iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Ben Robbins is launching M2 @lamemage.com · 30/09/2026

In one week I click the button and let slip the dogs of fractal history… Tuesday October 6 www.kickstarter.com/projects/lam...

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Coming soon: Microscope (2nd Edition)

The fractal game of epic histories

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Calvin Ross Carl @calvinrosscarl.com · 11h

Catching up on albums I missed. Annoyed that I never listened to this Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean (best band name ever?) album before. For the sludge and doom nerds. chainedtothebottomoftheocean.bandcamp.com/album/obsess...

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Obsession Destruction, by Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean

8 track album

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Calvin Ross Carl @calvinrosscarl.com · 29/09/2026

Also, go buy games from @travisdhill.bsky.social. They are always thoughtful, little, poetic games presspotgames.itch.io

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Travis D. Hill

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Calvin Ross Carl @calvinrosscarl.com · 29/09/2026

A perfectly placed printing error. My copy of Metal Scraps Covered in Moss has a slightly folded page where “The Black Line” location appears in the book. @travisdhill.bsky.social

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Calvin Ross Carl @calvinrosscarl.com · 26/09/2026

I played Marathon for six hours tonight ❤️

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Calvin Ross Carl @calvinrosscarl.com · 24/09/2026

This year, I’m refusing the existence of Fall and my friend @merrykish.bsky.social is an absolute monster for leaving pumpkin spice syrup on my front porch

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Calvin Ross Carl @calvinrosscarl.com · 23/09/2026

New source of entertainment. Search “chem trails” on Nextdoor.

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Lone Archivist @lonearchivist.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Working on "Archons," a solo (and maybe 2-player) skirmish-style PvE game with a focus on an index card battlemap setup. Uses a d12 dice pool system as the core mechanic.

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Calvin Ross Carl @calvinrosscarl.com · 16/09/2026

Now plz remake all of Metal Gear 1 in this style

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Calvin Ross Carl @calvinrosscarl.com · 15/09/2026

What’s it mean when I read this and I’m like, “damn this is gonna be a sexy rpg?”

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Calvin Ross Carl @calvinrosscarl.com · 13/09/2026

Painted up Infinity Hexadome Legends 🎨 @corvusbelli.bsky.social

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Calvin Ross Carl @calvinrosscarl.com · 13/09/2026

No I don’t want to play Marathon, I need a relaxing video game. [Downloads Remnant 2]

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Calvin Ross Carl @calvinrosscarl.com · 12/09/2026

Just got home from vacation and step 1 was cracking this open. @corvusbelli.bsky.social

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Calvin Ross Carl @calvinrosscarl.com · 12/09/2026

Observation: men in Nashville do not wash their hands in the bathroom

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Calvin Ross Carl @calvinrosscarl.com · 09/09/2026

Went around a couple bars in Nashville tonight asking every single person in the bar “have you heard of Magic the Gathering?” Only about 30% of people had at least heard of it

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Calvin Ross Carl @calvinrosscarl.com · 08/09/2026

Having a quiet night on vacation in Nashville reading rulebooks, drinking whiskey, and staring at the skyline. This is a reminder to go on vacation more often. 🤓 Reading Last Train to Bremen by @possumcreekgames.com and Wyrd by @gilarpgs.bsky.social

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Calvin Ross Carl @calvinrosscarl.com · 06/09/2026

This lady’s face captures my current thoughts on Nashville

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RPG Trader @rpgtrader.com · 03/09/2026

⚠️ Accessories are here! RPG Trader just got a big upgrade. Creators can now offer print-on-demand physical accessories for their games - alongside digital downloads & print books. Cards. Dice. Maps. GM screens. Tiles. Character sheets. Game boxes. And it all happens directly through RPG Trader.

Screenshot showing the 7 accessories now available - Screen, Tear-off pad, Sheet, Cards Hex Tiles, Dice and Game box

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Calvin Ross Carl @calvinrosscarl.com · 03/09/2026

If I could only play games from one publisher for the rest of my life, I think I’d have to choose @dvcgames.bsky.social. Pacts delivers.

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Calvin Ross Carl @calvinrosscarl.com · 02/09/2026

These pajamas are fuckin brutal

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Calvin Ross Carl @calvinrosscarl.com · 31/08/2026

Neon Hope is an LCG-like set in a cyberpunk/solarpunk world. Only played one episode (of five in the box) but so far it seems really really promising. @hopefulgames.bsky.social

Neon Hope box with tagline "A storytelling hame in a glitched utopia"

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Amabel Holland @amabel.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

In 1990, an elementary school teacher won $16,500 on a game show, and used her winnings to publish a board game about the Exxon Valdez oil spill. This is her story. youtu.be/r1g7C0o9Oqc

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Tracia Newman's Board Game: Oil Spill & Amateur Art

YouTube video by Hollandspiele

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Calvin Ross Carl @calvinrosscarl.com · 31/08/2026

Only games I got at the Cloud Cap garage sale today. Freak games for freaks.

