Frank Cifaldi
@frankcifaldi.bsky.social
I made GameHistory.org and you can too
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why are people still acting like no nut November is a real thing when the gorillaz debunked this ages ago
November 9, 2025 at 10:07 PM
why are people still acting like no nut November is a real thing when the gorillaz debunked this ages ago
Gideon Zhi is a master at his very specific craft of hacking binary ROMs to change their scripts, Jiro Dreams of Sushi level shit and I am not exaggerating, we'd have a killer documentary to watch if we lived in a better world
Current progress on splatteworld: here's the retooled shop screen. Not final, but a big step. Item names are placeholder, but we're limited at ~14 characters max due to how inventory screens are laid out. But it's still a damn sight better than 8. Before and after attached.
November 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Gideon Zhi is a master at his very specific craft of hacking binary ROMs to change their scripts, Jiro Dreams of Sushi level shit and I am not exaggerating, we'd have a killer documentary to watch if we lived in a better world
Elbo got Old Yeller'd in the 2005 GameStop merger
Who's on the cover of this 1992 Electronics Boutique game catalog scanned by VGHF? Why, it's EB mascot Elbo the dog. Hi, Elbo! https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/3e598ac1-b4bc-4f66-a8ba-6463d78782c1
November 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Elbo got Old Yeller'd in the 2005 GameStop merger
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This sets a dangerous legal precedent that I intend to profit from, as the inventor of the knifewich
Breaking News: A jury found a man not guilty of assault for throwing a sandwich at a federal agent in Washington.
Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault
The verdict on a misdemeanor charge came after seven hours of deliberation, and after prosecutors had previously failed to secure a felony indictment.
nyti.ms
November 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This sets a dangerous legal precedent that I intend to profit from, as the inventor of the knifewich
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I had the privilege to mentor 2023 honoree rising star @rinoaskyes.bsky.social through a mentorship program that, to my understanding, ran only for that cohort. She deserves so much better than being used for performative clout and cast aside. This is deeply disappointing and baldly transparent.
EXCLUSIVE on @gamedeveloper.bsky.social: not only has The Game Awards not nominated a Future Class for 2025, it's told alumni it "does not have any active programming plans" for the award.
The Future Class page was taken down sometime this year—eliminating a definitive archive of honorees.
The Future Class page was taken down sometime this year—eliminating a definitive archive of honorees.
The Game Awards' Future Class program remains on ice
Future Class organizer Emily Weir has informed past honorees that The Game Awards has no active plans for the program.
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I had the privilege to mentor 2023 honoree rising star @rinoaskyes.bsky.social through a mentorship program that, to my understanding, ran only for that cohort. She deserves so much better than being used for performative clout and cast aside. This is deeply disappointing and baldly transparent.
They're good books, buy Rachel's books
Hello! Found an old photo of me frolicking with books when I had long hair. Nine books published so far!
rachelignotofskydesign.com/books
rachelignotofskydesign.com/books
November 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
They're good books, buy Rachel's books
No justice until there is a deluxe $40 Pee-Poo toy in the "for adult collectors" section at Target
November 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
No justice until there is a deluxe $40 Pee-Poo toy in the "for adult collectors" section at Target
I set this to "warn" and I'm so excited to see which of my friends are canonically rude
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I set this to "warn" and I'm so excited to see which of my friends are canonically rude
I have important news
Retired 4x NBA All-Star Anfernee Hardaway has a daughter named LaTanfernee Hardaway
Retired 4x NBA All-Star Anfernee Hardaway has a daughter named LaTanfernee Hardaway
November 6, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I have important news
Retired 4x NBA All-Star Anfernee Hardaway has a daughter named LaTanfernee Hardaway
Retired 4x NBA All-Star Anfernee Hardaway has a daughter named LaTanfernee Hardaway
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Today we just got 100 new followers and a bunch of people saying "whoa I've never heard of this" re: the game we have been thumping into the ground for the last 3 years by posting one gif from our earliest demo. If you think you post too much about your game: you probably don't!
November 5, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Today we just got 100 new followers and a bunch of people saying "whoa I've never heard of this" re: the game we have been thumping into the ground for the last 3 years by posting one gif from our earliest demo. If you think you post too much about your game: you probably don't!
I had a short-lived phase where I tried to make "castle" a modifier for "excellent," like adding "way" in front of "cool." It turns out that changing linguistics by yourself is hard and you have to try for more than two days.
