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jparish.bsky.social
Retronauts Co-Host, NES Works Producer, Limited Run Book Guy, and RGB addict. Did not invent the word "Metroidvania." He/him. Header pic by Sonya Yruel.
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BREAKING via AP Mahmoud Khalil has been released from an immigration jail after 104 days in custody.

submitted 8 hours ago • 29 comments

Pretty sure Sega won the 16-bit race the moment they decided to put crispy-as-hell scanlines front and center on the Genesis box. Look at those babies sing

submitted 12 hours ago • 9 comments

Always exciting to find new printed matter waiting for me on my desk at work

submitted 14 hours ago • 5 comments

The NES version of Shinobi lets you know what you’re in for right from the title screen. This is a Joe Musashi who has seen some shit

submitted 1 day ago • 6 comments

Since @jparish.bsky.social got to the Master System version of Altered Beast, I was curious what an actual contemporary review had to say about it. I dug up the July 1989 issue of PowerPlay, a German magazine, which reviewed the SMS and SMD versions on the same page.

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

The NYT was cited in the Supreme Court ruling used to strip trans people of healthcare. This is EXACTLY WHY the “just asking questions” crowd of centrist edgelord journalists are dangerous. They launder transphobia through faux neutral “debate” and act like it’s intellectual curiosity

submitted 2 days ago • 55 comments

We're living through unfathomably terrible times for civil rights and human rights. If you've got the chance to vote in a primary this year, I recommend voting for the furthest left person on your ballot. The "centrists" are not ready for these times and will bargain away our rights.

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments

Want to push back against the bigoted attacks targeting trans and gender-nonconforming people? Here are specific ways you can help—with your time, money, and everyday actions.

submitted 2 days ago • 22 comments

submitted 2 days ago • 531 comments

Seems like everyone is enjoying the vibes of Nintendo's Donkey Kong showcase, so please allow me to spoil your morning with this retrospective on Altered Beast... for Master System. It sure is a feat that they managed to accomplish, technically. youtu.be/MZFbzJzSlms

submitted 2 days ago • 6 comments

BREAKING: A federal judge ruled all transgender and intersex people can obtain passports that align with their gender identity while the case against President Trump's executive order proceeds. While this is good news, we will continue fighting until this executive order is blocked permanently.

submitted 3 days ago • 100 comments

Shout out to the artist who totally slipped this one past management

submitted 3 days ago • 21 comments

This gets at a huge reason MAGA bigots hate prominent non-white pols like Mamdani, Obama, AOC, etc.: they radiate a cool, authentic vibe that is impossible to achieve when your social profile pic looks like someone dumped a bowl of tapioca in the driver's seat of an F-150 and gave it mirror shades

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders? Every video game ever made is just a variant on Heiankyo Alien, Xevious, or The Tower of Druaga

submitted 3 days ago • 22 comments

Friends, I forgot to self-promote my work yesterday, and I apologize for failing to navigate the Exposure Economy. I have published another Casio PV-1000 retrospective, this time featuring a lousy port of Konami's Turpin and a great conversion of Universal's excellent Ladybug: youtu.be/5dz4KMI0RH8

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

It would be cool if elected Democrats were to look at the energy and scale of yesterday's protests and realize that pushing back against the administration is a wildly popular stance, but I'm sure the centrist consultant set is already 30 pages into a memo about not rocking the boat before midterms

submitted 5 days ago • 10 comments

New profile on account of bsky will ban you without warning or notification if you tell a crybully to punch himself in the soft spot on top of his head.

submitted 6 days ago • 9 comments

It’s bleak out there, but it’s heartening to know millions of people from all walks of life took the time to ruin one specific persons birthday, America’s hater spirit remains strong

submitted 6 days ago • 65 comments

I swear, every time I put together podcast notes, I feel like I’m barely scraping together enough material to sustain 90 minutes of conversation… then, inevitably, two hours into recording, we’re only halfway through the notes

submitted 6 days ago • 3 comments