The Cutting Room Floor @tcrf.net · 24/09/2026Howdy folks! Here's our writeup on the DDoS from last month: blog.xkeeper.net/the-cutting-... Thanks for your patience while we worked to get this out! 420654
Reposted by The Cutting Room FloorVideo Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Starting today, we're piloting Japanese magazines in our digital archive! We've spent the last few months upgrading our library infrastructure to support Japanese-language material, starting with the magazine Neo Geo Freak. Read the full blog post for more info: gamehistory.org/5k-magazines/ 12314136
Reposted by The Cutting Room FloorRick Fox @theotherrickfox.bsky.social · 19/09/2026#ASC2026 #AnthroSoCal2026 Get ready everybody! The official @tcrf.net panel, Cut Content in Retro Games, starts at 3 PM **TODAY** in Panel Room 1!! Don't miss this really fun deep dive into some of your favorite classics and obscurities*!! (*obscurities are not guaranteed to be your favorites) 0154
The Cutting Room Floor @tcrf.net · 09/09/2026Someone also posted this to our forums as well! Here's our article on what was known before this prototype was released! Most of it appears to be in the ROM. tcrf.net/Prerelease:B... bsky.app/profile/fact... 8388162
The Cutting Room Floor @tcrf.net · 09/09/2026I regret to inform you that they're at it again, pivoting to a new method. While Cloudflare mitigated most of the requests, at this scale, even 1% is enough to cause a disruption. We've adjusted the firewall rules some to hopefully maintain smooth service for real users. Thanks for your patience! 715014
Reposted by The Cutting Room FloorRick Fox @theotherrickfox.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Bob the Lobster attempting to be the tertiary @tcrf.net mascot. o,,o 313824
The Cutting Room Floor @tcrf.net · 06/09/2026Our attacker finally seems to have learned that our sister wiki, Data Crystal, exists, and pointed their cannon at it. Data Crystal is now behind Cloudflare as well. For TCRF updates, we haven't seen any outage issues since swapping to Cloudflare, and more VPNs should be allowed as well. 822122
The Cutting Room Floor @tcrf.net · 04/09/2026As far as the DDoS situation goes, our host is still seeing attack traffic to our old (public) IP address, but our server is happily serving pages behind Cloudflare and our dashboard suggests things are going well :) In the next few days, we'll try to have a post-mortem report on what happened. 215715
The Cutting Room Floor @tcrf.net · 04/09/2026This should extend to Bluesky embeds, as well :) tcrf.net/Banjo-Kazooietcrf.netBanjo-KazooieIn Banjo-Kazooie, Mario fell into a nuclear power plant and mutated into a strange bear, while Yoshi became a bird stuck to his back. The same fallout transformed all the Power Stars and Red Coins int... 0685
The Cutting Room Floor @tcrf.net · 04/09/2026New feature rolling out today: better Discord embeds! 416313
The Cutting Room Floor @tcrf.net · 01/09/2026It's good to be back :D tcrf.net/The_Cutting_... 351302302
The Cutting Room Floor @tcrf.net · 01/09/2026Working on bringing the wiki back online now. See you soon! 21697
Reposted by The Cutting Room FloorX ΘΔ (Giant Tyrant Overlord) @xkeeper.net · 31/08/2026is it normal when even Linode staff are telling you "this attack seems unusually sustained and targeted" 928828
Reposted by The Cutting Room Floorj @zerojay.com · 30/08/2026If you're wondering why amazing sites like @tcrf.net have to go to the lengths they do to ban AI and bots, read the article. 4228113
Reposted by The Cutting Room FloorX ΘΔ (Giant Tyrant Overlord) @xkeeper.net · 30/08/2026latest update on the @tcrf.net downtime situation 7355103
Reposted by The Cutting Room FloorX ΘΔ (Giant Tyrant Overlord) @xkeeper.net · 30/08/2026I updated the downtime page with some frequently asked questions and better links tcrf.net 11471119
The Cutting Room Floor @tcrf.net · 30/08/2026It seems that our friend began targeting our backup server and knocked it offline again. Well, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, so welcome to round four! 931728
