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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 30/09/2026

head reattachment trauma was my first experience with them and they were honestly just so nice to work with.

Quake map tech room. Green walls with a key locked behind a grate.

Quake map tech room. A dingy brown maintenance space with pipes dangling from the ceiling.

Quake map tech room. A bundled collection of pipes descends through a shaft, with a ramp spiraling around them.

Quake map tech room. A large loading bay with heavy duty hatches in the floor and a vast diamond-shaped portal at the far end.

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 17/09/2026

at some point in my CS:Source map collecting days I extracted a map into my game folder which reskinned the default flatscreen television model with this frame from Batman V Superman on it. I'm not 100% sure how to revert it so he's been popping up everywhere for years at this point. hello batman.

Counter-Strike Source screenshot. The player is ignoring a match to consult a flatscreen television with a glowy-eyed Batman on it.

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 09/09/2026

it's not exactly *good* but it's weirdly high-effort in a lot of unexpected ways. I fucked up in a driving section and the characters in the car stopped their (very long) conversation to complain, then resumed where they left off. also it has this incredible tutorial popup

"Shooting and killing are classed as Psycho acts"

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 09/09/2026

started playing Reservoir Dogs for the PS2 and I still am struggling to believe it is a real game that exists. why are there vehicle sections. why is there a morality meter. why is there so much extra dialogue. why are there weirdly unique hostage-taking and ordering-people-at-gunpoint mechanics.

Third-person shooter screenshot. A man in a suit crouches behind a riot shield in the middle of a main street. Barricades and police cars are visible in the background. A prompt at the top of the screen says "Press Triangle to perform a Bullet Festival".

Third-person driving screenshot. The player is in a blue muscle car racing a second green muscle car across a bridge.

A post-chapter rating screen. There is meter that reads "Psychopath", "Career Criminal" and "Professional" in order, from left to right. The meter is currently leaning towards Psychopath.

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 28/08/2026

not so sure about the bombed-out Half-Life 2 apartment blocks though

Counter-Strike Source screenshot. In the skybox of the level, far out of the playable space, the designer has dropped several large Soviet-era apartment blocks in various states of devastation.

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 28/08/2026

revisited de_troit (somewhat popular map from a server I used to frequent as a teen) and remembered how I used to think it was really weird that the designer built a massive industrial estate directly adjoining a load of suburban family homes. no, turns out urban planners will totally just do that.

Counter-Strike Source screenshot. A short cul-de-sac in an impoverished neighborhood. In the foreground are several forlorn suburban houses of the sort that were clone-stamped all across the post-war US. They are sharing the street with a couple of massive industrial buildings and a lot full of shipping containers. There's a smokestack towering over the whole thing.

A shot of the street from the opposite direction. Many more houses are visible in the background. A large billboard advertises the level designer's website.

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 22/08/2026

I have made cinnamon tea cake. it's not very pretty but it tastes fantastic. sorry you'll have to take my word for it.

A slightly crumbly brown cake with a cracked top and a sugary glaze, missing a slice. Swirls of cinnamon butter are visible in the cross section.

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 11/07/2026

wandered into the chapel street bazaar. did you guys know people used to just have Stuff

A room crammed with antique furniture and a big wooden wheel for some reason. The carpet is a delightful shade of pea-green

A long carpeted walkway framed by old paintings, lampshades, and vintage clothing

An alcove stuffed full of glass cases and shelves, all of them cluttered with glassware and assorted china.

A long carpeted walkway surrounded by old furniture, paintings, posters, bric-a-brac, etc

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 04/07/2026

get in loser, we're texturing our blockouts and calling it a day

A large tomb chamber with a dim light on it. Several upright stone containers litter the floor, and a larger container stands in an alcove.

A narrow stone passage lit by torchlight. It branches in the distance.

A sloping tomb chamber with dim blue lights set into the ceiling.

A large irregular cave with platforms rising out of the lava. Stone structured protrude from the distant ceiling.

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 13/06/2026

it's also just kinda nice to walk through. cool grungy ruined space city. I love archways and domes and big-ass pipes of dubious function.

The outer wall of a large stone city in a desert environment. A couple of windmills stand outside, and a crumbling pipe spans a gorge in the rocky terrain.

A gloomy courtyard between several stone buildings. Graffiti of some unknown creature is visible on a wall, and dead ivy clings to some arch supports. Another big pipe crosses from one building to another.

