Richard Troupe
@richardtroupe.bsky.social
Firefighter and teacher.
Retro gaming, old computers, reading and weightlifting.
Does console and computer stuff for Base Arcade.
Belfast, Ireland.
He/him.
Retro gaming, old computers, reading and weightlifting.
Does console and computer stuff for Base Arcade.
Belfast, Ireland.
He/him.
Pinned
Richard Troupe
@richardtroupe.bsky.social
· Oct 22
Intro!
Hi, I'm Richard. 👋
I'm a firefighter who has a serious interest in gaming, particularly from 1980s and 1990s.
Things I love include...
- Commodore
- early Apple
- Nintendo
- Sega
- Atari
- Arcades
- obscure Japanese systems
I also do console and computer things for Base Arcade in Belfast.
Hi, I'm Richard. 👋
I'm a firefighter who has a serious interest in gaming, particularly from 1980s and 1990s.
Things I love include...
- Commodore
- early Apple
- Nintendo
- Sega
- Atari
- Arcades
- obscure Japanese systems
I also do console and computer things for Base Arcade in Belfast.
Reposted by Richard Troupe
"If fascism is popular we will implement it" is such a blunt and perfect summary of liberalism delivered with absolute clarity
Asked if Keir Starmer believes British people want to "see refugee children pulled out of school and deported after 10 years in this country”, his spokesman says that “what the British public wants and what this government was elected on a mandate to deliver was to secure our borders"
November 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
"If fascism is popular we will implement it" is such a blunt and perfect summary of liberalism delivered with absolute clarity
Right.
That's fucking it.
Delete the internet.
That's fucking it.
Delete the internet.
November 16, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Right.
That's fucking it.
Delete the internet.
That's fucking it.
Delete the internet.
I had all sorts of fun in the arcade this weekend with the guys from @basearcade.bsky.social.
It's exactly what I needed after the working week. 👌
It's exactly what I needed after the working week. 👌
November 16, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I had all sorts of fun in the arcade this weekend with the guys from @basearcade.bsky.social.
It's exactly what I needed after the working week. 👌
It's exactly what I needed after the working week. 👌
Reposted by Richard Troupe
Foundational figure in PC games. One of those load-bearing creatives where things would look very different for entire genres if she wasn’t around. Please help her out
I’ve started a GoFundMe to help with my cancer battle gofund.me/6850175a3
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
gofund.me
November 16, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Foundational figure in PC games. One of those load-bearing creatives where things would look very different for entire genres if she wasn’t around. Please help her out
Things you love to see in the arcade...
November 16, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Things you love to see in the arcade...
Another absolutely smashing session in @basearcade.bsky.social today!
November 16, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Another absolutely smashing session in @basearcade.bsky.social today!
Reposted by Richard Troupe
Variant of the "wholesome family gathered around a console" ad style popular in the 1980s. What is going on here? The left-hand kid has an ET-ass hand randomly draped over the keyboard. It looks too big to be a normal hand. In a modern age you'd say it was AI.
November 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Variant of the "wholesome family gathered around a console" ad style popular in the 1980s. What is going on here? The left-hand kid has an ET-ass hand randomly draped over the keyboard. It looks too big to be a normal hand. In a modern age you'd say it was AI.
The 007: Goldeneye final is intense stuff in @basearcade.bsky.social.
November 15, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The 007: Goldeneye final is intense stuff in @basearcade.bsky.social.
The 007: GoldenEye competition is well underway in @basearcade.bsky.social!
November 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The 007: GoldenEye competition is well underway in @basearcade.bsky.social!
Another packed out and smashing session in @basearcade.bsky.social this evening!
November 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Another packed out and smashing session in @basearcade.bsky.social this evening!
Reposted by Richard Troupe
steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
Insulting to the players, insulting to the IP, insulting to the medium, the developers. And the craft itself. Fuck you executives who pushed this garbage.
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI art slop, because your $70 means nothing anymore
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI generated artwork which makes the $70 feel like a complete rip-off.
frvr.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
Reposted by Richard Troupe
courtesy of DylPesch from the wonderful @deadlockpw.bsky.social reddit
November 15, 2025 at 11:18 AM
courtesy of DylPesch from the wonderful @deadlockpw.bsky.social reddit
Reposted by Richard Troupe
Ubisoft and Treyarch resorting to regurgitative AI in their big $70 “AAA” games is simply pathetic.
The lack of integrity, the lack of dignity, the lack of pride. Sure, it’s all expected, but nonetheless miserably *pathetic* to witness.
Have some fucking self respect for once.
The lack of integrity, the lack of dignity, the lack of pride. Sure, it’s all expected, but nonetheless miserably *pathetic* to witness.
Have some fucking self respect for once.
November 15, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Ubisoft and Treyarch resorting to regurgitative AI in their big $70 “AAA” games is simply pathetic.
The lack of integrity, the lack of dignity, the lack of pride. Sure, it’s all expected, but nonetheless miserably *pathetic* to witness.
Have some fucking self respect for once.
The lack of integrity, the lack of dignity, the lack of pride. Sure, it’s all expected, but nonetheless miserably *pathetic* to witness.
Have some fucking self respect for once.
Reposted by Richard Troupe
Nothing beats a good top 10 list but are the lists the same as the ones when the system was still fresh in the memory. In the first part of a 2 part megastream Ashens and I find out with a Retro Gamer top 100 from 2004.
youtu.be/d128UHNdH70
youtu.be/d128UHNdH70
Retro Gamer on Trial! - Judging the Top 100 ft Ashens
YouTube video by Yesterzine - The Literal Magazine Show
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Nothing beats a good top 10 list but are the lists the same as the ones when the system was still fresh in the memory. In the first part of a 2 part megastream Ashens and I find out with a Retro Gamer top 100 from 2004.
youtu.be/d128UHNdH70
youtu.be/d128UHNdH70
Tell me your favourite of the below, just for fun and to know how you swing.
