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I'm Ethan - programmer, amateur game collector, and bad Melee player.
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Gunpei Yokoi's Life Story: The Man Who Made Nintendo
Today DYKG looks at the one of Nintendo's most important figures:
youtu.be/uLznLtgcqXI
Gunpei Yokoi's Life Story: The Man Who Made Nintendo
Today DYKG looks at the one of Nintendo's most important figures:
youtu.be/uLznLtgcqXI
Gunpei Yokoi's Life Story: The Man Who Made Nintendo
YouTube video by DidYouKnowGaming
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May 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
[NEW VIDEO]
Gunpei Yokoi's Life Story: The Man Who Made Nintendo
Today DYKG looks at the one of Nintendo's most important figures:
youtu.be/uLznLtgcqXI
Gunpei Yokoi's Life Story: The Man Who Made Nintendo
Today DYKG looks at the one of Nintendo's most important figures:
youtu.be/uLznLtgcqXI
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I know I'm fighting a massive losing battle against this piece of misinformation because it seems so entrenched but every time I see "console games just download from the internet now anyway" I get kinda mad because it just isn't true.
70% of physical PS4/5 games install fine with no internet.
70% of physical PS4/5 games install fine with no internet.
April 24, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I know I'm fighting a massive losing battle against this piece of misinformation because it seems so entrenched but every time I see "console games just download from the internet now anyway" I get kinda mad because it just isn't true.
70% of physical PS4/5 games install fine with no internet.
70% of physical PS4/5 games install fine with no internet.
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Statement from Nintendo: Statement from Nintendo: Pre-orders for Nintendo Switch 2 in the U.S. will not start April 9, 2025 in order to assess the potential impact of tariffs and evolving market conditions. Nintendo will update timing at a later date. The launch date of June 5, 2025 is unchanged.
April 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Statement from Nintendo: Statement from Nintendo: Pre-orders for Nintendo Switch 2 in the U.S. will not start April 9, 2025 in order to assess the potential impact of tariffs and evolving market conditions. Nintendo will update timing at a later date. The launch date of June 5, 2025 is unchanged.
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For today's pro-train content, I'll direct you to this blurb on Amtrak's official website that encourages you to bring CRTs on the train to play Melee.
February 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
For today's pro-train content, I'll direct you to this blurb on Amtrak's official website that encourages you to bring CRTs on the train to play Melee.
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“You are not the only hero…”
Celebrate the classic Dreamcast MMORPG Phantasy Star Online with this brand-new merch collection!
Celebrate the classic Dreamcast MMORPG Phantasy Star Online with this brand-new merch collection!
January 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“You are not the only hero…”
Celebrate the classic Dreamcast MMORPG Phantasy Star Online with this brand-new merch collection!
Celebrate the classic Dreamcast MMORPG Phantasy Star Online with this brand-new merch collection!
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I’ve been coding since I was 8 years old. I often code on nights and weekends and I just… love it.
I also have had a hard time feeling wrong for doing so because I keep hearing about work/life balance from folks and how I shouldn’t.
I wrote a blog post about this tension.
tej.as/blog/coding-...
I also have had a hard time feeling wrong for doing so because I keep hearing about work/life balance from folks and how I shouldn’t.
I wrote a blog post about this tension.
tej.as/blog/coding-...
It's Okay to Code on Nights and Weekends | Tejas Kumar
Rethinking the balance between coding passion, life, and maintaining healthy boundaries.
tej.as
December 22, 2024 at 8:49 PM
I’ve been coding since I was 8 years old. I often code on nights and weekends and I just… love it.
I also have had a hard time feeling wrong for doing so because I keep hearing about work/life balance from folks and how I shouldn’t.
I wrote a blog post about this tension.
tej.as/blog/coding-...
I also have had a hard time feeling wrong for doing so because I keep hearing about work/life balance from folks and how I shouldn’t.
I wrote a blog post about this tension.
tej.as/blog/coding-...
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You can call posts here "tweets" if you want to. Tweeting doesn't have to be something that was only proprietary to Twitter, which doesn't even exist anymore as a brand anyway. Tweeting can be the act of sharing bit-sized and possibly psychotic musings on a platform like this.
