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Jaybee @jayb33.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Cole Dröws, with permission from the rights holder, released the unpublished UK English version of Blackout. Blackout is a 1997 non-linear point-and-click psychological horror game filmed on Beta with hand crafted sets and stop motion puppets. coledrows.itch.io/blackout

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Blackout 97 by Cole Dröws

Escape your fate - if you can

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Alan Gimenez @alangimenez.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Hoje tirei a poeira do videocassete porque nessa casa valorizamos o trampo das minas, ainda mais quando é banda dos anos 90. ✨ Noodles - "Slow Coaster" Noodles Come True, Benten, 1998

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shmuplations.com @shmuplations.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Today we have something special: a newly translated interview from July 1996 between Shigeru Miyamoto and Kenji Eno! Conducted just weeks after the launch of Mario 64, Eno takes Miyamoto to task (in a friendly way) with several fascinating critiques of its design. shmuplations.com/miyamotoxeno/

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Shigeru Miyamoto x Kenji Eno (1996) - shmuplations.com

In July 1996, Kenji Eno visited Nintendo HQ to speak with Shigeru Miyamoto as the first of his "cross-talk" series.

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Bowl of Lentils @bowloflentils.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Absolutely love these photos of early game developers just chilling in their homes/offices.

Koichi Nakamura, creator of Door Door and founder of Chunsoft.

Makoto Ichinoseki (left), creator of Fruit Panic.

Kazuro Morita, creator of Moritan no Battle Field.

Akira Takiguchi (creator Olion) and his friend Masakuni Mihashi.

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Alan Gimenez @alangimenez.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Early interview with Kowloon's Gate director and writer Nakaji Kimura, published in the August 1995 issue of Hyper PlayStation. CG designers Hijiri Taketomi and Kouki Inoue also share their insights.

Hyper PlayStation, August 1995, pp. 70-71. Sony Magazines Inc.

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Marina @marinarodri.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Poxa, mas juraram pra mim que esta aí era independente quase fechando as portas toda vez que lançava um filme revolucionário na cinematografia dos EUA. (E teve gente pra legitimar a existência de perfil de fã de empresa)

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Alan Gimenez @alangimenez.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Ilustrações de Tooru Yoshida. Creditado no jogo como Yoshibon.

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VGDensetsu @vgdensetsu.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

2 box art by Yasufumi Fujii / 藤井康文 www.thedinosaur.tokyo _the Japanese and European versions of Wolchild for Mega-CD _Zeta for PC-98

front cover for the Japanese version of Wolchild for Mega-CD

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Alan Gimenez @alangimenez.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Chieko Aoki wrote Phantasy Star II, a deeply tragic and cautionary sci-fi story in which the Earthlings who destroyed their own planet tried to settle-colonize another through an environmental supercomputer. I'll always wonder what more Aoki would have written, had she remained in the industry.

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Alan Gimenez @alangimenez.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Cheguei bem atrasado nessa imagem. Pelo que eu pesquisei, é uma frase acrescentada por uma tradução não oficial de 2020. Tradução não precisa ser fiel e, nesse caso, diz em voz alta o que sempre esteve preso na garganta da personagem. Vai lá, deusa, nunca precisamos tanto de você.

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Jon W. @rarefilmm.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Here's a nice little curiosity, a Super 8 scan of George A. Romero's NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968). Thanks a lot to Ripper's Archive @ Twitter for the source, I included the uncompressed scan and a smaller re-encode I did in a more friendly size as the original was 60+gb 😅 gofile.io/d/xSmZ7i

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Alan Gimenez @alangimenez.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Eu vou começar a escrever sega, capcom e outros nomes abreviados em caixa baixa porque, convenhamos, empresa de video game não vale nem uma letra maiúscula hoje em dia.

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Alan Gimenez @alangimenez.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Rieko Kodama's first producer role at Sega was on the System Sacom-developed underwater survival horror Deep Fear. While admitting to struggle with horror in general, she also realized that sound was the most important factor—and the one that really scared her—to consider in the project. (1/3)

Japanese cover for the Sega Saturn game Deep Fear. System Sacom/SEGA, 1998. Source: https://segaretro.org/File:DeepFear_Saturn_JP_Box_Front.jpg

Kenji Kawai and Rieko Kodama on the music of Deep Fear. Dengeki Sega Saturn, vol. 22(June 5, 1998), pg. 23. Publisher: MediaWorks.

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Alan Gimenez @alangimenez.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

At the end of a brief interview for the Nov. 17, 1995 issue of The PlayStation magazine, Kenji Eno revealed that D no Shokutaku's protagonist Laura Harris was modeled after Sharon Stone's character Lori Quaid from the movie Total Recall (1990). "If you see that movie's pamphlet, you'll understand."

