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Johann (DigitalFox) Prower @jp-digitalfox.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Hey all, I’ve been away for a little while, dealing with some physical and mental health issues, but I am doing better now and I hope to start posting more on here again, I don’t think I’ll get back to daily post anytime soon, but hopefully I won’t disappear for whole weeks anymore.

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Johann (DigitalFox) Prower @jp-digitalfox.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Technology connections to the rescue again, being voice of reason in the room

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Frame Fatales @framefatales.com · 13/09/2026

Everyone get your hiking gear ready, because #FlameFatales 2026 is officially LIVE, supporting Malala Fund! Join us ALL WEEK at both gdq.gg/live AND youtube.com/gamesdonequick to support an incredible cause, as well as all of the amazing women and femmes in speedrunning!

A badge with rounded edges featuring a mountain range in front of sunflowers. At the bottom, it reads "FLAME FATALES is now LIVE!!!." It is all in front of a pastel yellow background.

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Johann (DigitalFox) Prower @jp-digitalfox.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Last four characters you saved on your phone are your D&D party. I don’t know how it’s gonna end but it’s definitely gonna be a heck of a ride.

A screenshot of Elam Garak from Deep Space 9 with the caption I believe that’s where I come in

A screenshot from Animaniacs of Dot Warner holding the artist known as Prince

The famous seen from Command and Conquer Red Alert 3 of Premier Cherdenko looking to the heavens and proclaiming SPACE

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ShisaBun @shisabun.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I saw some pics of Wile in a turtleneck and he looked so casual that I wanted to draw him and Roadie between film takes. 👍 #coyotevsacme

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Johann (DigitalFox) Prower @jp-digitalfox.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

OK, I officially love this head canon of Roadrunner and Wile being friends and Wile being super worried that one of the traps is actually going to work, somebody turn this into a sitcom and give me five seasons of it, please and thank you

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Johann (DigitalFox) Prower @jp-digitalfox.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Releasing on this day in 1998 Metal Gear Solid is the third game in the Metal Gear series, Director Hideo Kojima chose not to make it a numbered sequel due to international markets only receiving the watered down NES port of the first game and it’s non-Canon sequel

The original cover art for Metal Gear Solid on the PS1, consisting of the games title in red against a white background and the tagline “ TACTICAL ESPIONAGE ACTION”

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Johann (DigitalFox) Prower @jp-digitalfox.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Over the course of his career Tim Curry lent his voice to over 20 games, but none quite so memorable as his appearance in red alert 3, rest in peace comrade, may you finally be free from the corruption of capitalism

A screenshot from Red Alert 3 of the famous scene of Tim Curry looking to the sky and screaming space

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Johann (DigitalFox) Prower @jp-digitalfox.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

GoldenEye for the N64 released in North America 29 years ago today, one of the first successful FPS titles on console, it’s control scheme while revolutionary at the time has not aged well, but most people don’t know it has a dual analog mode that uses two N64 controllers.

The North American box art for GoldenEye 007 on N64 featuring Pierce Brosnan as James Bond 007 and Izabella Scorupco as Natalya Simonova

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Johann (DigitalFox) Prower @jp-digitalfox.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Some would call Sega the King of the add-on, and this is true from a certain point of view, but the NES hides a secret, very few games made after 85 would play on the base NES, almost every cartridge would utilize 1 of over 20 mapper chips designed to push the system far beyond its limits

A close-up of a section of circuit board containing a Nintendo MMC3B memory mapper chip

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Johann (DigitalFox) Prower @jp-digitalfox.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Today in 1987 the Legend of Zelda released in North America, due to its heavy reliance on saving and its status as a flagship title Nintendo opted for a battery backed save system, making it the second game ever to use this feature and the first to integrate the battery into the cartridge.

The original Legend of Zelda box art , featuring a silver shield against a gold background, with a cut out in the box to show the gold cartridge inside

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Johann (DigitalFox) Prower @jp-digitalfox.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Tom Clancy‘s Rainbow Six released 28 years ago today, while not the first game based on Clancy‘s work, it is the one that cemented his name in gaming history

The cover art to the original Rainbow Six, depicting the special forces agent in cold weather gear, illuminated in green, aiming a pistol forward and to the left, the text “A combination of explosive action in real life strategy!” floats on the left-hand side of the image

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Maybe Miri @mirimiri9999.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Hear me out: Star Trek legacy with Captain Seven with this group as her command crew.

