iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Changa_Husky @changa.gay · 24/09/2026

“AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations" -Cory Doctorow

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PandaMonium @pandamonium.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Today, I decided to dump all my thoughts about A.I. infecting the retro and Saturn scene into one cohesive article. In short, I am certifiably sick of this.

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Keith Kaisershot @blitter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

“And it does all of this by the way, on a standalone headset. No wires, no battery pack…”

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Keith Kaisershot @blitter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Spotted not one, not two, but *three* playable Bandai Pippin AtMark consoles at #VCFMW this weekend. Bonus: a Pippin Concept Prototype on exhibit courtesy of @mac84.bsky.social and @maccy.me

A Pippin AtMark booted into Pippin Kickstart 1.1, indicating its 1.0 ROM and 13312K of RAM. Displayed on a Sony PVM.

A Pippin AtMark booted into Pippin Kickstart 1.1, indicating its 1.0 ROM and 5120K of RAM (thanks Kyle and Danielle!). Displayed on an NEC AccuSync LCD71v and flanked by a pair of Altec Lansing Multimedia speakers.

Macintosh Librarian’s placard describing their Pippin setup. Text:

Introducing the Pippin Disk Emulator & Game Changer!
The Pippin is back, in BlueSCSI Form!
by Kate Fox, Macintosh Librarian & Eric Helgeson, creator of BlueSCSI

Now you can hold the Pippins entire software library on one SD card. With the new Game Changer menu, you can play any game from the comfort of your sofa.

The Game Changer
• Written in C, built with Retro68 as one fat binary: 68k and PowerPC in the same file.
• It started as Eric’s BlueSCSI Toolbox CD changer. I added the Pippin calls, the AppleJack pad, menu and box art.
• Pick an image and the BlueSCSI swaps it in. The console restarts straight into it, CD or HD image!
• Power cycle and you are back at the menu thanks to the Keith K. Bootloader!

What is on the menu
• Pippin CDs: Tamagotchi, Dazzeloids, Ultraman Action Designer, Power Rangers Zeo!
• Mac adventures rebuilt on writable disk images: Myst, Dust, The 7th Guest, Iron Helix, Jump Raven, Gadget, Spaceship Warlock

The Arcade disk! Load this one!
• One hard-disk image w/ 35 Mac games
• It runs under PEASE, Bandai’s own big-button Pippin shell. The menus were Japanese, so I patched the strings to English by hand.
• Crystal Quest, Glypha III, Power Pete, Prince of Persia, Another World, Flashback, Monkey Island, Loom, SimCity 2000, Tetris Max, Snood, Oregon Trail, and two pinball games!

Controller (Apple Jack Pad)
• Trackpad is the mouse. D-pad is arrows.
• I wrote a small pad-mapper program that swaps in a per-game layout the moment a game opens. Glypha III starts a new game on yellow. Power Pete switches weapons on blue.
• Glypha III on this pad is, honestly, the best thing on the table. Try it!

Bootloader: a fork of the BlueSCSI Toolbox CD changer. Shell: PEASE (Bandai). Boot: Pippin Kickstart (blitter.net). Debugging: DingusPPC.

A Pippin Concept Prototype being exhibited under a clear acrylic cover at the Vintage Computer Festival MidWest 2026 Macintosh Librarian table. Guarded above by an army of tiny Maccys.

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Joel Auterson | DWG out now! @joelotter.com · 11/09/2026

I kind of crashed out this week. Generative AI has made a lot of my hobbies and creative endeavours feel pointless, when I'm not in a good headspace. I had a good conversation with a friend that helped, so I wrote about it, so I can read it when it happens again. www.joelotter.com/posts/2026/0...

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Fuck it, make it anyway

Carrying on in the face of creative devaluation.

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Computer Chronicles Revisited @deviledeggpress.com · 11/09/2026

Lockard's story is incredible. He appeared on a 1987 "Computer Chronicles" to discuss turning his Mahjong Solitaire game into Activision's "Shanghai." www.computerchronicles.blog/computer-chr...

