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Aidan Moher

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Dad, islander, writer, & Hugo winner. Words for WIRED, Rascal, Vulture, & more. Commodore 1702 enthusiast. he/him. Rep'd by Eric Smith. 🎧 Co-host of @funfactorpod.com 📚 FIGHT, MAGIC, ITEMS and SUIKODEN 1 & 2 🛰️ Newsletter: astrolabe.aidanmoher.com

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · Mar 6

Happy #Suikoden release day, y'all! To celebrate, I'm pleased to finally (finally!) announce my next book: "Suikoden 1 & 2" coming from @bossfightbooks.com in 2026!

⚔️ More details: astrolabe.aidanmoher.com/suikoden-1-2...

A 1990's-style video game ad for my Suikoden 1 & 2 book from Boss Fight Books. It features a mockup of the book cover over a red and black map, surrounded by screenshots and logos. The words "Coming 2026" blaze above in fiery letters.

Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 11h

Just for you, here’s Donatello ON the same Commodore monitor in the card art.

Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 14h

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game // NES // Commodore 1702 via s-video

A photograph of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game on a CRT. Donatello takes a break from whoopin’ Foot Clan ass to pose for the camera.

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 14h

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game // NES // Commodore 1702 via s-video

A photograph of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game on a CRT. Donatello takes a break from whoopin’ Foot Clan ass to pose for the camera.

Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 14h

Incredible work.

Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 14h

I… might need one of these.

Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 14h

Yooooo.

Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 14h

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game // NES // Commodore 1702 via s-video

A photograph of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game on a CRT. Donatello takes a break from whoopin’ Foot Clan ass to pose for the camera.

Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 15h

The only redeeming quality is the handsome author.

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 18h

Bad choice, dude.

deeb @deeb.bsky.social · 18h

don’t judge me but I ordered that controversial RPG book everyone has been talking about

A copy of Fight Magic Items by Aiden Moher resting on a table

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DOKI DOKI CRT PANIC @crtpixel.bsky.social · Apr 10

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES IV: TURTLES IN TIME
KONAMI 1992
SNES

Michaelango flattened by a wrecking ball while a foot soldier looks on

Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 16h

Accurate.

Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 16h

Jellllly of that pink pocket.

Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 18h

This book was actually inspired by the time I started the palisades fires, to be honest.

Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 18h

Bad choice, dude.

deeb @deeb.bsky.social · 18h

don’t judge me but I ordered that controversial RPG book everyone has been talking about

A copy of Fight Magic Items by Aiden Moher resting on a table

Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 18h

Yeah, what a jerk.

Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 18h

a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair holding a cup and pointing

ALT: a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair holding a cup and pointing

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 19h

This what keeps me from replays. All the systems changes are just such a grind (derogatory), and I feel like I’m slogging through mud to the fun, rather than the grind BEING the fun.

Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 19h

Trump’s inner circle should present him with the Nobal Peace Prize. He’ll never know the difference, then maybe he’ll shut up.

Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 19h

Hot CRT action.

DelphiX @delphix4855.bsky.social · 1d

trying out something with my setup :3

two 17” CRT monitors, with a fucked up magnetised monitor as a portrait display because I can’t get rid of the magnetisation in some parts of the screen.
i did spend about an hour waving some magnets around in front of the screen and managed to make it usable.

wooden desk with two 17” CRT monitors on it. the one on the left is upright on its stand, with a monitor shelf on top covered in trinkets. it’s displaying an oscilloscope rendering of some chiptune music (https://youtube.com/watch?v=uzBRdWawvvQ).

the monitor on the right is turned on its side and is displaying discord in portrait orientation. in front of the sideways monitor is a 90s mechanical keyboard and a 2010s apple keyboard

the second monitor showing (what is supposed to be) a full red screen. around some parts of the edges of the screen are small blue-and-green-tinted patches.
in normal use the discolouration isn’t very noticeable.

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 4d

There’s something about little guys on little dioramas that just gets my feelings going something fierce.

A screenshot from Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles. A young man consoles a crying young woman in the ruins of a church.

A screenshot from Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles. A young man watches on as two women speak in the ruins of an old town.

A screenshot from Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles. Hemmed in on both sides, a night guards a woman on a bridge over a waterfall.

A screenshot from Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles. Two young men have a heart to heart in a field at golden hour.

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 1d

We did it!

I’ve got 10,000 followers!

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 1d

Aidan: “Man, I like Universes Beyond, but this is starting to feel like way too much.”

WotC: “What if we did a set featuring your favourite CRT of all time?”

Aidan: “Where do I sign my soul over?”

Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 1d

Donatello is very clearly using a Commodore 1702 monitor (with a C64) in the art for this card, so I clearly have no choice but to build the deck.

A Magic card called “Donatello, the Brains” depicting the Ninja Turtle sitting in a cramped spaces using multiple computers at once.

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Alex Donaldson @apzonerunner.com · 19h

Seeing all this FFT love, nostalgia, and discovery warms my heart... but also utterly makes me pine for FFTA. Especially when talking about reflections on childhood through the prism of FF, something which TA does better than pretty much any other entry.

Sam Barlow 🔥 @mrsambarlow.bsky.social · 19h

It wouldn’t be a FF game without people sitting and reminiscing about their childhood

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 1d

Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen // Super NES // JVC AV-27D201 via component

A photograph of Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen on a CRT. A medieval island at night.

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 1d

Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage // Super NES // JVC AV-27D201 via component

A photograph of Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage on a CRT. Spider-man, looking buff, patrols a dark alley.

Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 20h

Hot CRT action.

Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 22h

After playing through Silent Hill f, I figured it was time to return to where it all started...

The original Silent Hill video game for the PlayStation 1 running on an old CRT tv