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Orestis F @balthuk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Super Mario Bros. Wonder is just too fun. A 2d platformer with so many unique levels, mechanics and cute touches. I've been loving the switch lite as someone who hasn't had a Nintendo console since the gba.

Cover image for super mario bros wonder. Mario, Luigi and the whole crew is there.

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Orestis F @balthuk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Homegrown tomatoes are the real deal, this is my kind of topic.

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Double Fine @doublefine.com · 04/09/2026

Announcing: Thank You Bus Driver! Our very first Double Fine Action Labs title, this is a fun-sized, chaotic game where you take on the role of a town’s bus driver trying to get through the day with minimal rule breaking and maximum gratitude.

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Thank You Bus Driver Announcement Trailer

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Orestis F @balthuk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"submission to data-driven inauthenticity" is a quote for sure. Taken from the description of this hardcore album, the latest from Chat Pile.

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Who Loves The Sun, by Chat Pile

10 track album

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Orestis F @balthuk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

www.gamerswithglasses.com/impressions/... A piece on repairing and its various meanings. "Why have we grown used to valuing things mostly — or only — through price tags? How is seeing in this economically-centered way blinding us?"

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Repairing Historical Memory in Koyamachou — Gamers with Glasses

There’s a lot more to repair than simply restoring an object. Dídac Jiménez Torras finds that Koyamachou Watch Repair Shop raises questions about how societies prioritize efficiency over preservatio...

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Orestis F @balthuk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

"In opposition to text, numbers are hard, precise, stoic monoliths that impose their mathematical certainties on you. Text is fluid, provocative, potent, elegant, blunt, sensual, noxious, vivid, visceral, tangible, abstract, hyperbolic, humorous, and much more." I'm half on board, arguing w/ myself.

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Orestis F @balthuk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

"Feels like micro-dosing TTRPG one-shots" sounds extremely appealing 😅

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Orestis F @balthuk.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It's bandcamp Friday, so it's a good day to get acidadominga.bandcamp.com/album/imagin... for acid techno michellezauner.bandcamp.com/album/jubilee for pop charm curiocurio.bandcamp.com/album/curi-c... for Brazilian groove theemarloes.bandcamp.com/album/di-hot... for Indonesian funk/ soul

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Imagination Creates Reality, by Acida Dominga

4 track album

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Orestis F @balthuk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Why did nobody tell me Shovel Knight is that good? (Everybody did, but I chose to be 3-8 years behind on games)

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Orestis F @balthuk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I just backed Amnesia Fortnight 2026, Indie Reboot on www.kickstarter.com/projects/dou... , and it's a good time to support them now that they're independent. Also go play Psychonauts and Psychonauts 2, what are you doing instead that is better?

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Amnesia Fortnight 2026, Indie Reboot

A Double Fine Productions Game Jam, Documentary, and Kickstarter Campaign

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Orestis F @balthuk.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Swords Against, “unplayable” games, and the history of factual fictions www.patreon.com/ecfriedman/p... I read this while eating my dinner on a bench, I was too invested to stop midway just to get back home. Very interesting read - ttrpgs, fiction, fact, found objects.

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[Essay Draft] - Swords Against, “unplayable” games, and the history of factual fictions | Dr. Em Friedman

Note: This is a draft -- of what, I'm not yet certain. It's possible that it could be the kernel of a video essay, especially given how Amab

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Orestis F @balthuk.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

As someone who just beat Shovel Knight (only the titular knight's part): Wow, they really did create all those other ones with interesting distinctive mechanics?! King knight is already interesting in the Introductory level.

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Valeria Loves @valerialoves.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

“X wants Y but Z, so Q” is such a useful framing. Good stuff.

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Hilander RPGs [Jason] @hilandergames.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

hilanderrpgs.bearblog.dev/zlda-dungeons/ A very quick but sort of effective guide to making zelda-like dungeons. #OSR

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ZLDA: Dungeons

Puzzle Fungeons

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Orestis F @balthuk.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Some super interesting stuff to read while drinking your morning coffee.

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root @freshroots.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Hi, I made a steam page for my game, Soft Ruin. If it seems interesting, please consider giving it a wishlist. Thanks! store.steampowered.com/app/2882230/...

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Orestis F @balthuk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Noclip consistently produces top tier documentaries on the games scene, just take a peek at their channel and start watching.

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Orestis F @balthuk.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

"I want an exit from what has been sold to me and others as normal. Something we can do, on an individual and a collective basis, is to reject the predominant culture of the hobby and to strive for a community with non-commercial interactions between members." Still digesting this one, here it is.

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Steps to Demonetize the TTRPG Hobby

You can quit playing your pretend games wholesale and go back to living an undisturbed life not worrying about what a lyric game is or wheth...

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Double Fine @doublefine.com · 21/08/2026

Purchasing our games supports us directly now 😎

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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

A friendly reminder that Double Fine's Psychodyssey is one of the finest pieces of media ever created, and a must-watch for anyone who cares about video games, yet somehow it's also completely free www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Double Fine PsychOdyssey - YouTube

2 Player Productions and Double Fine Productions present Double Fine PsychOdyssey, an unprecedented documentary experience seven years in the making. Ten yea...

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Orestis F @balthuk.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

But I did get one just now 😬

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Ambrosia Sky 🪐 @softrains.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Ambrosia Sky: Act Two is now available + you can grab the game for 20% off! 🎉 In this update: 7️⃣ Seven brand new levels to explore ⚙ Updates to crafting + progression 💜 Dalia's mission to find Maeve continues ➕ Cloud saves, Simplified Chinese localization, and more! More info: tiny.cc/acttwolaunch

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Ambrosia Sky - Act Two is now available! - Steam News

Ambrosia Sky: Act Two is live! Check out this post for launch details and patch notes.

