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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 3h

SHOWTIME! On tonight's Virtual Couch, two game devs commit crimes against fashion as we turn Daimeow into the prettiest princess in DRESSMAKER! Yes, really. #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QNr... #GoLive #Dressmaker

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If people sound particularly shitty about something, I just move on. Why reward rage posting with my time or energy when I can devote it to those who actually want to provide *constructive feedback*, negative or otherwise? That's where a dialogue can be established between player and developer.

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

your response to “I was raped” should not be “I was right”

4 panel comic

Panel 1:
A Purple Woman looks distraught, on the verge of breaking down. She says “that man raped me”
Orange Guy standing next to her is absent-mindedly checking his nails. He says “Wellll, I’ve always disliked him and his work.”

Panel 2:
Purple Woman begins to cry. Orange Guy adopts an incredibly smug expression and says “Guess I must just be a good judge of character”

Panel 3:
Purple Woman dissolves into sobs. Orange Guy notices, puts his hand on her shoulder and says “Aw”

Panel 4:
Purple Woman crumples to the floor. Orange Guy, looking bemused, asks “Are you crying because you’re jealous of how smart I am?”

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is one of those days where I open social media and get the distinct impression that I have missed some very vile, very recent game industry news.

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I am altering the #schedule. Pray I do not alter it further. I decided to wrap Zero Company up Monday so that we can stick to the normal time slot for the finale. To cap two months of weird one-shots, Virtual Couch will instead be committing crimes against fashion in Dressmaker! #Twitch #YouTube

Schedule for twitch.tv/carelevelzero and youtube.com/carelevelzero for the week of September 28th. Star Wars: Zero Company -- Hard, Permadeath, Honor Beskar -- is on Wednesday at 2 p.m. Central. Dressmaker -- Two game devs engage in fashion crimes -- is on Friday night at 8 p.m. Central.

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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 · 30/09/2026

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 · 30/09/2026

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 · 27/09/2026

It will always be incredibly cool to me to see series (Mass Effect) or games (SWTOR) I worked on in somebody's list like this. It validates some of the painfullu long hours. XD

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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 · 18/09/2026

"Things I Now Say Daily on the Internet" for $500, Alex.

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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

Samurai pizza cat has been living there for years already. lol

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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

My favorite is when they claim to only use it to help generate concepts. So you decided to rot your vision at its very foundation, you say? Good to know.

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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

Damn, I'm sorry to hear that. Fingers crossed that it's just a matter of time.

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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

1! ONE! I have heard of literally ONE of these people! XD Similarly, I don't watch YouTube (for anything other than a quick DIY), ever use TikTok, or listen to podcasts. I'm on Twitch but 99% of that time is spent live and I keep to smaller crowds intentionally; better communities.

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