Triptych by Kawanabe Kyōsai depicting a battle of frogs, 1864.

Some rather interesting art from one of Japan's boldest caricaturists and one of earliest manga authors.

-From The Public Domain Review

"From salvaging 1914 Orient Express archives for The Last Express to the fight for digital preservation, legendary game designer Jordan Mechner shares why safeguarding our cultural artifacts—like video games—is vital."
blog.archive.org/2024/11/21/v...

-Via The Internet Archive

New Sonic Fangame/Hack/Mod short out now!
It features Sonic 2 Game Gear Sega Master System by StellarStardust, a game featured at Chao Gaming Showcase 2024!

https://youtube.com/shorts/LtU8g7dz1MA?feature=share

Dice Man — it's just how he rolls...

More radical fashion from the 16th-century Schembart Carnival here:

https://buff.ly/2ACOSoF

My thoughts on ARRO

"Epic Games is officially cool with the Internet Archive preserving early Unreal Games" from Game Developer

This is some amazing news for video game, as well as media preservationists. Now if only other companies would get on board with this.

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/epic-games-is-officially-cool-with-the-internet-archive-preserving-early-unreal-games

New video out now!
In it we will be looking at three important, but little discussed contributions to the UAP Disclosure Movement.
https://youtu.be/girfjGNzOWo

New Video Drops at 4 PM EST!
In it we will be looking at three important, but little discussed contributions to the UAP Disclosure Movement.
(That is if I don't get arrested for contempt of court for not knowing my right from my left!)

This isn't unsettling at all.

According to a news story, Gemini AI tells the user to die — the answer appeared out of nowhere when the user asked Google's Gemini for help with his homework

Say what you will about remote viewing, but the CIA and formally the KGB took it very seriously.

https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/stargate-collection-mars-exploration-may-22-1984/

My Schedule for this week:
-New Video on my thoughts on the second congressional UAP hearing Tues 4 PM EST
-New Sonic fangame/hack/mod short Thurs 4 PM EST

This series is a real treasure trove of both Japanese fairy tales, in translation, and beautiful Japanese woodblock art. The series (either partially or fully) is available on the internet archive.
https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/woodblocks-in-wonderland-the-japanese-fairy-tale-series/

This short is on one of the most beautiful mods I have ever came across, Sonic 3 A.I.R. Weather mod! It was featured at Sonic Hacking Contest 2024.
You can get the mod here:
https://shc.zone/entries/contest2024/1133

This is one of the reasons I love looking at images and books in the Public Domain. It is uncanny how many times I come across so that foreshadows or predicts our current state of affairs.

"Replace these “wireless telegraphs” with smartphones, update the dress a little, and this vision of "isolating technology" from a 1906 issue of Punch magazine could easily be from today:"
-Public Domain Review

New Video Out now!!
In it we will be Previewing the Second Congressional UAP Hearing happening on Wednesday! We will be:
-Looking at the Press Release
-Looking at the background of each of the witnesses
-Discussing what we can expect at the hearing!

https://youtu.be/ylZbPdJuwvA

New video out now! In it I share my thoughts on:
-Alternative Social Media (like CoSo, BlueSkies, etc)
-What is the most compelling UFO evidence I have seen.
-The future of gaming and consoles
-The recent Internet Archive attack
-Media Preservation
-The Future of The Internet

https://youtu.be/8fybIkU2PoA

New Video out now!
It's a special Halloween video in which we will be looking at a piece of haunted folklore from North Carolina, The Demon Dog Of Valle Crucis and I'll give me thoughts on the story

https://youtu.be/3XMRqeG32Z0

New Video out now!
It's a new episode of Big Mike's Big Universe. In it we will be looking at a story in which senior ex-Pentagon security official Chris Mellon discusses the incursions of UFO/UAP mother ships releasing drones over Langley Air Force Base.
https://youtu.be/khi8E9ExewI

New Video Out Now!
It's a new episode of Big Mike's Big Universe! In it we will be looking at two news stories:
1. Simon Holland's claim that an alien signal has been detected.
2. A Whistle Blower alleges the US Federal government has Immaculate Constellation, a secret UAP program that tracks and reverse engineers UAP.

https://youtu.be/Vc7CQUS-tk8

New video out now!
It's a video on five of my favorite games from Sonic Hacking Contest (SHC) 2024.
https://youtu.be/eBSyHe1I5Mk