Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

JP @jplebreton@mastodon.social

1/19/2026, 5:41:50 PM

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In all my years of wandering around Mobygames I've come across a lot of now-defunct studio biographies, some of which link to a tribute/memorial page set up by the former workers. But I've never seen one with this combination of terseness and obvious bitterness: https://web.archive.org/web/20031128033536/https://www.skygames.com/
RIP BlueSky Software! (1988-2001) - I never knew ye until today, when I learned one of your last games was a Goosebumps 2.5D first person adventure with oddly lavish (for 1997) FMV.

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