The Cutting Room Floor @tcrf.net · 30/08/2026Linode has informed us that the attack is still ongoing against both our primary and backup server, so now we have a backup-backup server. Hopefully things resolve for good soon! tcrf.net/The_Cutting_... 933351
Reposted by The Cutting Room FloorX ΘΔ (Giant Tyrant Overlord) @xkeeper.net · 29/08/2026you're fucking killing me linode, we spent all fucking day sitting here thinking this was almost over. screaming internally 311712
Reposted by The Cutting Room FloorX ΘΔ (Giant Tyrant Overlord) @xkeeper.net · 29/08/2026the back and forth with Linode continues ... from what I understand the attack has subsided, but now there's some other network fault at play that we're troubleshooting 1973
The Cutting Room Floor @tcrf.net · 29/08/2026Update from Linode... we're still waiting for the attack to subside. There's nothing we can do. We do have all of the files and data backed up, and can migrate if it comes down to it. 2829
The Cutting Room Floor @tcrf.net · 28/08/2026Going to go do other things, but if you want to read the downtime message and links, the source of the page is available here: gist.github.com/Xkeeper0/aac...gist.github.comdowntime.htmlGitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets. 1647
Reposted by The Cutting Room FloorX ΘΔ (Giant Tyrant Overlord) @xkeeper.net · 28/08/2026the DDoS has now migrated to the temporary webserver that doesn't do anything but serve the error page. fun to watch now that it doesn't matter 920745
The Cutting Room Floor @tcrf.net · 28/08/2026While we wait on the DDoS mitigation to end (there's nothing we can do but wait), we've stood up a temporary landing page with an explanation of what's going on. Hope to see you again soon! tcrf.net 11428143
The Cutting Room Floor @tcrf.net · 28/08/2026Linode got back to us, and unfortunately it looks like it was what we suspected: another DDoS attack started and an automatic mitigation kicked in. Hopefully things will be back to normal soon! 514310
The Cutting Room Floor @tcrf.net · 28/08/2026We've submitted a ticket to Linode about the network issue. No ETA on when we'll hear back yet. 21274
The Cutting Room Floor @tcrf.net · 27/08/2026Sorry folks, someone's paying for the expensive DDoS services. Not much we can do when they're saturating a gigabit pipe. We'll be back when we can! 1127449
Reposted by The Cutting Room FloorGavin Astra~☆ @gavinastrawolf.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I finally finished editing the Furcationland 2026 @tcrf.net panel hosted by @theotherrickfox.bsky.social . I did a ton of editing to make this panel easy to watch & unlike last time we have the raw game footage recording! www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdGK...youtube.comCut Content in Retro Games: Cutting Room Floor FCL Panel 2026YouTube video by Gavin Werewolf 23310
Reposted by The Cutting Room FloorX ΘΔ (Giant Tyrant Overlord) @xkeeper.net · 08/08/2026new blog post: self-hosting in the era of LLMs and cheap compute in general, about the kind of crap traffic i see day to day, as well as a more modern nuisance: claude code blog.xkeeper.net/the-cutting-...blog.xkeeper.netSelf-hosting in the era of LLMs and cheap compute – Xkeeper's blog 7425167
The Cutting Room Floor @tcrf.net · 06/08/2026The circus would like you to know that they are very upset. bsky.app/profile/xkee... 851566
The Cutting Room Floor @tcrf.net · 06/08/2026I'd like to use this opportunity to clarify something: if you think a text file that reads "delete everything" is malware, you are a clown. If you use Claude or other agent tools, you are a clown. You are not welcome on our site, in our community, or frankly anywhere. 141606393
The Cutting Room Floor @tcrf.net · 06/08/2026Recently, there was some controversy, because an AI user pointed their automated tools at our website, and got a warning about a prompt injection. Nothing actually happened, mind, but our anti-AI page successfully annoyed the operator and interrupted their "work." 131642358
The Cutting Room Floor @tcrf.net · 04/08/2026You can accomplish this via the classic technique of "copy link address" and "paste into address bar". Again, it's not meant to be comprehensive, it's meant to catch lazy doofuses and tell them they're lazy doofuses. 0420
