a young Kishimoto seen in a Japanese magazine dressed for street brawling

a group shot of the Double Dragon team (Kishimoto is in the center)

a signed magazine with a photo of Kishimoto wearing sunglasses

Kishimoto being interviewed on YouTube in more recent years.

Yoshihisa Kishimoto, creator of the legendary Kunio-kun and Double Dragon series, passed away on April 2. Initially reported on Twitter, the news has since been confirmed by Famitsu magazine. He was 64. www.famitsu.com/article/2026...

I do this in the classroom all the time: "what do you mean, [usually dogwhistle-y word they learned on socials]?" Not angrily, just "okay, explain your terms/argument".

It doesn't always work (if it's something slur-ish I usually have to forcefully be like "not in this classroom") but

Save 50% on Bundle of Joy on Steam Bundle of Joy is a lighthearted, story-rich, minigame romp about becoming a parent during the pandemic. Complete all your child-rearing tasks, manage your stress, find time to rest, survive the day,…

Happy Birthday Bundle of Joy!

My introspective, minigame-dad-simulator, is turning one today! It's been an incredible year, and I'm so grateful to everyone who has played BoJ.

I can't wait to celebrate future birthdays & watch my lil' video game kiddo grow!

store.steampowered.com/app/3138370/...

DOOM fully rendered in CSS. Every surface is a <div> that has a background image, with a clipping path with 3D transforms applied. Of course CSS does not have a movable camera, so we rotate and translate the scene around the user.

Bluesky CEO Jay Graber Is Stepping Down Venture capitalist Toni Schneider will take over as interim CEO as Bluesky’s board of directors hunts for a permanent replacement.

What's gonna happen with Bluesky y'all?

The 2026 World Video Game Hall of Fame nominees are out!

We've freed Cookie's Bustle from copyright hell. Here's how. | Video Game History Foundation We've stopped a persistent copyright troll who was trying to impede our work. Here's everything we learned—and how we beat them.

BREAKING: We've freed Cookie.

Following an investigation by VGHF, Ukie and Web Capio have suspended DMCA takedowns for Cookie's Bustle on behalf of Graceware, SL.

More info:

Making images in Become a Great Artist in Just 10 Seconds (dryad.technology/artist/) has become a daily practice over the past month or so, so I might as well make a thread and throw in a new one each day.

Saint Elizabeth, by ella guro 10 track album

the day is today, the time is now

my album Saint Elizabeth is out now
ellaguro.bandcamp.com/album/saint-...

Mockingbird — Robyn Miller

I wrote MOCKINGBIRD, a tone-matching game this weekend. 🎶🎵🎼

If your phone is set to SILENCE, set it to RING.

More versions to come! #claude #vibe www.robynmiller.net/mockingbird

My pre launch page for the Build A Boy is live on @crowdsupply.bsky.social crowdsupply.com/natalie-the-nerd/build-a-boy

The only kit that will turn your Lego kit into a real working Game Boy - no emulation

Hey I just heard you on the Video Game History Hour so I came over here to give you a follow, great episode! I'm a little late here, but it strikes me that someone who is a museum game curator might really enjoy Blippo+ and Kentucky Route Zero.

ssh is an obscure but widely-deployed command. It stands for Secure Snake Home and was made in the 90s to securely play snake online

I made a massively multiplayer backend for it with support for thousands of concurrent snake players

ssh snakes.run to join!

folks: we're serious. We got 3 hours to meet our minimal budget needs for another year of ROMchip. Wanna help?

www.twitch.tv/romchipjournal

👉 Text a friend who loves games.
👉 Post the stream link
👉 Drop into chat and make it lively
👉 Raid us if you’re streaming
👉 Give direct: donate.romchip.org

The Japanese logo for the first Zelda game, The Hyrule Fantasy

Today is the 40th anniversary of Zelda 1!

Of all the Zelda titles, this is the one we know the MOST about; they've discussed it in interviews for years. Let's go down memory lane with some fun quotes

#Zelda
#TheLegendOfZeldaQuote
#MiyamotoQuote, #TezukaQuote, #NakagoQuote, #KondoQuote

last time i had one the stand was broken so i had to get creative

Screenshot of Curseforge showing Minecraft mods by popularity. GeckoLib is #1, Just Enough Items #2, Cloth Config API is #3.

Holy crap... the animation library I helped make just became the #1 most popular #minecraft mod. Although it's a dependency of other mods, not really a user-facing mod itself so a lot of people might not recognize it. Also I'm not sure exactly how they are […]

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Mother: so you run a school?

Charles Xavier: a school for gifted youngsters, like Timothy

Mother: but it’s a real school right?

Xavier: oh my yes

Mother: so he won’t be trained to kill

Xavier: oh no he certainly will

Mother: but he won’t actually have to do it

Xavier: oh no he certainly will

On Mastodon, a like (fav) counter is displayed on posts but only the OP can see who liked it. The fact that this is public on bsky is interesting. I prefer having a private way to signal something to the OP without everyone being able to see it. Surely this must influence behavior...

Displaying Team USA Olympic figure skater Ilia Malnin on a CRT brings out a lot of the artist-intended details that get lost with pure pixels, this is why so many of us retain vintage hardware

Maryland health officials warn providers about an upsurge in mumps cases Maryland health officials are warning about an uptick in cases of mumps.

Measles is a bellwether. Because it’s the most contagious vaccine-preventable disease, when vaccination rates drop, it’s the first to start spreading.

Now we’ve got mumps rolling up.

Expect more.

This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.

as announced by online Sega history zine Beep21: Hideki Sato, the "father of Sega hardware" who stewarded the design of Sega's home consoles from the SG-1000 through to the Dreamcast & presided over the company from 2001~3, passed away on Feb.13 aged 77 🇯🇵

R.I.P.

valentines day card, showing a dreamcast and the caption "i think you're dreamy"

valentines day card, showing a wii u and the caption "life would be pain without U"

valentines day card, showing an xbox 360 and the caption "you make my heart do a 360"

valentines day card, showing a gizmondo and the caption "??? what the fuck???"

it's that time of year again

👾 ANNOUNCING 868-BACK!
Dismantle capitalism one server at a time in this computer-hacking strategy roguelike game by Michael Brough!

Play the free demo in Steam Next Fest on Feb. 23rd!
Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3304110/...

graphic that says no ice in Minnesota itch.io charity bundle

The No ICE in Minnesota Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED!

There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota!

Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...

In honor of Black History Month, Danielle is reopening invites to this Discord space for and by Black women game developers. If that sounds like you, and you'd like a safe space to chat with colleagues, hit her up!

PancitoMerge is part of the "The Fun, the Dark and the Cozy" Steam event with a 25% off!

We also recently updated our game with a new feature called "Pancitopedia" amonst other fixes.

Read all about it here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/365...

RGB Runner by Eliot Lash, DavidsHeadGames, SundayNothing Mask out the deceptive colors to find a safe path in this runner game.

I joined the #GlobalGameJam hybrid at the UC Davis, California site this year. We made a game you can play in your browser.
eliot-l.itch.io/rgb-runner

#GlobalGameJam2026

Roll call, who's doing the #GlobalGameJam2026 and where are you jamming from if you don't mind my asking?

I'm at the UC Davis site in California!

#GlobalGameJam