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Computer Chronicles Revisited 99 — Shanghai, Tower of Myraglen, Earl Weaver Baseball, and Ferrari Formula One

The Computer Chronicles discusses computer games

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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Today's update, Dark Castle on Steam can now do the crispy pixel perfect integer scaling. See the difference in these screenshots. Oh, you don't know about Dark Castle rerelased on Steam and Apple Store? It's been out for a few weeks. So has Beyond Dark Castle. So has Return to Dark Castle.

Menu screen of Dark Castle showing a part of the scale. The image is sharp with pure black and white pixels. The top of the medieval castle, with towers are seen in front of dark clouds and a 50% gray background.

Menu screen of Dark Castle showing a part of the scale. The image is blended and carries a soft focus between black and white pixels. The top of the medieval castle, with towers are seen in front of dark clouds and a 50% gray background.

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Keith Kaisershot @blitter.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I might have had a little something to do with this. (skip to 11:33 😉) store.steampowered.com/bundle/81316...

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The Story of Dark Castle

YouTube video by Classic Mac Gaming

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Liam Robertson @liamrobertson.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Warren Spector speaking some truths here. They were quite happy to rerelease the game and make more money off it recently. Some wider acknowledgement of Epic Mickey's contribution to Disney history is deserved.

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Keith Kaisershot @blitter.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I have always self-described my occupation as Programmer and have no plans to change this. I make no pretense about what my role in software development is.

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beka valentine @bekavalentine.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

its also important to understand that im not saying that we need actual engineering levels of work for software that's a separate thing, and i think is very debatable! i think for a lot of things, you just dont need it, its fine to just be a programmer not an engineer

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beka valentine @bekavalentine.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

not being engineering is not some insult, but a lot of programmers like to elevate themselves and stroke their egos. calling yourself a Software Engineer makes you feel good and smart but real engineers would be horrified by the suggestion of Vibe Engineering a bridge or engine

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Michael Pavone @retrodev.com · 11/08/2026

In exactly 1 month, I'm going to release BlastEm 1.0! This will be the first "stable" release since 2019 and will mark exactly 13 years since the release of BlastEm 0.1.0. Compared to 0.6.2, this release adds support for Sega CD, 32X, Sega Pico, Yamaha Copera, Game Gear, SC-3000 and Colecovision

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Keith Kaisershot @blitter.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I made it home from #QuakeCon 2026 ... and so did my "DOOM chainsaw" -- a McCulloch Eager Beaver 2.0. Thanks to @thattomhall.bsky.social, Adrian Carmack, John Carmack, and @johnromero.bsky.social for what I anticipated when I got this off of eBay nearly 20 years ago. Yeah, I played the long game. 😆

Tom Hall signing my DOOM chainsaw at my table in the QuakeCon 2026 BYOC hall

My DOOM chainsaw resting on my table in the QuakeCon 2026 BYOC, signed by all four founding members of id Software.

The three other founders of id Software watch in glee as I pretend to chop Tom Hall's head off (It was Tom's idea!) with my DOOM chainsaw at QuakeCon 2026's id Software Founders Photo Op.

A handwritten letter, on tractor feed paper, that I left in my luggage to and from QuakeCon 2026, which reads:

Dear Friendly Neighborhood TSA Agent:

Yes, there is a chainsaw in my luggage. But rest assured, it is nonfunctional. I bought it on eBay over 20 years ago and it was just as nonfunctional then as it is now. I have not packed the chain, as it serves no purpose, and there has not been fuel in its tank in over 20 years either. But just to be extra sure, two weeks ago I immersed it in hot water to clean out any possible residual fuel that somehow, some way could have survived over two decades.

