• Freelance #GameDev 🎮 • Host of 'Tech Talk with Daniel Albu' 📼 • Co-producer & co-host of 'Conversations with Curtis' 📼 🎙️ Tech Talk with Daniel Albu: https://www.youtube.com/@danielalbu 💻 Website: www.danielalbu.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielalbu.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielalbu.bsky.social/post/3mv5yx6ig3b2h🎉 Happy 23rd birthday to ActionScript 2.0! 💻 AS2 was a scripting language suited for developing Flash games and applications. 📅 It was introduced in Macromedia Flash MX 2004, released on September 10th, 2003.10 Sep 2026 12:01 +0000at://did:plc:rfovfyndtb7uafp55ymmxzmx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv5yx6ig3b2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielalbu.bsky.social/post/3muptxqw4dq2d📅 Happy 28th anniversary to Dune 2000! 💾 Dune 2000 was released by Westwood Studios on September 4th, 1998!04 Sep 2026 20:55 +0000at://did:plc:rfovfyndtb7uafp55ymmxzmx/app.bsky.feed.post/3muptxqw4dq2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielalbu.bsky.social/post/3muptddwv2h2d🎉 Happy 28th anniversary to Google! 📆 Founded on September 4th, 1998, by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were PhD students at Stanford.04 Sep 2026 20:43 +0000at://did:plc:rfovfyndtb7uafp55ymmxzmx/app.bsky.feed.post/3muptddwv2h2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielalbu.bsky.social/post/3mujthxjtla2d36 years ago today, Ron Gilbert finalized the gold masters for Monkey Island. (They're labeled 1.1 because the game was sent back into testing during the final two weeks, prompting a version update when it returned).02 Sep 2026 11:30 +0000at://did:plc:rfovfyndtb7uafp55ymmxzmx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujthxjtla2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielalbu.bsky.social/post/3mui2glzxya25📅 Happy 33rd anniversary to Zombies Ate My Neighbors! 💾 Zombies Ate My Neighbors was released for the SNES by LucasArts in September 1993!01 Sep 2026 18:29 +0000at://did:plc:rfovfyndtb7uafp55ymmxzmx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mui2glzxya25https://bsky.app/profile/danielalbu.bsky.social/post/3mtwfjvkeox2z📅 Happy 5th anniversary to Psychonauts 2! 💾 Psychonauts 2 was released on August 25th, 2021!25 Aug 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:rfovfyndtb7uafp55ymmxzmx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwfjvkeox2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielalbu.bsky.social/post/3mtwcepf62v2y📅 Happy 17th anniversary to Batman: Arkham Asylum! 💾 Batman: Arkham Asylum was released on August 25th, 2009!25 Aug 2026 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:rfovfyndtb7uafp55ymmxzmx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwcepf62v2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielalbu.bsky.social/post/3mttwhxvcoq2gHappy birthday to Michael Land, whose music is probably playing in your head right now just from reading his name. I sat down with him a few years ago to talk Monkey Island, iMUSE, and scoring the LucasArts golden era: ▶️ youtu.be/uHqAG8CLblA24 Aug 2026 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:rfovfyndtb7uafp55ymmxzmx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttwhxvcoq2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/danielalbu.bsky.social/post/3mttkzdsdj52o🎉 Happy 31st anniversary to Phantasmagoria! 💀 Roberta Williams' FMV horror epic shipped on August 24th, 1995, the exact same day Windows 95 hit store shelves. Check out my full playthrough with lead actress Victoria Morsell and producer Mark Seibert: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeMxe1mKrUk424 Aug 2026 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:rfovfyndtb7uafp55ymmxzmx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttkzdsdj52ohttps://bsky.app/profile/danielalbu.bsky.social/post/3mtth4j74562y📆 31 years ago today, Windows 95 was released! 💾 Windows 95 hit the market on August 24th, 1995!24 Aug 2026 13:50 +0000at://did:plc:rfovfyndtb7uafp55ymmxzmx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtth4j74562yhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielalbu.bsky.social/post/3mtp4doxccz2zI'm joined again by Chris Miles, Art Director of Escape from Monkey Island, for PART 4 of our playthrough of the game! 📆 Tomorrow @ 11am (PT) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVzRcI-qog4 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/techtalkwithdanielalbu22 Aug 2026 20:27 +0000at://did:plc:rfovfyndtb7uafp55ymmxzmx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtp4doxccz2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielalbu.bsky.social/post/3mte4ipucws2q📅 Happy 17th anniversary to Osmos! 💾 Osmos was released on August 18th, 2009!18 Aug 2026 11:30 +0000at://did:plc:rfovfyndtb7uafp55ymmxzmx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mte4ipucws2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielalbu.bsky.social/post/3mtdz5bpsv22b📽️ Happy 31st anniversary to Mortal Kombat! ⏰ Mortal Kombat was released in theaters on August 18th, 1995!18 Aug 2026 10:30 +0000at://did:plc:rfovfyndtb7uafp55ymmxzmx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtdz5bpsv22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielalbu.bsky.social/post/3ms6c54tbyf2r📅 Happy 22nd anniversary to Doom 3! 💾 Doom 3 was released on August 3rd, 2004.03 Aug 2026 10:30 +0000at://did:plc:rfovfyndtb7uafp55ymmxzmx/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6c54tbyf2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielalbu.bsky.social/post/3ms4ksnu7th2uPart 3 of my Phantasmagoria livestream is starting NOW! Joining me are producer Mark Seibert, lead actress Tori Morsell, and Mark's daughter Kirsten, who played the girl in the pond! 