DOUBLE BABOON NINJA - This upcoming Arcade game by Danlabg for the Amiga looks fab [Version 7a UPDATE]
Fancy playing a new Commodore Amiga game that smacks of high quality, is fun to play, and well worth keeping an eye on as developments progress, then this game called 'Double Baboon Ninja' by Danlabg…
Reverb The Dimensional Dandy For The Belle Époque, Red Rpg By The Red Room & Troll Lord Games Victorious Role Playing Game
In the Victorious RPG, where Victorian-era aesthetics meet superheroic action, a character like Reverb fits perfectly as a "dimensional dandy" or a cosmic traveler grounded in 19th-century…
Lanky Kong wallpaper available for download from Nintendo’s official Mexican website in 2002.
Lanky Kong wallpaper available for download from Nintendo’s official Mexican website in 2002.Main Blog | Patreon | Twitter | Bluesky | Small Findings | Source
Inside Gargoyle Games: Stuart Cox on Light Force, Scooby-Doo and ThunderCats – The Retro Hour EP530
Inside Gargoyle Games, one of Britain’s most inventive 8-bit studios The post Inside Gargoyle Games: Stuart Cox on Light Force, Scooby-Doo and ThunderCats – The Retro Hour EP530 appeared first…
In 1986, Super Mario Bros. Special, a licensed version of Super Mario Bros. for the Japanese NEC…
In 1986, Super Mario Bros. Special, a licensed version of Super Mario Bros. for the Japanese NEC PC-8801 and Sharp X1 home computers, was released by Hudson Soft. As was usual for new releases at the…
Convex hulls and why they matter for collision
The problem: collision is everywhere in games Every game has to answer one question over and over: did this thing touch that thing? Did the bullet hit the enemy? Did the player land on the platform? D
gposes 9-5-2026
Hi, long time no see! Got a few (spoiler-free) screenshots of my twins fresh out of the 7.5 update oven! I love the cackle emote way too much. 7.5 gave me so much to be excited for for the next…
1991 Super Mario Bros. store display from Germany.
1991 Super Mario Bros. store display from Germany.Main Blog | Patreon | Twitter | Bluesky | Small Findings | Source: TheUltiMarioFan
What you should play this weekend
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Resident Evil Mondays
Sometimes I draw fanart that isn’t Lupin. A friend streamed/is streaming all the Resident Evil games that feature Leon for my group chat and I fell for this goober. I worked on this while said…
Nintendo lost $40M on litigation between April 2025 and March 2026: how much of that is related to Palworld?
The annual report does not specify what litigation(s) is/are responsible for most of that amount. A recent patent settlement could account for a large chunk of it.
Go Long
Eh. I really don't have time for this. But.... So, I was reading this post by Mr. Maliszewski the other day, as well as its associated links. All things considered it feels a little disjointed which…
Glizzy Gladiator
Hot dogs are acceptable in this house. It's even better with the works -- chili, sauerkraut, mustard....yum! This was the perfect puzzle to reminisce on carnival and food truck summers. We used to go…
Ex-RPGNet Review: Legions of Hell
In a word: Excellent. Easily one of the Top 10 D20 supplements released to date. Review Originally Published October 13th, 2001 Let’s face it: When we look at the shelf in our game shop and see yet…
Let’s Play Mascot Trivia
Hi! A few weeks ago, Steve Hunt, a Now I Know reader, reached out to me. He’s building a new web-based trivia game and wanted to share it with me — and ultimately, with all of you. It’s called…
Stonehell: B Team: Six & Violence
Session 316 was played on 1/11/26 Sonara, Wizard (Rob) Adorellen, Elf (Me) Glimmer, Kobold (Lanse) Kessaren, Cleric (Cindy) Loahn, Halfling (Josh) 3 Kobold meatshields (iGor, Pibble, VI) The party…
King’s Quest VII - Won!
Written by Michael Unfortunately, the game fizzles out along with the volcano at the end. We’ve reached the end, and there’s not much to it. So, this will be a rather short entry. <span face="Arial,…
Lords of the Expanse (1997)
Star Wars crossed with the Italian city-state period is pretty good actually. The post Lords of the Expanse (1997) appeared first on Vintage RPG.
Review Roundup: Simon McQuoid’s Mortal Kombat II
Critics respond to the latest adaptation of the iconic video game franchise.
