Thøros
@thorosen99.bsky.social
Retrogaming & Animation enthusiast 🎞️ | Metalhead🤘| AV media preservation advocate 💾📽️ | DRM was a mistake 💿
Unearthing & sharing
Unearthing & sharing
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Turns out #GDC2026 will be an even busier year for Game Preservation!
My second talk is now live on the schedule where I'll be joining GOG and Nightdive Studios to discuss how preserving game history can make for a smart business move 👀
My second talk is now live on the schedule where I'll be joining GOG and Nightdive Studios to discuss how preserving game history can make for a smart business move 👀
January 5, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Turns out #GDC2026 will be an even busier year for Game Preservation!
My second talk is now live on the schedule where I'll be joining GOG and Nightdive Studios to discuss how preserving game history can make for a smart business move 👀
My second talk is now live on the schedule where I'll be joining GOG and Nightdive Studios to discuss how preserving game history can make for a smart business move 👀
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Happy 85th birthday to Hayao Miyazaki ♡
January 4, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Happy 85th birthday to Hayao Miyazaki ♡
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Toshio Suzuki and Hayao Miyazaki discussing Studio Ghibli's plans for 2026 ♡
www.ghibli.jp/info/014035/
www.ghibli.jp/info/014035/
January 1, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Toshio Suzuki and Hayao Miyazaki discussing Studio Ghibli's plans for 2026 ♡
www.ghibli.jp/info/014035/
www.ghibli.jp/info/014035/
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Thank you for supporting us again in 2025. We hope to uncover even more rare and even possibly lost gems in 2026. Whether you’re newly discovering our work or a long time fan, we appreciate every one of you. Here’s another new year of discoveries!
January 1, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Thank you for supporting us again in 2025. We hope to uncover even more rare and even possibly lost gems in 2026. Whether you’re newly discovering our work or a long time fan, we appreciate every one of you. Here’s another new year of discoveries!
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Here's a repack of Atlantis: The Lost Empire - Trial by Fire, a first person tie-in PC game based on the Atlantis movie, made on the Lithtech Engine. Compatibility fixes are applied, so just extract and play
archive.org/details/atla...
archive.org/details/atla...
December 31, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Here's a repack of Atlantis: The Lost Empire - Trial by Fire, a first person tie-in PC game based on the Atlantis movie, made on the Lithtech Engine. Compatibility fixes are applied, so just extract and play
archive.org/details/atla...
archive.org/details/atla...
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‘It’s going into very good hands’: CD Projekt is selling GOG to its co-founder, Michał Kiciński.
vgc.news/news/its-goi...
vgc.news/news/its-goi...
‘It’s going into very good hands’: CD Projekt is selling GOG | VGC
Co-founder Michał Kiciński says GOG will uphold its values of “freedom, independence, and a genuine sense of ownership”…
vgc.news
December 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
‘It’s going into very good hands’: CD Projekt is selling GOG to its co-founder, Michał Kiciński.
vgc.news/news/its-goi...
vgc.news/news/its-goi...
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GOG’s PC game store is leaving CD Projekt and staying DRM-free. The co-founder of GOG and CD Projekt is buying all of the preservation-focused game marketplace www.theverge.com/news/850832/...
GOG’s Steam-alternative PC game store is leaving CD Projekt, staying DRM-free
The co-founder of GOG and CD Projekt has acquired the preservation-focused game marketplace.
www.theverge.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
GOG’s PC game store is leaving CD Projekt and staying DRM-free. The co-founder of GOG and CD Projekt is buying all of the preservation-focused game marketplace www.theverge.com/news/850832/...
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News about #StopKillingGames on reddit here: www.reddit.com/r/StopKillin...
In short:
1. @thierrybreton.bsky.social was barred from US soil for leading efforts on the Digital Services Act, and this may impact SKG's efforts with the Digital Fairness Act
2. We will begin spotlighting...
(cont.)
In short:
1. @thierrybreton.bsky.social was barred from US soil for leading efforts on the Digital Services Act, and this may impact SKG's efforts with the Digital Fairness Act
2. We will begin spotlighting...
(cont.)
From the StopKillingGames community on Reddit: Stop Killing Games: Political Update, Supporter Spotlight, and U.S. Outreach
Explore this post and more from the StopKillingGames community
www.reddit.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:00 AM
News about #StopKillingGames on reddit here: www.reddit.com/r/StopKillin...
In short:
1. @thierrybreton.bsky.social was barred from US soil for leading efforts on the Digital Services Act, and this may impact SKG's efforts with the Digital Fairness Act
2. We will begin spotlighting...
(cont.)
In short:
1. @thierrybreton.bsky.social was barred from US soil for leading efforts on the Digital Services Act, and this may impact SKG's efforts with the Digital Fairness Act
2. We will begin spotlighting...
(cont.)
