Alexander Davies
@mumbofish.bsky.social
I am mostly here for weird and interesting movies and videogames. Siarad Cymraeg 🏴. 私は 日本語を勉強 を する 🇯🇵. Unashamed lover of Iggy's Reckin' Balls.
I'm by no means a presentationally fancy chef but this Pikachu* katsu curry turned out pretty good!**
*Not made with a Pikachu
** A Pikachu that has seen some shit.
*Not made with a Pikachu
** A Pikachu that has seen some shit.
December 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I'm by no means a presentationally fancy chef but this Pikachu* katsu curry turned out pretty good!**
*Not made with a Pikachu
** A Pikachu that has seen some shit.
*Not made with a Pikachu
** A Pikachu that has seen some shit.
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It's Giving Tuesday at the VGHF! We've had an incredible 2025, but we need your help to make sure we can continue doing our charitable work in 2026 and beyond. We just launched our annual Winter Fundraiser campaign, please give if you're able (and share this post!). http://gamehistory.org/donate
December 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
It's Giving Tuesday at the VGHF! We've had an incredible 2025, but we need your help to make sure we can continue doing our charitable work in 2026 and beyond. We just launched our annual Winter Fundraiser campaign, please give if you're able (and share this post!). http://gamehistory.org/donate
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This is true and it's why it's important to support independent critics... like me!!! I just posted a 2500 word essay on Baby Steps and I've worked hard this year to talk about more new and independent games like it. I don't have any steady income right now, just $1 per month makes a difference:
November 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
This is true and it's why it's important to support independent critics... like me!!! I just posted a 2500 word essay on Baby Steps and I've worked hard this year to talk about more new and independent games like it. I don't have any steady income right now, just $1 per month makes a difference:
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Detective Instinct is NOW AVAILABLE in all regions (on 15% launch discount for the next two weeks)!
Thank you all for supporting us. We did our best to craft a story we can be proud of, so we hope sincerely hope you enjoy it 🫡
Check it out on Steam or Nintendo Switch!
Thank you all for supporting us. We did our best to craft a story we can be proud of, so we hope sincerely hope you enjoy it 🫡
Check it out on Steam or Nintendo Switch!
November 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Detective Instinct is NOW AVAILABLE in all regions (on 15% launch discount for the next two weeks)!
Thank you all for supporting us. We did our best to craft a story we can be proud of, so we hope sincerely hope you enjoy it 🫡
Check it out on Steam or Nintendo Switch!
Thank you all for supporting us. We did our best to craft a story we can be proud of, so we hope sincerely hope you enjoy it 🫡
Check it out on Steam or Nintendo Switch!
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I love Chinese & Taiwanese Wuxia RPGs, not only for the cool martial arts setting but also for playing differently from Western & Japanese RPGs.
I often get asked for recommendations. I had a big thread on Twitter, so here's a new one!
Here's my favorites available in English (officially or not) 🧵
I often get asked for recommendations. I had a big thread on Twitter, so here's a new one!
Here's my favorites available in English (officially or not) 🧵
November 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I love Chinese & Taiwanese Wuxia RPGs, not only for the cool martial arts setting but also for playing differently from Western & Japanese RPGs.
I often get asked for recommendations. I had a big thread on Twitter, so here's a new one!
Here's my favorites available in English (officially or not) 🧵
I often get asked for recommendations. I had a big thread on Twitter, so here's a new one!
Here's my favorites available in English (officially or not) 🧵
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Ep. 415 - The Demonschool Episode
Go back to hell! Insert Credit celebrates the release of Demonschool by analyzing trends in indie releases, the best grids in games, and of course, woke.
insertcredit.com/show/415
Wishlist Demonschool! store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/... Releases Wednesday!
Go back to hell! Insert Credit celebrates the release of Demonschool by analyzing trends in indie releases, the best grids in games, and of course, woke.
insertcredit.com/show/415
Wishlist Demonschool! store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/... Releases Wednesday!
