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Making New Games for Old Game Systems:
https://skyboygames.com/static/Skyboy_Landing.html

Owned and operated by Robbie (she/they), Assoc. Prof. of Game Design at GMU: @nobunagaota.bsky.social

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Pun so bad that I literally died.
a close up of a woman 's face in a dark room in a movie .
Alt: Switch, from the Matrix, says: "Not like this," then dies.
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November 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Be Kind, Rewind.

After care is important.
November 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
When I saw this picture, did I immediately zoom in to check the brand of the VCR and whether it was 4-head or 2-head?

You bet your ass I did.
November 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The edition of Dante's Inferno I never knew I wanted.
November 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
That's the goal.

I want anyone who plays my games to feel enriched for the time they spent with them.
November 19, 2025 at 4:43 AM
It's a clever meta-commentary.
The Guardian knew the greatest torment he could inflict on the Avatar (who is us, after all) was half-baked platforming.
November 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM
And using the same circuit board design as the original Dragon Quest (Japanese version).

Making the game under the same constraints as the original inspiration games makes my developer game go brrrr.
November 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
C++!
C++!

Incidentally, if your kid says Java, I will lose all faith in the world.
November 13, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Hey everybody!
Go to Ben's house for free granola bars!
November 12, 2025 at 9:57 PM
It's 1945, I sit in a brooklyn kitchen, fascinated by an arrangement of cogs on black velvet. I am sixteen years old.

It is 1985. My friends take a picture of me while I throw out my back dancing to 'Maniac'. I am fifty-six years old.
November 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
"Honey! Let's visit Japan!"
a man in a white shirt is sitting on the floor and says not like this .
Alt: a person in a white shirt is sitting on the floor and says not like this .
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November 12, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Disaster: DAY of Crisis.
a man with a beard says " now that 's a name i 've not heard in a long time .
Alt: a man with a beard says " now that 's a name i 've not heard in a long time .
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November 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
It's a petty, vindictive ruling designed to enable further discrimination of people like me.
November 8, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Does this mean we can do another launch party?
November 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
New guest party member.
November 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Ohmigod! They killed Steve!
November 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The Gates of Hell are going to be super crowded today. Lot's of fans waiting to see their boy come home.
November 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
But thou must!
October 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM