FatNicK
@fatnickindustries.com
I make music using old hardware and write about videogame history. I dabble with game development and making cool little web things. Was big on TikTok, apparently!
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FatNicK
@fatnickindustries.com
· Feb 9
The Xbox 360 turns twenty this year! let's get ahead of the inevitable nostalgia wave and look back at one of the console's best racing titles: Import Tuner Challenge
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#retrogaming #Genki
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#retrogaming #Genki
When you can buy a functional mini PC for £300 and the Switch 2 cost £400 this still doesn't tell us much.
Valve’s newly announced Steam Machine will be priced “like a PC, rather than like a console”, the company has reportedly said.
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vgc.news/news/steam-m...
Steam Machine ‘will be priced like a PC, not like a console’ | VGC
Valve spokesperson says Steam Machine will be “very competitively priced with a PC”…
vgc.news
November 20, 2025 at 10:15 AM
When you can buy a functional mini PC for £300 and the Switch 2 cost £400 this still doesn't tell us much.
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Smaller, passion-led projects created by talented people who care about their craft are still out there! Please don't give up. Support the internet and the creatives you want to see! 🧵
November 19, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Smaller, passion-led projects created by talented people who care about their craft are still out there! Please don't give up. Support the internet and the creatives you want to see! 🧵
:(
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 18, 2025 at 11:49 AM
:(
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The latest Origin of Game article is live! Pleased to bring you yet another of the great Japanese arcade companies.
Nick did a great job digging into sources and context to forge this riveting tale of true entrepreneurship under difficult circumstances.
Nick did a great job digging into sources and context to forge this riveting tale of true entrepreneurship under difficult circumstances.
We return with another amazing tale of video games past!
This time: The international story of Taito. Learn about the colorful Ukranian founder, the origin of the modern crane game, and how a peanut vending company redefines the world of video games.
www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2025/11/p...
This time: The international story of Taito. Learn about the colorful Ukranian founder, the origin of the modern crane game, and how a peanut vending company redefines the world of video games.
www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2025/11/p...
November 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The latest Origin of Game article is live! Pleased to bring you yet another of the great Japanese arcade companies.
Nick did a great job digging into sources and context to forge this riveting tale of true entrepreneurship under difficult circumstances.
Nick did a great job digging into sources and context to forge this riveting tale of true entrepreneurship under difficult circumstances.
It's been a blast working on this for GA 😁
Many thanks to @playhistory.bsky.social for being an editorial oracle
Many thanks to @playhistory.bsky.social for being an editorial oracle
We return with another amazing tale of video games past!
This time: The international story of Taito. Learn about the colorful Ukranian founder, the origin of the modern crane game, and how a peanut vending company redefines the world of video games.
www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2025/11/p...
This time: The international story of Taito. Learn about the colorful Ukranian founder, the origin of the modern crane game, and how a peanut vending company redefines the world of video games.
www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2025/11/p...
November 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
It's been a blast working on this for GA 😁
Many thanks to @playhistory.bsky.social for being an editorial oracle
Many thanks to @playhistory.bsky.social for being an editorial oracle
For Wolf 3D they'd used PWM to get digital samples playing on the PC speaker but it was too demanding for 286s to handle and the results were...somewhat scratchy: youtu.be/1BtlsjJRnFU?...
November 12, 2025 at 5:52 AM
For Wolf 3D they'd used PWM to get digital samples playing on the PC speaker but it was too demanding for 286s to handle and the results were...somewhat scratchy: youtu.be/1BtlsjJRnFU?...
Preparing the heavy stuff to protect themselves from armour-piercing luncheon meat
November 6, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Preparing the heavy stuff to protect themselves from armour-piercing luncheon meat
Pfft. Why should the kids have all the fun? #halloween
October 31, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Pfft. Why should the kids have all the fun? #halloween
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I am covering EVERY First Person Shooter EVER made in Japan.
From 1985 to 2025, that's over 40 years and 70 games of gaming history.
Link: youtu.be/F80Cl6WzBNo?...
This was without a doubt the most ambitious video I've ever made.
From 1985 to 2025, that's over 40 years and 70 games of gaming history.
Link: youtu.be/F80Cl6WzBNo?...
This was without a doubt the most ambitious video I've ever made.
October 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I am covering EVERY First Person Shooter EVER made in Japan.
From 1985 to 2025, that's over 40 years and 70 games of gaming history.
Link: youtu.be/F80Cl6WzBNo?...
This was without a doubt the most ambitious video I've ever made.
From 1985 to 2025, that's over 40 years and 70 games of gaming history.
Link: youtu.be/F80Cl6WzBNo?...
This was without a doubt the most ambitious video I've ever made.
From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of lead.
my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports
CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.
www.consumerreports.org
October 15, 2025 at 8:54 AM
From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of lead.
Does anyone know what the 'emergency services incident' at Vauxhall last night actually was? I'm curious as I didn't get home till gone 8 😭
October 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Does anyone know what the 'emergency services incident' at Vauxhall last night actually was? I'm curious as I didn't get home till gone 8 😭
Also available as a graphic novel don't you know!
www.amazon.co.uk/Wizard-Earth...
www.amazon.co.uk/Wizard-Earth...
