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Absolutely the Best Podcast: A Work in Progress @absolutebestpc.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

With help from @dvertov.bsky.social, we set our phasers to stun to cover J.J. Abrams’ reboot of the Star Trek franchise in which the newly assembled crew of the Enterprise are harangued by lens flares whilst battling a Romulan edge-lord who has accidentally traveled back in time 150 years! #StarTrek

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Homebrew Game Club @hbgameclub.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Greatest hits of NES homebrew! This is an absolute must-buy

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Homebrew Game Club @hbgameclub.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Only a few hours left to back BioCreeps, a badass arcade platformer for NES! Check it out at BioCreeps.com, and get our 2026 Midwest Gaming Classic interview with the developer at homebrewgameclub.com!

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dvertov @dvertov.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Piggie is a confirmed AI spammer

Cover of the children’s book “Elephant and Piggie: I Really Like Slop” by Mo Willems

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dvertov @dvertov.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Me and a local IT guy try to explain retro emulation to a non-nerdy friend

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dvertov @dvertov.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

RIP to David Bowie who, 10 years ago, pulled off the greatest promo campaign of all time by releasing an album about death and then, two days later, actually dying

Vinyl record cover of David Bowie’s “Blackstar” (2016)

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dvertov @dvertov.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

This cake shop is crushing it

Child’s birthday cake with an excellent rendition of yellow Yoshi (SMB)

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dvertov @dvertov.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

“Dad, we made you a cake!” “Wow, thanks! It looks great!” “Can you tell what it is?!” “…” “…” “It’s the Galaga ship! “Yeah, of course it is!”

Sheet cake with icing design that may vaguely resemble the player ship from Galaga

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dvertov @dvertov.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

As a former research animal in a tick-borne disease study, our beagle as two tattoos: one on her ear and another on her inner thigh. Kind of odd to have dog that has more ink than I do lol

Beagle with a numerical identification tattoo on its inner ear

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dvertov @dvertov.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Thanks to @gametank.zone for talking to me about the Game Tank, a very cool project to create a new, open source, 8-bit, retro-style console. Listen to my interviews with him and others at PRGE for @hbgameclub.bsky.social right here: bit.ly/hbgc-prge-2025

Promotional image of the Game Tank, an open source, 8-bit console

Text: "Hacks, Game Tanks, and Japanese Flip Phones: HBGC at PRGE 2025"

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dvertov @dvertov.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

My kids enjoyed Tron: Ares so much we went back to see it in 3D again. This time they even insisted on a souvenir popcorn bucket. Haters are dumb, this movie is good

Souvenir aluminum popcorn bucket from Tron: Ares

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dvertov @dvertov.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

When you like the album but your kids are mildly disturbed by the cover

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dvertov @dvertov.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Tron: Ares: I went in with *very* low expectations. Got a big, mostly dumb action movie with great visuals, a killer soundtrack, and none of the pseudo philosophical Matrix bullshit that weighed down the second movie. It’s a good time! B+

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dvertov @dvertov.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

When you try to convince your childhood friend to finally listen to your damn podcast for the first time ever

Text: “Listening to Ezra Klein right now.”

Response: “We are way better than Ezra Klein”

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dvertov @dvertov.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Happy 4th of July, Americans!

Vinyl record of Green Day’s “American Idiot” playing on a turntable

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dvertov @dvertov.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Awww man I forgot to post my favorite tabloid headline for Father’s Day

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dvertov @dvertov.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

I am traveling for work and having a drink in the hotel rooftop bar and holy shit I just realized this is a *rotating* restaurant. I swear to god I thought I was high

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dvertov @dvertov.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Subscriber here! 👋 This issue features an excellent in-depth comparison between the Analogue Pocket, ModRetro Chromatic, and the FunnyPlaying FPGBC. Very interesting (and useful) for fans of Game Boy FPGA consoles!

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dvertov @dvertov.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

I just found out someone I know put herself through cosmetology school by trapping muskrats and selling the pelts, and for the record I just want to say that is the most Southeast Missouri shit I have ever heard

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dvertov @dvertov.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Just published an excellent interview on our podcast. Worth a listen for anyone curious about game design, even if retro / homebrew aren’t necessarily your thing

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dvertov @dvertov.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

It’s taken about three decades to get there but I have finally started to appreciate the banana album

Screenshot of a music app playing Sunday Morning from the album The Velvet Underground and Nico (1967)

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dvertov @dvertov.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

On the question “which of Elon Musk’s many children eventually grows up to be the misanthropic mad scientist who kills us all?” my money is on Grok

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dvertov @dvertov.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

I’ve been trying to figure out why there’s this textured area in the middle of my car’s dashboard. I’ve concluded it’s a place for charging your solar powered Casio watches

Two Casio digital watches on a black car dashboard

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dvertov @dvertov.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

I picked this up for my wife for $12 yesterday in the used record bin. Holy shit, this album is great

Photo of the album cover for the Go-Go’s “Beauty and the Beat”

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dvertov @dvertov.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Explaining to my kids that Easter is a story about sacrifice, death, and resurrection

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dvertov @dvertov.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

This was a lot of fun to watch. Tons of great chiptune music coming out of the #nesdev community right now.

