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It is, quite literally, the same DRM they announced with the Xbox One that everyone hated. Same exact thing! Patent and all! But now they get to claim it's for preservation, not DRM.

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Jason X @jasonxbergman.com · 3h

Tonight we went to see Interstellar in full-size IMAX at the Smithsonian. I hadn't seen it since it first came out. It's definitely aging really well. I still dislike some bits at the end, but it remains a great, smart, original sci-fi film. We could use a lot more of those.

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Interstellar: Spaceship and Pilot

ALT: Interstellar: Spaceship and Pilot

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Jason X @jasonxbergman.com · 8h

Finished Wolverine. What a great game! Absolutely polished to AAAA quality, and the story cleverly remixes Marvel lore in interesting and unique ways. Exactly the kind of thing I want to play this time of year. Can't recommend it enough.

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Wolverine Snikt

ALT: Wolverine Snikt

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Jason X @jasonxbergman.com · 13h

Well that's cool. One of my earliest production credits! It always irked me that we didn't have a PC port. I'd love to see @nightdivestudios.bsky.social take this up some day.

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Jason X @jasonxbergman.com · 02/10/2026

Considering the ages of those returning X-Men actors, I'll just assume they're all from natural causes.

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Jason X @jasonxbergman.com · 01/10/2026

If you see this post a vampire that isn't dracula.

Kevin O'Leary as Milton Rockwell in Marty Supreme

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Jason X @jasonxbergman.com · 01/10/2026

Oh, wow. Introversion updated DEFCON for its 20th anniversary. This game is *brilliant*. A perfect example of the power of games as an art form. It's on sale for peanuts, too. A great excuse to pick it up. store.steampowered.com/news/app/152...

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DEFCON - 20th Anniversary Edition - Steam News

In celebration of 20 years of DEFCON

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Jason X @jasonxbergman.com · 01/10/2026

Consider this a reminder that the Golden Globes are completely absurd. Also, I would totally watch Obsession: The Musical. Especially if it were given an exhuberant Broadway title like, "Obsession! A New Musical" www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

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Golden Globes Surprise: ‘Obsession’ Submitted for Musical/Comedy Categories (Exclusive)

Insiders cite as precedents numerous other genre-blurring films that were submitted, accepted and nominated at the Globes in the musical or comedy categories, including 'Get Out,' 'The Banshees of Ini...

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Jason X @jasonxbergman.com · 30/09/2026

Almost a Discworld reference! (That shirt also exists)

Discworld's Granny Weatherwax shirt: "I aten't dead!"

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Jason X @jasonxbergman.com · 30/09/2026

What odds are you giving for: Ramones or Nightdive? Maybe I'll put my money on something less obvious, like the Fugs.

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Jason X @jasonxbergman.com · 30/09/2026

Kinda both? I bought an empty (but custom skinned!) cabinet kit from VirtuaPin and put everything into it myself. I didn't think myself capable of woodworking or anything like that. Plus this thing is a TANK.

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Jason X @jasonxbergman.com · 30/09/2026

I can see that argument being made for the commercial ones (although personally I really like Pinball FX) but the community creations are WILD. Check out what's been done with VPX. Both recreations of classic tables and originals. Some really talented people out there.

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Jason X @jasonxbergman.com · 30/09/2026

My machine has three monitors (backglass/DMD/playfield), 12 feedback motors, and real buttons/plunger. It feels pretty great, but there are versions that are even more realistic.

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Jason X @jasonxbergman.com · 30/09/2026

Yet. Alas, I never bought one. Instead I built a full-sized virtual pinball machine. Feels like the real thing, but I can have infinite variety.

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Jason X @jasonxbergman.com · 30/09/2026

Fired up The Witcher 3 Remastered tonight. Took me a few minutes to remember how to play, and much longer to go through the new skill tree, but then I fell right back into it. God I love this game. Can't wait for Songs of the Past!

A screenshot from The Witcher 3 Remastered

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Jason X @jasonxbergman.com · 29/09/2026

Oh, and it's also in the Atari 50 collection (also by Digital Eclipse). Another great one.

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Jason X @jasonxbergman.com · 29/09/2026

Check out the Llamasoft Collection by Digital Eclipse. Available on all platforms, and it's in there! (Along with a lot of other amazing games).

