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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 2h

SHOWTIME! Skittles Squad antics continue in Zero Company Hard // Permadeath // Honor Beskar Ep 11! Starting early and going long as we gun towards the end! #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi_E... #GoLive #StarWarsZeroCompany

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 5h

Odd schedule this week as we race to wrap the remainder of Zero Company before I vanish into a hole to pack for the move! I have a rare day off & missed Monday so we're starting at an EU-friendly time today and gunning an extra couple of hours to make up. See you soon! #Twitch #YouTube #Schedule

Schedule for twitch.tv/carelevelzero and youtube.com/carelevelzero for the week of September 28th.

Star Wars: Zero Company on Hard // Permadeath // Honor Beskar continues on Wednesday at 2 p.m. Central and Friday night at 8 p.m. Central. #FuckSchedules.

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Failbetter Games | Wishlist Mandrake on Steam! @failbettergames.com · 12h

We're hiring! We're looking for a Writer and Narrative Designer to join the Fallen London team at a senior or mid level. This position is permanent, remote, and full time, which for us means 35 hours a week. #GamesJobs

Night. The House of Chimes - a tower which you might immediately think of as Big Ben - is adrift in the River Thames. It still seems to be keeping time. In the background, a large, alien building looms over the city of London.

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Moonwell Games @moonwellgames.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Yes, you can parry with a gun in our game #gamedev #pixelart

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Red Hook Studios @redhookstudios.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Red Hook Studios is #hiring We are currently looking for a Gameplay Engineer to join our team in #Vancouver. Apply here: redhookgames.bamboohr.com/careers/41 #gamedev #yvr

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I'm not going to have time to post the usual schedule stuff today but please not that there is NO SHOW TONIGHT. I got the info I needed for the consulate trip so I have to take care of some things tonight. We'll get back on ZCOM ASAP.

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

SHOWTIME! Skittles Squad antics continue in Zero Company Hard // Permadeath // Honor Beskar Ep 10! Time to make some serious bank on the "last" mission! Like we believe that. #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqEp... #GoLive #StarWarsZeroCompany

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

SHOWTIME! Skittles Squad antics continue in Zero Company Hard // Permadeath // Honor Beskar Ep 9! Doogie Howitzer continues mainlining mayhem as we get back to our mission-in-progress! #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDSE... #GoLive #StarWarsZeroCompany

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Looks like we're good to fit tonight's show in, so no sudden cancellations yet!

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

SHOWTIME! Skittles Squad antics continue in Zero Company Hard // Permadeath // Honor Beskar! We'll keep making progress and see this one through before recent news shadow retires me! #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0eP... #GoLive #StarWarsZeroCompany

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This week's very tentative #Twitch and #YouTube #Schedule! Daimeow's unavailable so I'm taking over Friday at an earlier time. We're going to keep pushing through ZCom with the Skittles Squad where I can, given recent news. Cancellations may come suddenly; nature of the beast right now!

Show schedule for the week of September 21st on twitch.tv/carelevelzero and youtube.com/carelevelzero.

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday have Star Wars: Zero Company on Hard // Permadeath // Honor Beskar mode at 6 p.m. Central. Cancellations may occur due to recent news.

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

SHOWTIME! Tonight's Virtual Couch features DRAMATIC ROAD as, in very VC fashion, we cover an unknown SRPG instead of the expected! The Quadrant unveils tonight! #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE3W... #GoLive #DramaticRoad #SRPG

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Shame I'm not actually running a show tonight after all.

A physical copy of Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave that arrived early.

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Who's got two thumbs and a COE for a Japanese visa? It's been a long road but we're one step closer to fulfilling a 30 year dream.

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 16/09/2026

Crunch is embarrassing.

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

SHOWTIME! Skittles Squad returns for more skullduggery in Zero Company on Hard // Permadeath // Honor Beskar! Also: I'll be taking a break mid-show to discuss something very important. #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=la7D... #GoLive #StarWarsZeroCompany

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

SHOWTIME! The bubblegum explosion and the Skittles Squad return for more skullduggery in Zero Company on Hard // Permadeath // Bronzeman (AKA honor-system Beskar; nobody trusts autosave)! #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVgY... #GoLive #StarWarsZeroCompany

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Yesterday marked 22 years as a #gamedev. I've been a designer for literally half my life now despite how often the industry has tried to kill me. <_<; I tried to think of an appropriate celebratory image but, really, it's mostly felt like this One Step From Eden GIF!

