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Videogame emulation news and exclusive interviews, from the aesthetics of razor sharp scanlines to the wild technical challenges of making yesterday's games run on tomorrow's hardware.
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📌 Wes's pinned post cheat sheet:
♥️ Pinball, pizza, travel
💁 Like a million people know me for WASDing wrong my whole life
💻 Here's 10+ years writing at PC Gamer where I'm a senior editor www.pcgamer.com/author/wes-fenlon
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♥️ Pinball, pizza, travel
💁 Like a million people know me for WASDing wrong my whole life
💻 Here's 10+ years writing at PC Gamer where I'm a senior editor www.pcgamer.com/author/wes-fenlon
💽 Subscribe to my passion project, a free newsletter about emulation!
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Issue 6 is finally here! Featuring Astro Bot director Nicolas Doucet, Giant Squid Games, Team Ninja’s Fumihiko Yasuda, Danganronpa's Kazutaka Kodaka and so much more! ⭐🤖
Get your copy now on the brand new www.apwot.com!
Get your copy now on the brand new www.apwot.com!
October 28, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Issue 6 is finally here! Featuring Astro Bot director Nicolas Doucet, Giant Squid Games, Team Ninja’s Fumihiko Yasuda, Danganronpa's Kazutaka Kodaka and so much more! ⭐🤖
Get your copy now on the brand new www.apwot.com!
Get your copy now on the brand new www.apwot.com!
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The first episode is live! I dig into the mission of the show, talk about the security vulnerabilities that hit last week, give an update on my switch to Linux, and take some listener Qs.
Welcome to Take Control of Your Tech
Welcome to Take Control of Your Tech0:00/38621×
Welcome to the first episode of Take Control of Your Tech! On this episode, Will explains why this show exists, shares what you need to know about the ...
takecontrol.content.town
October 27, 2026 at 2:53 PM
The first episode is live! I dig into the mission of the show, talk about the security vulnerabilities that hit last week, give an update on my switch to Linux, and take some listener Qs.
Wake up babe, new AI-free '90s Falcom translation just dropped
Legend of Xanadu PC Engine CD English translation patch!
gitlab.com/legend-of-xa...
Here's a wiki with a manual for the game
gitlab.com/legend-of-xa...
#PCEngine #TurboGrafx #TurboDuo #NEC #HudsonSoft #Falcom
gitlab.com/legend-of-xa...
Here's a wiki with a manual for the game
gitlab.com/legend-of-xa...
#PCEngine #TurboGrafx #TurboDuo #NEC #HudsonSoft #Falcom
legend-of-xanadu-translation / legend-of-xanadu1-english · GitLab
GitLab.com
gitlab.com
October 27, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Wake up babe, new AI-free '90s Falcom translation just dropped
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This week Labyrinth of Cinema jumps into possibly the greatest film in the "Yakuza Revenge Tale Becomes Chill Road Movie" micro-genre. Joining @lowercasejai.bsky.social and I once again is the absolute legend @cosmicspooks.bsky.social. Links in the reply!
October 26, 2026 at 6:53 PM
This week Labyrinth of Cinema jumps into possibly the greatest film in the "Yakuza Revenge Tale Becomes Chill Road Movie" micro-genre. Joining @lowercasejai.bsky.social and I once again is the absolute legend @cosmicspooks.bsky.social. Links in the reply!
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So here you go ... Thank you again to my friends at both BioWare and EA. To even dream in your sandbox was a privilege.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBO8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBO8...
My Mass Effect 5 Early Musical Drafts
YouTube video by Austin Wintory
www.youtube.com
October 26, 2026 at 8:09 PM
So here you go ... Thank you again to my friends at both BioWare and EA. To even dream in your sandbox was a privilege.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBO8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBO8...
Sometimes you pick an album from your music library you've listened to hundreds of times over the last 20 years and sometimes the cursor lands on "Crammle Aboon the Gees" by Worm Ridge which you have no memory of and are kinda scared to try to pronounce out loud and that's a good Friday
October 23, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Sometimes you pick an album from your music library you've listened to hundreds of times over the last 20 years and sometimes the cursor lands on "Crammle Aboon the Gees" by Worm Ridge which you have no memory of and are kinda scared to try to pronounce out loud and that's a good Friday
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THE CURSE IS COMING ON HALLOWEEN! 🎃
I'm elated to announce the upcoming release of our English patch for "Ningyo no rakuin": "The Curse of Ogaeritō". Out on Oct, 31st!
