Kerry Wall

My 2023 MRP has landed in the @torontomet.bsky.social research depository. I have a DOI number! I can get cited! doi.org/10.32920/298...

The Super Gameboy Commander controller from Hori let's you control features on the Super Gameboy that you can't access any other way. Such as slowing down the game speed! To accomplish this, when set to SGB mode it sends a special input macro within 25ms. Only possible with this gamepad.

Every crafter knows yarn chicken. So I built 15 free calculators to take the guesswork out of knitting & crochet. fibertools.app #knitting #crochet #yarn #fiberarts #knittersoftwitter #crochetersofinstagram #yarnchicken #crafting

Why do old computers look more futuristic than the ones from their actual future?

My fortieth birthday was so powerful that it broke Steam. (Yes, I know what Silksong is. Let me have this.)

Not to drag this out anymore, but just to be clear: the problem with numbered console generations is that they're not *useful*. The numberings aren't descriptive, and the groupings are arbitrary and US-centric. That's why people who study game history don't use them

Me: You can copy my answers, but don't make it obvious. My friend:

A lot of people don’t know this but any time a game had “64” in the title it’s because it takes place in 1964

I've been seeing a lot about how the original Switch is "over" now that the 2 is out, so this seems like a good time to point out that Raiford Guins's Game After: A Cultural Study of Video Game Afterlife is available through open access: direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...

JN-100 Sewing Machine by Jaguar While the rest of the world got the Singer IZEK 1500 Game Boy Sewing Machine, the original model was the JN-100 and was exclusive to Japan. As you can see, the JN-100 came in a variety of color, including this skeleton pink.

LIC x @harpercollins.bsky.social proudly announce: Joysticks to Haptics 🕹️ Our sequel to A Handheld History and The Console Chronicles revisits all the key moments and innovations that shaped video game controllers Pre-order from all good bookstores & retailers harpercollins.co.uk/products/joy...

Many ask if I still build my BX-250 Virtual Boy joystick, but I stopped years ago Good news! @jparish.bsky.social is selling his serial #2 BX-250 on eBay. A rare treasure hand built by me in 2019 It’s the world’s first third-party Virtual Boy controller! www.ebay.com/itm/17699906...

Ski Free (1991). Back when app icons went hard.

My panel from MAGFest is now up on YouTube! (I swore I'd never watch it back, but I did, and I'm happy with it.)

I built a Playstacean!

The only ability I've ever seen in fiction that made me jealous was that bit in Star Wars where C-3PO goes "If you won't be needing me, I'm going to shut down" and then switches himself off so he doesn't have to listen to everyone talking.

Guy vs. Hornet is my favourite conflict trope.

Not my home, but I know my way around

#TheCrimsonDiamond is a love letter to classic Sierra graphic adventures, with a great soundtrack that follows suit! Composer Dan Policar crafts an excellent era-appropriate soundscape using the Roland MT-32. Read our album review below 🎵 Music Review: www.rpgfan.com/music-review...

Game Arts celebrates its 40th anniversary today! xcancel.com/GA_Express/s... A little-known fact about the company is that it self-published one of the very first OSTs or, to be more precise, a compilation of music composed by Kohei Ikeda / Hibiki Godai for several Game Arts games, circa 1985:

I had this and the companion software, Creative Writer. Good times.

SNES consoles seem to be getting faster as they age. Help us collect data. Do you have an SNES and a flash cart? Run the smpspeed ROM test from lidnariq on your console. Post your results on this TASBot Nextcloud form: nextcloud.tas.bot/index.php/ap...

John Cage has been weaponized. techcrunch.com/2025/02/24/1...

This morning I narrowly avoided being hit by a car that blew past a red light while I was attempting to cross within the confines of a crosswalk on an active walk signal. I’m so tired.

In other preservation news, the Casio Loopy now has a dedicated wiki at https://casioloopy.wiki. The wiki aims to gather resources for hardware and homebrew into a single location. If you're interested, make sure to join the Casio Loopy Discord server linked on the front page.

The 'Pingu' officially licensed PS1 Controller was exclusively available in Japan in the late '90s.

Realizing that too much of my personality is based on Return to Zork.

Jazz

Canadian independent videogame developers please reply to this. Tell us about the games you’ve made that we can buy right now. Let’s shine some lights. #CanadianIndies #RT ❤️🇨🇦

Trans rights are human rights.

I found a couple of interesting articles from @drewgmackie.bsky.social such as this and just had to give him a follow! www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/ahriman...

What an adventure. Thanks, MAGFest.

We saw a guy wearing a 3DO shirt. We followed him and screamed "3DO!!!!!" at him until he remembered he was wearing a 3DO shirt #MAGFest

It happened! Thank you to everyone who attended and asked great questions. And thanks to @arrowned.bsky.social for this photo!

Soon! And by “soon” I mean “at 5:30 ET.”

The Handy Boy (1994)

I'm really looking forward to this.

[hastily edits sentence in MAGFest presentation that mentioned the Switch successor not having yet been announced]

@pidgezero.one I decided to pick up SMRPG (SNES) any% No Super Suit (NSS) & No Lazy Shell this year, and while I'm not deep into the route yet, I wanted to say thanks for your Mack Skip videos. I went from being totally mystified to getting it consistently in one evening.

SIMCITY MAXIS/NINTENDO 1991 SNES

I think I'm happy with the slides. 2.5 more weeks!

“Retweet if you ever thought the "down" in Final Fantasy's Phoenix Down referred to a direction and not, like, bird feathers”