The Cutting Room Floor @tcrf.net · 04/08/2026These checks are not comprehensive, and that's fine. I only add the ones I notice and start seeing semi-regularly. The check also doesn't persist or save in any way beyond printing a log message that a "ChatGPT dork" got blocked. 01230
The Cutting Room Floor @tcrf.net · 04/08/2026A few people have wanted to know how this works: the mechanism is pretty simple. The site checks if your browser says it's coming from one of these sites. If so, you get the "AI loser" page. The link on the page strips out the "utm_source" parameter and referrer, so you only see it once. 10625173
The Cutting Room Floor @tcrf.net · 22/07/2026We're rolling out a new tool to help compare images throughout the wiki! These are on limited pages currently but the selection is expanding. Shoutouts to Hawk for its work on this! 11664139
The Cutting Room Floor @tcrf.net · 12/04/2026Seeing the audio for this prototype restored so quickly is incredible, amazing job 319562
The Cutting Room Floor @tcrf.net · 09/04/2026Read more and download the ROM here! (tcrf.net/Proto:Mike_T...)tcrf.net 13512
The Cutting Room Floor @tcrf.net · 09/04/2026Hey folks! We have an anonymous release today of a very early Punch-Out prototype! There's a lot to see in it (but not hear); check out the @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social video here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T5A...youtube.comThis Punch-Out!! Prototype is Unlike Anything We've Seen BeforeYouTube video by The Video Game History Foundation 4303134
The Cutting Room Floor @tcrf.net · 01/04/2026Happy Holidays! We're back to our old goofs again, this time with some silly random taglines (contributed by admin Hawk). 1629
Reposted by The Cutting Room FloorProto Challenge @protochallenge.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Today, we bring you a prototype of Mario's Picross for the Game Boy! Dated January 23rd, 1995, this build comes a few months before release and contains different puzzles, a different Super Game Boy title screen, and other graphical differences. archive.org/details/mari... 418564
Reposted by The Cutting Room FloorRetro Commercial Screens @retrocommercials.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Thanks to @retropals.bsky.social, I am now aware of Home Alone 2: Kevin's Dream, an unreleased Game Boy game which features some kind of nightmarish creature with the heads of Harry and Marv as its final boss. And now you are too. (Screenshot from the invaluable resource that is @tcrf.net.) 12410130
Reposted by The Cutting Room FloorThe Cutting Room Floor @tcrf.net · 22/12/2025🎄 Happy holidays! ❄️ Celebrate with today's not featured file, unused music from one of the BS-X magazine issues. tcrf.net/BS-X_Magazines tcrf.net/index.php?ti... 214062
The Cutting Room Floor @tcrf.net · 22/12/2025🎄 Happy holidays! ❄️ Celebrate with today's not featured file, unused music from one of the BS-X magazine issues. tcrf.net/BS-X_Magazines tcrf.net/index.php?ti... 214062
Reposted by The Cutting Room FloorVideo Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · 17/12/2025The winter FUNraiser continues at 12pm Pacific: We're dumping a new set of mystery ROMs, live on stream! And we need your help to assemble the data! Based on the labels on these ROMs, there *will* be at least one new unpreserved game in here.youtube.comLet's Dump Mystery Prototype ROMs - Again!YouTube video by The Video Game History Foundation 310033
Reposted by The Cutting Room FloorVideo Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · 15/12/2025As part of our project to preserve the history of Sega Channel, we have recovered OVER 100 new Sega Channel ROMs, including the legendary lost game Garfield: Caught in the Act - The Lost Levels. Read more: gamehistory.org/segachannel/ 6728951417
Reposted by The Cutting Room FloorX ΘΔ (Giant Tyrant Overlord) @xkeeper.net · 12/11/2025update re: the tcrf Brawl Stars page. i replied asking for a list of what, specifically, is violating said policy. 1112335