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How do I contact you about a game I'm crowdfunding? Your Email doesn't work.

13.03.2026 02:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And this is why we have the Annies

07.03.2026 21:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A few years ago on Twitter, Darcy suddenly started following me. A week later, Joe Bob himself did as well. A week after that, they both unfollowed. I'll never know what that was about.

07.03.2026 21:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I really need to know the context behind this one

07.03.2026 21:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Allison Of Astra: The Complete First Season is live on Kickstarter now -- A history-making 2-meg MULTICART with seven episodes in one! Allison is now available and coming to an NES near YOU!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/163...

#NESdev #NEShomebrew #NES #homebrew #indiegames #gamedev #kickstarter

06.03.2026 19:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It was announced as limited from the very beginning, but the number I heard was 10, not 9, so...I feel cheated out of one episode

05.03.2026 22:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Allison Of Astra: An NES Homebrew Multicart SEVEN games, ONE cart...ONE MASSIVE UNIVERSE!

IT'S LIVE AND UNSTOPPABLE! The Kickstarter for Allison Of Astra: The Complete First Season has launched! A history-making 2-meg MULTICART with seven episodes in one! Allison is now available and coming to an NES near YOU!

#NESdev #NEShomebrew #NES #homebrew #indiegames #gamedev #kickstarter

01.03.2026 20:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 15 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Dead Hand I've never had a problem with. It's the Wall / Floor Masters I can't handle. They not only look creepy, they're not really DEAD dead when you defeat them.

26.02.2026 22:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Link's Awakening

26.02.2026 00:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I seem to remember in 2004 it was impossible to buy a product that didn't have Shrek on it

25.02.2026 18:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Too bad we'll never actually get that, and if we do it'll be $89.99 at the least

25.02.2026 18:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That hasn't happened yet? I'm astonished.

If you didn't know, TMNT has crossed over with Batman, the wider DC Universe, Transformers, Power Rangers, Street Fighter, Stranger Things, Godzilla and Naruto. Some of these are harder to acquire the rights to than Sonic. Also IDW currently holds both IPs!

23.02.2026 21:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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For those who don't get the reference, which is probably everyone, these countdown promos ran throughout the summer of 1991 and burned themselves into my mind.

The song was later repurposed for the Darkwing Duck CD, which used "Kick it to the groove" instead of "Disney Afternoon"

23.02.2026 00:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Whack! Smack! What was that?
Allison of Astra is on the attack!
Reaching Kickstarter in just SEVEN days!
Just a warning...Bang Boom you're doomed!

What a fact! Remember that!
Just SEVEN days! By then you'll freak!
Delete! Get off the street!
Or it's Allison of Astra you're gonna meet!

23.02.2026 00:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Link prepares to devour his birthday cake five years earlier, when the candles said "35"

Link prepares to devour his birthday cake five years earlier, when the candles said "35"

It's a sequel to this from five years ago...

22.02.2026 07:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Link prepares to devour his birthday cake, which he stole from Pikachu, swapping his "30" candles for "40" candles.

Link prepares to devour his birthday cake, which he stole from Pikachu, swapping his "30" candles for "40" candles.

#Zelda40th came out of nowhere; I was completely unprepared to draw anything until this idea came to me at literally the eleventh hour (on the Pacific time zone).
#Zelda #zeldafanart

22.02.2026 07:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Effects of a video game intervention on symptoms, training motivation, and visuo-spatial memory in depression
By Moritz Bergmann, Ines Wollbrandt, Lisa Gittel, Eva Halbe, Sarah Mackert, Alexandra Philipsen, Silke Lux Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, 2023
doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1173652
Methods: a total of 46 clinically depressed individuals were treatment including psychotherapy and/or randomly assigned to one of three groups: an experimental "3D video gaming" group (n = 14) which played Super Mario Odyssey, an active control group (n = 16) which trained with a computer program "CogPack," and a treatment-as-usual (TAU) group (n = 16) which received a standard clinical pharmacotherapy.
Results: regarding depressive symptoms, a significant decrease in the proportion of participants who showed clinical levels of depressive symptoms as measured by the Beck Depression Inventory was only found in the 3D video gaming group (which played Super Mario Odyssey).
Conclusion: besides a standalone cognitive training, the current findings suggest that cognitive trainings using a video game have potential to increase subjective well-being, show higher levels of training motivation, and lead to improvements in visuo-spatial memory functions in MDD.
The proportion of participants that showed depressive symptoms (BDI-II โ‰ฅ 13) at pre- (T1) and post-assessment (T2). For Super Mario Odyssey, 100 at T1 and 57 at T2.
Note: information heavily abridged. For the full paper, see link above.

