Downtime Today (Sat. October 20, 2024)
We're moving SetSideB to a different web server and there may be some downtime while that move happens and the DNS changes propagate. It should be a simple matter of an hour or less. See on you on the other side.
https://setsideb.com/downtime-today-sat-october-20-2024/
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A Note _For_ The Editor
@rodneylives, stalwart editor for the entirety of Set Side B's existence is in a bad spot- stuck due to Hurricane Helene and suffering a bad car accident that thankfully saw no casualties but likely many other expenses. Myself and the other posters will do our best to fill in the while the editor recovers, but if you have a couple dollars we'd really appreciate it if you sent them his way in what
https://setsideb.com/a-note-_for_-the-editor/
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Ah! I may have a Q&A with the makers of the #Wizardry remake!

Game Developer has a hold on freelance projects right now, so this would be just for #SetSideB.

Ooh, tomorrow's #SundrySunday post on #SetSideB is giving me goosebumps.

Went on a bit of a dive of #Gyruss music for an upcoming #SetSideB post. Famously, the game uses version of #Bach 's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, but did you know that the arcade and NES version use different arrangements? Or that the arcade seems to use a version created by the band Sky? Or that the Famicom version has better music than the NES, because it used the FDS's extra sound hardware?

Here's my last reminder about the #Gaming e-book #Storybundle finishing up in 10 hours: https://storybundle.com/games

Books from #DavidCraddock, #HardcoreGaming101, #BossFightBooks, #AndreaContato and myself from #SetSideB, on #MortalKombat, #BeatEmUps, #horror games, early #arcade games, #Minesweeper, #Goldeneye, #ParappaTheRapper and more. Ten titles for $25! #bundle #ebook

New #PixelArt for the blog #SetSideB, for demoscene posts. Chrome computer art ladies have to go grocery shopping too (for motor oil, in this case).

A new Games Storybundle is going! I have a collection of Set Side B posts in it this time out. It's at: https://storybundle.com/games It's a good way to catch up with some of the more notable posts of the past year! If you don't follow our blog, you won't believe some of the things we've found....

There's some other interesting things in there too, like two books from David Craddock on Mortal Kombat, three from Hardcore Gaming 101 (two on horror games, one on beat-em-ups), and three from Boss Fight Books, on Parappa the Rapper, Goldeneye 007, and Minesweeper! (Titles are in the image's alt text!)

https://storybundle.com/games

#promo #selfpromo #videogames #storybundle #bundles #setsideb #davidcraddock #mortalkombat #hardcodegaming101 #bossfightbooks #horror #beatemup #minesweeper #parappa #goldeneye #ebooks

#@play #atplay #roguelike #setsideb After a few months of delay, there will be a new @Play coming in a few days to Set Side B (https://setsideb.com/)! I'm going over some of the best-rated games from the recently-concluded 7DRL 2023 game jam. Every year a few really interesting games come out of it, I'll be diving into three of them then, and more to follow.

I'm considering a year-end post on Set Side B where I report on what games people have enjoyed this year. Respond to this message if you want to tell the world! (If you don't want me to include your username and social media address make sure to say so!)
#yearend #setsideb #recap #games

Well in other news--I'm in contact with someone who keeps up a fansite dedicated to Lori Jackrabbit, a character from the DOS game Jazz Jackrabbit 2! It seems like there may be an active community around the game? This is exactly the kind of thing I seek out for Set Side B! Investigations continue.
#setsideb #jazzjackrabbit #fansite #subculture