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Orestis F @balthuk.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

What if your lead designer on a 3d platformer was a child you gave a bunch of coffee to (complimentary) ? Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom is what you get. There's a super appealing and generous demo for free, and it's on sale!

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Save 60% on Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom on Steam

Make full use of your advanced move-set to navigate hand-crafted retro worlds without a jump button in this vibrant love letter to the N64 era of collectathons!

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Orestis F @balthuk.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

If you're interested in worker owned ttrpg journalism, you owe it to yourself to check out Rascal.

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Orestis F @balthuk.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Huh switch game prices really are nothing like pc games, are they? I've gotten too used too steam sales, etc. so even getting a cheaper switch 1 seems pretty rough if you add in the must have games.

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Orestis F @balthuk.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I cannot overstate how much I have enjoyed the PsychOdyssey, a stunning documentary series on the recently wounded Double Fine, before and during the creation of Psychonauts 2. @2playerproductions.bsky.social are wizards of documentary making and I am on my N-th rewatch. youtu.be/kRlI72bsNRc?...

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Double Fine PsychOdyssey · OUT NOW! · Official Trailer

YouTube video by Double Fine

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Orestis F @balthuk.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

The Story of Christian Metalcore Is the Story of American Politics, a great article on a topic that was somewhat stored away in my brain as a "Huh, I wonder why that is". www.thefringe.blog/p/the-story-...

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Why Are There So Many Christian Metalcore Bands?

How bands like Underoath, The Devil Wears Prada, Norma Jean, and more conquered a corner of the hardcore scene.

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Rascal News @rascal.news · 24/07/2026

Playing a fifteen year old boy named Godammit made my twenty-session campaign of Apocalypse World smaller, angrier, fiercer, and forced me to be more honest about the place of violence in our game. At the end of the campaign, Godammit looked at a weapon and called it brother.

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The only real boy in Apocalypse World

Playing an ordinary teenager casts the game’s blunt violence into sharper relief.

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AJ Jefferies @moonjam.com · 21/07/2026

Hey, that's a nice [THING YOU DO FOR PERSONAL PLEASURE], be a real shame if somebody were to [CONVINCE YOU TO MONETIZE IT, TRANSFORMING YOUR RELATIONSHIP INTO AN OBLIGATION AND ROBBING YOU OF JOY]

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Orestis F @balthuk.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Who wouldn't want on of these? Jump on the opportunity to get your lil weirdos depicted.

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Orestis F @balthuk.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I'm reading Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell and having a blast, but it's at the stage where things have started to unravel preeetty fast for most characters and I am not sure I can handle it, I might be sighing loudly and worryingly while reading at this point. www.goodreads.com/book/show/56...

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Utopia Avenue

Utopia Avenue might be the most curious British band yo…

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Stu Horvath @stuhorvath.com · 15/07/2026

Sheet ghosts, in essence, come from the old practice of covering a corpse in a burial shroud, but it likely persists in the modern era because of a ghost hoax in 1803 that ended in an accidental murder. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammers...

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Hammersmith Ghost murder case - Wikipedia

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Orestis F @balthuk.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

While watching Amelie for the first time and enjoying it a lot, I started wondering: is there a game heavily based on it? A lot of its plot seems game-like, talk to interesting neighbours with their own stories and quirks, gather clues to find the mysterious man, engage him but not too much,etc.

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Orestis F @balthuk.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Why do I buy 5-10 games on a steam sale to play an hour a day of Binding of Isaac and that's all? 😞

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artemis, scary boss of stop caring @stopcar.ing · 10/07/2026

The Institution is dead, man. It's been dead. Now's the time for the punks, the fuckers that wanna punch above their weight class, that wanna write experimental, personal, weirdo, sick shit. They will stumble along the way but we will all be better for it: not financially, but in spirit.

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Orestis F @balthuk.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Alt-metal nu-metal find, ~16 years after its release, Chevelle - Wonder What's Next is a super fun album🤘 www.youtube.com/watch?v=trin...

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Chevelle - The Red (Official HD Video)

YouTube video by ChevelleVEVO

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Orestis F @balthuk.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Just received my copy, today is a good day.

Photo of book: The game narrative kaleidoscope

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Orestis F @balthuk.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

A few months late on this but- This is a stunning showcase and I'll be damned if I don't wishlist at least three dozen games. Insane variety and inventiveness to be found, these folks have gone maaaad, mad I tell you. youtu.be/kYRpN78fMfU?...

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[TRAILER] COMPUTER WORLDS: A Showcase of Strange & Distinctive Games - Coming to noclip_2

YouTube video by noclip_2

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len gogos 🏳️‍🌈👽 Open for work! @lengog.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

JUST 3 DAYS LEFT There's an insane amount of talent in Greek comics. In this book there are creators you might know already and creators you absolutely need to know now. Don't miss out ❤️

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Tributary Games @tributarygames.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

You have 48 hours left to get the Build Shuffle Battle Humble Bundle, which Occlude is in! If you're short on pennies, we can recommend the cheapest tier which includes the fantastic Knights In Tight Spaces and three other titles. www.humblebundle.com/games/build-shuffle-battle

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Build, Shuffle, Battle!

Build, shuffle, and battle your way to greatness with an all-star collection of deckbuilders—play Wildfrost, The Spirit Lift, and more today!

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