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Sat nursing a swollen throat, so played through an old game I love, Curse of Monkey Island on steamdeck. Still have my original PC CDROM of this too. #backlog2026

Have been obsessed with this game for a month or two, since I picked it up on Evercade. Really simple and addictive with Amiga visuals and sound. @evercade.co.uk @thalamusdigital.bsky.social

Friday night. Some Gym (leg day), followed by Outrun, Bionic Commando, Toki and Willow. New PBs on Toki and Bionic Commando.

Happy 40th Birthday to Outrun! 20th Sept 1986 it released in Japan. 10y old me first saw this at Olympia Leisure while on holiday in Scarborough. If 10y old me knew we would own one 40 years later and make games for a living, they would lose their shit. Also new PB on Rygar.

Still Wakes the Deep finished on PS5. Another great story from The Chinese Room. Kind of like 'The Thing' if it was set on an oil rig. I had some control issues here and there but otherwise great. Probably not great if you don't like horror 😉 #backlog2026

Rime complete on PS4/5. Thanks for the push to play this @pablo0151.bsky.social ! It is a nice little chilled platform puzzler in a Zelda/Ico/Shadow of the Colossus stylee. #backlog2026

Finished Goat Simulator 3 on PS5 but still trying to get all the side quests and stuff. Lots of references to just about everything in here. Good stupid fun though. #backlog2026

I actually finished a game in the same year it was released! Phonopolis by @Amanita_Design on steamdeck. Another great adventure game with some tough puzzles. Looks and sounds amazing, as all Amanita's games do. #backlog2026

New pickup today! Outrun upright with SmartyPi, so showing Chase HQ here. Cab on the right has focus issues and the Space Invaders is still dead 😞

What a brilliant but tiring day at Arcade Club Bury for the first UK Kong Off. I think I came next to last but it was fun. Great to meet the legend that is Walter Day too!

What time is it? It's Dankey Kang time! Off to the UK Kong Off at Arcade Club Bury.

In Newcastle today so thought I was unable to practice for the Kong Off tomorrow but life uhh finds a way...

Putting in some practice for the Kong Off in May. Eldest has joined me. Lots of silly mistakes and not improves my score yet.

Adventures in Arcade Monitor Repair. 1. Monitor went down, started investigating. 2. Bad trace in power line, fixed. 3. Bad HOT found, replaced. 4. Open resistor found next to flyback, replaced. Everything then seemed to work until the flyback started arcing 😤 New one ordered!

Bloody monitors. Still not working but at least I have something on screen now. Looks like I'm going through all the capacitors again and see if any have gone bad.

Creaks finished on Steamdeck. Fantastic visuals and audio from Amanita Design again. Not massive but a nice puzzle game with a slightly creepy feel to it. I'll always recommend Amanita games to anyone. #backlog2026

Monument Valley 3 complete, as well as all the memories, on steamdeck. Another great sequel that I couldn't put down, so I'm paying for it today 😅 I think my brain would explode if I even began to understand how these games work. So cool. #backlog2026

Simon the Sorcerer: Origins complete on steamdeck. Great to hear Chris Barrie back and some nods to the original game, which is a sequel to this. Loved it all, only needed 3 hints, 2 of which I thought I'd already tried. Recommended for point & click adventure fans! #backlog2026

At Arcade Club Bury today and found a few cabs I've not actually seen before in person. Pity Wacko was down, because I really want to play that one.

First game down of 2026! Monument Valley 2 on steamdeck/PC. Excellent sequel to the first and a little more challenging I thought. Love these games though, so onto the third! #backlog2026

Merry Xmas to all! Hope you all manage to get some gaming in, retro or modern.

