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Mike

@burlaprobot.bsky.social
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Sometimes makes games for fun. Also a watcher of sports Celtics/Blazers/Red Sox/Patriots psydshobob.itch.io

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Mike @burlaprobot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
my hot take is the general internet is dying. I don't just mean social media - I mean regular ass websites. Multiple "something went wrong... we couldn't log you in" errors, on basic sites like Geico. big tech services (github) are now at 2 nines, no where near 5. We are dying as tech. #tech
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Mike @burlaprobot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Man this show has so much male nudity (what prestige tv am I talking about?) #tv
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Mike @burlaprobot.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
We go to where they aren't?
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Mike @burlaprobot.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
AI Bros are like the ones in fantasy who can only auto-draft.
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Mike @burlaprobot.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
This was once my favorite watch ever and I am convinced everything has gone downhill since then.
a watch that transforms into a toy robot and looks badass
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Mike @burlaprobot.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Well funny way to find out there's a #Vulcan anti-ship missile, when it shows up in my Graphics Programming feed
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Portland Indie Game Squad @pigsquad.com · 03/07/2026
Very cool article! A lot of folks enjoyed PIGCON Plaza, and it's obvious we had a ton of fun working on it 😍
A photo of the Portland Indie Game Convention in May 2026, showing people playing games on a show floor with the PIGCON Plaza game running on the stage.
"The Plaza screen, far right, presiding over a busy PIGCon floor."A photo of the PIGCON Plaza screen at the Portland Indie Game Convention in May 2026. Numerous hand drawn little characters are standing on a field of green grass with a photo in the background.

"That's PIGCon Plaza. A volunteer crew from PIGSquad, Portland's long-running game-dev community, built it for the first-ever PIGCon earlier this year. Over two days, about 1,300 people came through the doors and roughly 450 of them drew one."
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miren.dev @miren.dev · 01/07/2026
You draw a little guy on your phone, a pig in a hat, and seconds later it poofs onto a giant screen full of strangers' creatures. That's PIGCon Plaza, built on Miren for zero dollars by @burlaprobot.bsky.social and the @pigsquad.com crew. 1,300 people came through. miren.dev/blog/drawing...
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Drawing a Crowd - Miren
How a volunteer team built PIGCon Plaza, a real-time draw-your-own-creature game, on Miren for zero dollars, in front of 1,300 people.
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Mike @burlaprobot.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Final Fantasy VII: Real Madrid Final Fantasy VII: Renal Failure Final Fantasy VII: Renée Zellweger
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Mike @burlaprobot.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
thanks @miren.dev !
A coffee cup that says MirenBack of same coffee cup that says Enjoy the Deploy
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Portland Indie Game Squad @pigsquad.com · 05/06/2026
Summer Slow Jams dates & themes are live for June, July, and August! Learn and collaborate with the community to make games every month this summer 😎 🍀 Luck 💼 Inventory 🔍 Mystery pigsquad.com/summerslowjams Time to make games together 💖 Thanks to @marlowedobbe.com for this year's art!!
Summer Slow Jams 2026
June: Luck - A slot machine scrolls between CubePig, Jamwolf, four leaf clovers, and sevens
July: Inventory - Jamwolf is featured in an item management menu very similar to Resident Evil 4
August: Mystery - The Truffle Hunter Cubepig is startled as a crack of lightning lights up a spooky mansion

"Join us for a Summer of Game Jams! PIGSquad.com"
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miren.dev @miren.dev · 01/06/2026
And that’s a wrap! Thanks to @pigsquad.com and friends for a wonderful weekend full of community, learning, and lots and lots of video games! 👾🎮🕹️💙
Hand holding sponsor badge in front of of PIGCon plaza filled with drawn characters
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Mike @burlaprobot.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Sometimes there’s a joke so good I’m mad I didn’t come up with it
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miren.dev @miren.dev · 31/05/2026
Mike and Brian the two @pigsquad.com members who developed PIGCon Plaza in front of their creation! Stay tuned for a full write up on how they built it and deployed the backend using Miren 💻
Brian and Mike posing in front of the PigCon plaza screen
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Mike @burlaprobot.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
PigCon Plaza shown at #pigcon was a big success! 450 submissions made, wow! Thanks to all who helped create this and all who participated
A large video screen showing many user-created characters made at a convention
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Portland Indie Game Squad @pigsquad.com · 26/05/2026
ALSO ALSO We're doing some Friday night meetups before PIGCON, no pass required! If you're interested in Godot & GameMaker, tabletop games, and/or are a woman, femme, or gamedev of color who is interested in meeting folks to chat about making games with, we'll see you soon 🤩 pigcon.pigsquad.com
Friday Meetups at PIGCON on Friday, May 29th
Meet up with likeminded folks to chat and chill before con day starts on Saturday! Godot & Gamemaker Meetup at Ground Kontrol, Women & Femme in Games Meetup at TOTL Games, Gamedevs of Color Meetup at Leikam Brewing, Tabletop Games Meetup at NW Quimby Lucky Lab.
