iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Hold On, Let Me Save! | Retro & Indie Game Podcast @holdonpod.omg.lol · 4h

Ep 4 has been uploaded! It will be rolling out to streaming services within the next hour 💜 Today, our co-hosts discussed the TurboGrafx16CD version of Ys III: Wanderers from Ys and Paradise Killer! We also discuss genAI use in games.. so go check it out! 🎧 holdonpod.omg.lol 🎧 #retro #indiegame

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FlannelKat, TheLetterTen

Ys III
Paradise Killer

HoldOnLetMeSave

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Ten | "Hold On, Let Me Save" @theletterten.lol · 7h

I had A. TON. OF. FUN. being a guest on @presspauseradio.bsky.social and hanging out with the two hosts. It was a last minute booking, but gosh I wanna do it again already! Thank you for having me on, it was a great pleasure. Thank you for letting me plug @holdonpod.omg.lol ! 💜💜

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Ashley Esqueda @ashleyesqueda.com · 28/09/2026

A very stay mad to all the predictable and boring clowns lol

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Hold On, Let Me Save! | Retro & Indie Game Podcast @holdonpod.omg.lol · 27/09/2026

Cleaned up this beautiful Atari 2600 a few weeks ago. Show off the oldest console you own! #retrogames #atari

An Atari VCS / 2600 console.

It is black with plastic/fake wood paneling, a cartridge slot and six dip switches for adjustments.

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Hold On, Let Me Save! | Retro & Indie Game Podcast @holdonpod.omg.lol · 27/09/2026

More slopcomps. Of course, this entire account posts genAI recomps and images. So damn gross! Avoid avoid avoid!

A long screenshot showing off Generation Amiga's BlueSky account. They link and post about genAI decomps and other AI generated projects.

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The Retro Wildlands @retrowildlands.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

At least Tecmo Super Bowl lets me know what winning feels like as a Browns fan. 😅 #TecmoSuperBowl #NFL #ClevelandBrowns

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Ten | "Hold On, Let Me Save" @theletterten.lol · 26/09/2026

Good morning Bsky. I'm going to be spending 7+ hrs playing Paradise Killer to better prepare for this month's episode of my podcast @holdonpod.omg.lol 😊 Just having a nice big coffee while I play.

Big white coffee mug saying I don't need Google My Wife Knows Everything next to a Mega Man Plush with a worried face

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Darren Hupke @darrenhupke.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The ORIGINAL Unreal. I wonder if other games used this same Unreal engine?

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Ten | "Hold On, Let Me Save" @theletterten.lol · 25/09/2026

Grabbing both parts asap! You can NEVER go wrong with GameGrooves!

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Hold On, Let Me Save! | Retro & Indie Game Podcast @holdonpod.omg.lol · 25/09/2026

Hey chat... We need your help! Has anyone heard of this game before? And if so, have you played it? What is your opinion on it? #snes #retrogames #retrogame

A copy of Harley's Humongous Adventure for the Super Nintendo

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Alpha Chrome Yayo @alphachromeyayo.com · 25/09/2026

Playing Silent Hill: Townfall as authentically as possible That is, on the 2.2" screen of a 90s pocket TV that I'm broadcasting to wirelessly 📡📺

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Ten | "Hold On, Let Me Save" @theletterten.lol · 25/09/2026

I even have the soundtrack on vinyl!

Ten holding the OutRun soundtrack on vinyl.

It's green, pink and all sorts of vaporwave colors

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Aaron 🐙 @scabshack.lol · 25/09/2026

Oh hey, there's a new episode of Night Shift available for Patreon members! This month's themes: 🥁 Chill drum n' bass 🗡️ Guardian's Crusade 🦔 Chill Sonic the Hedgehog Pay as little or as much as you want and listen right now ⤵️ www.patreon.com/posts/170359...

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Night Shift #4 // Drum n' Bass, Guardian's Crusade, & Sonic the Chillhog | Aaron K. 🦎

Night Shift #4 // Drum n' Bass, Guardian's Crusade, & Sonic the Chillhog by Aaron K. 🦎 on Patreon. Join Aaron K. 🦎's community for exclusive content and updates.

