iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Joe Wintergreen @joewintergreen.com · 05/10/2026

even a little bit and for anything at all

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 04/10/2026

Consider The Woodchipper by @edgarallanbro.bsky.social CW: sexual assault, rape "Let me be clear: you are not a victim of what Geller did." Read on:

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Consider The Woodchipper

A response to "What Do We Do With Jacob Gellar?"

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BOLD:\\ networked newt action @boldgame.online · 02/10/2026

BOLD: NETWORKED NEWT ACTION playable demo, starting next week, just in time for next fest

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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm immensely proud to announce that my texture library that's been in the making for nearly a decade is now available on my itchio store for indie devs to purchase commercial licenses. makkon.itch.io

screenshot of my itchio store, showing several texture packs available for purchse

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The Tax Collector Man @coolgoblinzone.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

it has the same vibe as something like spider-man 2, down to zipping through manhattan having stilted conversations with people who never feel quite human and going to map icons to infrequently have an experience you'll actually remember a week from then. maybe it gets better? hopefully

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The Tax Collector Man @coolgoblinzone.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

imo control as a videogame is whatever and most of the writing is a fumble, but the oldest house is great and the ideas are fun and it brims with enough natural creative energy to sand over most of what doesn't work. it's good in a very shaky way. kinda feels like this one finally goes off the cliff

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The Tax Collector Man @coolgoblinzone.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

been playing that new control and so far it's a pretty bog-standard AAA game where you get a cool weird vignette every thirty minutes. more dead air by volume than either control or wake 2. some very muted remedyisms but nothing that makes you go "nobody else could've made this"

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Joe Wintergreen @joewintergreen.com · 20/09/2026

hard to believe it has been 10 years since this iconic video of laura panicking in unreleased vr game "sluggy's fruit emporium" when bugs caused interruptions to her fruit supply

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The Tax Collector Man @coolgoblinzone.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

no problem!!! now i can finally give you money

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The Tax Collector Man @coolgoblinzone.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

shouldn't be the case for either... i just uploaded some random non-game garbage on an empty project w/ no previous builds and it seems to go through okay. are you using the command line version or the ui in the itch app? try the latter if not

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The Tax Collector Man @coolgoblinzone.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

should be per file? i've never used it for anything crazy massive but give 'er a whirl

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The Tax Collector Man @coolgoblinzone.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

pretty sure if you use the butler thing to upload you get somewhere in the ballpark of 20gb? shouldn't even need to email anyone (unless they made it worse)

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The Tax Collector Man @coolgoblinzone.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

yeah man you've gotta get ready for The Event. i heard The Change is happening tomorrow. you're gonna miss The Incident

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Matheus Graef @omiosures.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I'm an official D&D/MTG illustrator working on a game that's p much a love letter to everything I like about RPGs. and more: it's pay-what-you-like. get OMIOS URES for free if you want, I don't care. spread the word, play the game once with your group and I guarantee they will want a campaign. :)

page of OMIOS URES. digital painting over graphite sketch of a chameleon hunter with a hand cannon. his prehensile tail is holding a torch behind him, and various items are strapped to his body. a bandolier with potions, a large bag with a bear trap sticking out, a fairy in a cage hanging from a rod. waterskin, pocket watch, sleeping bag, retro aviator-like goggles on his forehead. he walks hunched, as if sneaking about, and his delicate gait - exactly like a chameleon's - is a visual play, resembling the tippy toe walk of a cartoonish hunter

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ITEMS ITEMS ITEMS

The following pages cover a number of ordinary (and extraordinary) miscellania favored by adventurers.

When employing an item’s Skill Check for a NPC, replace the skill with the NPC’s Body, Mind or Magic. An NPC trying to break out of manacles uses Body instead of Physique.

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The Tax Collector Man @coolgoblinzone.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

i'm looking over some other screenshots and it's interesting to see how they do their vistas generally... karnaca scans as more detailed when it's mostly just height variation and two or three alternative buildings thrown in. the powers of interesting urban topography

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The Tax Collector Man @coolgoblinzone.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

you're going to discover new depths to your hatred

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The Tax Collector Man @coolgoblinzone.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

they got away with it because each building adds five smokestacks to the horizon, which is enough for your brain to scan the city and go "yep"

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The Tax Collector Man @coolgoblinzone.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

things i adore: this dunwall cityscape in dishonored 2 which consists of a single building copied dozens of times. you can smell the panic

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Joe Wintergreen @joewintergreen.com · 26/08/2026

played Splinter Cell Blacklist Spies Vs Mercs 1v1 with @coolgoblinzone.bsky.social, it is so good. it's a hassle to get it going but we're gonna try set up a 2v2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioDr...

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splinter cell blacklist spies vs mercs 1v1

YouTube video by Joe Wintergreen

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The Tax Collector Man @coolgoblinzone.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

final fantasy 8 is a game where you go to school and learn the ways of the world

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Joe Wintergreen @joewintergreen.com · 10/08/2026

I know some people who worked on Splinter Cell Blacklist follow me but I don't know who so I would just like to broadcast that the DLC co-op level "BILLIONAIRE'S YACHT" is extremely good. What a good level. Very well done whoever that was

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Miracle @miraclebutt.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

They're a little silly

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Piers Anthony sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/anthon... was born on this day, so here are some of his book covers (Artist: [uncredited], Peter Jones, Ron Walotsky and [uncredited]):

Another cover for Piers Anthony's "Omnivore"

And another cover for Piers Anthony's "Omnivore"

