Wayne Emanuel

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As ever, three quarters of "look at this asshole" is always "look at this". Don't do PR for the fash. Don't give free advertising to the worst bastards. There is no dunk witty enough to warrant amplifying their hate.

Brazilians recommending not to amplify right-wing talking points by dunking and quoting, as a winning strategy Next day, my tl is full of people dunking on rfk jr I literally would not have seen the bigotry if it wasn't for y'all repeating it. That's exactly what the Brazilians were on about!

🎉 Ensemble 2027 Applications NOW OPEN🎉 We are looking for a new cohort of UK game creatives from Black, Asian, and underrepresented ethnic backgrounds. 📆 Applications close: Monday 9 November 2026 👉Apply or Nominate: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Been recently watching the original GARO and this episode was bananas!

GARO (2005) Episode 6

Going on a mini break for a few weeks as it's half-term and such but will be uploading individual game conversations to YouTube & updating all previous episodes on Spotify over the next 3 weeks.

Lula wins fourth term as Brazil president after historic upset over far-right Flávio Bolsonaro

Can we get a GAINAX x Trigger fighting game please?

Oh man, today I learnt that IFC not only stands for International Fundraising Convention, but it also stands for IndyFurCon which is a furry convention. Who knew 🤷🏾‍♂️

OpenAI and Twitch are teaming up to see what developers can build for the Twitch community with AI. The top five will be featured at Twitchcon.

This scene was so good, I really miss this show airing 😭

NQ64's New Japan-Themed Arcade Bar Opens In London's Soho District (Image: @NQ64ArcadeBars)

At #IFC2026 and this slide from Gabriella Zutrau who was the social media strategist behind Zohran Mamdani's campaign resonates.

Shout out to @timeextension.com for covering a number of charity gaming moments recently, I feel that I don't see this covered as much any more.

Former MotoGP Rider Sells Sega Shadow the Hedgehog 'Dark Rider' Bike, Raises $279,000 for Charity (Repost)

Michiel Kroder on discovering Pac-Man (1980) & video games for the very first time! #retrogaming open.spotify.com/episode/25pC...

📣 @safeinourworld.org is looking for a Senior Marketing Manager! 👉 tinyurl.com/4p5h53wx Drive campaigns, grow awareness, and help amplify an important voice in the games industry. #gamedev #indiedev #hiring #jobs #gamecareers #gamesjobs

Okay, people are already getting really depressed and frustrated with the Next Fest, so I'll say what I said last time round: Wait a day or two. They order the games on the pages by hours played, and 99% of the AI garbage will sink like a stone. Right now it's just undifferentiated and unranked.

*loud siren* A rhythm heaven-like has dropped! store.steampowered.com/app/3859210/...

Charity Drive 'Desert Bus for Hope 2026' Hits the Dusty Highway Again This Week (Repost)

This #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM2026 we’re highlighting a remarkable story from our Revolution 250 exhibition. Scipio Handley was a free-born Black Loyalist, fisherman, Revolutionary War veteran, and spy. His story took him from revolutionary America to London’s growing early-modern Black community.

Found my old 15th Anniversary SF2 pad, buttons are well worn but I still have the box & Udon comic.

Finally had an opportunity to wear this Attack on Titan costume tona party this week with the theme 'take flight' and the jacket is too tight 😩

New record - 741 last week.

A new podcast episode: Michiel Kroder chats Pac-Man (1980), Galaxy Force II (1988) & Street Fighter II The World Warrior (1991) open.spotify.com/episode/25pC...

Street Fighter 2 The World Warrior (1991) #scanlinesunday

Return of the Obra Dinn (2018)

Tom makes the argument that maybe, just maybe, highly discerning kids will actually be the thing that saves us all from the AI slop deluge:

Jörg Tittel on how the arcade racer Virtua Racing (1992) still visually holds up today... Watch the full episode here: open.spotify.com/episode/2kKJ...

We have a big ol' SALE live on the Galaxies Steam Event with some crazy discounts on fantastic games. Have a browse and grab yourself a few bargains for the weekend 🛍️ store.steampowered.com/curator/4534...

Happy Black History Month, the WhiteDate site is just 😂: share.google/BI2SkNymw2iC...

We're now on Bluesky! Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/0340MAC... Instagram: www.instagram.com/coinopconver... TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@coinopconve...

My report on the above:

沖縄初上陸！ 「SEGA POP-UP SHOP in 沖縄PARCO CITY」 10月30日（金）～11月29日（日）の期間限定で、サンエー浦添西海岸パルコシティ 3F グリーンゾーン特設会場にオープン！ 「シーサー」を組み合わせた特別仕様のロゴとともに、皆さまをお迎えします。 「SEGA STORE」限定商品を含めたセガ／アトラス人気タイトルのキャラクターグッズを販売するほか、本POP-UP SHOP限定のアイテムも登場します。 また、3,300円以上お買い上げの方に「セガロゴ」OKINAWA限定 アクリルキーホルダーを先着でプレゼントいたします。

A video game reverse engineering community has shut down because many games can now be trivially reverse engineered and decompiled with AI: "The community aspect of decompilation has been broken." www.404media.co/video-game-r...

Then stay tuned after the show for the @kindafunnyvids.bsky.social post-show with @gameovergreggy.bsky.social, @timgettys.bsky.social @blessingjr.com @andycortez.cool and of course @snowbikemike.bsky.social breaking down all of the exciting games and reveals 🍿

Hey! The game jam game I worked on is out! And, I believe, free! If you want to wander through a dilapidated tube network, solve some puzzles, and bamboozle a legally-distinct billionaire, now you can! I did writing! And voices! Etc! Unreal still scares me! s-lock.itch.io/mind-the-gap

OMG girlies, we finally made it! Who knew Barbie was into Tetsuya Mizuguchi games & pinball.

Folks used to laugh when the uninformed asked if you can play PS3 games on a PS2, but that was before we knew wizards existed... youtu.be/pBJxz8FlSfE?...

Updated the podcast logo yesterday (& all of the thumbnails). I'll also systematically update older episodes on Spotify with new branding (because why not).

NQ JPN Is A New Japan-Themed Arcade Bar Opening Soon In London's Soho District

This week's Coin-Op Conversation Podcast guest is film director/writer/producer & game director of C-Smash VRS, Jörg Tittel (@newjorg.bsky.social)! Watch/Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/2kKJ...

Jubilee looks sick!

Why do these motherfuckers gotta really spoil some really cool shit right before a movie comes out? Like I didn't need to know about that cameo in Mario Galaxy, and I don't need to know about how that backstory in Street Fighter is gonna be done. Can I just walk into a theater and enjoy the movie?

We speak to VGC's @andyrobinson.bsky.social, The Game Business's Chris Dring and RPG Site and Respec's @apzonerunner.com on the future of the independent game media and the increasing importance of reader support.

This is maybe the only event i've found outside of the POC in Play event. There's (so far) nothing announced to be happening in-game. www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/article/list...

If software can be easily decompiled, it reinforces my argument that security through obscurity is no longer an option. We need to build the data centres to fight the looming digital security crisis. takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/the-case-f...