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Complete English translation for Metalgun Slinger on the Game Boy Advance has just been released. Its romhacking.net intro: "a [Western-themed action platformer], and combat is based upon chaining projectile attacks and acrobatic techniques." Sounds really cool! www.romhacking.net/translations...
November 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Complete English translation for Metalgun Slinger on the Game Boy Advance has just been released. Its romhacking.net intro: "a [Western-themed action platformer], and combat is based upon chaining projectile attacks and acrobatic techniques." Sounds really cool! www.romhacking.net/translations...
i enjoyed the first run of Chainsaw Man, but it is utterly bizarre to me to imagine its current syndication touching on the societal themes people mention, when the original epiphany of the main character's arc was "i just want to have sex." i do plan on getting to the new stuff, regardless lol.
November 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
i enjoyed the first run of Chainsaw Man, but it is utterly bizarre to me to imagine its current syndication touching on the societal themes people mention, when the original epiphany of the main character's arc was "i just want to have sex." i do plan on getting to the new stuff, regardless lol.
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Tonight's look is Castlevania: Curse of Darkness for the Playstation 2.
pepsimanvsjoe.blogspot.com/2025/11/play...
This is easily the most maddening of the Igavania saga, yet there is something buried underneath that draws me into its embrace.
Moth to a flame or something like.
#retrogaming #konami
pepsimanvsjoe.blogspot.com/2025/11/play...
This is easily the most maddening of the Igavania saga, yet there is something buried underneath that draws me into its embrace.
Moth to a flame or something like.
#retrogaming #konami
Playstation 2 Look - Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
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November 26, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Tonight's look is Castlevania: Curse of Darkness for the Playstation 2.
pepsimanvsjoe.blogspot.com/2025/11/play...
This is easily the most maddening of the Igavania saga, yet there is something buried underneath that draws me into its embrace.
Moth to a flame or something like.
#retrogaming #konami
pepsimanvsjoe.blogspot.com/2025/11/play...
This is easily the most maddening of the Igavania saga, yet there is something buried underneath that draws me into its embrace.
Moth to a flame or something like.
#retrogaming #konami
I updated my 2015 review of La Pucelle Tactics. It now has a relatively short section dedicated to its Ragnarok rerelease. I wrote it off-the-cuff, and it's a minor thing compared to my usual articles. Still, maybe someone will find it helpful. Warning: The 2015 review has yet to be rewritten!
La Pucelle Tactics - Noah's Barks
Predecessor to 'Disgaea,' 'La Pucelle' delivers its own irreverent humor and whimsy—and strategy gameplay. (Includes 'Ragnarok')
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November 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I updated my 2015 review of La Pucelle Tactics. It now has a relatively short section dedicated to its Ragnarok rerelease. I wrote it off-the-cuff, and it's a minor thing compared to my usual articles. Still, maybe someone will find it helpful. Warning: The 2015 review has yet to be rewritten!
@brokestudio.bsky.social Hi! I'm a journalist interested in covering your work. I sent an email to [email protected]. Please let me know if you received it, as I had technical problems attempting to use Homebrew Factory's contact page. Thank you!
November 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM
@brokestudio.bsky.social Hi! I'm a journalist interested in covering your work. I sent an email to [email protected]. Please let me know if you received it, as I had technical problems attempting to use Homebrew Factory's contact page. Thank you!
our first #Thanksgiving without being able to make jokes about there being a country named Turkey... our veterans who got a purple heart in the War on Christmas didn't fight for this...
November 26, 2025 at 12:04 AM
our first #Thanksgiving without being able to make jokes about there being a country named Turkey... our veterans who got a purple heart in the War on Christmas didn't fight for this...
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🎖Secret agents MASATO and MIZUKI must infiltrate a new secret fortress and put a stop to a frightening project involving a weapon of mass destruction!
Fortified Zone 2 is finally available outside of Japan for your Game Boy!
➡️ www.homebrew-factory.com/game-boy/145...
Fortified Zone 2 is finally available outside of Japan for your Game Boy!
➡️ www.homebrew-factory.com/game-boy/145...
November 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
🎖Secret agents MASATO and MIZUKI must infiltrate a new secret fortress and put a stop to a frightening project involving a weapon of mass destruction!
Fortified Zone 2 is finally available outside of Japan for your Game Boy!