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Portland Indie Game Squad @pigsquad.com · 03/03/2026
ANNOUNCING: PIGCON, the Portland Indie Game Convention A weekend for indie devs of all kinds to learn, share, and connect May 30-31 at Norse Hall, Portland, OR pigcon.pigsquad.com See you this spring 😉🌟
The PIGCON: Portland Indie Game Convention logo, depicting a large Cubepig over a city with a bridge.
Text also reads "May 30th - 31st, 2026 Norse Hall, Portland, OR"
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Mike @burlaprobot.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
What the - Mariah Carey is Italian!? #olympics
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Mike @burlaprobot.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
@highkin.bsky.social harden for garland came true! What did Mannix know?
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Mike @burlaprobot.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Public service announcement: Shin Godzilla is now on HBO Max. Or Max. Or whatever it’s called.
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Portland Indie Game Squad @pigsquad.com · 19/11/2025
Oh! Tomorrow night we're also going to be distributing some flyers for our Year End event if anyone wants to help post them around town! Hit us up if you want the file to print >:)
"Portland Indie Game Squad
Year End Showcase + Silent Auction Benefiting OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital
December 8th 7pm-11pm at Urbanite 1005 SE Grand Ave, Portland
Food & Bar Available
Play games & give feedback
Meet people who make games
Support OHSU Doernbecher and Extra Life at the event ot raise funds for their Therapeutic Gaming Program
Free, All Ages, Masks Required
More information at PIGSquad.com"
The flyer shows event information framed on laptops, near game controllers, and on a Game Boy, with PIGSquad's mascot Cubepig on the side. The larger flyer shows a photo of folks playing games at an event and an OHSU Doernbecher patient playing games in a hospital bed."Portland Indie Game Squad
Year End Showcase + Silent Auction Benefiting OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital
December 8th 7pm-11pm at Urbanite 1005 SE Grand Ave, Portland
Food & Bar Available
Play games & give feedback
Meet people who make games
Support OHSU Doernbecher and Extra Life at the event ot raise funds for their Therapeutic Gaming Program
Free, All Ages, Masks Required
More information at PIGSquad.com"
The flyer shows event information framed on laptops, near game controllers, and on a Game Boy, with PIGSquad's mascot Cubepig on the side.
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Mike @burlaprobot.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Time to introduce the exclusive beef, coffee, and tropical fruit diet.
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Portland Indie Game Squad @pigsquad.com · 14/11/2025
Last chance for you to get your Cubepig Castle shirt, designed by @marlowedobbe.com and printed locally! Sales end next week Tuesday and we're shipping first week of December. Pick it up before it's gone and support the PIGSquad nonprofit 🏰⚡😍 pigsquad.com/store/cubepi...
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Mike @burlaprobot.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
The story for Toy Story 5 should be about tariffs
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Henryz_mom @sarahmrisser.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Please consider making a small donation to Portland Families for Safe Streets to help us shore up our presence and better advocate for safe streets and support victims. This is an all-volunteer organization comprised of road traffic victims. Pdxfamiliesforsafestreets.org
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Mike @burlaprobot.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
there are 14 teams with 3 or less wins in the NFL. contention for the #1 pick might be high. #NFL
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Portland Indie Game Squad @pigsquad.com · 29/10/2025
🎃TOMORROW (THURSDAY)🎃 It's time to get SO. SPOOKY. Get ready for our annual Spooky Games Marathon! Join the audience as special guests play through horror games on stage with spooky games available for play in the lobby 👻 pigsquad.com/events-list/...
Three women in a "streaming" setup play the original Five Nights at Freddy's on stage. They face forward towards a crowd, lit by orange lights and surrounded by jack o' lantern decorations, playing the game on a laptop in front of them. Behind them is a large projector screen which shows the audience what they're seeing while they play. The photo is from the PIGSquad Spooky Games Marathon 2019.
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Mike @burlaprobot.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
bro explaining meme
Then gilbert arenas rats them out
but see there's these x-rays under the tables too
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Mike @burlaprobot.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
#NBA #RipCity
wwe meme
Mafia Poker Game
Secret Cameras
Card Reading Contact Lenses
X-ray machines in the tables
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Mike @burlaprobot.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
#Portland
Just do it Portland! Sign
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Mike @burlaprobot.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Go play this game!
