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· Nov 12
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Videogame emulation news and exclusive interviews, from the aesthetics of razor sharp scanlines to the wild technical challenges of making yesterday's games run on tomorrow's hardware.
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♥️ Pinball, pizza, travel
💁 Like a million people know me for WASDing wrong my whole life
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cricket meals and generation ships, featuring an outstanding soundtrack
www.pcgamer.com/games/city-b...
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'The human body is equivalent in mass to 50,000 crickets': In city builder Generation Exile, humanity's last hope for sustenance is cricket mush
What will the last humans subsist on as they escape a dying earth? Bug soup, if Generation Exile is any indication
www.pcgamer.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
cricket meals and generation ships, featuring an outstanding soundtrack
www.pcgamer.com/games/city-b...
www.pcgamer.com/games/city-b...
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Anybody who has watched the Times pull this shit for ages knows this game. Good piece.
November 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Anybody who has watched the Times pull this shit for ages knows this game. Good piece.
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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 7:20 PM
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.
I love the smell of Ceaseless Discharge in the morning
November 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I love the smell of Ceaseless Discharge in the morning
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Here’s my experience with BLADE: TRINITY
In 2005 I was flown to Australia to host wraparound segments for tv special called The World Comedy Tour. I shot these bits in Sydney then went to Melbourne the next day.
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In 2005 I was flown to Australia to host wraparound segments for tv special called The World Comedy Tour. I shot these bits in Sydney then went to Melbourne the next day.
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On this week’s SCOTT HASNT SEEN, we watch BLADE: TRINITY, the third entry in the franchise starring Wesley Snipes as the Marvel superhero!
Joining us is @kibblesmith.com, comedian, author, and the writer behind many great comic books!
Available exclusively at @cbbworld.bsky.social!
Joining us is @kibblesmith.com, comedian, author, and the writer behind many great comic books!
Available exclusively at @cbbworld.bsky.social!
November 8, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Here’s my experience with BLADE: TRINITY
In 2005 I was flown to Australia to host wraparound segments for tv special called The World Comedy Tour. I shot these bits in Sydney then went to Melbourne the next day.
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In 2005 I was flown to Australia to host wraparound segments for tv special called The World Comedy Tour. I shot these bits in Sydney then went to Melbourne the next day.
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New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
Brendan, buddy, I know it's unfair of me to ask but I'm going to need you to get on that Marvel fitness regime. Start juicing. Have that personal chef make you so much chicken and broccoli. You and Rachel Weisz can heal the world by reaching back through time and attaining Peak Hotness once again
November 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Brendan, buddy, I know it's unfair of me to ask but I'm going to need you to get on that Marvel fitness regime. Start juicing. Have that personal chef make you so much chicken and broccoli. You and Rachel Weisz can heal the world by reaching back through time and attaining Peak Hotness once again
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🤖🌟 Issue 6 of APWOT is live on Kickstarter! 🌟🤖
Featuring a beautiful lenticular cover of Astro Bot marking both our feature interview with the game’s director, Nicolas Doucet, and the 30th anniversary of PlayStation.
Get in there!
💫 kck.st/4i1GAHT 💫
Featuring a beautiful lenticular cover of Astro Bot marking both our feature interview with the game’s director, Nicolas Doucet, and the 30th anniversary of PlayStation.
Get in there!
💫 kck.st/4i1GAHT 💫
November 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
🤖🌟 Issue 6 of APWOT is live on Kickstarter! 🌟🤖
Featuring a beautiful lenticular cover of Astro Bot marking both our feature interview with the game’s director, Nicolas Doucet, and the 30th anniversary of PlayStation.
Get in there!
💫 kck.st/4i1GAHT 💫
Featuring a beautiful lenticular cover of Astro Bot marking both our feature interview with the game’s director, Nicolas Doucet, and the 30th anniversary of PlayStation.
Get in there!
💫 kck.st/4i1GAHT 💫
Waking up on the west coast like
November 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Waking up on the west coast like
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Vagrant Story!! Not just one of the most striking and singular RPGs ever made, but also the Matsuno game most deserving of a UI overhaul to bring out its best qualities. The in-progress decompilation could someday make that possible, even if Square never remasters it itself.
Vagrant Story decompiled: A lone fan is dutifully working towards the remaster Matsuno's masterpiece deserves, one line of code at a time
Plus: An interview with the creator of legendary emulator ZSNES and a healthy dose of patch notes.
