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Posts by Willem Hilhorst

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After All These Years, it’s Moon Child Moon Child languished in obscurity until the internet discovered the power to be his friend.

For @aftermath.site, I spoke with @seven.eurosky.social about the sudden, viral love for Moon Child and the rocky history that led to it. aftermath.site/moon-child-t...

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The Video Game History Foundation hiring Fundraising Manager in Emeryville, CA | LinkedIn Posted 12:59:43 AM. Apply if this sounds like a match:We are seeking a growth-oriented, self-starter with prior…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

For the first time in our 9-year history:

WE ARE HIRING!

We're seeking a full-time fundraising manager to establish and grow our non-profit's development department - in other words, to raise money and help us grow! Remote-hybrid in the SF Bay Area with benefits!

www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...

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a flyer depicting an illustration of the parthenon with an image of an eye overlaid on top. the center of the eye contains a QR code. the text on the poster reads "Is your vision less 20/20 and more 438 BC? The Playful Time Machines project at Leiden University is looking for players of historical videogames who are interested in volunteering for an eye-tracking experiment about how videogames can shape perceptions of the past. Are you a player of historical grand strategy, adventure, or shooter games? We'd like to watch you play! Scan the QR code above or go to edu.nl/cd849"

a flyer depicting an illustration of the parthenon with an image of an eye overlaid on top. the center of the eye contains a QR code. the text on the poster reads "Is your vision less 20/20 and more 438 BC? The Playful Time Machines project at Leiden University is looking for players of historical videogames who are interested in volunteering for an eye-tracking experiment about how videogames can shape perceptions of the past. Are you a player of historical grand strategy, adventure, or shooter games? We'd like to watch you play! Scan the QR code above or go to edu.nl/cd849"

it's that time of year again...are you a historical videogame player living in the Netherlands? do you want to contribute to player-focused research on past-play? come sign up for a gameplay session so i can watch you 👀 for science! check out edu.nl/cd849 to learn more 🏛️🎮⚔️🎲

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Jazz Jackrabbit fans are in shambles over the new green europlatformer guy who is 3x as Dutch and doesn't need a gun

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Welcome back! 😎

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Moon Child Windows game : Team Hoi : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Moon Child is a platform action game released in 1997 on CD-ROM for Windows 95/98, created by Team Hoi, existing of Reinier van Vliet (game design and...

I decided to re-register an account to enjoy the memes of our 1990s #MoonChild game. 😁👍

I designed Hoi and Moon Child. Reinier van Vliet coded it, and Ramon Braumuller made the soundtrack.

Play Moon Child online:
proofofconcept.nl/portfolio/mo...

Moon Child Archive:
archive.org/details/Moon...

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Metin Seven 🎨 (@metin@graphics.social) Attached: 3 images Motivated by the renewed attention surrounding our 1990s Moon Child game on Bluesky, I did a search on my HDD, and found back some pencil-on-paper concept sketches I made for the g...

Big update for Moon Child. Metin found some of his original sketches and drawings. They'll be added to the full archive on the internet archive but you can check some of them out on Metin's socials
graphics.social/@metin/11641...

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Clearly inflation didn't hit the moon. Only 4,5 dollars?!

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WILD GUNMAN: Resurrecting Nintendo's First Coin-Op on its 50th Anniversary
WILD GUNMAN: Resurrecting Nintendo's First Coin-Op on its 50th Anniversary YouTube video by 74XX Arcade Repair

This is incredible
youtube.com/watch?v=TOfq...

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YO

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Metin Seven 🎨 (@metin@graphics.social) Attached: 3 images Motivated by the renewed attention surrounding our 1990s Moon Child game on Bluesky, I did a search on my HDD, and found back some pencil-on-paper concept sketches I made for the g...

Big update for Moon Child. Metin found some of his original sketches and drawings. They'll be added to the full archive on the internet archive but you can check some of them out on Metin's socials
graphics.social/@metin/11641...

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Wonderful exhibit with original cells, drawings and background paintings from The Secret of Nimph at The Art Department.

