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The only Odyssey I'm interested in.
(Okay that's a lie I just like a good joke)
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We have yet another ill-defined game anniversary today: Donkey Kong!
According to official sources, Donkey Kong was "released" on July 9, 1981. But as usual we need to interrogate what "release" means. #videogamehistory
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An impromptu stream for researching my next book! We're going to be playing Wasteland, the 1988 stone cold classic. Join us for my horrific deaths and other commentary. #livestream
https://www.twitch.tv/play_history
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I'll be giving one of the final talks at Save the Games this coming Thursday! Gonna be an exciting time and can't wait to meet so many peers and interesting people there!
https://www.museumofplay.org/save-the-games-a-digital-preservation-symposium/
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6
Avg engagement / post
0.7%
Engagement vs followers
Nov 2022
On Mastodon since
🔥 Top post: The only Odyssey I'm interested in. (Okay that's a lie I just li · 17 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
2.9 / week
Posts several times a week.
Content mix
Mostly images
Recent: 2 text · 10 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
46×
Follows 18 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
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🔥 Top post
The only Odyssey I'm interested in.
(Okay that's a lie I just like a good joke)
I'll be giving one of the final talks at Save the Games this coming Thursday! Gonna be an exciting time and can't wait to meet so many peers and interesting people there!
https://www.museumofplay.org/save-the-games-a-digital-preservation-s…
A preview of my upcoming Save the Games presentation.
Last night's readthrough is up on the VOD! We find just how many mistakes Kent can make with just a few typos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1OL53dYbYM
Featuring @Rerez doing a few voices as well.
So no, we don't have a release date - again. Best we can do is a week time period.
For more DK mythbusting, check out the @katewillaert video on the game as well as my own Universal v. Nintendo breakdown.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs…
Thankfully, this one's quite easy to answer.
tweakbod (coming to the rescue again) found that Nintendo first showed off Donkey Kong - and Sky Skipper - at a product showcase in Osaka at the Ark Hotel.
However, the article explicitly says D…
We have yet another ill-defined game anniversary today: Donkey Kong!
According to official sources, Donkey Kong was "released" on July 9, 1981. But as usual we need to interrogate what "release" means. #videogamehistory
Join us for the continued readthrough of The Ultimate History of Video Games Vol. 2 and its many, many errors!
www.twitch.tv/play_history
The arcade is dead! Nintendo is bad! Sony is ignorant! All the hot takes that make up TRUE history.
Tonight we are returning to the Kent mines with our readthrough and breakdown of Ultimate History of Video Games Vol. 2 at 7PM CST!
https://www.twitch.tv/play_history
We'll be talking arcades, handhelds, and the bizarre inference that noth…
Once more into the Wasteland! Today we attempt to finish the seminal Interplay RPG or die trying.
www.twitch.tv/play_history
We're gonna die trying, aren't we? #livestream #videogamehistory
We are resuming a playthrough of Wasteland on this Holiday weekend - nothing more American.
www.twitch.tv/play_history
Watch the Gaming Alexandria crew survive the apocalypse with the power of friendship!
An impromptu stream for researching my next book! We're going to be playing Wasteland, the 1988 stone cold classic. Join us for my horrific deaths and other commentary. #livestream
https://www.twitch.tv/play_history
🐘 Community & instance
Home server
oldbytes.space
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On Mastodon since
Nov 2022
Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 6 views per post.
📤Posts about 2.9× per week.
🛡️ Audience credibility
66/100
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Credibility score
89%
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Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 89% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Engagement (~0.7% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Mastodon.
- Established account (3+ years old).
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About
Video game researcher, Ethan Johnson. Researcher for Arcade Dreams, writer of upcoming arcade history book. Creator of Play History YouTube series.
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