The Demonschool Episode
Go back to hell! Insert Credit celebrates the release of Demonschool by analyzing trends in indie releases, the best grids in games, and of course, woke.
insertcredit.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Ep. 415 - The Demonschool Episode
Go back to hell! Insert Credit celebrates the release of Demonschool by analyzing trends in indie releases, the best grids in games, and of course, woke.
insertcredit.com/show/415
Wishlist Demonschool! store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/... Releases Wednesday!
Go back to hell! Insert Credit celebrates the release of Demonschool by analyzing trends in indie releases, the best grids in games, and of course, woke.
insertcredit.com/show/415
Wishlist Demonschool! store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/... Releases Wednesday!
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If you're wondering how this will go Square Enix handed off their mobile Octopath game to NetEase who immediately started using ChatGPT to translate everything resulting in text like this. When players complained they started asking fans to fix their translations in exchange for in-game currency
November 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
If you're wondering how this will go Square Enix handed off their mobile Octopath game to NetEase who immediately started using ChatGPT to translate everything resulting in text like this. When players complained they started asking fans to fix their translations in exchange for in-game currency
I've just watched The Tomb of Ligeia, and after reading a bit more about it, I've found this million degrees burn on the casting of Vincent Price as the lead saying that he looked like a necrophiliac.
![An excerpt from Wikipedia from one of the writers of The Tomb of Ligeia that states, "Roger Corman was initially reluctant to use Vincent Price in the lead role, worrying he was too old for a character who was 25 to 30 years old; his preference was for Richard Chamberlain.[6]
Towne later said the film "was a little dull. I think it would have been better if it had been with a man who didn't look like a necrophiliac to begin with... I love Vincent. He's very sweet. But, going in, you suspect that Vincent could bang cats, chickens, girls, dogs, everything. You just feel that necrophilia might be one of his Basic Things.".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kfxifbpts5pnn73l6ga5chtd/bafkreihbherrrd3ah24k4vserfy5nm2ygaf6oaysiinlsvb6wom3jk7xoa@jpeg)
November 4, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I've just watched The Tomb of Ligeia, and after reading a bit more about it, I've found this million degrees burn on the casting of Vincent Price as the lead saying that he looked like a necrophiliac.
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Here's a brand new interview with our head boss onion Kimura in @pcgamer.com, on getting the courage to make a new RPG, and how #StrayChildren came together!
www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/af...
www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/af...
The Japanese dev inspired by Undertale's Toby Fox to make his first RPG in decades calls it 'a love letter to other people who love these odd games, like Toby and I do'
The Undertale-inspired Stray Children, like Kimura's '90s RPG Moon, is part oddball story, part genre commentary.
www.pcgamer.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Here's a brand new interview with our head boss onion Kimura in @pcgamer.com, on getting the courage to make a new RPG, and how #StrayChildren came together!
www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/af...
www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/af...
I have bought a Switch 2. Setting it up and performing a system transfer from the Switch 1 was one of the most ludicrous and simultaneously most and least Nintendo processes imaginable.
Also I had to log into my Nintendo account three times to buy something on the eshop.
Absolutely baffling.
Also I had to log into my Nintendo account three times to buy something on the eshop.
Absolutely baffling.
November 2, 2025 at 10:36 AM
I have bought a Switch 2. Setting it up and performing a system transfer from the Switch 1 was one of the most ludicrous and simultaneously most and least Nintendo processes imaginable.
Also I had to log into my Nintendo account three times to buy something on the eshop.
Absolutely baffling.
Also I had to log into my Nintendo account three times to buy something on the eshop.
Absolutely baffling.
I'm really sad to see this place go. On my first night in Japan I sat at a BlazBlue: Central Fiction cabinet and beat a player sat on the other side. When he came around to congratulate me, his friends mercilessly ripped the shit out of him for losing to a gaijin.
soranews24.com/2025/10/16/t...
soranews24.com/2025/10/16/t...
