An Anime screenshot of Bomberman being crucified

He died for your sins

April 5th Welcome back readers. If you haven’t already seen it, Kaile’s back with a new monthly edition over on the Patreon. Go check it out! And if you want to help us keep this show on the road…

This week: Cryo Archive, Crimson Desert, travelougue, and lots more:

critical-distance.com/2026/04/04/a...

Forgotten Worlds #8 is dedicated to showcasing zines from around the world. It’s currently sold out, but I wanted to take a moment and highlight the publications included within.

Links to each one in the thread below. Plz share and support indie publishing... 🙏

#Fanzines #VideoGames #RetroGaming

Cried laughing reading this. Holding my sides in pain laughter. Immediately one of my favourite Onion pieces ever. A masterclass in tone, voicing the character of “A Horse” beyond perfectly.

Pretty much every politician I can think of relies on people not understanding this.

I have DDD zines again. Just a few. If anyone wants one hit me up. I don’t have stamps or envelopes handy so I’d need a few bucks to send it your way but hey it’s worth it this thing is great it’s like the instruction manual for the future’s greatest game.

Panel 1: I've got it! A brand-new game idea!

Panel 2: The main character has no goal... and can't tell allies from enemies...

Panel 3: Everything he does he gets wrong somehow... and there is no reset button.

Panel 4: I'll call it "My life!"

Real talk from one of the Wario Ware D.I.Y. 4-koma

This week, Brexit finally killed our family business. We cleared out our warehouse, handed back the keys, paid the final bills and said goodbye to our last employee.
What was once a thriving firm died a slow, sad death, all thanks to Farage, Johnson and the gullible idiots they conned. 1/18

Head On (Sega/Gremlin, 1979) – exp. The original dot eater from a forgotten pioneer.

Unlocked! I play the original dot-eater, Sega/Gremlin's Head On by going to some lengths to play Sega Ages 2500 Vol. 23. And I learn that there's a pioneer of video games that we don't talk about enough: Lane Hauck.

forgot the most important of the genre

I can't believe the "New Yorker" REJECTED this cartoon!

From article: The Crown corporation plans to transform its business model to “meet the evolving needs of Canadians without becoming a recurring burden on taxpayers.”

As a taxpayer: IT IS NOT A BURDEN IT IS A PUBLIC SERVICE AND I DON'T CARE WHAT IT COSTS

Head On (Sega/Gremlin, 1979) – exp. The original dot eater from a forgotten pioneer.

Unlocked! I play the original dot-eater, Sega/Gremlin's Head On by going to some lengths to play Sega Ages 2500 Vol. 23. And I learn that there's a pioneer of video games that we don't talk about enough: Lane Hauck.

Here's a song I wrote ages ago about that time in the 2010s when people were really into 'Happy' by Pharrell Williams.

It's not often something you write gets more relevant the further away you get from writing it, but...

Lunar Rescue arcade flyer.

Lunar rescue screenshot.

New exp. for subscribers! I stay in 1979 and look at Taito's most notable Space Invaders follow-up, Lunar Rescue: expzine.com/2026/03/31/l...

On Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/lunar-...

A List Of Games By Trans People Before 2010

In the spirit of trans visibility, lemme just plug my ongoing project to document as many pre-2010 games as possible that had a trans person on the dev team. You might be surprised by what's on there. There's games going right back to the sixties!

dotmaetrix.neocities.org/classictranslist

Lunar Rescue arcade flyer.

Lunar rescue screenshot.

New exp. for subscribers! I stay in 1979 and look at Taito's most notable Space Invaders follow-up, Lunar Rescue: expzine.com/2026/03/31/l...

On Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/lunar-...

Israel has passed the death penalty solely for Palestinians, enforced through military courts with a 96% conviction rate.

Israeli Minister Ben Gvir popped champagne.

The Israeli government is raising a toast to genocidal apartheid. The UK government is arming and funding it.

avi lewis as ndp leader is worth it even if it’s just for him to talk sense to the media on how they cover canada post. i love this.

The exp. Dispatch #17 – exp. A quick catch-up on the last month on exp..

New exp. dispatch! Just a quick one to catch up on the last month on the site. expzine.com/2026/03/29/t...

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Go for the Gold – “Your name up there in lights” When researching less well-known games, I can generally find something interesting and unexpected about their authors. Go for the Gold, though, stands out for just how wild the journey got when I s…

My new post is about a man who apparently...

Developed his first computer game in 1966, named the Internet, got a payday from the US Olympic Committee, made an unlicensed NES game with his preteen child, wrote Word spellcheck, and invented The Sims.

And at least some of those are even true:

I guess boycotting Harry Potter feels pretty trivial to me, because I'm an adult. if someone told me I shouldn't eat Gerber's baby food, I'd be like, that is no problem. I'm way ahead of you

The exp. Dispatch #17 – exp. A quick catch-up on the last month on exp..

New exp. dispatch! Just a quick one to catch up on the last month on the site. expzine.com/2026/03/29/t...

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Nintendo banned you from posting clips of this game because of people like me

The Laser Blast Film Society presents Don't Forget the Oatmeal - National Canadian Film Day

FREE SCREENING: On April 15th, Peter Kuplowsky and I will be hosting a screening of DON'T FORGET THE OATMEAL, one of the best and weirdest films I've seen all year, with the director in attendance. Reserve your tickets now: canfilmday.ca/event/the-la...

Doug Dug. (The Electric Toy Company, 2014) – exp. Sugar, we’re going down digging.

From the exp. archive in 2014: Doug dug., and iOS game that's still available(!) despite being close to impossible to google.

The latest in my subscriber exclusive series! I hit my first skill check in UFO 50 with Ninpek: expzine.com/2026/03/26/u...

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