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I'm firm on the opinion that BLUEJEWELED is one of the strongest videogame poems around today - it's overt maximalism twists and reshapes the original game into a new form that's playful/critical/materially aware, which all feel central to what I value in a poem brandonhare.itch.io/bluejeweled

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BLUEJEWELED by brandonhare

welcome to bluejeweled

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chirasul @moth.gay · 12/08/2026

felt so old today when i realized 9 is already 2019 years ago

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nat. @natclayton.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

while i've been sick i've been trying HALFQUAKE, a HL1 mod with some very good menus and a rat

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Max Kearney @kearneymax.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Music (2025, underscores) Makes You Lose Control (2019, Remedy Entertainment)

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brandonhare the cool and neat @brandonhare.com · 26/07/2026

thanks for playing

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Ammnontet! @bleakvision.info · 02/07/2026

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Gmad @gmad.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

using mspaint while high

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Slideshare Gems @goodslides.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

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brandonhare the cool and neat @brandonhare.com · 28/06/2026

there's a lot going on here

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brandonhare the cool and neat @brandonhare.com · 27/06/2026

I Am So Proud Of You (most of this beautiful new text can't be seen from a mod so please enjoy its exclusive appearance here)

A screenshot of the main menu of half-life 2 with a bunch of text ruined.

The main menu options are now: "new game of the whole game", "load the whole game", "pride", "options for the whole game", "bye".

The achievements panel is now titled "I Am So Proud Of You", its progress bar now reads "very cool gamer skill and awesome", and a checkbox is labeled "Hide Conquered".

The options menu is now labelled "Welcome to Options". The subcategory tabs now read "Normal", "Yeyboard", "Moose", "Gamepad", "Noises", "Illusion of Motion".
The keyboard controls panel is open, and the first letter of every action has been changed to a 'Y'. Some actions include: "Yove yeft (yrafe)", "Yump", "Yimary yattack", "Youse yitem (yuttons, yachines, ...)", "Yravity Yun", "Yuit Yoom".
The "yes/no/accept" buttons at the bottom of the panel now read "yeah/nah/for sure".

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brandonhare the cool and neat @brandonhare.com · 27/06/2026

duke nukem goes to the store and replenishes his bubblegum

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Sridhar Ramesh @radishharmers.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

My "Not currently wearing a shirt" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.

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Jorkin B Peanitson @bonerman-inc.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

madame web peering at peter parker through her crystal ball. scried a man

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Guide The Player @guidetheplayer.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

The game should

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brandonhare the cool and neat @brandonhare.com · 15/06/2026

hilariously adding 2 seconds of silence to the discord soundboard

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brandonhare the cool and neat @brandonhare.com · 15/06/2026

calling the radio station every day begging them to play “There’s a hole in my bucket”

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brandonhare the cool and neat @brandonhare.com · 15/06/2026

evil imagine dragons (aka don’t imagine dragons) be like: “🎵 I’m waking down,”

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brandonhare the cool and neat @brandonhare.com · 15/06/2026

I didn't end up making a new manifesto for this #manifestojam but I still stand by everything i wrote for the 2022 jam brandonhare.itch.io/manifesto

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MAN-IN-VEST-O by brandonhare

important manifesto

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brandonhare the cool and neat @brandonhare.com · 15/06/2026

the burgers are even better at Famished Jack’s

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brandonhare the cool and neat @brandonhare.com · 12/06/2026

planning a heist to steal the world’s smallest diamond

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brandonhare the cool and neat @brandonhare.com · 11/06/2026

got much better business at my store once I started selling goods instead of bads

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wolf pupy @wolfpupy.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

you never hear about all hell when it is firmly secured.

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rémi @okremiok.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

video game pixel price calculator sandwichpuissant.net/videogamepix...

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Video game pixel price calculator

For informed gamers.

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wolf pupy @wolfpupy.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

many of the world's shops and vendors will sell you items.

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wolf pupy @wolfpupy.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

only buy power enhancing crystals if you want your powers enhanced.

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brandonhare the cool and neat @brandonhare.com · 29/05/2026

should I get this $895 golden lobster thing

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