November 30, 2024 at 10:52 PM
You can call posts here "tweets" if you want to. Tweeting doesn't have to be something that was only proprietary to Twitter, which doesn't even exist anymore as a brand anyway. Tweeting can be the act of sharing bit-sized and possibly psychotic musings on a platform like this.
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Ninten-Drawer drop rn 🤫
November 29, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Ninten-Drawer drop rn 🤫
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Want to know something those guys on those other sites don’t know? I’m doing a Ninten-Drawer GIVEAWAY exclusively on BlueSky! THREE winners will be selected to win a Ninten-drawer each. Winners will be randomly selected 12/1/2024
You know the deal by now. Like, follow and reskeeeeeeet!
You know the deal by now. Like, follow and reskeeeeeeet!
November 21, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Want to know something those guys on those other sites don’t know? I’m doing a Ninten-Drawer GIVEAWAY exclusively on BlueSky! THREE winners will be selected to win a Ninten-drawer each. Winners will be randomly selected 12/1/2024
You know the deal by now. Like, follow and reskeeeeeeet!
You know the deal by now. Like, follow and reskeeeeeeet!
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Just thinking out loud:
It should not be possible to patent game mechanics or designs
It's an absurd idea on it's face. Akin to patenting and owning a certain camera motion in films, or a way of formatting text in a poem, or a brushstroke, or a panel layout for comics
It should not be possible to patent game mechanics or designs
It's an absurd idea on it's face. Akin to patenting and owning a certain camera motion in films, or a way of formatting text in a poem, or a brushstroke, or a panel layout for comics
September 19, 2024 at 6:35 PM
Just thinking out loud:
It should not be possible to patent game mechanics or designs
It's an absurd idea on it's face. Akin to patenting and owning a certain camera motion in films, or a way of formatting text in a poem, or a brushstroke, or a panel layout for comics
It should not be possible to patent game mechanics or designs
It's an absurd idea on it's face. Akin to patenting and owning a certain camera motion in films, or a way of formatting text in a poem, or a brushstroke, or a panel layout for comics
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The secrets behind Astro Bot's success include a small team, a reasonable scope, and people who have worked together for years. It's a model for the video game industry.
For this week's column, I spoke to the director of 2024's best-reviewed game: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
For this week's column, I spoke to the director of 2024's best-reviewed game: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
PlayStation’s Astro Bot Is a Model for the Video-Game Industry
The critically acclaimed game, set to be a breakout hit, was made by a team of only 60 people
www.bloomberg.com
September 6, 2024 at 5:04 PM
The secrets behind Astro Bot's success include a small team, a reasonable scope, and people who have worked together for years. It's a model for the video game industry.
For this week's column, I spoke to the director of 2024's best-reviewed game: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
For this week's column, I spoke to the director of 2024's best-reviewed game: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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The fear of piracy, much like modern copyright law, is a cudgel that giant corporations swing around to cling to the barest semblance of control. Damning our collective history in the process.
September 4, 2024 at 6:42 PM
The fear of piracy, much like modern copyright law, is a cudgel that giant corporations swing around to cling to the barest semblance of control. Damning our collective history in the process.
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The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom ESRB description
July 14, 2024 at 3:14 PM
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom ESRB description
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If you gave me infinite guesses on who owns those Redbox DVD rentals I wouldn’t have gotten it
July 1, 2024 at 8:23 PM
If you gave me infinite guesses on who owns those Redbox DVD rentals I wouldn’t have gotten it
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Nintendo Direct confirmed for tomorrow mynintendonews.com/2024/06/17/n...
Nintendo Direct confirmed for tomorrow
A Nintendo Direct is on the way! Watch the livestream starting at 7:00 a.m. PT on 6/18 for around 40 minutes focused on Nintendo Switch games coming in the second half of 2024. There will be no…
mynintendonews.com
June 17, 2024 at 2:02 PM
Nintendo Direct confirmed for tomorrow mynintendonews.com/2024/06/17/n...