Tokyo losing another iconic arcade with announced closure of 40-year-old Ikebukuro game center
A once-adored location in Ikebukuro is down to its last few months.
soranews24.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I'm really sad to see this place go. On my first night in Japan I sat at a BlazBlue: Central Fiction cabinet and beat a player sat on the other side. When he came around to congratulate me, his friends mercilessly ripped the shit out of him for losing to a gaijin.
soranews24.com/2025/10/16/t...
soranews24.com/2025/10/16/t...
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A fascinating oral history with no ads. This feels like something too good for modern internet. Check it out!!
Shadow of the Colossus: An oral history
Celebrate the 20th anniversary of Team Ico’s masterpiece by looking back with 11 people who worked on it (and three who didn’t).
www.designroom.site
October 16, 2025 at 12:29 AM
A fascinating oral history with no ads. This feels like something too good for modern internet. Check it out!!
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I wrote a long article about Rieko Kodama, her career at Sega, the evolution of her company, the games she worked on (including some canceled games and/or games for which she is not credited), the status of women and working conditions in the video game industry, etc.
vgdensetsu.net/riekokodama/
vgdensetsu.net/riekokodama/
October 7, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I wrote a long article about Rieko Kodama, her career at Sega, the evolution of her company, the games she worked on (including some canceled games and/or games for which she is not credited), the status of women and working conditions in the video game industry, etc.
vgdensetsu.net/riekokodama/
vgdensetsu.net/riekokodama/
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Outside these walls, the Children say, the grown-ups are monsters, and nowhere is safe.
Discover our bittersweet fairy tale RPG #StrayChildren on October 30th, 2025, when it releases on Nintendo Switch and Steam!
Wishlist it now: store.steampowered.com/app/3649490/...
Discover our bittersweet fairy tale RPG #StrayChildren on October 30th, 2025, when it releases on Nintendo Switch and Steam!
Wishlist it now: store.steampowered.com/app/3649490/...
October 2, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Outside these walls, the Children say, the grown-ups are monsters, and nowhere is safe.
Discover our bittersweet fairy tale RPG #StrayChildren on October 30th, 2025, when it releases on Nintendo Switch and Steam!
Wishlist it now: store.steampowered.com/app/3649490/...
Discover our bittersweet fairy tale RPG #StrayChildren on October 30th, 2025, when it releases on Nintendo Switch and Steam!
Wishlist it now: store.steampowered.com/app/3649490/...
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Introducing @keitaiarchive.bsky.social, a website for Japanese feature phone game preservation resources. As keitai game preservation grows, we want our tools and preserved abandonware media to be as accessible as possible. Read on for more information! (1/6)
October 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Introducing @keitaiarchive.bsky.social, a website for Japanese feature phone game preservation resources. As keitai game preservation grows, we want our tools and preserved abandonware media to be as accessible as possible. Read on for more information! (1/6)
Summing up the eternal struggle with Baby Steps in one image.
September 30, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Summing up the eternal struggle with Baby Steps in one image.
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🌎🌎🌎NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT!💀💀💀
Introducing *Earth Must Die* from @danthat.bsky.social
A dark comedy adventure game featuring the voices of Alex Horne, Joel Fry, Martha Howe-Douglas and more
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
RTs extremely appreciated!!!! <3 <3
Introducing *Earth Must Die* from @danthat.bsky.social
A dark comedy adventure game featuring the voices of Alex Horne, Joel Fry, Martha Howe-Douglas and more
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
RTs extremely appreciated!!!! <3 <3
September 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
🌎🌎🌎NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT!💀💀💀
Introducing *Earth Must Die* from @danthat.bsky.social
A dark comedy adventure game featuring the voices of Alex Horne, Joel Fry, Martha Howe-Douglas and more
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
RTs extremely appreciated!!!! <3 <3
Introducing *Earth Must Die* from @danthat.bsky.social
A dark comedy adventure game featuring the voices of Alex Horne, Joel Fry, Martha Howe-Douglas and more
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
RTs extremely appreciated!!!! <3 <3
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Another web game you shouldn't miss: 1x111 by @abagames.bsky.social
A collection of inventive and delightful tiny games. Think UFO-50 mixed with Wario Ware. Full of surprises, and actually pretty addictive. #gaming #videogame
abagames.itch.io/1x111
A collection of inventive and delightful tiny games. Think UFO-50 mixed with Wario Ware. Full of surprises, and actually pretty addictive. #gaming #videogame
abagames.itch.io/1x111
1x111 by ABA Games
1-button 111 minigames
abagames.itch.io
September 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Another web game you shouldn't miss: 1x111 by @abagames.bsky.social
A collection of inventive and delightful tiny games. Think UFO-50 mixed with Wario Ware. Full of surprises, and actually pretty addictive. #gaming #videogame
abagames.itch.io/1x111
A collection of inventive and delightful tiny games. Think UFO-50 mixed with Wario Ware. Full of surprises, and actually pretty addictive. #gaming #videogame
abagames.itch.io/1x111
My first experience with the original Prince of Persia was the DOS version at a childhood friend's house. Not sure what terrified us more - the crunchy "falling on spikes" death sound blasting through speakers or the imposing time limit.