Japanese cover for the PlayStation interactive movie D no Shokutaku - Complete Graphics. WARP/Acclaim, 1995. Source: https://psxdatacenter.com/games/J/D/SLPS-00133.html

Sharon Stone as Lori Quaid in the movie Total Recall. Carolco Pictures/Tri-Star Pictures, 1990. Source: https://www.cap-that.com/total-recall/1990/index.php?image=total-recall%281990%29_cap2882.jpg

Japanese pamphlet for the movie Total Recall (1990). Source: https://paypayfleamarket.yahoo.co.jp/item/z538507772

The PlayStation magazine, vol. 16(November 17, 1995), pp. 146-147. SoftBank Corp.

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Alan Gimenez @alangimenez.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Sexta-feira é dia de repostar minhas coisinhas.

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Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved (ADV/VN) @traindetective.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Before Detective Instinct, many members of our team collaborated on making games for GBJam, a Game Boy themed game jam. Great times. Learned a lot, and had the opportunity to compose a lot of music for GB limitations, one of my favorite things to do 😌 You can play 'em here: gallowaygames.itch.io

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robin (cyberia) 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸 @cyberia-mix.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

launch-era playstation promo features a kowloon's gate teaser too! (timestamp 11:11; and for the vapor girlies, fifteen seconds after that is where i capped the cover art for PURE TRANCE!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IQK...

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1994 Japan Playstation Launch PV

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Alan Gimenez @alangimenez.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Early interview with Kowloon's Gate director and writer Nakaji Kimura, published in the August 1995 issue of Hyper PlayStation. CG designers Hijiri Taketomi and Kouki Inoue also share their insights.

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Alan Gimenez @alangimenez.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

O único disco que eu vou ouvir essa semana.

Capa do disco Bela Lugosi's Dead. Bauhaus, 1979.

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Daniel Dante🛹 ACAB @danieldante.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

KILL COPS DO SK8 TRICKS SHOOT BLACK MAGIC FROM YOUR HANDS PLAY THE SKATEFPS DEMO DURING #SteamNextFest MATE POLICIAIS FAÇA MANOBRAS DE SKATE E ATIRA MAGIA NEGRA DAS SUAS MÃOS JOGUE A DEMO DE SKATEFPS NA #SteamNextFest store.steampowered.com/app/4565900/...

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 15/06/2026

Studio Ghibli turns 41 today!

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Alan Gimenez @alangimenez.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Acho que eu sempre vou me sentir como os fantasmas de Kiyoshi Kurosawa na internet, tentando estabelecer um contato inalcançável a fim de reivindicar minha própria não-existência.

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Alan Gimenez @alangimenez.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Screenshots from the original PlayStation version of Enemy Zero, published in The PlayStation magazine three weeks after Kenji Eno unveiled the shocking logo morph trailer at the March 1996 PS EXPO. By that point, Eno had not yet confirmed that this version of the game had actually been cancelled.

1996 magazine screenshots from the cancelled PlayStation version of WARP's interactive movie Enemy Zero.

The PlayStation, vol.26, pp. 56-57. SoftBank Corp., April 19, 1996.

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Alan Gimenez @alangimenez.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Nextech also developed the Sega Saturn version of the original Resident Evil and other interesting titles such as Linkle Liver Story and the forgotten weapons-based fighting game D-Xhird.

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Alan Gimenez @alangimenez.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Direto pro caldeirão. Uma catarse que só Telethugs proporciona.

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Alan Gimenez @alangimenez.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Recentemente peguei um lotinho de compactos porque tinha um disco das deusas Shonen Knife que eu estava procurando, e de quebra ainda veio "Linda Linda" dos Blue Hearts. Sim, a música que virou tema do filme de Nobuhiro Yamashita!

Capas dos discos Pretty Little Baka Guy (1986), da banda Shonen Knife, e Linda Linda (1987), da banda The Blue Hearts.

Cartaz do filme Linda Linda Linda (2005), de Nobuhiro Yamashita.

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Baxter @cosmicspooks.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

New post! Today I'm exploring Web Mystery, an obscure Dreamcast FMV adventure game all about crime and a fake 1999 internet, and how it all plays living on the net today. Enjoy!

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Talking games | Web Mystery ~Yochimu wo Miru Neko~

The mystery and horror of the net

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Alan Gimenez @alangimenez.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Capa e contracapa do livro Sega Saturn Hisshouhou Special - Phantasm, um guia passo a passo da versão japonesa do jogo Phantasmagoria de Roberta Williams. Design: Rikiya Koyama (Kenkon Graphic). Editora Keibunsha, 1997. #segasaturn #horrorgames #scans

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Alan Gimenez @alangimenez.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

"Pedi para ela não posar, mas olhar diretamente para a câmera. Bati a foto em um fundo preto com uma luz atrás dela, colocando-a em primeiro plano. Era a foto favorita de Andy Warhol. Ele tinha uma cópia em seu estúdio." Guy Webster sobre a foto de capa do álbum The Marble Index da artista Nico.