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Johann (DigitalFox) Prower @jp-digitalfox.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

For the love of the game. in this era of mindless token munchers and creatively bankrupt mobile ports, few companies still make true arcade experiences, the most notable of these is Raw Thrills, keeping the arcade legacy alive with their takes on Jurassic Park and the Cruis’n series among others

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Johann (DigitalFox) Prower @jp-digitalfox.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

A painful lesson in fan expectations. Metroid prime Federation force launched 10 years ago, a mostly harmless side game that would’ve flown under most people’s radar had the series not been on hiatus for the better part of a decade, it faced the wrath of a fan base hungry for a continuation.

The European box art for Metroid prime Federation force, featuring the four protagonist of the game, striking generic action poses while being attacked by space pirate minions

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Johann (DigitalFox) Prower @jp-digitalfox.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

One of Sega’s early attempts at a mascot was Alex Kidd, his first game was initially pitched as a Dragon Ball adaptation but Sega was unable to secure the rights, sadly the franchise would suffer a lack of direction with only 2 of the 6 titles being main line entries

The North American box art for Alex Kidd in miracle world, featuring Sega at the time infamous white grid design with the games title and a clipart graphic of the protagonist on a plain white grid

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Johann (DigitalFox) Prower @jp-digitalfox.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

If I had a nickel for every time Alien inspired a genre defining sci-fi video game. Doom started out life as a licensed adaptation of aliens before the team decided to craft their own story, and Metroid is so proud of its inspiration they named one of the bosses after director Ridley Scott

The original poster for the movie Alien, depicting an egg with a rough reptilian texture and a glowing green crack, and the movies tagline “in space no one can hear you scream.”

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Johann (DigitalFox) Prower @jp-digitalfox.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

The colors, the colors! Released on this day in 1998 the Apple iMac would usher in an era of colorful and even whimsical consumer-electronics, an aesthetic that most modern companies Apple included have sadly abandoned

The original iMac announcement poster, featuring a side view of the generation one iMac, and the text “I think, therefore iMac. Macworld, New York 1998. Think different.”

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Johann (DigitalFox) Prower @jp-digitalfox.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Bethesda’s RPG‘s are rather notoriously held together with twine and good intentions, one example is Ron the narrator, normally not visible during gameplay, with the appropriate console commands you are able to walk through the end of game slideshow and see him delivering Ron Perlman’s lines

A screenshot of Ron the narrator, the NPC used to deliver Ron Perlman‘s lines during the outro cut scene of Fallout new Vegas

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Johann (DigitalFox) Prower @jp-digitalfox.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Gyromite released on the Famicom 41 years ago today, 1 of 2 official games that utilize the R.O.B. add-on that would be a key component in rebranding the console as the Nintendo Entertainment System for the western release, part of Nintendo’s plan to rejuvenate the waning US gaming market in 1985

A picture of R.O.B. in his original Famicom colors on display with other Nintendo accessories

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Johann (DigitalFox) Prower @jp-digitalfox.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Today we all know Microsoft as the house of Halo, but their first foray into gaming was all the way back in 1979 with the release of Microsoft Adventure, a port of Colossal Cave Adventure for the Apple II, Tandy TRS-80 and later the IBM PC

The cover art for Microsoft Adventure, depicting a man standing on a rocky volcanic landscape, surrounded by goblins and serpents, a large green dragon towers over him

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Johann (DigitalFox) Prower @jp-digitalfox.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

In Sonic Frontiers one of the random voice lines that can be spoken during gameplay references Tangle the Lemur from the IDW Sonic the Hedgehog comic, this is the first time a comic book character has been referenced in main canon since Sonic Spinball in 1993

A panel from the IDW sonic the hedgehog comic book, depicting Tangle the Lemur and Whisper the Wolf holding hands in front of a color gradient background that bears a suspicious resemblance to the lesbian flag.

