Random Stranger
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I like obscure old video games and make a lot of videos about them. I've documented all of the Nintendo Famicom library and I'm currently working on the PC Engine.
It's nice that the seabirds get their own local government office.
November 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
It's nice that the seabirds get their own local government office.
This fortune teller software has stymied me. I have to enter my birthdate and the only guidance on acceptable input it gives me is a selection of four different calendars I can use. I've tried every combination of inputs I could come up with and it throws me back to entering the birthdate...
November 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
This fortune teller software has stymied me. I have to enter my birthdate and the only guidance on acceptable input it gives me is a selection of four different calendars I can use. I've tried every combination of inputs I could come up with and it throws me back to entering the birthdate...
For random game Saturday I have one of the newest additions to my collection: Suzuki Bakuhatsu. One of the peak "Japanese games are *crazy* 🤪" games back when people thought that was a meaningful statement. I'm looking forward to disarming fruit bombs.
November 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM
For random game Saturday I have one of the newest additions to my collection: Suzuki Bakuhatsu. One of the peak "Japanese games are *crazy* 🤪" games back when people thought that was a meaningful statement. I'm looking forward to disarming fruit bombs.
These Gundam games got weird.
November 15, 2025 at 12:17 AM
These Gundam games got weird.
I'm not mad about anime translations. Please don't put on wikipedia that I'm mad about anime translations.
![From the Orguss article on Wikipedia:
A dimensional explosion transports Kei and his Bronco II variable fighter to a severely damaged future. There he is pursued for unknown reasons by the militaristic Chilam and aided by the Emaan, nomadic traders. Both sides have some unknown interest in Kei, referring to as a Tokuiten (特異点; lit. "singularity point"). Originally translated by US Renditions as "Differentiated Idioblast", it is more properly translated as "Singularity". In the ImaginAsian version, it has been translated as an "Idiosyncratic Point".[8] After Kei's Bronco II is damaged during a fight the Emaan modify it into the Orguss, the eponymous mecha from the series, which was later adopted and mass-produced as the Orguss II.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tnz2jgskuudu34mamtda4cwu/bafkreierpqfcq2rqpk7x557fo7z664idsvqkvvianim4qcb2zincote3ne@jpeg)
November 14, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I'm not mad about anime translations. Please don't put on wikipedia that I'm mad about anime translations.
Spotted someone outside my office window...
November 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Spotted someone outside my office window...
Bullet Proof Software apparently gave out floppy disks that looked like this as contest prizes. They were blank floppies, though. No special game or anything like that on them.
November 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Bullet Proof Software apparently gave out floppy disks that looked like this as contest prizes. They were blank floppies, though. No special game or anything like that on them.
Probably should have saved this for Random Game Saturday, but it's too cool not to share. This is a legit copy of King of Dragon Pass. When the designer ran out of printed copies and you ordered one from them, they burned you a copy and mailed it.
November 12, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Probably should have saved this for Random Game Saturday, but it's too cool not to share. This is a legit copy of King of Dragon Pass. When the designer ran out of printed copies and you ordered one from them, they burned you a copy and mailed it.
I'm going through spindles of old CD-Rs and DVD±Rs from the storeroom and seeing if there's anything worth keeping. I'm tossing out so much stuff acquired on the high seas, then burned to disk...
November 12, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I'm going through spindles of old CD-Rs and DVD±Rs from the storeroom and seeing if there's anything worth keeping. I'm tossing out so much stuff acquired on the high seas, then burned to disk...
If anyone needed to confirm my nerd bona fides, I finished getting all of these onto my media server.
November 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
If anyone needed to confirm my nerd bona fides, I finished getting all of these onto my media server.
Do you remember where you were when you heard the news that Bob the Goon was Joker's henchman?
November 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Do you remember where you were when you heard the news that Bob the Goon was Joker's henchman?
Sometimesnyou just have to break out a cool game for Random Game Saturday like Thief, the stealth game that makes other stealth games look bad.
November 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Sometimesnyou just have to break out a cool game for Random Game Saturday like Thief, the stealth game that makes other stealth games look bad.
Here's what it looks like if it hasn't rolled to you yet. Somehow they managed to fit even fewer videos on screen at once. It's like the interface was designed for a tablet or a TV, not a computer screen.
November 4, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Here's what it looks like if it hasn't rolled to you yet. Somehow they managed to fit even fewer videos on screen at once. It's like the interface was designed for a tablet or a TV, not a computer screen.
Oh you better believe this monster illustration is going on the end card.
November 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Oh you better believe this monster illustration is going on the end card.
For Random Game Saturday, I have Pong: The Next Level. In the late 90s Hasbro revived a lot of Atari properties, modernizing them. Pong was one of the best of these, extending the ball and paddle gameplay pretty far.
November 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM
For Random Game Saturday, I have Pong: The Next Level. In the late 90s Hasbro revived a lot of Atari properties, modernizing them. Pong was one of the best of these, extending the ball and paddle gameplay pretty far.
Saying this at a press conference you hold in the last week of October is really tempting fate.
October 28, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Saying this at a press conference you hold in the last week of October is really tempting fate.
Does everyone remember when Gorbachev ended the console wars?
October 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Does everyone remember when Gorbachev ended the console wars?
For Random Game Saturday, I have Beautiful Katamari. It's great example of how video games went wrong as three-quarters of the game were stripped out and sold as "DLC". The whole game is there on the disk, the DLC just lets you access some more of it.
October 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
For Random Game Saturday, I have Beautiful Katamari. It's great example of how video games went wrong as three-quarters of the game were stripped out and sold as "DLC". The whole game is there on the disk, the DLC just lets you access some more of it.
Yeah, no mosaic could hide a single color, solid background field. It's really distinctive.
Also, not the Legend of Zelda box. The real one has the shield in a different position and has a cut out the cart is viewed through. This is an image used to make fake boxes.
Also, not the Legend of Zelda box. The real one has the shield in a different position and has a cut out the cart is viewed through. This is an image used to make fake boxes.
October 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Yeah, no mosaic could hide a single color, solid background field. It's really distinctive.
Also, not the Legend of Zelda box. The real one has the shield in a different position and has a cut out the cart is viewed through. This is an image used to make fake boxes.
Also, not the Legend of Zelda box. The real one has the shield in a different position and has a cut out the cart is viewed through. This is an image used to make fake boxes.
For Random Game Saturday, the forgotten Psychic Force game is Puzzle Taisen. It's the only Puzzle Bobble game to come on two CDs!
October 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
For Random Game Saturday, the forgotten Psychic Force game is Puzzle Taisen. It's the only Puzzle Bobble game to come on two CDs!
Who could have predicted that letting chatbots run HR would be a bad idea?
October 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Who could have predicted that letting chatbots run HR would be a bad idea?
For Random Game Saturday, I have Superman for the Genesis. Vaguely based on Taito's arcade game, it as good as the average Superman game.
October 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
For Random Game Saturday, I have Superman for the Genesis. Vaguely based on Taito's arcade game, it as good as the average Superman game.