bev! @TonicBH@computerfairi.es

New on the Secret Area: "Halo with chips" has been found.

A dumb back of the box quote from Maxim magazine promoting a poker video game had become a small meme. I wanted to find out where it came from.

Likes, shares and comments are really appreciated. https://asecretarea.com/2025/02/21/halo-with-chips-found/

ps visit my website it has cool dumb video game things

I made a new post yesterday to cover devolver digital's silly advergame

http://asecretarea.com

New on the Secret Area: It's Austin Powers Operation: Trivia.

Somebody at Sierra thought there should be a trivia game based on the titular spy film parody series. It works about as well as you'd expect.

Made by (some of) the people who made You Don't Know Jack!

https://asecretarea.com/2026/09/29/austin-powers-operation-trivia-windows/

Sometimes chilling in a park can be rather relaxing

hearing Pharrell Williams' Happy at a doctor's office

not sure if this is fitting or not

New Patreon post: It's Austin Powers Operation: Trivia.

Made by some of the people who made You Don't Know Jack, it's a trivia game that lacks the mojo.

Available now for all patrons at $1/month: https://www.patreon.com/youfoundasecretarea/posts/austin-powers-no-170656109

You think that there is a demand for a Balatro-like that's designed like Press Your Luck, or are those kind of random number generator games considered passe now?

Could be an interesting idea....

meet jet georgeson

Imagine me rolling up to someone going "hey, you wanna see my old Panasonic VHS-C camcorder?"

"I have these VHS copies of a James Bond movie, some delightfully faded from constant watching, wanna see?"

"You like old Windows XP-era software? I got that, *and* a burned WinXP CD with the FCKGW CD key!"

The downside of coming from a packrat family is realizing how much excess stuff we have

The upside is I now have stuff that I could share to folks that might find it neat, like fountain pens, or old printers

New on the Secret Area: I decide to do some digital exploring to discover a Jeopardy fan game based on Star Wars that someone submitted to Mobygames, and whether or not I can find it 27 years later.

Another digital dive into the weirder, forgotten side of computer games.

Shares and comments appreciated, as always.

https://asecretarea.com/2026/09/11/searching-for-star-wars-jeopardy/

it's fun to have something to tinker with

A few days ago, I was reminded by a friend about Star Wars Jeopardy, a fanmade trivia game by a Star Wars fan.

I'd been trying to find it online, to no avail.

Then I stumbled upon a version of the creator's site through the Wayback Machine, which was a Star Wars fan site. And the game was there to download!

Anyway it's now on the Internet Archive for everyone to enjoy: https://archive.org/details/starwarsjeopardy

this coffeeshop is playing the theme to Serial Experiments Lain

something I was not expecting

Honestly this gal is goals to me, tbh