Dr Johnny Blanchard

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Screenwriter Roguegunners Productions Author #Retrocomputing/#RetroGaming: https://www.youtube.com/@reenthused #IndieDev: https://tonsomo.itch.io #Film: https://www.youtube.com/@roguegunners NoAI especially GenAI

A silver Neo Geo Pocket Color handheld running Metal Slug second mission
An image with many picture of Rik Mayall from his many roles
The title screen for a game called PhotoBoy which transitions into a scrolling background that ends abruptly after running out of tiles
A short video showing the title screen for a game called Photo Boy which then transitions into a static level screen
A snapshot from an emulator called GearSystem showing the titlescreen from a game called PhotoBoy
A black screen with three lines of text, Jurl VIC-20 in white, Press fire in yellow and to start in cyan
A snapshot from a game showing a screen with a menu and a grid of fantasy characters
A screenshot from an Amstrad CPC Plus/GX4000 emulator showing a game with a grid of diamonds and a player ship
A screenshot of a PlayDate emulator showing a game running with a matrix of diamonds and a space ship
A screenshot of a Play Date emulator showing the title screen for a games called Jurl
A Mac OS 3.2 window showing the title screen for a game called Jurl
A Sinclair Spectrum +2 connected to a modern television which is showing its boot menu
A ZX Spectrum+2 Action Pack box
A carpet with a cartoon drawing of a man in from of a mountain of retro hardware
A picture of a corner of a room, it features several shelves holding retro CDs and Cartridges. There is also a shelf with 3D printed retro stuff and Sinclair Spectrums
A scene from the film Office Space where three people stand around a printer in a field, one person is in the process of dropkicking it
A 3D printed Deadpool sitting on a blue box of Paracetamol next to a Garfield mug
A collection of Scaletrix cars, including a yellow racing car, red mini with a checkerboard pattern, and a blue car. There are several orange cards labeled with various racing-related issues, a circular speedometer that looks like it calculates scale speed
An Atari 2600 video computer system is displayed with three game cartridges: "Combat," "Space Invaders," and "Night Driver." The console features control buttons and is placed on a box labeled "video computer system."
The inside of a Scaletrix box showing lots of track, a yellow and blue controller, power supply and two cars
A vintage Scalextric 400 electric model racing box featuring artwork of two racing cars, highlighting a blue car with the number 10 and a black car with the number 5. The box shows signs of wear, with a colorful background
A large brown box with fragile tape
A digital certificate displaying "425,000 Views" with a medal icon, indicating achievement on July 3, 2026, for the YouTube channel "Re:Enthused”
The cover for Usborne AI for beginners
A large red bag of Typhoo tea
A video showing a game called Jurl. The title screen is a fairly colourful but ugly space battle and the game shows a spaceship bouncing around the screen collecting diamond shapes
Two sets of shelves, the bottom one has epoch games and consoles and a collection of Mappy games. The top one has a collection of 3D printed devices including the PortaSpeccy
Two sets of gray shelves, one has old consoles and games the other, topmost one, has a large binder marked Guide to T09, a collection of Mappy items and some 3D printed retro themed models
a book cover with two people, one holding a sword and tray of sandwiches the other a calculator in front of a purple portal with an Orc appearing. The book is called The Orcs are attacking and we're all out of ham and it's by Johnny Blanchard
A colourful box with the title Pri Fun
A snippet from the BlueSky app showing a list has been removed for breaching community guidelines
An altered version of the UK Your Country needs you poster, Lord Kitchener has been replaced with Sir Clive Sinclair and Country has been replaced with RE:Enthused
The side of a 3D printed case with a USB port screwed in the side
A 3.5mm Audio style jack that shows signs of breaking from a wire
A big Trak toy being programmed, moving forward and then firing its laser
A BigTrak toy on a brown table next to a box of batteries
r/Commodore • 3h ago TheThiefMaster explain. New email from Commodore: I know what you're thinking. Let me Commodore International Hi friend, I know a phone may not have been what you were expecting from us. Honestly, I get it. And I owe you a proper explanation. A few years ago, my priorities changed. I became a father. And somewhere between the night feeds and the realization that I was spending entire evenings chasing likes on a glowing rectangle, I had to reckon with the kind of person I actually wanted to be. The conversations that followed, with my partner, with myself, changed my life. I switched to a flip phone. Not as an experiment. As a decision. It became my daily driver. And I won't pretend the first few weeks were easy. I'd catch myself reaching for it out of habit, standing in a checkout line with nothing to scroll. So I snapped it shut, put it away, and looked up. Turns out there was quite a lot going on. But that flip phone was too dumb. And the others available were too smart. What I wanted just didn't quite exist. I didn't want social media, or a browser. It let the wrong things in. But I need apps like Uber, Maps, WhatsApp, HQ Music Player, and a 4K Camera. Turns out a lot of people were wrestling with the same thing. Parents. Students. People who missed being present. People who wanted the convenience of modern apps without the endless feeds. So together with a team of engineers and partners, we started building what we couldn't find: a phone that sits comfortably between dumb and smart. That's why we built the Callback. Commodore was never about doing what was expected. The Commodore 64 wasn't supposed to run a GUl. Then came GEOS. It wasn't supposed to speak. Then came Impossible Mission. Limited specs made limitless minds. That was always the point. The Callback is that same idea. Limits on what big tech can take from you. Limits on how much of your attention the office can claim. And within those limits,
A scam car finance letter that came in an envelope marked important information enclosed
A keyboard with printed keycaps - it’s connected to a device named PortaSpeccy
A keyboard, several keys are make of wonky printed labels, another is 3D printed - only the number 1 is recognisable
A keyboard - labels have been applied haphazardly
The loading screen for the game The Sentinel with added text, I'm watching to make sure you all subscribe to re-enthused
a snapshot from a webpage that says Double screen inside and outside the flap, there is a kind of filial piety, let the old man no longer lost contact
An altered C64 loading screen for Combat School with the game logo changed to I'm Subscribed to RE-Enthused, that's why i'm so smug
A fake mock-up flip phone with a Sinclair ZX81 badge and 3D monster maze on the screen
A 3D printed case with a slot for a memory card
The back of a packet of printable transfer sheets, it features the text “No Baking / Stick Greatly”
A 3D printed case with an inset rocker power switch
A message stating an account has been added to a list of people who don’t like AI/Crypto/Smart glasses/NFTs/Bitcoin and VR
A handheld device resembling a retro gaming console is shown, featuring a screen displaying the title "JURL" and options for gameplay. The device has a black casing with a colorful stripe design and an array of black keys. The background is cluttered and two dogs paws suggest a white Labrador just off-screen
A portable computer with a small screen and a compact keyboard, surrounded by various other items and clutter. The device has colorful decorations on the side and is partially disassembled.
A 3D printed black frame with 4 colours, Red, Yellow, Green and Blue in the corner
A small monitor displays the title "JURL" with a list of keyboard-related functions. Nearby, there is a circuit board with multiple connected cables, a battery pack, and a keypad. The setup is placed on a dark surface
A deconstructed keyboard sitting in a 3D printed shell
Two miniature keyboards, one is a simple grid of blank buttons, the other a more traditional style