The edge of the city, overlooking a sea of yellow haze. Domed structures cling to the outer wall, and even larger towers are silhouetted in the distance.

A large cylindrical domed room with a crumbling roof, allowing the reddish glow of the sun in. A mysterious metal orb sits in the centre, surrounded by a couple of radiating pipes.

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 16/04/2026

learned that the original design for Flinders Street Station had a gorgeous arched concourse roof with huge windows and I'm a little heartbroken that they cut that part mid-construction

The winning design for Flinders Street Station, showing elevations along the two major adjoining streets. The building is in a neo-Baroque style and was constructed around the start of the 20th century.

A zoomed-in view of the design, showing large arched windows along the Swanston Street side.

A Google Maps view of the current building, which is (at least from the Swanston Street side) rather flat and unassuming.

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 03/04/2026

I got a couple of complaints about The Warmest Body In The Room being too dark when I released it and all I can say is sorry, my last apartment didn't get any natural light and I didn't balance for screen-glare-havers. and also I was feeling mean.

A large abstract concrete structure, hostile and dimly lit. Spotlights mark floors and important edges.

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 02/04/2026

maddie has found a way to jumpscare me so hard that I audibly yell

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 28/03/2026

Maddie is showing me Jak X and it's absolutely incredible to me that a series that started as a goofy lighthearted kids' mascot platformer has ended up with a soundtrack like this They played QOTSA's "Millionaire" over the intro cutscene???

Wikipedia extract:

The soundtrack for the game was composed primarily by Billy Howerdel of A Perfect Circle, with assistance from members of various other bands, including The Crystal Method, Limp Bizkit, Tool, The Offspring, Faith No More, Nine Inch Nails and Queens of the Stone Age (the game's intro sequence features songs from the latter, taken from their album Songs for the Deaf).[5] The cutscene music was solely composed by Larry Hopkins.

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 23/03/2026

I inexpertly made a carrot cake for Maddie's birthday and then had to beg her for help with the frosting 🫡

A carrot cake on a kitchen table, generously frosted with a mixture of cream cheese and icing sugar. The kitchen is visible in the background with a big mixing bowl I haven't cleaned up yet.

The same cake sliced into several pieces, revealing a cross section of its two layers.

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 23/03/2026

there's a section in Skin Deep where you zoom in on some nebulas through a telescope and I'm a little annoyed that the placeholders shipped because they are 100% just blobs that I drew in thirty seconds with a brush in gimp

a purple blob that might resemble a gargantuan space cloud if you applied the correct blending and squinted a little

The same blob viewed through a telescope, blended with an orange backdrop and a scattering of stars.

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 22/03/2026

anybody want the train station black beans? barely opened.

it's an opened can of black beans sitting on a bench

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 26/02/2026

bonus Zillow meme ledge in the lobby

An in-game shot of the hotel lobby, with high ceilings and chandeliers. Over the entrance is a large inaccessible ledge with seemingly no function.

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 26/02/2026

one of my favourite genres of CS map: "local landmark that is deeply iconic to someone else but completely unrecognisable to me" (Chateau Frontenac hotel in Quebec)

An in-game view of the hotel's facade, a grand 19th-century brick structure with steep coppery rooftops.

A streetview shot of the same building. It is considerably larger and more grand.

An in-game bird's eye view of the hotel, showing a small park opposite it.

A Google Earth view of the same place, showing considerably more foliage.

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 09/02/2026

it feels good to have some forward momentum on this thing again

Quake techbase level. A large inclinator stops at a landing, flanked by higher platforms. A big heavy door leads deeper into the facility.

Quake techbase level. A button sits behind an armor pickup and a single grunt. Two sets of shuttered windows overlook a pitch-black room.

Quake techbase level. A dim red room that corkscrews slowly down around a greebled pillar. An open door leads to a brighter room in the distance.

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 01/02/2026

enthralled by this menu where every UI element has a drop shadow that shifts depending on the cursor position

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 15/01/2026

the "post a game you remember playing that nobody else remembers" thing is so easy if you just had one mediocre shareware demo disc as a kid

Monkey Shines. It's a pretty standard shareware platformer where you're some kind of ape avoiding spooky stuff and going from screen to screen.

Noop's Odyssey. Slightly obtuse platformer featuring a distressing mucous-coloured blob creature. Baffling texture and sound design choices.

