Posts tagged “nintendo” — Blog of independent game and app developer Matt Sephton. Featuring vintage Macintosh, game development, digital artwork, Japanese esoterica, video game reviews, hacks and tips, and much more. https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/tag/nintendo/ Fri, 03 Jul 2026 20:16:48 +0000 Fri, 03 Jul 2026 20:16:48 +0000 Jekyll v4.4.1 <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Nintendo&#39;s first USA trademark, dated 4 Oct 1955: <a href="https://t.co/9ONME6pgTL">https://t.co/9ONME6pgTL</a><br /><br />The first use of the word <a href="https://twitter.com/Nintendo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Nintendo</a> in US press is a description of this trademark in the 8 Oct 1955 issue of <a href="https://twitter.com/nytimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nytimes</a> (see quoted tweet)<br /><br />thanks to <a href="https://twitter.com/suryongchan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@suryongchan</a> for digging digging this up! <a href="https://t.co/XZhiotm5ZA">https://t.co/XZhiotm5ZA</a> <a href="https://t.co/Uscxvbv0DP">pic.twitter.com/Uscxvbv0DP</a></p>&mdash; Matt Sephton🎴 (@gingerbeardman) <a href="https://twitter.com/gingerbeardman/status/1349755208813993989?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 14, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> by Matt Sephton Thu, 14 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2021/01/14/nintendo-s-first-us-trademark/ https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2021/01/14/nintendo-s-first-us-trademark/ <p>This tool downloads the Iwata Asks series of interviews, saving as Markdown and HTML with images. ePub files are optional and can be generated in a secondary post-process phase.</p> <p>I created this tool in Spring/Summer 2019 so that I could more easily read and search the Iwata Asks interviews.</p> <p>More details: <a href="https://github.com/gingerbeardman/iwata-asks-downloader" title="https://github.com/gingerbeardman/iwata-asks-downloader">github.com/gingerbeardman/iwata-asks-downloader</a></p> by Matt Sephton Sun, 05 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2020/01/05/iwata-asks-downloader/ https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2020/01/05/iwata-asks-downloader/