Doc Wallace
@docwallace.bsky.social
Chemistry wonk, codes for food, all opinions model's own. He/him if you care.
Occasionally plays CTO at @rwf-backoffice.bsky.social
Blog: https://docwallacemedicineshow.wordpress.com
Occasionally plays CTO at @rwf-backoffice.bsky.social
Blog: https://docwallacemedicineshow.wordpress.com
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Legend v Reality – The Gong Show
Legend: “The shows that evening were exceptionally bizarre. During the third show, just before the dinner break, someone resembling an ex-con took twenty minutes’ worth of bows. (Consid…
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Another thing I've wanted to talk about in context for a while. In a book full of exaggerations and lies, I found one OTT Chuck Barris anecdote with more than a grain of truth:
docwallacemedicineshow.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/l...
docwallacemedicineshow.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/l...
The cartridge version of NES Excitebike has a track editor, taken straight from the Famicom version. Save and load options are available in the menu, but will not work, as they expect the Disk System to be connected. The localisation team just forgot to remove them from the code.
i was going through my X archives and found this by @superpodsaga.com, which I qrt'd at some point years ago
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
November 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The cartridge version of NES Excitebike has a track editor, taken straight from the Famicom version. Save and load options are available in the menu, but will not work, as they expect the Disk System to be connected. The localisation team just forgot to remove them from the code.
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It’s a very happy #DoctorWhoDay from us - we’re delighted to announce we’ve successfully acquired the archive of Whoniverse legend Terrance Dicks 😲 Read more at the link:
www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/ne...
www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/ne...
November 23, 2025 at 10:49 AM
It’s a very happy #DoctorWhoDay from us - we’re delighted to announce we’ve successfully acquired the archive of Whoniverse legend Terrance Dicks 😲 Read more at the link:
www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/ne...
www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/ne...
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Happy Max Headroom signal hijacking day to all who celebrate.
#OnThisDay in 1987, Chicago TV was hit by the infamous Max Headroom signal hijacking.
A masked figure cut into WGN’s news, then Doctor Who on WTTW—rambling, distorted, ending with a bizarre flyswatter gag.
FCC/FBI investigations went nowhere.
The hijackers were never found. 📡👀
A masked figure cut into WGN’s news, then Doctor Who on WTTW—rambling, distorted, ending with a bizarre flyswatter gag.
FCC/FBI investigations went nowhere.
The hijackers were never found. 📡👀
November 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Happy Max Headroom signal hijacking day to all who celebrate.
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Middle-Aged Teenage Angst is an indie show on the radio that you can listen to with your ears. I quite like it. 11am this morning on @noiseboxradio.com or their Mixcloud any time.
November 21, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Middle-Aged Teenage Angst is an indie show on the radio that you can listen to with your ears. I quite like it. 11am this morning on @noiseboxradio.com or their Mixcloud any time.
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“My name is William Windsor. You killed my granny. Prepare to die.”
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
“My name is William Windsor. You killed my granny. Prepare to die.”
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Really sad news. Always seemed like such a lovely man - I remember one Primal Scream gig in Sheffield where he sat in the university bar with his mate and just chatted happily with anyone who came up to him. Watching the Roses reunion where him and Reni held the whole show together was a joy.
Gary 'Mani' Mounfield of Stone Roses dead at 63 - latest tributes
The musician rose to fame with the Stone Roses in the 1980s
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Really sad news. Always seemed like such a lovely man - I remember one Primal Scream gig in Sheffield where he sat in the university bar with his mate and just chatted happily with anyone who came up to him. Watching the Roses reunion where him and Reni held the whole show together was a joy.
¡Mira, @zxguesser.bsky.social! ¡Otra vez la tipografia <>!
(Or for the non-Spanish speakers, Look Zx mGuesser! It's the Revue font again!)
(Or for the non-Spanish speakers, Look Zx mGuesser! It's the Revue font again!)
November 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
¡Mira, @zxguesser.bsky.social! ¡Otra vez la tipografia <>!
(Or for the non-Spanish speakers, Look Zx mGuesser! It's the Revue font again!)
(Or for the non-Spanish speakers, Look Zx mGuesser! It's the Revue font again!)
Repost for the morning crowd. I can't believe a man who pretended to be in the CIA would exaggerate etc. etc.
Another thing I've wanted to talk about in context for a while. In a book full of exaggerations and lies, I found one OTT Chuck Barris anecdote with more than a grain of truth:
docwallacemedicineshow.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/l...
docwallacemedicineshow.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/l...
Legend v Reality – The Gong Show
Legend: “The shows that evening were exceptionally bizarre. During the third show, just before the dinner break, someone resembling an ex-con took twenty minutes’ worth of bows. (Consid…
docwallacemedicineshow.wordpress.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Repost for the morning crowd. I can't believe a man who pretended to be in the CIA would exaggerate etc. etc.
Another thing I've wanted to talk about in context for a while. In a book full of exaggerations and lies, I found one OTT Chuck Barris anecdote with more than a grain of truth:
docwallacemedicineshow.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/l...
docwallacemedicineshow.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/l...
Legend v Reality – The Gong Show
Legend: “The shows that evening were exceptionally bizarre. During the third show, just before the dinner break, someone resembling an ex-con took twenty minutes’ worth of bows. (Consid…
docwallacemedicineshow.wordpress.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Another thing I've wanted to talk about in context for a while. In a book full of exaggerations and lies, I found one OTT Chuck Barris anecdote with more than a grain of truth:
docwallacemedicineshow.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/l...
docwallacemedicineshow.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/l...