Quick Review: Jet Lag The Game - Taiwan
Jet Lag The Game - Taiwan 2026, Adam Chase, Ben Doyle, Sam Denby My rating: Loved it! This season was amazing! One of my favorites so far. The game mode is great (and would only ever work in Taiwan’s…
#26: Dune: Imperium (Mark's Top 100 - 2026)
Dune: Imperium BoardGameGeek rank: 6 rating: 8.4 published: 2020 designer: Paul Dennen Print Status in print Why It's On The List <span st
I AM: Indie Arcade Moray – Games, Developers, Talks All Wanted
Elgin has long established itself as the most (we think) northerly games hub in the UK. As the home of the excellent Moray Game Jam, the internationally successful Hunted Cow, and the specialised…
- created
Gunpei Yokoi, inventor of the gameboy, came up with a concept called Lateral Thinking with Withered Technology. The concept is simple, use very well understood technology and combine it in novel…
Poop App
Poop App Posted on 5/8/2026 Tags: Programming , Games , Parenting My 4-year-old son enjoys traveling... except for having to poop in a strange bathroom. It doesn't matter if it's a hotel or a…
Star Wars: Ewok Adventure
There is something especially appealing about smaller cancelled games. Not the giant, headline-friendly projects that get brought up every few years whenever somebody wants to lament what might have…
Spiral Wave: Getting genres in a twist
At a glance this 1991 PC Engine exclusive may appear to be some sort of unspectacular Galaxy Force style into-the-screen …
Sky: Children of the Light > a half-assed review
a half-assed review"> From the award-winning creators behind Journey (2013 Game of The Year) and the highly-acclaimed Flower, comes a ground-breaking social adventure that is set to warm your hearts.…
Check out Amberspire!
Nic Tringali, whose blog I've linked to many times here in the past, just released a new videogame!! Amberspire is a very tense, quite difficult citybuilder where resources are generated by dice…
MTG: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
New set has already been out for like a few weeks, so this is my set recap for the previous set Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles set! Flavor I have decent familiarity with the source material, possibly…
Using the Belle Époque, Red Rpg By The Red Room & Troll Lord Games Victorious Role Playing Game
Setting a campaign in the Belle Époque (roughly 1871–1914) using the Victorious RPG system—and specifically integrating the Red RPG (The Red Book) mechanics—creates a unique blend of…
mass effect vs my gpa
The first Mass Effect Alright, let's go back to the year 2007, where Britney Spears shaved her head, Transformers was the summer's blockbuster hit, and the first iPhone was released. People still…
Juice is the difference between a game that feels alive and one that doesn't
Intro Think back to the last game you played that felt good. What happened when you jumped? Did the camera move a little? Did your character squish for a moment before launching? What happened when yo
new post: rating my childhood horse games
turns out i have a lot of horse-owning-simulation games from the 2000s. but are any of them, like, actually fun?
Entering textjam spring 2026
I decided to participate in Jack Harrhy's "game jam-like" for text-based projects, textjam . It's my first time participating in any kind of a jam. The requirements are pretty permissive. We just…
Using Epilogue Retrace app with iPhone 13 Pro and Ubuntu
When Epilogue announced the Retrace app for iOS and Android I was over the moon excited. In theory this meant I could archive ROMs from the GB Operator directly to my iPhone where I play the games…
Monsterhearts PCs
Drew the player characters in the Monsterhearts campaign I’m running! I’m having a blast in the game. Full drawings under the cut.
How do you Pew?
A rambling acknowledgment of the shmup community and their door-holding nature; a list of YouTube creators that you might find enjoyable.
The Second Game Strategy: Designing F2P Economies That Don’t Burn Players Out
Second-game F2P economy design can lower pressure without flattening spend by selling identity, continuity, social value, and creator-driven attachment. The post The Second Game Strategy: Designing…
Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker
My review for one of the most impressive titles for the PSP, which I owed a second try for almost a decade now. It did not dissapoint
Can you find the missing seven states in this map?
Take your time pondering this clever map from xkcd . When you give up, there is a link to the answer at the Kottke via. (New England is o.k.) I thought six of them were easy, but the seventh was hard.
Hudson HC62-3 “Caravan” Joystick for Famicom
Back in the 80’s and 90’s Hudson would host caravans, events where they drove from city to city with a bunch of famicoms/pc-engines and people would compete for a timed high score in the title for…
Abiotic Factor is Pokémon Pokopia for a different flavour of '90s childhood
Revisit the Black Mesa region and build happy habitats for the sciencemons that live there
reading and gaming log for may 2026
Okay, I've been meaning to talk about books and games and things I've been into for ages and I keep putting it off. If I can keep up with it better I'll try to go a bit more in depth with my…
ifgame - An Interactive Fiction game library for Clojure
On of the first programs I ever ran on a computer was a text adventure game, also known as Interactive Fiction. I think the first one I played was Adventureland by Scott Adams, which was based on the…
Gremlin Risitas v3.5 — The Operational Efficiency Patch
The funny part about old arcade games is realizing halfway through the final stage that the enemies are less dangerous than the screen itself. So there I am in TMNT The Arcade (not TMNT in Time) on…
On “By Endurance, We Conquer” and framing scenes
On “By Endurance, We Conquer” and framing scenesAllow me another one of those posts where I think out loud about how to run roleplaying games as a GM. Yesterday, I ran By Endurance, We Conquer for…
Pacific Islands Amiga retrospective: tanks, tactics and ’90s strategy gaming
There is a particular kind of early-’90s computer game that does not politely introduce itself. It kicks down the door, throws a manual the size of a small regional telephone…
1d6 Magic Clubs, Hammers, and Maces
A sequel to my magic blades ! There is little I love more than a good old-fashioned whacking stick. My favorite weapon in Dark Souls has always been the reinforced club. Of course, at least until I…