➡️ www.homebrew-factory.com/game-boy/145...
Fortified Zone 2 is finally available outside of Japan for your Game Boy!
➡️ www.homebrew-factory.com/game-boy/145...
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#Commodore64 Game Ending screen:
PUFFY’S SAGA
• Publisher: Ubi Soft
• Developer: Ubi Soft
• Release Date: 1990
• Code: Wim Taymans
• GFX: Stephane Bervas
• Music: Michael Hendriks
#C64 #FREEZE64
FREEZE64.com
PUFFY’S SAGA
• Publisher: Ubi Soft
• Developer: Ubi Soft
• Release Date: 1990
• Code: Wim Taymans
• GFX: Stephane Bervas
• Music: Michael Hendriks
#C64 #FREEZE64
FREEZE64.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:44 AM
#Commodore64 Game Ending screen:
PUFFY’S SAGA
• Publisher: Ubi Soft
• Developer: Ubi Soft
• Release Date: 1990
• Code: Wim Taymans
• GFX: Stephane Bervas
• Music: Michael Hendriks
#C64 #FREEZE64
FREEZE64.com
PUFFY’S SAGA
• Publisher: Ubi Soft
• Developer: Ubi Soft
• Release Date: 1990
• Code: Wim Taymans
• GFX: Stephane Bervas
• Music: Michael Hendriks
#C64 #FREEZE64
FREEZE64.com
do you ever think about how embarrassing it is that Chiaki J. Konaka has struggled since 2009 to get the Despera anime made? literally one of the best writers of the ENTIRE medium, but every flavor-of-the-month shonen has to get its own series that never concludes.
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 AM
do you ever think about how embarrassing it is that Chiaki J. Konaka has struggled since 2009 to get the Despera anime made? literally one of the best writers of the ENTIRE medium, but every flavor-of-the-month shonen has to get its own series that never concludes.
i remember laughing at their low IQ game and returning to my Toontown free trial
some of the people at anime forum meets i went to in the 00s were obsessed with this. it sounded boring when they talked about it, and it looked miserable when i saw it being played.
elsewhere, someone showed me the leroy jenkins video a couple of days after it happened and it wasn't funny at all.
elsewhere, someone showed me the leroy jenkins video a couple of days after it happened and it wasn't funny at all.
On this day in 2004, World of Warcraft was released in North America.
November 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
i remember laughing at their low IQ game and returning to my Toontown free trial
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Here's the first footage of our Cardcaptor Sakura WonderSwan English patch!
November 24, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Here's the first footage of our Cardcaptor Sakura WonderSwan English patch!
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Terumaru, a bright young lightbulb and the mascot of the Tokyu Denki electric company, trapped in a door yesterday:
November 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Terumaru, a bright young lightbulb and the mascot of the Tokyu Denki electric company, trapped in a door yesterday:
New blog post! It’s an angsty entry! I complain about the “price” of being a writer in the post-SEO world. Also, I critique ‘Yu-Gi-Oh!’s’ newest support wave for the Super Quant archetype.
SQO: Super Quant Optimization - Noah's Barks
I complain about being a writer in the post-SEO world. Also, I critique 'Yu-Gi-Oh!'s' newest support wave for the Super Quant archetype.
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November 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
New blog post! It’s an angsty entry! I complain about the “price” of being a writer in the post-SEO world. Also, I critique ‘Yu-Gi-Oh!’s’ newest support wave for the Super Quant archetype.
it really is astonishing things like this can still happen, even with high-profile releases like Sonic Origins. Sonic fans will make an enhanced remake of S3&K that runs on a vibrator over a weekend, and so many people struggle to find any work.
Very tired of these bad retro ports - it feels like for every good one, there’s five with input lag, weird bugs, timing problems and/or horrid AI upscaling.
There’s a ton of devs passionate about these games, how about giving them these projects instead of the cheapest bidder?
There’s a ton of devs passionate about these games, how about giving them these projects instead of the cheapest bidder?
Here's the in game finale to R-Type Delta which is running so fast the buildings no longer sink, all particles are missing & the music hard cuts as it's all been scrolled off-screen. The whole game's like this, so the music sync'ing to the action in st.3, lol no etc
Also missing enemies, bugs etc
Also missing enemies, bugs etc
November 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
it really is astonishing things like this can still happen, even with high-profile releases like Sonic Origins. Sonic fans will make an enhanced remake of S3&K that runs on a vibrator over a weekend, and so many people struggle to find any work.