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Print ad | Final Fantasy VII (PlayStation, 1997)
December 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Print ad | Final Fantasy VII (PlayStation, 1997)
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Layouts by Hayao Miyazaki for Anne of Green Gables (1979), dir. Isao Takahata, Nippon Animation
December 28, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Layouts by Hayao Miyazaki for Anne of Green Gables (1979), dir. Isao Takahata, Nippon Animation
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If you live in Japan, you can now support on Motion-Gallery the exhibition project dedicated to Takamura Mukuo.
The crowdfunding campaign page features a video interview of famous director Rintaro talking about Mukuo's work for 10 minutes.
>> motion-gallery.net/projects/muk...
The crowdfunding campaign page features a video interview of famous director Rintaro talking about Mukuo's work for 10 minutes.
>> motion-gallery.net/projects/muk...
December 28, 2025 at 12:11 PM
If you live in Japan, you can now support on Motion-Gallery the exhibition project dedicated to Takamura Mukuo.
The crowdfunding campaign page features a video interview of famous director Rintaro talking about Mukuo's work for 10 minutes.
>> motion-gallery.net/projects/muk...
The crowdfunding campaign page features a video interview of famous director Rintaro talking about Mukuo's work for 10 minutes.
>> motion-gallery.net/projects/muk...
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Reminded of the time I was in a lab at university and my foot hit this under my desk, where it had been left to gather dust.
My lecturers also had treasures like Net Yaroze units in their offices, lying around unused and disregarded as they were considered obsolete.
My lecturers also had treasures like Net Yaroze units in their offices, lying around unused and disregarded as they were considered obsolete.
December 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Reminded of the time I was in a lab at university and my foot hit this under my desk, where it had been left to gather dust.
My lecturers also had treasures like Net Yaroze units in their offices, lying around unused and disregarded as they were considered obsolete.
My lecturers also had treasures like Net Yaroze units in their offices, lying around unused and disregarded as they were considered obsolete.
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Early 90s Silicon Graphics workstation eye-candy and a snazzy ad from BYTE Magazine, Jan 1994. The Indy was SG's 'low end' workstation, designed to make inroads into CAD, multimedia, and DTP, and compete against PCs and Macs.
One neat feature is its integrated digital camera - very early!
One neat feature is its integrated digital camera - very early!
September 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Early 90s Silicon Graphics workstation eye-candy and a snazzy ad from BYTE Magazine, Jan 1994. The Indy was SG's 'low end' workstation, designed to make inroads into CAD, multimedia, and DTP, and compete against PCs and Macs.
One neat feature is its integrated digital camera - very early!
One neat feature is its integrated digital camera - very early!
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Best Of 2025: The Making Of The Operative - No One Lives Forever, Monolith's Classic Spy-Themed FPS Trapped In Licensing Hell.
Best Of 2025: The Making Of The Operative - No One Lives Forever, Monolith's Classic Spy-Themed FPS Trapped In Licensing Hell
"Austin Powers...completely changed the perception of our game"
www.timeextension.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Best Of 2025: The Making Of The Operative - No One Lives Forever, Monolith's Classic Spy-Themed FPS Trapped In Licensing Hell.
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This is a really good interview! If you have any interest in Japanese to English localization in the 90s and/or FF IX, give it a read!
Best Of 2025: "Localization's Come A Long Way In The Last 25 Years" - The Incredible Story Behind Final Fantasy IX's Epic Translation.
Best Of 2025: "Localization's Come A Long Way In The Last 25 Years" - The Incredible Story Behind Final Fantasy IX's Epic Translation
"Our whole goal was to capture the sheer variety and texture that was in the Japanese script"
www.timeextension.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:08 AM
This is a really good interview! If you have any interest in Japanese to English localization in the 90s and/or FF IX, give it a read!
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Interesting to see that 'Shadows of the Wind' prototype in the Sega Channel documentary. When I joined Images/Climax in the early '90s I played that demo and wrote some test music for it, but didn't get around to putting them onto the Genesis in the end. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh7s...
'Shadows of the Wind' test music
YouTube video by 4mat
www.youtube.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Interesting to see that 'Shadows of the Wind' prototype in the Sega Channel documentary. When I joined Images/Climax in the early '90s I played that demo and wrote some test music for it, but didn't get around to putting them onto the Genesis in the end. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh7s...
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Jonathan Furmanski has been digitizing the battered, often unlabeled, relics of the International Videoletters, a feminist video exchange network that ran from 1975 to 1977. https://loom.ly/LvDOoow
Saving Lost Feminist Video Letters
A Getty conservator preserves rare pieces of guerrilla media
www.getty.edu
December 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Jonathan Furmanski has been digitizing the battered, often unlabeled, relics of the International Videoletters, a feminist video exchange network that ran from 1975 to 1977. https://loom.ly/LvDOoow
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So, who likes Game Preservation? 👀
Join Garrett Fredley and Andrew Borman at GDC Festival of Gaming 2026 for their Establishing the Standards and Practices of Game Preservation Roundtable! No matter what aspect of Game Preservation you work in this is the roundtable for YOU.
