It's gonna be a good one!

Tomorrow evening 🙂

My SQA tester brain thinks this would have been an easy scenario to think of, but big tech firms don’t do “testing” per se these days.

Amazon’s new upselling technique? Why buy one when a dozen will do! 😂

Gamers 2 - Ghosts in the Machine - The Golden Age of Micros by Mel Croucher - Book Review Mr Croucher is back with a second entry in a planned five volume set of Gamers tomes, this time casting an eye on the glory days of the micr...

New blog post and a review of Gamers 2 by Mel Croucher - tantobieinternettattler.blogspot.com/2026/04/game...

Less Miserables: A point-and-click parody of Les Miserables A historical comedy adventure game, with hand-drawn art and live voice acting.

This looks immense and I’ve just backed it!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/col...

Since March 2020 we've been banging our heads in the wall to create the demo for this amazing game that'll take you back, and FINALLY that blasted door is caving in! We're soon releasing a build for trusted testers and the public release is on the horizon after the summer. Exciting times!

Such is the nature of shows, but I’m genuinely pleased your attendance garnered such interest!

The RISC OS North Show - 21st March 2026 It was that time of year to make the three-ish hour road trip to Warrington for the RISC OS North Show , once again held at the Village Hote...

New blog post and a report on the RISC OS North Show 2026 - tantobieinternettattler.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...

Over on X someone’s created an AI persona called Fia Quinn, there’s even a crypto called FIA$.

Nothing to do with Old Skies, but just goes to show, never check your Personic profile.

In the Shadow of the CPC The Legacy of Amstrad Games

In the Shadow of the CPC
www.kickstarter.com/projects/edi...
I’ve just backed this enticing book!

Files to accompany the 'RISC OS and Forth' article in the latest issue of Archive Magazine are now available to download. www.archivemag.co.uk/2802

Archive is the magazine for RISC OS users, available in both printed and digital formats.

#riscos #raspberrypi #acorn

From Pixels to Prose: What Video Games Taught Me About Storytelling This is a pre-order that is estimated to ship in June 2026. In From Pixels to Prose: What Video Games Taught Me About Storytelling writer and games journalist Nadia Oxford traces how a lifetime spent ...

[Huge bong rip] I made it, ma.

retrogamebooks.com/products/fro...

Over the Garden Wall DVD, with signed insert!

Inside the Over the Garden Wall DVD case, with a scene of Greg and Wirt in a forest, drawn and signed by Patrick McHale!

Over the Garden Wall Requiem Cafe mouse pad, featuring art by Levon Jihanian. It depicts part of Wirt's bedroom, with an old school PC with a CRT monitor, The Crimson Diamond's launch screen is on the screen. There's a Tiny Star poster on the wall, a clarinet, the Adventure Game Studio blue mug, thumbprint cookies, and weird animal piggy banks.

Treasures beyond measure. www.requiemcafe.com commissioned a tiny OtGW game for a Halloween event last year, got this wonderful stuff today. 🧡 @patrickmchale.bsky.social signed the DVD insert & sketched inside, @forkfrenzy.bsky.social's art is on the mousepad, Heather Hermann did stickers/keychains!

WROCC April 2026 talk on Wednesday Technology News and Views

WROCC April 2026 talk on Wednesday

www.iconbar.com/articles/WRO...

The April 2026 WROCC talk is on Wednesday 1st April and starts at 7.45pm on Zoom. That's after 12 o'clock so no April Fools....

ROSEWATER is a critically-acclaimed IndieCade-nominated Wild West epic adventure!

Travel across the frontier with 5 companions, solving puzzles and making choices that make the journey uniquely yours!

Get it for 25% off during the Steam Spring Sale!

store.steampowered.com/app/1226670/...

The entire Blackwell series is 70% off during the Steam Spring Sale!

Eight years in the making, the Blackwell series tell the story of medium Rosa Blackwell and her spirit guide Joey Mallone as they help lost and lonely ghosts pass on.

Find them here: store.steampowered.com/bundle/

Ready to Roam with RISCOSbits?

www.riscosopen.org/forum/forums...

#laptopconversion
#riscoslaptop
#riscosnorth
#RISC_OS

The K3 Keyboard Screen A Quick RISC OS Perspective If you’re likely to attend the upcoming (at the time of posting) RISC OS North 2026 Show, you may spot an odd looking device on the RISCOSbits stand. At first glan…

Come and see a real novelty, but still useful, device at the RISC OS North Show on Saturday.

We've used our little used blog to tell you a bit about it to whet your appetite: riscosbits.blog/2026/03/19/t...

#riscosnovelty
#niche
#reallyquiteuseful
#funwithriscos
#risc_os

RISCOSbits to launch RiscDOCK Lite Editions at the RISC OS North Show

www.riscosopen.org/forum/forums...

#lapdock
#portablerisc_os
#riscoslaptop
#multios
#risc_os
#acorncomputers

Voices From A Future Passed by Robert Napier - Book Review Acorn Computers remains for many of a certain generation the quintessential British computing company. From its scrappy founding at the tail...

New blog post and a review of the excellent Voices From A Future Passed by Robert Napier - tantobieinternettattler.blogspot.com/2026/03/voic...

RISCOSbits to bring a full range of systems to the #RISC_OS North Show on Saturday 21st March

riscosopen.org/forum/forums...

#risc_os
#AcornComputers
#riscosnorth

35 years ago, Mean Machines reviewed the then two-year-old SMS version of Galaxy Force. While the original coin-op was all graphics and little gameplay, the SMS version was fettled and tweaked to deliver a really fun 3D shooter that was far better than it had any right to be!

Argon ONE UP Laptop Shell for CM5 The Argon ONE UP Shell is an Open Source laptop shell for your Compute Module 5 - just add your CM5, an M.2 NVMe SSD, and a 45W USB-C PD power supply, and you've got yourself an Open Source, upgradeab...

Come and see one of these in action, running #RISC_OS, on Saturday at #RISCOSnorth Show!

thepihut.com/products/arg...

Creepy Crawlies WIP (Acorn Electron). Look at the poor little guy completely lost in this infested maze. If only there was a way to defend himself against the onslaught of creepy crawlies 🤔 (Also, I am trying self-imposed chunky pixel art 🫣 )

Update on what we'll have on offer at the #RISCOSnorth next weekend:

www.riscosopen.org/forum/forums...

#chimeralite
#RISC_OS
#acorncomputers

CHUCKULUS - for the Acorn Electron
Version 1.0 now available ! 🥳

github.com/Snuggsy187/C...

Download and play on an Emulator or real hardware !
....or play online in Electroniq - an emulator by @0xc0de.bsky.social

Thank you! It depends on what you want to know more about. Leaps + Bounds is hardware centric, whereas Games of a Lifetime is the personal recollections of Julian “Jaz” Rignall, so very much more about his journey. You’ll learn more about the British games scene from that too.

You’re most welcome!

Leaps + Bounds by Bitmap Books - Book Review The latest release from Bitmap Books intends to provide a visual guide to the nine (so far) console generations that have (in most cases, bu...

New blog post and a review of Leaps + Bounds from @bitmapbooks.com - tantobieinternettattler.blogspot.com/2026/03/leap...