An amazing work with @vervalkon.bsky.social @laytonloztew.bsky.social and Whowasphone404
#retrogaming
#ps1
#fantranslation
I'm elated to announce the upcoming release of our English patch for "Ningyo no rakuin": "The Curse of Ogaeritō". Out on Oct, 31st!
An amazing work with @vervalkon.bsky.social @laytonloztew.bsky.social and Whowasphone404
#retrogaming
#ps1
#fantranslation
Our fan translation for Ningyo no Rakuin (人魚の烙印) is done.
Patch scheduled for release on October 31, 2026
We'll drop some translated marketing materials every 2 days just to tease you. Get hype!
Thanks to the wonderful team @chaputranslations.bsky.social @laytonloztew.bsky.social & whowasphone404
Patch scheduled for release on October 31, 2026
We'll drop some translated marketing materials every 2 days just to tease you. Get hype!
Thanks to the wonderful team @chaputranslations.bsky.social @laytonloztew.bsky.social & whowasphone404
October 23, 2026 at 1:48 PM
THE CURSE IS COMING ON HALLOWEEN! 🎃
I'm elated to announce the upcoming release of our English patch for "Ningyo no rakuin": "The Curse of Ogaeritō". Out on Oct, 31st!
An amazing work with @vervalkon.bsky.social @laytonloztew.bsky.social and Whowasphone404
#retrogaming
#ps1
#fantranslation
I'm elated to announce the upcoming release of our English patch for "Ningyo no rakuin": "The Curse of Ogaeritō". Out on Oct, 31st!
An amazing work with @vervalkon.bsky.social @laytonloztew.bsky.social and Whowasphone404
#retrogaming
#ps1
#fantranslation
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For our next big story, @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social talks to Simogo about one of 2024's best games.
(Available now for paid subscribers, next week for all.)
(Available now for paid subscribers, next week for all.)
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes: An oral history
Just a couple of years post-release, we round up the team behind Simogo's puzzle masterpiece to look back at its five-year development process.
www.designroom.site
October 23, 2026 at 2:44 PM
For our next big story, @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social talks to Simogo about one of 2024's best games.
(Available now for paid subscribers, next week for all.)
(Available now for paid subscribers, next week for all.)
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To honor one of the studios that defined PC gaming, we've republished more than 20 articles about BioWare today. The pcgamer.com homepage is dedicated to interviews, retrospectives, and making-ofs about some of the best RPGs of all time.
October 21, 2026 at 10:50 PM
To honor one of the studios that defined PC gaming, we've republished more than 20 articles about BioWare today. The pcgamer.com homepage is dedicated to interviews, retrospectives, and making-ofs about some of the best RPGs of all time.
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Do you remember ONE SPECIFIC moment in a BioWare game that put you on the path to working in the games industry?
If you can, I want to hear about it and I may even want to put it into a story on pcgamerdotcom. Hit up my email lauren@pcgamer
If you can, I want to hear about it and I may even want to put it into a story on pcgamerdotcom. Hit up my email lauren@pcgamer
October 21, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Do you remember ONE SPECIFIC moment in a BioWare game that put you on the path to working in the games industry?
If you can, I want to hear about it and I may even want to put it into a story on pcgamerdotcom. Hit up my email lauren@pcgamer
If you can, I want to hear about it and I may even want to put it into a story on pcgamerdotcom. Hit up my email lauren@pcgamer
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Part of my literal job is to fly out to physical game studios to rescue and recover historical materials that might be endangered and put them in a permanent archive. @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social is a 501(c)3 publicly funded to do that, my DMs are open, and I'm free for the next couple weeks...
October 21, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Part of my literal job is to fly out to physical game studios to rescue and recover historical materials that might be endangered and put them in a permanent archive. @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social is a 501(c)3 publicly funded to do that, my DMs are open, and I'm free for the next couple weeks...
