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Xavi 🐳 @blubberbaleen.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

I remember once getting up early to go to a talk for sound designers by an audio equipment company on sustainability in audio, and it turned out the talk was on how they made themselves financially sustainable, and I was like, what is wrong with you

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Xavi 🐳 @blubberbaleen.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

🌏🏜️🔥 🌌🪄🐺 🐎🚀🐑 #my9games

Grid of 9 games. From top left to bottom right: Out Wilds, Sable, Firewatch, Freelancer, Hocus Pocus, Lost Ember, Mount & Blade Warband, X4 Foundations, Palworld.

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Latin American Games Showcase @lagshowcase.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Come discover over 70 games from across Latin America! Huge thanks to @rawfury.bsky.social , publishers of @deepdishdungeon.bsky.social , for presenting our The Game Awards Edition! Watch LIVE on Dec 9 — pre-show starts 3:30 PM PT!

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Xavi 🐳 @blubberbaleen.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

I think about this game so often, it's so good

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Xavi 🐳 @blubberbaleen.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

I love that sometimes my work involves making cute animal noises

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Xavi 🐳 @blubberbaleen.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

call it 😮 plunderphonics 😮

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IWGB Game Workers Union @gameworkers.co.uk · 31/10/2025

This is the most ruthless act of union busting in the history of the UK games industry. Yesterday, @rockstargames.com unfairly fired over 30 employees for union activity. We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.

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Xavi 🐳 @blubberbaleen.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

anyone here ever set up a lightweight FMOD environment as a C# .NET app or something? I'm dreaming of being able to design a live show in FMOD and then trigger it using OSC from like, touch designer, or a phone, or a lighting desk 💭

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Xavi 🐳 @blubberbaleen.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

my answer when someone asks me how long is a piece of string

screenshot of a console log with the highlighted text 'Unreasonably long string'.

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Xavi 🐳 @blubberbaleen.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Quick morning redesign of Tiny Glade (@pouncelight.bsky.social), basically just to test drive a new microphone! big respect to @noknok.bsky.social for their great work on the game's actual sound 🎶 #gameaudio #redesign #indiedev

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Xavi 🐳 @blubberbaleen.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

putting a geophone in crab holes by the beach - real clicky snappy vibes over here 🦀🦀🦀

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Xavi 🐳 @blubberbaleen.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

I was once promised an accordion by a friend's ex and then they broke up and since then I feel the universe owes me an accordion so I will never pay for one

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Xavi 🐳 @blubberbaleen.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Great Yarmouth is set to host the biggest neo-nazi music festival in over a decade. The Home Office has the power to block entry of overseas bands, which will scupper the promoters plans. Email the Home Office now: hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/28/g... (they provide an easy form)

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Great Yarmouth to Host Britain’s Biggest White Power Concert in Years – HOPE not hate

Great Yarmouth is set to host the largest white power music gig held in the UK for at least 10 years, HOPE not hate can...

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Xavi 🐳 @blubberbaleen.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

I just revisited this thing I made for a game jam (big up co-jammers Virág and Tété!) called A Drop in The Ocean - an oceanic futurist fantasy where marine life teams up to save itself from humanity. I actually think it holds up pretty well! Narrative and audio by me 💧 blubberbaleen.itch.io/drop

blubberbaleen.itch.io

A Drop In The Ocean by blubberbaleen

An underwater narrative adventure celebrating the life beneath the waves 🌊

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Xavi 🐳 @blubberbaleen.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Oh yeah and I'm at Develop tomorrow (wednesday) for one night only too - LGBTQIA roundtable at 2pm - Spill The Tea with @outmakinggames.bsky.social 4pm - Games Industry Biz Party at 7pm Hit me up if you are around and don't be afraid to say hi 🌊

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Xavi 🐳 @blubberbaleen.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

🔔🐳 THIS FRIDAY I am performing my piece [whalesong] for one night only. It's a sound piece about the noises and voices in the sea using an absurd array of audio tools. Perfect post-Develop night out down at @theatredeli.bsky.social PWYC tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/city-fring... 🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋

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Xavi 🐳 @blubberbaleen.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

And i will then be doing the whole three weeks at the Edinburgh fringe festival 💦💦 2-24th August (not 12, 19th) at 5pm BrewDog DogHouse Hotel with @freefringe.bsky.social Free entry, non ticketed freefringe.org.uk/shows/whales... #whalesong #liveart #performance #edfringe #soundart #theatre

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Xavi 🐳 @blubberbaleen.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

