LAST CALL! Retro Game Zine 2025 ANNUAL Kickstarter ends 9/12, PRGE, Paperboy Vol 001 & more!

Hello everyone!

I wanted to bug you all one final time, as the Kickstarter campaign for my final Retro Game Zine issues of 2025 ends on Friday, 9/12. Beyond the final issues, I also have a complete collection of all 12 issues from the year inside a single book, the 2025 ANNUAL. When I send this, there will be a little less than 24 hours to get yourself a copy!

Backers will get bonus stickers with their issues or the collection, and I plan to produce a bonus bookmark or art print for everyone, too. Whatever it is, it will feature the surprise artwork from the legendary Wil Overton! He was the talented cover artist for Super Play magazine and many others over the years. He is working on something original for the 2025 ANNUAL cover that I am sure will be amazing. Here are some of his iconic covers:

The other stickers will feature RySpirits’ original art for the 2025 ANNUAL, as well as separate stickers for the Harvest Moon issue and the Snatcher issue.

My next convention appearance will be next month at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo! I will have copies of all my books and zines, plus Beat ‘Em Up Vol 1, on hand for folks to grab, and I’ll be hopefully running into some friends like Brian from RetroGameBooks.com (check out his latest SNES Maps Vol 3 book up for pre-order RIGHT HERE!) and a few past guests from the Pixels and Polygons podcast. If you plan to attend, let me know or stop by my table!

I was lucky enough to have some contributions inside Video Game Maps: SNES Volume 2, and I have also sent him a few quotes for some of his upcoming projects, so keep an eye out here for future shares. If you buy a copy, tell Brian I said hi!

Patreon got a big overhaul recently. This month, I also created a new $1 monthly tier for my Patreon. You can check it out RIGHT HERE to learn more about it, but this support will get you one week of early access to new Pixels and Polygons episodes, as well as the ability to chat and submit icebreaker questions for future episodes, and a personal shout-out. Consider it if you can, as all the support goes to website hosting fees, Shopify costs, and running all the Pixels and Polygons things I have going on.

This month, I also tried something new and released the first in an ongoing series of original articles I plan to write as I have extra time, called PAPERBOY. Paperboy is a recurring feature that pairs one video game with a comic book series that shares similar themes or atmosphere. If you are a fan of the game in question, I would highly recommend you search out the comics if you want similar entertainment. There are some spoilers for the game, but minimal spoilers for the comics, as I want y’all to go out and read these. You can read my first article (for FREE, as always), as well as download a digital zine edition of the article below.

I have had a bunch of great guests on the podcast these last few weeks. Coming up on 9/19 I will have the talented Maddie ★ othatsraspberry. We answer the evergreen question about a favorite average (or below average) game we love that doesn’t get enough attention. Maddie also has some fantastic Metal Gear comics collected in two different books you can pre-order RIGHT NOW. Please go check them out and consider supporting her and get some cool stuff while you’re at it.

Now, for the post credits secret teaser, I can show off a sneak peak of the next 32 Bit Library book. I am officially calling it “32 Bit Library Greatest Hits 1” and you can see the amazing art RySprit came up with for this amazing collection. I’ll have some new contributors in this volume, and I hope you all enjoy it. It will be coming to Kickstarter, and I will be sure to let you all know when you can sign up to be notified as soon as it’s possible. For now, thanks for reading and keeping up with my stuff. I appreciate everyones support, even the shares online with friends and social media. It all helps. Thank you!