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NEW in our digital archive: Explore a golden age of gaming with the Colin Williamson photography collection, featuring over 300 photos from game events and culture in 2000s Japan. 📸🗾
https://gamehistory.org/williamson-photos/
https://gamehistory.org/williamson-photos/
October 21, 2026 at 2:30 PM
NEW in our digital archive: Explore a golden age of gaming with the Colin Williamson photography collection, featuring over 300 photos from game events and culture in 2000s Japan. 📸🗾
https://gamehistory.org/williamson-photos/
https://gamehistory.org/williamson-photos/
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Today's featured post:
📖 Qliphah in Providence’s Shadow and the Weird New JRPG
by Ogre Run
https://ogrerun.com/2026/10/06/qliphah-in-providences-shadow-and-the-weird-new-jrpg/
📖 Qliphah in Providence’s Shadow and the Weird New JRPG
by Ogre Run
https://ogrerun.com/2026/10/06/qliphah-in-providences-shadow-and-the-weird-new-jrpg/
Qliphah in Providence’s Shadow and the Weird New JRPG
Developed by Arc System Works and Unite Plus, Qliphah in Providence’s Shadow is a new “Tactical Timeline RPG.” Surrounding the release of Qliphah has been the negative reception towards its truncated story and experimental battle system, a discourse that was perhaps foretold by the game’s initial…
ogrerun.com
October 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Today's featured post:
📖 Qliphah in Providence’s Shadow and the Weird New JRPG
by Ogre Run
https://ogrerun.com/2026/10/06/qliphah-in-providences-shadow-and-the-weird-new-jrpg/
📖 Qliphah in Providence’s Shadow and the Weird New JRPG
by Ogre Run
https://ogrerun.com/2026/10/06/qliphah-in-providences-shadow-and-the-weird-new-jrpg/
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In the Japanese PC-88 port of Ultima 3: Exodus by Pony Canyon, if you try to Talk/Transact (T key) to an enemy monster, they literally say "FUCK YOU!!" in English.
Hilarious, and apparently nobody has discovered or posted about this before online in English or Japanese
Hilarious, and apparently nobody has discovered or posted about this before online in English or Japanese
October 18, 2026 at 1:47 AM
In the Japanese PC-88 port of Ultima 3: Exodus by Pony Canyon, if you try to Talk/Transact (T key) to an enemy monster, they literally say "FUCK YOU!!" in English.
Hilarious, and apparently nobody has discovered or posted about this before online in English or Japanese
Hilarious, and apparently nobody has discovered or posted about this before online in English or Japanese
GAME HI
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mailchi.mp
October 19, 2026 at 6:10 PM
GAME HI
It's a very nice Friday! How would you like to personally make my day and also get a book full of stories and photographs that reflect a life well lived?
Something a bit more personal than usual: For the last 10 years my dad has been struggling with a version of ALS, a terrible neuromuscular disease. He's kept up his spirits by making photo books chronicling his life as a photographer+traveler.
I'm helping sell them now to pay for nursing care:
I'm helping sell them now to pay for nursing care:
Photo Trips by Hugh Fenlon
Personal photography books compiled from a catalog of more than 30,000 analog film photographs taken across multiple continents and multiple decades.
photo-trips.bigcartel.com
October 16, 2026 at 9:33 PM
It's a very nice Friday! How would you like to personally make my day and also get a book full of stories and photographs that reflect a life well lived?
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Ah hello! Was it you who rang the Bell of Awakening?
Obsessed with Damascus goats lately. They look like they were created by H. R. Giger. They both looks and sound stupid as hell. An utter catastrophe of an animal. I love them.
October 16, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Ah hello! Was it you who rang the Bell of Awakening?
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Please ignore the MTL release of Meremanoid that came out today.
We have had a hearty band at work (Chapu, Popi, Mr. Nobody, Misty, Shentok and I) working hard on an all-human patch. Fully playable in English, in it final editing pass now.
Popi provided these screencaps today. More news later.
