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Vance Velez
@vancevelez.bsky.social
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Programmer, innovator, gamer, traditionalist. Loves the University of Kentucky and Walt Disney World.

Retro gaming: twitch.tv/vancevelez
Game reviews: youtube.com/vancevelez
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Echo yells “Yaaaa-y!”
June 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Here we are, 6 characters that influenced my original content. Some of these are obvious, others maybe not so much. But it’s how tightly knit this group was that inspires me the most.
Portraits of Twitch streamers Hatchlord, Princess Za, mike7a, alexjpaz, Retromang and Maninthebox69 are shown in an infographic called “Character Inspiration”. In the center of the infographic is the text “These were the first communities to introduce me to retro when I started streaming on Twitch. The world has changed a lot since then but these six people still inspire me to improve every single day.” It’s then discovered that this quote is from Vance Velez, who currently streams retro content on Twitch at twitch.tv/vancevelez . He also encourages others to share six characters (real or fictitous) who inspire them to create their original content.
April 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Final Fantasy moments that stay with you forever.
Instead of having a save file available to load, this screen from Final Fantasy Advance has the words “File is corrupt. This save file is corrupt. Press the A button to delete the file.” The only options are to choose yes or no.
April 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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The one that captured my heart the most is Romance of the Three Kingdoms VII. I love creating my own character, starting from the corner of the map, and rewriting history.
March 21, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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Video game themed comic #10: Get well soon @erinplays.bsky.social
Erin: So, I’m getting surgery today, so I may not be able to stream for a bit depending on how healing goes. Vance: Don’t worry. You’ve created so much content that by the time you come back it’ll feel like you never left. Erin: You’re right, I guess. But now I’m hungry! Vance: Not a problem. Are you feeling more like “Remembering Lunchables” Erin or “Burger King Games” Erin?
March 20, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Post a picture of you that’s not actually a picture of you
With Kodak Gold Plus film you too can look like a doppleganger of the person who posted this photo on Bluesky.
March 1, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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So… I just remembered I have FF1 Pixel Remaster on my mobile device. Which means I can watch your playthrough of FF1 Pixel Remaster while playing FF1 Pixel Remaster. Which means this is now a thing
February 24, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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describe your taste in men using 4 actors.
There are seven selectable characters in Mortal Kombat, and it took motion capturing four martial arts actors and one martial arts actress to create them. Daniel Pesina played Johnny Cage, Scorpion and Sub Zero. Richard Divizio played Kano. Carlos Pesina played Rayden. Ho-Sung Pak played Liu Kang. Also in this picture is actress Elizabeth Malecki, who played Sonya Blade.
February 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Friends the video game for the Sega Genesis. The One With all the Blast Processing.
February 12, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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I always thought the character portraits in Super Street Fighter II were peak for the franchise. Even with better technology, this artwork has stood the test of time.
Character portraits of the sixteen characters from the arcade version of Super Street Fighter II, shown in alphabetical order.
January 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Me + My First Commander
On the left side of this photograph is Vance Velez holding a TG-16 mini box. On the right side of this picture is Vance’s first “commander”, who just happens to be Commander Keen from the 1990 PC video game trilogy “Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons”.
January 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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I’ve spoken to this vendor before.
This is a picture of a guru from the NES video game Faxanadu, providing a password to our hero in the form of a mantra. The password “ecgv8v?8YQSYxomZEIQHCEIA” looks like gobbledygook, just like the name of the vendor the original poster showed above.
January 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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This is the best season of Star Trek
Ensign Robin Lefler, from season 5 of Star Trek: The Next Generation: “I spent all of my time around technical equipment. My first friend was a tricorder.”
January 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Video game themed comic #9: It’s been a while
While playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons for the Nintendo Switch, Vance bumps into Flip the monkey. Flip: Is that you, Vance?! No way! It’s been like… Whoa! 4 years and 5 months! I swore if I ever saw you again, I’d make you do ten thousand squats… but you can do better. Right now, I’m just pumped to see you again, rerack!
January 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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“You’ll be visited by three spirits”

The three spirits:
These Final Fantasy XIV whiskeys have been created by the Nagahama Roman Beer Company in Japan to provide avid fans of the video game franchise with a way to celebrate its anniversary. The whiskeys pay homage to the 10th anniversary of the game's release and come in three varieties to choose from. This includes the Final Fantasy XIV Amahagan Edition Ul’dah, Gridania and the Limsa Lominsa, which each get their name from the starting cities where players begin their adventure in the game. Each of the spirits are specially branded with their respective imagery and come in a box to further accentuate the fantasy.
