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Alex Custodio @alexcustodio.com · 10/12/2024

I have two of these, which I bought at a flea market in Lisbon when I was 12 years old and didn’t know any better. The cartridge labelled The Incredibles actually houses Titus’s 1997 Superman game (a tremendous disappointment at the time). The Donkey Kong 3 cartridge is even more confusing.

Two gray bootleg Game Boy cartridges. One includes a label for The Incredibles while the other says Donkey Kong 3. The word game is debossed at the top of the cartridge.

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Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Video game history in action! 2024 was a big year for moving the conversation forward, preserving important artifacts, and building tools that make access easier for everyone. As our annual Winter Fundraiser heats up, let's look back at the year that was: gamehistory.org/our-2024-in-...

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Dr. Christine H. Tran @thechristinet.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Now Live™️ (and asynchronous)! My interview with UAlbertaArts’s Playful Horizons featured speaker series about the past, future & artificial present of ✨🔮 livestreaming✨ 🔮 youtu.be/gB7lhBAzE6M?...

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✨ Meet Christine H. Tran! ✨ (Playful Horizons Speaker Series)

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Michael Iantorno☔️🕹️ @michaeliantorno.com · 21/11/2024

Now online: my interview for the Playful Horizons featured speaker series at the University of Alberta! 💾Game hacking + preservation! ✊Industry labour! 🎮Creative modding in the university! Thanks to @persephone.blue and @kenzitronic.bsky.social for having me in to talk about my research.✨

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💾 Meet Michael Iantorno! 💾 (Playful Horizons Speaker Series)

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Frank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

This massive review doesn't once mention that it's funded by Palmer Luckey, and it's not an oversight, considering the author (and site owner) is ignoring comments about it. This is the same author who gave Tommy Tallarico a big fluff piece to promote his Amico scam. I'm detecting a pattern.

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Alex Custodio @alexcustodio.com · 18/06/2024

Need a reason to attend the last panel of CGSA? @hanine.bsky.social and I are presenting a paper on the troubling fact that you can cook squid in front of your octopus villagers in Animal Crossing and nobody bats an eye! Come for the slides full of memes, stay for the critique of anthropocentrism.

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Alex Custodio @alexcustodio.com · 11/06/2024

So proud to have worked with @ginahara.com and the team at Pink Triangle Press on this foundational research project. The PTP Pink Paper is a first-of-its kind report looking at on-screen and behind-the-scenes 2SLGBTQIA+ representation in Canada's screen industries. 🏳️‍🌈 pinkpaper.ca

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PTP Pink Paper - Pink Triangle Press

Many Canadians don’t see themselves reflected on screen. When they do, it’s often through stories that focus on stereotypes, trauma, or painful coming out

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Michael Iantorno☔️🕹️ @michaeliantorno.com · 22/04/2024

Join me and @alexcustodio.com at this year's Open Hardware Summit in Montreal! We'll be tabling on May 3 with some cool modded Game Boys and showing folks how to swap the batteries on their cartridges. Tickets and details available here: 2024.oshwa.org

An advertisement for the Open Hardware Summit, featuring a photograph of hand hovering over a small electronic device. The text above it reads: "Open Hardware Summit, May 3+4, Montreal, Canada. Get Tickets Now!"

A photograph of a Game Boy, modded with a solar panel, sitting in a planter in the sun.

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Michael Iantorno☔️🕹️ @michaeliantorno.com · 13/03/2024

Come join me at the OHS, where @alexcustodio.com and I will teach you how to fix/break/mod Game Boys! www.oshwa.org/2023/08/21/o...

A poster that reads: "I'm presenting at the 2024 Open Hardware summit May 3rd & 4th in Montreal, Canada." There is also a picture of a robot who is spewing out cables and chips and stuff (it's super rad).

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Alex Custodio @alexcustodio.com · 05/03/2024

While I'm not surprised to see Yuzu down, I'm sad to see 3DS emulator Citra go down with it. The 3DS was discontinued in 2020 and the eShop in 2023. On April 8, Nintendo will close their online features, leaving few avenues to play or study 3DS games as they are now. www.pcgamer.com/software/nin...