Dangerous Driving. Fixed-perspective racing game where you drive around a track and uhhhh that's basically it. I think this one had a level editor, maybe.

Alien Cabal. It's a 2.5D FPS from the era when everyone was churning these things out. Vaguely Men-In-Black-themed. I could never get past the first level.

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 13/12/2025

Played the demo for PARKSIDE: DECAYED SOUL MANIPULATION and I'm kind of charmed. Wildly overambitious maximalist kitchen sink imsim. Brings the term 'post-Cruelty-Squad' to mind. store.steampowered.com/app/2530250/...

A first-person view of a city street. Buildings are visible in the distance and pedestrians wander around. It's quite ugly (complimentary).

A menu screen showing the player's stats and upgrades, as well as a skeletal visualisation of any damage they've taken.

Another city street with neon signs. The sky is a blazing yellow.

An upgrade screen featuring many abilities the player can buy with experience points. The ability 'Automobile Expert' allows the player to steer with their knees, allowing the use of steering while holding two-handed weapons and reloading

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 27/11/2025

watched The Third Man for research. I think all movies should dedicate this much screen time to sewer infrastructure.

A large, long underground brick chamber, with many foreboding dark doorways leading into it. Grooves are cut into the gently sloping floor to guide the flow of water. A man in black stands in the middle distance.

A dutch angle of a vaulted space, with a gantry running over a tunnel entrance. A ladder to daylight is visible. Policemen point flashlights down the tunnel towards the viewer, while a running man enters the room from a higher doorway.

A long brick tunnel with light streaming in from the far end. A solitary figure stands silhouetted against the entrance.

A vaulted brick chamber with water flowing through the lower half. A man dashes across gantries suspended from the ceiling.

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 15/11/2025

me when I'm putting earrings in for the first time in a while and I start to get paranoid

"There was a HOLE here. It's gone now" from Silent Hill 2

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 31/10/2025

maddie and I had a little halloween-themed high tea!! it was very posh and dainty and tested the limits of how many sweet treats I can ingest in one sitting

A three-tiered platter of bite-sized footstuffs, ranging from pies and sandwiches to scones, muffins, and cakes.

it's a fizzy mocktail with an 'eyeball' on a skewer in it (it's a lychee)

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 13/10/2025

my sister got me one of those 3D bookend kits for my birthday and I finally got around to building it. it was fun! other than the lingering implication that she thinks I'm a weeb I guess

A table full of perforated wooden sheets of multicoloured parts. There is an instruction manual and a tube of glue.

A small assembled part containing the front end of a train, a level crossing, and a cherry blossom tree.

Several larger parts lying around, including a couple of alley walls and a small creek.

The completed bookend, with small LEDs illuminating the dense scene.

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 02/10/2025

seriously this is the most entertaining dungeon crawler I've played in a long time

A garbage-laden corridor with lanterns and boarded-up doors. A spindly pale demon lumbers towards the player.

A combat screen with a load of status effects being applied to the layer. Two tiny purple fairies hover in an industrial room.

A rough stone corridor that branches in two. A tall figure in a dark robe stands nonchalantly at the fork.

Another combat screen. I'm on fire. The enemy is on fire. Everything is on fire and it's totally according to plan.

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 01/10/2025

Played the Corpus Edax demo and this game is so fucking funny. It's like Invisible War if Invisible War let you hit a dude with a lead pipe so hard that he ragdolled and went flying across a room

A grungy sci-fi courtyard with a tree in a metallic planter and a giant fan set into the wall, casting shadows on the surrounding walls.

Two members of the 'Skulls' gang are infighting on a subway platform. The player, who is not in immediate danger, is sitting down and resting.

A dystopian city skyline, viewed from a junkyard. The sky is grey and thick with fog.

A decrepit hotel lobby with a vast central staircase, lit by flaming trash cans.

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 26/09/2025

there is Posting Brain everywhere, for those with the eyes to see

An argument scribbled on an exterior wall. The opening statement is "Brunswick IS NOT AN IDENTITY". A response has been made underneath but it is illegible. The original poster has scribbled it out and written "So you're classist then?"