"An excellent castle." *Chef Excellence jingle* 🎶
"Well I don't think it's very excellent at all, hmmph!"
"But Princess..."
"Well I don't think it's very excellent at all, hmmph!"
"But Princess..."
November 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I had a short-lived phase where I tried to make "castle" a modifier for "excellent," like adding "way" in front of "cool." It turns out that changing linguistics by yourself is hard and you have to try for more than two days.
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Y'all, I know two hours is a big time commitment, but this panel I arranged and hosted last month is one of the most important things I've ever done for video game history. The launch of the NES is a crazier story than most people realize, and my guests were extremely generous with their memories.
Hear about the NES US launch 40 years ago from the people that made it happen: Gail Tilden, Bruce Lowry and Lance Barr with @frankcifaldi.bsky.social from the @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social moderating! Panel recording at youtu.be/f2WDfsiLiRA
#prge #prge2025 #retrogaming #VGHF
#prge #prge2025 #retrogaming #VGHF
We Launched the NES 40 Years Ago Today - Gail Tilden, Lance Barr, Bruce Lowry - PRGE 2025 Portland
YouTube video by Portland Retro Gaming Expo
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Y'all, I know two hours is a big time commitment, but this panel I arranged and hosted last month is one of the most important things I've ever done for video game history. The launch of the NES is a crazier story than most people realize, and my guests were extremely generous with their memories.
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![(Showing the tcrf.net page for Hello Kitty Picnic with Sanrio Friends.)
Regional Differences
"By the time of the European release, Hello Kitty was no longer friends with her Sanrio colleagues. [...]."
US: [https://tcrf.net/File:HelloKittyPicnic_Title.png || The game's title screen, notably reading "Hello Kitty PICNIC with Sanrio friends".]
Europe: [https://tcrf.net/File:HelloKittyPicnicEU_Title.png || The game's title screen, instead reading "Hello Kitty PICNINC WITH SANRIO CHARACTERS".]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3mrjblg7toe5op6fnac2bivg/bafkreicm2fyhuj7nm7umpeketxbqlc27brue54domw4pq7ec3dgjc4pem4@jpeg)
The Consumer Products Safety Commission recommends testing your smoke and CO alarms monthly, and changing their batteries every year. Be safe everyone!
November 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The Consumer Products Safety Commission recommends testing your smoke and CO alarms monthly, and changing their batteries every year. Be safe everyone!
Y'all, I know two hours is a big time commitment, but this panel I arranged and hosted last month is one of the most important things I've ever done for video game history. The launch of the NES is a crazier story than most people realize, and my guests were extremely generous with their memories.
Hear about the NES US launch 40 years ago from the people that made it happen: Gail Tilden, Bruce Lowry and Lance Barr with @frankcifaldi.bsky.social from the @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social moderating! Panel recording at youtu.be/f2WDfsiLiRA
#prge #prge2025 #retrogaming #VGHF
#prge #prge2025 #retrogaming #VGHF
We Launched the NES 40 Years Ago Today - Gail Tilden, Lance Barr, Bruce Lowry - PRGE 2025 Portland
YouTube video by Portland Retro Gaming Expo
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Y'all, I know two hours is a big time commitment, but this panel I arranged and hosted last month is one of the most important things I've ever done for video game history. The launch of the NES is a crazier story than most people realize, and my guests were extremely generous with their memories.
I had a very brief Space Quest period of maybe a year or two that lined up perfectly with when I first got the internet, so Jess' site was always the template in my head for what I think the world wide web is supposed to be - a place where we share our passions with each other and discover together.
My Space Quest site, Roger Wilco's Virtual Broomcloset, launched 30 years ago this month. That makes it one of the oldest video game fan sites on the web.
To celebrate the milestone, I've updated the site for the first time in ages with tons of new content. Check it out! wiw.org/~jess/roger.html
To celebrate the milestone, I've updated the site for the first time in ages with tons of new content. Check it out! wiw.org/~jess/roger.html
Roger Wilco's Virtual Broomcloset: The Original Space Quest Fan Site
The web's first and most comprehensive Space Quest fan site, packed with Easter eggs, trivia, downloads, and retrospectives on Sierra's classic adventure series.
wiw.org
November 1, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I had a very brief Space Quest period of maybe a year or two that lined up perfectly with when I first got the internet, so Jess' site was always the template in my head for what I think the world wide web is supposed to be - a place where we share our passions with each other and discover together.