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November 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Vagrant Story!! Not just one of the most striking and singular RPGs ever made, but also the Matsuno game most deserving of a UI overhaul to bring out its best qualities. The in-progress decompilation could someday make that possible, even if Square never remasters it itself.
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Oh what's this, then? agtteam.net/blog/2025-11...
September - October Progress Report
Halloween may be over, but we're back with some updates that are sure to thrill!
agtteam.net
November 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Oh what's this, then? agtteam.net/blog/2025-11...
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Happy Halloweeen :)
Skull Boy loves to share jokes with friends!
(Bluesky Edition 💀)
(Bluesky Edition 💀)
November 1, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Happy Halloweeen :)
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Here it is. The absolute strategy beast that is Europa Universalis 5. My review:
www.pcgamer.com/games/strate...
www.pcgamer.com/games/strate...
Europa Universalis 5 sets a new bar for historical simulation complexity
Even hardened grand strategy veterans may be startled by the complexity of this historical simulation.
www.pcgamer.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Here it is. The absolute strategy beast that is Europa Universalis 5. My review:
www.pcgamer.com/games/strate...
www.pcgamer.com/games/strate...
With multiple conflicting interviews around Arc Raiders' use of AI, I tried to pick apart what is and isn't "generative," how much that distinction matters ethically, and the tension between today's efficiency tools and tomorrow's eliminated jobs.
Arc Raiders' use of AI highlights the tension and confusion over where machine learning ends and generative AI begins
Embark Studios' contradictory statements about generative AI highlight what's sure to be a long-term industry debate.
www.pcgamer.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:19 AM
With multiple conflicting interviews around Arc Raiders' use of AI, I tried to pick apart what is and isn't "generative," how much that distinction matters ethically, and the tension between today's efficiency tools and tomorrow's eliminated jobs.
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Good morning. It's a new Onion Games day.
October 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Good morning. It's a new Onion Games day.
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I love it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LYP...
Day of the Tentacle | Intro remake | Blender
YouTube video by Daniel Fritsche (3DF)
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I love it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LYP...
Damn, I love the industrial design on this new Sound Blaster thing. Very Teenage Engineering. Too bad about the stupid-ass AI buzzwords crammed into it
Sound Blaster Re:Imagine | Modular Audio Hub with AI
Customize your setup with swappable hardware, retro gaming, and AI-powered apps.
www.kickstarter.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Damn, I love the industrial design on this new Sound Blaster thing. Very Teenage Engineering. Too bad about the stupid-ass AI buzzwords crammed into it
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This is misleading.
1. The opt-out for creators is channel-wide, not per-video. It's available in YouTube Studio right now.
2. The low-res versions aren't going away. YouTube will automatically generate multiple upscaled copies, but you can still choose to view the 144p/240p versions if you want.
1. The opt-out for creators is channel-wide, not per-video. It's available in YouTube Studio right now.
2. The low-res versions aren't going away. YouTube will automatically generate multiple upscaled copies, but you can still choose to view the 144p/240p versions if you want.
October 29, 2025 at 11:25 PM
This is misleading.
1. The opt-out for creators is channel-wide, not per-video. It's available in YouTube Studio right now.
2. The low-res versions aren't going away. YouTube will automatically generate multiple upscaled copies, but you can still choose to view the 144p/240p versions if you want.
1. The opt-out for creators is channel-wide, not per-video. It's available in YouTube Studio right now.
2. The low-res versions aren't going away. YouTube will automatically generate multiple upscaled copies, but you can still choose to view the 144p/240p versions if you want.
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Can't wait to dig into this as a fan of the game. I actually spoke to Andrew Nelson a few years back, alongside Michael Kennedy (a 3D designer who worked on the game), for PC Gamer. www.pcgamer.com/how-perfect-...
October 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Can't wait to dig into this as a fan of the game. I actually spoke to Andrew Nelson a few years back, alongside Michael Kennedy (a 3D designer who worked on the game), for PC Gamer. www.pcgamer.com/how-perfect-...
Google has an impressively consistent track record of making all of its products worse over time and we mostly just get used to it. But whoever is responsible for replacing Reverse Image Search with Google Lens should be Human Centipeded for crimes against humanity
October 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Google has an impressively consistent track record of making all of its products worse over time and we mostly just get used to it. But whoever is responsible for replacing Reverse Image Search with Google Lens should be Human Centipeded for crimes against humanity
