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Darren Hupke 🔜 PRGE

@darrenhupke.bsky.social

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Video game book maker (32 Bit Library, Retro Game Zine). Writer. Podcast host (Complete Discography, Pixels and Polygons). Owner of @pixelsandpolygons.net Links to my books, podcast, and creative output below 👇 https://linktr.ee/darrenhupke

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Darren Hupke 🔜 PRGE @darrenhupke.bsky.social · May 10

For new and interested followers:

I’m Darren Hupke! I do a lot of different things in the retro gaming world.

I’m a writer:
📚32 Bit Library

I’m a publisher:
📖 Retro Game Zine

I’m a podcaster:
🎙️Pixels and Polygons

Find out more about all of these projects right here: linktr.ee/darrenhupke

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Darren Hupke 🔜 PRGE @darrenhupke.bsky.social · 17m

I really liked the first one, but this sequel didn't keep me playing for too long. I would love another! I would love any Dynasty-competing title that leans casual.

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Flashback 64 @flashback64.com · May 2

To all of our new followers,
We are a podcast that covers the N64 library in chronological order.

🌐 flashback64.neocities.org
🎧 flashback64pod.podbean.com
🅿️ patreon.com/flashback64
💬 discord.gg/pUe7mWZqYM
🖥️ youtube.com/@flashback64pod
👾 twitch.tv/flashback64pod
🛒 etsy.com/shop/flashback64

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Darren Hupke 🔜 PRGE @darrenhupke.bsky.social · 56m

In Jon we watch.

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Yokoi Kids @yokoikids.bsky.social · 3h

Hiya, @itsmerickv.com will be at Zinecinnati hocking Yokoi Kids zines this Saturday 10/18 in Cincinnnati, OH. Rumor has it he found a couple of volume ones.

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Darren Hupke 🔜 PRGE @darrenhupke.bsky.social · 2h

Employees could “check out” new or used games. Anything that was gutted/opened could be taken home for a few days to play for free. Then, most of those would be sold as new later to people.

Darren Hupke 🔜 PRGE @darrenhupke.bsky.social · 3h

Swing by booth 813 if you want to say hi and check out my @pixelsandpolygons.net stuff in person!

Darren Hupke 🔜 PRGE @darrenhupke.bsky.social · 3h

Task on HBO, too. I’m also watching the Outsider for the first time and loving it.

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Darren Hupke 🔜 PRGE @darrenhupke.bsky.social · 3h

Been reading a bunch of @bossfightbooks.com this year. I did just get @readonlymemory.com’s books by @mattleone.bsky.social on Street Fighter II and Final Fantasy VII.

The Knives was the last comic I read, and per usual, Brubaker and Phillips delivered gold.

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Pixels and Polygons 🔜 PRGE @pixelsandpolygons.net · 4h

Promotional flyers! Limited edition flyers available at @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social this weekend for FREE! What a deal! Come by booth 813 and get one for yourself!

A digital flyer advertising Pixels and Polygons things, like 32 Bit Library, Retro Game Zine, and the Pixels and Polygons podcast.

A digital flyer advertising the book Beat ‘Em Up Vol 1, the unofficial history of the genre. It covers the Final Fight franchise.

A digital flyer advertising the new book 32 Bit Library Greatest Hits Volume 1. It’s finding on Kickstarter and available later on pixelsandpolygons.net

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Yuna.EXE 🏳️‍⚧️ @yunanoire.bsky.social · Mar 10

Real opening paragraph in an Official Nintendo Magazine feature

"I once punched my younger brother so hard in the chest that he vomited up that morning's breakfast - cornflakes mainly. It wasn't technically the Heimlich manoevre, as he wasn't choking and I wasn't trying to save him-"

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Darren Hupke 🔜 PRGE @darrenhupke.bsky.social · 3h

My money is in hand for the book release…

Darren Hupke 🔜 PRGE @darrenhupke.bsky.social · 4h

Gah… I don’t NEED a haircut, but I should get one, so now I have to go outside today. Bummer.

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Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · 4h

Near Portland? Come celebrate the 40th anniversary of the NES with a once-in-a-lifetime panel with the people who made it happen! We're hosting a panel on the actual 40th anniversary date with ex-Nintendo staff. Memories, photos, surprises and more! www.patreon.com/posts/nes-40...

