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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 02/06/2026

The same problem affects these cards. It's such a shame, and as you say it makes the process of preservation incredibly difficult.

One pack each of Dragon's Lair and Super Pac-Man bubblegum card game packs.

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 17/07/2025

DC Cover of the day. If you see this, post a DC cover you love. (Love this one so much that I bought the actual comic back in the early 00s, and still have it in my collection!)

The cover of Superboy #142, showing Superboy as a giant ape, attacking Clark Kent.

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 05/07/2025

That's no moon...it's a massive Star Wars Unlimited Card. And a normal-sized geek. Cheers to @macreadymusings.bsky.social for taking the photo!

A giant Mandalorian Star Wars Unlimited card, with me stood next to it.

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 05/07/2025

If you see this, post an image you saved because it made you laugh.

A photo of Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day, hugging Ryan Reynolds at Wrexham. The caption is 'Christmas Markets with this one'

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 04/07/2025

Had a great time at the Star Wars Unlimited: Legends of the Force event today. Met Alistair Petrie (General Draven in Rogue One and Andor), and could easily have spent the day chatting to him about our mutual, lifelong love of Star Wars!

Me with Alistair Petrie, who plays General Draven in Rogue One and Andor.

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 01/07/2025

It could always be worse too...this one's worth $1000 😱

Percival de Rolo III, Vengeful Sharpshooter (Serial Numbered) - Critical Role: Heroes of Exandria (CR02)

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 01/07/2025

I'm probably not helping though 😂

The Fresh Cut Grass, Positive Reinforcement UniVersus card

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 28/06/2025

Who knew there was such a thing? 😲

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 25/06/2025

Wonder Boy in Monster Land will always be really special to me: it's the first game I ever completed, on the first console I ever owned. I first played it very briefly at the arcade, and became so obsessed with it that I requested a Master System for that Christmas, just so I could play it at home!

A screenshot of Wonder Boy in Monster Land on Sega Master System.

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 21/06/2025

Just go and live in your car, Gary. It's where you feel safest of all.

Gary Numan and presumably other 'celebs' in a poster for a show called Celebrity Help! My House is Haunted. Which is somehow a real thing.

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 20/06/2025

1993: my Uncle's friend lived next door to Doug Bradley; Pinhead in the Hellraiser movies. Never met him, but via my Uncle, I asked if he'd get me his autograph. Surprisingly, he did! Doug signed one of his own cards for me; even drew a pin on it. Was so happy when I found the card again recently!

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 20/06/2025

Quote post a Superman comic that came out the month you turned 15. A surprisingly gory cover, though in fairness it was the 90s - and just about all comics were dead set on being 'mature' back then...

Superman #70, featuring Robin and a vampire biting Superman in quite an explicitly gory manner.

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 16/06/2025

Well worth it! I don't think the box set is even that expensive, and each season has an absolute treasure trove of extras to explore. Just look at Season One alone; every season has a comparable list of extras included. Plus, it all looks stunning in HD!

The back of The Twilight Zone Season One's Blu Ray case.

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 15/06/2025

Probably should have asked at least one of these guys about their thoughts on how things turned out, but I was too busy being a babbling, starstruck idiot in both cases!

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 12/06/2025

There's a Gashapon shop in Brighton; rows upon rows of quirky capsule machines. It's awesome!

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 10/06/2025

Post a photo from 10 years ago. Life size Lego Chewbacca and me.

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 08/06/2025

Jason, 48: wearing the brightest t-shirt known to humanity.

Jason wearing a mint green t-shirt with the Spider-Man character, Venom, luridly depicted on it in purple, pink and acid green colours.

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 06/06/2025

FTR, this is the NECA Predator figure checklist as of 2024...

The NECA Predator action figure range as of 2024.

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 06/06/2025

NECA execs watching Predator: Killer of Killers:

Anthony Adams dressed in yellow, rubbing his hands together and licking his lips while peeking around a tree.

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 30/05/2025

Plenty of notes made, all will be revealed next week! #Riftbound

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 30/05/2025

Made a new friend, and had a great day taking a very close look at #Riftbound!

Me being attacked by a big bear named Tibbers.

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 21/05/2025

What video game will always transport you back to your childhood? (Also the first game I ever completed!)

Wonder Boy in Monster Land cover artwork, for Sega Master System

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 09/05/2025

Remember multi-genre Konami NES game, The Adventures of Bayou Billy? Did you know there was a comic book tie-in series, published by Archie Comics? I didn't, so when I found #1 & #3 at last week's Con, my curiosity got the better of me; I had to get them. I doubt it's any good, but here they are:

The Adventures of Bayou Billy, issues 1 and 3, published by Archie Comics in 1989.

The back of issue 3 of The Adventures of Bayou Billy, with an ad for the Bayou Billy video game.

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 09/05/2025

This is a real ad, I swear... Bring Star Wars to your walls with this Deep Space Nine metal poster!

A Deep Space Nine metal poster, but branded as a Star Wars promotion

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 08/05/2025

I bet he didn't look anything like Party Quiz Cheggers though! Proper nightmare fuel...

The cover art for Cheggers Party Quiz, featuring a very strangely proportioned caricature of Keith Chegwin

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 07/05/2025

Post a pic from about 10 years ago Keith David looking amazing, and me looking like an entirely different person 😂

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 03/05/2025

Day 1 of Portsmouth Comic-Con was amazing. More Tenth Doctor shenanigans (as always)! Plus, I met Doug Naylor, co-creator of Red Dwarf, and Norman Lovett, the show's original Holly. Had a laugh with Norman about the fact that I'm older now than he was when he first started playing Holly 😬

Doug Naylor, co-creator of Red Dwarf, and me.

