Adam Hartling

@xenosns.bsky.social

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Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Citizen archivist of Nova Scotia video game development history. Sometimes hobby game dev.

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'I can’t believe that I did it,' says artist behind upcoming 'Kun'tewiktuk: A Mi'kmaw Adventure' game | SaltWirewww.saltwire.com WE'KOQMA'Q — The upcoming Mi’kmaw video game,

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And now its up to 4k views after two days! Thank you so much to everyone who's watched it! youtu.be/5HIYZjkoUkQ?...

Racing Evolution - The Rise and Fall of Ridge Raceryoutu.be In the early 90s Namco's Ridge Racer was one of the most important games in the world. Leading the way in the arcades with bleeding edge technology, then bec...

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The Rise and Fall of Ridge Racer is ready to watch this Saturday! #Namco #RidgeRacer youtu.be/5HIYZjkoUkQ?...

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'(I) hope to one day live in a world free of MS': Why this group of N.L. gamers is leading a nation-wide MS fundraiser | SaltWire

'(I) hope to one day live in a world free of MS': Why this group of N.L. gamers is leading a nation-wide MS fundraiser | SaltWirewww.saltwire.com 'Sometimes we have people around the world fundraising for us, that are just so excited that something like this exists,' says John Bennett, project ...

Drop a ship not from Star Wars or Star Trek

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July 10, 1914: Superman co-creator Joe Shuster was born in Toronto.

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July 8, 1957: The first Pugwash Conference was held in Pugwash Nova Scotia.

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'Cellulose nitrate was used to make dice from the late 1860s until the mid twentieth century, and remains stable for decades. Nitric acid is released in a process called outgassing. The dice cleave, crumble, and then implode.' Deception, Fate & Rotten Luck by Ricky Jay and Rosamond Purcell

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Halifax Indie Devs Virtual Play and Tell, Sun, Jul 7, 2024, 2:00 PM | Meetupwww.meetup.com Welcome to the **Halifax Indie Devs Virtual Play and Tell** event! Our objective remains the same: to support and connect **local independent game developers**, albeit thro

@stinkyox.bsky.social missing three daily sheep videos, so went to a local heritage farm to get our fix

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If you’re an early access patron you can finally watch my Ridge Racer history video! www.patreon.com/posts/106304...

Early Access - Racing Evolution: Ridge Racer | Greg Sewartwww.patreon.com Get more from Greg Sewart on Patreon

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Anyone have a good storage solution for a uh…a good number of video game manuals of varying size and shape? I’m looking to move away from “boxes on the ground” into something a little more “I’m an adult”

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Cape Breton-made video game aims to help preserve, promote Mi’kmaq language | SaltWirewww.saltwire.com SYDNEY — A brand-new fantasy adventure video game inspired by Mi’kmaq legends is projected to be released in late 2024.

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Ok everyone start checking Newskies and dig out your welcome packets

Coming redesign of Elon Musk's X will get rid of... a lotmashable.com Musk wants users to swipe left or right instead.

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I played Tchia for review, and now I need all of you to play Tchia right now it's wonderful. trust me. www.nintendolife.com/reviews/nint...

Review: Tchia (Switch) - A Brilliantly Fun (And Surprisingly Adult) Animal-Hopping Adventurewww.nintendolife.com Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's Tchia! - Tchia is incredible. If that's all you need to know, then good — this game is best played, in our opinion, c...

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[tap tap tap] this thing on Hi!! We're here, and we've been busy. Here's what we've been up to for the last six months to make game history better.

We've been busy! Our 2024 recap so far | Video Game History Foundationgamehistory.org It's been an eventful first half of 2024. Learn what we've been up to this year.

Interesting article discussing Rugby video games, why some sports get games and not others, and some love for HB Studio's game Ruby 08 www.rugbypass.com/plus/can-a-n...

Can a new video game inspire a generation like Jonah Lomu Rugby?www.rugbypass.com Could Rugby 24, due for release later this year, have a similar impact to the celebrated game featuring the All Blacks icon?

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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie more deftly took apart admiration for charismatic fascists than I think any fiction has done recently, but at least Eric Kripke is succeeding on screen where Snyder failed bc the man has tormented me for decades www.vox.com/culture/3564...

The whole time? The Boys has been making fun of Trumpers the whole time?!www.vox.com Why fans keep missing the point of The Boys.

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Really proud of all involved. It's a big effort to sim-ship a new piece of content across 8(!) different SKUs but everyone (dev, art, QA, prod, marketing, audio) on the team did an amazing job! Feels delightful pulling the new levels down on my personal machines! www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DZJ...

A Little to the Left: Seeing Stars | OUT NOWwww.youtube.com We're excited to let you know that A Little to the Left: Seeing Stars is out now. This new DLC boasts brain-teasing new puzzles, some with up to five solutio...

Today, Max Inferno Games have released their newest DLC for "A Little to the Left" called "Seeing Stars"! To celebrate, I've made a new post on the archive blog to show off a few of the related game items we have in the collection! hgcarchive.wixsite.com/hgc-archive/...

"A Little to the Left" Acquisitionshgcarchive.wixsite.com Today, Halifax studio Max Inferno have released the latest DLC for their cozy puzzle game "A Little to the Left" called "Seeing Stars". To celebrate that release, this post will showcase a few items i...

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Retro Rugrats Revival Features a Full 4K Makeover on PS5, PS4

Retro Rugrats Revival Features a Full 4K Makeover on PS5, PS4www.pushsquare.com HD-2D

Going to start blog posts about the local video game archive project, about items added, history, etc hgcarchive.wixsite.com/hgc-archive/...

Latest additions to the Archive - June 23, 2024hgcarchive.wixsite.com Welcome to the first post of the Halifax Game Collective Archive blog. This blog will have posts highlighting the games and other items acquired for the archive, as well as Nova Scotian video game dev...

The Internet Archive and the Wayback Machine are too important to lose. i've only been able to retrieve digital items for the local video game archive because of it. www.cbsnews.com/news/the-way...

The Wayback Machine, a time machine for the webwww.cbsnews.com Because the web is ephemeral, the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine has made backups of websites continually since 1996, with nearly 900 billion pages preserved. But making books and music freely ava...

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The next Halifax Indie Devs Playtest and Mingle meetup is this Sunday, June 23 from 2pm to 4pm! This time it is happening in the Halifax Central Library in the BMO community room at 5440 Spring Garden Road, Halifax. #gamedev #halifax #novascotia www.meetup.com/halifax-indi...

Indie Devs Playtest and Mingle, Sun, Jun 23, 2024, 2:00 PM | Meetupwww.meetup.com Welcome to the Halifax Indie Devs Play and Tell meetup! Our group is all about supporting and connecting independent game developers in Halifax. Our meetup this time is ha

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I guess I’ve become sort of a science-hype debunker so as far as this goes, let me just say: it’s real. Really really real. You could soon get a shot every six months that would basically eliminate your chance of getting HIV. Taken a step further: we have the tools to eliminate HIV in our lifetime.

Gilead’s twice-yearly shot to prevent HIV succeeds in late-stage trialwww.cnbc.com Gilead's experimental twice-yearly medicine to prevent HIV was 100% effective in a late-stage trial, the company said Thursday.

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Skippy receiving skritchies from Giles.

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Morning Sheep Time

Morning Sheep Time 22 Jun 2024www.youtube.com Bit drizzly this morning, fleeces too damp for proper cuddles. I think I miscounted and Brambles got one biscuit too many. He didn't seem to mind.