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Alex Tokmakchiev @atokma.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Microsoft execs out here managing XBOX like it's some kind of an inventory management mini-game. "Yeah, let me put Rare and Halo in the Activision bag, that should do it." 🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻 news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...

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Continuing Our Reset

This message was just sent to Team XBOX employees globally. Team, I’m writing to share several updates as part of the XBOX reset outlined earlier this year. First, we are eliminating 268 roles across ...

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Alex Tokmakchiev @atokma.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I would rather submerge myself in a pool of fresh cow dung than even consider working at such a place.

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Alex Tokmakchiev @atokma.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It's unjust that all of these bangers came out in the same month and I *barely* have any time for them 🫠

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Alex Tokmakchiev @atokma.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Captured on film by a dear friend during one of my last days in Sofia.

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Alex Tokmakchiev @atokma.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Hey friends and mutuals, I've now officially moved to Helsinki. If any of you are in the area (or are planning to come), shoot me a message and let's grab some coffee or a beer. ^_^

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Alex Tokmakchiev @atokma.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Life advice: When relocating you obviously need a dedicated suitcase for your Magic cards.

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Alex Tokmakchiev @atokma.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

The best GTA game in my books. Hong Kong oozes with style and the radios are an absolute banger.

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Alex Tokmakchiev @atokma.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Speaking as a UX Designer, do NOT, under any circumstance change this interface. Rebuild the system with a modern fast, reliable and secure tech stack, but keep the UI as is.

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Alex Tokmakchiev @atokma.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Thirty-three years young today. Feeling at my best I've ever been thanks to my loving wife and all the supportive people in my life. I'm also ready for the next big adventure that awaits us as we are just 2 weeks away from relocating to Helsinki. 😊😊

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Alex Tokmakchiev @atokma.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I dreamt of a fantastically engaging game with simple, but joyfull mechanics. I remember thinking in the dream how wonderful it'd be to make the game when I wake up. Then I woke up. And I had forgotten the entire game. 😭

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Alex Tokmakchiev @atokma.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The way this game is played feels very much like American sports. Great stuff.

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Alex Tokmakchiev @atokma.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

With the recent Sony and Rockstar news, it sure seems like a good time to bring back this bad boy.

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Alex Tokmakchiev @atokma.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

“The dead won’t rise. But their sons… will.” Excited to share the gameplay reveal trailer of our game Chronicles: Medieval which premiered at the Summer Game Fest. In-engine footage focuses on our strategic battles, which has been one of my primary UX focuses the past year. youtu.be/60uz4iicAig

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Chronicles: Medieval | Gameplay Reveal Trailer

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Alex Tokmakchiev @atokma.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

One of my biggest highlights from the recent Steam Next Fest. Immaculate vibes all around and hits that sweet "just one more" feel like crazy.

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Alex Tokmakchiev @atokma.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

My talk on Applying Object-Oriented UX Design to Break Up Complex Game Systems from the 2025 Game UX Summit in Antwerp is now live: youtu.be/Il3HhY0djvc Check it out if you want to learn how to use OOUX to improve collaboration, scalability, and player understanding in complex, system-heavy games.

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GUXS 25 | Applying Object-Oriented UX Design to Break Up Complex Game Systems | Alex Tokmakchiev

YouTube video by Game Master Classes

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Alex Tokmakchiev @atokma.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

This Steam Next Fest is hitting hard. Will be doing a thread on all the games I've been trying out, but CICADAMATA is a solid early contender for best demo I've played IN YEARS.

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Alex Tokmakchiev @atokma.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Chuckled out loud when I went to log Bugonia in my Letterboxed and it hit me with this 😅😅

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Alex Tokmakchiev @atokma.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Hanoi, I have fallen in love with you.

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Alex Tokmakchiev @atokma.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

It's that time of the year again! Holiday card #10 celebrating the 150+ hours we put into BG3 this year 😅

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SUMMER ETERNAL @summereternal.com · 23/12/2025

As promised in our newsletter, we're organizing a giveaway of the Summer Eternal Anthology Deluxe Firestarter Bundle! To enter: 1. Follow us 2. Repost this post Winner receives one free pre-order for the Anthology Deluxe Bundle.

