!!
November 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
dodie time!!!!!!!
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ASTRONEER: Megatech DLC is out now!! ⚙️🔧
🛰️ Build space bases on the Orbital Platform
🌱 Automate seed production in the Biodome
🏛️ Showcase items using the Museum
📦 Send items between planets with the DLS
⬆️ Use Icon Signs and Walkways to organize bases
🛰️ Build space bases on the Orbital Platform
🌱 Automate seed production in the Biodome
🏛️ Showcase items using the Museum
📦 Send items between planets with the DLS
⬆️ Use Icon Signs and Walkways to organize bases
November 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
ASTRONEER: Megatech DLC is out now!! ⚙️🔧
🛰️ Build space bases on the Orbital Platform
🌱 Automate seed production in the Biodome
🏛️ Showcase items using the Museum
📦 Send items between planets with the DLS
⬆️ Use Icon Signs and Walkways to organize bases
🛰️ Build space bases on the Orbital Platform
🌱 Automate seed production in the Biodome
🏛️ Showcase items using the Museum
📦 Send items between planets with the DLS
⬆️ Use Icon Signs and Walkways to organize bases
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Tag yourself I'm pale pirhana
Piranha Plants in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door are the sleepiest creatures in the game, with some of their subtypes being up to 110% sleepy. This may be a reference to the famously sleepy Piranha Plants from Super Mario 64.
October 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Tag yourself I'm pale pirhana
Spotted at a charity shop not far from the @lateralcast.com live show (which was excellent)
This copy of the film *is* rated 12 though
This copy of the film *is* rated 12 though
October 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Spotted at a charity shop not far from the @lateralcast.com live show (which was excellent)
This copy of the film *is* rated 12 though
This copy of the film *is* rated 12 though
I never said I made *good* decisions
September 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I never said I made *good* decisions
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Introducing ASTRONEER: Megatech ⚙️
A major free update and brand new paid DLC coming in November!
🏗️ Build large scale Megastructure projects
💾 All content playable in existing saves
🔧 Free Basebuilding update with interplanetary delivery system
Wishlist now!
A major free update and brand new paid DLC coming in November!
🏗️ Build large scale Megastructure projects
💾 All content playable in existing saves
🔧 Free Basebuilding update with interplanetary delivery system
Wishlist now!
August 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Introducing ASTRONEER: Megatech ⚙️
A major free update and brand new paid DLC coming in November!
🏗️ Build large scale Megastructure projects
💾 All content playable in existing saves
🔧 Free Basebuilding update with interplanetary delivery system
Wishlist now!
A major free update and brand new paid DLC coming in November!
🏗️ Build large scale Megastructure projects
💾 All content playable in existing saves
🔧 Free Basebuilding update with interplanetary delivery system
Wishlist now!
Happy Bank Holiday Monday
August 25, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Happy Bank Holiday Monday
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manager: you make that allergy warning sign for the counter?
employee: sure did boss, real fuckin ominous just like you asked
manager: what
employee: sure did boss, real fuckin ominous just like you asked
manager: what
June 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
manager: you make that allergy warning sign for the counter?
employee: sure did boss, real fuckin ominous just like you asked
manager: what
employee: sure did boss, real fuckin ominous just like you asked
manager: what
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Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio's next game, previously known as Project Century, is now known as Stranger Than Heaven.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/like-a-...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/like-a-...
Like a Dragon studio’s latest game is called Stranger Than Heaven | VGC
The game, set in 1915, was previously known as Project Century…
www.videogameschronicle.com
June 6, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio's next game, previously known as Project Century, is now known as Stranger Than Heaven.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/like-a-...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/like-a-...
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just a few days left for the deluxe edition! if you can't trust my writing, trust fernando's in SPR 💖
Only 3 days left to get VA-11 Hall-A: Design Works Deluxe Edition 🍸
Includes:
📦 Presentation box
📘 Hardback book
📓 Sapphic Pussy Rhapsody novella
📰 Augmented Eye newspaper clipping
🧷 Pin badges
📃 A6 flyers
🖼️ A3 posters
🎨 A5 art cards
www.lostincult.co.uk/va11halla
Includes:
📦 Presentation box
📘 Hardback book
📓 Sapphic Pussy Rhapsody novella
📰 Augmented Eye newspaper clipping
🧷 Pin badges
📃 A6 flyers
🖼️ A3 posters
🎨 A5 art cards
www.lostincult.co.uk/va11halla
June 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
just a few days left for the deluxe edition! if you can't trust my writing, trust fernando's in SPR 💖
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Yer man's put together this 5,500-word guide to every single Switch 2 game available at launch.
If you enjoy it or find it useful, please do share it around!
If you enjoy it or find it useful, please do share it around!
Nintendo Switch 2 launch games - Here's our massive guide to every game available on Switch 2 on day one.
www.videogameschronicle.com/features/nin...
www.videogameschronicle.com/features/nin...
Nintendo Switch 2 launch games: Every Switch 2 game available on day one | VGC
Here’s our guide to every Switch 2 launch game available on June 5…
www.videogameschronicle.com
May 31, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Yer man's put together this 5,500-word guide to every single Switch 2 game available at launch.
If you enjoy it or find it useful, please do share it around!