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 12/09/2025

Poking around in a demo disc I had as a kid and experiencing Domination (1997, Xtreme Games). It's mostly unremarkable but I do love the in-game terminal system (and the profoundly maximalist hud)

A first-person shooter in classic 2.5D. The player character is wielding double chainguns and the HUD is cluttered with various readouts (many of which are, in fact, giving useful information)

An intro cinematic where a bunch of pseudomilitary orders are printed out on a green-and-black console screen. Small images of our grungy cyberpunk protagonist guy are displayed at the top.

A terminal system with a prompt and various commands.

A shareware screen prompting you to buy the full version. It promises "bitchin wetware", "guts flying everywhere" and "girls, girls, girls". Thanks, guys.

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 09/09/2025

Global Star Software's shareware compilation discs rewrote my brain

It's the cover of a demo disc labeled "100 Action Arcade Games: vol. 3". They put all their fanciest 3D game thumbnails on the cover, naturally.

The back of the case, showing the full list of games. It's a mix of a few things you've heard of and a load of "huh??? what????"

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 06/09/2025

reaching the point in Symphony of the Night where I'm busting out paint dot net to figure out where I'm able to go next. cool game.

An incomplete map of Symphony of the Night, screenshotted and annotated with red text

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 09/08/2025

Maddie's been on a killer baking spree for the last few weeks so we kinda technically ended up having three (!) cakes for my birthday I am so lucky you guys have no idea

it's a pistachio cheesecake with chocolate on top and a biscuit-y base

a key-lime tart served with cream and a tiny slice of lime

a slice of tres leches cake with sliced strawberries and a single candle on top

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 08/08/2025

I'm 30 today. I spent a long time thinking I'd never reach it, and an equally long time dreading it. I felt like I wasn't done with my 20s, like I'd been forced to cram everything into a few short years. But right now I feel fine. I think I'm just happy to be here. I have so much living left to do.

it's maddie and I out under the sun, with trees behind us

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 14/07/2025

maddie came out of officeworks with a suspicious roll of card stock under her arm but it turns out it was merely ORDINARY BUSINESSMAN LITTLE LION (shown with monty for scale)

A papercraft Little Lion (by Brendon Chung) being held in my hands. I could obliterate him in an instant. But I have grown to love him for his respectable dealings and absolute adherence to the rule of law.

A papercraft Little Lion on a kitchen benchtop, in front of a framed Skin Deep game box.

A papercraft Little Lion on a kitchen benchtop, next to a small rounded cat-like plushie named Monty. Neither of them have ever committed a crime.

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 30/06/2025

my girlfriend maddie moved in officially today!! I can hardly believe I get to live under the same roof as this amazing, wonderful woman

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 28/06/2025

We released the Skin Deep Map Kit on the Workshop today. This is a little resource with a load of simple examples for how to set up certain things in your maps and mods. It also contains, I think, my finest work. steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/...

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 14/06/2025

there's a men's streetwear brand we've been seeing a lot here that causes maddie and I to immediately enter silly goose mode and go "nina pasadena mentioned??? skin deep mentioned??????" whenever we spot it

a model wearing a 'nena and pasadena' shirt

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 12/06/2025

and here's a picture of absolute defeat (I lost my phone and we backtracked across half the CBD before retrieving it)

I'm sitting on some steps looking distinctly frazzled, holding a water bottle, and giving the camera a sidelong squint. I am inexplicably giving a weak smile

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 12/06/2025

girls date girls date (the penguins are also gay) (I can't prove that the sharks are gay but I reckon there's a chance)

maddie and I in front of the aquarium glass, bathed in deep blue light. sharks and fish swim behind us.

maddie and I in front of the crocodile enclosure. the crocodile in question is just chilling (i.e. floating ambiently)

the penguin enclosure, with several pride flags staked in it. some of the flags have specific penguin pairings drawn on them

two hands clasped together in front of aquarium glass, with a shark in the background

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 08/06/2025

hello melbourne!! maddie and I have been exploring, eating nice little treats, and only getting slightly rained on (and also catching up with the excellent @haraiva.bsky.social)

maddie and I, masked up in adelaide airport (I mean, I could've probably told you this was melbourne and you'd have believed it, but it isn't)

maddie, cecile and I in a melbourne lane

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 02/06/2025

got a mystery parcel from @blendogames.bsky.social today... anybody heard of this game?

A cardboard Atari 2600 game box for a video game called 'Skin Deep'

The back of the box. It shows some screenshots and a short blurb about the game.

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