hell, if you're linux-aware and the last time you used linux was before 2017 or so, do it again

linux has come *so far* in the past couple of years in terms of hardware compatibility, software support, ease-of-use, and windows application compatibility

seriously if you're linux-curious but don't wanna fuck up your Important Computer, get a used thinkpad on ebay and pick one of the basic bitch starter distros like mint or ubuntu or cinnamon and play around on it. if you don't vibe with one of those try switching to another before giving up. no risk

We've freed Cookie's Bustle from copyright hell. Here's how. | Video Game History Foundation We've stopped a persistent copyright troll who was trying to impede our work. Here's everything we learned—and how we beat them.

BREAKING: We've freed Cookie.

Following an investigation by VGHF, Ukie and Web Capio have suspended DMCA takedowns for Cookie's Bustle on behalf of Graceware, SL.

More info:

The bug where roaming Pokemon using Roar deactivates them permanently, was patched. (The bug where they have poor IVs remains.)

The official bugfix was implemented differently from the community bugfix, and by comparing them, a new bug was found:

Serebii Update: The Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Yuma Kinugawa's Hisuian Typhlosion distribution to celebrate the Europe International Championships has begun

Code: EU1C26HEATWAVE

Runs until February 20th 2026 at 23:59 UTC

Full details @ www.serebii.net/index2.shtml

Serebii Update: The latest Pokémon feat. Hatsune Miku: Project Voltage artwork has been released

18 Harmony Stage by kantaro

www.serebii.net/music/projec...

Wade Rosen (CEO) described his top 2025 game, Pushmo for the 3DS, as a, "Beautiful non-dopamine loop gameplay that is just pure joy. The world needs more games like this."

me: maybe I was being a bit hyperbolic when I referred to it as "the Genocide Game Boy"

ModRetro: We are now producing a Limited Genocide™ Edition of the ModRetro Chromatic! Made from the real drones we really use to help the US Government and Israel commit genocide!

What if every video game had Hangman Adam Page as the protagonist? What then? The gaming industry would be saved, that's what

Get Lolo and Lala plushes if you buy Adventures of Lolo from Gamemania

Lolo plushes archive.gamehistory.org/item/34cd639...

CastleVCS, a project to reproduce the first level of Castlevania on #Atari2600 forums.atariage.com/topic/385486... #atari

I love it too!

Among the titles selling exactly 1 NEW unit at US retail in Sept:

3DS Imagine Babyz
PS2 Grandia 3
PS3 Blitz: The League II
PS3 uDraw Pictionary ($5!!)
PS4 Kao the Kangaroo
Wii The Smurfs Dance Party
XBO Balan Wonderworld
XBX Batman Begins
PS3 Wolfenstein
Wii Just Dance 2020

Wheeeee

Keitai Archive Logo. Text: "Keitai World Launcher, GitHub repo with preservation tools, archive.org repo with games/media (updated every quarter, no commercially-available games), searchable resource database, contact form for removal requests"

Introducing @keitaiarchive.bsky.social, a website for Japanese feature phone game preservation resources. As keitai game preservation grows, we want our tools and preserved abandonware media to be as accessible as possible. Read on for more information! (1/6)

Serebii Update: The Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Roaring Moon and Iron Valiant 7 Star Raid event has been fixed. You can now play both version's raids on either game and catch both of the 7 Star Raid Pokémon

Details @ www.serebii.net

Natalie says NO to fascist, zionist, drone murders like Palmer Luckey and modretro

I'm starting to get texts about this now so I guess I need to say something:

There is a fundraiser going around about a "preservation disaster" raising money right now that I highly advise you to stay very far away from. A particular British tabloid is running with it unquestioningly. Thread:

I love what this game does visually: a boomer-shooter that draws from the vibes surrounding video games in the 90s-2000s in Brazil — pirate PC games sold on the streets, janky football teams mods, cs_rio, fried jpegs, the music of Tim Maia, etc...

It all feels like a Lan House/Cyber Café in 2002 ❤️

Taito, we need you to make a Rozen Maiden game!

Taito - "Gothic fantasy anime about porcelain dolls that come to life to fight each other? Yeah, we can put that in the Psychic Force engine."

A powerful lesson to be learned for everyone who looks at the banning of admittedly terrible Adult games and says "that won't affect me, because I don't play those games" - moral panics aren't based on truth, they're based on fear, sensationalism, and outright lies, with a goal of control.

Petition EN7799 - Stop VISA and MASTERCARD from dictating access to Legal Content. Petition Status The petition is currently open for signatures OPEN CLOSED 一雪一〇 PRESENTED RESPONDED Petition Reason VISA and MASTERCARD control the payment processor market, in a monopoly, that is not regulated in the least. These companies openly dictate access to services, sales, or operations, of legal items, or legal businesses, based on their own political views. Credit Card Processors should only be there to process legal transactions, and not dictate what someone spends their money on. VISA and MASTERCARD are so big and control a market that can be equated to a utility. There are no alternatives widely available in the market, despite these companies acting as a key part of all payment infrastructure. just like water companies or electricity providers are regulated to prevent them from stopping service based on arbitrary views, VISA and MASTERCARD should be held to the same standard.

Australians, spread this petition far and wide. Demands Parliament “open anti-trust investigations and penalize the unregulated monopoly of a key part of everyday infrastructure,” as “payment processors are not there to regulate what legal content people consume.”

www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...

Serebii Update: New artwork has been released for Pokémon feat. Hatsune Miku: Project Voltage Live

"Live" by take

www.serebii.net/music/projec...

And here's the character sheet

Huh - this is being made by Fabraz who did Demon Tides etc! A Sonic Amateur Games Expo alumni!

Excuse me

🎈

Our patch for Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary for 3DS, PSP, and updated version for NDS is now available to download on our site!

precisemuseum.com/puyo-puyo-20...

We have all 3 patches compiled into one post for your convenience~ Happy playing!

#PuyoPuyo #PuyoPuyo20thAnniversary

I know people are getting worried, so, I wanted to post an update:
I have no real news. My condition is unchanged; all I know is that it's apparently not life-threatening. It is limiting my ability to do much of anything, though.

Illustration of Team Dark posing dynamically. Omega is shooting bullets in the pattern of the agender flag. Rouge is throwing bombs that explode into clouds resembling the transgender flag. Shadow is throwing energy around himself that is coloured to resemble the non-binary flag. In the upper centre of the image reads the text: “I will fight like I always have” Artists signature reads: “Orion! 25”

It's been tiring but we're still here, happy pride yall

#sonicthehedgehog