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C64 fan, retro gamer, writer, deeply affected by Crohns Merman1974: The Retro Crusader of Bluesky A digital merman swimming in a sea of pixels and profound social commentary

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The Flutter from Mega Man Legends
#picoCAD2 #pixelart #lowpoly #3d

10.03.2026 13:00 πŸ‘ 332 πŸ” 87 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
Price of Crude Oil WTI (USD/Bbl) over a five-year period, spanning from 2021 to early 2026. The chart shows a significant price peak in 2022 reaching over $120, followed by a general downward trend with various fluctuations, eventually hitting a low near $55 in late 2025 before a sharp vertical spike to the current price of 90.900. This recent surge represents an increase of +23.880 (+35.63%), highlighted in green text above the blue line graph.

Price of Crude Oil WTI (USD/Bbl) over a five-year period, spanning from 2021 to early 2026. The chart shows a significant price peak in 2022 reaching over $120, followed by a general downward trend with various fluctuations, eventually hitting a low near $55 in late 2025 before a sharp vertical spike to the current price of 90.900. This recent surge represents an increase of +23.880 (+35.63%), highlighted in green text above the blue line graph.

The real insanity isn’t how much oil prices have spiked, it’s that we’re still burning oil for energy.

07.03.2026 06:23 πŸ‘ 1875 πŸ” 452 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 21
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Nightdive's Remaster Of The 1998 "Diamond-In-The-Rough" FPS 'Sin' Is Still Alive, And Coming This Year 2026 is the year of 'Sin'

Nightdive's Remaster Of The 1998 "Diamond-In-The-Rough" FPS 'Sin' Is Still Alive, And Coming This Year. (Repost)

10.03.2026 18:05 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Taking MAR10 day to hype @jordanwminor.bsky.social's upcoming book on Mario Galaxy! (the game -- it's funny to have to clarify.)

It'll be the 42nd book in the series -- right after [redacted], which we're launching soon

10.03.2026 18:31 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
Gamedev Unsung Heroes

I'd like to announce I have a new(ish) Podcast! It's called GameDev Unsung Heroes, and it's basically interviewing all the names in games you don't know about what they do, their career path, a few stories along the way. All free.

Here's the link gamedevunsungheroes.com

I could use re-posting :)

09.03.2026 18:21 πŸ‘ 89 πŸ” 56 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3
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Great Britain has only two days of gas stored, while Iran war threatens to disrupt supplies National Gas insists storage broadly in line with levels for time of year despite disruption for tankers carrying LNG

UK has only two days of gas stored, Iran war threatens supplies.

Maximum capacity is 12 days.

Mainland Europe has reserves of several weeks’ worth of gas.

UK storage capacity shrank after privatisation.

The Rough storage facility closed in in 2017. British Gas wanted subsidies.

09.03.2026 07:34 πŸ‘ 404 πŸ” 217 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 23
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Rising prices, mixed messages: Iran war is fraught with political risk for Trump The war's price, measured in damage to the economy and in political costs to Trump, is still coming into view.

The way to understand Trump is to reverse everything he says and assume what he accuses others of is what he is doing.
He has a plan for nothing that happens next, OK? The war is not remotely complete. Oil prices will be sky high for months.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

10.03.2026 08:31 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1
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Below I discuss with @mrjamesob.bsky.social the once-in-a-generation opportunity to introduce rules for transparency and to stop lies in election advertising.

Please email your MP and ask them to support our recommendations.

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reformpoliticaladvertising.org/take-action/...

Full interview below.

10.03.2026 08:32 πŸ‘ 128 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 2

Yeah, I have seen a lot of games use IJKL

10.03.2026 09:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
a print ad for final fight before official release under the working title, street fighter '89 (they even used the street fighter font), showing two in game screenshots for final fight on the right. the ad is from 01/10/1989 around a month and a half before the official release.

a print ad for final fight before official release under the working title, street fighter '89 (they even used the street fighter font), showing two in game screenshots for final fight on the right. the ad is from 01/10/1989 around a month and a half before the official release.

'final fight was originally shown at trade shows under the title of street fighter '89 but changed to final fight before its official release after feedback from operators stating the game was nothing like street fighter.' archive.org/details/game... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_F...

10.03.2026 07:44 πŸ‘ 62 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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The Outersloth Contract | Innersloth - Creators of Among Us and The Henry Stickmin Collection! Hello!

πŸ’°THE OUTERSLOTH CONTRACT πŸ’°

We just released the FULL contract and terms that all our games sign!

We hope this challenges the status quo of what you see out there.

In a nutshell:
πŸ’Έ Pre-recoup 50/50
πŸ’Έ Post-recoup 15/85
πŸ’Έ Terms after 7 years

www.innersloth.com/the-outerslo...