You may be wondering _why_ I have a chainsaw in my luggage - the answer is a bit dorky but here it is: I am a big fan of the video game Doom, and this particular model of chainsaw is the model for the one used in the game. The creators of this game are reuniting this weekend in Dallas for the first time since 1993, so I hope they'll each autograph it before I put it back on my shelf. As it is fairly rare, I only trust myself (and TSA) to transport it without damage. My hope is that you understand and relate to this.

Thank you for reading & for helping keep the skies safe! Text me XXX-XXX-XXXX w/ any questions. Keith <3

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Ólafur Waage @olafurw.com · 10/08/2026

[back in the day] Low level programmers: "It's all about optimizing every byte and every cycle, use as little RAM as you can" Other devs: "Nonsense. We have plenty of RAM" [today] Low level programmers: "Well well well"

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Phil Salvador @philsalv.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I've said this before, but if they ever reboot Duke Nukem, they should make him pansexual and hit on *everybody*. Telling the cops they have a great ass, etc.

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xot @xot.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Rebecca Heineman's source code disks for Apple II, Apple IIGS, and C64 versions of "Tass Times in Tonetown" were recently imaged at KansasFest 2026 and are now archived. Burger Becky was an incredible and beloved engineer and raconteur who we sadly lost last year. archive.org/details/tass...

Title screen of the Apple IIGS version of "Tass Times in Tonetown". A white dog dives out of the smashed computer monitor. He wears red-rimmed glasses and a brown felt hat with press credentials tucked into the blue hat band. The title appears at the top, and text below reads: "Designed by Interplay Productions and Brainwave Creations, copyright 1986 Activision, Inc.

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Keith Kaisershot @blitter.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Tomorrow (Sat 8/1) at 4:30pm PDT during the Vintage Computer Festival West, I will be moderating a discussion and Q&A with Ron Wayne, the oft-forgotten third cofounder of Apple Computer. vcfed.org/events/vinta...

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VCF West — Speakers – Vintage Computer Federation

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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

It really sucks when someone you were following for their work in the retro scene turns out to be big on AI and using it in all their projects. That instantly kills any and all interest in anything they ever make.

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Tao Neuendorffer @taonf.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

‘I have good news & bad news The good news is that we just started production on #ThimbleweedPark2, due out in early 2028 Mark Ferrari, Gary Winnick, David Fox, Octavi Navarro, Robert Megone, & others from the original team will be back! Now the bad news There is no bad news, it’s all good news’

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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 28/07/2026

New blog post! What do you get when a British television channel makes a home videogame console? A really long project to make a Tetris clone for it. www.leadedsolder.com/2026/07/28/b... Come back next week for part 2! #bbcbc #tetris #retrogaming #retrocomputing

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The BBC Tetris Companion

Overview and history of the BBC Bridge Companion home game console, and a brief overview of a composite video mod, repairs, the design of a game cartridge PCB, and the development of a new puzzle game...

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Thomas Fuchs 🫯 @thomasfuchs.at · 22/07/2026

The AI companies _want_ you to believe that it's "rogue AI" because that overhypes what their broken statistical text generation software does and mystifies it and makes it appear magical. It's not magic. It's just badly made software.

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brad sucks @bradsucks.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Jurassic Park computers in excruciating detail by @fabinou.bsky.social fabiensanglard.net/jurrasic_par...

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Jurassic Park computers in excruciating detail

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Alex I. Thymia @maia.computer · 14/07/2026

hot take: we fucked up when we let computers get so important to society that developers had to stop putting easter eggs into software because they were seen as unprofessional and untrustworthy

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Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 09/07/2026

This is totally fun. "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" (1991), Modern Trailer by Michael Edwards youtu.be/GMejQs5Q5_4

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Terminator 2 Judgment day (1991) | Modern Trailer | (HD)

YouTube video by Michael Edwards

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Cara Ellison @caraellison.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

game devs: what are the myths that a lot of players of games think are true about making games that are completely untrue? If you could snap your fingers and they suddenly all knew the truth about it what would it be?