🚨 Going live NOW! YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj-sajrl6vE Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/techtalkwithdanielalbu02 Aug 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:rfovfyndtb7uafp55ymmxzmx/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms4ksnu7th2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielalbu.bsky.social/post/3ms3ro6vhtk2x📅 Happy 10th anniversary to the first episode of Batman: The Telltale Series! 💾 The first episode of Batman: The Telltale Series "Realm of Shadows" was released on August 2nd, 2016!02 Aug 2026 10:30 +0000at://did:plc:rfovfyndtb7uafp55ymmxzmx/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms3ro6vhtk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielalbu.bsky.social/post/3mrzyo2zt6p2zTomorrow at 11:00am PT! Part 3 of my Phantasmagoria livestream! Joining me are producer Mark Seibert, lead actress Tori Morsell, and Mark's daughter Kirsten, who played the girl in the fountain! YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj-sajrl6vE Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/techtalkwithdanielalbu01 Aug 2026 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:rfovfyndtb7uafp55ymmxzmx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrzyo2zt6p2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielalbu.bsky.social/post/3mrzvcq6s3l2u📆 34 years ago today, The Legend of Kyrandia: Book One was released! ✨ It was developed by Westwood Studios and published by Virgin Games on August 1st, 1992!01 Aug 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:rfovfyndtb7uafp55ymmxzmx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrzvcq6s3l2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielalbu.bsky.social/post/3mrzqi3wn322z45 years ago today, MTV signed on just after midnight with "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles. 44 years later, on December 31, 2025, its 24-hour music channels signed off with the very same video. Here are the first two hours of MTV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJtiPRDIqtI01 Aug 2026 15:03 +0000at://did:plc:rfovfyndtb7uafp55ymmxzmx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrzqi3wn322zhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielalbu.bsky.social/post/3mrxk6jdsus2bThis Sunday, 11:00am PT: Part 3 of my Phantasmagoria livestream, and I'm not doing it alone! Joining me are producer Mark Seibert, lead actress Tori Morsell, and Mark's daughter Kirsten, who played the girl in the fountain! YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj-sajrl6vE Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/techtalkwithdanielalbu31 Jul 2026 18:05 +0000at://did:plc:rfovfyndtb7uafp55ymmxzmx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxk6jdsus2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielalbu.bsky.social/post/3mrtfeauysn2uRon Gilbert just announced that he's working on Thimbleweed Park 2 (https://store.steampowered.com/app/4932120/Thimbleweed_Park_2/), but don't forget where you heard it first, three years ago! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/I-r2Uy3VZzc30 Jul 2026 02:28 +0000at://did:plc:rfovfyndtb7uafp55ymmxzmx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrtfeauysn2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielalbu.bsky.social/post/3mrrpsdgl6a2t📽️ Happy 32nd anniversary to The Mask! ⏰ The Mask was released in theaters on July 29th, 1994!29 Jul 2026 10:30 +0000at://did:plc:rfovfyndtb7uafp55ymmxzmx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrrpsdgl6a2thttps://bsky.app/profile/danielalbu.bsky.social/post/3mrpgo7duoz2w📅 Happy 31st anniversary to The Net! 🎬 The Net was released in theaters on July 28th, 1995!28 Jul 2026 12:41 +0000at://did:plc:rfovfyndtb7uafp55ymmxzmx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrpgo7duoz2whttps://bsky.app/profile/danielalbu.bsky.social/post/3mrhnwmh44n2tNine years ago today, on July 25th, 2017, Adobe announced that it would end support for Flash in 2020, discontinuing security updates for Adobe Flash Player.25 Jul 2026 10:30 +0000at://did:plc:rfovfyndtb7uafp55ymmxzmx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrhnwmh44n2thttps://bsky.app/profile/danielalbu.bsky.social/post/3mrfiaw4sya2tHappy 80th birthday to the legendary Al Lowe! The mind behind Leisure Suit Larry and so much Sierra magic. A few years back I had the absolute pleasure of sitting down for a conversation with him, and it's still one of my favorites. Watch it here: https://youtu.be/NsfLgm78GuQ?si=TQOfFnrOH1K4uDba24 Jul 2026 13:43 +0000at://did:plc:rfovfyndtb7uafp55ymmxzmx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfiaw4sya2thttps://bsky.app/profile/danielalbu.bsky.social/post/3mrcut64ahr2s📅 25 years ago today, Max Payne was released! 💾 Max Payne was released on July 23rd, 2001.23 Jul 2026 12:50 +0000at://did:plc:rfovfyndtb7uafp55ymmxzmx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrcut64ahr2shttps://bsky.app/profile/danielalbu.bsky.social/post/3mra5ejhgu42w📅 30 years ago today, the full version of Quake was released! 💾 The full version of Quake was released on July 22nd, 1996!22 Jul 2026 10:45 +0000at://did:plc:rfovfyndtb7uafp55ymmxzmx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mra5ejhgu42whttps://bsky.app/profile/danielalbu.bsky.social/post/3mr5m2ylhkd2u📅 Happy 16th anniversary to Limbo! 💾 Limbo was released on July 21st, 2010!21 Jul 2026 10:30 +0000at://did:plc:rfovfyndtb7uafp55ymmxzmx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5m2ylhkd2u