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Flip Satan

@teawithphil.bsky.social

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🏳️‍⚧️ They/them Retro and handhelds etc GamesRadar Popular singer / song writer / puzzle piece 🕹 old console doctor 💀 horror movie sicko 🌿 mom to plants

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Flip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social · 14m

Okay my lovelies, I'm going to get real with you: if you enjoy my work on retro stuff, I'd appreciate you having a look at my 8Bitdo FlipPad review more than ever. I'll have a couple more staple reviews in the weeks ahead, but I'll start here www.gamesradar.com/hardware/ret...

Me holding 8Bitdo FlipPad next to Game Child Game Boy knockoff.

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Andy Robinson @andyrobinson.bsky.social · 5h

In general, the kind of content journalists want to create, and the most engaged readers want to see, makes the least money. We all try to do good stuff, but it’s increasingly tough. Publishers and devs with galactic revenues ask for support, but few give back. Support your media!

Flip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social · 5h

I don't know about anyone else, but even just people acknowledging your existence and interacting really helps in the current climate.

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Flat Eric Andre @aud.bsky.social · 6h

Like cmon this man goes so fuckin crazy

Flip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social · 8h

I now have a Patreon! I'd love to build a community of people who love old retro gaming setups and keep making stuff for people to enjoy. If you love old consoles, CRT TVs, and hate that social media is dominated by AI slop setups, then I have you covered. www.patreon.com/flipsatan/po...

Okay, let's do this | Flip Satan

Hi, I am Flip! I've been writing about video games, tinkering with retro consoles, and getting up to nonsense for a long time now. By day,

Flip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social · 19h

Found this while clearing out the camera roll. I swear I haven't looked the same a day in my life

Me wearing blue Offspring t shirt and grey beanie.

Flip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social · 21h

I've said it before and I'll say it again: freelancers are the backbone of the games industry.

Flip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social · 23h

Tried to distract myself by making a daft tiktok but I'm apparently so choked up from crying/weird stress symptoms that I can't get words out.

Flip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social · 23h

Feeling so bloody lost.

Flip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I was really getting somewhere with my mental health until today. I was super proud of myself too, like a chump.

Flip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Currently opening this up and trying to not greet on the circuitry

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ashley bardhan @ashleybardhan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

is there a better word than devastated? (shattered? fly-swatted?) anyway i've been laid off. i joined gamesradar+ as a freelancer in 2023, and the site had my lifelong admiration by the time i became a senior writer in 2024. i'll miss it lmk if u need a creepy🧟‍♀️ gurl: ashleybardhan(at)gmail(dot)com

Flip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

You, whoever you are, should let me write a book about retro nonsense.

Flip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm perhaps not the best at what I do, and there's certainly a lot of people doing it, but I genuinely pour a piece of myself into everything I write or make. Problem is that despite working in this space for over a decade, I've always felt like I'm only here by chance, and that has caught up to me.

Flip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Don't ask life for a break, it'll break your ankles.

Flip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Getting to spend lunchtime hyperventilating, as a treat.

Flip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

New specs 😺

Me wearing hexagon glasses with cat ears on side.

Flip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Got a new laptop.

Hitachi VT-LC50EM "Laptop-AV" portable VHS on woodgrain table.

Flip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Big ups to Firmoo - I forgot to add anti reflective coating to the specs, so checked if I could get an exchange, and they just gave me coupon to get another pair without sending the ones that came back!

Flip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I love when YTbers and creators make videos titled "my honest review" or my "honest option." NGL, I want to see the "my dishonest take" vids.

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the cooler alexa @ninjacat.moe · 08/04/2025

palyin wit my baul

A tiny gold retriever plush sits next to a red and blue ball

Flip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

tiktok is fun bc it could be a place to connect with folk who like old games but almost every person has, at very least, a shitty AI profile picture with horrible art and a handle like "BIG BADGER RETRO" or something

Flip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I went back and bought this and I am indeed a small girl fit so GET IT ROUND YE.