Nico, fotografada por Guy Webster, 1968. Fonte: https://sfae.com/Artists/Guy-Webster/Nico-The-Marble-Index-Album-Cover-CA-1968

Capa do álbum musical The Marble Index. Fonte: https://www.discogs.com/release/2588639-Nico-The-Marble-Index

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Alan Gimenez @alangimenez.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

No documentário Broken Circuits (2017), o cineasta Kiyoshi Kurosawa relembra que seu filme Kairo (2001) nasceu de conversas com o escritor Chiaki Konaka, responsável pelo roteiro de Serial Experiments Lain (1998). Não é por acaso que podemos encontrar paralelos entre as duas obras.

Tela com os dizeres "Deus está aqui". Serial Experiments Lain, 1998

A personagem Lain dizendo "todos estamos conectados". Serial Experiments Lain, 1998

Tela com os dizeres "gostaria de conhecer um fantasma?". Kairo, 2001

A personagem Harue dizendo "As pessoas não se conectam de verdade, sabe". Kairo, 2001

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Alan Gimenez @alangimenez.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Vejam Não Devíamos Ter Crescido, de Yoshihiro Mori.

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Alan Gimenez @alangimenez.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Na edição de novembro de 1997 da revista japonesa Hyper PlayStation, uma matéria sobre Moonlight Syndrome traz uma lista comentada de obras que inspiraram Goichi Suda, diretor e corroteirista do jogo. Literatura A Metamorfose, de Franz Kafka (1/3)

Foto de uma matéria sobre o jogo Moonlight Syndrome na edição de novembro de 1997 da revista Hyper PlayStation.

Foto destacando a lista comentada de obras que inspiraram Goichi Suda, diretor e corroteirista do jogo.

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Alan Gimenez @alangimenez.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Acenos fantasmáticos, capítulo 2 "Kenkon no Ketsuzoku", Akira Souji, Akumajou Dracula X, 1993 youtu.be/9WqEFEjRHmM "My Favourite Game", The Cardigans, Gran Turismo, 1998 youtu.be/EvIG8Gl6038

Capa do álbum musical Akumajou Dracula X. Fonte: https://vgmdb.net/album/2938

Capa do álbum musical Gran Turismo. Fonte: https://www.discogs.com/master/50926-The-Cardigans-Gran-Turismo

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Alan Gimenez @alangimenez.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Happy Mother's Day! Play Castlevania 64.

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Alan Gimenez @alangimenez.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Acenos fantasmáticos, capítulo 1 "#3", Aphex Twin, Selected Ambient Works Volume II, 1994 youtu.be/75O11W5EZAU "One", Masaharu Iwata, Baroque Original Soundtrack, 1998 youtu.be/zs6WDbmaiyc

Capa do álbum musical Selected Ambient Works Volume II.

Capa do álbum musical Baroque Original Soundtrack.

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Alan Gimenez @alangimenez.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Sequência de abertura e tela-título do jogo Twilight Syndrome: Tansaku-hen (トワイライトシンドローム～探索編～). Human Entertainment, 1996

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Alan Gimenez @alangimenez.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Nesse rolê de tradução e localização de jogos, como em muitos outros, quem não quer lidar com agência para conseguir trabalho acaba pagando o preço pela independência e (no meu caso) teimosia. Ano passado tive o privilégio de traduzir um jogo que eu gosto demais, e até aqui foi o que deu pra fazer.

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Carol Almeida 🇵🇸 @caroltypes.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

URGENTE e peço que vcs COMPARTILHEM GERAL. A Câmara de Deputados subiu uma enquete pra um PL que institui no Brasil o conceito de antissemitismo da IHRA. Leia-se: pró-Palestina = antissemita. É FUNDAMENTAL votar Discordo Totalmente (estamos perdendo neste momento): www.camara.leg.br/enquetes/248...

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Dan McGrath @daninfiction.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

My new short horror game is almost ready. Evaluation will test your mind, body, and spirit. You'll even get the chance for one or all of the following: - Commune with the dead - See Angels in your peripheral vision - Hear the Voice(s) of God #gamedev #horrorgames

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Alan Gimenez @alangimenez.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

‪The instruction manual for Makai Toushi SaGa (Final Fantasy Legend) constantly references Phantasy Star by featuring numerous screenshots where the party members are named after the 4 heroes of Sega's RPG. Apparently someone at Square was a fan. Tyrone (Odin) Lutz (Noah) Alisa (Alis) Myau

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Alan Gimenez @alangimenez.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Os discos que mais giraram por aqui em abril 🎶 Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory The Cure - Seventeen Seconds Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures Stone Temple Pilots - Purple

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Alan Gimenez @alangimenez.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Azel: Panzer Dragoon RPG / Panzer Dragoon Saga Written by Yukio Futatsugi and Yusuke Yoshida English translator unknown Team Andromeda 1998

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Squirrelsquid @squirrelsquid.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Silent Hill 3 cover art in 48x48 for the Pixel Joint cover collab

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Alan Gimenez @alangimenez.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

The Final Fantasy Legend / Makai Toushi SaGa Written by Akitoshi Kawazu Translator unknown SQUARE 1989

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