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I’d also like to emphasize that while The Doll Shop is beautiful and well-written, it’s not suitable for everyone. Especially not for children under 16. Otherwise, I highly recommend this horror thriller from @ateliersento.com 🙂 🧵 2/ #TheDollShop #AtelierSento #AdventureGame #Horror #Thriller

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Thomas Leroy @gamrok.bsky.social · 19h

I finished The Doll Shop! 🎎 🦋 Completed endings A, B and then C (this one 😱) An excellent adventure game with a very well-crafted atmosphere, but the story really made me uncomfortable 😅 #TheDollShop #AtelierSento #AdventureGame #PointAndClick #Horror #Thriller @ateliersento.com

One of my screenshots from the game The Doll Shop - A close-up of a little girl's doll-like face.

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Thomas Leroy @gamrok.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Réception du Métal Hurlant spécial Daft Punk ! 🎵 Pile poil après que j'ai fini la lecture du précédent 😀 J'ai pas mal hésité entre les trois belles couvertures proposées. J'ai finalement choisi la plus ⚡️ Metal ⚡️ #MétalHurlant #DaftPunk #BD @metalhurlantoff.bsky.social @lloydchery.bsky.social

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Thomas Leroy @gamrok.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

This game makes me HUNGRY 🍜 😋 (the atmosphere is great and the plot really gripping!) #TheDollShop #AtelierSento #AdventureGame #PointAndClick #Ramen @ateliersento.com

Screenshot from the game The Doll Shop - A bowl of curry ramen!

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Thomas Leroy @gamrok.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Graveyard Keeper 2 finished! ⛪️ 🪦 ✨ I've seen several endings, unlocked all the achievements and restored the entire town, the church and the cemetery! Now I can go to bed at a reasonable hour again 🙃 #GraveyardKeeper2 #GraveyardKeeper #FarmingSim #PixelArt

Screenshot from Graveyard Keeper 2 - The church and cemetery (only the upper part is visible on the screen), fully restored. My work is done!

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Thomas Leroy @gamrok.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Currently listening... 😌 🎶 ➡️ youtube.com/watch?v=3wVv... #NowListening #REMband #AutomaticForThePeople #AlternativeRock

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Thomas Leroy @gamrok.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I rewatched Fight Club last night 👊 🧼 🫧 It's still just as outstanding and powerful 🖤 I wish I could forget it so I could watch it again as if it were the first time. #FightClub #DavidFincher #EdwardNorton #HelenaBonhamCarter #BradPitt #Movies #Cinema

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Thomas Leroy @gamrok.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Here's the magnificent world map, unfolded 🗺️ It features simulated stains and signs of wear. It’s in German (like the manual and the game) because the game was only released in that language. (English versions are available today for Amiga and PC) 🧵 3/ #Ambermoon #RPG #RetroGaming #Amiga #Map

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Thomas Leroy @gamrok.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

When you remove the sleeve and open the box (which is pretty big!), it's like Christmas! 😀 Inside, there's a 112-page manual, 9 floppy disks, a rune table and a world map. The latter two are printed on "weathered" paper 🪶 🧵 2/ #Ambermoon #ThalionSoftware #RetroGaming #BigBoxGames #Amiga #Fantasy

You can see the entire illustration on the cover of the manual (on the box sleeve, it's cropped. The manual includes sections on how to install the game on Atari ST/Falcon and MS-DOS, but those versions were never released (since the development studio closed).

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Thomas Leroy @gamrok.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

So happy to finally own Ambermoon! ✨ It might be the most beautiful and ambitious RPG ever released on Amiga. With a cover art that's to die for 🤩 And I haven't even shown you the contents yet! 🧵 1/ #Ambermoon #ThalionSoftware #RPG #RetroGaming #BigBoxGames #Amiga #Fantasy

A very large box for the game Ambermoon (1994, Thalion Software) — On the cover, which blends fantasy and science fiction, we see a group of four adventurers (dressed in medieval attire) standing on a rocky surface. Behind them, in the background, is a beautiful galleon and a starry expanse featuring two large planets, one of which resembles Earth. In the foreground, seen from behind, is a hooded humanoid creature standing on its two hands (similar to those of a sort of iguana visible nearby) as if trying to pull itself up, with its gaze turned toward the adventurers.