October 8, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Also available as a graphic novel don't you know!
www.amazon.co.uk/Wizard-Earth...
www.amazon.co.uk/Wizard-Earth...
I've spent a significant chunk of professional time over the last 6 months working out the best ways of turning complex manuscripts into professional ebooks...so if you're sitting on a text that's full of tables and want to turn it into an epub i am available to make that happen.
even if you can't find a publisher, self-publish! It's reasonably straightforward to do on Amazon. Even putting out one book shows that you have the skills and work ethic to complete a project, which matters a whole lot! And if you ping me I'll help promote it.
October 8, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I've spent a significant chunk of professional time over the last 6 months working out the best ways of turning complex manuscripts into professional ebooks...so if you're sitting on a text that's full of tables and want to turn it into an epub i am available to make that happen.
You'd be surprised about how snappy a 10 year old Think Pad is when you pop Xubuntu on there.
Brits sitting on £1.6B gold mine of Windows 10 junk as support ends
Brits sitting on £1.6B gold mine of Windows 10 junk as support ends
Recyclers reckon millions of obsolete PCs could yield a small fortune in precious metals
There's gold in them thar piles of old Windows 10 PCs. Quite literally, according to recyclers.…
dlvr.it
October 8, 2025 at 8:53 AM
You'd be surprised about how snappy a 10 year old Think Pad is when you pop Xubuntu on there.
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Corporate involvement in stuff rightfully gets a lot of bad press, but on this one occasion it looks like Fox was somehow fighting the good fight.
My favorite is that we finally have context for images that popped up online a few years ago of an Alien vs. Predator football game?!
Activision had previously made a combat football game (Grave Yardage) and they kept pitching this concept of Fox, who said "ABSOLUTELY NO !!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Activision had previously made a combat football game (Grave Yardage) and they kept pitching this concept of Fox, who said "ABSOLUTELY NO !!!!!!!!!!!!!"
October 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Corporate involvement in stuff rightfully gets a lot of bad press, but on this one occasion it looks like Fox was somehow fighting the good fight.
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Gonna keep tooting my own horn for a second: This collection is a lot of fun for researchers to dig into. People are already finding info about unreleased games, the inner workings of the games business, and data points that are helping us put together new stories about Activision in the 90s
Introducing the William Volk papers, a new digital collection in the VGHF Library!
Explore thousands of documents, developments schedules, and memos from the early history of Activision.
Read more: gamehistory.org/william-volk...
Explore thousands of documents, developments schedules, and memos from the early history of Activision.
Read more: gamehistory.org/william-volk...
Discovering Activision's early history | VGHF Library Highlights
YouTube video by The Video Game History Foundation
www.youtube.com
October 4, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Gonna keep tooting my own horn for a second: This collection is a lot of fun for researchers to dig into. People are already finding info about unreleased games, the inner workings of the games business, and data points that are helping us put together new stories about Activision in the 90s
On the one hand, my train home is screwed and I'll be lucky if I'm just an hour late.
On the other, I have an excuse to go on the tram.
On the other, I have an excuse to go on the tram.
October 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
On the one hand, my train home is screwed and I'll be lucky if I'm just an hour late.
On the other, I have an excuse to go on the tram.
On the other, I have an excuse to go on the tram.
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[1st date]
(thinks) dont let her know youre a 1990 cracktro
her: so what do yo-
me: PARADOX PROUDLY PRESENTS
J M S O D
A E P N
UNLIMITED LIVES OFF
UNLIMITED MACKEREL OFF
SADDAM FEARS PARADOX PRODUCTIONS!! GET EM BOYS!!
(thinks) dont let her know youre a 1990 cracktro
her: so what do yo-
me: PARADOX PROUDLY PRESENTS
J M S O D
A E P N
UNLIMITED LIVES OFF
UNLIMITED MACKEREL OFF
SADDAM FEARS PARADOX PRODUCTIONS!! GET EM BOYS!!
April 26, 2024 at 3:02 PM
[1st date]
(thinks) dont let her know youre a 1990 cracktro
her: so what do yo-
me: PARADOX PROUDLY PRESENTS
J M S O D
A E P N
UNLIMITED LIVES OFF
UNLIMITED MACKEREL OFF
SADDAM FEARS PARADOX PRODUCTIONS!! GET EM BOYS!!
(thinks) dont let her know youre a 1990 cracktro
her: so what do yo-
me: PARADOX PROUDLY PRESENTS
J M S O D
A E P N
UNLIMITED LIVES OFF
UNLIMITED MACKEREL OFF
SADDAM FEARS PARADOX PRODUCTIONS!! GET EM BOYS!!
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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N A T A L I T Y
#Florida woman wins Mortal Kombat tournament playing with newborn baby in arms. You know, like you do. www.dexerto.com/mortal-komba...
Florida woman wins Mortal Kombat tournament playing with newborn baby in arms - Dexerto
A mother is going viral after winning a Mortal Kombat tournament while holding her five-day-old daughter in her arms.
www.dexerto.com
September 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
N A T A L I T Y