Any gaming history fans in Oldenburg Germany by chance?
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"Critical Kate" Willaert
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I research and write about forgotten geek history | Creator of the greatest Metroid video on Youtube | asexual, autistic, trans
Any gaming history fans in Oldenburg Germany by chance?
Does anyone out there own a copy of the June 1987 issue of ZX Computing? It's been scanned and exists online, but I kind of want to get a higher quality scan of one particular page if anyone out there can do it.
Who coined "Metroidvania"? It wasn't
Jeremy Parish, and he'll be the first to tell you. Besides, there are far more interesting questions, like: How did it spread? Evolve? And what's it got to do with rickrolling?
Watch til the end for a post-credits sting.
Distracting myself tonight with some image cleanup. If there'd been a computer game industry in 1967, this might've been an ad for the first narrative video game, featuring its Gabe Newell.
(IBM employee Bruse Montcreiff, essentially the producer of The Sumerian Game.)
If you've ever thought about trying out Bluesky but weren't sure who to follow, I used the "Starter Pack" function to create a small list of people doing Gaming History & Preservation. It accidentally went viral, suggesting there's finally interest in a community around this on there, why not try it out?
I've continued to quietly research the history of playable female protagonists for a series I call Video Dames, and an until-now unrelated video on the history of Carmen Sandiego. But very soon (this year?) they will no longer be unrelated: For the first time in a game, Carmen Sandiego will be playable!
Carmen Sandiego - Official Announcement Trailer
"How does a company go from making faulty baby strollers to creating cultural touchstones? It's the sort of unlikely story that could only make sense in a place like...The Twilight Princess Zone."
But even if you're not able to become a Patreon to see the latest rough cut, I've got two other #Metroid-related videos you can watch, about things that inspired the series beyond just the Alien movies.
Influences: https://youtu.be/dGwWpbHLcXU?si=metnK64BDOrtYcEm
Bonus chapter: https://youtu.be/8Tr5OhozM3I?si=_-1E4JevlWnrj2to
Happy #Metroid Day!
To celebrate, patrons at the $5 and up level can preview the first half of my upcoming Metroidvania video. Why am I making a 30-minute essay on the history of a single word? Because 60 minutes felt like too much.
