James Montagna

designed in an era when someone could still say ‘fuck it, let’s try this’ in a meeting

This is going to sound very forward, but these photos are stunning and genuinely stopped me in my tracks. Have a good day

I’m glad to share that memory with you!

(fired this off a little early so don’t worry, it’s not been ten years yet… though, it will be in 2 more days 😆)

10 years ago today, there was a super fun celebration for "the world's most pixelated game", Dodge Club Party

I'm suddenly feeling the inspiration to do something new...

Shantae tbh 😌

🥵

! Never thought I’d see Dragon Hopper released.

It gives me hope for other projects that were finished → cancelled → well documented. Sound Fantasy by Toshio Iwai comes to mind, one of the earliest SNES Mouse games

i installed the Animalese typing firefox plugin, immediately forgot about it and started playing tetr.io

making sure your game has a suitable variety of interesting stuff in it

“ONLINE” Moe Shop feat. TORIENA — The Sound of Yars Rising (Official Soundtrack) (2025)

2025 was a year I purchased quite a number of Atari games and took even greater notice of the company and its output. I finally picked up Yars Rising and it made me so interested in the world and history of Yars.

There's a lot from Atari I anticipate on getting In the future.

“Be kind, be involved, believe in your art,” he said. “At a time when people tell you art is not important, that is always the prelude to fascism. When they tell you it doesn’t matter, when they tell you a fucking app can do art you say, if it’s that important, why the fuck do they want it so bad? The answer is because they think they can debase everything that makes us a little better, a little more human. And that, in my book, and in my life, includes monsters.”

Love this from Guillermo del Toro

Genuinely great taste

Gen Hoshino performed his Super Mario Bros. 35th anniversary song "Create" at the Nintendo Museum as part of the NHK New Years Special Music Program.

Legendary Nintendo Composer Koji Kondo joined him as a surprise special guest!

🃏 hey, HIGHROLLER! 💔
sending off the year with @nthcircle.bsky.social #ofthedevil

Kendama world record at Kouhaku

Kendama world record at Kouhaku

Kendama world record at Kouhaku

Kendama world record at Kouhaku

New Kendama world record attempt successful at 129 consecutive people! #紅白

Future crisis averted, the day is saved ㊗️

So there IS a Famicom Robot-colored one!

Thx for joining ☆ Happy New Year

Update: Today's livestream will feature two special guests: directors James Montagna and Adam Tierney! Kick back and relax as we play River City Girls 2, Shantae Advance, and more, starting at 3PM Pacific/6PM Eastern on twitch.tv/wayforwardtv and youtube.com/wayForward/streams!

Come watch me struggle to play a game we literally developed. I think this actually counts as my year-end performance review

Our year-end livestream happens tomorrow, when we'll be playing Shantae Advance and other games with director James Montagna! Tune in at 3PM Pacific/6PM Eastern on twitch.tv/wayforwardtv and youtube.com/wayForward/streams!

It’s been years and some aspect of your art still hits a specific frequency that fires me up. This snowboarder is iconic

Once you realize you can just create your own reality, playing by someone else's rules becomes impossible. 12 year old you rejected the grind and said “I am the captain now”

I feel this. My rotation goes from
Weird Al Yankovic to 80s City Pop to biohacking podcasts without skipping a beat. The algorithm gave up on trying to categorize me years ago

Last night out this year and feeling thankful. 2025 was good. Walking home through the quiet Meguro streets and listening to a Beatmania GB2 licensed music playlist, like any normal person would

designed in an era when someone could still say ‘fuck it, let’s try this’ in a meeting

zoey + cinnamoroll pajamas ☁️🩵