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Alex Tokmakchiev @atokma.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Mollymauk enjoying a drink at golden hour.

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Alex Tokmakchiev @atokma.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Every Eastern Europeans: "Oh, I know this street" *impeccable vibes

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Alex Tokmakchiev @atokma.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Channeling Clan Ravnos aesthetics.

A photo of Alex in Tivoli, Copenhagen, wearing circular red-tinted glasses, a brown wool scarf and a dark leather trench.

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Alex Tokmakchiev @atokma.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Don't worry, it'll all *surely* trickle-down at one point. 🥲

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Alex Tokmakchiev @atokma.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Scored a couple of gems from this dope Copenhagen used games store. Bonus: A wild @arvy.bsky.social appears.

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Alex Tokmakchiev @atokma.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Nobody follow me. Let's keep this at the sacral 999.

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Alex Tokmakchiev @atokma.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

I just realized I'm turning 33 next year so you bet I'm making an Expedition 33 themed birthday party.

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Alex Tokmakchiev @atokma.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Movie-heists: Extremely complicated plan involving a dozen people, precise to the second timings and ultra high-tech thing-a-majings. Real-life-heists: Park a truck and raise a basket to the balcony.

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Alex Tokmakchiev @atokma.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Oh my god, I'm gonna be insufferable when this comes out. The amount of reaction and meme GIFs I'm gonna make out of Lestat's rock star era is gonna drown my company's Slack channels. youtu.be/dr0q5FHUO1E

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Extended First Look at The Vampire Lestat ft. Sam Reid | Premieres 2026 | AMC+

YouTube video by amc+

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Alex Tokmakchiev @atokma.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Mandatory all-hands on Monday.

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Alex Tokmakchiev @atokma.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Went to my first MTG Commander Night yesterday. Played two of my precons, I couldn't do anything in one game cause I just did not draw any Forest lands, proc-ed real hard the second game, but took pity on another player and then he wiped me. Lesson learned. Also won a Cowboy Bebop promo card! 10/10

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Alex Tokmakchiev @atokma.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

This is a fantastic and rare opportunity! Because it's not mentioned in the original post, Sunset Visitor are located in Vancouver, Canada.

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Alex Tokmakchiev @atokma.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

After 55 years, Bulgaria is back in the finals of the Volleyball Men’s World Championship. Watching this team has been a roller-coaster of emotions and the biggest one starts in less than ~3 hours. Regardless of the outcome, these boys are absolute champions <3

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Alex Tokmakchiev @atokma.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Absolutely INSANE turn around! From 2:0 for USA, to 2:3 for Bulgaria and we are off to the World Volleyball Championship Semi-Finals!!!

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Alex Tokmakchiev @atokma.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

OD looks absolutely horror-inducing ala PT, which means there ain't no fucking chance my shaky little soul will even open its store page lol

Still from the OD - Knock teaser trailer showing an arm holding a matchstick lightning a candle which has the shape of a little kid head.

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Alex Tokmakchiev @atokma.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Me, my best friend, and my little brother, at his first Magic pre-release event. 😇

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Alex Tokmakchiev @atokma.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

3 days ago marked the 30th anniversary of the release of Hackers, aka the movie that *still* influences large swaths of my musical and fashion tastes.

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Alex Tokmakchiev @atokma.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Wait, wait, wait, Resonance of Fate got a 4K PC remaster!? This is one of *the* weirdest JRPGs ever and, yes, while brutally hard to learn, it does so many novel things that you HAVE to try it out.

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Alex Tokmakchiev @atokma.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Though I fervently believe this is the best Barry Lyndon cut: youtu.be/x8_tJ6rVPyM?...

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Barry Lyndon × 21 Savage - "a lot"

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Alex Tokmakchiev @atokma.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Now seated for Barry Lyndon's 4K restoration.

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Alex Tokmakchiev @atokma.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Finally framed the Persona 3 and Alucard foil art prints I bought at ComicCon 2 months ago

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Ryan McDiarmid @ryanmcdiarmid.com · 08/09/2025

Putting Hunter’s March pretty early on as a path for players who really want to push themselves to get used to it was a smart decision imo. It’s funny, I also feel like realizing that alternate crests exist made me just want to commit to the angled down-attack harder.

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