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Jason X @jasonxbergman.com · 29/09/2026

Do you know what I would have given for a show like NYCC when I was a growing up in NY? I went to all of them, but man, those Big Apple cons were so bad.

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Jason X @jasonxbergman.com · 29/09/2026

If Sluggo wants to style himself like he's on his way to a Bosstones show circa 1995, who's to say he shouldn't? If Nancy can look past his woims, certainly she can accept his sartorial excellence.

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Jason X @jasonxbergman.com · 29/09/2026

I dunno, seems pretty cool to me. But then, I'd wear the whole ensemble. Black cartigan, striped turtleneck, and slacks? Yeah, I could pull that off.

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Jason X @jasonxbergman.com · 29/09/2026

I keep a Tempest cabinet (well, a replica...it's an Arcade 1up I modded to be more arcade accurate) behind me in my office. But the one I put on the list there is Tempest 2000, the gonzo Jeff Minter version for Jaguar. One of my all-time favorite games.

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Jason X @jasonxbergman.com · 28/09/2026

It's been a while, but 2 Guns, I think? Also he's emotionally devastating in Fences, and that should count.

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Jason X @jasonxbergman.com · 28/09/2026

I took my 80 year old father to see it at Christmas that year, and HE liked it! I'm pretty sure he'd never seen a Godzilla or kaiju movie in any form. Generally doesn't like genre at all, either.

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Jason X @jasonxbergman.com · 28/09/2026

Also lol at the fact that the newest game on here came out in 2002. I'm old, what can I say.

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Jason X @jasonxbergman.com · 28/09/2026

Real tough call between Zork and HOMM. But Zork (and Infocom games in general) were really foundational for me.

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Jason X @jasonxbergman.com · 28/09/2026

Okay, I'll bite. My 9 Games:

My 9 games:

Morrowind, Quake, Doom, Planescape: Torment, Fallout 1, Tetris, Zork 1, Tempest 2000, Sid Meier's Civilization

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Jason X @jasonxbergman.com · 28/09/2026

Quake 2!? Come on, man. You used to be cool.

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Jason X @jasonxbergman.com · 27/09/2026

One of my favorite things to do is talk to dealers at Baltimore CC. The older they are, the more fun the stories.

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Jason X @jasonxbergman.com · 26/09/2026

I didn't get a ton of stuff at Baltimore Comic-Con (I was mostly there to see people) but I couldn't resist this Wolverine sketch by @jesselonergan.bsky.social. He does so much with so little here.

A pen and ink sketch of Wolverine by Jesse Lonergan

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Jason X @jasonxbergman.com · 26/09/2026

The latest episode of How Did This Get Made tackles one of the greatest insane movies of all time: Lair of the White Worm! Also known as the movie where a woman tries to seduce someone with a sexy game of Chutes and Ladders.

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Snart Vampire Screaming

ALT: Snart Vampire Screaming

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Jason X @jasonxbergman.com · 25/09/2026

Booo. Always nice to see you. Next year!

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Jason X @jasonxbergman.com · 25/09/2026

You at Baltimore this year, Alex?

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Jason X @jasonxbergman.com · 25/09/2026

Ignore the haters: Wolverine is fantastic. Great story, three button combos and mild parrying, extremely light stealth mechanics, gorgeous graphics, and polished to an absolute sheen. The kind of game I want to play at this time of year every year.

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Jason X @jasonxbergman.com · 25/09/2026

Next stop: Dad Lit. Let me know if you need recommendations for non-fiction books about famous shipwrecks.

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Jason X @jasonxbergman.com · 24/09/2026

You can go back and read the Mick Anglo Marvelman stories if you want to, but they're as paper thin as you'd expect. Great fodder for Moore to reinvent. An equally good question: what is the point of Miracleman without the *Warpsmiths*. Because without them, it's just a Shazam clone.

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Jason X @jasonxbergman.com · 24/09/2026

I'm drinking tea that smells an awful lot like apple pie. Doesn't *taste* like it, but who cares? That aroma! Heavenly.

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Jason X @jasonxbergman.com · 24/09/2026

That's me with, "soulslike."

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Jason X @jasonxbergman.com · 23/09/2026

*pushes up glasses* SharePoint didn't exist in 1994.

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Jason X @jasonxbergman.com · 23/09/2026

I didn't have that one, but I did have the garrotte? I guess I was on the B media list. Mine was only slightly lethal. :)

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