Norman Lovett, the original Holly from Red Dwarf. And me!

The TARDIS and me in cosplay as the Tenth Doctor.

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 28/04/2025

Meeting a new (old) friend, 2024.

Me sitting on a bench next to Paddington Bear, who's enjoying a marmalade sandwich.

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 25/04/2025

And here they are (along with my Chris Barrie autograph!)

A Red Dwarf series 1 DVD autographed by Chris Barrie, plus two MTG cards: The Fifth Doctor signed by Peter Davison, and Tegan Jovanka signed by Janet Fielding.

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 23/04/2025

@udonentertainment.bsky.social really outdid themselves with the movie homage variant cover of Final Fight #4. They've all been great, but this one is my favourite by far.

The movie homage variant cover of Final Fight #4, paying tribute to The Warriors.

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 23/04/2025

They look like they've just dropped the hottest new synth album of the year.

Denise Gough and Kyle Soller as Dedra Meero and Syril Karn in Andor

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 21/04/2025

Here's what the edition I have looks like, it's really cool!

The 10th Anniversary Edition of card game, Sushi Go!

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 13/04/2025

Also: I am not tall, but this is me standing at my full height next to Janet Fielding 🤭

Me, dressed as The Tenth Doctor, next to Janet Fielding

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 13/04/2025

I found a TARDIS too, and some potentially deadly, if diminutive, Weeping Angels...

Me dressed as The Tenth Doctor, standing in front of a TARDIS. Next to me are some small, home made Weeping Angels.

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 13/04/2025

A much needed day of Doctor Who and Red Dwarf related geekery has been had.

Fifth Doctor, Peter Davison and a blabbering idiot of a fan.

Companion to the Fourth and Fifth Doctors, Janet Fielding (aka Tegan Jovanka) with a very excited fan.

Arnold Judas Rimmer, aka the awesome Chris Barrie, and a fan who'd calmed down a bit but was still pretty excited.

The signed DVD and MTG cards: Chris Barrie, Peter Davison and Janet Fielding

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 11/04/2025

Almost time to add some more signed Doctor Who MTG cards to the collection. Next up: The Fifth Doctor and Tegan Jovanka!

Four MTG cards, signed by the actors who played the characters on the cards:

Peri Brown - Nicola Bryant
The Seventh Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
Ace - Sophie Aldred
The Eighth Doctor - Paul McGann

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 07/04/2025

Thank you! Ooh, I love that one too 😍 I've got a nice frothy coffee nearly ready in mine, which has the Super Street Fighter II character select screen on it:

The Ryu side of the Super Street Fighter II character select screen mug

The middle of the Super Street Fighter II character select screen mug, featuring most of the character portraits

The Ken side of the Super Street Fighter II character select screen mug

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 03/04/2025

It's not as if they've slouched on the interior art either. This is a seriously gorgeous comic.

A page from Absolute Martian Manhunter #1, art and colour by Javier Rodriguez.

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 03/04/2025

This foil variant of Absolute Martian Manhunter #1 is 🔥 A photo doesn't quite capture how gorgeous it is!

The foil variant cover of Absolute Martian Manhunter #1.

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 02/04/2025

It's along similar lines, so I wonder if there was ever a Julian Bashir in Racquetball outfit...given that it was Star Trek, I suspect there must have been!

Four photos of Julian Bashir from Deep Space Nine in his amazingly tight Racquetball outfit.

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 02/04/2025

Exactly 😂 I'm not sure it's going to be the choice of many kids when they can buy the 'real' Minecraft Steve instead...

An action figure of Steve from Minecraft, wielding a sword and checking out a book on a Minecraft block

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 02/04/2025

It's the hottest toy of the season! Introducing Middle-Aged Man™️: The Action Figure (actual 'Jack Black as Steve from Minecraft' action figure pictured):

The Jack Black Minecraft Steve action figure, which is an actual toy for kids.

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 01/04/2025

This is my kind of April Fool, a proper deep cut when it comes to Street Fighter history. Love it 😂 (wish you'd post over here though, @udonentertainment.bsky.social!)

A tweet by UDON Entertainment saying:

Coming soon, the untold story of the most legendary World Warrior of all... STREET FIGHTER MASTERS: SHENG LONG #1

With an image of a mocked up cover, and a caption saying 'you must defeat him to stand a chance'; all a reference to a famous mistranslation from Street Fighter 2.

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 29/03/2025

You know it's a proper retro game when there's obvious errors in the translation. Check this beauty out from Ghostbusters on the NES:

Conglaturation !!!

You have completed a great game.

And prooved the justice of our culture.

Now go and rest our heroes!

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 29/03/2025

Playing Moon Patrol on Irem Arcade 1 for the @evercade.co.uk, and wondering if I should 'countinue'...

The continue screen for arcade game, Moon Patrol.

It says 'to countinue game, insert coin' with a countdown timer.

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Jason @midlifegamergeek.com · 29/03/2025

I bought this t-shirt at Spinal Tap's Wembley Arena, One Night Only World Tour gig in 2009, which was held to celebrate their 25th anniversary. Just like Spinal Tap themselves (and me at this point!), it's definitely been around the block a few times...

The back of the Spinal Tap t-shirt, saying "One Night Only World Tour"

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