October 2023 — Distant Arcade

Gaming

The Casio Loopy: a Japan-only console that had a built-in sticker printer

A 90s console for girl gamers. And not a shade of pink in sight.

October 29, 2023

Pokémon

How to play Pokémon with reinforcement learning

GPT-4 could never!

October 28, 2023

SEGA

Here's a cool use of the Dreamcast VMU when playing Virtua Tennis

It’s Virtua insanity!

October 27, 2023

Gaming

It's Tetris on an oscilloscope

Move over, Doom. It’s time to put Tetris on random bits of hardware!

October 22, 2023

Gaming

Premium Collectibles Studio release amazing Battletoads statues

You’ve never wanted a Pimple, Rash, or Zitz more in your life.

October 20, 2023

Game Boy / Handhelds / Nintendo

Happy 25th, Game Boy Color!

Now you’re playing with color power!

October 20, 2023

Coinflipper looked at the most popular video game in each US state. Spoiler alert: no Pokémon games appear in the data but the likes of Minecraft, The Legend of Zelda, Resident Evil, and The Last of Us do.

This Cool Link was published 3 years ago. (#)

Kevin Afghani is the new voice of Mario. He announced it on Twitter and this Super Mario Bros. Wonder promo video showcases some of his efforts. I’m for it!

This Cool Link was published 3 years ago. (#)

Gaming

MinnMax interviewed Atari CEO Wade Rosen about the company's future, avoiding layoffs, and... Bubsy?!

My neck, my back, the cat is coming back?

October 11, 2023

Nintendo / PC / PlayStation / Xbox

Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore is an affectionate homage to an infamous Zelda game

This hack-and-slash adventure game is a diamond from the rough.

October 10, 2023