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Mike @burlaprobot.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Mass!!!!! #redsox
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Mike @burlaprobot.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
@dannyheifetz.bsky.social no matter the final outcome I cannot wait to hear the podcast after this Giants/Chargers game #nfl
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Mike @burlaprobot.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
#WarRavagedPortland oh the destruction!
Picture of the Willamette river and downtown Portland in the background
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Tim Keenan @misfitsattic.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
You know you’re still indie when the folks helping you show your new game are your fiancée and your old friend from Dreamworks :) @burlaprobot.bsky.social @themix.bsky.social
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Mike @burlaprobot.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
What a terrible deal for Dallas... he says for the second time this year. #NFL
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Portland Indie Game Squad @pigsquad.com · 27/08/2025
It's showcase season, and our two highlight events are coming up! We just opened submissions for our booth at @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social - if you have something to share, apply before 9/19 to play your game with tons of rad devs and game fans in October! Learn more: pigsquad.com/form-prge-2025 ♥
A snapshot of the Portland Retro Gaming Expo show floor - PIGSquad's booth has purple-clothed tables backed by purple PIGSquad walls. Numerous monitors, TVs, laptops, and table dressings are arranged on the tables, sharing multiple different games with expo goers playing on controllers and keyboards. Developers of the games sit behind the booths to chat with attendees and other devs.Backed by purple PIGSquad walls, volunteers pose for the camera, one holding a big pink light-up CubePig. Some volunteers are masked, some are not. Everyone is wearing 2023's blue PRGE lanyard.
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Mike @burlaprobot.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
How is no one acknowledging that it’s in a lai see envelope?
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Mike @burlaprobot.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta... Zuck hit the second apron #NBA #Meta #AI
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Exclusive | Meta Freezes AI Hiring After Blockbuster Spending Spree
The company reorganizes its sprawling artificial-intelligence operation, whose spiraling cost has drawn investor scrutiny.
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Portland Indie Game Squad @pigsquad.com · 19/08/2025
We'll be coworking tonight at Level 3 Brewery! Come hang out with your laptop, tablet, notebook, a game, etc or just show up to chat with others :) pigsquad.com/events-list/... It's our last event before the jam ends if you wanna ask for feedback on your jam game ;)
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PIGSquad Social: Art/Code & Coworking Night — Portland Indie Game Squad
Share your projects, chat with the community, and play games at an in-person Art/Code co-working night! Meet up with your team to work on your Summer Slow Jams project!
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Mike @burlaprobot.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
lol - ChatGPT is awesome. #AI
an image of an AI letter chart for kids with pictures for each letter.  The AI has put an ice cream cone for H, a monkey for I and N.  A ball for J, a Kite for L, a leaf for M and other mistakes.  Oh R, V, W, and Y are all missing.
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Jesse Vitelli @mamavitelli.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
I have never been more targeted in my entire fucking life
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Portland Indie Game Squad @pigsquad.com · 11/08/2025
The Parody Jam is off to the races with the creative theme "Cheat Codes!" We're stoked to see everyone's updates and to play everyone's games in a couple weeks! Learn more & sign up at itch.io/jam/ssjparod... There's LOTS of cool stuff surrounding this game jam too... (see replies)
The Summer Slow Jams "Parody" banner, featuring knock-off characters from popular games. A burst of characters are running out from a TV screen on a rainbow path, as CubePig and Jamwolf look on. Characters include a "Cloud Strife" with a very long sword, strangely shaped tetromino, a semicolon item block, flying milk saucer, "Socker" walking on a ball, long mushroom man in a vest, crowned turtle with faucets on its shoulders, fighting character with tie around his head, and "Jet Set Radio" painter on a scooter. The console running these games is a "Pigtendo Super Indiecom" with a "1000-in-1" cart plugged in.
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Mike @burlaprobot.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
bsky.app/profile/burl...
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Mike @burlaprobot.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
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Mike @burlaprobot.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
😭
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Christina Holland @mortalwombat.info · 18/07/2025
I don't see what the fuss is about "sweet summer child". I simply say it because my children were born in summer and are sweet. If they had been born in winter I would just as easily say "shitty winter child"
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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
you're gonna wanna see this
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Mike @burlaprobot.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
My game will be on display tomorrow at OMSI! pigsquad.com/events-list/... Thanks @pigsquad.com !
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PIGSquad @ OMSI After Dark: Brain Storm — Portland Indie Game Squad
The Portland Indie Game Squad is back at OMSI After Dark, sharing games at the museum event dedicated to the function of the brain, the mind & psyche, and puzzles! Check out local devs’ work, chat wit...
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