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Object 10 of 12: The Commodore 64’s commercial life ended before the internet, so early C64 culture was mainly material. The lucky few got *paper* invites to a demo party. Full story: jesperjuul.net/c64/history/#o… Jan 10th: Object 11 – Turrican II - keeping up with the Amiga #c64

In 2009, I tried extrapolating budget trendlines and thought it absurd that by 2031 some games would cost $500 million to develop. Yet it happened, and much sooner than that. (Consoles came out at a slower pace.)

"A History of the Commodore 64 in Twelve Objects". Object #11: Turrican II - Keeping up with the Amiga Full story at jesperjuul.net/c64/history/#o… Coming Jan 17th: Object 12 – The Commodordion – two C64s as musical instrument #c64 #c64games

I had an interesting conversation with Rudolf Inderst about my new book Too Much Fun. Thanks! newbooksnetwork.com/too-much-fun #c64

"A History of the Commodore 64 in Twelve Objects". Object #12: The Commodordion – two C64s = one Accordion Full story at jesperjuul.net/c64/history/#o… The surprisingly long history of the C64 shows that old tech can still create something entirely new. youtube.com/watch?v=EBCYvo… #c64

This Friday Feb 7 at 2PM EST, I will speak about my C64 book Too Much Fun on ROMChip. tickettailor.com/events/romchip… #c64

If you want to ask me questions, I am doing an AMA on Reddit right now. reddit.com/r/IAmA/comment…

I will be speaking about my Commodore 64 book at MIT this Tuesday Feb 25th, hosted by CMS/W and Nick Montfort. calendar.mit.edu/event/too-much… #c64

Jesper Juul's excellent new book Too Much Fun: The Five Lives of the Commodore 64 Computer mentions a computer satire issue of Mad Magazine I hadn't seen. I checked our collections at The Strong Museum & we had it--fun to see the parodies, including one on the "Commode" computer corp

Come study with us! March 1st application deadline for our two-year master program in Visual Game and Media Design in Copenhagen! royaldanishacademy.com/en/programme/v…

In 2010, Aaron Swartz downloaded 70GBs of articles from JSTOR. He faced $1 million fine and 35 years in jail. He took his life in 2013. Meta illegaly downloaded 80+ terabytes of books from LibGen, Anna's Archive, and Z-library to train their AI models without any punishment.

[Launch event in Danish.] Kom til bogrelease, diskussion, og fejring af Commodore 64'erens danske historie! 11. marts 2025, kl 17:00-20:00. Kongelige Akademi, København K Detaljer her: jesperjuul.net/c64/dk/ #c64 #c64games

Speaking about my C64 book in Aarhus this Friday March 21st! cc.au.dk/aktuelt/arrang…

Speaking SUBOTRON in Vienna this Thursday!

The American Journal of Play has kindly published a full interview with me about video games and my work. It is an honor but also disorienting to have reached the advanced stage of looking back on my career. Didn't I just start (checks watch)? museumofplay.org/app/uploads/20…

New arrival this morning, purchased following a review in the latest issue of ZZAP! 64 from Fusion Retro Books. I’ll have my own review of this fine looking tome by Jesper Juul on the blog in due course.

What are the European alternatives to Google Docs and Microsoft 365 for students, writers, and project workers? I couldn't find any good answers, so I have reviewed the four top packages and provided my recommendations. I hope you find it useful! jesperjuul.net/ludologist/202…

When we presented a detailed study about the Danish game industry last month, a young audience member asked us why we hadn't just asked ChatGPT? He apparently thought that AIs knew "everything", and didn't see any reason why you would gather new data. That is a problem.