Just your periodic reminder that nothing I ever write or make will knowingly be touched by AI. If you ever catch a sound effect or piece of music in Jump Leads that has AI in it that I've missed, let me know so I can swap that shit out immediately.
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Ben Paddon
Профиль VivelyJUMP LEADS SEASON 2 OUT NOW! Writer, podcaster, comedian, former world-record speedrunner, u̶n̶o̶f̶f̶i̶c̶i̶a̶l̶ Worms historian. Jump Leads, Good Chaotic, The Game of Rassilon. Non-binary, they/them.
Doom 64 is TWO FRICKIN' BUCKS on GOG right now.
If you're going to do a faithful GBC port of one of the most overrated arcade games of all time, you may as well do it well. @digitaleclipse.bsky.social absolutely nailed it on this one. But then, they usually do.
Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️⚧️An impossible port: Dragon's Lair for Game Boy Colour (2001) Digital Eclipse and lead programmer Cathryn Mataga opted to bring the original QTE-based arcade experience of Dragon's Lair to the humble handheld, pulling it off spectacularly with programming wizardry and a larger cart size.
I've been looking forward to this for a while now. Excited to hear that pilot !
Benjamin Ahr HarrisonToday is a very exciting day for @greatesttrek.com because we are premiering a pilot for what might become a new show! An actual play Star Trek RPG! We’re calling it The Greatest Adventure! Supporters can tune in today at 2p eastern/11a pacific at greatest.supercast.com
Caught up again. Less than two months left to go on this thread! So close to the end now.
Ben PaddonTaking a leaf from @kyleor.land, who has been posting about a game a day since January 1st. I'm a little late to start, but hey. Let's see if I can keep this thing going. So, yeah. Big thread, a game a day for 365 days, what it means to me. Let's go! 🧵
We're getting an anniversary edition of Worms: The Board Game, which does a fantastic job of translating the chaos of the videogame to your tabletop. It'll be £80 in the UK and $115 in the US.
I don't need a Bomberman vinyl. I don't need a Bomberman vinyl. I don't need a Bomberman vinyl.
NintendealBomberman 1+2 Vinyl is $6.20 from Materia Store: bit.ly/4x9aobL #ad
I had a lot of fun working on this. I love playing tabletop RPGs and would love to do more of this sort of thing. Hint hint hint hint hint.
Emily BlakeWe played Dungeons & Dragons today in front of a live audience at #SDCC. Then we released the trailer for our new actual play, dropping in October. What a day. youtu.be/GhLfoV210i8?...
The first Cannon Fodder game was a huge multiplatform release, with a later port for the Game Boy Colo. The second one was just for PC and Amiga. And there it ended. Wild.
headfallsoffwhat's everyone else's fab examples of once massively popular and influential landmark titles in especially western games from back in the day that have just been forgotten and abandoned completely now. mine is black and white