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Nick Thorpe

@hkt3030.neocities.org

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Struggling to pass as human since the mid-80s. Not fussy about my pronouns. Features editor at @retrogamermag.bsky.social with occasional bylines elsewhere. https://hkt3030.neocities.org/

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Nick Thorpe @hkt3030.neocities.org · Oct 17

Wow, hello new followers! If you don't know me from elsewhere, I tend to post about this stuff:

- Games, often old ones
- Retro Gamer
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Wrestling, usually AEW
- Heavy music
- Anime, often old ones
- Funny little anecdotes
- A little politics (sorry, I do try to keep it minimal)

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Nick Thorpe @hkt3030.neocities.org · 46m

It sure was! It’s actually one of the first games I got for my 360 – I’d been hoping the game would come to Dreamcast so I knew all about it, and couldn’t believe it had been localised. I can’t imagine the new name and box art did much to attract anyone who didn’t already know what it was.

A PAL copy of WarTech: Senko no Ronde for Xbox 360. The blue and grey artwork, depicting two robots in combat, gives only the slightest hint as to the true nature of the game within.

Nick Thorpe @hkt3030.neocities.org · 2h

Society as a whole would be better off today if Ubisoft had embraced the weeb crowd back in 2007, promoting Senko no Ronde for what it was rather than scrubbing the box art of all personality and calling it WarTech.

unhinged eldritch abomination @rhymeswithk.bsky.social · 6h

Friends, #weebwednesday is upon us once again! You know the drill - quote-post with your weebiest hot takes, nothing racist, nothing intentionally inflammatory, have fun with it ♥

a girl with blue hair and a yellow hair tie in a red jacking, rearing back to punch someone with an angry expression on her face

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Nick Thorpe @hkt3030.neocities.org · 5h

As an attendee of Ministry's C U LaTour back in 2008, that would have saved me some money on tickets a little while back.

Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 5h

Anyone who attends a farewell tour is entitled to go to any future tour by that act for free.

Nick Thorpe @hkt3030.neocities.org · 10h

Endgame is where I tend to get a bit silly – often to amuse myself, as was the case with the tale of Johnny Tightend, the tragic American football player. There’s actually one that had to be totally scrapped, never to see print. One day, if the time ever becomes right, I might tell you all about it.

RetrogamerDaz @retrogamerdaz.bsky.social · 11h

262) EndGame is the only article (to my knowledge) that began life in the Live Publishing era of the magazine and continues in every issue to this day. It's effectively our final piece of editorial and is found on page 114.

Nick Thorpe @hkt3030.neocities.org · 1d

Gonna postpone my Sakura Wars stream until Thursday, due to the late realisation that I sort of tore up my streaming setup in order to take good screenshots of Xbox 360 games.

Nick Thorpe @hkt3030.neocities.org · 1d

It's even backwards compatible on later Xbox consoles! Well worth a shiny coin.

Nick Thorpe @hkt3030.neocities.org · 1d

Probably a common answer, but Sonic The Hedgehog. Whether we’re talking Mega Drive or Master System, they’re both comfort games that I regularly replay so I can do either with all the emeralds in under an hour, no problem. I actually did both back to back on stream for the series' 30th anniversary.

Nick Thorpe @hkt3030.neocities.org · 2d

Nah, scrap 'em. Literally not joking, I have zero desire to buy new hardware at this point in time, and what the heck is going to justify it?

VGC @videogameschronicle.com · 2d

Both PS6 and the next Xbox are planned for a 2027 release, according to separate reports.

www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ps6-and...

PS6 and next Xbox console are both aiming for 2027 release, separate reports claim | VGC

Both companies are reportedly planning to release their next-gen consoles within two years…

www.videogameschronicle.com

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Nick Thorpe @hkt3030.neocities.org · 2d

Do you like Pengo? Would you like a game like Pengo, but with a greater variety of obstacles and enemies? How about adding some boss battles, puzzle stages and flatulence? Then you should check out Ninku Gaiden: Hiroyuki Daikatsugeki for the Game Gear.

A screenshot of Ninku Gaiden for the Game Gear. In an icy stage, Hiroyuki has just lined up three diamond blocks without touching the stage's outer walls, earning 10,000 bonus points and temporarily stunning all enemies.

A screenshot of Ninku Gaiden for the Game Gear. In an ocean-themed stage, Hiroyuki has just kicked a block with a shell pattern into the top-right corner.

A screenshot of Ninku Gaiden for the Game Gear. In a forest-themed stage, Hiroyuki kicks a wooden block at the charging boss, a gorilla-like robot.

A screenshot of Ninku Gaiden for the Game Gear. In a rocky, mountainous stage, Hiroyuki has kicked a stone block to squash an enemy against a bumper with a question mark on it, which will rebound the block in a random direction.

Nick Thorpe @hkt3030.neocities.org · 2d

Thank you both for that recommendation - I took a look and I think it could be a lot of fun to try with my niece.

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Nick Thorpe @hkt3030.neocities.org · 2d

Yeah, I knew it was going to be my kind of game being a spiritual successor to Rez and all, so I enjoyed it with a standard controller on a 14" CRT TV. I'm looking forward to revisiting it with Kinect and the kind of display it was built for.