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Nintendo 3DS emulator Citra taken offline as collateral damage in Yuzu lawsuit settlement

Yuzu's developers also founded Citra in 2014, forcing them to discontinue "Yuzu's support of Citra" after Nintendo lawsuit.

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Alex Custodio @alexcustodio.com · 12/02/2024

Tomorrow morning, I'll be talking about solar-powered Game Boys and eco-modding practices as part of the hybrid Green Software Foundation meetup. Join us online (or in Ottawa) for some larger conversations around greener software practices. www.meetup.com/gsf-canada/e...

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Ottawa Green Software Foundation Meetup (Hybrid Event) - Feb 2024, Tue, Feb 13, 2024, 9:00 AM | Meetup

This is the 3rd Green Software Foundation meetup in Ottawa. The event will be hybrid (in-person or online). Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn, connect, and engag

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Richy Srirachanikorn @srirachanikorn.bsky.social · 09/02/2024

Dissatisfied with the way a retro past is remade? Feeling a nostalgic disjuncture? Want to mod a new past the way it was? Where is hometown in nostalgia? Listen to @alexcustodio.com @marclaje.bsky.social and @bowmanspartan.bsky.social’s panel at TIME IN A BOTTLE youtu.be/HZolsjRhqi0?...

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Playing with the Past - Panel Discussion from "Time in a Bottle" Symposium

This panel discussion is one of four panels from "Time in a Bottle", a symposium and research-creation showcase featuring works related to nostalgia by stud...

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Alex Custodio @alexcustodio.com · 23/11/2023

New modding guide! This time, @michaeliantorno.com and I tackled the GBA Consolizer. This was the most complex mod we've done so far and a great learning experience. Here, we document the process and reflect on the mod's technical and aesthetic priorities. www.alexcustodio.com/mod-guide-gb...

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Michael Iantorno☔️🕹️ @michaeliantorno.com · 16/10/2023

New modding guide up this morning, this time for the FunnyPlaying IPS LCD for the Game Boy Pocket! @alexcustodio.com and I have been making these to document our work at the Residual Media Depot and to question what makes a "good" mod tutorial. michaeliantorno.com/mod-guide-ga...

A pink modded game boy with a teal screen sits on a white background. Pokemon Green is being played.

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Alex Custodio @alexcustodio.com · 27/09/2023

Excited to be talking about eco-modding practices alongside the Green Software Foundation next week! Join us online or stop by in person if you're in Montreal. Details below! 👾 www.meetup.com/gsf-canada/e...

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Michael Iantorno☔️🕹️ @michaeliantorno.com · 27/09/2023

This Friday is the MTL launch event for "If You Don’t Like the Game, Change the Rules", a comic and white paper that discuss worker co-ops, unions, and labour issues in the game industry. Join @omarieclaire.bsky.social and I as we host a panel with @seemo.bsky.social, Jess Marcotte, & Carolyn Jong!

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Change the Rules Launch

We will be launching our comic and white paper on alternative modes of videogame production Friday Sept. 29 4-6pm in Montreal at Concordia (LB-103, 1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.) (Facebook event). Phys...

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Alex Custodio @alexcustodio.com · 25/09/2023

Ever wanted to backlight your Game Boy Pocket? @michaeliantorno.com and I have you covered! As part of our research at the Residual Media Depot, we're writing a series of straightforward tutorials. Our first post walks you through backlighting an MGB: www.alexcustodio.com/mod-guide-mgb-backlight

An open Game Boy Pocket. The left side of the image shows the back of an aftermarket screen; the right side shows the Game Boy Pocket circuit board connected with a ribbon cable.

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Alex Custodio @alexcustodio.com · 17/09/2023

Hi Bluesky! I'm a PhD student who researches handheld videogame platforms and the communities that hack, modify, and play with them. Recent projects also include cataloguing early home computing systems and exploring the affordances of solar energy in gaming. You can find more at alexcustodio.com

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