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Jon Keller @jonkeller.de · 14/09/2026

sluuuurp

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A little day-shuffling on this week's #Twitch and #YouTube #Schedule as our fully loaded September continues with more Skittles Squad action in Zero Company on Hard // Permadeath // Bronzeman (AKA Honor Beskar)! Friday night we'll be featuring an SRPG but not the big one releasing this week! ;)

Show schedule for the week of September 14th on twitch.tv/carelevelzero and youtube.com/carelevelzero.

Monday and Tuesday at 6 p.m. Central feature Star Wars: Zero Company on Hard // Permadeath // Bronzeman. Friday at 8 p.m. Central is Dramatic Road: The Origin of Wind on Virtual Couch.

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

SHOWTIME! Tonight's Virtual Couch features EX SANGUIS, spiritual successor to gothic rogue-lite TRPG Othercide, as it enters Early Access! #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlcN... Devs: @lightbulbcrew.bsky.social #GoLive #ExSanguis

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Phil, Origin of Chaos @chaosorigin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Spending some time going through this list, putting the games and developers on ignore so I see less slop. Mofos straight up have a lecture for vibecoding in there, all this can fuck right off.

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

SHOWTIME! The community Skittles Squad is back at it as we continue tearing into Star Wars: Zero Company on Hard // Permadeath // Bronzeman mode! HoboCast's Chaos Spiral begins! #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5Hi... #GoLive #StarWarsZeroCompany

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

SHOWTIME! The community Skittles Squad is back at it as we continue tearing into Star Wars: Zero Company on Hard // Permadeath // Bronzeman mode! Will Wyatt Derp miss 100% hits again? #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL_8... #GoLive #StarWarsZeroCompany

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This week's #Twitch and #YouTube #Schedule as our fully loaded September continues with more Skittles Squad action in Zero Company in our Hard // Permadeath // Bronzeman run and we'll be checking out Othercide's stylish successor on Friday's Virtual Couch! Chaos Spiral begins later this week. <_<

Show schedule for twitch.tv/carelevelzero and youtube.com/carelevelzero for the week of September 7th. Star Wars: Zero Company continues on Hard // Permadeath // Bronzeman on Wednesday and Thursday night at 6 p.m. Central. Virtual Couch spotlights EX SANGUIS on Friday night at 8 p.m. Central.

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I am distracting The Boy with a stuffed fox just long enough to send this! I'll have to post the week's #Twitch and #YouTube #Schedule sometime tomorrow as I'm solo-managing The Boy over the long weekend and will not be able to make a show tonight. I am tapped TF out. XD Probably move Mon->Thur!

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

SHOWTIME! Virtual Couch is back and, tonight, two game devs will dig into Onimusha: Way of the Sword! The first wholly new entry in the series in...20 years? #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1nT... #GoLive #Onimusha

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Darkest Dungeon @darkestdungeon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Darkest Dungeon II is currently 67% off on Xbox: www.xbox.com/en-US/games/... The original Darkest Dungeon is also on sale at an 85% discount. This limited time offer ends September 9th!

The Plague Doctor holds a glowing green potion aloft. The image reads Darkest Dungeon II. Xbox now on sale.

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lex luddy needs a nap @lexluddy.xyz · 04/09/2026

My first piece for @kotaku.com sees me document the rather surreal experience of demoing a game funded by a government that would have me executed for being trans. kotaku.com/the-1001-thr...

kotaku.com

The 1001 Threads Of Mizan Director Avoids Answering A Simple Question At Gamescom - Kotaku

'This is a really decentralized company. We completely decentralized'

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Hot take but maybe America shouldn't have ordered their president off Temu.

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

SHOWTIME! The community Skittles Squad is back at it as we continue tearing into Star Wars: Zero Company on Hard // Permadeath // Bronzeman mode! Unveiling the #HoboCastX "winner", too! #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHbp... #GoLive #StarWarsZeroCompany

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A little somethin' somethin' arrived from a Kickstarter I backed earlier this year. This is probably the fastest I've seen a KS go from finished to actually delivering anything. XD Looking forward to digging into the ruleset this weekend. Game designers love rules. <3 #Cyberpunk #TCG

Cyberpunk TCG starter deck boxes for Embracing Power and The Heist, laid in front of two sealed booster boxes for the same card game.