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Andrew Wood, the man who devised the iconic gameshow Bullseye, has died, his daughter Laura has confirmed.
November 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Andrew Wood, the man who devised the iconic gameshow Bullseye, has died, his daughter Laura has confirmed.
WRT Football
a woman without a shirt is standing in front of a red curtain with the upn logo on it
Alt: That model fainting on some reality show
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
WRT Football
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best joke of the day, imo: downforeveryoneorjustme.com
downforeveryoneorjustme.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
best joke of the day, imo: downforeveryoneorjustme.com
This was very worth my while looking into. Thanks again, there's some useful material to look at here.
@docwallace.bsky.social Can I have your email address for something?
(Probably quickest to email me, address is on my Blogger profile)
(Probably quickest to email me, address is on my Blogger profile)
November 18, 2025 at 10:12 AM
This was very worth my while looking into. Thanks again, there's some useful material to look at here.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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Rebecca was one of the founders of Interplay and programmed & designed for some of the most influential games of my youth, notably Bard's Tale I & III and Wasteland. She will be missed.
My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Rebecca Heineman - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Rebecca was one of the founders of Interplay and programmed & designed for some of the most influential games of my youth, notably Bard's Tale I & III and Wasteland. She will be missed.
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This is a gut punch, I had no idea Rebecca was even ill... Becky is a legendary developer and a pillar for anyone in the retrogaming sphere
Rebecca Heineman doesn't have much time left. If you can, please donate for her and her family to make end of life arrangements.
One last kindness we can offer for a legend of the games industry and loud and proud trans woman:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
One last kindness we can offer for a legend of the games industry and loud and proud trans woman:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman
I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer
www.gofundme.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:06 AM
This is a gut punch, I had no idea Rebecca was even ill... Becky is a legendary developer and a pillar for anyone in the retrogaming sphere
I was once told a version of a Visual Pinball table I helped recreate was on one of these. Never seen any evidence of that but if you do see one with Tommy, Apollo 13, Popeye or Gilligan's Island playable, please point me at it. I promise I won't sue for royalties.
last night at a bar I learned that they improved pinball by making machines that are entirely computers and they’re much better than what we had before
November 16, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I was once told a version of a Visual Pinball table I helped recreate was on one of these. Never seen any evidence of that but if you do see one with Tommy, Apollo 13, Popeye or Gilligan's Island playable, please point me at it. I promise I won't sue for royalties.
I 'will' kill him!
November 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I 'will' kill him!
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This nice young man is live on @noiseboxradio.com at 7pm tonight. You wouldnt want to disappoint him, surely? Not in that hat.
November 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This nice young man is live on @noiseboxradio.com at 7pm tonight. You wouldnt want to disappoint him, surely? Not in that hat.
The single most patronising, tone-deaf bit of media I've ever seen. One would think even Keys and Gray would take them to one side and warn Sky off it.
Keep wondering how Sky Sports, with all their massive resources and decades of information on sports audiences can come out with Sky Sports Halo.
What a patronising mess.
What a patronising mess.
November 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The single most patronising, tone-deaf bit of media I've ever seen. One would think even Keys and Gray would take them to one side and warn Sky off it.
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Spotlight Golf contained very state-of-the-art technology for its time, which enabled it to create a unique gameplay experience.
According to the Australasian Golf Museum, this tech qualifies it as the "first computer game" and maybe the first electronic computer.
Let's investigate this.
According to the Australasian Golf Museum, this tech qualifies it as the "first computer game" and maybe the first electronic computer.
Let's investigate this.
November 14, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Spotlight Golf contained very state-of-the-art technology for its time, which enabled it to create a unique gameplay experience.
According to the Australasian Golf Museum, this tech qualifies it as the "first computer game" and maybe the first electronic computer.
Let's investigate this.
According to the Australasian Golf Museum, this tech qualifies it as the "first computer game" and maybe the first electronic computer.
Let's investigate this.
*Resets the "Days without thinking about the Maxivision" counter back to 0*
Currently digitizing an infomercial for an unlicensed NES multicart, in which Hulk Hogan and assorted WWF Superstars who probably owed back taxes compete in the World Gaming Federation
November 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
*Resets the "Days without thinking about the Maxivision" counter back to 0*
In before the "con medicine" discourse for that one print works that screw this up every year for Christmas crackers.
hot take: the fi ligature almost always looks worse than just having fi next to each other, i don't know why we keep doing it other than tradition
November 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
In before the "con medicine" discourse for that one print works that screw this up every year for Christmas crackers.
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The slightly edited video version of our first episode is back on Spotify!
open.spotify.com/episode/4EJu...
open.spotify.com/episode/4EJu...
November 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The slightly edited video version of our first episode is back on Spotify!
open.spotify.com/episode/4EJu...
open.spotify.com/episode/4EJu...
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D is for Distract Yourself From The Horrors Of The World For An Hour With The Repeat of My Radio Programme At 11am. And dog.
November 14, 2025 at 8:54 AM
D is for Distract Yourself From The Horrors Of The World For An Hour With The Repeat of My Radio Programme At 11am. And dog.