iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Ravi Hiranand

Cheesemeister @cheesemeister.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Happy 30th anniversary of the release of the Nintendo 64 in North America, first sold 3 days early on Thursday, September 26th, 1996. #N64

Clear Blue-colored Japanese Nintendo 64 console with the North American cartridge of Super Mario 64 inserted

214031

Reposted by Ravi Hiranand

wowmd.bsky.social @wowmd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Here's the first footage of the cancelled SNES/SFC port of Railroad Tycoon to ever be posted online, captured from my promotional tape made by the would-be Japanese publisher. For a long time, the only evidence of the game's existence was two blurry Nintendo Power screenshots!

321194

Reposted by Ravi Hiranand

June Martin @theworldsgreatestwriter.com · 22/09/2026

my smart glasses told me "hey, it looks like you're beating your wife. that's not the best approach to being a good husband" and it really turned my life around

2701102

Reposted by Ravi Hiranand

Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"Feel the wind in your hair..." Okay, there's a big anniversary today: the 40th since the release of Sega's sublime arcade racer OUTRUN! Sometime between today and the 25th in 1986, arcade goers were being taken on a Sega multi-route race for the first time. Share the OutRun love, peeps <3

From Sega Retro, a scan of an arcade flier with OutRun screenshot blown up and a photo of the arcade cable below it.

10317119

Ravi Hiranand @ravi64.com · 19/09/2026

You see objectively wrong decisions being given because they do not meet the extremely murky bar of “it wasn’t a clear or obvious enough mistake to overturn.” And yet they’ve just overturned a perfectly good Forest goal for the most minor of touches. It’s mad. What are they doing?

100

Ravi Hiranand @ravi64.com · 19/09/2026

Look, I remember football before VAR. it was bad! Premier League VAR is so bad. SO bad. It is the goddamned worst.

000

Reposted by Ravi Hiranand

Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

One more in the list of things that would turn the Famicom into more than just a games console: The Study Box. This was an educational program accessory that used tapes rather than cartridges or disks, and was rented out rather than sold. 📖: BEEP, April 1986

A snip from an upload of the issue from Sega Retro. The page has a photo of a big CRT TV with a Famicom atop the boxy Study Box, a hardwired controller, and two audio cassettes next to it

611227

Reposted by Ravi Hiranand

Jason Concepcion @netw3rk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

People are talking shit but this is a good loadout for most races. Light weight, decent speed, and good maneuverability.

101665174

Ravi Hiranand @ravi64.com · 16/09/2026

Game Night is the best film in this bundle.

010

Reposted by Ravi Hiranand

Bill Mudron @mudron.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

"You know, I'm something of a blockhead myself."

550961

Reposted by Ravi Hiranand

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I wrote this quickly at a bus stop and didn't realize it would go viral, or else I would have worded it better. But the point is that the media is too credulous about AI killing everyone in 10 years (how?) when climate change is killing people now and will only get worse (we know exactly how).

4156791560

Reposted by Ravi Hiranand

Retroist @retroist.com · 13/09/2026

The Real Ghostbusters premiered 40 years ago today, on September 13, 1986.

The real ghostbusters...ready for action.

213846

Ravi Hiranand @ravi64.com · 13/09/2026

Haaland is unreal. How does he finish that??? Nobody else can do that.

000

Ravi Hiranand @ravi64.com · 13/09/2026

Madring is genuinely one of the worst F1 circuits ever. The most fun thing about the Madrid GP is Lando saying he can drink whatever he wants in the cooldown room.

242

Ravi Hiranand @ravi64.com · 12/09/2026

I know it's still early etc etc but it's all just a bit depressing, isn't it? Playing at half-speed, positioning all over the place, constantly getting carved apart. It's a hard, hard watch.

021

Reposted by Ravi Hiranand

Erin Returns!! @woodaba.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

OBJECTIVELY the funniest screenshot in any nintendo direct im dying

4102453197

Ravi Hiranand @ravi64.com · 10/09/2026

Genuine “wait, what year is it” moment reading this

020

Ravi Hiranand @ravi64.com · 10/09/2026

I get that DS2 was probably not successful, but surely driving away Kojima isn’t smart in the longer term? First thing that comes to mind is WB pissing off Christopher Nolan and sending him to Universal…

120

Reposted by Ravi Hiranand

Imran Khan @imrankhan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Look I know people aren't excited about older games but Trust me, you should really play Guardians of the Galaxy's. It's your favorite narrative director's hidden gem, I promise you.

915250

Ravi Hiranand @ravi64.com · 09/09/2026

Duskbloods chilling with the NSO Network Test rn

020

Ravi Hiranand @ravi64.com · 09/09/2026

It’s funny how a few years ago a day with a Direct AND Apple Event would be the biggest thing ever for me but I just dgaf about Apple Events anymore

010

Ravi Hiranand @ravi64.com · 09/09/2026

Kirby of the Wild lol

000

Ravi Hiranand @ravi64.com · 09/09/2026

Lmao is the Kingdom Come II Switch 2 port running at 15fps, wtf was that

010

Reposted by Ravi Hiranand

James Whitbrook @jwhitbrook.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

your switch controller is an ocarina we made another ocarina that is also an ocarina YOUR PHONE IS AN OCARINA

A screenshot from the Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct, showcasing a smartphone using the Zelda Notes app to record playing notes on a virtual ocarina.