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Thomas Leroy @gamrok.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I can't wait to show you the new retro game I got this week 😃 It's a little-known (but great) Amiga game that I've been looking for for a long time. The cover art is gorgeous. I hope I'll have time to take some nice photos tomorrow 📸 #RetroGaming #BigBoxGames #Amiga

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Thomas Leroy @gamrok.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Machinarium 2 looks gorgeous 🤩 ➡️ Video, screenshots and more here: store.steampowered.com/app/1619280/... #Machinarium2 #Machinarium #AmanitaDesign #AdventureGame #PointAndClick

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Thomas Leroy @gamrok.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The Queen's Domain demo got me so hyped that I can't wait to play it 🔥 (the game comes out at the end of the month on all platforms) #QueensDomain #DungeonCrawler #DarkFantasy #KingsField @queensdomain.bsky.social

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Thomas Leroy @gamrok.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Currently listening... 💀 🎊 🎶 ➡️ youtube.com/watch?v=-LcU... #NowListening #GrimFandango #PeterMcConnell #OST #Jazz #Swing #BigBand

Grim Fandango Remastered Original Soundtrack (1998, Peter McConnell)

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Thomas Leroy @gamrok.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Did you know that you can play Pictopix on your smartphone or tablet? 😀 All you need is the Steam Link app! (available on iOS and Android) ➡️ Pictopix: store.steampowered.com/app/568320/P... #Pictopix #Picross #Nonogram #ピクロス #IndieGame #SteamLink

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Thomas Leroy @gamrok.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Et j'ai aussi retrouvé ceci : des Guitar Connection 🎸 ⚡️ (j'avais oublié le nom) Achetés par correspondance ? Je ne sais plus. Les jeunes de ma génération doivent s'en souvenir 🙃 Tout ça, c'était avant l'avènement d'Internet ! 🧵 3/ #Guitar #GuitarTabs #Rock #HardRock #90s

Tablatures des morceaux More than words (Extreme), Patience (Guns N' Roses), Walk this way (Aerosmith), Circles (Joe Satriani) et Wild World (Cat Stevens).

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Thomas Leroy @gamrok.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Les magazines en question 😀 Il y a du Guitar World, Guitar Part, mais aussi Guitar Classique et Guitarist Acoustic (j'ai lâché progressivement la guitare électrique pour la guitare folk/acoutisque). Je pense en garder certains. 🧵 2/ #Guitar #AcousticGuitar #Tabs

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Thomas Leroy @gamrok.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Continuing to clear out the attic... I found the guitar tablature books (and magazines) 😀 I really feel like relearning some of those songs and riffs 🎸 The one for Blood Sugar Sex Magik by the Red Hot is missing 😩 #Guitar #EricClapton #Aerosmith #GunsNRoses #JoeSatriani #JimiHendrix

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Thomas Leroy @gamrok.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"Mr. Garrity and the Graves" really surprised me 😀 It's one of the few episodes of The Twilight Zone where I didn't see the twist coming! What's even crazier is that it's based on a true story 🧟‍♂️ 🧟‍♀️ #TwilightZone #QuatrièmeDimension #TVSeries #Undead

John Dehner in Mr. Garrity and the Graves (The Twilight Zone season 6, episode 32, broadcast on May 8, 1964)

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Thomas Leroy @gamrok.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Currently listening... 🚀 🌌 🎶 ➡️ youtube.com/watch?v=VJ81... #NowListening #FTLGame #FasterThanLight #OST #BenPrunty

FTL Faster Than Light original soundtrack (2012, Ben Prunty)

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Thomas Leroy @gamrok.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Currently expanding and improving the church and cemetery in Graveyard Keeper 2 ⛪️ 🪦 🌹 I'm gradually replacing the wood with stone. And the next step will be marble structures 😁 #GraveyardKeeper2 #FarmingSim #PixelArt

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Thomas Leroy @gamrok.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I also brought my Amiga 500 (protected in a bag) along with its power supply, a mouse and a large 512K ram expansion that can be plugged into the left side. I no longer have the monitor or the external drive. 🧵 3/ #Amiga #Amiga500 #RetroComputer #RetroGaming

I didn't remember that the mouse (and the top of the memory expansion module) had yellowed so much. Is it possible that the process continued while they were stored away from the light?

