I think we're settling into a monthly dispatch after all; it seems like the correct frequency, for my own sanity at least...

This Month On exp.

Subscriber Posts: Öoo (NamaTakahashi, 2025) / UFO 50 #2: Bug Hunter (Perry, 2024) / Plug & Play (Frei/Rickenbach, 2015) / KIDS (Playables, 2019)​

Dang, big month for subs! Öoo will unlock in a week, as is the tradition for the monthly posts, but the other two will remain locked up ~forever~. The Plug & Play and KIDS article is a minor bonus to follow up on my Time Flies write up, but Bug Hunter is proof that I've committed to the UFO 50 project enough to write a second one at least.

Unlocked Posts: Time Flies (Playables, 2025) / Defender Of The Crown (Cinemaware, 1986) / Fortune-499 (Thompson, 2018) / Thirty Flights Of Loving (Blendo Games, 2012)​

Particularly proud of the Defender Of The Crown article. I've been concentrating more on "modern" games recently, and look forward to digging into more "retro" soon, but even saying that Fortune-499 was from eight years ago, I'm hardly sticking to the cutting edge as it is.

From The exp. Archive: Pocket League Story (Kairosoft, 2012) / Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (Konami, 2003) / Steel Diver (Nintendo, 2011) / Crazy Taxi: City Rush (Hardlight, 2014)​

With a lot of subscriber exclusives this month, I've not exactly kept up the pace with archive posts only managing six. Here's four of them, but if you ever want to make sure you see when I share them, you can follow me on backloggd (or bluesky, but you're more likely to miss it there.)

exp. Du Cinéma

It has not been a great month for movies up here in exp. Towers. I put the blame at the feet of The Fantastic 4: First Steps, which really did basically put me off movies. And then I went through the doldrums of Marty Supreme and Weapons. Thank goodness I went and saw... a movie I haven't posted about yet. Something to look forward to, then.

Zine News

​Pixels and Polygons Quarterly 2026 Q2​

"Pixels and Polygons Quarterly is a self-published magazine about retro games...The games covered inside this new issue are: Ehrgeiz, Secret of Mana, and Parasite Eve"

​SCURO 08: Winter of 26 Special Edition​

"In this supersized 20-page zine, you’ll see a collection of essays, reviews and art all centered around horror movies. Handmade in the Twin Cities metro, this special edition covers the occupation of Minnesota and a celebration of horror cinema by black and latine creators, Minnesota-based scary movies, and thoughts on joy and art as a resistance."

​Between the Scanlines - Issue Thirty-Five​

"This issue: features on Jerry Lawson, 2000AD games on microcomputer, and the early days of id!"

​Free Palestine Resource Zine 🇵🇸​

"I created a free Palestine zine I could hand out at events, here’s a downloadable version so you can print your own!"

And Finally…

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This 1964 theatrical 35mm advert was posted in a new restored version from Kineko Video last year (and has been kicking about online unrestored for a long time) but it's so beautiful in 4K that I just have to share it. That cinema texture!!!

Next week on exp.: The only awards that matter.