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Bowl of Lentils @bowloflentils.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

For anyone that wants to learn more about Eien ni Hen, there is actually an old 2014 interview with her on the Romhacking Histories podcast. The website for the show is no longer online but you can still listen to the episode through the Wayback Machine. web.archive.org/web/20161027...

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The Video Game Library 📚 @thevideogamelibrary.org · 25/09/2026

I'm so proud of how much this resource has grown 🥹 No matter where in the world you're from, I hope you've enjoyed it. If so, share this with others who love to read and play 🌎❤️📚🌎❤️📚🌎❤️📚🌎❤️📚🌎❤️📚🌎❤️📚

Cover of video game books in 40 different languages with labels for each language.

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Time Extension @timeextension.com · 28/09/2026

"May She Rest In Peace" - Fan Translator Eien ni Hen Has Passed Away

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"May She Rest In Peace" - Fan Translator Eien ni Hen Has Passed Away

"Thank you for all your work. It won't be forgotten"

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Tucker Hazell @tuckerhazell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

HEY! If you see this, and you've enjoyed one of my interviews on Dev Dive, I would love if you'd take a sec to tell just ONE indie-loving friend about my channel. I have a goal to hit 1000 subscribers by the end of the year, and I'd really love to spread the word! www.youtube.com/channel/UCrX...

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Dev Dive

Welcome to Dev Dive, a game developer interview series focused on sharing the real human stories behind the games that we love. Each week host Tucker Hazell is joined by a new game dev guest to explor...

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Jordan Starkweather ✨ @jackal27.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

You can’t even comprehend how important Eien ni Hen’s work is to the fan translation community. Romancing SaGa, Fire Emblem, Sakura Wars, Tear Ring Saga, Glory of Heracles, Dragon Force II, Dark Half, Beyond Oasis, Psi-O-Blade, Arabian Nights, and so much more. What a loss. Rest in peace.

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RetroGamingExpo.com @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

And the final boss in our writing & publishing how-to-panel is author Gabe Durham ( @bossfightbooks.com ). This will be awesome! Tickets at tinyurl.com/3a5hdpw4 #prge #prge2026 #retrogaming

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Ogre Run @ogre-run.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Ever wanted to learn about Wizardry’s Japanese reception throughout history? Read a conversation held between Robert Woodhead and Hitoshi Yasuda as they eat soba? Read stories set in the world of Wizardry? I present the Japanese Wizardry reader: ogrerun.com/the-japanese...

An article on Busin ~ Wizardry Alternative ~ From Comptiq No. 236 (January 2002)

Hitoshi Yasuda and Robert Woodhead posing with a soba chef. From LOGiN (January 1988)

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

In the '80s, some of the world's most fascinating animation was made in Uzbekistan. It was a time of "absolute creative freedom with full funding." We're looking at the story behind the scene, and at the gems it produced: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/visions-in...

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Secret of Evermore History @ Replaying Japan 2026 @evermorehistory.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

But really it is two things that can be both true: Japan has much stronger labor laws that protect workers (at least some of them, part timers and folks who work at some SMEs might have something to say different) -and- work culture is also different so that expectation are different.

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Felipe Pepe @felipepepe.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Real talk, why half of the remaining games media is in Japan this week but no one can ever find a Japanese dev, consultant, journo or researcher to talk about Japan? Especially when we then get these experts who ignore the well-know fact that Japan has laws which make firing people extremely hard.

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wowmd.bsky.social @wowmd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Here's the first footage of the cancelled SNES/SFC port of Railroad Tycoon to ever be posted online, captured from my promotional tape made by the would-be Japanese publisher. For a long time, the only evidence of the game's existence was two blurry Nintendo Power screenshots!

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Saki Endo's Rubbish Heap @rubbishheap.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

For #randomgamesatuday is a game that I consider to be one of the best NES co-operative 2 player experiences the system has to offer from the masters at Konami. And never released outside of Japan. Our review 👇 has the full details!

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Wai Wai World 2: SOS!! Parsley Jou - Famicom/NES Review

YouTube video by Saki Endo's Rubbish Heap - Japanese Retro Gaming

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Quest 64 Official @quest64official.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Tony Sopranos Man has a gunblade from FF8
The whole meme is FF8
Keep that in mind
Tony Soprano selects attack
Paulie with his hand up
FF8 text
"Ay, put that thing away Tone"

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Play History @playhistory.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Alex @theycreateworlds.bsky.social continues his quest to un-simplify the popular imagination of the Crash.