Flip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I've got new glasses coming today. They've got secret cat ears on them. I'm excited.

Flip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

*assholes tsst Nvidia DLSS 5 on retro games

Screenshot of Google Discover summary with story on Nvidia DLSS 5 being used in retro games.

Flip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's funny, the parcel has now LEFT the country, even though it was in the right postcode to begin with and was already "out for delivery" and hasn't once been marked as attempted.

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Kelly ♡☆ @kellygoround.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

real cab viable secret flicky!

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Ilya Kuvshinov @kuvshinov-ilya.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Flip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I am still doing the tok and made one for this controller (name that game). vm.tiktok.com/ZGdQncRuT/

Me using Barracuda PS1 controller in a Box Tiktok video.

Flip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I was in the Vans shop on Friday, headphones on, looking at a cute cropped hoodie. Staff come over, then try to get my attention to say "those are quite small, I'd go for a large". It's been bothering me ever since.

Flip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Pls do me a fav and avoid using Royal Mail lockers where possible. Turns out the have zero infrastructure for if the locker is full, and if it is, they'll launch your parcel into a system that sends it back and forth across the country.

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Flip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Still bothered by the fact it's beanie season. Make time stop.

Me wearing green t shirt and yellow (orange?) Paramore beanie.

Flip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Someone call Heart, I've got their weirdo PS1 controller.

Interact Barracuda PS1 controller leaning against transparent console.

Flip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Still bothered by the fact it's beanie season. Make time stop.

Me wearing green t shirt and yellow (orange?) Paramore beanie.

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GamesRadar+ @gamesradarplus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Gamercard review www.gamesradar.com/hardware/han...

The Gamercard shares a family tree with the ZX Spectrum, but I wasn’t expecting the giftcard-inspired handheld to fully embody its microcomputer ancestor

Gamercard review

Flip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

sometimes you just need techmoan to talk to you while you doze off

Flip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Today is absolutely a "I just want to wear crop tops and have zero responsibilities in a warm climate" sort of day.

Flip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Maybe I'd be hot if I stopped having cake for breakfast.

Flip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Everything about the PS5 on a hardware design level irritates me to my core.

Flip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Sometimes I make insightful retro stuff on TikTok, but other times it's diva Kirby content.

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Orrin Grey @orringrey.com · 21/09/2026

No thoughts, only this bat from the opening credits of My Neighbor Totoro (1988).

A very cheerful bat from the opening credits of My Neighbor Totoro (1988).

Flip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

About to watch the Golden Axe TV series, but I'm not sure how to feel about it being a comedy thing. Like, I get it, but also, classic games don't need to be always reduced to silly things.

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𝔾𝕆ℝ𝔸ℕ @gorangligovic.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

The only horoscope I recognize

An array of characters from the video game series "Golden Axe".

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Iggy Bomb (Comms closed) @iggybomb.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Tyris Flare from Golden Axe doodle.

Flip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I think Gamester wanted N64 kids to suffer, personally. I am now that N64 kid.

Me trying to use Gamester Evolution Motion controller for N64 to play Zelda: Ocarina of Time on Analogue 3D.

Flip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The fact this looks like an AliExpress special aside, this PS2 DualShock-inspired handheld is being a bit too bold with those buttons. I'm guessing they won't make it past the initial render, but Sony don't mess around with that stuff.

Flip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I may have made a wee Croc at the stitch and bitch.

Needle felt Croc and King Gobbo on grass platform.

Flip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This one is for the Panda Pops weans.

Me taking mirror selfie up close wearing Panda Pops pink jumper.

Close up of Panda Pops embroidered jumper.

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Flip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Back in beanie season already.

Me taking mirror selfie in orange beanie and Paramore t shirt.

Flip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Back in beanie season already.

Me taking mirror selfie in orange beanie and Paramore t shirt.