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Wendy’s sign said “BRING HOME THE BACONATOR” and i agree. the war has gone on long enough. let him come home
November 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Wendy’s sign said “BRING HOME THE BACONATOR” and i agree. the war has gone on long enough. let him come home
This is what archives are for! Developer explains the concept of Skinballs as a way for Saints Row devs to test skin tone in different lighting, archivist pulls a debug build from the collection and demonstrates Skinballs in action. This is the world I want to live in and encourage through my work!
Skinballs always makes me chuckle.
November 1, 2025 at 9:51 PM
This is what archives are for! Developer explains the concept of Skinballs as a way for Saints Row devs to test skin tone in different lighting, archivist pulls a debug build from the collection and demonstrates Skinballs in action. This is the world I want to live in and encourage through my work!
This feels right to me. In the olden times video games were toys, Ninja Turtles action figures occupied the same play space as their game cartridges. Now that games are their own inherent play spaces, there's almost this full circle effect where you add characters in as virtual action figures.
Ignoring the money vortex app Tapped Out, there hasn’t been a proper Simpsons game in 18 years! But in 2025 there aren’t full licensed games anymore, so instead you get a massive season of Fortnite with piecemeal content that’ll cost way more than a $60 game. Simpsons isn’t half assing the crossover
November 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This feels right to me. In the olden times video games were toys, Ninja Turtles action figures occupied the same play space as their game cartridges. Now that games are their own inherent play spaces, there's almost this full circle effect where you add characters in as virtual action figures.
This is the kind of thing that the deep research sickos go nuts for. I wish we could find more! They're extremely endangered, and we can only scan one when we get a second copy (since you have to chop the spine off)
This year for Halloween, we handing out copies of the 1990 International Summer Consumer Electronics Show Official Directory archive.gamehistory.org/item/a4b7adc...
October 31, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This is the kind of thing that the deep research sickos go nuts for. I wish we could find more! They're extremely endangered, and we can only scan one when we get a second copy (since you have to chop the spine off)
Every game studio should have a Skinballs motivational poster, this is not a joke
On Saints Row we had a debug npc named Skinballs (lol) that was literally just four spheres wrapped in different shades of skin texture so we could test lighting for different skin tones during development. But teams need to plan for that kind of testing with intentionality, and not enough do.
October 31, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Every game studio should have a Skinballs motivational poster, this is not a joke
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Unlocked! I dig into the history of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Halloween for Atari 2600, actually play them (and take them seriously) and learn Charles "Evil Bong" Band's strange, important part in video game history:
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre / Halloween (Wizard Video, 1983) - exp.
Bafflingly, we have Charles Band to thank for these, and, inadvertently, a legendary kusoge.
expzine.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Unlocked! I dig into the history of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Halloween for Atari 2600, actually play them (and take them seriously) and learn Charles "Evil Bong" Band's strange, important part in video game history:
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“what radicalized you” idk paying attention
October 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
“what radicalized you” idk paying attention
"Why yes, I'd be glad to take a look at 62 mystery EPROMs from a major 8- and 16-bit publisher!"
[monkey paw curls]
[monkey paw curls]
October 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
"Why yes, I'd be glad to take a look at 62 mystery EPROMs from a major 8- and 16-bit publisher!"
[monkey paw curls]
[monkey paw curls]
It has always been important to me that our library is this totally open, free, democratic resource for studying video game history, and we've got a good process. We acquire material, catalog it, digitize it, upload it, promote it, repeat. Our staff size is 2, our overhead low, and our impact huge.
Presenting our newest archival collection:
The Andrew Nelson papers, from the writer of the 1996 mystery game Titanic: Adventure Out of Time 🚢
Read more:
The Andrew Nelson papers, from the writer of the 1996 mystery game Titanic: Adventure Out of Time 🚢
Read more:
Our first narrative collection: the Andrew Nelson papers | Video Game History Foundation
A new archival collection from the writer of the mystery game Titanic: Adventure Out of Time.
gamehistory.org
October 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
It has always been important to me that our library is this totally open, free, democratic resource for studying video game history, and we've got a good process. We acquire material, catalog it, digitize it, upload it, promote it, repeat. Our staff size is 2, our overhead low, and our impact huge.