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Hold On, Let Me Save! | Retro & Indie Game Podcast @holdonpod.omg.lol · 25/09/2026

Wanna feel old? The SEGA Arcade CLASSIC OutRun turns 40 years old today! In 1986, OutRun hit arcades across the world and has been so influential with its driving mechanics, music, and bright visuals. This game is considered one of the greats for many people, myself included! #sega #outrun

The original OutRun arcade cabinet, found here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/arcade/comments/1inphkr/this_outrun_is_for_sale_is_this_original/

The title screen of OutRun, for Sega Saturn

Music selections screen from OutRun, sega saturn version

Select Music By Steering
Magical Sound Shower

OutRun driving screen, from Sega Saturn version

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Hold On, Let Me Save! | Retro & Indie Game Podcast @holdonpod.omg.lol · 25/09/2026

Happy 33 years to Myst! This game left so many people frustrated, and even still does today..but gosh this game was perfect for the time and remains one of the best.

Cover for the the Microsoft Windows version of Myst, boxx.

The Surrealistic Adventure That Will become your world

A parody box cover of Myst

Called What

The fuck does this level do I've been stuck here for 3 hours

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Hold On, Let Me Save! | Retro & Indie Game Podcast @holdonpod.omg.lol · 24/09/2026

Five days until episode 4! Mark your calendars ☺️ Y'all are in for a treat!

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Ten | "Hold On, Let Me Save" @theletterten.lol · 24/09/2026

I'm really happy I got to do this with @pixelsandpolygons.net ! I had a wonderful night talking to Darren about some really fun stuff. I also plugged @holdonpod.omg.lol and even @flannel.live's twitch stream! The rest though? It's a secret hehe 😉

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Pixels and Polygons @pixelsandpolygons.net · 24/09/2026

I just recorded a couple of new episodes with @theletterten.lol from the @holdonpod.omg.lol podcast! It was a lot of fun! Thanks for jumping on with me. You can all look forward to these episodes in a couple of weeks!

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Kaizen Game Works @kaizengameworks.com · 23/09/2026

Today is Bi Visibility Day! We see you and you're wonderful. 💗💜💙 #BiVisibilityDay #CelebrateBisexualityDay #ParadiseKiller

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Hold On, Let Me Save! | Retro & Indie Game Podcast @holdonpod.omg.lol · 22/09/2026

Black Mirror was meant to be a warning of things that COULD HAPPEN, not a blueprint of what to do.

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Hold On, Let Me Save! | Retro & Indie Game Podcast @holdonpod.omg.lol · 14/09/2026

Hey y'all. Bad news. This month's recording has to be pushed back to Monday, September 28th. FlannelKat and TheLetterTen have a lot going on right now and we're just so unbelievably busy this month. We are deeply sorry to all of our fans for this delay. The episode will be out the day after. 💚🏳️‍⚧️💜

HOLD ON
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EPISODE 004

Ys III: Wanderers From Us
Alfa Systems, 1989

Paradise Killer
Kaizen Game Works, 2020

Listen to all episodes @ https://holdonpod.omg.lol

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Ten | "Hold On, Let Me Save" @theletterten.lol · 21/09/2026

Kingdom Hearts x Quest 64 (yes, I spent way too much time on this 😅)

Brian and characters from Quest 64 in the style of the Kingdom Hearts Stained Glass Floor

Brian is in the foreground. Shannon Stork and Brian's dad are in the background.

The magic icons are bordering the characters, with a blurry city background.

Scanlines are on the front layer

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Princess Flannel @flannel.live · 18/09/2026

Lakes on a lake, 5 years running

It's kat & Elia on a lake where they got married

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Ten | "Hold On, Let Me Save" @theletterten.lol · 18/09/2026

This one is for the two people who might get it

Pope Leo by a green glass orb the size of a med-large pumpkin

But inside the orb is the head from Devil's Crush, a TurboGrafx16 pinball game

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Pixels and Polygons @pixelsandpolygons.net · 18/09/2026

Episode 133: GOAT IX w/ @pandamonium.bsky.social Hear Nick and I discuss one of the games he considers to be the “Greatest of All Time.” Listen on soundstone.network or find links at the start of the thread! ⬆️

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Ten | "Hold On, Let Me Save" @theletterten.lol · 17/09/2026

And none of them involve using genAI. Just remember that.

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Ten | "Hold On, Let Me Save" @theletterten.lol · 17/09/2026

Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door Dialogue screen

There's this one game that just absolutely rules. It's called "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project" ...

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Sithscott @sithscott.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Got a chance to look at the newest harvest moon!

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GameGrooves @gamegrooves.com · 16/09/2026

Are you in or adjacent to the Video Game Music Community? Do you fucking hate GenAI too? Come join GameGrooves, chat about VGM, make covers, participate in Jams, voice chat while you work, maybe be on an album or two! discord.gg/qUwynKQzpB

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Hold On, Let Me Save! | Retro & Indie Game Podcast @holdonpod.omg.lol · 16/09/2026

The year was 1990 and @theletterten.gay was not quite seven years old. This was a definitive arcade experience that changed my (Ten) entire life. This game was like, so mind-blowing to me. You're telling me I could play as my fav tv show characters in full animation? Still cool to this day!