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Time Extension @timeextension.com · 14/09/2026

Mamma Mia! After 30 Years, Super Mario Bros. 2's Satellaview Exclusive Sequel Has Just Got An English Fan Dub

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Mamma Mia! After 30 Years, Super Mario Bros. 2's Satellaview Exclusive Sequel Has Just Got An English Fan Dub

BS Super Mario USA was originally broadcast in 1996

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Garrett Fredley @somecronzaguy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Only a Club Penguin remaster can save video games

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Gretchen Leigh 🇨🇦 @gretchenleigh.zone · 13/09/2026

What an absolutely fucking perfect video game intro

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Saki Endo's Rubbish Heap @rubbishheap.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I can safely say this was the most popular thing I have posted on BlueSky -- which is a relief because I agonised for years about when the right time to proffer some suggestions about learning Japanese! I'm glad I waited until now. If I can do it, any one can, it really comes down to persistence.

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St1ka @st1ka.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

One issue with the internet defaulting to a single language and gaming focusing so much on the US experience is that we forget other countries also interview devs Here's a French interview where Myamoto confirms that Link is inspired by Peter Pan www.gamekult.com/actualite/mi...

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Secret of Evermore History @ Replaying Japan 2026 @evermorehistory.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Portopia (which -is- a real place) has a pretty interesting history as a hotel/convention/location...I wandered smack into the middle of an exhibit for it a few years ago in Kobe. And @cosmicspooks.bsky.social was of course right...inevitable: gmodecorp.com/cs/portpia - Love 2 see a called shot :D

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maud @peloriemate.net · 08/09/2026

oh fuck did this drop i was at waffle house. sorry

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Paul Nadeau @pauljnadeau.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Polisci's disinterest in Gamergate and gamer culture is leaving the field critically unable to understand the current moment

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Secret of Evermore History @ Replaying Japan 2026 @evermorehistory.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

hahaha are you kidding me - why is this the first I'm hearing about this. I have so many thoughts, most of which can be summed up by an exasperated sigh. So many more important things are happening, this is such a Minor Crime it's almost funny. Just one more crime on top of thousands.

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Play History @playhistory.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Sixty years ago today, Ralph Baer wrote his initial proposal for a game device that would plug into a standard television set. While his initial ideas are not what became the Odyssey, this moment was highly consequential for the future of video games. 🧵

The first four pages of Ralph Baer's "Disclosure Backup Data -TVGD" dated September 1, 1966. This became the basis for the technology that powered the first video game console, the Odyssey.

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Tucker Hazell @tuckerhazell.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Smash Bros, MultiVersus... these games rely on companies that own IP. This Dev Dive is about a fighter that went the other way, using public domain characters like Bigfoot and Oliver Twist. It's called Royalty Free For All, and I talked to the game's director Colin McIsaac! youtu.be/F25Ofy011Qo

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This Indie Game Started as a Joke... | Royalty Free For All Interview | Dev Dive

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Baxter @cosmicspooks.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

so Super Real Mahjong is back.... If you wanna know the entirely too detailed history of how we got to this new game, check out my deep dive into the world of strip mahjong video games so you too can be Normal about superior gambling based gooning 😌

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Talking games | The NSFW History of Strip Mahjong Games

A story of sex, politics, and the games that once ruled arcades

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DOKI DOKI CRT PIXEL @crtpixel.bsky.social · 15/04/2024

STAR TROPICS NINTENDO R&D3, LOCOMOTIVE 1990 NES

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Tobias Harris @tobiasharris.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I was just hit by a wave of total despair upon the realization that presumably for the rest of my life I will have to be aware of every crackpot because thanks to the collapse of gatekeeping today's crackpot could be tomorrow's cabinet secretary.

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Randall @revuestarlight.net · 27/08/2026

customized my wow server to add ~100 bots to goldshire inn who will never leave and are programmed to argue about the xbox 360 vs ps3 nonstop

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Baxter @cosmicspooks.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Bluesky dorks exclusive: Was gonna use this for a future post that may or not may not ever happen so what the heck -- here's a little translation I did of a story from the early 90s sci-fi flash fiction collection 1999 Game Kids!

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In Translation | "Daydream Believer" by Kozy Watanabe

From 1999-nen no Game Kids.

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 27/08/2026

here i am hydro thunder hurricane

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The Hidden Palace @handle.invalid · 26/08/2026

We're holding a fundraiser for over 800 dev discs, which include early builds for Baldur's Gate, Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance, Icewind Dale, Clayfighter 64, Run Like Hell, Star Trek New Worlds, Descent, and more! DM us or email hp@hiddenpalace.org if you'd like to help!