A cover for Piers Anthony's "Of Man and Manta"

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Joe Wintergreen @joewintergreen.com · 05/08/2026

if it's layoffs on ship no matter what, never pay that company for anything. why would you. your money will never reach anyone who worked on what you bought, or respected those people. you'll not be investing in anything in any sense software is on the honour system and these people have no honour

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The Tax Collector Man @coolgoblinzone.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

the red bionicle tastes much better than the green bionicle

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Joe Wintergreen @joewintergreen.com · 02/08/2026

the only thing missing from the splinter cell conviction story is the two dudes should fuck right before the tragic ending. it would really tie the room together

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The Tax Collector Man @coolgoblinzone.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

if you played A Way Out -- and i assume more people have when compared to the deprecated co-op campaign for Splinter Cell Conviction -- this is basically that but 10x better. literally the same climax but good instead of bad. i always wanted something like that so it was a v pleasant surprise

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The Tax Collector Man @coolgoblinzone.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

it's a given that something like this would be fun but i was shocked at how engaging and successfully dramatic it was. legit excellent. i can't believe how invested i got in these two specific dudes

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The Tax Collector Man @coolgoblinzone.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

you know exactly what this feels like if you've ever been so bewildered by somebody else's mistake that it leaves you completely adrift. i just kept saying "but the eleven thing?" and she kept going "what??" and i was like "it makes three elevens" and she replied "what??"

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The Tax Collector Man @coolgoblinzone.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

i once scheduled a taxi to pick me up at 11 am on the 11th of november, which makes a clean 11/11/11. the dispatcher notices this and laughs. the day arrives and no taxi shows up, so i call. the same dispatcher says she has the time down as "12" and suggests i misspoke. strange and infuriating tales

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Joe Wintergreen @joewintergreen.com · 27/07/2026

Played some Splinter Cell Von Kitchen co-op with @coolgoblinzone.bsky.social. A banger that doesn't get enough credit for being insanely good because it's full of edgy bullshit youtu.be/-Cb5fNQM9IE?...

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splinter cell von kitchen

YouTube video by Joe Wintergreen

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Joe Wintergreen @joewintergreen.com · 26/07/2026

don't let the phoned-in visuals of the Halo remake off the hook by scapegoating Unreal imo. if something looks boring it's because someone boring made it

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The Tax Collector Man @coolgoblinzone.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

they won't be laughing when my research is complete

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The Tax Collector Man @coolgoblinzone.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

ray harryhausen: do you really need jason and his argonauts to fight this many skeletons at the same time charles h. schneer:

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Joe Wintergreen @joewintergreen.com · 13/07/2026

JoeIO is on Fab now. Buy it and tell your boss to buy it at the much higher corporate price (or whatever it is called) www.fab.com/listings/94c...

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JoeIO

JoeIO is an input/output (I/O) style system for level scripting in Unreal (currently 5.7 and up). If you don’t know what that is or means, I have an informative blog post all about it,&...

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The Tax Collector Man @coolgoblinzone.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

i like posts about sports because rarely is there any barrier to somebody like me understanding them. not esoteric in the slightest. i think it's delightful that people who have been watching soccer for years or decades will be going like "they should try kicking the ball in the goal to score"

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splendidland🌱 @splendid.land · 06/07/2026

growlithe's paws

a child is screaming and crying, their parent asks "what's wrong?". the child explains "w... wwh... g... g...growlithe's front and back paws donn't match... w...". the parent and child embrace, both in tears

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The Tax Collector Man @coolgoblinzone.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

i'll only celebrate american independence day if american mcgee gets the rights to make a third alice game

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Ammnontet! @bleakvision.info · 19/10/2025

BAH! Enough talk! My <Beam Blast> shall make short work of you!

norman "my name is not norman but still i" rockwell's painting "freedom of speech" except i made the guy fucked up, and he's doing a Beam Blast. and also everyone around him looks more worried than usual

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The Tax Collector Man @coolgoblinzone.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

i have no goal here. i like you & want your brain to have something to think on other than whatever the default is. mostly i relate & was in the same boat until i could acknowledge it and try something different. a good start: if you miss those friends, message 'em again. they didn't go anywhere

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The Tax Collector Man @coolgoblinzone.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

i remember that tension: hating myself, thinking other people hated me, feeling so mired that i started to hate 'em back. assuming you're privately loathed is dangerous, but that other stuff -- building the ground on which to reciprocate, letting folks become your assumptions -- is the real poison

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The Tax Collector Man @coolgoblinzone.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

i read your take on that stuff now and i see another post where you assume that person is actively celebrating the current state of unreal engine. already he's published a huge blog post tearing it into little bloody pieces. do you see what happens? you're mad at somebody who doesn't even exist

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The Tax Collector Man @coolgoblinzone.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

it's similar w/ the discussion about the rapist, which is so old that it predates me even joining. all i can think is: why'd you never talk to him? during four intervening years of being there, why'd you never ask him to clarify what he meant at the time, or if he even had the same opinion later?

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The Tax Collector Man @coolgoblinzone.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

like the plurality thing is just... i dunno, i remember that. he was hearing about it for the first time, was responding to what initially sounded like an outright medical concern (brain unable to move muscles) and then was trying to understand & relate to it. i just can't read it the way you do

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The Tax Collector Man @coolgoblinzone.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

and so the key for me isn't that you're *sure* he hated you, but that you think it was in a code only you could read, & that any info to the contrary afterwards (and it can only come after) is born out of deceit. for what? why would you be the exception for which he hides any dislike? to what end?

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