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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The worst thing about Star Wars Galactic Racer is there's a character called Griff Halloran and it *isn't* this guy, the most Griff Halloran looking man imaginable. Griff Halloran is an entirely different-looking guy, it makes *no sense*

A Star Wars man with 80s hair and tache. He looks exactly like what you'd imagine if you imagined a man named "Griff Halloran"

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The video advertising Unity's ew AI-driven autocomplete game maker has 'Mari' who has a game idea they "always wanted to make" and that idea is "Space Corridor" and it looks like this, and that's the strongest argument I can think of for keeping game dev out of the pro-AI crowd's hands.

A conversation between Theo and Mari. He asks "you know that game you always wanted to make?"

A screenshot of Unity building a game called "Space Corridor".

A generic 3rd person space marine in a generic scifi corridor. It is large and empty.

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Look at this amazing Earth Must Die fan art that @michaelfirman.bsky.social started but did not finish. Why didn't I think of a knife and fork? That's brilliant. If I'd have been good enough to think of that we'd have done it. Anyway, I think I need to bully him into finishing it because it's LUSH.

VValak from Earth Must Die cutting into the Earth with a knife and fork.

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Why would you do it like this.

A sign in a hotel. Reads "Rooms 13. 7. 8. 4. 5. 6"

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I have suspected now for many moons that my dog may be no simple canine but an ungodly vampiric abomination

My dog lying down and looking like some sort of vampiric abomination

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"No ways" or just "very bad ways"? ;)

A screenshot from Splinter Cell of Sam Fisher on a zipwire in front of a big obnoxious AXE body spray neon sign

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I've been aware for some time now how much you could step in and take over from the lead in The Pitt, and the onion beard look just sort of confirms it

Noah Wyle in The Pitt. He's not wearing a surgical mask but he IS wearing a stethoscope.

Another shot of Noah Wyle in The Pitt, looking a bit like he's been wearing an onion beard.

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Might just be me, but out the corner of my eye I read this as CODE SHIT I'd suggest a logo rework.

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

In 1994, the #1 'Top Cheat' in Acorn User magazine was 'this game isn't out yet, we don't know if there are any cheats for it'

A photo of an article called TOP TEN CHEATS from Acorn User magazing

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Okay I haven't heard from the people who know, BUT I assuuuume Earth Must Die is probably OUT NOW on Switch and PS5? Go buy it! It's really good and funny! Besides, you owe me one.

Capsule image for EMD ,showing it's coming to Switch and PS5 today. Evil VValak looms over a cartoon Earth in an oh-so-menacing manner.

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The 'Ocarina of Time' remake looks incredible

Rosie and Jim. Rosie and Jim, chugging along on the old Ragdoll.

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Two game trailers released yesterday with key art showing the lead character(s) falling in front of the moon. It's not very interesting, but it is a *bit* interesting that this happened.

thumbnails for The Darkside Detective and Kimitantel, both of which feature a character falling through mid air framed by the moon.

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The new automatic thread numbering feature on BlueSky is great, but we're all finding it very difficult to look at because it's dropped too low, right? This isn't just me? This is very irksome?

Close up of some text showing that (1/2) is misaligned with the base of the body of text.

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Check it out, someone crashed a HELICOPTER into the power lines in one of the fields out the back of my house. A HELICOPTER. RELATED: how did Victorians read by candlelight? This open flame is fucking useless and alarmingly close to these flammable pages.

A bad, zoomed-in photo of a helicopter in a field. This is as close as I could get in case it EXPLODED, I guess?

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Haven't taken the paddling pool down yet.

A close up of packaging for Bourbon Twists. Festive edition, with snowflake branding

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

GOOD NEWS, TERRANOIDS. Brillo comedy adventure Earth Must Die is coming to your PS5 and Switches on September 9th! Chock full of amazing British comedy voice talent including Joel Fry, Martha Howe-Douglas, Tamsin Grieg, @alexhorne.bsky.social, @misterabk.bsky.social and LOADS more.