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dot_lvl @dot-lvl.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Oh! That ribbon! I want it! Will you trade it for my dog food?

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Rich @richardsmart.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

This, on the early days of Japanese consumerism, is brilliant throughout. thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/how-japan-tu...

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How Japan Turned Department Stores Into Dreamworlds

What started as dry goods shops serving the elite became sprawling emporiums that helped usher in an age of mass consumption.

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Secret of Evermore History @ Replaying Japan 2026 @evermorehistory.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Thanks to family spread out, a wanderers streak, and a kind grandmother who trucked all six grandkids across the nation every summer for our first ten years.

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GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 21/08/2026

a trio of Star Cruiser MD patches, produced in consultation with og programmer/designer Kotori Yoshimura patch #1 is bug fixes; #2 is fixes+movement tweaks based on specs Yoshimura wasn't able to implement at the time; #3 is all that+diagonal strafing, added at the discretion of the patch maker

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GitHub - marinyan/PATCH_STARCRUISER_MD: IPL patch for STARCRUISER for Megadrive · GitHub

IPL patch for STARCRUISER for Megadrive. Contribute to marinyan/PATCH_STARCRUISER_MD development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Akito INOUE @hiyokoya6.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I co-edited an English-language book, Japanese Game Studies: A Guide to Studying Japanese Games link.springer.com/book/9789819... and it is now out. The project started back in 2021, so it has taken us five years to finally get it published... hiyokoya.hatenadiary.jp/entry/2026/0...

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Japanese Game Studies: A Guide to Studying Japanese Games - Critique of Games メモと寸評

I co-edited an English-language book, Japanese Game Studies: A Guide to Studying Japanese Games https://link.springer.com/book/9789819598564 and it is now out. The project started back in 2021, so it ...

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Phil Salvador @philsalv.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Not only do digital things not last forever, digital objects are even more fragile than physical ones! You can put a piece of paper on a shelf for a century, but you probably can't read a Unity project from 10 years ago

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Felipe Pepe @felipepepe.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Ah man, they're doing a huge museum exhibit about Chinese single-player games in Shanghai! Look at that giant wall of games the West knows nothing about! How I wish I could visit! D: Only issue is that it's a political statement as well, since many (if not most) of those games are from Taiwan...

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Secret of Evermore History @ Replaying Japan 2026 @evermorehistory.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

New venue, new audience! Hey folks! I'm Robert Curl, and I'm a Game Historian. My specialty is Japanese games and their interaction with Japanese/USA history, but I also serve on the board of directors for two different game history organizations, one in the USA and another in Japan. よろしく！

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Dug up from digital archives: a cute bit of mid-90s CG rendering of an MSX from an old '95 PCMania CDROM.

A 3D render of an MSX microcomputer on a wooden desk in a corner in front of a CRT TV with tapes, cart, and various games on the shelf. A 3 button arcade joystick can be seen next to an Asterix and Obelix poster on the wall.

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GDRI @gdri.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Akira Sakuma, the former Data East/TAD programmer, was going through development documents for the unreleased Toki sequel and found image files that were created on development hardware. Since they are not in a standard format, Sakuma wrote a tool to view them. x.com/reddrag64988...

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red-dragon (@reddrag64988892) on X

必要に駆られ、TAD勤務時の未発売プロジェクト「JuJu2」の資料を漁っておりました。すると、当時の開発機（S-CG-CAD）で作成された画像ファイルが見つかりました。当然、BMP等のよく知られた形式ではないため、急遽、Windows上で閲覧するツールを作成してみました。何もかも皆懐かしい・・・

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Secret of Evermore History @ Replaying Japan 2026 @evermorehistory.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Here we go again… Replaying Japan 2026, starting tomorrow

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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 12/08/2026

Saber PR responded to my post by saying that the story was written by people and no writers were replaced, buuuuut also that the game uses AI generated text and voices. C’mon man lmao

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Saber Interactive denies replacing writer with ChatGPT on its new driving game, but says it will use AI for dialog 'as the number of passengers in the game is infinite'

Despite the admission, there's currently no AI disclosure on the Rideshare "Stimulator" Steam page.

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Secret of Evermore History @ Replaying Japan 2026 @evermorehistory.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

lmao just saw that DYKG video thumbnail. I can't wait to show it to people next week in Osaka

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