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That Tom Hall @thattomhall.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

A sad day today. Thoughts go out to those affected, and those left behind. #idsoftware

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Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Statement from VGHF director Frank Cifaldi on the discontinuation of physical PlayStation media, and the closure of the PS3 and PSP digital storefronts.

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Keith Kaisershot @blitter.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Today is a great day to point out that the Journeyman Project trilogy is available on GOG.com, right now, DRM-free: www.gog.com/en/game/jour...

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Alice Averlong 🏳️‍⚧️ @alice.averlong.com · 01/07/2026

(now would be a great time for gog & itch to boast about how they give you games without DRM and you can play them forever, just saying)

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That Tom Hall @thattomhall.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

RIP Bobby Prince. His music legacy will live on, making inspired music for Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3D, DOOM, countless others. A true legend. And such a nice man, great musician, wonderful, fun-loving man, nothing but happy memories of him. A loss to the world.

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Keith Kaisershot @blitter.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

The Journeyman Project: Racing Through Time

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Keith Kaisershot @blitter.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

🎵 Hammond, Indiana Hammond, Indiana Not Louisiana Paris, France New York, or Rooooome But Hammond, Indiana Hammond, Indiana Hammond, Indiana: The Bears’ new home! 🎵

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【ｒａｎｄｉ】 @dopamine.church · 02/06/2026

the real generational divide is whether bash.org was formative to you. gen z thinks we're the ones who didn't grow up online. i put on my robe and wizard hat.

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Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 29/05/2026

I had to see this for myself and YES IT'S REAL And that insert shot of Shatner from "Star Trek II" is one of my favorite closeups ever. The shot preceding it is Shatner saying "KIRK. Admiral James T." with a sly smile on his face. The cutaway insert looks like he's sweating through a mugshot.

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Keith Kaisershot @blitter.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Do I have any engineers in my network at Valve who work on the Steamworks SDK for Mac? I’ve got an issue uploading Mac-specific content for which either there is no workaround (and therefore it’s a bug), or it’s very poorly documented. Really don’t want to have to buy a plane ticket to SEA again… 😩

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That Kenn Guy @thatkennguy.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Almost there ya'll! Excited about the future of gaming in... *squints*...um, 2027?

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Matheus Graef @omiosures.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

you probably never stopped to consider that some ABBA instrumentals work perfectly as a Castlevania soundtrack.

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Keith Kaisershot @blitter.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Michael Abrash was right. Those were the good old days.

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Tube🍂Time @tubetime.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

all the crew members have exited the vehicle, feeling well, and are even eating a little food.

"eating around the table" scene from Alien. you know what happens next.

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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

An extremely funny thing about retro rereleases that use unlicensed emulators is that you are basically committing the exact same crime (using software outside of the terms of its license) that has you so scared of downloading roms in the first place but now someone has monetized it.

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Frank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Violating an emulator's terms of use for your commercial product is really, really gross. That it's happened to endrift at least twice now is awful.

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CelGen Studios @celgen.org · 06/04/2026

Okay, it's time for me to make my occasional rant. I don't like stirring the pot in communities but sometimes people pull stunts I can't endorse and have to advise others to exercise caution. I'll make this a thread so that if you want to disregard this it's pretty easy. Here we go... MacinCord

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Pierre Dandumont @dandu.be · 30/03/2026

Autre truc, grâce à @blitter.bsky.social , un LaserDisc Apple avec un CD-ROM et de l'HyperCard ! Et j'ai même une coie du disque avec un Domesday !

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Pierre Dandumont @dandu.be · 30/03/2026

Trois nouveaux disques Pippin @ World dans ma collection ! (thank you @blitter.bsky.social )

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Bob Mackey @bobservo.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

dang, the final lost MST3K episode was JUST found at a garage sale, and now it's on YouTube for all to enjoy. watch and be astounded that a 38-year-old VHS recording held up so nicely: youtu.be/u_Z4hnagGLE?...

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MST3K - KTMA - K03 - Star Force

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