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Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

You know, I bet some of the indie devs whose work I cover see me tag them for a video essay, and immediately think... “Who the fuck is this stranger? What’s his grift? What does he want from me?”

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 28/08/2026

In my latest essay, I discuss Unedited Footage of a Bear, This House Has People In It, sharing art with the people you love, and how that experience can give you permission to see art in new ways You can read it now for free, along with my entire archive, at the link below

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Looking For Meaning In Other People's Houses

Let's talk about how important it is to share weird art with the people you love.

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MachineScreen @machinescreen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This game is likely not for me gameplay-wise but the art style and overall vibe is just impeccable!

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Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

This month, I had fun exploring some N64-inspired indie games like @desecrators.bsky.social, Mouseward by @finitereflect.bsky.social, Vital Shell, and a couple others. I also made the Pong paddles grunt as part of a multilayered thought experiment #gamingsky #gaming #phenomenology

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The Low Poly New Wave, Vol. 2

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Agelvik @agelvik.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

damn, when i see videos and edits like this, it makes all the hard work worth it! thank you @baremetal.bsky.social !

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Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Hey! I played a really cool eldritch water birth devil dagger star fox fish horror tumor shooter imperialism simulator by @agelvik.bsky.social It's very hard and time consuming. I broke my mouse trying to beat this. Take it easy on that hardware, folks #gamingsky #gaming

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Death In Abyss: An Alien Ocean Horror

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Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

It's so odd how creatives and execs keep reaching the same conclusion: that they MUST resurrect Tupac Shakur and make his corpse tap dance in order to meet their vision. We're at like five mainstream Tupac zombies now. Have you shameless warlocks no sense of variety? No other spirits left to invoke?

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Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

“Man, I haven’t heard from Bryan in a while. I wonder where he’s been—“ I’VE BEEN STUCK IN THE LABYRINTH OF THYSIASTERY I’VE BEEN STUCK IN THIS GAME FOR WEEKS SCREAMING PROFANITIES AND WRITING POETRY ABOUT DEAD OCs (shout out to @dirgagames.bsky.social for creating my latest obsession)

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Sacrifice and Defiance: The THYSIASTERY Experience

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Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Uh oh, they're Watching Out For Me™

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Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

This month I played games that hurt my eyes and made me feel weird. @necroticspider.bsky.social, @clone.bsky.social, @bysameng.com and @vikintor.bsky.social are among the devs here on bsky making surreal, playable, mind-bending art. I'm interested in seeing what they all do next. #gamingsky #gaming

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Exploring Weird, Dark, and Surreal Games

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Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Well, this month's video is taking longer than I wanted. Life is setting up every obstacle it can to prevent you from seeing it. But we persist. In the meantime, maybe check out this cool video on Empty Shell lore. I think it's the creator's first, which is insane cause that game has a LOT of lore

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Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

It can be hard to make friends after you get memory-wiped and shoved inside a death mech. You should still try, though.

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Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

So, from what I've learned Cons of living in the DG universe: > occasional organ robbery > no flavor in the food :( > you may be exploded depending on net worth Pros: > 20 movies exist > survivable amounts of oxygen (usually) > you might see photos of other people’s pets from the before-times

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Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

All you really need to survive the post-apocalypse is unlimited airhorns, some cool stickers, and a hype man.

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Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Happy New Year, folks. I spent a good chunk of December trying to wrap my head around this mech-themed dungeon crawler series by @yomigael.bsky.social. It was very hard. And very fun. And I think you can tell the exact moment I lost my mind while playing through it. 🐁 #gamingsky #gaming

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Der Geist: Dark Tales from a Brutal Mecha Dungeon Crawler

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Sleepy Ghost @sleepyghostmp3.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Just keep going bro #pixelart

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Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

You know it's a rough time when the real voice comes out.

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Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Shoutout to the Wendys and the Frankies. I know who watches what I make. Buncha benchmaxxing DS2-playing matcha drinkers

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Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

This nightmare is almost certainly my gateway into Metroid-style collect-thing-shoot-thing platformers

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Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

“Man, I haven’t heard from Bryan in a while. Is he dead? I hope he's not stuck in The Etern-“  I’VE BEEN STUCK IN THE ETERNAL CASTLE 150 hours in an early-onset dementia simulator that runs on hope, high blood pressure, and retinal tissue. STUCK IN THERE. Thriving and winning and screaming HELP

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The Many Unrealities of The Eternal Castle

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Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Taking a break from my current hyperfixation to say that the OD and Death Stranding: Mosquito trailers look weird and cool ...and with this I recede, back into my pile of post-it notes and gameplay footage

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Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

I played a bunch of cool low poly indie games and demos this past month. Bluesky has an awesome community of devs making killer stuff right now, including @hexosphere.xyz (Prison of Husks) @adinolfi.bsky.social (Heartworm) and @knifedemonsoftware.bsky.social (Brush Burial). Exciting times, I say.

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Gritty 2000s Vibes: The Low Poly New Wave

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Rockito @rockito.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

@baremetal.bsky.social be like "There ain't no new video on my channel that I should post here and there never was".

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Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Silly question, for the folks who play Metroidvanias: what one game would you tell someone to play to get them into the subgenre? (If I get no answers, I shall continue to pretend they don't exist)

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Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

These necromancers are getting out of control.

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Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

So yesterday I decided to get back into playing classic roguelikes by starting with Caves of Qud. I forgot what that game is. That game is NOT an on-ramp

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Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Now that I've been unplugged for a little while, time to log back in and see what my mutuals have been— Oh fuck what did I do now

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Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Why is it so ridiculously hard to get a halfway decent mech game these days

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Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Uh... D-drop... drop something handsy, everyone

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Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Least-surprising disgusting-feeling fun fact since microplastics in the balls:

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Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

An action RPG where you collect the souls of Wu Tang members like Infinity Stones is not something I can comprehend today

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Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

The rise in console pricing has EVERYONE desperate

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Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

I must assume that whoever recommended I play Kenshi also deals hard drugs

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Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Thank you for watching, and for making interesting games! I'm looking forward to 2.0!

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Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Welp, wandering around for hours on end in Oblivion Remastered has distracted me from wandering around for hours on end in Death Stranding. Thanks, Virtuos!

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Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Significant update: I am still alive

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Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

"THIS IS WHAT IT 'BOUT TO BE LIKE, WHEN THE DOLLAR COLLAPSE"

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