How did Atari apply side art to Arcade Cabinets?

https://arcadeblogger.com/2026/06/14/how-did-atari-apply-side-art-to-arcade-cabinets/

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HipHopGamer joins Fix Gaming Channel for a wide-ranging conversation about Mutant Football League 2, hip-hop and gaming culture, second chances, NAACP recognition, and why games can become something bigger than entertainment.

#HipHopGamer #MutantFootballLeague2 #GamingCulture #GamesMedia #FixGamingChannel

https://www.fixgamingchannel.com/hiphopgamer-interview-mutant-football-league-2/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Nach zehn Jahren Stille: Eine der legendärsten Anime-Serien startet 2025 ihr Comeback!
- Produktion wurde nach langer Pause wieder aufgenommen.
- Medien sehen darin ein Signal für erneutes Interesse an klassischen Anime-Formaten und neue Chancen für die Branche.

#Anime #Comeback #GamingCulture #DezentraleMedien #Privatsphäre

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The Forgotten Art of the LAN Party (2023)

https://www.superjumpmagazine.com/the-forgotten-art-of-the-lan-party/

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Valve’s silence on the “Racist Plantation Sim” is louder than the game’s mockery.
* Valve hasn’t responded to calls for a ban or platform policy changes.
* Community anger shows a growing expectation that large tech firms enforce ethical standards.

If Valve stays quiet, it risks losing trust from gamers who value responsibility and safe spaces.

#Valve #GamingCulture #PlayerRights #DecentralizedTech #MastodonVoice

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“Guest from hell” leaves esports hotel room buried in trash after two years

Dear Cherubs, a gamer in Changchun, China, has collected one of the least flattering nicknames in recent hotel history: the “guest from hell.” According to The Sun and Dexerto, he reportedly spent nearly two years in an esports hotel room and left it looking less like accommodation and more like the final level of bad decisions.

THE CHECK-OUT

By the time staff entered the room after he left, they found stacks of food wrappers, empty bottles, takeaway containers, and other trash piled nearly a meter high in places. The bathroom was in similar shape, with used tissue and grime turning the whole scene into a cleanup nobody wanted to be assigned to before breakfast.

The hotel was built for gamers, so the basic setup itself was not unusual: high-end computers, fast internet, and the kind of chair that suggests someone plans to stay a while. But there is “settling in” and then there is apparently turning a suite into a landfill with a Wi-Fi password.

Reports from The Sun, Kotaku, and other outlets say many staff members barely knew what the guest looked like because he rarely left the room and had food delivered through an app. That detail matters, because it helps explain how the mess built up so dramatically: if no one goes in, and no one is asked to clean, the trash eventually wins.

THE AFTERMATH

Cleaning staff reportedly needed three full days to clear the room and disinfect it before any repairs could even begin. Management also said the damage was serious enough that the space would need renovation before it could be rented again, which is hotel code for “we are absolutely not putting this back on the market anytime soon.”

The bill left behind was said to be about $400, or more than ten days of unpaid accommodation, but the hotel reportedly chose not to press charges or pursue legal action. That may sound generous, or maybe just exhausted. After all, there are only so many ways to react when a guest checks out and the room looks like a compost heap with a gaming chair.

Stories like this spread quickly because they sit right at the crossroads of internet fascination, isolation, and ordinary housekeeping horror. As noted by thisclaimer.com, viral fail stories tend to land because they are easy to repeat, hard to unsee, and just normal enough to make everyone glance at their own desk a little differently.

The bigger lesson is not “gaming is bad.” It is simpler and far less dramatic: even the most souped-up esports room still needs a human being to take out the rubbish. Otherwise, the room eventually stops being a room and starts being a cautionary tale.

Sources:
The Sun — https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/37663173/grim-video-hotel-guest-leaves-room-stomach-churning-mess/
Dexerto — https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/guest-from-hell-leaves-hotel-room-a-disgusting-mess-after-two-year-gaming-marathon-3296126/
Kotaku — https://kotaku.com/esports-gamer-reportedly-leaves-hotel-room-a-horrible-mess-after-two-year-stay-2000654662/
thisclaimer.com — https://thisclaimer.com
Pexels — https://www.pexels.com/photo/low-light-photography-of-computer-gaming-rig-set-1038916/

The Secret Language of Cheat Codes That Changed Gaming Forever

Dear Cherubs, video games have always had a secret second language—made of button sequences, weird words, and codes that turned frustration into instant chaos. If you thought cheats were just harmless fun, you’re correct… but also missing how deeply they shaped gaming culture.

Back in the early console days, cheat codes weren’t hidden because developers hated you. They were hidden because testing games without losing your mind was… difficult. Enter the now-legendary Konami Code: up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A. First popularised in Contra, it gave players extra lives and a fighting chance against what can only be described as pixelated suffering. According to gaming history records such as those documented by Wikipedia, it didn’t stay in one game for long—it escaped into pop culture entirely.

And once the idea of breaking games became normal, things escalated quickly.

THE CHEAT CODE GOLD RUSH

Doom didn’t just have cheat codes—it had divine intervention typed on a keyboard. “IDDQD” made you invincible, while “IDKFA” handed you every weapon like the game suddenly gave up arguing with you. Around the same era, Mortal Kombat on Sega Genesis used the infamous “ABACABB” code to unlock full blood effects, a detail often cited in discussions about early 90s gaming censorship battles.

Meanwhile, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas basically said, “why respect physics at all?” Spawn tanks, infinite ammo, chaotic weather shifts—cheats weren’t just tools, they were personality settings. Players weren’t completing the game; they were conducting experiments in digital lawlessness.

Then Pokémon Red and Blue quietly dropped MissingNo., a glitch that duplicated items and bent the game’s logic until it started looking nervous. Widely documented in gaming archives and community reports, it became one of the most famous unintended “features” ever discovered. A bug so iconic it refused to be fixed into obscurity.

WHEN GAMES STOPPED PLAYING FAIR

Not all cheats were about power fantasies. The Sims gave us “rosebud,” turning survival stress into interior design therapy. GoldenEye 007 turned cheats into party tricks—big head mode, paintball visuals, and multiplayer chaos that made nobody trust anyone ever again.

What makes all of this interesting is how cheats weren’t just shortcuts. They were hidden design layers—sometimes intentional, sometimes accidental, but always revealing how games actually worked under the surface.

Today, cheats still exist, but they’ve evolved into mods, exploits, and speedrunning techniques. The difference is simple: old cheat codes were invited into the game. Modern ones often feel like they broke in through the window and are now rearranging the furniture.

And maybe that’s why they’re remembered so fondly. They didn’t just help players win—they let them rewrite the rules entirely.

Sources:
Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konami_Code
Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contra_(video_game)
Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_(1993_video_game)
Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_Kombat_(1992_video_game)
Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto:_San_Andreas
Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MissingNo.
Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sims_(video_game)
Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoldenEye_007

The Overtom Chess Computer Museum

https://tluif.home.xs4all.nl/chescom/Engindex.html

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