(to all my friends who read the alt text or use accessibility tools, I’ll let you in on a secret, I only picked this fact today because I wanted an excuse to post pictures of my favorite characters)

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Johann (DigitalFox) Prower @jp-digitalfox.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

When it comes to handheld gaming we all know who the winner was, but today I want to talk about the one that lost so hard most people don’t even know it existed, the Phillips CD-I 350 and it’s even more obscure cousin the Sony IVO-V10 intelligent Discman, 2 CD-I portable consoles that time forgot

A Japanese language advertisement for the Sony IVO-V10 Intelligent Discman, showing the device sitting on top of a traditional lather briefcase

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Johann (DigitalFox) Prower @jp-digitalfox.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

No Man’s Sky launched 10 years ago today to a lukewarm reception, players at the time felt the game did not live up to its promises, fortunately the developers have continued to offer patches and content updates, giving it one of the greatest redemption stories in gaming history.

Artwork for no man’s sky, featuring four individuals in spacesuits standing on an alien planet while a glowing octahedral structure floats in front of a moon, ships both near and far dot the sky

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Johann (DigitalFox) Prower @jp-digitalfox.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

12 years at Freddy’s Today in 2014 Five Nights at Freddy’s released, after receiving criticism for his previous game Cipper & Sons Lumber Co. saying the characters looked like evil animatronics, series creator Scott Cawthon would lean into the creepy visuals, this proved to be a good decision

A screenshot of the restroom camera feed from five nights at Freddy’s, depicting Chica staring into the camera menacingly

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Johann (DigitalFox) Prower @jp-digitalfox.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

So similar but so different. The two longest running JRPGs, Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy seem very similar on the surface, but the biggest thing that sets them apart is continuity, Dragon Quest has always told one continuous story, but Final Fantasy has reinvented itself for almost every entry

Promotional art for Dragon Quest, depicting a hero in blue armor, facing off against a winged dragon

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Johann (DigitalFox) Prower @jp-digitalfox.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Goooooooood morning Furrydelphia! Looking forward to the first full day of my first furry convention

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Johann (DigitalFox) Prower @jp-digitalfox.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Happy birthday Samus Metroid for the Famicom disc system released on this day in 1986 and would change gaming forever, not only would it give us one of the most prominent female protagonist, but it would also lay the groundwork for an entirely new genre

The cover art for Metroid on the Famicom disk system, featuring series protagonist Samus Aran jumping towards the viewer, arm cannon charged

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Johann (DigitalFox) Prower @jp-digitalfox.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Technically arcade perfect. The arcade port of Columns would run on the Sega system c board, which is essentially just a Genesis in an arcade cabinet, the key differences being a slightly faster Moto 68k processor, the removal of the Z80 processor, and a slight reworking of the audio hardware

A screenshot of the arcade version of Columns, with one well full of the series signature colorful gems, and the other displaying the Insert Coin text

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Johann (DigitalFox) Prower @jp-digitalfox.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

When the PlayStation launched it’s lack of internal storage or bundled memory card led some game developers to fall back on an older method, the save password, though of course the larger and more complex the game the bigger these passwords would become

The crash bandicoot password entry screen, the password field is a series of reddish brown wooden planks against Central American inspired stonework

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Johann (DigitalFox) Prower @jp-digitalfox.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

All these squares make a circle, All these squares make a circle, All these squares make a circle. Some early 3-D hardware used quadrilaterals instead of triangles, including the Sega model 1 and Saturn, this is one of the factors that would give Sega’s early 3-D games their distinct look.

Promotional art for the first Virtua Fighter depicting the cast of fighters against a gold background with the games title at the top

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Johann (DigitalFox) Prower @jp-digitalfox.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

All three games in the classic Sonic series have hidden level select menus, this in itself was not uncommon in the 16Bit era, what is interesting is the behind-the-scenes look this gives us, sonic one shows us the original level order with Labyrinth as the second zone in the game

The hidden level select and sound test screen for Sonic the hedgehog one on the Sega Genesis, this menu shows a text selection for every level in the game with labyrinth notably being listed as the second zone and Sspring Yard as the fifth, acts are also referred to as stages

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Johann (DigitalFox) Prower @jp-digitalfox.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Rip and tear, until it is done. Doom 64 was the final game in the classic doom series and the only one to not be released on PC, it would remain an N64 exclusive until its 2020 remake.

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Johann (DigitalFox) Prower @jp-digitalfox.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

What’s in a name? Released on this day in 1980 the TRS-80 CoCo would share only a name with its older siblings, forgoing the original TRS-80s Z80 processor Tandy instead opted for the Moto 6809, making it incompatible with software for the previous Systems.

