iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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I'm immensely proud to announce that my texture library that's been in the making for nearly a decade is now available on my itchio store for indie devs to purchase commercial licenses. makkon.itch.io

screenshot of my itchio store, showing several texture packs available for purchse

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Brendy_C @brendyc.bsky.social · 17h

Ace Combat isn't Top Gun - it's Star Wars. www.jank.cool/ace-combat-8...

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Brendy_C @brendyc.bsky.social · 18h

Jank today features a piece from @marshdavies.bsky.social. We are unconquerable. We are curing games journalism by injecting it with a mysterious serum made from the blood of good writers.

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tef @tef.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

several of you have been asking for an update on "we count numbers consecutively in an irc channel" and i'm pleased to announce someone made the effort to draw a graph

a time/count graph of the irc counting game, there are seven lines that trend upwards, surprisingly at a consistent rate

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Dylan Roth @dylanroth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I’m going to create a mod for Slow Roads where throughout your endless drive you have to respond to phone calls about both your ambitious construction project and your collapsing domestic life

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Jeremy Peel @jeremypeel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is a good opening prompt from @grahamsmith.bsky.social. For me, the late and lovely James McMahon was that reviewer as I grew up reading NME. He’d give anything punk an extra point and anything prog a tonguelashing. I’d roll my eyes at his judgements but knew where I stood and loved his writing

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Brendy_C @brendyc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I just want a PC that will last as long as my 2007 Toyota Corolla.

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Jank @jank.cool · 26/09/2026

Another seven days have passed at Jank dot cool. The videogames never cease. Here's what we wrote. www.jank.cool/jank-mail-ha...

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Jank Mail: Halo falling

This week in PC gaming

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Jank @jank.cool · 25/09/2026

A wetroidvania, a remaster of a tacky FPS, and an even nerdier Football Manager. These are just some of the games you could play this weekend. www.jank.cool/what-you-cou...

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What you could play this weekend

An even nerdier Football Manager

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Brendy_C @brendyc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

when my ace combat review gets 5 likes

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Brendy_C @brendyc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Ace Combat continues to be very stupid. Great work, everyone.

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Brendy_C @brendyc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I was at the Guardian part-time for years and it was one of the most reliable jobs I've ever had. I got bad carpal tunnel and was given lots of leave. I stole my vertical mouse when I left and nobody complained. Excellent place to work if you can get it!

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Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

In recent years, the media has quietly begun to change the way in which it writes about Bobby Kotick, the former CEO of Activision Blizzard. PMG investigates how Kotick used the threat of defamation to reshape his legacy in the games business, one article at a time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwp...

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Inside Bobby Kotick's Campaign Against the Press

YouTube video by People Make Games

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Brendy_C @brendyc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Enjoyed this piece. "Violence can be fun, but understand too if that desire causes you to encode odious beliefs in the name of your pleasure."

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Jank @jank.cool · 17/07/2026

Stop calling it a 'reset'. It's an amputation. www.jank.cool/stop-calling...

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Stop calling it a 'reset' when it's an amputation

Cut out your corporate tongue

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Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

oh this is up! I wrote an essay about how video games keep track of the hours you spend playing them, and how I find that vulgar

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David Cooper @davidbcooper.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Starting my day making some art.

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Jank @jank.cool · 21/09/2026

Derelikt is a love letter to the scary space corridors of the year 2000. www.jank.cool/derelikt-is-...

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It’s very simple. A reality TV host became dictator because he turned down a role for Sharknado 4 and that’s why the king of outer space, who cheats at Diablo, got to kill Africa. Now the economy is controlled by a sex cult that has something to do with Harry Potter fanfic because of robots.

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Brendy_C @brendyc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Shoutout to flatmates, the steady rock of the last two decades.

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Jank @jank.cool · 18/09/2026

What are you doing this weekend? I'm sleeping for 47 hours and eating dry cereal for the remaining 1. www.jank.cool/what-you-cou...

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What you could play this weekend

And what we are playing

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Brendy_C @brendyc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The equivalent of this but for gaming sites is undoubtedly unfolding soon.

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Jank @jank.cool · 16/09/2026

What are your favourite game devs reading? This is the first of our BRAND NEW column by Nic, very new, definitely not wrenched from the dying hands of our former paymasters. www.jank.cool/whats-on-you...