Register Today: https://bit.ly/48w1DxK #GDC2026
Register Today: https://bit.ly/48w1DxK #GDC2026
December 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
So, who likes Game Preservation? 👀
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The first short film from "The Dying World" anthology is now online.
A stop-motion project by artist/actress/model Lauren Tsai ("Legion", "Terrace House").
>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=27X9...
A stop-motion project by artist/actress/model Lauren Tsai ("Legion", "Terrace House").
>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=27X9...
December 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The first short film from "The Dying World" anthology is now online.
A stop-motion project by artist/actress/model Lauren Tsai ("Legion", "Terrace House").
>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=27X9...
A stop-motion project by artist/actress/model Lauren Tsai ("Legion", "Terrace House").
>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=27X9...
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Stop motion x body horror = "Playing God".
An Italian/French short film by Matteo Burani.
Now online >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HMq...
An Italian/French short film by Matteo Burani.
Now online >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HMq...
December 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Stop motion x body horror = "Playing God".
An Italian/French short film by Matteo Burani.
Now online >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HMq...
An Italian/French short film by Matteo Burani.
Now online >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HMq...
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Oh my god this is horrific news. Rest in peace Vince. I always looked forward to catching up with him. My thoughts with his friends and family. Utterly shocked.
www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/v...
www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/v...
Vince Zampella, video game developer behind 'Call of Duty' franchise, killed in Ferrari crash
Vince Zampella is the former CEO of video game developers Infinity Ward, the studio behind the wildly successful "Call of Duty" franchise.
www.nbclosangeles.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Oh my god this is horrific news. Rest in peace Vince. I always looked forward to catching up with him. My thoughts with his friends and family. Utterly shocked.
www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/v...
www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/v...
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We lost too many Legend's in Gaming Industry 2025
• Vince Zampella - Respawn
• Tomonobu Itagaki - Ninja Gaiden
• Jim Curry - Legacy of Kain & Gex
• Viktor Antonov - Half life 2 & Dishonored
RIP.
• Vince Zampella - Respawn
• Tomonobu Itagaki - Ninja Gaiden
• Jim Curry - Legacy of Kain & Gex
• Viktor Antonov - Half life 2 & Dishonored
RIP.
December 23, 2025 at 12:30 AM
We lost too many Legend's in Gaming Industry 2025
• Vince Zampella - Respawn
• Tomonobu Itagaki - Ninja Gaiden
• Jim Curry - Legacy of Kain & Gex
• Viktor Antonov - Half life 2 & Dishonored
RIP.
• Vince Zampella - Respawn
• Tomonobu Itagaki - Ninja Gaiden
• Jim Curry - Legacy of Kain & Gex
• Viktor Antonov - Half life 2 & Dishonored
RIP.
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New release! The Orphan Fansubs team have put out an anime film previously only available on VHS, IT RAINED FIRE (1988), scanned by us from a 16mm print. It's based on the gut-wrenching tale of the Fukuoka firebombing in 1945. nyaa.si/view/2057163
December 23, 2025 at 3:30 AM
New release! The Orphan Fansubs team have put out an anime film previously only available on VHS, IT RAINED FIRE (1988), scanned by us from a 16mm print. It's based on the gut-wrenching tale of the Fukuoka firebombing in 1945. nyaa.si/view/2057163
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Back to Warframe after long break
I have almost 3000hrs in this game and to this day i have spent only $40 on Cosmetics, everything earned through Grind and trading with other players
if there's any consumer friendly/gold standard live service game it's Warframe.
I have almost 3000hrs in this game and to this day i have spent only $40 on Cosmetics, everything earned through Grind and trading with other players
if there's any consumer friendly/gold standard live service game it's Warframe.
December 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Back to Warframe after long break
I have almost 3000hrs in this game and to this day i have spent only $40 on Cosmetics, everything earned through Grind and trading with other players
if there's any consumer friendly/gold standard live service game it's Warframe.
I have almost 3000hrs in this game and to this day i have spent only $40 on Cosmetics, everything earned through Grind and trading with other players
if there's any consumer friendly/gold standard live service game it's Warframe.
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New episode of The Anime Business! Final episode of 2025!
Helen McCarthy (@glider.bsky.social) on Discovering Anime, UK Fandom and the Joy of It All!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdEM...
Helen McCarthy (@glider.bsky.social) on Discovering Anime, UK Fandom and the Joy of It All!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdEM...
December 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
New episode of The Anime Business! Final episode of 2025!
Helen McCarthy (@glider.bsky.social) on Discovering Anime, UK Fandom and the Joy of It All!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdEM...
Helen McCarthy (@glider.bsky.social) on Discovering Anime, UK Fandom and the Joy of It All!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdEM...