✏️Games writer working for UploadVR, and gratefully published in magazines, books, and online. 👋 https://www.clippings.me/users/jamestocchio 📝Editor at http://CasualPhotophile.com 📷Owner http://Fstopcameras.com 🧡Nerd at http://GGDreamcast.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3msv7k5l4yk2qJust a heads up that Finding Polka releases today. Its one of the best games I’ve played this year. A stunningly hand-drawn adventure, emotional, funny, surprising and full of heart. I finished it in two days and then played it all the way through AGAIN. I love this game. https://youtu.be/fFYzIJH26y8?is=hOT_9HEXDDRIBt_E12 Aug 2026 13:15 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3msv7k5l4yk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3mshnosna6c2bThey say that if you close your eyes and keep them shut, it's impossible to stay awake for more than seven minutes. I'm not sure if that's true, but I know it took less time than that for Dream Hackers VR to convince me I was playing something special. https://www.uploadvr.com/dream-hackers-vr-is-the-game-im-most-excited-for-in-2027/07 Aug 2026 03:50 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mshnosna6c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3msgfewdjm22tGot a reeeeeaaaally cool game to write about today. One of the good days. Hope yours is going great, too!06 Aug 2026 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3msgfewdjm22thttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3mse4ygcf7c2nBasically I like indie games.05 Aug 2026 18:14 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mse4ygcf7c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3mscj2yv7ek2nI wonder if they’ll let me come on and talk about Vib Ribbon. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Aug 2026 02:44 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mscj2yv7ek2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3msciafjik22g@liveopenmike.bsky.social and I are now the editors running freelance pieces at @uploadvr.com. If you’re a game writer with a pitch for a feature story or game review, email me!05 Aug 2026 02:30 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3msciafjik22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3msbubjqyjk2rOne of those things we’re gonna look back on in ten years and think, “That was bad when that happened.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Aug 2026 20:32 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbubjqyjk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3msbtdmyc5k2oOne of the great things about being an older writer is I feel zero need to use whatever stupid words everyone's using at any given time. It's very freeingslop. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Aug 2026 20:16 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbtdmyc5k2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3ms7qhhkuss2kThis was a really fun interview. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Aug 2026 00:19 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms7qhhkuss2khttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3ms4pqgrp6s2fOne cool thing about being alive is you can frame a picture of anyone and hang it in your house. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Aug 2026 19:28 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms4pqgrp6s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3mrsbcm56qs2m🤣 I think it’s so funny that politicians learned they can say potty words and now they’re all just waiting for the perfect opportunity to swear on mic and I also love how much they sound like ten year olds who are a little scared to say the potty word. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jul 2026 15:43 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrsbcm56qs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3mrq7vsp5oc22One of the best games I played last year is getting a physical release! Typical perfection from Lost in Cult. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jul 2026 20:13 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrq7vsp5oc22https://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3mrnl6gfi6223Stream Machine is great. Still prefer physical copies of games, but if the future is all digital, Steam Machine does it great.27 Jul 2026 18:56 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrnl6gfi6223https://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3mrlij6ctbc2o@salem-bitch-trials.bsky.social hey I finally bought Umamamagungan Generation.26 Jul 2026 23:03 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrlij6ctbc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3mrligoshds2oOkay, only thing I’m gonna say about MYST erasure is basically the games industry needs a universally agreed upon institution to preserve our culture and guess what it already exists so go buy every issue of @retrogamermag.bsky.social26 Jul 2026 23:02 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrligoshds2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3mrjgi2bmd22aI came across a computer today owned by someone I don’t know who last turned it on in 2004, and it gave me an uncomfortably intimate look at their life as it was then. They were a writer, heartbroken, striving, struggling through a painful time in their life and it feels horribly too familiar.26 Jul 2026 03:22 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrjgi2bmd22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3mrj6g2taak2lJust letting you know it is very good. Expensive yah, but really good.26 Jul 2026 00:57 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrj6g2taak2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3mrdm5absq22tAvailable now at bookstores in the USA, the latest Retro Gamer Magazine @retrogamermag.bsky.social has six pages on one of the oddest Mario games ever made (written by me). Plus, the endless great stuff from many other writers, editors, artists, and designers. Check it out. 🙏23 Jul 2026 19:47 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrdm5absq22thttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3mra6asxi2s2yIt’s all just so dumb. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Jul 2026 11:00 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mra6asxi2s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3mr7cl2yejk2yGood to have another pal. Love my little family.22 Jul 2026 02:45 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr7cl2yejk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3mr6uvrqkik27I know we think the same on this one @edgarallanbro.bsky.social, and I'm wondering, is there anywhere we can chat about physical games being important that will actually mean anything to anyone?21 Jul 2026 22:40 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6uvrqkik27https://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3mr26jrcf5s2dWas walking in a river and saw this special rock underwater so I took it home and I’m wondering if any of you see why?20 Jul 2026 01:49 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr26jrcf5s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3mr244vvih22fI build a mean machine20 Jul 2026 01:06 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr244vvih22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3mqyor4vjnk2rBoycott Retrocade forever. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Jul 2026 11:35 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqyor4vjnk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3mqxbxwya3k2nCrossing my fingers.18 Jul 2026 22:13 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqxbxwya3k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3mqvbbpu5ik2xThis is what my daughters call me about half the time. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Jul 2026 02:55 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqvbbpu5ik2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3mqupg4bmds26At least it made me think of Rockin the Mic from Jet Set Radio Future. 🤘 My prominence is dominance, through common sense I free the dense, tenses past, present to future I speak through time continuum, channelin', travellin' Until I reach the next millennium https://youtu.be/KMIJQUEwzdE?t=3642&is=jrNFrcbcpNK6SzXG [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Jul 2026 21:36 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqupg4bmds26https://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3mqttzcry6k2isummer time beach vibes ultimate mix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvpsWgu0AHY&lc=UgyTsZAka7TOz9OEWiV4AaABAg.AZMbyxXAbViAZMjKa0GABm17 Jul 2026 13:25 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqttzcry6k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3mqsi6uvl5k2hGimme a scoop of that lobster ice cream butter17 Jul 2026 00:21 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqsi6uvl5k2h