Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

TheGameLlama

@thegamellama.bsky.social

430 followers 500 following 1.1K posts

Video game chronicler, especially of the Playdate. Runs: http://playdateunofficial.com. Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thegamellama Videos: https://youtube.com/user/DigitalMumbles Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mumbles. Music: http://atojump.bandcamp.com

playdateunofficial.com.

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Reposted by TheGameLlama

Ledbetter @ldbrart.bsky.social · 8m

Announcing a collaborative Halloween themed project! Come join us and make a spooky @play.date Pulp game... Full details at the link and organized in the PD Squad discord.

Submission cutoff Midnight 10/19/2025

ledbetter-games.itch.io/ware-wolf

Ware-wolf by Ledbetter Games

A night around the campfire...

ledbetter-games.itch.io

1 1 1

TheGameLlama @thegamellama.bsky.social · 15m

These are very good!

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 46m

Retroid handheld price drops: buff.ly/IV83MkP #ad

- Flip 2 now $209 (from $229)
- Retroid Pocket 5 now $199 (from $219)
- RP Mini V2 now $179 (from $199)

TheGameLlama @thegamellama.bsky.social · 22m

Starting Powerdive Week on Playdate Unofficial with their newest game: it's Lexgrid! www.playdateunofficial.com/the-games/lexgrid

Lexgrid — Playdate: The Unofficial Website

Evil Boggle

www.playdateunofficial.com

TheGameLlama @thegamellama.bsky.social · 54m

I’d get more of those if I could even get to the first call lol

TheGameLlama @thegamellama.bsky.social · 1h

CP-Shoe. P-Sneak. Uhhhhh laced case. Doin’ my best over here.

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 1h

Cooler Master Sneaker-X ITX PC Case, Includes 360mm Flux AIO, Includes V850W SFX Gold PSU, Compatible 300mm GPU Mount Gigabyte RTX 5070 Ti Eagle |RX 9070 XT Gaming OC, DIY Customize Build available on Amazon ($699.99) buff.ly/plyEM2O #ad

TheGameLlama @thegamellama.bsky.social · 13h

Makes me feel like when I played Grow Home and I LOVED Grow Home.

TheGameLlama @thegamellama.bsky.social · 13h

Too unemployed for this BUT if I did get something it’d be: www.pixelcrib.com/products/mem...

TheGameLlama @thegamellama.bsky.social · 15h

Tomorrow we’re doing Powerdive Games WEEK TWO on Playdate Unofficial. Six days, six games! Playdateunofficial.com be there or be square (there’s an RSS feed too if you’re into that kind of thing)

Playdate: The Unofficial Website

The Unofficial website for Panic's Playdate - the little yellow console with a crank.

Playdateunofficial.com

Reposted by TheGameLlama

Orc Face Games @orcfacegames.bsky.social · 16h

Dream Disc '24, the free game jam disc for the #dreamcast, is now available for pre-order on our store! You only need to pay shipping.

orcface.com/dream-disc-24

The discs should arrive this month, so if you pick up any other games we'll wait and then ship everything at once :)

Orc Face Store

Dream Disc '24 at Orc Face Games!

orcface.com

5 5

Reposted by TheGameLlama

Mayor Adena Ishii - City of Berkeley @mayoradenaishii.bsky.social · 17h

Who remembers Reading Rainbow?🦋🌈📖 Well, it's back, and the new host is library superstar Mychal Threets!

What's even cooler - on Oct. 4, the first episode of the new series aired and showcased Berkeley Public Library (West Branch)!

New episodes will air weekly at: youtube.com/@Kidzuko

1 21 79

TheGameLlama @thegamellama.bsky.social · 20h

Turns out I can only use one at a time, so my dream of a free McDonald’s smorgasbord will have to wait.

TheGameLlama @thegamellama.bsky.social · 20h

After you win something with a code, they’re in your “My Rewards” section of the app!

TheGameLlama @thegamellama.bsky.social · 20h

Just used the Switch’s virtual game card system for the first time ever and compared to like, how it works on Xbox, it’s just the WORST. Pretending its purpose is to make it easier to lend the games to other people is just… not how it works in actuality.

TheGameLlama @thegamellama.bsky.social · 1d

Also applies to a big pile of Steam money.

TheGameLlama @thegamellama.bsky.social · 1d

The only thing between you and a big pile of Nintendo money is a few forms, do it!

1 4

Reposted by TheGameLlama

beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 1d

22 960 5.2K

Reposted by TheGameLlama

Aunt Mrgladys @mrgan.com · 1d

The video game industry is in turmoil and under threat, but there are still delightful gems out there……

💋 play.date/games/totall...

1 8 49

Reposted by TheGameLlama

Aid1043 @aid1043.bsky.social · 2d

After 7 months of work, my latest project: a full English patch of Kingdom Hearts Mobile! You can play all 8 of these previously-lost mini-games, in English for the first time.

There's puzzle games, card games, rhythm games, and more, and even canon lore!

More info: youtu.be/dWJEfN3W6Iw

7 150 290

TheGameLlama @thegamellama.bsky.social · 2d

Wheel World is like Burnout Paradise on bikes with a Jet Grind Radio plot and the look of Sable. It’s terrific, glad I’m finally trying it.

1 6

TheGameLlama @thegamellama.bsky.social · 2d

McDonald’s Monopoly is back and I still don’t have a job but I DO love to enter contests where a purchase does not increase your chances of winning and I scour the official rules for alternate ways to enter.

Free McDonald’s food, good first day of Monopoly

2 5

TheGameLlama @thegamellama.bsky.social · 3d

Great characters and world, though.

TheGameLlama @thegamellama.bsky.social · 3d

Feels so much more react-y than learning movesets and overcoming, plus the normal enemies do way too much damage, too. Sticking with it but there’s a real chance I’ll get to a boss that just makes me stop playing.

TheGameLlama @thegamellama.bsky.social · 3d

The exploring and discovery in Silksong is as good as it ever was but I run into brick walls (bosses) way more than I ever did in the first Hollow Knight and it kills all my momentum.

1 1

TheGameLlama @thegamellama.bsky.social · 3d

I read Sketchy and watched Porco Rosso. Both were terrific.

TheGameLlama @thegamellama.bsky.social · 4d

@bumbleborn.com Got a nice comment about your game on my piece about it :) www.playdateunofficial.com/the-games/ec...

Echo: The Oracle’s Scroll — Playdate: The Unofficial Website

An expansive, combat-free Metroidvania exclusively for the Playdate

www.playdateunofficial.com

1 5