December 24, 2024 at 4:57 PM
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Games I would like to stream in 2025 consist almost entirely from channel point redeems that have yet to be fully redeemed. It takes a lot of work to earn those points and it’s my intention to make sure every redemption is paid back in full.
A picture of all the video games that people who watch Vance Velez on Twitch have redeemed entering 2025: Super Mario RPG, Secret of Mana, Harveat Moon, Ninja Gaiden (Xbox), Bomberman Panic Bomber, Earthbound Beginnings, Bomberman ‘93, Bomberman ‘94, Ecco the Dolphin CD, Lords of Thunder, Dragon Spirit (TG-16) and The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.
December 23, 2024 at 10:55 PM
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I can recognize that Tibetan monk anywhere. Supreme victory!
This is either a badly done Photoshop style edit that superimposes a fairly recognizable character from a SNES RPG on top of a Tibetan monk from Killer Instinct, one of the best-selling fighting games for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, or I’m correct in saying the portrait the original poster really does belong to this fighting game character done in a completely different art style. Let’s just say if Benjamin from Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest were here, he would not be impressed by this guess.
December 23, 2024 at 3:50 AM
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I can share at least 11.
A screenshot of the character select screen for Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 Scarlet, a vacation simulation game featuring eleven female characters from the Dead or Alive fighting game franchise. Character portraits of Kasumi, Momiji, Lei Fang, Hitomi, Helena, Marie Rose, Honoka, Nyotengu, Misaki, Kokoro and Ayane are shown. Right now, the character selected is Kasumi. A waist up still of Kasumi in a modest pink bikini is shown on the left side of the screenshot. She is clasping her hands together while staring into the distance. Her red hair appears to be blowing in the wind. On the right side of the screen, it shows Kasumi’s stats. According to this text box, her nationality is Japanese, she is 19 years old, her birthday is February 23rd, she’s 5 feet 2 inches tall, 106 lbs., her measurements are 35-21-33, her hobby is fortune telling, her favorite food is strawberry mille-feuille and her favorite color is cherry pink.
December 15, 2024 at 12:59 PM
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This is a screenshot from the NES video game, River City Ransom. In it, a high schooler named Alex lands a kick in the face of one of The Generic Dudes. In response, the opposing thug exclaims the phrase, “BARF!”
December 8, 2024 at 11:53 AM
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If you see this, post a bridge.
The bridge of the USS Enterprise, a spaceship featured in Star Trek: The 25th Anniversary video game for the PC. The bridge crew in this picture consist of Spock, Uhura, Chekov, Captain Kirk, Sulu, Scotty and an unknown ensign in a red shirt.
December 4, 2024 at 10:24 PM
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A game I have more than 100 hours in.
A screenshot of Monster Hunter Rise, a 2021 action role-playing game developed and published by Capcom for the Nintendo Switch. In this screenshot, Vance’s avatar (appropriately named Van Ce) just defeated a jagras, a small fanged wyvern from the Monster Hunter universe. Vance is standing over the jagras as if preparing to carve the creature for precious materials that could be used to upgrade his weapons or armor in the future.
December 2, 2024 at 5:50 AM
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Video game themed comic #8: AI sword fighting
Vance and the bloodthirsty pirate are in the middle of a sword fight at Mêlée Island, straight from the exciting world of The Secret of Monkey Island. Just as it reaches the climax of battle, the bloodthirsty pirate exclaims a well-timed insult. Bloodthirsty pirate: You fight like a dairy farmer! Vance: *looks up dairy farmer on the internet* Dairy farming is a class of agriculture for the long-term production of milk, which is processed for the eventual sale of a dairy product. Dairy farming has a history that goes back to the early Neolithic era, around the seventh millennium BC, in many regions of Europe and Africa. For more information, please follow this link to Wikipedia. Vance proceeds to lose the sword fight.
December 1, 2024 at 10:22 AM
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Great cover art, greater song.
A picture of “Rise and Shine”, a song from the official soundtrack for the video game Shantae: The Seven Sirens, released by Wayforward.
November 30, 2024 at 3:15 PM
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Post a gaming picture that gives you video game anxiety.
A frozen game screen from the original Microsoft Xbox console, with the message “Your Xbox requires service. Please call Xbox Customer Support” written with green text, in six different languages.
November 24, 2024 at 9:47 PM
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Video game themed comic #7: My kind of echo chamber
Vance: Video games Echo: Video games Vance: This echo chamber sounds wonderful to me!
November 24, 2024 at 6:07 AM