We have had a hearty band at work (Chapu, Popi, Mr. Nobody, Misty, Shentok and I) working hard on an all-human patch. Fully playable in English, in it final editing pass now.
Popi provided these screencaps today. More news later.
October 16, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Please ignore the MTL release of Meremanoid that came out today.
We have had a hearty band at work (Chapu, Popi, Mr. Nobody, Misty, Shentok and I) working hard on an all-human patch. Fully playable in English, in it final editing pass now.
Popi provided these screencaps today. More news later.
We have had a hearty band at work (Chapu, Popi, Mr. Nobody, Misty, Shentok and I) working hard on an all-human patch. Fully playable in English, in it final editing pass now.
Popi provided these screencaps today. More news later.
Goddamn she cut the Scaramucci any% record in half. That's real skill
October 16, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Goddamn she cut the Scaramucci any% record in half. That's real skill
I swear at least 30 AI slop fan translations have come out in the week and a half since I last sat down to write @readonlymemo.com, christ
October 16, 2026 at 4:41 AM
I swear at least 30 AI slop fan translations have come out in the week and a half since I last sat down to write @readonlymemo.com, christ
You ever try to do a classy diagonal cut on a sandwich but lazily assume you're too competent to fuck it up and then end up with a really awkward ugly like, 63% - 37% sandwich halves situation.
I haven't. Bet that would be embarrassing though.
I haven't. Bet that would be embarrassing though.
October 15, 2026 at 9:23 PM
You ever try to do a classy diagonal cut on a sandwich but lazily assume you're too competent to fuck it up and then end up with a really awkward ugly like, 63% - 37% sandwich halves situation.
I haven't. Bet that would be embarrassing though.
I haven't. Bet that would be embarrassing though.
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I wolde smyte my lord out on thre piches. Slider withoute. He feleth as he were drenchid. Curveball in the erthe, of cours he chaseth it. Ladybird y-souk, sle thy-self. And bang 97 withinne corner. Thou art out. Thou were alweyes out. Thou hast be out sith the day that thou were born.
Not a bad baseball stance.
From the 14th-century Le Roman de la Rose.
From the 14th-century Le Roman de la Rose.
October 14, 2026 at 7:44 PM
I wolde smyte my lord out on thre piches. Slider withoute. He feleth as he were drenchid. Curveball in the erthe, of cours he chaseth it. Ladybird y-souk, sle thy-self. And bang 97 withinne corner. Thou art out. Thou were alweyes out. Thou hast be out sith the day that thou were born.
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I'll add this:
r/decomps is one of the most toxic communities the past few months. Any posts that raise some issues with how AI has negatively impacted the space turn into excessive derogatory comments that the moderation team do nothing to limit.
r/decomps is one of the most toxic communities the past few months. Any posts that raise some issues with how AI has negatively impacted the space turn into excessive derogatory comments that the moderation team do nothing to limit.
with the sunsetting of decomp.dev, people really need to come to terms with just how much damage vibecoders have done to our community and OSS in general. encounter is a fellow dusklight dev and friend, and seeing people treat him as replaceable in the scene is upsetting.
Sunsetting decomp.dev
An update on the future of decomp.dev.
decomp.dev
October 15, 2026 at 4:43 AM
I'll add this:
r/decomps is one of the most toxic communities the past few months. Any posts that raise some issues with how AI has negatively impacted the space turn into excessive derogatory comments that the moderation team do nothing to limit.
r/decomps is one of the most toxic communities the past few months. Any posts that raise some issues with how AI has negatively impacted the space turn into excessive derogatory comments that the moderation team do nothing to limit.
Sharp observations in here. Who's going to pull a @morganpark.bsky.social and play the entirety of the original and the new game back-to-back to put them in conversation for their review?
the clarity of thought and extrapolation of little things into bigger ideas @loganjplant.bsky.social brings to his Ocarina remake preview got me like...damn
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoqe...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoqe...
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake Is More Different Than You Think | IGN Preview
YouTube video by IGN
www.youtube.com
October 15, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Sharp observations in here. Who's going to pull a @morganpark.bsky.social and play the entirety of the original and the new game back-to-back to put them in conversation for their review?