✏️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/3mzegwsaiwk2fOne of my goals for the winter is to design and build a cool looking piece of furniture that can store all of my Dreamcast games, a system, and a CRT on top. The tricky part is I have a lot of games. 😅02 Nov 2026 23:08 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzegwsaiwk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3mz3yvhnzs22bNewest issue has some really stunning work in it. I’m particularly fond of the Ico retrospective by @grahampembrey.bsky.social! Really great. For my part, I interviewed Gail Tilden, the founder and editor of Nintendo Power Magazine, later VP of Brands at Nintendo. Wonderful chat, very grateful. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Oct 2026 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz3yvhnzs22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3mz2ss2kkkk2aBy the way this is the best Castlevania.30 Oct 2026 03:14 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz2ss2kkkk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3myzopkcpdc2dVery much looking forward to this game. https://youtu.be/i-pDJQknmds?si=73T1OnjbIj5FPi5i29 Oct 2026 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3myzopkcpdc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3myzo3thh5c2dThis looks very good. https://youtu.be/EXyJBhO5FPY?si=l3S1YYJuAdERNIln29 Oct 2026 16:17 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3myzo3thh5c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3myye2mz5mk2hStunning game.29 Oct 2026 03:45 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3myye2mz5mk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3myxojzho7c23This terrible dog ate my kids’ favorite Switch game and we’re all very upset.28 Oct 2026 21:19 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3myxojzho7c23https://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3mywzntbwnc2beverybody knows about the wii shopping channel, and everyone loves to shop on it every wednesday28 Oct 2026 15:06 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mywzntbwnc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3mywxwte3qk2nThis is one of the best game trailers I've ever seen, and a must-buy for me now. https://youtu.be/xqkNEx5z8SI?si=vakg4ogNrFINPqtY28 Oct 2026 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mywxwte3qk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3myvndvczac2yNot that long ago, when you were playing a game and that game had a framed photo or painting or drawing in it, you’d look at it and smile and be like “I bet the developers’ kid (or parent or friend or partner) made this and they put it in the game to honor them.” Which is beautiful.28 Oct 2026 01:53 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3myvndvczac2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3myunc7byik2oI’m very overwhelmed by life right now and feel like I’ll never be successful, and that I’m letting down my kids and wife. So I’m reminding myself that I bought this car with an exploded engine for $800, and then I rebuilt it and gave it to my wife and she loves it.27 Oct 2026 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3myunc7byik2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3mytf4ctbzs2iI’d love to launch and co-host an original games podcast.27 Oct 2026 04:20 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mytf4ctbzs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3mysra6slms27Brain fried but here’s the last 4 games I played. Share yours. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Oct 2026 22:24 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mysra6slms27https://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3myrr5qtm5c2eEvery day I’m reminded that tech CEOs are the stupidest and luckiest organisms who have ever lived in the history of the universe. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Oct 2026 12:50 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3myrr5qtm5c2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3myodqag64c2xOne night twenty years ago, my pet cat had this sudden strange sore on his paw and he was limping around my apartment, bleeding and being sad. There was a veterinarian office on the corner across the street, so I loaded him into a crate and walked him to the vet. It was about 8 pm, not too late.25 Oct 2026 04:12 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3myodqag64c2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3mykv7q624k2tTook about three years, but I managed to get my Shenmue discs autographed by the actors who played the character on the respective game discs! Corey Marshall, Ruth Hollyman, and Paul Lucas were incredibly kind! 🙏🙏23 Oct 2026 19:14 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mykv7q624k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3myku26vdlc2vVery good game covered by a great writer! Cant wait to dive into this one. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Oct 2026 18:53 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3myku26vdlc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3myhy3aw2b22j"We showed it to my colleagues in sales and marketing, and everybody hated it," Layden says. "But I thought, This is Masaya Matsuura. He made PaRappa the Rapper. We respect him." An excerpt from my conversation with Shawn Layden for my Vib Ribbon Oral History. https://www.designroom.site/vib-ribbon-oral-history/22 Oct 2026 15:28 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3myhy3aw2b22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3myfqdob73c2bBioWare had a contest that I won which let me (me, like, personally) name the enemies in Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood, which both sounds like a lie a sad kid would tell and is also my greatest moment. Anyway, it’s dumb that they’ve been closed. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Oct 2026 18:04 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3myfqdob73c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3mybowimtj22dSometimes you gotta stop thinking and breathe the cold sea air.20 Oct 2026 03:28 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mybowimtj22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3mxxpe6zpys2iI’m the coach of my daughter’s softball team, and at practice tonight many of the girls were avoiding the ball, flinching away from plays, jumping out of the box, cuz they’re afraid of getting hit with the ball. To convince them that getting hit with the ball is no big deal…16 Oct 2026 04:09 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxxpe6zpys2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3mxxjjto4m22iPatapon’s spiritual successor RATATAN is out today! I interviewed its creator and wrote all about Patapon and Ratatan in this issue of @retrogamermag.bsky.social. Really grateful for the opportunity to do that. And the new game is getting great reviews! Win win win.16 Oct 2026 02:25 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxxjjto4m22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3mxwuz4ouo22hNo ad has ever made me want a product less. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Oct 2026 20:17 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxwuz4ouo22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3mxwbu22n6c2oI reviewed Finding Polka in the newest issue of @debugmag.com. This hand-drawn hide-and-seek adventure sketched entirely in ballpoint pen by @lidlocks.bsky.social is one of the most moving games I've played this year! You can read it now by subscribing to Debug in print or digital: debu.gg/sub https://debu.gg/sub15 Oct 2026 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxwbu22n6c2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3mxv5b66tjc2dFreelance game journalists are so stubborn and stupid and absolutely in love with this dumb medium. We have to scrape and claw for every opportunity, beg for access to developers, work multiple jobs to make ends meet, and we do it with so much heart and love for the people who make and play games.15 Oct 2026 03:40 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxv5b66tjc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3mxmpfs5axk25Galactic Racer is pretty good. But needs way more planets and variety of tracks. It feels very safe and samey.11 Oct 2026 19:10 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxmpfs5axk25https://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3mxaubefavs22Aside from when you get javelin tossed by a giant robit https://www.uploadvr.com/titanfall-2s-vr-mod-is-stellar-and-its-installer-is-the-best-thing-about-it/07 Oct 2026 02:06 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxaubefavs22https://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3mx5jsifwvk2qI first pitched this story in November of 2025 and I worked on it consistently since January. I am so grateful to DesignRoom for publishing it, to the editors, and to the many people I was able to interview for their perspective on helping bring to life one of my favorite games. I hope you like it. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Oct 2026 18:20 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx5jsifwvk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamestocchio.bsky.social/post/3mx3qb7bqmk2aBoy howdy Video Games sure have come a long way since Pac-Man! [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Oct 2026 01:11 +0000at://did:plc:ft4hapmqq2tswea5bbhafnrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx3qb7bqmk2a