A RadioShack sales flyer for the Tandy TRS-80 line of computers, featuring the TRS-80 model three and the TRS-80 color computer

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Johann (DigitalFox) Prower @jp-digitalfox.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Wait, I’ve heard this one before There was concern amongst fans when the recent Star Fox 2026 was revealed to be the 5th retelling of the Lylat Wars, but that pales in comparison to Castlevania, Simon Belmont’s story has been told as many as 8 times depending on how you define a remake or remaster

The cover art for the X68000 port of Akumajō Dracula, featuring protagonist Simon Belmont crouched in front of a stone archway brandishing a whip

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Mijiu米酒 @miijiu.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

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Johann (DigitalFox) Prower @jp-digitalfox.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Laughin Jokin Numb.. never mind. A lot of people remember LJN as the slop game people, but they were just the publisher, all of their games were licensed out to other software houses, including Atlas and Rare, and while it’s true they sold some particularly bad games they also had some good ones

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Johann (DigitalFox) Prower @jp-digitalfox.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The lack of the mainline sonic title on the Saturn left a power vacuum and several new games and mascots would attempt to fill the hedgehog shaped hole in the lineup, one such attempt was Bug!, originally developed as a sonic title but Sega of Japan disapproved and a new protagonist was selected

The cover art for Bug! on the Sega Saturn, depicting the titular character walking down a floating pathway suspended over a white void

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Johann (DigitalFox) Prower @jp-digitalfox.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I mistakenly put the date for the switch release. The Wii U version was released in 2015. I really wish Bluesky allowed editing

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Johann (DigitalFox) Prower @jp-digitalfox.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

37 years ago today Mother (EarthBound Beginnings) would release for the Famicom, work would begin on an English localization but it would ultimately be shelved due to the impending launch of the SNES, it would not se official release until 2022, the 3rd game has yet to see an official translation.

The cover art for Mother (EarthBound Beginnings), a red background with the word mother written in gold text, a globe stands in for the O

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Johann (DigitalFox) Prower @jp-digitalfox.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

The fifth generation of gaming (93-98) would be the most packed since the 70s with no less than 11 companies vying for a piece of the home gaming market, notable among these would be Fujitsu, Commodore, and Apple who would all bring consolized versions of their personal computer lines to market,

A screenshot from the television advertisement for the Amiga CD 32 video game console, featuring the CD 32 and it’s controller displayed on a black pedestal

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Johann (DigitalFox) Prower @jp-digitalfox.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Falcon Punch! Released on this day in 2003 F-Zero GX is the most recent console entry in the F-Zero series, developed by Sega subsidiary Amusement Vision the game would run on a modified version of the Super Monkey Ball engine

The F-Zero GX cover art featuring Captain Falcon and several other racers

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Johann (DigitalFox) Prower @jp-digitalfox.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Dungeons & disappointment In 2007 after having their contract with Wizards of the coast canceled Paizo Publishing would begin work on an RPG based on D&D 3.5e, two years later Pathfinder would be released and alongside it’s sci-fi counterpart Starfinder bring needed competition to tabletop RPGs

The cover art for the Pathfinder role-playing game core rulebook, depicting a fighter and magic user battling a red dragon atop a pile of rubble

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Johann (DigitalFox) Prower @jp-digitalfox.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I swear I will do this one day. I have all the TVs I need and half the Game Cubes. I just need a few more Game Boy players and the wave birds.

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Earl Grey Memes Club @earlgreymemes.club · 15/03/2025

curated meme by unknown author; two panels with labels; first panel is labeled "How they advertise the chair" and depicts a two-tiered chair, the HUG by Ilian Milinov, with a man sitting on the lower tier and a woman sitting on the upper tier, sitting on his lap without really sitting on his lap; second panel is labeled "How I use the chair" and depicts a raccoon sitting on the lower tier with snacks on the upper tier and watching #StarTrek Voyager

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Johann (DigitalFox) Prower @jp-digitalfox.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

An Apple a day. As we await the launch of Halo: Campaign Evolved let’s reminisce about a time where the original Halo was going to be the Macs killer app in its push to enter the gaming market.

A screenshot from the original Mac world 1999 demo of Halo, depicting a Spartan super soldier wielding a minigun on a beach

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