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"Only a person can make a translation that respects and reveres the humanity imparted upon this earth. Either you do this for the love of the games themselves and the people behind them, or for the love of yourself. There is no line to be drawn down the middle." tom - dateemups.com

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Date 'em Ups

Tom's halfway house of posts and ruminations both old and new on Japanese games, the wider industry, and his work in it until he figures where he'll go next ...

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🎃𝐒𝐞𝐠𝐚 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧🎃 @segabassfisherman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Seireiki Rayblade came out 26 years ago (9/28/00) This is a SRPG/VN about mechs piloted by anime girls, featuring extensive Dating-Sim mechanics! Each mech requires two pilots, and your co-pilots' social relationship with the protagonist affects gameplay directly, a la Persona!

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Retro-Ko @retro-ko.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

this game is like 20% tokimeki memorial 2, 30% bokunatsu, 10% persona, 10% ogre battle, 10% racing lagoon, 20% 13 sentinels. it is a mess, but it's way ahead of it's time and worth playing.

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izzy's twitter archive @twitter.iznaut.com · 20/02/2022

so i got a complete in box cybiko off ebay and the 90s ass packaging is sending me

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Sean Seanson @seanseanson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If we wanna cut these off at the source, stop sharing them, stop making videos about them, stop hosting them on your websites. Stop giving talentless hacks the attention they crave. Stop rewarding them for defiling our hobbies.

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videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

cookie's bustle, disc, macintosh (1999) www.mobygames.com/game/112541/...

orange disc, blue/purple outline of a girl bear, wearing a dress, smiling, holding a toy rabbit(?) on the right. title font up top, below, the subtitle: "mysterious bombo world"

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Sam.END.ICE.Machkovech @samred.com · 29/07/2026

Palmer Luckey's retro gaming company uses the same components for its gaming products as it does its Trump-backed Anduril war profiteering. LCD panels, FPGA circuit boards. he's making these whitewashing toys because they're a rounding error for bulk drone parts purchases. avoid ModRetro.

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FPGA DSP Engineer at Anduril Industries - Fort Collins | Haystack

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringi...

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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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Retro-Ko @retro-ko.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

there are some fantastic games in this bundle and it goes towards a good cause!

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Andrew Elmore 💽 @elmore.zone · 31/07/2026

🚨 RENOVATIONS COMPLETE! 🚨 After 34 months, today I unveil the final form of the single largest creative project of my life. THE NAMCO MUSEUM MUSEUM: EVERY GAME, EVERY COLLECTION, EVERY PORT! I've meticulously studied & presented EVERY single instance of Namco's historic game collections, for you!

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The Namco Museum Museum | Every Game, Every Collection, Every Port! [REVISED & EXPANDED!]

YouTube video by Mythic Resonance

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Retro-Ko @retro-ko.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

my fave seatback game from JAL's largest competitor, ANA.

the screen on the back of an airplane economy seat. the game's title, in beveled+embossed Impact type : "Intellectual box"

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Flip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Caught an excellent talk by Brian "Biscuit" Watson, who worked on a Brazilian PS1 plug-and-play console for Sony that was eventually cancelled for really stupid reasons. Words: www.gamesradar.com/hardware/ret...

Hand holding PlayStation PUGA PS1 plug-and-play console with open battery compartment.

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Jon Cartwright @jon.gvg.io · 22/06/2026

All future consoles may cost a bare minimum of $1000 but at least you can ask chatgpt if it's raining outside

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Retro-Ko @retro-ko.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

half of the fun of being in a band is making the gig poster

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 19/06/2026

Only 4 more days to put your game into the game industry hardship fund! Please add your games (and TTRPGs are okay too) so we can make some money for out of work game devs! Do it over the weekend! itch.io/jam/game-ind...

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Game industry hardship fund

A game jam from 2026-06-10 to 2026-06-24 hosted by Necrosoft Games. PREMISE: The game industry has a problem. Too many people are out of work (reports say 33% of the industry lost their jobs in the la...