Needless to say, as young kids we were rubbish at it.
Needless to say, as young kids we were rubbish at it.
"Which is your favorite/definitive version of the original Prince of Persia?"
💾As promised-- after 35 years, here's a proper blog post with my thoughts, and the story behind Prince of Persia's multiple 1990s ports.
www.jordanmechner.com/en/latest-ne...
💾As promised-- after 35 years, here's a proper blog post with my thoughts, and the story behind Prince of Persia's multiple 1990s ports.
www.jordanmechner.com/en/latest-ne...
September 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
My first experience with the original Prince of Persia was the DOS version at a childhood friend's house. Not sure what terrified us more - the crunchy "falling on spikes" death sound blasting through speakers or the imposing time limit.
Needless to say, as young kids we were rubbish at it.
Needless to say, as young kids we were rubbish at it.
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Many few years back, I re-edited the live-action/cartoon hybrid ATTACK OF THE SUPERMONSTER and showed it once in theatres as part of the Children's Matinee series MEGA FUN MOVIE EXPLOSION we ran. This is the trailer I made for it, which humbly, I think still rules.
September 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Many few years back, I re-edited the live-action/cartoon hybrid ATTACK OF THE SUPERMONSTER and showed it once in theatres as part of the Children's Matinee series MEGA FUN MOVIE EXPLOSION we ran. This is the trailer I made for it, which humbly, I think still rules.
The Borderlands 4 inventory UI wouldn't be any more difficult to use if someone put their hands in front of my eyes every time I opened it.
"Man this new game is kicking off with the most devious and mindbending puzzle I've ever seen! You almost have to think in four dimensions just to know where to start! Oh, wait, this is just the inventory UI."
September 14, 2025 at 8:20 AM
The Borderlands 4 inventory UI wouldn't be any more difficult to use if someone put their hands in front of my eyes every time I opened it.
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Presented for the first time ever, a 12GB completely lossless VHS rip of 1987 Slasher Horror Anime HELL TARGET Timed & subtitled from my hacked VCR. This anime has NEVER been available in High Quality before today. Enjoy!
archive.org/details/hell...
archive.org/details/hell...
August 15, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Presented for the first time ever, a 12GB completely lossless VHS rip of 1987 Slasher Horror Anime HELL TARGET Timed & subtitled from my hacked VCR. This anime has NEVER been available in High Quality before today. Enjoy!
archive.org/details/hell...
archive.org/details/hell...
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DoDonPachi DaiOuJou DX Reco.ver (大往生DX-ﾚｺver.-) was preserved by Yuuku! Only sold on December 30, 2007, this is a score competition variant of DoDonPachi DaiOuJou DX. Given how it was only available for one day, this may be one of the rarest i-mode games preserved so far.
September 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
DoDonPachi DaiOuJou DX Reco.ver (大往生DX-ﾚｺver.-) was preserved by Yuuku! Only sold on December 30, 2007, this is a score competition variant of DoDonPachi DaiOuJou DX. Given how it was only available for one day, this may be one of the rarest i-mode games preserved so far.