1234

Ravi Hiranand @ravi64.com · 08/09/2026

I can’t wait for them to use this engine with Majora, let’s gooooo

010

Ravi Hiranand @ravi64.com · 08/09/2026

Ohhh man Hyrule Castle Town looks awesome

000

Ravi Hiranand @ravi64.com · 08/09/2026

I’m like Jonah Hill in 22 Jump Street right now SUCH RICH DEEEETAIL

000

Reposted by Ravi Hiranand

Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Not that Zelda theme making me tear up immediately

31153

Ravi Hiranand @ravi64.com · 08/09/2026

I realize Nintendo fans are probably melting down that this is “wasted” time without announcing a new game but the musical intro to this Zelda Direct rules, I love it

000

Ravi Hiranand @ravi64.com · 07/09/2026

Classic Edge covers were total bangers (No offence to current Edge to be clear, which remains a great read)

060

Ravi Hiranand @ravi64.com · 06/09/2026

so does Fab still get paid for posts like this if the goal is disallowed or what

000

Ravi Hiranand @ravi64.com · 06/09/2026

It's mad to me that Gabriel can literally kick guys in the head and it's OK. He's not even low-key the dirtiest player in the PL, he's just dirty, period. (Totally expected VAR to do nothing though.)

020

Ravi Hiranand @ravi64.com · 06/09/2026

£117m signing scoring after 1:17 is neat

000

Ravi Hiranand @ravi64.com · 06/09/2026

Genuinely I don't know how anyone can take Russell seriously as a top driver after this.

010

Reposted by Ravi Hiranand

John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 06/09/2026

Lamine Yamal what the fuck

413713

Ravi Hiranand @ravi64.com · 06/09/2026

I know Lewis likes to complain about his tires but c'mon Ferrari had to pit him surely

110

Ravi Hiranand @ravi64.com · 06/09/2026

Verstappen is saying this stuff and he's like 1.2s off the lead lol

000

Ravi Hiranand @ravi64.com · 06/09/2026

If Kimi takes Russell -- and he's 0.5s behind after starting 17 places behind him -- Russell is toast. You can't take him seriously as a top driver anymore.

000

Reposted by Ravi Hiranand

Dan Why-Ner @danweiner.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Tired: Complaining about the ending of the Michigan game Wired: Roasting the Big Ten's font choice

1831153

Ravi Hiranand @ravi64.com · 05/09/2026

That's just lovely for Pierre Gasly, amazing

141

Reposted by Ravi Hiranand

videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

before the streetfighter.com domain was used by capcom (circa 2009 onwards), it was owned by a marketing agency called street fighter marketing (circa 1998-2007) web.archive.org/web/19980121...

up the top: street fighter marketing (the words street fighter are in blood red and seem vaguely modelled after the video game font). on the right is a photo of jeff and marc slutsky, who run the company. regular looking marketing dudes in suits, enthusiasm possibly for camera only.
below, text:
are you a street fighter?
a streetfighter learns how to market, promote and increase sales without spending money! inc magazine referred to the street fighting program as "brains over bucks." streetfighting helps you discover clever, shrewd and guerrilla style tactics to get free and lost cost advertising exposure on a neighborhood level, plus effective selling and telemarketing skills. in short, you learn how to out-think and out-smart, but not out-spend your competition.
bios (blood red hyperlink)
introductions and background information for the original street fighters, marc and jeff slutsky.
keynotes seminars workshops (blood red hyperlink)
educational, entertaining, motivating, dynamic and thorough; see just how much marc and jeff can personally inspire your company.
(the following are printed on a blood red strip at the bottom of the screen) 1-800-758-8759 (slutsky)
streetfitr@aol.com

1125475

Reposted by Ravi Hiranand

Chris Scullion @scully1888.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

8-player split-screen is nice, but real ones know that a 96 Races option in VS Race, which now lets you play every single course in the game in a row (instead of a max of 48) in one big fuck-off marathon GP, is the real multiplayer holy grail here.

1386

Ravi Hiranand @ravi64.com · 31/08/2026

Out of all the many, many, many achievements to his name, being the best player at the World Cup at the age of 39 is truly unreal.

030

Reposted by Ravi Hiranand

Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Oh man, Aardman is doing stop-motion Pokemon Dunk and Egg!!

216015

Ravi Hiranand @ravi64.com · 31/08/2026

I got referral traffic on ravi64.com from a random tech site so I went to check it out and found the most CURSED AI image I've seen in a while, what the hell is this???

utterly cursed AI slop with impossible fingers and gadgets

082

Ravi Hiranand @ravi64.com · 30/08/2026

I do not understand what the goddamned rules are anymore in football. How is that not a handball? How is that in any way accidental? Insane.

000