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Andrew Czudak @kazoodac.bsky.social · 18h

GameChops and DJ Cutman under attack by Materia Collective is disgusting. This needs to be bigger news.

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They got me. Toby, if you’re out there, I’d like to share my side of this story with you. I’ve been a fan for 10 years, and thought I had stuck by your fan policy.

Your channel, "Dj Cutman", was terminated because it received 3 or more copyright strikes

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Dj Cutman @djcutman.com · 24/09/2026

We’re suing Materia Music. They are attempting to takedown our 600k YouTube channel, DMCA’d our licensed albums, lied to the public, and have been threatening me over email for a year. This should concern anyone who enjoys video game music or creates fan content. Read our suit GameChops.com/getem

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Andrew Czudak @kazoodac.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Now that Nintendo's finally got the Mario Kart World soundtrack up on their music app I'm finally making use of the service. I'm gonna need them to add the Super Smash Bros Ultimate soundtrack soon though. Or at the very least give me Advance Wars Reboot Camp.

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Mario Playing Keyboard Music

ALT: Mario Playing Keyboard Music

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Andrew Czudak @kazoodac.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I've been using Adobe Illustrator for years...to this day I have no idea what 9-slice scaling is, and at this point I'm too afraid to ask.

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Niema Moshiri @niema.net · 23/08/2026

And it's finished! It was a lot of effort, but every single .VID file has been decoded and re-encoded to FFV1 for long-term archiving! I documented the whole process + stored all code here: github.com/niemasd/VID1...

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GitHub - niemasd/VID1-Preservation: Niema's efforts to preserve the contents of Factor 5 VID1 files from Nintendo GameCube discs

Niema's efforts to preserve the contents of Factor 5 VID1 files from Nintendo GameCube discs - niemasd/VID1-Preservation

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Hit Save! @hitsave.org · 19/09/2026

Late sharing this, but what’s a month after a few decades of waiting? Thanks to the efforts of @niema.net we’ve finally got a way to decode the Nintendo GameCube .VID codec! More info to come soon, plus an interview with Niema about his work! Thanks so much for all the help!

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Dj Cutman @djcutman.com · 13/09/2026

I have 24 hours to dispute 100 dmca takedowns or we lose @gamechops.com

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Andrew Czudak @kazoodac.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I’m sure I’m not the first, but this is the first thing that came to my mind when I saw @pixelframe.bsky.social’s awesome template

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Andrew Czudak @kazoodac.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I don’t always preorder games and consoles, but when I do, I thank @wario64.bsky.social for the ability to do so at all. Without Wario the scalpers and bots would have won.

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Wario Land Nintendo - Wario Flexing

ALT: Wario Land Nintendo - Wario Flexing

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Andrew Czudak @kazoodac.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Where’s my Star Tropics HD remake? And I want Mole Mania 2, dammit! 0 stars, Nintendo. I will never buy a Nintendo again. (This is sarcasm but I would actually love to see both those games make a return)

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Andrew Czudak @kazoodac.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Zelda yesterday and Metroid today? Am I dreaming?

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Andrew Czudak @kazoodac.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Welp, Ocarina of Time looks friggin incredible. I can’t help but be curious to see if there’s any new content hiding in the game, but I’m perfectly happy with a faithful remake too. Can’t wait for November!

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Scott "KaiserNeko" Frerichs @kaiserneko.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I think to effectively call out and mock someone like Trump, you need merely go over the insane amount of terrible things he says, does, and believes. You don't *need* to bring his weight or looks into it, unless it's to directly highlight his own delusions. And even then, I'd say be careful.

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Andrew Czudak @kazoodac.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I just very distinctly heard the TF2 Engineer “nope” sound clip in a radio ad for a local lawyer. Surely they should know better?

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 30/07/2026

In response to the unprecedented number of game developers laid off this year, we have created a bundle on itch to benefit a Game Industry Hardship Fund, managed by @videogameworkers.bsky.social. More than 100 games for 10+ bucks! Please share widely and donate generously! itch.io/b/3802/game-...

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Andrew Czudak @kazoodac.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

That’s not just a good title slide for a presentation, this absolute legend just delivered an entire presentation rhymed exactly like a Dr Seuss book. Anyone know any illustrators who can draw in the Seuss style? This deserves to be illustrated and printed. Well done, Ethan!

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Andrew Czudak @kazoodac.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Thank you Phil, not only for a great talk but for the added reassurance that prioritization of your time and getting things “good enough” is ok! Perfection can be the enemy of progress, and we all have a lot of things to balance! Also that Pokémon card is top notch 🏆

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PJ @puhjaymas.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I'm on a mission to find the tape and film adjacent people and ask them if they know more film and tape adjacent people

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Andrew Czudak @kazoodac.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

In Rochester this week for the #SaveTheGames conference, and figured we’d spend today wandering through the Strong Museum of Play. I knew this place was going to be cool, but it surpassed even my wildest hopes! The Strong is seriously awesome, and I can’t wait to come back with a kid one day!

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Andrew Czudak @kazoodac.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I still remember little 6 year old me gazing up at the Mario 64 kiosk at Toys R Us, utterly in AWE of the fact that I was moving Mario in 3D. It was mind-blowing.

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Hit Save! @hitsave.org · 22/07/2026

Come for the E3 collections, stay for the Conker's Quest footage 🌰🐿️ youtu.be/9VeLhqbXNf4?...

