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alexkidman

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Multi-award-winning freelance Tech Journo, Co-host Vertical Hold podcast, Former editor at CNET, Gizmodo, PC Mag, Finder and many more. Retro gaming, Prince and Godzilla fan. Send coffee.

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alexkidman, to retrogaming
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It's Friday -- and usually that would mean time for my retro game of the week. But this week, I'm doing something a little different, taking a look at the retrogaming market in Japan in 2023. Is it really game over for retro game bargain hunting? I decided to take a look.

A long read, but a fun one to write. Please enjoy (and consider sharing!)

https://alexreviewstech.com/retro-game-shopping-in-japan-2023-are-the-good-times-really-over/

alexkidman, to animals
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I don’t want anyone to panic, but Nyssa has control of the big red button. I suggest we give in to her demands for snacks and ear scritches IMMEDIATELY.

alexkidman, to random
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This is just insanely cool. The Commodore 64 is an impressive machine in its own right, but it takes a special blend of genius and insanity to set one up as a web server. Just because you can. https://hackaday.com/2023/06/01/commodore-64-web-server-brings-8-bit-into-the-future/

alexkidman, to retrogaming
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It's friday, and that means it's time for my retro game of the week!

Plenty of games claim elite status, but there's only one game that is truly... Elite.

Of course, it's Elite, for the... NES?

Really?

Yep, it's a thing. A glorious thing. Find out why in this week's article!

https://alexreviewstech.com/retro-game-of-the-week-elite-nes/

alexkidman, to random
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This week's game of the week is one of the best Master System games... hell, it's the equal best game on the system, in fact. That's just the way it is.

Play it. Enjoy it. It's fabulous.

What is it? It's Ultima IV, an amazing port to Sega's little 8-bit powerhouse.

https://alexreviewstech.com/retro-game-of-the-week-ultima-iv-sega-master-system/

alexkidman, to DoctorWho
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I keep seeing people being confused about where the new Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials will be, and when you can watch them in Australia.

So I did what I do, and wrote about it here. Contains no serious show spoilers.

https://alexreviewstech.com/how-to-watch-the-doctor-who-60th-anniversary-specials-in-australia/

alexkidman, to retrogaming
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It's friday, so time once again for my retro game of the week. This week's game should suit my Godzilla-favouring style... but not quite, because it's Ultraman, one of the legendary poor early releases for the SNES:

https://alexreviewstech.com/retro-game-of-the-week-ultraman-snes/

alexkidman, to ai
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Some belated thoughts on Humane's Ai pin, in a little post I call (checks notes) "Random belated musings on Humane’s Ai Pin". You can see how I'm not using AI to write these headlines, can't you?

https://alexreviewstech.com/random-belated-musings-on-humanes-ai-pin/

alexkidman, to retrogaming
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It's May the 4th, so of course my #retrogaming game of the week has to be a Star Wars game.

But why just one? After all... there is another...

#starwars #maythe4thbewithyou #Nintendo #Famicom #retro

https://alexreviewstech.com/retro-game-of-the-week-star-wars-nes-star-wars-famicom/

alexkidman, to australia
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MyGov scams proliferate because people don't know how to spot them. I got a scam (and spotted it), but I've used it to write a quick guide to help others avoid them. Might seem obvious to you... but these work because people fall for them, and I HATE that this happens.

https://alexreviewstech.com/how-to-spot-a-fake-mygov-email/

alexkidman, to retrogaming
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This week's Retro Game Of The Week features spaceships. And pigs. And penguins. And mermaids, babies, draculas and paper planes.

It's the truly wonderful, slightly weird Gokujō Parodius for the Super Famicom!

https://alexreviewstech.com/retro-game-of-the-week-gokujo-parodius-super-famicom/

alexkidman, to retrogaming
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It's Friday, and time once again for my retrogaming game of the week. This week I delve into slight Japanese obscurity with Panic In Nakayoshi World -- though you may have heard of one of the title characters...

https://alexreviewstech.com/retro-game-of-the-week-panic-in-nakayoshi-world-snes/

alexkidman, to retrogaming
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This week's retro game of the week led me to a surprising discovery about my collection... and a lot of fun playing Midnight Resistance for the Mega Drive!

https://alexreviewstech.com/retro-game-of-the-week-midnight-resistance-sega-mega-drive/

alexkidman, to apple
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The Apple MacBook Pro M3 Max is ridiculously powerful... but it should be for its asking price. Here's my review!

https://alexreviewstech.com/apple-macbook-pro-m3-max-review-very-powerful-very-expensive/

alexkidman, to random
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Wow. Just updated my poor customer service piece, because they're doubling down.

