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Ralph Barbagallo

@flarb.com

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Founder FLARB. DEMON’S TILT, XENOTILT, VR, AR, XR! #gamedevelopment #pinball #virtualreality #augmentedreality #mixedreality

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Ralph Barbagallo @flarb.com · Aug 18

FINALLY @xenotilt.bsky.social IS OUT! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2008980/XENOTILT_HOSTILE_PINBALL_ACTION/

Save 10% on XENOTILT: HOSTILE PINBALL ACTION on Steam

LIGHTNING STRIKES AGAIN!! XENOTILT, the sequel to the cult hit, DEMON'S TILT. Get ready for another PINBALL FANTASY. XENOTILT shreds the envelope with face-melting gameplay & graphics.

store.steampowered.com

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Ralph Barbagallo @flarb.com · 2d

I slept on Max Mustard. It’s the true successor to Astro Bot on PSVR.

Ralph Barbagallo @flarb.com · 2d

This is actually a great theme for a pinball table: youtu.be/hCTFemr_DVI?... I think back in the '80s the Winchester Mystery House had an arcade--they should bring it back and put this machine in it.

A Haunting Under Glass: Winchester Mystery House Pinball Trailer

YouTube video by Barrels of Fun Pinball

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Ralph Barbagallo @flarb.com · 2d

I was really looking forward to this back in the day. I think I played the prototype waaaay back in the 90s and it didn’t seem far along?

Ralph Barbagallo @flarb.com · 3d

I really dig Absolum. The roguelike elements give what would be a fairly conventional brawler an extra dimension that makes it highly replayable. It's basically Hades meets Golden Axe and I dig it. The name is kind of terrible, though.

Ralph Barbagallo @flarb.com · 3d

lol I’m in IG jail for a week but I have no idea why? My limited edition Oreo flavor photos are too hot for social media?

Ralph Barbagallo @flarb.com · 4d

Make sure you see in in IMAX 3D if possible. Won’t be as enjoyable otherwise.

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Ralph Barbagallo @flarb.com · 4d

Wait…what is this???

Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 4d

Holy shit someone uploaded the entire stage play adaptation of the Yakuza videogame series with English subtitles and it’s glorious and 500x better than the Amazon show youtu.be/Z2Msr4si6dU?...

Ralph Barbagallo @flarb.com · 4d

It’s a quality B movie for computer nerds. Legacy is a FAR better movie. But I enjoyed this. Looks AMAZING in IMAX 3D.

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Ralph Barbagallo @flarb.com · 4d

Not sure what people were expecting from Tron Ares. I quite enjoyed it. I can’t believe @karaswisher.bsky.social never mentioned her cameo on Pivot.

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Ralph Barbagallo @flarb.com · 4d

I used to read about this machine in EGM when it came out. But back then they were only at Disney parks or something? Like one place in the US had one. Never seen one IRL.

Ralph Barbagallo @flarb.com · 4d

I have to finally make it to Galloping Ghost to try this!

Enerjax✦ 🔜 Magfest, FF @enerjax.bsky.social · 4d

If you want to see very embarrassing footage of how “well” my go with G-LOC on the R360 went, look no further. At the very least I accomplished my goal! 🚨😂 You’ll have to see @onemillionpower.com ‘s video about it to hear what the average hit count is at Galloping Ghost and elsewhere😆

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Ralph Barbagallo @flarb.com · 6d

Weird!

Ralph Barbagallo @flarb.com · 6d

Ok weird, I'm going to look at this now. Hopefully I can get a patch out by next week.

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Ralph Barbagallo @flarb.com · 6d

Woah, really?? Online leaderboard, local, or both??

Ralph Barbagallo @flarb.com · 6d

Yeah the hitching is because we're teetering on the edge of running out of memory on Switch--I still plan on some performance updates for Switch. Trying to see if we can optimize memory consumption more. I think that if I can get more headroom in memory usage it will hitch less.

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Ralph Barbagallo @flarb.com · 6d

We could do a bad ass 120hz edition with the visual punch of the PS5 one if we could get our hands on a Switch 2 kit.

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XENOTILT: HOSTILE PINBALL ACTION @xenotilt.bsky.social · 6d

XENOTILT: HOSTILE #PINBALL ACTION NOW OUT ON #NINTENDO SWITCH! GET IT NOW!! www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...

XENOTILT: HOSTILE PINBALL ACTION for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

Buy XENOTILT: HOSTILE PINBALL ACTION and shop other great Nintendo products online at the official My Nintendo Store.

www.nintendo.com

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Frank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social · 6d

Collectors! Store owners! Hoarders! Help us out! @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social is looking to source copies of this 1985 NES pack-in poster for fundraising reasons, and we need them asap. We already cleaned out eBay. Note that they need to be the ones that say copyright 1985, as pictured! Can pay!

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Kevin Bunch (ubersaurus) @atariarchive.org · 6d

If you've ever wanted to know more about how Sega's most ambitious arcade cabinet came together, how it was received at the time, and the sheer effort that goes into moving these things and making them work, this is well worth your time!

Brian Clark (bclarkomp) @onemillionpower.com · 6d

This is the story of Sega's R360: The legendary arcade cabinet that spun players around and left arcade floors far too early. Exclusive interviews, developer quotes, and more!
I'd appreciate not only everyone watching, but also sharing this post and the video!
youtu.be/I-LnKFILB5I

Sega R360: Spinning Dreams in the Arcade

YouTube video by One Million Power

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Ralph Barbagallo @flarb.com · 6d

FINALLY!!

SKATE STORY @skatestory.com · 6d

SKATE STORY
Release Date Trailer - "Emptylands"

Skate Story | OUT DECEMBER 8 🛹

YouTube video by DevolverDigital

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Ralph Barbagallo @flarb.com · 7d

Weird how Howard Lutnick was supposedly creeped out by Epstein the first time he met him and supposedly never associated with him again, yet our fascist dictator partied with him for decades until having a "falling out"

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Xalavier Nelson Jr. @writnelson.bsky.social · 7d

You would not believe how many stories like this have been popping up over the last ~5 years

Not just full games cancelled—entire characters and plot lines removed or changed, leaving less time for making the *rest of the game better*, to try avoiding a small and malicious contingent of voices.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 7d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Ralph Barbagallo @flarb.com · 7d

The trouble with AI companies as potential clients is they place no value at all on human effort, hence it's impossible to negotiate any kind of reasonable rate with them. Go away.

Ralph Barbagallo @flarb.com · 7d

I’m not sure if they test on Switch 2 during Lotcheck, but they didn’t flag any issues. And it’s running on a way newer engine than DT—so I suspect it runs fine on S2.

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Ralph Barbagallo @flarb.com · 7d

I have no way of knowing without a devkit. We’ll see when it launches.

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