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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I definitely had moments of thinking about Ultima as I made it! 😊

Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Tangentially related: A couple of days ago my wife told me the story of a male 20-something at her work telling everyone he'd had a Pap smear, thinking it was a synonym for a CAT scan.

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

(Also, the Commodore 64 version rules.)

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Side note: One of the all-time great run&gun games that doesn't get mentioned enough; the arcade version still regularly maintains a disproportionate chunk of my brain space.

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

There was a time where this was my alarm. It was a great way to start the day!

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Ecca Vandal's LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO UNFOLLOW is going to be pretty hard to top as my album of the year.

Album art for Ecca Vandal's LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO UNFOLLOW. It depicts a blue-haired Ecca in a bathroom, sitting in a bath and wearing headpones. The bathroom is littered with various items, including a partly-demolished cake sitting in the sink.

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 08/06/2026

Disappointing to see even Paul Simon is now promoting this awful technology.

Thumbnail of the music video for Paul Simon’s You Can Call Me Al

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Would you kindly be a good boy

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Can't stop making 'em! Yet another sci-fi roguelike concept! This time it's with 2x2 tiles, rather than 1x1. #roguelike #pixelart #C64 #Commodore64

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I remember playing this at a friend's house, not getting very far, but not caring because it just felt so cool and alien and mysterious.

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Cheers, bud. Hope you're doing well!

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

In 1996, Nintendo was seemingly very fond of a single particular stock photo of the sky, so that it ended up on the cartridge artwork of three different games released in that year: Super Mario 64, Mario Kart 64, and Pilotwings 64.

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Slow down, everyone! I'm having trouble keeping up and liking all of your hilarious Joe Rogan similes right now.

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Can't stop making 'em! Yet another sci-fi roguelike concept! This time it's with 2x2 tiles, rather than 1x1. #roguelike #pixelart #C64 #Commodore64

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Paul @paulhamx.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Adding #scamble style levels into my #picotron #moonpatrol. Randomly generated landscape (seeded so I can repeat layouts) and rockets. I think it'll fit in pretty well. Nice to mix it up. #gamedev #retrogaming #arcade

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Ha! Clever mash-up! Excellent work.

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Oh, thanks! :) I just drew the necessary characters for the artwork - it's not a full, usable font.

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Pretty happy with this waterfall effect created with a 4-character animation loop, and two "planes" of graphic moving at different speeds within in the same character. #pixelart #C64 #Commodore64

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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 07/06/2026

Here's an easter egg in the new Lego Batman that I think all of you will REALLY appreciate. It's so good, I had to make a video.

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Pretty happy with this waterfall effect created with a 4-character animation loop, and two "planes" of graphic moving at different speeds within in the same character. #pixelart #C64 #Commodore64

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Watched a video of someone's Satisfactory cosplay build yesterday, which led me to wonder if I should finally check that game out (Nathan's answer: YES)

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

quote with your current game rotation

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Bonus points for using Lithos for all the typesetting outside of the heading!

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Hell yeah, co-signed on this one. Best soundtrack on the machine, and a banger game concept with a bunch of fun modes.

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Even then the conspiracy theories will be instant and many.

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Yeah, man, I really enjoyed that game, but the music was something else.

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Hey man, I'm up for diving back into Titanfall 2 - I occasionally think about that game (and its predecessor) and how good that shit was.

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

The idea has been in my brain for a while now, but I sat down this afternoon to finally get it out. A couple of hours work that I'm quite happy with! 😊

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