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ephemeralenigmas.bsky.social
Giving offbeat, obscure, forgotten, or just cool and interesting games the attention they deserve on my blog once a week. Also a contributor to Hardcore Gaming 101. He/Him http://ephemeralenigmas.com/
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I don't tease upcoming blog posts often, but this arrangement of words caught me so off-guard at 3:30 AM that I feel it deserves sharing

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I don't tease upcoming blog posts often, but this arrangement of words caught me so off-guard at 3:30 AM that I feel it deserves sharing

submitted 6 hours ago • 2 comments

A random game? On this Saturday? But of course! I've got Strike Witches: Hakugin no Tsubasa, a shoot 'em up based on an anime I'm not familiar with at all. It reminds me of Battle Mania and is an Xbox 360 game exclusive to Japan, which is really all I needed to pick it up, you know?

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I like how Majima is supposed to have amnesia in this game but seems to remember what a Master System is just fine

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Part 1/3 of the A1/Agetec game review series is out! Me and a ton of my friends are going to be tackling all the A1 games I can find! Link to video here: youtu.be/zsJ0XuVBwPQ Friends in P1: DLJadow: @dljadow.bsky.social Seldum: @seldum.bsky.social Shnick: @shnick1985.bsky.social

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

Today's @retroxp.bsky.social write-up is on Namco's Tank Force, a cooperative arcade maze game and multidirectional shooter that, for some reason, just never got a re-release between 1991 and 2017. But hey, now we've got both versions available through Namco Museum and Arcade Archives.

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Old blog post time! Let's look back at Effacer: Hangman from the 25th Century, a Hangman game that takes place in space. This isn't your typical Hangman, though: here, you're executing aliens for committing language and grammar crimes! Only on the CD-i can you find something like this:

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

if there's one thing that fascinates me it's when you can tell that an old game is using a digitized photo; i love to try and find out the photo's origin, so a few years ago i reached out to David Crane (designer of A Boy And His Blob) about the backgrounds they used in the city. (small 🧵)

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netizen.club/~wildweasel/... - I remembered that I had this list from some months back. Time to put it on the actual Golfshrine website so that people have something to read!

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Old blog post time! Let's look back at Effacer: Hangman from the 25th Century, a Hangman game that takes place in space. This isn't your typical Hangman, though: here, you're executing aliens for committing language and grammar crimes! Only on the CD-i can you find something like this:

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If you don’t feel like anything you do matters in this political climate, here’s a list of things you can do for positive impact. You’ll feel more productive because you’re doing something constructive, and it’ll create effective collective action for change. All we have is each other 💜

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Who up beating they worm

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Who up beating they worm

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Reposts on Bluesky be like

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Nice

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New blog post time! This week's game is Makai Prince Dorabocchan, the debut adventure of a little guy you might know as Spike McFang. As a platformer, this one doesn't feel so great, but there are enough clever ideas and charming characters packed within that it could easily grow on you:

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

New blog post time! This week's game is Makai Prince Dorabocchan, the debut adventure of a little guy you might know as Spike McFang. As a platformer, this one doesn't feel so great, but there are enough clever ideas and charming characters packed within that it could easily grow on you:

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

INTRODUCING THE GIVE TRANS PEOPLE MONEY PLEASE BUNDLE! Currently accepting submissions from the lovely trans creators of itch! Fill out this form to have your work included in the bundle: forms.gle/9SVwiht2nfA4... Not trans? keep an eye out in April for when it goes live!

submitted 17 days ago • 22 comments

My Smart TV keeps identifying my Steam Deck as an "LG DVD Player" I'm starting to think these Smart TVs aren't so smart after all!

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Everything is either the best game ever or an unforgivable failure. No room for curiosity, for exploration or for just... enjoying something. Wrote about how internet cynicism flattened how we experience games. #blog #gaming #internet

submitted 6 days ago • 15 comments

I don't ever wear tank tops, but Travis here is making me reconsider

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I don't ever wear tank tops, but Travis here is making me reconsider

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I also have this standee thing for the game I rescued from a Gamestop dumpster around the time, kind of a neat little extra!

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