Earth Must Die capsule with PS5 / Switch written on it. A blue alien man is fucking lording it over a tiny planet Earth while his milk-stuffed robot companion looks on, shocked.

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Due to getting old, I recently installed a stretching app that I haven't had time to use yet. Its weird little passive aggressive reminders are getting weirder and weirder and now I guess it thinks I'm a woman who is trying to get pregnant?

A cartoon lady on her back with her legs in the air. Text reads "It's getting late!"

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Two very different opinions on pans

Two replies to my previous post "Only acceptable use of guns tbh" and "waste of pans imo".

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Just checking in on America, all seems to be in order.

A man pointing a big gun at a row of frying pans

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I *beg your fucking pardon*?? The fucking cheek of this!

An email from someone "looking for games that performed poorly on Steam" and offering me $100 for the rights to Lair of the Clockwork God

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Looking forward to checking out the trailer for TRUST GUT YOUR.

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Massively into this: the Red Arrows performance was cancelled at a local event, so the Red Barrows stepped in. The photo is 😗👌exquisite

Some men and women with fake mustaches dressed as pilots in front of half a dozen red wheelbarrows

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

By way of an example, here's how I 'watch' the two game trailers currently presented at me on youTube. This is it, this is all you get these days. This is the barrier to entry. If what I see tickles my fancy, I'll click and sit through an advert for the full thing. Otherwise, this is it.

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Here's a fun game via @machill54.bsky.social on the Size Five Games Discord: how long does it take you to find @alexhorne.bsky.social on this image from 2003? Here's a clue, it'll take way longer than you'd ever imagine possible.

BBC Brain Candy promotional image of lots of 2003 era comedian's faces

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

This is great. This is so helpful because instead of just fixing the problem of climate change we could all get a sauna and live with it. Perfect solution, good job. Is there an issue that saunas are made of very dry wood when the wildfires catch up with you, do we think? Or is that fine?

Headline: repeated use of saunas could help people cope better in heatwaves

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

"Why use assets that are all of a similar visual style when you could have THIS"

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

My next project is Unity, because moving my entire pipeline right now is too costly. It's too late for me, my son. I'm going to wheeze myself to death on the floor. You go on ahead.

Vader, mask off, lying on the floor dying

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Thought everyone should know that the breakfast cereal "Weetos" have successfully created the most 1990s video game mascot imaginable and I love it

A rad 1990s white kid. Shades, headphones, red trainers, clutching a game controller in a surreal digitised style world.

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Can confirm the quite lowness of the bench. Not convinced it was worth waking the family up at 4.30 to make the trip out

Quite a low bench. Not low low, just quite low

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Forgive me, Bristol. I was not aware you had such a high calibre of tourist attractions.

Google Maps, pointing to a Tourist Attraction called "Quite Low Bench". It is a quite low bench.

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

@jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social HAH, found it! Told you you couldn't keep me away forever! I'm starting work on Monday and this time there's nothing you can do to stop me. SEE YOU BRIGHT AND EARLY.

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The lock to get into my Airbnb for #developConf is the most Deus Ex coded keypad I've ever seen

A digital keypad. Black screen, gradient tinted blue digits.

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Just found this big fence and, uh, what are they keeping in this field exactly, do we think?

A big fence. Probably twice the height of a normal gate, just shy of 6 foot

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Who's making them? Fucking Aquaman?

hBomberguy busting through a wall. The caption reads "just one small problem"

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

This razor blade looks like a robot that told a big lie. This is all.

A photo of a razor. The handle looks like a big nose and there are holes for eyes. It's a stretch if I'm honest.

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

In the movie RAMPAGE the two villains for some reason have a RAMPAGE arcade cabinet in their office and yet at no point do they mention it or note the similarities to the game with the mayhem outside that they have caused. I would like a follow-up indie arthouse movie about why this is.

Still from RAMPAGE. A man in a suit, and out of focus behind him is a rampage arcade cabinet

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

FUCKING card manufacturers, you PRICKS Now what the hell am I supposed to write? This was my one thing and you've taken it away.

The interior of a card. Printed inside is "HAVE A GREAT DAY"

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