Chris Arneil

Episode 141: Hidden Advertising of Feminine Games | Video Game History Foundation Phil Salvador interviews Dr. Stephanie Harkin, lecturer at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) School of Design Games Program in Australia, about her research on femininity in gaming, p...

The latest Video Game History Hour podcast talks to Dr. Stephanie Harkin, lecturer at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, about her research on video games in girls’ lifestyle magazines like Girl Gamer & Total Girl: gamehistory.org/episode-141-...

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(from the final issue of Big K magazine, March 1985: www.ataricompendium.com/archives/mag...)

01.10.2025 02:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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NFSA - Search the Collection

The jewel in the crown: www.collection.nfsa.gov.au/title/1778683

31.07.2025 12:57 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

cropped screenshot from yakuza 5 (2012) of Taiga Saejima having a conversation with celebrity chef Tatsuya Kawagoe (who exists in real life) SAEJIMA: So, cooking is a combination of ingredients? I'll try remembering that when I eat.

14.05.2025 00:21 — 👍 9171    🔁 2126    💬 72    📌 53

Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? review by Tony Smith from September 1987 issue of Australian Home Computer G.E.M. magazine

1987 Australian review of the first Carmen Sandiego game: “I saw the package for sale in Sydney for $89 which I feel is exorbitant. I myself would not pay that price for it and if it wasn’t for my old mate Brian lending me his game I wouldn’t have even seen it.”

(now ~$266 AUD / $170 USD)

01.05.2025 02:52 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🚨🚨🚨 ‘THRILL ME’ MENTIONED 🚨🚨🚨

16.04.2025 21:42 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

A kangaroo-headed human holding a giant CD. Stylized text reads Discmaster MMXXV.

🕹️ Ready to resurrect a galaxy of GIFs, WAVs & .BMPs?
Join the DiscMaster Game Jam & make a game using assets from vintage CD-ROMs archived by #InternetArchive. 💿️

💰 $1,750 in prizes
📅 Starts April 20 (USA) / April 21 (AUS)

Sign up ➡️ itch.io/jam/discmast...

#GaveDev #MediaPreservation

11.04.2025 15:44 — 👍 455    🔁 140    💬 5    📌 18

10.04.2025 01:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Very excited to be one of the judges for CanDev & @archive.org's upcoming Discmaster Jam and looking forward to seeing what emerges from the depths of discmaster.textfiles.com (image courtesy of Art Explosion 600,000)

10.04.2025 00:53 — 👍 12    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Rollick N' Roll now has a demo! Enjoy!
s.team/a/3274880

#IndieGame #GameDev

09.04.2025 04:59 — 👍 49    🔁 19    💬 3    📌 3

This is what I have been working on for the past decade 💅
ALT: GAMES is a new festival that brings together the Australian games community and industry. Featuring @dmullinsgames.bsky.social Richard Garfield @allyhennessy.bsky.social Playfool and atomo Kihara

05.03.2025 23:24 — 👍 229    🔁 79    💬 28    📌 22

Phil Spencer that's not how games preservation works, that's not how any of this works:

aftermath.site/microsoft-xbox...

19.02.2025 23:16 — 👍 846    🔁 212    💬 23    📌 51

Haha, this was a bug - for anybody playing along at home, you first have to go west inside Joe Mangel's house, then you can 'open' the envelope and 'examine' the letter.

15.01.2025 01:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Please enjoy this article about an unauthorised point and click adventure game based on an Australian soap opera made by a British meteorologist: www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/archi...

14.01.2025 05:49 — 👍 136    🔁 61    💬 7    📌 3

Mole Power 'Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island' Super Nintendo

Mole Power
'Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'
Super Nintendo

02.01.2025 02:32 — 👍 15    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Bringing the rufous owl’s mournful ‘woo-hoo’ with me into 2025

01.01.2025 05:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0