Damiano Gerli / is on Nostr

Preservationist of gaming history @ http://genesistemple.com
Staff writer @ Gfinity / Twitch streamer, podcaster
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2024-03-08 09:23:09

A message for Akira Toriyama's children in one of the endings of Chrono Trigger
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2024-03-07 12:19:46

Apparently an Italian guy is trying to kickstart a very dubious book project, which seems to simply collect materials related to Lucasarts adventures with no new interviews or research done.
From the little I've seen, it seems he's outright copying Wikipedia and other websites. So if you've written something about Lucasarts games, chances are it is being pilftered.
Also, of course, AI cover art.
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2024-02-29 18:33:38

Oh boy.
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2023-12-07 21:52:18

Bro do you even PC gun?
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2023-11-01 15:37:40

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@npub1y4h…t26u can't argue with that after many nights spent playing French games on Twitch. Then again, that same description could apply to most Italian games from the time as well...

2023-11-01 15:23:04

In Extremis is an obscure 1993 FPS from France, developed by Blue Sphere (and not by Delphine as many reported). Along with stealing (they weren't licensed apparently) sounds from Alien, interestingly it featured automatic opening doors years before Quake did.
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2023-09-17 21:58:35

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@npub1y4h…t26u there's also - among many omissions - the lack of any news about Duke Nukem Forever, a deliberate choice which makes the random "Bombshell" reference even stranger. I'd imagine anyone not knowledgeable about 3D Realms to be like "wait who?!".
As for me, I can say I did learn about the development Halo but mostly because I don't really cared enough to research it. Not much else.

2023-09-17 18:44:21

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@npub1y4h…t26u more material for another French stream

2023-09-10 10:48:42

Loving these Donald Duck inspired Secret of Monkey Island characters. I mean, might as well embrace the Disney at this point.
(drawings by Claudio Fichera)
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2023-09-07 21:55:24

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@npub1y4h…t26u I've reviewed it. Sure, having influencers/content crators talk about games is fine. Featuring an entire minute of a random AVGN episode? Definitely less so.

2023-09-07 21:06:28

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@npub1y4h…t26u I am also confused as to why entire segments of the documentary feature content creators voicing their opinion on games.
I mean, fine, but that's not what a documentary is?

2023-08-18 11:52:28

Whether in purple, pink, red or 3D, Capstone games have touched all of our lives in different, significant and terrible ways.
Tonight I'm on Twitch at 9PM CET to celebrate (?) their history, talk about my research/interviews with the devs and play a selection of their games. Yay?
https://www.twitch.tv/thegenesistemple
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2023-08-06 11:37:52

If you're bored and have some real flopping floppies lying around, here's some ideas to spice up your Sunday.
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