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Why is The Wayback Machine so important for preserving our digital culture? According to new analysis from Pew Research Center:
❌ 38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are no longer accessible
❌ 23% of news webpages contain at least one broken link
🔗 www.pewresearch.org/data-labs/20...
❌ 38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are no longer accessible
❌ 23% of news webpages contain at least one broken link
🔗 www.pewresearch.org/data-labs/20...
When Online Content Disappears
A quarter of all webpages that existed at one point between 2013 and 2023 are no longer accessible.
www.pewresearch.org
May 18, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Why is The Wayback Machine so important for preserving our digital culture? According to new analysis from Pew Research Center:
❌ 38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are no longer accessible
❌ 23% of news webpages contain at least one broken link
🔗 www.pewresearch.org/data-labs/20...
❌ 38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are no longer accessible
❌ 23% of news webpages contain at least one broken link
🔗 www.pewresearch.org/data-labs/20...
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Every time I get a message from a website saying "We’re changing our terms and conditions" I automatically read it in Darth Vader's voice with "Pray I do not alter it any further" appended. Which is appropriate really.
April 5, 2024 at 8:16 AM
Every time I get a message from a website saying "We’re changing our terms and conditions" I automatically read it in Darth Vader's voice with "Pray I do not alter it any further" appended. Which is appropriate really.
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I started a google spreadsheet listing old magazine review scores.
If you want to contribute, just find the scores section in the mag scan of your choosing and add it to the sheet here:
tinyurl.com/bdew43wz
More details in this Famiboards thread:
tinyurl.com/mve3hey7
If you want to contribute, just find the scores section in the mag scan of your choosing and add it to the sheet here:
tinyurl.com/bdew43wz
More details in this Famiboards thread:
tinyurl.com/mve3hey7
Help me make the Internet a better place: old magazines review...
Currently, if you want to look at a review score any old magazine gave to an old game, there's no place on the Internet to quickly find that info.
You'd have to search through old magazine scans...
tinyurl.com
April 1, 2024 at 12:29 AM
I started a google spreadsheet listing old magazine review scores.
If you want to contribute, just find the scores section in the mag scan of your choosing and add it to the sheet here:
tinyurl.com/bdew43wz
More details in this Famiboards thread:
tinyurl.com/mve3hey7
If you want to contribute, just find the scores section in the mag scan of your choosing and add it to the sheet here:
tinyurl.com/bdew43wz
More details in this Famiboards thread:
tinyurl.com/mve3hey7
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Atari Army Radicalization Kit
March 27, 2024 at 12:02 AM
Atari Army Radicalization Kit
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Akira Toriyama, famed creator of Dragon Ball, Dragon Quest, and Chrono Trigger, has passed away. Changed my life.
RIP to a legend.
Source: en.dragon-ball-official.com/news/01_2499...
RIP to a legend.
Source: en.dragon-ball-official.com/news/01_2499...
March 8, 2024 at 3:11 AM
Akira Toriyama, famed creator of Dragon Ball, Dragon Quest, and Chrono Trigger, has passed away. Changed my life.
RIP to a legend.
Source: en.dragon-ball-official.com/news/01_2499...
RIP to a legend.
Source: en.dragon-ball-official.com/news/01_2499...
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February 21, 2024 at 2:03 PM
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I am going to DICE this week!
Also, as I have for the past few years, I wrote the official bio of Koji Kondo for the Hall of Fame, with some exclusive comments from Kondo-san.
Check it out! www.interactive.org/special_awar...
Also, as I have for the past few years, I wrote the official bio of Koji Kondo for the Hall of Fame, with some exclusive comments from Kondo-san.
Check it out! www.interactive.org/special_awar...
February 12, 2024 at 7:07 PM
I am going to DICE this week!
Also, as I have for the past few years, I wrote the official bio of Koji Kondo for the Hall of Fame, with some exclusive comments from Kondo-san.
Check it out! www.interactive.org/special_awar...
Also, as I have for the past few years, I wrote the official bio of Koji Kondo for the Hall of Fame, with some exclusive comments from Kondo-san.
Check it out! www.interactive.org/special_awar...