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The final state of #HoboCast X! Last night ended with a sudden surprise flurry of activity in an effort to sway the final bids and, when the smoke cleared, only horror remained. Which I will reveal on tomorrow's show. <_<:

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

SHOWTIME! It's the last night of #HoboCastX bidding and we're back for more XCOM in space with Zero Company on Hard // Permadeath // Bronzeman! Skittles Squad is back! #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqeU... #GoLive #StarWarsZeroCompany

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Dawn of the Final Day (of #HoboCastX) At this point, no matter what wins, at least I get to do *some* shaving! D=

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

This week's #Twitch and #YouTube #Schedule is...still MWF? That's RIGHT! We hit the soft goal for #HoboCastX and I'm still around for September to show off whatever (in)glorious facial hair wins tonight's final night of bidding. We've got more Skittles Squad and an Onimusha spotlight this week!

Show schedule for the week of August 31st on twitch.tv/carelevelzero and youtube.com/carelevelzero. Star Wars: Zero Company on Hard // Permadeath // Bronzeman continues on Monday and Wednesday night at 6 p.m. Central.

Virtual Couch returns to cover Onimusha: Way of the Sword on Friday night at 8 p.m. Central.

Monday is the last day of HoboCast X bidding and Wednesday is the first day of whatever Hell wins that.

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

SHOWTIME! The last *full* week of #HoboCastX wraps with XCOM in the one place that hasn't been corrupted by capitalism... SPACE! That's right, it's time for STAR WARS: ZERO COMPANY! #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEq6... #GoLive #StarWarsZeroCompany

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

SHOWTIME! The last *full* week of #HoboCastX continues with even more witches, this time slinging cards and deckbuilding in WITCH'S APOCALYPTIC JOURNEY! #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxnn... #GoLive

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

It's the last full week of #HoboCastX (still get next Monday) and we're getting witchy this week, apparently! The Quadrant holds the current lead, following closely by The Chaos Spiral and then The Dad of Boy as we shockingly passed the 2/3 goal marker. <3 Looking forward to it! #Twitch #YouTube

Schedule for twitch.tv/carelevelzero and youtube.com/carelevelzero for the week of August 24th. It's the last full week of HoboCast X. Monday, August 24th has Affogato - witches, reverse tower defense, coffee at 6 p.m.

Wednesday has Witch's Apocalyptic Journey - witches, cards, woven fates at 6 p.m.

Friday has Star Wars: Zero Company - XCOM. In. SPAAAAACE! at 6 p.m.

All times CDT.

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

SHOWTIME! The last *full* week of #HoboCastX kicks off with witches slinging coffee and reverse tower defensing in bizarrely brewed JRPG AFFOGATO! #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=g79p... #GoLive #Affogato

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

In retrospect, getting back into #MTG is my midlife crisis. - clearly an attempt to return to my youth from 30 years ago - costs as much as a sportscar!

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

SHOWTIME! Giant Robot week on #HoboCastX wraps up with a long overdue look at slow-motion tactical mecha game PHANTOM BRIGADE by @braceyourselfgames.com! #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bufk... #GoLive #PhantomBrigade

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

This is just the kind of animal I have become. Now the question is: do I gut the custom Miku Commander deck I already built to make this one even MORE Miku? #MTG #Miku

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I didn't realize just how unique Stellar Blade's musical signature was until I played Beast of Reincarnation, which feels like it lifted almost wholesale from that same signature. I can't think of anything other than Stellar Blade while playing it. XD

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

SHOWTIME! Giant Robot week on #HoboCastX continues with JRPG-flavored giant robots in STARBITES, published by our favorite purveyor of niche jank, @nisamerica.bsky.social! #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lT7... #GoLive #Starbites

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Fairly short demo for this one, all-told, but it's gorgeous and was enough to whet my appetite for the real thing! The VOD, positively steeped in nihilism and the color blue, is available at the YouTube link below. =)

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