Tag Archives: videogames

bavacade Repair Log 10-04-2023

Last month was almost as busy on the bavacade front as it was on the hosting front. I’ve been using the arcade projects to balance my inclination to become totally consumed by the day-to-day at Reclaim, but then I become … Continue reading

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bavacade Repair Log 10-9-2022

The repairs continue at the bavacade, and this week they came in fits and starts given it was a busy one at Reclaim Hosting. That said, I definitely made a bit of progress and continue to fine-tune the collection, even … Continue reading

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From “The Bishop of Battle” to Repo Man: the Bus Journey of an 1980s Film Punk

I recently picked up Scream Factory’s 2015 blu-ray release of Nightmares (1983), a low-budget urban legends/horror omnibus in the vein of Creepshow (1982) and Cat’s Eye (1985)—the latter of which my brother loved. I’ve been watching and re-watching “The Bishop … Continue reading

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The Phoenix High Score Save Kit Versus the NEC 8085 Chip

“Sometime you eat the b’ar, and wal (well), sometimes he eats you.” –The Stranger in The Big Lebowski It was that kind of weekend. I was finally decompressing from travel and birthdays and trying to get back into a rhythm. … Continue reading

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Building bavacade: Double Digits!

I ‘m going to have to do a series of posts to try and wrap-up July because somehow the entire month got away from me in terms of blogging. I had the best intentions early on, but between a steady … Continue reading

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Scramble Project: Stripped Down to the Cabinet

Below is a visual tour of my stripped Scramble cabinet. This is the first cabinet I have taken down to the bones, and I will be cutting the sides down and replacing and seaming them to get rid of the … Continue reading

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Building a Gaming PC with Tommy

One of the projects I have been working on with Tommaso since Christmas has been putting together the component pieces Santa brought him to build a bitchin’  gaming PC. You see, with COVID the elves were not assembling PCs given … Continue reading

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Reclaim Arcade Chats with Zach Whalen’s Games and Culture Course

Yesterday Tim and I spoke with Zach Whalen‘s “Games and Culture” course about Reclaim Arcade, and it was fun! The stream was overloaded for the first 9 minutes given Zach was crashing his computer with all the awesome that is … Continue reading

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Pengo and Wizard of Wor

Oh, it's Tuesday? That must mean two more games for @reclaimarcade! A nice Pengo and near mint Wizard of Wor will soon be on the floor at the might Reclaim Arcade! And to be clear, I don't care if you … Continue reading

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Mega Shark meets the USS Indianapolis

Tommaso and I are going live in 5 with his first video game dev log for his nascent shark video game developed in Unity https://t.co/GzpExUBnn6 #ds106tv pic.twitter.com/q8w5cLMAjG — Jim Groom (@jimgroom) July 10, 2020 Just like Captain Caveman and Jabberjaw, … Continue reading

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