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Alex Custodio

@alexcustodio.com
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PhD candidate studying videogame history at Concordia University. My dissertation focuses on the Game Boy’s afterlives, including hacks, mods, and emulation. Pixel artist and cross-stitcher. They/them.

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Alex Custodio @alexcustodio.com · 10/12/2024
What I find fascinating is that both games were released prior to the Game Boy Color yet neither can be played on the DMG. The bootleg can’t be inserted far enough, so the power switch won't slide all the way on (not unlike Nintendo’s design for GBC cartridges). But they work on the Game Boy Pocket!
A bootleg Game Pak inserted into the Nintendo Game Boy showing that cartridge is too tall for the manual power slider to fit into a notch in the plastic.A pink Game Boy Pocket running Donkey Kong Land 3. The screen is backlit and shows the game in four shades of teal.
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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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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.
An illustration of a Nintendo Switch. On the screen is the Animal Crossing logo, but it has been modified to read "Cannibal Crossing."
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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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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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