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Title screen from Crime Time, Amiga.

"It's Time for Crime Time" might be my new favourite tagline.

Tree shapes scratched into dried paint on a desk

The base for this was a photo of some lines I scraped into the dried paint on my desk during an especially boring work call.

An acrylic painting. Semi-abstract bare trees, an orange background highlighted in blues and pinks.

Today's painting: "Forest," acrylic on collage.

A computer program called Clown Math. A calculator on a yellow background with a clipart clown.

That's all maths.

Loading screen from Wrath of the Demon, Commodore 64. A demon holds an orb with a woman inside while a blonde hero type looks on. None of it seems very wrathful.

"Check it out dude, I've got babes on my orb."

Screenshot from The Destroyer from Jail, arcade. Enemies named Jaket-man and Peng-Bomb.

Hey happy birthday! I hope it's a good one!

title screen for Super Methane Bros, Amiga. Two weird creates with spiky hair and gas masks hold old-style bug sprayers

We're faster than the others,
you'll be hooked? On the... brothers?

Screenshot from Gooch Grundy's X-Decathlon, PC. "Objective: throw computer as far as possible."

Thinking about having to go back to work tomorrow.

Acrylic painting on cardboard. A loosely painted portrait of a woman in glasses looking over her shoulder in blues, yellows, oranges.

Speed painting.

I've been playing Super Robot Wars Y recently, by which I mean I've been listening to the Aura Battler Dunbine theme a lot.

Thank you! It was a fun one, hopefully I'll do some more like this

Acrylic painting, a monochrome image of singer KatieJane Garside made by scraping highlights on a painted board with sandpaper

Today's painting(?): The traditional yearly picture of KatieJane Garside. Painted a canvas board black and then scraped the paint away with sandpaper, 12"x10".

Ad for Derby Owners Club World Edition, arcade. The tagline is "evolution is... inevitable"

Thanks for the vaguely ominous message, arcade horse racing game.

The Simpsons Bowling, arcade

No one knows, that's the "chaos" bit.

Screenshot from Snatcher, Sega CD. A description of a sofa in a cyberpunk office.

It's 2026, why doesn't my sofa have chaos system technology yet?

Acrylic painting, a monochrome image of singer KatieJane Garside made by scraping highlights on a painted board with sandpaper

Today's painting(?): The traditional yearly picture of KatieJane Garside. Painted a canvas board black and then scraped the paint away with sandpaper, 12"x10".

Screenshot from Tough Guy for the Gamate handheld. A man and a cown wrestler with the text "you have defeat the files."

When I finally get through all the spreadsheets I have to deal with at work (that's me on the right).

MAKE yourself cry before you start peeling onions, perhaps by thinking about the death of an elderly relative, or how you are a failure in your family's eyes. Do not let the onion win. Mr Penny Pusher, Blackpool Arcade

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I'm taking notes and adding to the "get these DVDs, physical media is king" list so thank you for your important work here.

My nephew called me earlier to update me on his Theatrhythm Final Fantasy progress, but he keeps saying "Bahamnut" instead of "Bahamut" so update your records, that's the new name.

Title screen for Demon's Tomb, Amiga. A Grim reaper hovers over a naked dude.

Damn, and a demon's tomb has got to be in the top 10 things you don't want awakening.

An acrylic paining. The right 2/3rds are blue/purple fields at night, the left is the vertical or a windowframe and a wall.

Today's painting: "Fields at Night from a Window," acrylic on board, 12"x10".

Screenshot from Forza Horizon 5. A Ferrari 512 driving along a beach

Look, if Sega aren't going to make a new OutRun game I'll have to do the best I can with what I've got.

Ad for the arcade game Battle Lane vol 5. A shirtless man holding two tommyguns rides a motorcycle along a path of shiny quarters.

I wil never, ever play the arcade game Battle Lane Vol. 5, as I cannot risk tainting my memories of this incredible artwork.

bootup sequence from arcade game Ring Rage. Text reading "Wait More Morment"

Just a morment, please.

Ad for Rock Encore pinball machine. Two indescribably 80s looking people in front of a pinball machine hat says ROCK on it.

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I hope you had a gravy day.