@mattleone.bsky.social
I write and produce stories, books, and documentaries about the game industry.
After working for the entire summer, Iβm thrilled to report that the initial draft of my first fiction book is complete.
If anyone knows a literary rep looking for a middle grades horror anthology with a comedy frame, please put me in touch. Gonna start pitching it around as soon as next week!
You can get my book as an ebook - and all the other Boss Fight Books releases - for 50% off this month with the code βSUMMER25β. Apparently itβs currently summer in some parts of the world?? Seems wrong but okay bossfightbooks.com/products/unt...
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Good morning! The premium tier of my newsletter, PV Guide, is now live. Support independent media, help me move off Substack (my first subscriber goal!), and get some quality reviews, interviews and recs in return. Subscriber goals/milestones within:
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It has zero actual contact info on it. Just the address and phone number for the main office.
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The architect behind the Nintendo hotel signed some of the rooms, as you do.
05.07.2025 14:43 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Doubt it. A history book in the gift shop could fix this!
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Alongside the first issue of Famitsu, before the name change.
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Like a Hurricane and 500 Years Later on sale at Suzume in Saitama.
05.07.2025 07:51 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Biggest omission: No history book in the gift shop.
05.07.2025 06:18 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Amazing. Will check my (all legitimate, obviously) photos to see if youβre in the background.
05.07.2025 04:54 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Wait, Thursday? I was there Thursday!
05.07.2025 04:31 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Nintendo Museum things, ranked:
1. Ultra 64, Wii U, and Virtual Boy prototypes
2. Zapper&Scope SP
3. The desire to take photos on the second floor because they keep saying you canβt
Sega Mega Drive forever πβ€οΈ
vol.co/collections/...
Bananza demo is great, one of the most interesting Nintendo things in years. Would love to spend an hour talking about the trade-offs in designing that camera.
28.06.2025 00:09 β π 10 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Can vouch
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image of the HEART OF NEON Blu-ray disc and case, with second case behind adorned with the Steinar art sleeve. Text superimposed: KIKCSTARTER LAST 5 DAYS! HEART OF NEON Last Few Days to Grab This Collection. 2+ hours of bonus material, art sleeve by STEINAR. See HEART OF NEON Kickstarter page and Discord for details.
FEWER THAN 5 DAYS TO BACK THIS!
HEART OF NEON is a unique perspective on the evolution of the video games business from the point of view of someone who never put profit before the pleasure of gaming.
kickstarter.com/projects/dok...
#gamingcommunity #RetroGaming #videogames #jeffminter #indiefilm
As someone without a Switch 2, I've been loving Nintenkats as a way to live vicariously through others.
11.06.2025 19:37 β π 17 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0#SteamNextFest is ON, and Blast Rush LS has a demo in the mix!
Download now and try the explosive action it has to offer!
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go.bipedal.dog/TWimhY
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(Don't forget to wishlist thx!!!)
Demo includes:
* Standard & Endurance 2-Minute
* 3 different bombs
* Time Attack
* Flash Rush
* Sprite Gallery
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Quote by Akira "Akiman" Yasuda, head of Capcom illustration. "Okamoto was so angry with the game that the CEO of Incredible Technologies tried to patch things up by inviting us over to her home. The house was humongous β it had a basement area, a huge 200-inch projection screen TV, a game room ... it was an impressively luxurious house. Seeing that house actually made my heart sink further, just with how big it was, and how little money I had myself. I mean, we'd created this huge hit with Street Fighter 2, but I didn't get rich off of it. It wasn't until much later, long after the development of Street Fighter 2, that we actually started to see some money come in. It wasn't until it looked like we all might quit, and then Capcom brought in a consulting group and we were finally given raises. But before that, we didn't see a lot of money from the games we made."
This sobering quote from Akiman about the time some of the street fighter team visited the home of the president of Incredible Technologies, the subcontracted US studio that made the Street Fighter: The Movie game
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For years, I hoped NPR, NYTimes, or the ghost of Gimlet would make a video game podcast. A weekly, hour-long audio magazine with essays, interviews, tight editing, and a cheeky sense of humor.
Nobody made the show I wanted to hear.
So, I made it myself.
Here's the first episode of Post Games.
You can listen to the first five minutes of Post Games (my new video game audio magazine) for free on Patreon. No subscription or log-in required!
Love video game YouTube essays, but wish you had something for your ears while you do chores and drive to errands? Have I got news for you!
Heart of Neon blu-ray and case, with other Heart of Neon merchandise behind, and superimposed text: "KICKSTARTER LIVE NOW!!! HEART OF NEON Back The Blu-ray Thursday May 22nd. Early Bird Special Deals end May 23rd! See HEART OF NEON Kickstarter page and Discord for details."
The HEART OF NEON Blu-ray Kickstarter is LIVE!
Go get yours now :
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dok...
#heartofneon #jeffminter #videogames #indiedev #retrogaming #GamingCommunity #blueskygamers
Post Games premieres on Patreon tonight at 9pm PT/12am ET.
22.05.2025 19:33 β π 42 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0A lot of people love oral histories, but very few understand how the sausage gets made. @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social was kind enough to write about one of her favorite oral histories, and the process of making it while she was at Polygon, for Skybox.
22.05.2025 19:11 β π 18 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0I am incredibly proud to announce EDITIONS - our better, different answer to physical games.
A preservation and design focused imprint that redefines what a physical game is.
All details at the link - shaking with pride right now. This is my life's work. β€οΈ
New Edge. New Yoji Shinkawa. New Simon Parkin. Love to see it.
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