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Steeve Mambrucchi

@steevemambrucchi.bsky.social

Journaliste-Actualité-Robot-Ordinateur-Dissimulé (JAROD) If you work in the video game industry, I may ask you some questions. Gamekult.com steeve.mambrucchi@gmail.com

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VGDensetsu @vgdensetsu.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Shinkiro drew a new illustration for City of the Wolves, using the same composition as the main illustration for Real Bout, which he himself had drawn 30 years earlier.

Rock Howard is seated in an armchair, surrounded by three standing characters, including Billy Kane and Kain R. Heinlein.

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VGDensetsu @vgdensetsu.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

I wrote a long article about Rieko Kodama, her career at Sega, the evolution of her company, the games she worked on (including some canceled games and/or games for which she is not credited), the status of women and working conditions in the video game industry, etc. vgdensetsu.net/riekokodama/

Illustration: a portrait of Rieko Kodama with some of the games she has worked on. The dominant colors are yellow, purple and red. Counterclockwise from top left: Rieko Kodama, Alis and Lutz from Phantasy Star, Sonic in a maze, Alex Kidd and his motorbike next to Flicky on a waterfront pier, Joe Musashi and his dog near the Statue of Liberty facing a skyline, the three playable characters from Golden Axe seen from behind on the edge of a cliff, and one of the flying ships from Skies of Arcadia.

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VGDensetsu @vgdensetsu.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Speaking of translation, the first two Japanese games translated into French -Dragon Ball and Saint Seiya for the NES- were translated by Yuji Shibata, then product manager at Bandai France (Nintendo's official distributor until the early 1990s), simply because he was learning French at the time.

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JV - Culture Jeu Vidéo @jvlemag.com · 31/03/2025

Bonsoir ! Ce n'est pas le genre de nouvelle que l'on aurait aimé vous donner. Mais devant l'impasse économique actuelle, JV doit se mettre en pause pour une durée indéterminée, tout du moins dans sa version mensuelle. Toutes les informations sont disponibles ci-dessous (petit thread) 🔽

JV doit se mettre en pause

C’est à notre grand regret que nous vous annonçons aujourd’hui
l’arrêt temporaire du mensuel JV - Culture Jeu Vidéo
tel que vous le connaissez.

La situation économique de notre entreprise ne nous permet pas
de fabriquer le numéro 115 pour le moment.

Plutôt que de poursuivre sur la voie actuelle qui s’apparente à une impasse, nous estimons plus sage de laisser la version mensuelle du magazine de côté. Nous ne baissons pas du tout les bras et nous espérons un retour avec une nouvelle formule d’ici quelques mois. JV doit se réinventer pour revenir,
plus fort, plus beau et plus musclé que jamais.

D’ici là, nous allons nous concentrer sur nos autres activités :
le livre Génération Jeu Vidéo : Années 2000 - Tome 2,
la réédition du hors-série Génération PS2,
et l’écriture du futur hors-série estival.

On ne va pas le cacher, la situation actuelle est critique. JV est en grand
danger et nous avons plus que jamais besoin de votre soutien pendant
cette période de transition.

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VGDensetsu @vgdensetsu.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

I've finally found some information about Kei Furutsuki / ふるつき景, illustrator who worked on several Compile games in the late 80s. The bad news is that he died of liver cancer on 3 December 2010. Thread: 1/10

Cover of the MSX2 game Aleste 2. A woman seen from the front, seated at the controls of a mecha. A malevolent-looking being stands behind her.

Cover of the MSX2 game Aleste. A blond man holds a pink-haired woman. In the background, a spaceship flies over an urban structure with a huge hole in the middle.

Cover of the MSX2 game Shin Maō Golvellius. A young man holds a sword in the air, seemingly protecting a young woman who looks like a princess.

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