dvertov

@dvertov.bsky.social

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Midwest coast. Co-host of the Homebrew Game Club podcast. Follow us at @hbgameclub.bsky.social

Cover of the children’s book “Elephant and Piggie: I Really Like Slop” by Mo Willems
Vinyl record cover of David Bowie’s “Blackstar” (2016)
Child’s birthday cake with an excellent rendition of yellow Yoshi (SMB)
Sheet cake with icing design that may vaguely resemble the player ship from Galaga
Beagle with a numerical identification tattoo on its inner ear
Promotional image of the Game Tank, an open source, 8-bit console
Souvenir aluminum popcorn bucket from Tron: Ares
Text: “Listening to Ezra Klein right now.” Response: “We are way better than Ezra Klein”
Vinyl record of Green Day’s “American Idiot” playing on a turntable
Screenshot of a music app playing Sunday Morning from the album The Velvet Underground and Nico (1967)
Two Casio digital watches on a black car dashboard
Photo of the album cover for the Go-Go’s “Beauty and the Beat”
Spock from Star Trek
Three panel comic titled “Different” from webcomicname.com. In the first panel, the character says “I want things to be different” while standing in a clean, orderly room. In the second panel, the character is destroying the room with a baseball bat. The last panel shows the character standing among the destruction, saying “oh no.”
Homebrew Game Club drink coasters
Image of a satirical line graph. A red horizontal line extends right to a point labeled “the death of David Bowie” at “Jan 2016” on the x-axis. The line decends down and right from there to another segment labeled “things going to shit.”
Home console ports of the “Carmen Sandiego” series, including “Where In Time Is Carmen Sandiego” for NES and Sega Genesis, and “Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego” for Genesis.
Photo of boxed NES game “Habit Carnival Shooting.” Also pictured is a note from the publisher in handwritten Japanese, thanking the buyer for purchasing the game.
Photo of an Eraserhead DVD autographed by David Lynch
A Steam Deck in its carrying case
Photo of the character Captain Viridian from the video game VVVVVV, altered to have a blank expression, stylish sunglasses, and a rather suave mustache
A Cub Scout Pinewood Derby racing car, cut to resemble a hammerhead shark. The car is painted bright yellow and has orange wheels.
This comic strip is from Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz. It features Charlie Brown and Linus in conversation. Panel 1: Charlie Brown remarks, “It’s a beautiful day, isn’t it, Linus?” Panel 2: Linus responds, “What about yesterday? And how about the day before?” Panel 3: Linus screams, “What was wrong with the day before?” knocking Charlie Brown head over heels. Panel 4: Linus, walking away, concludes, “A good fanatic is always ready for an argument.”
The word “rampage”
Instagram screenshot of account “computerloverecords” showing a photo of the Seiko Data-2000 wristwatch, which the caption states “came with a removable, external keyboard.”
Boxed copy of Ranger X for the Sega Genesis
The “this is fine” dog meme, with the words “this is fine” replaced by “video games”
Black shirt with green text reading “Greenboy” next to pixel art of a Game Boy character. In the lower right corner of the photo a hand is holding a carved jack o lantern
Screenshot from the app AllTrails depicting a 3.5 mile hike currently in progress
Photo of a CRT television showing an ending screen from Stinger for NES (1987). In the background is an NES console underneath a totally sweet neon palm tree
Boxed copy of “Rugrats: Adventures In Gameland” for NES
Multicolored Famicom cartridges arranged in a rainbow pattern inside a pink audio cassette storage case
Game shelf with Famicom rainbow
Book photo of “The Last Dangerous Visions,” edited by Harlan Ellison
CIB edition of the homebrew NES game “Jane Austen’s 8-Bit Adventure”
Bank note from Zimbabwe in the denomination of “one hundred trillion dollars”
Photo of a slightly deranged nerd dad, standing in front of a street sign for the Economy Museum of St. Louis
Cover art for the European version of the Dreamcast indie game Xenocider
Pair of Cub Scout pinewood derby cars
Newspaper front page with the headline: “Is Provel Missouri’s no. 1 Cheese?”
Turbografx “Turbo Gear” ad with hats, sunglasses, and game wallets in garish neon green and orange colors
Gwen Stefani in the music video for “Spiderwebs,” apparently NOT singing the line “I scream my balls off.”
Pink audio cassette case full of Famicom cartridges
Screenshot of @kabosumama Instagram post showing an elderly Shiba Inu in a neck harness and its Japanese owner
Retro-Bit reissue of Eliminate Down for Sega 16 bit consoles