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PC-98 week - coming in February

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Jen and Aliona of Baldur's Gate 3 fame have a new game.

Maelle Actor Jennifer English and Marie, Estelle & Ulysse's actor Aliona Baranova play Expedition 33.

Playlist:

Expedition 33 Playthrough

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Isobel Actor Mia Foo (Baldur's Gate 3) plays Baldur's Gate 1,2,3 in order. Starting with Baldur's Gate (1) Enhanced Edition.

Playlist:

Baldur's Gate 1 - Enhanced Edition - LETS PLAY with Mia (Actor in BG3)

Playing BG1, 2 and 3 in order with Mia the voice of Isobel in BG3. OBS hates me, and the Twitch interface is upsetting. Where is the schedul

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Big Boxes.

by Ahoy

"Computer games used to come in boxes. They still do, but they are not as magnificent as they once were - they're smaller, material-efficient - and, in an age of digital distribution, often entirely absent."

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60 Minutes That Destroyed Xbox’s Empire

TheCollapseCo

'In 60 minutes, Xbox burned its legacy and handed PlayStation the generation.

This documentary breaks down the catastrophic reveal that torched a decade of trust from the 360 era. We explore how one disastrous keynote flipped the console war, triggering memes, mockery, and a corporate identity crisis that Xbox still hasn't escaped.'

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Best-Selling Console Brands 1973 - 2026

by Captain Gizmo (YouTube)

'This is an update of the video "Brands With Best-Selling Video Game Consoles 1972 - 2019" with more accurate numbers, larger images of the consoles launched and easier to read facts about those consoles. This compares the major players in the gaming console wars from the beginning. The running total is about 2/3 of all console sales in the world, since many small brands and clone makers did not make the list. It all began with the Magnavox Odyssey in 1972.'

Comment: While I would take some of the console facts with a grain of salt, this is a striking visualization of total game console sales by brand.

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What Happened to the World's Largest Tube TV?

Video on YouTube by Shank Mods

'The KX-45ED1, aka the PVM-4300, was rumored to be the largest CRT ever made. A mysterious picture of one has circled the internet for years. Join me as we uncover the mystery of this massive and mythical tube TV.'

I think the most fitting quote of the video is "but practicality is boring".

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Front page of NEC PC-9801DX manual

Source:

NEC PC-9801DXガイドブック : NEC : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

NEC PC-9801DXガイドブック