Alex Custodio

@alexcustodio.com

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PhD candidate studying videogame history at Concordia University. My dissertation focuses on the Game Boy’s afterlives, including hacks, mods, and emulation. Pixel artist and cross-stitcher. They/them.

A bootleg Game Pak inserted into the Nintendo Game Boy showing that cartridge is too tall for the manual power slider to fit into a notch in the plastic.
Two gray bootleg Game Boy cartridges. One includes a label for The Incredibles while the other says Donkey Kong 3. The word game is debossed at the top of the cartridge.
An illustration of a Nintendo Switch. On the screen is the Animal Crossing logo, but it has been modified to read "Cannibal Crossing."
An open Game Boy Pocket. The left side of the image shows the back of an aftermarket screen; the right side shows the Game Boy Pocket circuit board connected with a ribbon cable.