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Retro-Ko @retro-ko.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

more ipod and retro-ko sync appli

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Retro-Ko @retro-ko.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

the last days of SEGA hi-tech land in katsushika-shi. i bought flowers from the florist around the corner.

an old arcade storefront in katsushika, tokyo

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台羽正 @tadashidaiba.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Hi-Tech Land Sega Hirano,Osaka.2009

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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 07/06/2026

Here's an easter egg in the new Lego Batman that I think all of you will REALLY appreciate. It's so good, I had to make a video.

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sandwichcolonel has RETURNED @sandwichcolonel.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

you know what fucking month it is

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Retro-Ko @retro-ko.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

great dive into a 90s BBS archived on Mac CDROM(s) -- I think there were quite a few of these editions and came with a hybrid CD that would also play audio tracks. cdrom.ca/games/2026/0...

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Retro-Ko @retro-ko.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

before you're too hard on this, imagine playing it on a mushy 10 key phone keypad with a 4cm screen

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SEGA-16 @sega-16.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Mike Fischer began his Sega tenure at a young age and spent his first few years in Japan before transferring over to SOA. He went on to executive positions at Namco, Square/Enix, and Xbox. He told us about some of the historic events he witnessed over the years. www.sega-16.com/2026/05/inte...

A promotional image for Sega-16's interview with former Sega VP and Project Manager Mike Fischer. The image shows Fischer in front of Sega's Japanese office sign, with Tom Kalinske and Hayao Nakayama peering over the top. The article title hovers above them.

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mimi 🩵💛 @knightlyaffair.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

this fucking sucks ( from the creator of the cupcake character, lorynbrantz instagram - www.instagram.com/p/DY2v_qXIoQt )

Lorynbrantz on instagram shares a post about their cupcake character being stolen for these new amazon ai shows. Reads as follows

I am horrified and disgusted by BuzzFeed taking my character, The Good Advice Cupcake, and giving it to an Al platform. My time at BuzzFeed was marked by continually being taken advantage of and lied to. They repeatedly assured me in good faith that they would never do anything with Cuppy without my input, yet offered me no legal options, insisting that I would never need them. The news that this character, who is based on my own personality and whom I created as a microphone to spread love and positivity, has been taken and turned into a soulless Al puppet feels like having my intestines pulled out of my body.

Somebody leaked the news to me early on that there were talks happening, and I pleaded with the CEO Jonah Peretti directly not to do it. Instead, he tried to talk me into signing an NDA. Obviously, I did not.

This is an assault on artists everywhere.

I encourage you to boycott BuzzFeed and any Al-produced or adjacent animation.

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Wendy Xu @wendyxu.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

im fucking enraged lmao these ai companies offering shortform video creators $40-$50k just to make one (1) nice post about them, telling them they don't have to disclose that it's paid-- lifechanging $$ for most ppl & they know it. most creatives hanging on by a thread & they know it.

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Lost In Cult @lostincult.co.uk · 10/05/2026

See the incredible work of Kenji Eno live! 🎵 There's both streaming tickets and in-person tickets available, along with a talk being given after the performance discussing Kenji Eno’s works and the creative background of the “KENJI ENO 55” project 🎫 ⬇️

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Greg the Sorcerer @gregthesorcerer.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

This kind of mixed use urban planning is illegal in America

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Retro-Ko @retro-ko.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

games are meant to be played, snk died a long time ago, and you can play this system and games like a thousand other ways with a clean conscience

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krugman ＠動作不良品(カビ) @krugman.net · 31/03/2026

ok ngl, it's pretty dang cool for a store to do something like this - especially in japan where space tends to be scarce* (*might not be true in shizuoka😸) www.suruga-ya.jp/blog/?q=2603...

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 29/03/2026

Here are some of the feature phones I've used across the US, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Vietnam, and Europe.

A bunch of feature phonesnare shown on a black surface. There's a greenish Ericsson slide one that had a Playstation controller in it, a (black) Samsung blackjack with full keyboard, a black softbank candybar, a shiny pink softbank flip phone, a black motorola Droid (also with full keyboard), a black anycall, which I bought in hk for a few bucks and then used in at least 4 countries, and a green Vodafone candybar with an antenna nub.

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