8-bit micro: C64
8-bit console: NES
Pre '93 computer: Amiga
4th gen: SNES
5th gen: Jaguar
6th gen: Dreamcast
7th gen: Xbox 360
8th gen on: Switch
Portable: GBA
Controller: Xbox 360
8-bit micro: C64
8-bit console: NES
Pre '93 computer: Amiga
4th gen: SNES
5th gen: Jaguar
6th gen: Dreamcast
7th gen: Xbox 360
8th gen on: Switch
Portable: GBA
Controller: Xbox 360
Tell me your favourite of the below, just for fun and to know how you swing.
8bit micro: C64
8bit/early console: NES
Pre 93 computer: Amiga
4th gen: SNES
5th gen: PS1
6th gen: PS2
7th gen: Wii
8th: gen on: Switch
Portable: GBA/PSP tie
Controller: Dual Shock 1
8bit micro: C64
8bit/early console: NES
Pre 93 computer: Amiga
4th gen: SNES
5th gen: PS1
6th gen: PS2
7th gen: Wii
8th: gen on: Switch
Portable: GBA/PSP tie
Controller: Dual Shock 1
November 15, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Tell me your favourite of the below, just for fun and to know how you swing.
8-bit micro: C64
8-bit console: NES
Pre '93 computer: Amiga
4th gen: SNES
5th gen: Jaguar
6th gen: Dreamcast
7th gen: Xbox 360
8th gen on: Switch
Portable: GBA
Controller: Xbox 360
8-bit micro: C64
8-bit console: NES
Pre '93 computer: Amiga
4th gen: SNES
5th gen: Jaguar
6th gen: Dreamcast
7th gen: Xbox 360
8th gen on: Switch
Portable: GBA
Controller: Xbox 360
Reposted by Richard Troupe
your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
Coaching mini rugby for 6/7 year olds this morning in that rain was an experience.
Thankfully I've been able to dry out now.
Thankfully I've been able to dry out now.
a close up of a cat 's face with water coming out of its eyes .
ALT: a close up of a cat 's face with water coming out of its eyes .
media.tenor.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Coaching mini rugby for 6/7 year olds this morning in that rain was an experience.
Thankfully I've been able to dry out now.
Thankfully I've been able to dry out now.
Reposted by Richard Troupe
Oh realise I haven't been here for a bit! Hello! I've made music for the first time in 20 years. Have a listen - open.spotify.com/album/5dKwFT...
We're also on Instagram/TikTok! Find us at @wearemerys thanks!
We're also on Instagram/TikTok! Find us at @wearemerys thanks!
MERYS
open.spotify.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Oh realise I haven't been here for a bit! Hello! I've made music for the first time in 20 years. Have a listen - open.spotify.com/album/5dKwFT...
We're also on Instagram/TikTok! Find us at @wearemerys thanks!
We're also on Instagram/TikTok! Find us at @wearemerys thanks!
This sounds just like Meat Puppets
I made a joke in my main Discord server about DOOM E1M1 being in a major key and @abigbagofkeys.sickonedude.com actually made it. Jesus fucking Christ listen to this hahahaha
November 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
This sounds just like Meat Puppets
Reposted by Richard Troupe
Havin a giant cheese wedge and a stein of beer MANFOOD
November 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Havin a giant cheese wedge and a stein of beer MANFOOD
Reposted by Richard Troupe
This unusual little Japanese instrument is such a vibe ✨
Designed in 1980s Ikebukuro, originally intended to teach koto scales and soundtrack poetry readings
Designed in 1980s Ikebukuro, originally intended to teach koto scales and soundtrack poetry readings
November 14, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This unusual little Japanese instrument is such a vibe ✨
Designed in 1980s Ikebukuro, originally intended to teach koto scales and soundtrack poetry readings
Designed in 1980s Ikebukuro, originally intended to teach koto scales and soundtrack poetry readings
Reposted by Richard Troupe
Hogan x Color Dreams is something I'd see scribbled on my notepad next to my bed when I wake up. No memory of writing it
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 8:21 PM
Hogan x Color Dreams is something I'd see scribbled on my notepad next to my bed when I wake up. No memory of writing it
I'm listening to the Better Offline podcast by @edzitron.com with Cory Doctorow on the enshittification of the tech world.
Brilliant stuff. The podcast I mean... Not the enshittification of everything around us.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
Brilliant stuff. The podcast I mean... Not the enshittification of everything around us.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
Cory Doctorow and Ed Zitron on Enshittification and the Rot Economy
Podcast Episode · Better Offline · 12/11/2025 · 58m
podcasts.apple.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I'm listening to the Better Offline podcast by @edzitron.com with Cory Doctorow on the enshittification of the tech world.
Brilliant stuff. The podcast I mean... Not the enshittification of everything around us.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
Brilliant stuff. The podcast I mean... Not the enshittification of everything around us.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
Reposted by Richard Troupe
Puffins have been found nesting on a Co Antrim nature reserve for the first time in 25 years
Puffins return to Antrim nature reserve after 25 years
Puffins have been found nesting on a Co Antrim nature reserve for the first time in 25 years.
www.rte.ie
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Puffins have been found nesting on a Co Antrim nature reserve for the first time in 25 years
Reposted by Richard Troupe
