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Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 8h

Hit a million views and I'm STILL bad at social media. That's the real achievement

Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

(@brainwashgang.bsky.social's Nongünz has been around for a while, but someone rec'd it recently and it took me on quite the journey.)

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

I already GOT what I want, sucker. You made a cool thing. It's weird. I got to play it and talk about it. Now other people who like cool weird stuff can help me convince you to make more of it. This EPW video feels like a really good crash course on why that mindset is so important.

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A Warning for Indie Game Developers

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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

YouTube video by Bare Metal Bryan

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Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

That was me, in a full suit of armor, frantically clicking the left mouse button for an hour straight

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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

YouTube video by Bare Metal Bryan

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

You still haven't finished it?! I take back every wonderful thing I've said. (Seriously though, what you've made already is amazing! I'm glad I got to experience it, and look forward to more!)

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Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Also, enormous thanks to VA @jordanscarzfava.bsky.social for helping me read a few lines from the WOODROT demo! (Considering my own insane dialogue reads this time around, I should probably collaborate with people who can do the job right more often.)

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

We are all getting a crash course in Dead culture rn

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

Like, six guys in a Shinagawa board room saying "let's skinwalk Pac" is indeed weird as fuck... but also bafflingly unoriginal. It would have been more groundbreaking, less dubious, and equally absurd for Team Sonic to buy all rights to Juice (1992) and get it relabeled as PS5 exclusive software

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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 · 07/06/2026

That sounds like an absolute nightmare, congratulations

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Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

High praise! Thank you for the compliment! Admittedly it took a few reads to get it exactly the way I wanted. A live read or a whole book is way beyond my skill level at this point... still, voice acting is a super fun way to break up the editing process!

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Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Thanks as always for watching, Rocko! Big definitely looks like he's smashed up a tour bus/hotel room or two. I don't know if I've ever finished the Iliad, or the Odyssey, but revisiting them both is on my to-do list. Enjoy, and stay well!

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Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

It was a pleasure! I'm looking forward to whatever you do next!

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

Throwing this over to #gamingsky #gaming as well. If anyone's itching for a brutally difficult and technically complex experience, this game has you covered on both fronts.

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

He's singing with the great forever-choir in the underworld now

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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 · 12/03/2026

Thank you for watching! Yeah, with so many options out there, sometimes it just feels best to try to pay respect to certain games without dwelling on them for too long. Sometimes it's just about getting it to the people who it's a perfect fit for, even if that's not always me!

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Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Having my videos called "essential" by actual, good-at-their-jobs media critics is SUPER weird. Like, I thought we were all under the same impression that I am a disheveled man on the street rambling about how Steam store tags offend me But I'll try to live up to it, Magen!

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

No. What does Kenneth even need the ring for? Why does he want it back? He doesn't have fingers. He's almost exclusively legs and mouth

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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 · 04/02/2026

I like how this is also kind of just Aggretsuko

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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 · 05/01/2026

JUST biscuits? No butter or jam or gravy or nothing?

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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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Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

I finally got to watch this! Yeah it's super on brand for WKW. Just an hour and a half of the world's most heart-wrenching and uncomfortable situations with perfect cuts and beautiful lighting. Everything he makes feels like a fever dream I also watched My Blueberry Nights and... did not enjoy that

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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 · 07/12/2025

Yeah, it is Flash. It was a 2010s spin-off from his appearances in the Guardians comics. I don't remember seeing Howard in what I read of it. That said, I still need to get the physical copies and finish it!

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Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

I have never even seen Darkhawk before but I feel like I can relate as the world's last Venom: Space Knight enthusiast

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Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Thank you for the shout out! I'm glad you like the videos!

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Bare Metal // Bryan @baremetal.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Returning to this to say thank you! It was wild ride, glad you enjoyed

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