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Calvin Ross Carl @calvinrosscarl.com · 31/08/2026

Just a couple rangers in the arcology doin ranger stuff. @earthbornegames.bsky.social

Playing the Earthborne Rangers Legacy of the Ancestors campaign

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Calvin Ross Carl @calvinrosscarl.com · 27/08/2026

My livestream about edgy, cynical 90s brands starts in 10 minutes! www.youtube.com/@weareparlia...

You're Not the Audience Live Show. The 90s: When Brands Stopped Giving a Shit

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Calvin Ross Carl @calvinrosscarl.com · 25/08/2026

Been thinking a lot about the alternative brands of the 90s for my day job. Ok Soda. Jones Soda. Diesel. There was a strong cynical and anti-corporate ideology (long live Adbusters) yet it’s interesting how big corporations like Coke or Camel took on those vibes. Also OK Soda is so good looking 🔥

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Blaž Urban Gracar (Letibus Design) @letibus.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

We let the cat out of the bag in yesterday's Draknek Podcast. So here's the first look of the upcoming "Workworkwork Digital". A digital adaptation of the award-winning puzzle book Workworkwork, made in collaboration with a mysterious co-developer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jix...

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Workworkwork Digital - First Look

YouTube video by Letibus Design

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Calvin Ross Carl @calvinrosscarl.com · 21/08/2026

Played Marvel Crisis Protocol by @atomicmassgames.bsky.social for the first time. @wordblanket.com got a big collection secondhand and we had a blast. Pretty straightforward and streamlined skirmish game with lots of fun superhero moments, even for a guy like me with no knowledge of Marvel stuff

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Calvin Ross Carl @calvinrosscarl.com · 21/08/2026

I'm a big of Tavern agency. Good, smart branding work. Now I have way too many stickers to slap on water bottles, tool boxes, laptops, and butts. tavern.agency

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Calvin Ross Carl @calvinrosscarl.com · 19/08/2026

Bought this today. Vibes are strong. ⚔️ 🍄 💀

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Calvin Ross Carl @calvinrosscarl.com · 16/08/2026

Got hit with a bad cold this week, but finally feeling good enough today to pull out some games. Puzzly times with Paleo and Bullet

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Calvin Ross Carl @calvinrosscarl.com · 15/08/2026

I want that VHS Demastered Edition

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Calvin Ross Carl @calvinrosscarl.com · 14/08/2026

I couldn’t play Marathon tonight (my wife is on the PS5 and obsessed with the new Dave The Diver expansion) so I finally tried Synthetik 2 on the steam deck and it didn’t disappoint. Cool vibes. Brutal combat. Tactical weapons. A good replacement for Marathon. store.steampowered.com/app/1471410/...

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SYNTHETIK 2 on Steam

SYNTHETIK 2 is a unrelenting tactical-shooter rogue-lite. Play alone or with friends. Loot powerful tech. Experience the next level in gun-play. Upgrade your androids to rival the machine gods!

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Calvin Ross Carl @calvinrosscarl.com · 12/08/2026

That’s enough internet for the day

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Calvin Ross Carl @calvinrosscarl.com · 11/08/2026

Loving this @snow117.bsky.social essay about the trend of less paragraph, more bullet point oriented RPG books. Any art/writing movement that implies a right or wrong way to do things is inherently wrong. I have some conflicting thoughts on Snow's stance because it makes me think how...

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i want uglier games that are harder to understand made by people who have never read a TTRPG

YouTube video by snow

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Matthew Dunstan @matthewdunstan.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

In today's video I explore an important, yet seldom noticed aspect of game design - game flow! youtu.be/JqspauIq0ls 🎲✂️

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This is so important for game design...and you might not even know it

YouTube video by Matthew Dunstan

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Calvin Ross Carl @calvinrosscarl.com · 06/08/2026

I took a selfie because of the permanent golden hour from wildfire smoke 🙃

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Kitfox Games 🦊 @kitfoxgames.com · 04/08/2026

when you know you've made a good game

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Calvin Ross Carl @calvinrosscarl.com · 05/08/2026

Just grabbed this 2 player letter writing game by @gomezwrites.bsky.social where you play as occult researchers. Seems GREAT. gomezwritesgames.itch.io/threads-of-t...

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Threads of the Occult by GomezWritesGames

A letter-writing game for two occult researchers.

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