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What's On Your Bookshelf?: Esoteric Ebb's Christoffer Bodegård

"I've heard it's similar to Disco Elysium. But Miéville’s must be better, because he has two"

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Brendy_C @brendyc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It has been years since a game has made me do this, but I agree, if you've found yourself pacing then, woof, good work narrative designers.

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Justin Decloux @declouxj.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

We could all be watching a badass robot puppet fight a bunch of other puppets right now if we choose to...

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Brendy_C @brendyc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

War is hell. But war with no money is heller.

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Jank @jank.cool · 14/09/2026

Stab space cops for money - the flawed but lovable Ostranauts. www.jank.cool/ostranauts-r...

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Ostranauts review

Everything can be salvaged, but make it a curse

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Brendy_C @brendyc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: You've got to look on the back of the statue to find the codec number inscribed there

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Jank @jank.cool · 12/09/2026

Games satan gave each of us a generous $15 budget to make a videogame. There were some caveats. www.jank.cool/episode-j1-g...

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Total Playtime: Game design for the devil

Hand the devil idle playthings

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Jank @jank.cool · 10/09/2026

Steam is having a programming and hacking games fest - here's an old article on why the command line is so cool.

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Brendy_C @brendyc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"Good evening, 47. The CEO of a weapons manufacturer is demonstrating his new kills-the-user VR headset. The headset's fatal capabilities will be disabled during his demo. Unless, of course... Well. Good luck, 47."

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Brendy_C @brendyc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

You don't need a new Killzone. Just smoosh enough Quake mappers together until they make their own singleplayer sci-fi shooter.

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Jank @jank.cool · 09/09/2026

Northern Journey still feels like a secret. www.jank.cool/northern-jou...

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Northern Journey still feels like a secret

Fool of the wild

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Brendy_C @brendyc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

An average reviewer will say "the vampires drink blood" but a good reviewer will say they "imbibe vein Vimto" and "slam neck Negronis". This is why we hire Nic.

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Jank @jank.cool · 08/09/2026

Let me give my space commander a silly voice, cowards. www.jank.cool/let-me-give-...

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Let me give my space commander a silly voice, cowards

Pick of the squeak

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Jank @jank.cool · 06/09/2026

This week in games criticism was GOOD. Shut up. www.jank.cool/the-lie-in-32/

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Jank @jank.cool · 04/09/2026

The weekend, huh? I heard that's when videogames happen. www.jank.cool/what-you-cou...

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What you could play this weekend

And what we're playing

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ChloeCade @chloecade.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

60 years without him today... I can't believe it 💔

Pigmon from episode 8 of the original Ultraman series.
Text reads:
"September 4, 1966, Pigmon, who was popular among the girls, died."

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Jank @jank.cool · 03/09/2026

In this week's free episode of Total Playtime, we talk about GTA 6, Gamescom, and Nate's firm belief that you can't make an octopus in a mech suit boring. www.jank.cool/total-playti...

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Total Playtime: Subpoena the Teenage Snitch

Cyberleek and a German week

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Brendy_C @brendyc.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I love a thecatamites blog post. harmonyzone.org/blog/posts/a...

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Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

almost done with my rooftops jam map! got bored of pasting windows onto houses so I started pasting faces, maybe it's just my thing I do now

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Brendy_C @brendyc.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This essay by fighting game dev Patrick Miller starts as a response to drama (don't ask) but then drops truth after truth about escapism, coping mechanisms, and games as a painkiller. "If games serve a load-bearing function in someone's life, it's the life that needs fixing, not the games."

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Brendy_C @brendyc.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

what a coincidence i am also the one source of truth for gamers

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Jank @jank.cool · 02/09/2026

A shadowy group has captured the 2000s military sim. We're sending in our best man (brendan). www.jank.cool/a-shadowy-gr...

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A shadowy group has captured the early 2000s military sim

And they're threatening to execute it if their demands are not met

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

One of my fondest childhood memories was not knowing the name of any CEO of any company.

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Sooo glad to see Sin dig into extremely slept on space sim House of the Dying Sun. One of the most stylish takes on the genre.

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Jank @jank.cool · 01/09/2026

The new Onimusha has perfected parrying. We can stop now. www.jank.cool/the-new-onim...

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The new Onimusha has won parrying, now give it a rest

Sekiroverkill

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Brendy_C @brendyc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Spanish: you say this exactly how you spell it English: you have a 1 in 8 chance of pronouncing this word correctly Irish: you must first create a möbius strip with your tongue, then invoke the dark dead gods of the bog, the phonemes will be revealed if you are worthy

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