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I remember receiving the review key on Friday night. The review had to be published on Monday morning and I had to work my other job all weekend because fuck ever getting paid to review games.
Knocked out the achievements and the review in 18 hours because I handle shit and Guardian Heroes rules
Knocked out the achievements and the review in 18 hours because I handle shit and Guardian Heroes rules
Today is the one day I should discuss one of my all-time favorite games that appeared on both the Sega Saturn and Xbox 360: Guardian Heroes.
Alas, I already said all I wanted to say in a review I wrote way back when the XBLA version launched
pepsimanvsjoe.blogspot.com/2016/09/xbla...
#retrogaming
Alas, I already said all I wanted to say in a review I wrote way back when the XBLA version launched
pepsimanvsjoe.blogspot.com/2016/09/xbla...
#retrogaming
XBLA Look - Guardian Heroes
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November 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I remember receiving the review key on Friday night. The review had to be published on Monday morning and I had to work my other job all weekend because fuck ever getting paid to review games.
Knocked out the achievements and the review in 18 hours because I handle shit and Guardian Heroes rules
Knocked out the achievements and the review in 18 hours because I handle shit and Guardian Heroes rules
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JUST HIRE ARTISTS FFS
November 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
JUST HIRE ARTISTS FFS
i'm declaring that one of my next missions in life is to get the original SDF #Macross to appear in a new Super Robot Wars by any means possible. for the ultimate mecha crossover franchise to be deprived of its greatest series because of patent-perching is intolerable. #srw
November 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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what if strider was a snes game that felt like a mega drive game?
Run Saber (SNES)
There's a few interesting things to point out about Run Saber before you even get to the game itself. For a start, it's a Japanese game tha...
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November 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
what if strider was a snes game that felt like a mega drive game?
there really is something special about spending an afternoon watching a random '80s or '90s #OVA. they're almost always rewarding, and their emphasis on higher-budget animation and visual storytelling keeps them a breezy watch.
November 23, 2025 at 12:51 AM
there really is something special about spending an afternoon watching a random '80s or '90s #OVA. they're almost always rewarding, and their emphasis on higher-budget animation and visual storytelling keeps them a breezy watch.
this looks wonderful. Fangoria is before my time, but i certainly love the idea of it.
First in Fright: The FANGORIA Compendium is now the sixth most-funded non-fiction book in Kickstarter history?!?! www.kickstarter.com/discover/adv...
Last week of the campaign, if you want in on this historic action:
Last week of the campaign, if you want in on this historic action:
First in Fright: The FANGORIA Compendium
The Complete History of Horror from the Pages of the #1 Horror Magazine
www.kickstarter.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
this looks wonderful. Fangoria is before my time, but i certainly love the idea of it.
remember the band HEALTH? they're still doing shit. that's crazy. i should check out the newer stuff. always liked 'em. #music
HEALTH :: WE ARE WATER :: MUSIC VIDEO
YouTube video by HEALTH
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:47 PM
remember the band HEALTH? they're still doing shit. that's crazy. i should check out the newer stuff. always liked 'em. #music
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Zork I, II, and III are now open source. Microsoft has released the classic Infocom text adventures under the MIT license! opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11...
Preserving code that shaped generations: Zork I, II, and III go Open Source
Microsoft’s Open Source Programs Office (OSPO), Team Xbox, and Activision are making Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III available under the MIT License.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Zork I, II, and III are now open source. Microsoft has released the classic Infocom text adventures under the MIT license! opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11...
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while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
i wonder how small the cross-section would be of people answering yes to both, "should people be paid for labor" and "should unpaid internships be illegal?"
November 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
i wonder how small the cross-section would be of people answering yes to both, "should people be paid for labor" and "should unpaid internships be illegal?"
they say it's the 35th anniversary of the Super Famicom. they're wrong, of course. it's actually the 35th anniversary of SUPER MARIO WORLD; one of the greatest video games ever put in bits.
November 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
they say it's the 35th anniversary of the Super Famicom. they're wrong, of course. it's actually the 35th anniversary of SUPER MARIO WORLD; one of the greatest video games ever put in bits.