Author Archives: Reverend

bavacade Update: 1-5-2025

Posted on January 5, 2025 by Reverend

December was a slow month for arcade repairs given everything else going on, but I did make some progress. In particular, I was able to finally install the Scramble multi-game chip on my spare Scramble board and install it in … Continue reading →

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Archiving 20 Years of the bava

Posted on January 5, 2025 by Reverend

One of my projects for 2025 is to spend time each day reviewing all the posts I’ve written on a specific day since December of 2005. Twenty years of blogging is a pretty significant milestone, and it provides a good … Continue reading →

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Be More Bea

Posted on January 4, 2025 by Reverend

The designer I worked with for the Creepshow diorama “Something to Tide You Over” added the project to her website. I have to say it looks pretty awesome! I love the way she highlights the four panels created for the … Continue reading →

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More Retrogaming Fun with Batocera

Posted on January 4, 2025 by Reverend

My colleague Noah Dorsett turned me on to Batocera a few weeks back, and over the holiday break I took some time to install it and mess around—and I’m glad I did! Batocera is an open-source and completely free retro-gaming … Continue reading →

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A Christmas Story about the Atari 2600

Posted on December 20, 2024 by Reverend

MBS and I continue to make the doughnuts on the Family Pictures Podcast, episode 5 discussing the 1983 classic A Christmas Story is in the can. I’m really proud we’ve been able to keep the momentum up these last couple … Continue reading →

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Blog OR DIE!

Posted on December 19, 2024 by Reverend

Mark Corbett Wilson put together the above minute-long clip taken from the inaugural Reclaim Rewind 2024 event earlier this month. It features Maren Deepwell prompting me to discuss our company montra over the last several months, namely “Blog OR DIE!” … Continue reading →

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Bavastudio One Year Later

Posted on December 18, 2024 by Reverend

I just realized that one year ago yesterday I moved into bava.studio, beginning an odyssey of fits and starts over the last 12 months. As might be expected, I have blogged the process pretty thoroughly. It’s hard to express how … Continue reading →

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Retropie Overscan Settings for 27″ CRT

Posted on December 18, 2024 by Reverend

I currently have two Retropie setups: one on a Raspberry Pi 3b and the other on a Raspberry Pi 4b. I did this to work through some issues I was having getting the OS updated from the Raspbian Stretch to … Continue reading →

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Atari 2600 on the 3DS

Posted on December 17, 2024 by Reverend

Atari 2600 emultaion running on a 3DS About 7 or 8 years ago I figured out how to bypass region-lock on the Nintendo 3DS so my kids could play the games we bought in Italy. With the release of the … Continue reading →

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Night of the Comet: Sisterhood in the Apocalypse

Posted on December 16, 2024 by Reverend

Can’t stop, won’t stop! MBS and I are back for yet another episode of the Family Pictures Podcast—mark it 4, dude! This time we’re exploring the theme of sisterhood at the edge of forever in the 1984 b-movie cult classic … Continue reading →

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