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Thomas Leroy @gamrok.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

And I also found this MSX HB-75F Hit Bit 🦕 I have no idea where this machine came from and how it ended up in my attic. Yes, there’s a lot of dust... 🫣 🧵 2/ #MSX #SonyHitBit #RetroComputer #RetroGaming

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Thomas Leroy @gamrok.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

While sorting through the attic again, I found this Amstrad CPC 6128 with some floppy disks 😀 A coworker gave it to me a long time ago. When I have time, I'll plug it in to see if it still works. I don't remember if the floppy disk drive still worked. 🧵 1/ #AmstradCPC #CPC6128 #RetroGaming

An Amstrad CPC 6128 computer with a (color?) monitor and a 3-inch floppy disk drive built into the keyboard/CPU unit.

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Thomas Leroy @gamrok.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I watched "The Encounter". It might be the most intense episode of The Twilight Zone I've ever seen. Driven by a meticulously crafted screenplay and two outstanding actors at the top of their game. I was blown away 😵 #TwilightZone #QuatrièmeDimension #TVSeries

George Takei in The Encounter (The Twilight Zone season 5, episode 31, broadcast on May 1, 1964), two years before he starred in the Star Trek series!

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Thomas Leroy @gamrok.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It brings back memories of Shoot 'em up Construction Kit on Amiga 😀

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Thomas Leroy @gamrok.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

One of my favorite activities in Graveyard Keeper 2: upgrading and beautifying the church and cemetery to attract more and more parishioners ⛪️ 🕯️ ✨ (and money 😇) #GraveyardKeeper2 #FarmingSim #PixelArt

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Thomas Leroy @gamrok.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

When I think that Edgar P. Jacobs first made his career as an opera singer (for 20 years) before turning permanently to illustration 😮 It was by becoming Hergé’s assistant that he honed his skills before creating his own comics. 🧵 3/ #BlakeAndMortimer #BlakeEtMortimer #EdgarPJacobs #Hergé #Comics

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Thomas Leroy @gamrok.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Blake & Mortimer featured well-crafted storylines that blended science fiction, crime thrillers, espionage, paranormal and esoteric 🌀 🔍 I still have just as strong a desire to reread them! 😀 🧵 2/ #BlakeEtMortimer #BlakeAndMortimer #EdgarPJacobs #BandeDessinée #Comics

Excerpts from volume 2 of The Mystery of the Great Pyramid: The Chamber of Horus (the 5th volume in the Blake & Mortimer series, written and illustrated by Edgar P. Jacobs)
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Extraits du tome 2 du Mystère de la Grande Pyramide : La Chambre d'Horus (5ème tome de la série Blake & Mortimer, scénario et dessin de Edgar P. Jacobs)

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Thomas Leroy @gamrok.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The Blake and Mortimer series celebrates its 80th anniversary today ❤️ It was on September 26, 1946, that the first panel of The Secret of the Swordfish was published in Tintin Magazine. #BlakeEtMortimer #BlakeAndMortimer #EdgarPJacobs #BandeDessinée #Comics #Tintin

The first volume of the Blake & Mortimer series: The Secret of the Swordfish by Edgar P. Jacobs ("Le Secret de l'Espadon" in French)

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Thomas Leroy @gamrok.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Having fun playing Graveyard Keeper 2! 🥳 This game is kind of addictive 😅 #GraveyardKeeper2 #FarmingSim #PixelArt

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Thomas Leroy @gamrok.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