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Darren Hupke 🔜 PRGE @darrenhupke.bsky.social · 4h

support.apple.com/en-us/118249

Transfer your library and playlists from music services to Apple Music - Apple Support

Learn how to transfer music and playlists from other music services to Apple Music.

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Darren Hupke 🔜 PRGE @darrenhupke.bsky.social · 5h

I’ll be in Portland tomorrow for @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social! Gonna get some Burgerville. Ride a dumb electric scooter. Set up my booth. Not sure what else.

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Darren Hupke 🔜 PRGE @darrenhupke.bsky.social · 16h

Let’s get some F’s in chat if he’s right.

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Matt Leone @mattleone.bsky.social · 1d

Big day! Here's the thing I've been working on for the past few months.

Design Room @designroom.bsky.social · 1d

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We are live! Welcome to Design Room, a new independent games media site.

• We specialize in oral histories like the Final Fantasy 7 and Street Fighter 2 ones I (@mattleone.bsky.social) did at Polygon
• Our first big story is on Shadow of the Colossus: bit.ly/4hjwz8n
• See more: designroom.site

Design Room

Video game oral histories

designroom.site

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downchasm @downchasm.bsky.social · 1d

every night, his face haunts my dreams

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Darren Hupke 🔜 PRGE @darrenhupke.bsky.social · 1d

Check it out! Subscribe!

www.designroom.site

Design Room

Video game oral histories

www.designroom.site

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Darren Hupke 🔜 PRGE @darrenhupke.bsky.social · 1d

Can I leave this here?

pixelsandpolygons.net/products/ret...

Retro Game Zine - Blue Stinger

Retro Game Zine Issue 006 highlights the Dreamcast cult classic (?) Blue Stinger! This is a 5.5"x8.5", 30-page zine printed on 80lb recycled paper in full color, with a 100lb soft-touch laminated cove...

pixelsandpolygons.net

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Darren Hupke 🔜 PRGE @darrenhupke.bsky.social · 1d

Buy this book. Don’t miss it. You’ll regret it.

Retro Game Books 🔜 PRGE @retrogamebooks.com · 1d

We just approved the proof version of Video Game Maps: SNES - Vol 3. It will soon be printed.

If you didn’t preorder, don’t despair, as we ordered some extra copies. *But*, once those are gone, they’re gone.

retrogamebooks.com/products/vid...

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Mark died 10 years ago this very night @markpaglia.bsky.social · 1d

Just read the first issue of The Author Immortal, and it is the latest entry in my sporadic series "Comics You Should Read Because They Rule."

Frank J. Barbiere @fjbarb.bsky.social · Jul 18

The Author Immortal.
A new ongoing series from me & @morganbeem.bsky.social starting this October at @imagecomics.com. Logo by @sievish.bsky.social and some fantastic variants from @yukoart.bsky.social & Jorge Corona.

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Pixels and Polygons 🔜 PRGE @pixelsandpolygons.net · 3d

Funding is running now through 10/29 on Kickstarter. All the previous volumes are available as add-ons. Please tell your friends and share the links. All support is appreciated!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/dar...

32 BIt Library Greatest Hits Volume 1

Chronologically rediscover 50 of the best-selling titles released on the original PlayStation. A 6" x 9" release.

www.kickstarter.com

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Pixels and Polygons 🔜 PRGE @pixelsandpolygons.net · 3d

New book alert! 32 Bit Library Greatest Hits!

Featuring contributions from @hg101.bsky.social, @pizzadinosaur.fineti.me, @elmore.zone, @drubie.bsky.social, @buttlordprimus.bsky.social, @tftblpod.bsky.social. Plus essays from @glitch.mov, @aguaspoints.bsky.social, @marcnormandin.bsky.social & more!

32 BIt Library Greatest Hits Volume 1

Chronologically rediscover 50 of the best-selling titles released on the original PlayStation. A 6" x 9" release.

www.kickstarter.com

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Darren Hupke 🔜 PRGE @darrenhupke.bsky.social · 2d

That game looked fun. I wanted to give that a shot, too.

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