Effects of a video game intervention on symptoms, training motivation, and visuo-spatial memory in depression By Moritz Bergmann, Ines Wollbrandt, Lisa Gittel, Eva Halbe, Sarah Mackert, Alexandra Philipsen, Silke Lux Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, 2023 doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1173652 Methods: a total of 46 clinically depressed individuals were treatment including psychotherapy and/or randomly assigned to one of three groups: an experimental "3D video gaming" group (n = 14) which played Super Mario Odyssey, an active control group (n = 16) which trained with a computer program "CogPack," and a treatment-as-usual (TAU) group (n = 16) which received a standard clinical pharmacotherapy. Results: regarding depressive symptoms, a significant decrease in the proportion of participants who showed clinical levels of depressive symptoms as measured by the Beck Depression Inventory was only found in the 3D video gaming group (which played Super Mario Odyssey). Conclusion: besides a standalone cognitive training, the current findings suggest that cognitive trainings using a video game have potential to increase subjective well-being, show higher levels of training motivation, and lead to improvements in visuo-spatial memory functions in MDD. The proportion of participants that showed depressive symptoms (BDI-II โ‰ฅ 13) at pre- (T1) and post-assessment (T2). For Super Mario Odyssey, 100 at T1 and 57 at T2. Note: information heavily abridged. For the full paper, see link above.

A 2023 German psychiatric study found that playing Super Mario Odyssey significantly improved depressive symptoms in clinically depressed individuals compared to regular psychotherapeutic treatment, reducing depression by 43%.

21.02.2026 18:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 1885 ๐Ÿ” 409 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25 ๐Ÿ“Œ 62

Okay, well, you'll find a giant Goron at some point and he'll sell you a sword that will solve all your problems. Trust me.

21.02.2026 18:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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It's closer than it ever was! Allison Of Astra: The Complete First Season launches on Kickstarter MARCH 1! Seven NES games...one multicart! Madness! Save this link for later!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/163...

(Jaws theme intensifies)

#NESdev #NEShomebrew #NES #homebrew #indiegames #gamedev

19.02.2026 23:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Rats eat plastic? I think I just realized the solution to several global problems.

...Wait, is plastic rat poop even more toxic?

19.02.2026 19:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm more worried about the survival of Adult Swim these days and one less hit series would make it harder for the channel to hang on and breed more shows like Smiling Friends.

I guess they have two years to figure it out!

18.02.2026 02:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well, no wonder Nintendo was scared enough to start playing it loud.

15.02.2026 18:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Physical NES cart for Allison Of Astra: The Complete First Season. Coming soon!

Physical NES cart for Allison Of Astra: The Complete First Season. Coming soon!

It's coming....

(Jaws theme starts up)

#NESdev #NEShomebrew #NES #homebrew #indiegames #gamedev

13.02.2026 23:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 15 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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THIS WEEK ON MY WEBSITE: it may be a few days late but it's time for the latest SUPER BOWL PAST BLAST to take us back to 2005, shrieking puppets, sassy cockatoos, and cameras that played music! Gather round the good stuff!

www.platypuscomix.com/darkvault/su...

12.02.2026 02:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Chloe Sullivan

Seriously though, Chloe is a great character, they put her in the comics for a bit. She doesn't deserve to get buried just because her actress turned out...like that

11.02.2026 18:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That means more sprites appeared onscreen than the CPU could render, which is something you saw all the time on the NES but is far rarer on the SNES. "Flicker" was programmed in to cover for it, but not here because they figured you'd never see this.

11.02.2026 08:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is one of the saddest things in the world

11.02.2026 04:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My parents also listened to a soft rock station religiously. I bet you heard the same songs on repeat that I did.

It's been said that folks of a certain era have a fondness for a specific keyboard without knowing it, because all soft rock hits were made using that keyboard on its default settings.

11.02.2026 04:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You ARE getting a new Super Bowl Past-Blast this weekend. However, it turns out YouTube has a stupid "only ten uploads a day" limit now, so whether it appears BEFORE or AFTER the Bowl itself depends on them, not me.

07.02.2026 19:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"Too idealistic" is my least favorite complaint about anything. It tells me more about the person than the show.

02.02.2026 18:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0