09.03.2026 20:11 πŸ‘ 1056 πŸ” 342 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 43
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We're today releasing a Commodore 64 curiosity: Bomb Race - an earlier version of Bomb Uzal, originally due for release under the old Mirrorsoft label (before ImageWorks was born). A few visual differences already spotted, and may be more to discover.
www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/bomb-r...

10.03.2026 09:05 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
There is only one true way to experience the exclusive Heart of Neon Kickstarter remix album 🎢✨
There is only one true way to experience the exclusive Heart of Neon Kickstarter remix album 🎢✨ YouTube video by Tony Longworth

There is only one true way to experience the exclusive Heart of Neon Kickstarter remix album 🎢✨

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHAH...

#HeartofNeon #Kickstarter #RemixAlbum #Xbox360 #LightSynth #JeffMinter #Llamasoft #Neon

10.03.2026 07:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You’d think in this era of β€œMPs face increasing danger” there would be more outrage at newly elected Green MP Hannah Spencer being assaulted by transphobes but it’s nowhere to be seen on BBC News app even if you search her name

09.03.2026 13:08 πŸ‘ 989 πŸ” 343 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 16
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⚠Less than 3 days remaining to order Sushi Gun+Birdie Bartender, a 2-in-1 Game Boy game by @metagamemike.bsky.social

This is a COMPLETE IN BOX with booklet version!

This pre-order campaign is already successful, so you are guaranteed to receive your copy.
➑️ www.homebrew-factory.com/game-boy/179...

09.03.2026 11:00 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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09.03.2026 13:18 πŸ‘ 79 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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G7 nations to hold emergency meeting on oil as stock markets sink Chancellor Rachel Reeves with join talks with reports suggest could include releases oil reserves.

Trump is busy crashing both the US and global economies. A strange was to make America great. A sure way to make him the most unpopular President ever.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

09.03.2026 08:13 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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'Night turned into day': Iranians tell of strikes on oil depots Fuel depots were hit in Tehran and Karaj overnight, with videos showing huge fires and plumes of smoke in multiple locations.

Bombing water supplies, killing children at school and choking ordinary people on burning oil is highly unlikely to make them cheer on the bombers and overthrow the government.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

09.03.2026 08:16 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If your answer to the question "What would Jesus Do?" is to bomb the shit out of defenceless people, you need to give your head a wobble.

I don't give a shit how big your mega-church/televangelist ministry is, you don't know what you're talkng about.

09.03.2026 08:21 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I am shocked to learn this is actually underestimating costs, because it ignores the infrastructure costs.

This video is lowballing it.

09.03.2026 02:43 πŸ‘ 5364 πŸ” 2294 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 49
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Cartoon Carnival (PC/MAC ITA) + ITA MANUAL : Funhouse Design : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive CD image in isoΒ format of Cartoon CarnivalΒ Β for PC.Hanna-Barbera Cartoon Carnival is a children's game featuring familiar Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters...

More preservation work!
We were able to get our hands on a ultra rare Italian copy of Cartoon Carnival, the 1995 Philips-produced collection of Hanna & Barbera flavored minigames.
This PC version was interestingly co-produced by The Cartoon Network and published in 1996.
Preserved on Archive.

08.03.2026 10:36 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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New chiptune banger just dropped πŸ‘Ύ
Megaman Γ— Sonic Γ— Giana Sisters = MEGAWAVEπŸ”₯ Did you check it out yet??

08.03.2026 18:37 πŸ‘ 115 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

PSA: a lot of people asked for an ebook edition β€” and we’ve been able to put one together! And with hyperlinks, of course.

09.03.2026 08:36 πŸ‘ 149 πŸ” 61 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 4

AI brainrot is so embedded in parts of online culture now that some "news" (and I use the term loosely) sites are using AI generated pictures of the fire at Glasgow Central station.

There are literally hundreds of actual, real photos out there of the incident already.

09.03.2026 09:13 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We're today adding an early Amiga prototype of a game called Aftershock - a multi-directional scrolling game, with a cool zoom feature and neat intro due for release in 1990. Sadly it didn't get very far, but you check out the early promise here:
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2026/03/afte...

09.03.2026 09:12 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's the weekly YouTube Thread!

#1: @rubbishheap.bsky.social

bsky.app/profile/rubb...

09.03.2026 09:31 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Enjoy the book and keep an eye on social media for news on what’s coming next…

08.03.2026 16:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Went to a retro gaming market in Bolton today. Crazy busy and I didn’t manage to fill any gaps in games I’ve written but don’t own.

Picked up @merman1974.bsky.social β€˜s book (signed!) and @jazrignall.bsky.social β€˜s book though. Plenty of of reading there.

08.03.2026 15:30 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I need every single male artist that follows me to read this. It's not very long. You need to bear witness to this shit. You have to see it with your own eyes because you never will in your everyday life.

I'm serious, read it all please

08.03.2026 03:46 πŸ‘ 6309 πŸ” 3133 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 19