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'Night and the City' by Chris Donlan remains one of the finest online articles on game urbanism ever. Somehow simultaneously personal, historical, and objective it is an excellent read, and a reminder that L.A. Noir remains truly unique.

Find it here: www.eurogamer.net/night-and-th...

5 people in lab coats hunched around a briefcase for twelve hours straight until one of them has the 2001 a space odyssey monolith epiphany to open the latches. fat stacks of cash burst out like the fake snake in a peanut can gag; everyone is screaming.

the one thing i like about generative ai is when it is wrong. because it is always very, very funny. it is so confident and so enthusiastic while failing, like the very best clown.

so, i'm here to tell you that there MAY be NOTHING FUNNIER than asking ai to do ASCII drawings.

here's donald duck:

Our founder, Scott, would like to discuss the recent situation that happened on RetroAchievements as well as the measures we will be taking going forward to ensure a healthy, welcoming community for all enjoyers of retro games and achievements.

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From my book about #Undertale 's official English-to-Japanese translation

I'd like to expand on this for an article on my site, so if you have any examples of "imprinting" situations in fandoms, please let me know

Some quick examples include FF4, FF6, Trails in the Sky, what else?

"if you account for inflation, game prices used to be m-"

silence. "accounting for inflation" is for economists and/or perverts and I will do no such thing.

Anybody remember when Sonic Team's next big franchise after the hedgehog was... Billy Hatcher? (Here's a teaser ad from 2003, in case you forgot...)

Dengeki Faminico Gamer surveyed ~2,900 readers about what games they'd "eternal sunshine" to forget, and enjoy like it's the first time. 🧠 We've covered 9/10 titles on this great list (but this editor does recommend 'em all!👍).

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Walton Goggins, best known for his role as Border Worlds Pilot #3 (callsign "Moose") in the video game Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom (1995).

A REQUEST: If you own a French CD-ROM computer game called "Pop Anim'", please let me know. I could use it for some research but haven't been able to find a circulating copy yet. (It's at the BnF but I can't get there right now.)

Antique games: 1985 and before

Vintage games: 1986 - 1998

Retro games: 1999 - 2015

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It's not game-related, but the Babylon 5 Interactive Information Kit has been preserved. This is a Windows 3.1 multimedia floppy sent to TV stations around 1994 to help promote the show, and it's a fun time capsule of computer materials (and the show) at the time: youtu.be/IYDy3pnvqxU?...

try again, GOG

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Would if I could, but not AFAIK. Was just trying to come up with a cite even less subject-matter-appropriate than tvtropes.

what if I also checked Yelp

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I updated my personal interview list - chiefly to account for deaths that I've missed.

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Out of the 142 people I've formally interviewed, at least ten have passed away since I started. If you ever need a motivation to reach out - let it be that!