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Very excited to be back at TAD Playgrounds in Eindhoven tomorrow. Always such a delight to see amazing digital artists, animators and designers and the wonderful talks. If you're attending come say hi at our Sound & Vision stand to play some games and chat about archived materials in your own work!

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High school teachers in the Netherlands! If you'd like us to come by with All Will Rise to pay your school a visit and talk about bringing justice to billionaires, ecological destruction, active citizenship or more, let me know! We have a little project for this!

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My written review for PRAGMATA for those who prefer that sort of thing.
www.nintendoworldreport.com/review/75157...

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PRAGMATA (Switch 2) Review - NWRTV
PRAGMATA (Switch 2) Review - NWRTV YouTube video by Nintendo World Report TV

PRAGMATA is so fresh. A throwback to the era when experimentation reigned in AAA game development. The combat never gets dull with plenty of variety in both your options and interaction. I had a great time with the game on Switch 2. My review for @nintendonwr.bsky.social :
youtu.be/tKMsF6PvRmY

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Moon Child Windows game : Team Hoi : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Moon Child is a platform action game released in 1997 on CD-ROM for Windows 95/98, created by Team Hoi, existing of Reinier van Vliet (game design and...

I was asked by Metin, one of the devs of Moon Child, to share a link to the full game playable in Browser with the finalized music:
proofofconcept.nl/portfolio/mo...

Additionally here is a link to the full Archive with all downloads, videos and the music files.
archive.org/details/Moon...

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Calvé Pindakaas reclame met Lieke van Lexmond uit de jaren 90 (Peanutbutter Powergame)
Calvé Pindakaas reclame met Lieke van Lexmond uit de jaren 90 (Peanutbutter Powergame) YouTube video by oonai5000

Team Hoi also worked on the oft forgotten Calvé Peanut Butter Power Game. Which was used as a gameshow title for Telekids where if you won you would win your length in jars of Peanut Butter. Currently lost media, aside from this commercial with Lieke van Lexmond: youtu.be/l_dRFtWq3uo

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Metin Seven 🎨 (@metin@graphics.social) In the light of #amigapril I'm honored with @gamesthatwerent@mastodon.world's coverage of the cancelled initial version of our Moon Child platform game (and what happened with the project after that)…...

Metin did a great thread on Moon Child over on Mastodon if you're interested:
graphics.social/@metin/11638...

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Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine

Such fun to see Moon Child go viral. It was developed by Team Hoi, based in the Netherlands. Metin Seven, one of the founders of published almost all of his archive online a few years back. He's been such a great help for our games archive at Sound & Vision as well:
archive.org/search?query...

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Freddie. No. I just can't.

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@damiano.bsky.social seems up your alley

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Vierkante Ogen - Wij maken schermtijd weer leuk Vierkante Ogen biedt inclusieve platformen voor journalisten, schrijvers en andere makers om in het Nederlands verhalen te vertellen over urgente thema’s in onze (digitale) maatschappij.

Via deze route ben ik ook blij om aan te kondigen dat ik sinds vorig jaar ben toegetreden als extern bestuurslid voor de stichting @vierkante-ogen.nl . Ik hoop met mijn culturele expertise en netwerk de stichting te kunnen helpen om orde te scheppen in de digitale chaos!
vierkante-ogen.nl#mensen

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Can't say enough lovely things about the wonderful photos @tomkauw.nl made. So don't be shocked that my profile looks a tad different, but it was really time to update my photo.

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Correct! Had to use EQ twice in a row since my Gliscor didn't have any other attacking moves.

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yes

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Screaming, Crying, Throwing up.
They made my boy SO GOOD.

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Nobelprijs voor de Vrede dit jaar naar dalende koers Amerikaanse beurs De Nobelprijs voor de Vrede gaat dit jaar naar de koersen van Amerikaanse beurzen.

Nobelprijs voor de Vrede dit jaar naar dalende koers Amerikaanse beurs

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Doctoral Researcher in Historical Game Studies

Sharing this posting which could be a dream PhD for many: www.uni.lu/en/jobs/doct...

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