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Dave Jackson | Tales from the Backlog @realdavejackson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

When we say a game "holds up", what do we mean by that? What standard does it hold up to? Do games "age"? Patrick and James of Retro Spectives podcast joined me for lengthy discussion around some of the language we use when talking about old games. talesfromthebacklog.fireside.fm/holdingup

Tales from the Backlog discussion- Do Video Games "Hold Up"?

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Flashback 64 @flashback64.com · 16/09/2026

Happy WedNESday This week we have a super sick game for Flashback 8, RYGAR! www.patreon.com/Flashback64/...

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Timeproof Games @timeproof.games · 16/09/2026

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PlayStation, Konami, 1997) The conversation between Richter Belmont and Dracula was meant to be dramatic, but its over‑the‑top tone turned it into a meme that's been parodied many times

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Hold On, Let Me Save! | Retro & Indie Game Podcast @holdonpod.omg.lol · 14/09/2026

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 14/09/2026

Surely the free speech crusaders living in their mom's basement will rise up in defence of Macklemore, right?

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Hold On, Let Me Save! | Retro & Indie Game Podcast @holdonpod.omg.lol · 14/09/2026

We are recording Episode 4 in SIX days! @theletterten.gay saw this sticky note at work yesterday and she decided to make her own interpretation! Don't miss out on September's episode when it goes live in one week from today on September 21st!! #deusex #podcast

A pink sticky note that goes:

JC Denton Says!:

(crude drawing of JC Denton from Deus Ex)

Drink more ovaltine!

Image goes:

Top text: JC DENTON SAYS!:

Screenshot of JC Denton from Deus Ex

Bottom text: Drink More Ovaltine!

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Aaron 🐙 @scabshack.lol · 13/09/2026

Scored a sweet pickup yesterday! DigDug Digging Strike 🪏

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erebusmaligan.bsky.social @erebusmaligan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

As a huge fan of old games - I'm just chiming in to say, yeah, go ahead and play 0 mission and totally skip the NES original if you want. I've beaten it - recently-ish - it's NOT a game that holds up well IMO. Important and influential - but it's just so much worse than every other 2d metroid.

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Retro Blast 💫 @retroblastpod.com · 13/09/2026

Also, here's the story/lore timeline for those who want to get into Metroid: Metroid / Zero Mission (Metroid 1) II / Samus Returns (Metroid 2) Super (Metroid 3) Fusion (Metroid 4) Dread (Metroid 5) Ravenous (Metroid 6) Prime 1-3 (between Metroid and Metroid II) Prime 4 (between Super and Fusion)

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Ten | "Hold On, Let Me Save" @theletterten.lol · 12/09/2026

Visited the @totlgames.bsky.social booth at Rose City Comic Con today! Booth 1234! They have a great selection, so don't miss out! #rccc

An assortment of Gundam models kits, Warhammer models and videos games a the TOTL booth at Rose City Comic Con

An assortment of Gundam models kits Warhammer models kits and video games

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🔞🏳️‍🌈 Domi, Best Boy & OnlyWans’ Prince @ VGen open! 💜⛓️😈 @domiwoof.xxx · 12/09/2026

Professor Layton was one of my favorite series growing up and now I can never touch it again because of a fucking group of jackasses who suck big balls and wanna let genAI run rampant. Sigh. Anyway, avoid the new #Layton titles and #YokaiWatch rereleases.

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Hold On, Let Me Save! | Retro & Indie Game Podcast @holdonpod.omg.lol · 12/09/2026

Oof. This hurts, a lot. "Hold On, Let Me Save" is strongly against the use of any genAI tools in game development and everything else you can imagine. What a huge disappointment 😞

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Ten | "Hold On, Let Me Save" @theletterten.lol · 12/09/2026

If you haven't heard of Foolish Mortals yet, now is the best time to pick it up as it's currently 30% off as part of Steam's Daily Deals! I reviewed this game and it easily became one of my favorite point-n-click adventure games! thecosmiccircus.com/game-review-... #indiegames

thecosmiccircus.com

Foolish Mortals: A Unique Adventure Game Experience

Foolish Mortals from Inklingwood Studios, is available on Steam. Read our review of this challenging and gripping point-and-click adventure.

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