The week after I'm showing [whalesong] in Bristol at the awesome workers coop Cafe Kino. Tickets PWYC: hdfst.uk/e132150 #whalesong #liveart #performance #soundart

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Xavi 🐳 @blubberbaleen.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

FRIENDS 🐳 I am presenting my sound piece [whalesong] in London for the first time since 2020 ✨ it is a love song to cetaceans (toothed and baleen 🐋) where I create oceanic soundscapes with my voice, body, and hacked game controllers. Venue: @theatredeli.bsky.social Tickets PWYC: bit.ly/ws-deli-2025

me shouting into a microphone during a performance of whalesong. date and time details overlaid: London, Friday 11th July, theatre deli, ec3a 4af, 7pm and 8.30pm.

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Out Making Games @outmakinggames.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

We're heading to Trans Pride Brighton! 🏳️‍⚧️ Join us on 19th July as we celebrate and support the trans community ✨ rsvp: www.outmaking.games/events-list/...

Join Out Making Games at Trans Pride Brighton 19th July. The background shows the blurred colours of the trans flag, pink, blue and white. The community from Trans Pride 2024 are smiling and holding flags.

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BAFTA Games @baftagames.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

We are thrilled to be partnering with @outmakinggames.bsky.social to celebrate #PrideMonth We asked the OMG community for their favourite games that tell LGBTQ+ stories or celebrate inclusivity. Check out our list below and tell us about your favourite games that celebrate the LGBTQ+ community.

A graphic that shows the logos of Out Making Games and BAFTA

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Xavi 🐳 @blubberbaleen.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

morning improvisation with my head in a bowl of water 💦🫧 and a flint rock on a sheet of copper 🪨✨

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Xavi 🐳 @blubberbaleen.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

although they should have pulled out last year because of the palestine solidarity campaign boycott

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Xavi 🐳 @blubberbaleen.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Huge respect to organisations like this who are taking a stand! Seen too many that cop out by saying they're 'apolitical' or make excuses for Barclays just because it benefits them.

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Xavi 🐳 @blubberbaleen.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

I'm working on a project atm which reminded me of this absolute gem of a sound piece

youtu.be

SAM KIDEL : "Disruptive Muzak"

YouTube video by SPECTRES SONORES

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Xavi 🐳 @blubberbaleen.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Last day to apply to be a mentor for Limit Break! It is honestly the best initiative within games here, everybody is really great, and it really makes a difference. www.limitbreak.co.uk/apply

limitbreak.co.uk

Apply — Limit Break | Video Game Mentorship Program

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Into Games @intogames.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

🎮 The IG50 ARE BACK! Are you: 📍 From the UK 💪 From a working-class or low-income background? 🔎 Not yet in the games industry? Apply for the IG50 2025 for celebration, support finding work and more! 👉 Apply now: intogames50.uk/apply-2025 👇 Or read on to find out more… (1/4)

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Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

“biological sex” should refer only to having sex in a lab, knocking over microscopes and shit, contaminating every surface while scientists watch you and take notes

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Xavi 🐳 @blubberbaleen.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

moving around rocks reveals ancient topographies and maps - the opening of an audiovisual installation about the origins of mining and critical minerals 🪨 (Megalith by Mechanimal, visuals by Limbic Cinema, audio by me)

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Xavi 🐳 @blubberbaleen.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

rock-controlled audiovisual installation 🗿

beams of lightning projected on the floor between piles of rocks, in the foreground a computer running audio software

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Xavi 🐳 @blubberbaleen.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Tree project I keep banging on about finally happened 🌳🌳🌳 super successful, lots of amazing feedback, tbh I'm just glad my tech pipeline actually worked! this video shows it in action - the music underscores one of the areas in the experience ✨ #deepwood #installation #soundart #maxmsp #unity #wwise

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Xavi 🐳 @blubberbaleen.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

i'm usually a very chill person but the fact that trying to select all the text in a property in reaper makes you select ALL THE ITEMS IN THE WORLD is really sending me to the edge today

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Xavi 🐳 @blubberbaleen.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

honestly feeling p proud over the creative tech I've built for the #deepwood installation 😊 - unity scene to trigger events based on participants' positions ⭕ - max/ableton to parse and sonify incoming biosensor data 🔊 - wwise to binauralise and route out to each participants' headphones 🎧

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Xavi 🐳 @blubberbaleen.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

#Deepwood is getting close! We've moved trees now, instead of the ancient hawthorn we're going for this little glade of fruit trees just about to bloom. Tom has been set dressing to make each tree look special - in the piece, walking by each one plays back a different soundscape ✨🌱

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