In Europe, the games were released later. Silent Hill 2 came out on November 23, 2001 and ICO on March 22, 2002! Every year, I often feel like replaying these games around their release dates (it's been a long time since I last played them). 🧵 2/ #ICO #SilentHill2 #Playstation2 #RetroGaming

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Thomas Leroy @gamrok.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Two of my favorite games are celebrating their 25th anniversary today: Silent Hill 2 and ICO! 💛 💚 🖤 Released on the same day in North America (September 25, 2001) #ICO #SilentHill2 #Playstation2 #RetroGaming

My copies of ICO and Silent Hill 2 (French editions)

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Thomas Leroy @gamrok.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It always makes me happy to read a review of my game #Pictopix in my native language 🙂 (translation of the French text in the image description) #PuzzleGame #Nonogram #Picross #ピクロス #IndieGame #SoloDev

"For all Picross fans (a name exclusive to Nintendo), Pictopix is a love letter. It’s incredibly generous—enough to put all the titles released by Jupiter to shame, given just how much there is to do here. Thank you for this game, which lets me enjoy some truly wonderful moments of reflection."

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Thomas Leroy @gamrok.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

And it's impossible not to think of Operation Stealth when you get to that point 🤩 The visual style is almost identical on screens like this. 🧵 3/ #TheDrifter #OperationStealth #AdventureGame #PointAndClick

Screenshot from the adventure game The Drifter.

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Thomas Leroy @gamrok.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Looking back, I realize that The Drifter ranks right up there with Beneath a Steel Sky among my favorite games in this genre. If you like stories that skillfully blend sci-fi, thriller and horror, go for it! You won't regret it 🙂 🧵 2/ #TheDrifter #BeneathASteelSky #SciFi #Thriller #PointAndClick

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Thomas Leroy @gamrok.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I just finished The Drifter and... Gosh! 😵 What a ride! 🤩 I don't remember ever being so drawn into an adventure game. The story, the atmosphere and the voice acting are just incredible. Probably my GOTY ❤️ #TheDrifter #AdventureGame #PointAndClick #Thriller #SciFi

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Thomas Leroy @gamrok.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Currently listening... 🎸 🤘 🎶 ➡️ youtube.com/watch?v=oMLH... #NowListening #ThemCrookedVultures #HardRock #AlternativeRock

Them Crooked Vultures (2009, Them Crooked Vultures)

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Thomas Leroy @gamrok.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Just finished Chapter 3 of The Drifter. I really struggled in the basement, but so far I've been able to make progress without a walkthrough 😀 The story is edge-of-your-seat. And what an atmosphere! #TheDrifter #AdventureGame #PointAndClick #Thriller #PixelArt

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Thomas Leroy @gamrok.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Here's what's inside The Drifter box! 🎁 There's a poster, a manual, Steam and GOG keys. And a CD! So I'm going to install the game using my external CD drive 😀 🧵 2/ #TheDrifter #Powerhoof #AdventureGame #PointAndClick #BigBoxGames

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Thomas Leroy @gamrok.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I rewatched this sci-fi masterpiece last night 🏙️ 👽 📹 District 9 is as immersive and powerful as ever, in many ways. And I don't remember ever seeing such a detestable main character in a movie 🤮 #District9 #NeillBlomkamp #SharltoCopley #SciFi #Cinema #Movies

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Thomas Leroy @gamrok.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Got my copy of The Drifter! 📭 😀 It comes in a beautiful box, the same size as the ones for Lucasfilm Games titles. I hope I'll find time to play it this weekend 🤞 #TheDrifter #Powerhoof #AdventureGame #PointAndClick #BigBoxGames @dave.powerhoof.com

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Thomas Leroy @gamrok.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Rest in peace, Gerrit Graham 🙏 Your performance in Phantom of the Paradise still blows my mind! 😀 Just for the record, it took me years to recognize him in Parker Lewis Can't Lose 🙃 #GerritGraham #PhantomOfTheParadise #ParkerLewisCantLose

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