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dvertov @dvertov.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

And also some sweet new drink coasters, if you’re into that 🍺

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dvertov @dvertov.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

@doodleworldgame.bsky.social My son is coming with me to MGC. He specifically asked if “Doodle World Guy” would be there. He is a fan 😆

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dvertov @dvertov.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Feels like we're finally entering the "FAFO" stage of the Trump Era.

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dvertov @dvertov.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Regardless of anything going on in the news, Signal is a good app and I’ve convinced a lot of my friends to switch their messaging over to it from a lot of far worse platforms

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 27/02/2025

The California Fire Relief Bundle is live!! Benefitting survivors of the SoCal wildfires through the Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE). Featuring 400+ games: Tunic! Tangle Tower! Catlateral Damage! Hidden Folks! Cook, Serve, Delicious! And more! $10 minimum!! itch.io/b/2863/calif...

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dvertov @dvertov.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

My mother in law can barely figure out her phone. But sure, AI advertisement, I will definitely get her this lightsaber covered in Apple Watch modules

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Goloso Games @golosogames.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Great episode, really enjoyed listening to you. And glad you liked my game 🙂

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dvertov @dvertov.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

It’s weird that video games are the only medium where this is considered normal. You wouldn’t see a movie critic judge a silent film from 1908 by the same standards as, say, Apocalypse Now. Even a casual movie fan would understand that to be an ignorant comparison

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dvertov @dvertov.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

There’s a conversation on the @hbgameclub.bsky.social discord about whether or not these are “detective games.” I say yes, obviously?

Home console ports of the “Carmen Sandiego” series, including “Where In Time Is Carmen Sandiego” for NES and Sega Genesis, and “Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego” for Genesis.

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dvertov @dvertov.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

I've spent the last few weeks working my way through David Bowie's entire catalog. This list ranking every one of his albums was a good place to start (and so far I agree with the #1 pick): blog.roughtrade.com/gb/ranked-da...

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Ranked: David Bowie's Greatest Albums

The icon's 30 greatest albums ever. Art rock, pop, experimental, glam rock and electronic, David Bowie covered it all. Let the countdown commence.

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dvertov @dvertov.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Got a new NES / Famicom caravan shoot ‘em up from Japan. Thanks @habitsoft.bsky.social

Photo of boxed NES game “Habit Carnival Shooting.” Also pictured is a note from the publisher in handwritten Japanese, thanking the buyer for purchasing the game.

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dvertov @dvertov.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

As shitty as things may get in the world, at least I've still got my autographed copy of Eraserhead

Photo of an Eraserhead DVD autographed by David Lynch

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Nathaniel Lockhart @nathaniellockhart.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

So my work cut back drastically on overtime hours, and I need to make up the difference... anybody have some mods or repairs needed on old hardware that yours truly could take a crack at? Perhaps a modded NES gamepad for a console with terrible controllers?

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dvertov @dvertov.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Gotta say for a band called JOY DIVISION they had some pretty UNHAPPY songs

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dvertov @dvertov.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

It’s the third time in a week one of my kids has clogged up the toilet. Either somebody’s up to something weird or my wife needs to examine whatever the hell she’s been feeding them

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Homebrew Game Club @hbgameclub.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

ICYMI: In our latest episode, we take on swashbuckling NES platformer The Storied Sword and debate: Is "NES hard" too hard for modern gamers? (Naaaah.) Check it out at bit.ly/hbgc-sword or wherever you get podcasts! Still need to play the game? Get it here: www.bitethechili.com

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dvertov @dvertov.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Trying to determine if the constant, nagging sense of anxiety I'm feeling this week is a side effect of a new medication I recently started or just a normal reaction to current events

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Debug Magazine @debugmag.com · 05/02/2025

Please follow us on Steam… You can see ALL of our past reviews all in one place! Debug on Steam: store.steampowered.com/curator/4547...

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dvertov @dvertov.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Sent this pic to my teenage nephews with caption “Hey, got one of those Switch 2 things my kids have been talking about.” Nobody responded on the chat Turns out they assumed their poor uncle got scammed and were too embarrassed to say anything. Wtf guys I am not actually that frigging old

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Knoebel @knoebel.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

On January 30th, The Game History Foundation will make its digital library available for the public. Including over 1500 out of print magazines, promo materials, flyers, press kits and more. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-vid...

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