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Revisit E3 Like You've Never Seen it Before

YouTube video by The Video Game History Foundation

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Andrew Czudak @kazoodac.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

This is so cool. If I had infinite money I would bankroll a project to recreate E3 in a virtual interactive environment. Getting to browse the floor recreated from floor plans, see booths reconstructed from photos and videos, and jump to photo angles just like this!

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Andrew Czudak @kazoodac.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/Mike_Jo...

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Hit Save! @hitsave.org · 20/07/2026

Shadax if the Solstice devs had more courage (and fewer palette restrictions?) The dude leveled STR and INT, why hide it? 😂

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Hit Save! @hitsave.org · 20/07/2026

Happy 26th birthday to Solstice, the isometric puzzle platformer developed for the NES by Software Creations! How often do you get to see behind the scenes footage from the making of an NES game? More often today, thanks to the Video8 tape included in the Solstice Player's Pak!

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Andrew Czudak @kazoodac.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Unquestionably one of the coolest items in the Hit Save archive. I can't think of many other companies who were filming and distributing this stuff in the 80s/90s, and while it feels like someone's home movie and was distributed on Video8 of all formats, it's still awesome to see!

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Logan Cunningham @logancunningham.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

There is my life before Bastion and after Bastion, which made its debut on Xbox Live Arcade 20 July 2011. Without it, Supergiant Games doesn't exist. I recorded the game's 3000ish lines of VO here in Darren Korb's bedroom over the course of about 14 months. Happy 15 to our scrappy little video game.

a bedroom closet with padded furniture blankets draped over its open doors. in front of the closet is a microphone on a microphone stand and a chair.

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Andrew Czudak @kazoodac.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Major mid-2000s energy in these developer intros... camera guy didn't need to go that hard, but did anyway. 🫡

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Andrew Czudak @kazoodac.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Making my first contributions to the new redump.info site something special with some undumped marketing discs from GameStop and SCEA! Let’s preserve these and get them closer to the @hitsave.org archive! www.twitch.tv/kazoodac

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

People don't want masked thugs terrorizing their neighbors. They don't want warehouses being turned into detention centers. They don't want billions of taxpayer dollars spent on a rogue police state. They want healthcare. They want affordable homes. They want their basic needs met.

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Andrew Czudak @kazoodac.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Would the average person be excited to see a ~23 year old proprietary video codec for the Nintendo GameCube natively transcoded for what seems to be the first time? Maybe not. But me? I am BEYOND PUMPED. 🤩

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Niema Moshiri @niema.net · 14/07/2026

Looks like I got it! Here's the Neversoft logo from Tony Hawk's Underground 😄 I'll write up how I did it and share it in a bit. Going to see if I can polish the approach a bit to make it a bit more user-friendly

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LifuX @lifux.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Just a masterpiece sitting in front of his own masterpieces. 👑 #Cat #Caturday #Catsofbluesky #LifuX

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Andrew Czudak @kazoodac.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Favorite: PNG Least favorite: GIF

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Andrew Czudak @kazoodac.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I don't care much about sports, but I DO love seeing lost media found, regardless of what type! Also...this Psygnosis logo animation totally reminds me of the Doctor Who intro. Just slap the theme song in there and you're there. 🤣

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🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

imagine if they fired every band member every time an album came out

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Andrew Czudak @kazoodac.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

10 years ago today Niantic released Pokémon GO, and for a short period of time the world knew peace and harmony. #ButEverythingChangedWhenTheFireNationAttacked

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Jehtt @turbojehtt.net · 05/07/2026

I love how they expanded on the story in this game.

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Andrew Czudak @kazoodac.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

This movie had some of the coolest visual effects of the 90s. And the game was certainly...a game of the 90s as well.

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Andrew Czudak @kazoodac.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

The bad news is that we’re currently in the midst of the longest power outage I’ve had since I moved to Delaware in 2015…and during the hottest week of the year no less. But hey, the good news is I finally have an excuse to put my gadgets to work keeping the fridge and freezer running!

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Andrew Czudak @kazoodac.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Listening to chill @gamechops.com covers and working on preserving a 2005 Square Enix press kit for the @hitsave.org archive right now, so come hang out if that sounds like your kind of thing! www.twitch.tv/kazoodac

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Kazoo's Wreck Room: Game Preservation

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Andrew Czudak @kazoodac.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

New in the @hitsave.org archive today: a Japanese Square Enix brochure from 2005! I've never been a big JRPG guy, but this was a hell of a lineup. archive.hitsave.org/ark:/78322/2... Yes, I did irresponsibly procrastinate my actual work by turning this into a 3D animation...why do you ask? 😅

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Andrew Czudak @kazoodac.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Today’s announcement from Sony in a nutshell 🤣

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Andrew Czudak @kazoodac.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

This tape was in ROUGH shape. Spent wayyyy longer than I should have stitching together different captures to get it playing as well as possible...probably should have just bought another copy of the tape, but oh well! 😅

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Hit Save! @hitsave.org · 30/06/2026

Happy birthday to Perfect Dark, which was released in Europe 26 years ago today! Joanna Dark's debut sci-fi shooter released in Europe over a month later than it did in the USA, but still well before Japan...they didn't get it until October!

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Andrew Czudak @kazoodac.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I just watched the Mario Galaxy movie and I don’t know what people were complaining about, I thought it was delightful!

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Andrew Czudak @kazoodac.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I was 6 years old when the N64 came out, and only just becoming aware of the concept of price, but man...forget about the actual prices for a second, it is BONKERS that games could go for over half the cost of the system itself. Wild. No wonder my dad only bought me games from the bargain bin!

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