If you enjoy it or find it useful, please do share it around!
A British dimsum is just a steamed Rustlers burger (don't tempt me)
June 1, 2025 at 10:25 AM
A British dimsum is just a steamed Rustlers burger (don't tempt me)
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New blog post! Is it still possible to get cheap Z80-based home computers? VTech is on your side, as long as you don't look too closely at that keyboard (woof.) Let's learn and play together with an AV mod and Z80 ASM. #vtech #socrates #kicad #retrocomputing
www.leadedsolder.com/2025/04/22/v...
www.leadedsolder.com/2025/04/22/v...
The VTech Socratic Method
Initial technical exploration of the VTech Socrates line of Z80-based educational home computers. A composite video modification board is developed.
www.leadedsolder.com
April 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
New blog post! Is it still possible to get cheap Z80-based home computers? VTech is on your side, as long as you don't look too closely at that keyboard (woof.) Let's learn and play together with an AV mod and Z80 ASM. #vtech #socrates #kicad #retrocomputing
www.leadedsolder.com/2025/04/22/v...
www.leadedsolder.com/2025/04/22/v...
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i'm writing a book!!!!
in collaboration with @lostincult.co.uk, @sukeban.moe and @ysbryd.net, i'm writing Design Works: VA-11 HALL-A.
time to mix drinks and change lives.
in collaboration with @lostincult.co.uk, @sukeban.moe and @ysbryd.net, i'm writing Design Works: VA-11 HALL-A.
time to mix drinks and change lives.
Time to mix drinks and change lives.
Announcing VA-11 Hall-A: Design Works 🍸
In collaboration with @sukeban.moe x @ysbryd.net, explore Glitch City like never before through developer interviews, concept art and more.
Ends 5 June. Pre-order now bit.ly/VA11HallA
Announcing VA-11 Hall-A: Design Works 🍸
In collaboration with @sukeban.moe x @ysbryd.net, explore Glitch City like never before through developer interviews, concept art and more.
Ends 5 June. Pre-order now bit.ly/VA11HallA
VA-11 Hall-A: Design Works
Pre-order now bit.ly/VA11HallATime to mix drinks and change lives.Announcing VA-11 Hall-A: Design Works 🍸In collaboration with Sukeban Games x Ysbryd Games,...
youtu.be
April 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
i'm writing a book!!!!
in collaboration with @lostincult.co.uk, @sukeban.moe and @ysbryd.net, i'm writing Design Works: VA-11 HALL-A.
time to mix drinks and change lives.
in collaboration with @lostincult.co.uk, @sukeban.moe and @ysbryd.net, i'm writing Design Works: VA-11 HALL-A.
time to mix drinks and change lives.
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Repairing a Kodak Picture Maker Kiosk
Repairing a Kodak Picture Maker Kiosk
Photo-printing kiosks are about as common as payphones these days. However, there was a time when they were everywhere. The idea was that if you didn’t have a good printer …read more
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March 16, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Repairing a Kodak Picture Maker Kiosk
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Christmas Dinner is here
December 23, 2024 at 8:01 PM
Christmas Dinner is here
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RISC CPU Lives in Excel
RISC CPU Lives in Excel
Last time we checked in on [Inkbox], he had made a 16-bit CPU in Excel. Impressive, but not really practical. Presumably, his latest project isn’t any more practical, but we …read more
hackaday.com
November 24, 2024 at 3:30 PM
RISC CPU Lives in Excel
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this was funnier in my head
November 20, 2024 at 4:23 AM
this was funnier in my head
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new freelance piece and insane career dream achieved 😭
i wrote for POLYGON about Like a Dragon: Yakuza's impressive ability to stand on its own without the games' trademark silliness, and what the series is when left to grittiness and sincerity alone 🐉
www.polygon.com/tv/473741/am...
i wrote for POLYGON about Like a Dragon: Yakuza's impressive ability to stand on its own without the games' trademark silliness, and what the series is when left to grittiness and sincerity alone 🐉
www.polygon.com/tv/473741/am...
What does Like a Dragon: Yakuza lose when you take out the games’ surreal humor?
Kiryu can go one-on-one with anyone, but this is not a one-to-one adaptation
www.polygon.com
November 2, 2024 at 3:22 PM
new freelance piece and insane career dream achieved 😭
i wrote for POLYGON about Like a Dragon: Yakuza's impressive ability to stand on its own without the games' trademark silliness, and what the series is when left to grittiness and sincerity alone 🐉
www.polygon.com/tv/473741/am...
i wrote for POLYGON about Like a Dragon: Yakuza's impressive ability to stand on its own without the games' trademark silliness, and what the series is when left to grittiness and sincerity alone 🐉
www.polygon.com/tv/473741/am...
This is a real app developed and published by Nintendo
What
What
October 30, 2024 at 11:46 PM
This is a real app developed and published by Nintendo
What
What
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Even though Bowser is a king, he does not normally wear a crown. An officially licensed Japanese picture book features a story where he appears to kidnap Peach at first but really just wants to take her crown so he can feel pretty.
November 19, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Even though Bowser is a king, he does not normally wear a crown. An officially licensed Japanese picture book features a story where he appears to kidnap Peach at first but really just wants to take her crown so he can feel pretty.