New pickup to go with my TheC64 Used to use this in primary school, mostly playing Centipede. Then moved onto the +2 in secondary school in the Spectrum Club 😀

I bought the Monument Valley Collection on steam and just played through the first game, including it's two small expansions. A perspective bending puzzle game inspired by MC Escher art. Great visuals, sound and gameplay, edging towards cosy. #backlog2025

I completed Shadow of the Colossus on PS4/5. Good game and the Colossi are very impressive, especially in this updated version. Spent more time fighting with the awful camera than them though! The world also just feels a bit wasted. It's massive with nothing to do #backlog2025

Only managed a few photos of the UKVAC meet in Timewarp Arcade, Bridgwater on Saturday. A good time was had by all!

Picked up a GBA game I sold some years ago. Bomberman Tournament. 4 Player Bomberman battles with a Zelda/Pokemon style adventure mode too. Gonna have a full playthrough soon. #backlog2025

Finally finished Mario Odyssey on Switch! I got it with the Switch and bounced of it once I got to Donk City. Really great game though and quite addictive. More post story stuff to do! #backlog2025

Today!

21 years since I started at Rockstar today. A little over 25 years in the industry. Feeling properly old.

Can't train properly at the minute due to my shoulder, so some alternative Kung Fu training today. Beat my high score too!

Bugsnax complete on PS5. Good game, like something Rare would come up with. Not too hard and lots of missions and side-quests to do. Some representation of same sex couples, which you don't see often in games, so that's cool. Good for kids and adults! #backlog2025

🪄Are you ready to rewind the cassette tape and roll back the years on Lumo 2? If so, watch this special announcement trailer below🤩🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=McB4...

Day of the Tentacle Remastered complete on PS5. An absolute classic, I completed this decades ago on PC, when it was released. I only needed one small hint this time 😀 #backlog2025

Abzû complete on PS4/5 in one sitting! Short game but chilled out with great music and graphics. A bit like Journey, and as with that game, I wasn't really sure what was happening. I enjoyed it all though so would recommend a playthrough to anyone. #backlog2025

Hollow Knight completed on PS5 today. This is a great MetroidVania style game. While not as visually stunning as Ori, it still looks and sounds fantastic. It is a little challenging in places (there was much swearing), but different charm combinations help. #backlog2025

Saturday spent trying to get this Hantarex monitor working. All parts of the bad section were fine, but it still doesn't work. WTAF?

Official US PlayStation Magazine August 2005 #retrogaming #retrogames

Viewfinder complete on steam. What a brilliant and clever puzzle game this is. Loved how they did the different effects. Everyone with a PC or PS5 needs to play this. Highly recommended! #backlog2025

Started a playthrough of Firewatch on PS5 and couldn't put it down, until I'd completed it! It's an easy and fairly short game but well done. Give it a play if you haven't already. #backlog2025

Fez finished to full completion, where I had to get some solutions from the web, because some of the puzzles are insane. Don't even get Platinum trophy for it. #backlog2025

Finished the story mode of GTAV again, this time on PS5 (cos I don't get enough GTA at work 😜). Still a great game. #backlog2025

Fez completed on PS5. I didn't get everything but still managed well over 100%. Stop making me figure out translations to alien languages though. Ain't nobody got time for that! Still a good puzzle platformer with a retro look. #backlog2025

Played through all of Untitled Goose/Geese Game, on PS5 in 2 player, with my wife. Kinda wish it was split screen but still great fun in co-op. #backlog2025

Just completed Split Fiction on PS5 with my wife. From the same people who made 'It Takes Two', this is even better. Another great couch or online co-op game. Fantastic from start to finish and that last stage was amazing! Recommended! #backlog2025

Commute listening, with Shaun and Alex. Look at the dust and fingerprints on that! As soon as Alex said VR and elevator, I knew he was talking about Richies Plank Experience 🤣

Lost Vikings complete on Switch as part of the Activision Blizzard collection. I had this on the SNES back in the 90s and loved it but never completed it. Some of that design is just plain evil 🤣 #backlog2025

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2570330 for Nitro Ball so far now. Only managed one go today, as my daughter saw me playing and decided we needed to play through it in 2 player. That final boss is a little hard, and also has the head of a Cylon #10pScore