Apparently weeks of delays, not getting back to phone calls and emails... are ALL due to the Optus outage last week.

Tip: If you're going to spin nonsense, don't do it to a tech journo who understands how email works.

https://alexreviewstech.com/how-to-do-online-service-really-badly/

alexkidman, to retrogaming
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It's Friday, which means that it's time once again for my Retro Game of the Week.

This one's based on a movie licence. Well... two of them. Also a comic book.

But shockingly... it's NOT trash!

#Sega #retrogaming #Megadrive #Robocop #Terminator

https://alexreviewstech.com/retro-game-of-the-week-robocop-versus-the-terminator-mega-drive/

alexkidman, to email
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It feels so very basic, but I still get SO MANY emails from people who don't seem to realise the BCC field exists. So I wrote a short guide to using it. You may not need it yourself... but you probably know somebody who does.


https://alexreviewstech.com/how-do-i-send-an-email-without-revealing-everyones-email-address/

alexkidman, to Godzilla
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To celebrate Godzilla Minus One winning an Oscar this week, I figured I should make a Godzilla game my retro game of the week.

Because I seemingly enjoy suffering, I chose Super Godzilla. My challenge: Find things to LIKE about Super Godzilla.

https://alexreviewstech.com/retro-game-of-the-week-super-godzilla-snes-sfc/

alexkidman, to retrogaming
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It's retro game of the week time (a little later this week, sorry about that), as I get to baking with Yoshi's Cookie for the SNES/SFC!

https://alexreviewstech.com/retro-game-of-the-week-yoshis-cookie-yoshi-no-cookie-snes-sfc/

alexkidman, to retrogaming
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It's Friday, which means it's Retro Game Of The Week time. This week's game, Strider, is one that a lot of retro gamers will have played, I suspect. But it's also a good lesson in how to do bad marketing.

#retrogaming #Capcom #sega #megadrive #retro

https://alexreviewstech.com/retro-game-of-the-week-strider-sega-mega-drive/

alexkidman, to Nintendo
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It's Saturday, and time for my regular Retro Game of The Week!

This week I'm reviewing a... wait, really? A sports game? Me? Am I sure about this?

Well... yes. Let's see if I can get value out of a copy of World Class Rugby for the SNES, despite knowing basically nothing about the sport.

https://alexreviewstech.com/retro-game-of-the-week-world-class-rugby-snes/

alexkidman, to retrogaming
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It's Friday, and that means it's time once again for my Christmas-themed Retro Game of The Week. This week: Secret of Mana for the SNES. What's that? You don't recall it being Christmas-themed? Read on...

https://alexreviewstech.com/retro-christmas-game-of-the-week-secret-of-mana-snes/

alexkidman, to retrogaming
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It really was only a matter of time before this retro title was my retro game of the week. I mean, it's only THE BEST GAME OF ALL TIME.

https://alexreviewstech.com/retro-game-of-the-week-bubble-bobble-sega-master-system/

alexkidman, (edited ) to retrogaming
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It's Friday, which means it's Retro Game Of The Week time!

This week's a bit special... because I kind of backed myself into a corner and had to play this particular game.

There is otherwise no reason why I'd spend the week playing The Simpsons: Bart vs The World. The guilty parties know what they did.

https://alexreviewstech.com/retro-game-of-the-week-the-simpsons-bart-vs-the-world/

alexkidman, to retrogaming
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Time once again for my Retro Game of the Week. This week, I'm going in hard with Mighty Bomb Jack. A mighty game... that's mighty hard.

https://alexreviewstech.com/retro-game-of-the-week-mighty-bomb-jack-famicom/

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