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Derek Van Dyke

@derekvandyke.bsky.social
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Queer neurodivergent dweeb. That super textured voice on Pixel Spectrum and Castle Bravo. Trying my best, despite all odds. Links: linktr.ee/derbycityderek

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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I can understand why someone would want to group these things together, but I do think it is reasonable to see Harry Potter in a different light than these both in terms of how directly the dollars spent on it contribute to tangible real-world harm and how easy it is to avoid interfacing with it.
A bluesky post with the poster's name removed, saying:

i hate j.k. rowling as much as the next person, but people need to stop trying to morally grandstand.

the people saying it's wrong to like Harry Potter are probably the same people who own iPhones, shop on Amazon, or go to Starbucks.

at a certain point, you need to understand nuance and context.
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Little brother sent me this ad, said it was for me. Alright. Motherfucker. You got me good on this one. But more importantly, I am just bewildered by this ad. How is this a quiz?
An ad for an "Am I Gay" test featuring two of, I can not stress this enough, the absolute gayest men you've ever seen in rainbow shirts embracing each other. It feels like a hate crime to behold.
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Let the dogs out, asked myself why everything looked pink, looked up and saw the sunrise over the house. Today's probably gonna be alright.
Sunlight reflecting pinks and oranges off the clouds in the early sunrise, seen over the roof of a house. The silhouettes of treetops black out some parts of the picture.
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hey I'm doin tha thing
A 3x3 grid of video games. In order, left to right and top to bottom:

Diablo 2
Age of Empires 2: Age of Kings
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Final Fantasy 8
Kirby Super Star
Starcraft
Digimon World
Pokemon Red Version
Unreal Tournament
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
IT IS TUESDAY EVENING AND I HAVE PUT IN 26 HOURS OF WORK I NEED THE OVERTIME SO I CAN SELL LESS BLOOD TO PAY FOR MY AIR CONDITIONING CAPITALISM
A Spotify screenshot for the song "Till The Wheels Fall Off" by The Aggrolites
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
New Castle Bravo today! @dollblood.garden and I have begun our Gamera sidebar with the 1965 original, which is in black and white because it had a budget of "the leftovers from another failed project". It's ass. I loved it. Many links: linktr.ee/derbycityderek I like Pocket Casts: pca.st/g5cba87n
The Castle Bravo logo, a sillhouette of Godzilla in front of an orange, red, and blue background resembling a burning sunset over the sea
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Start your week off right with @heartimecia.bsky.social and I talking about how a lot of y'all need to do some more reading, and we know just the visual novel y'all should pick next. Also Fire Emblem is only like three games away from having basically been a visual novel. Think about that. Or not.
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
New Pixel Spectrum! I'm joined by the one and only @heartimecia.bsky.social to talk about The House in Fata Morgana and how we owe more love and respect to visual novels. Many Links: linktr.ee/derbycityderek Listen on your favorite podcast platform now (I like Pocket Casts): pca.st/92yrbhtf
Pixel Spectrum - You Should Read The House in Fata Morgana ft Natalie Checo
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Yeah man I think I agree
A screenshot of a phone quick settings pulldown, showing a notification from Security Center that "Your phone seems to be running"
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
What if baby
A pit bull dog curled up on a couch next to a person holding a game controller while their phone and laptop are in front of them like some sort of 3 screen goblin
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Metroid Ravenous logo except it says "I'll suck you in an interesting and peculiar way"
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Why is there a spoon on the bathroom floor This is filling me with a fear so deep and primal it may come from my very genes
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I have actually had it all the way up to here with these fuckass cheap cards in (fake?) handwritten blue ink asking unsolicited to buy my house that is not for sale. Also several of them (not all) call me Dyke Van for some reason. I'm snapping. My reply to this is going to ruin someone's day.
The back of a blank white postcard labeled "From the Desk of..." but no name, indicating cheap bulk stationary.

The handwriting-style text reads:

"Hey Dyke Van,

Apologies for my random note, but I wanted to write you personally about your house located at [MY ADDRESS, REDACTED].

I I'm looking to buy a home in your neighborhood and you're home seems perfect for what I am looking for. Could we possibly discuss making you a cash offer? Either way, please let me know.

Blessings,
Payton"

A phone number is written off to the side, also censored
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Who, me? Sorry, you must be mistaken
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Imagine not playing Pikmin 4
A promo image of Pikmin 4 but the logo has been changed to say "DANDORI ISSUE"
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
My wife said she was craving pancakes and asked if I wanted any, I said sure. She just came in while I was editing, said I could have the first pancake, and then put this plate down on my desk. ... okay. Okay. Good bit.
The world's tiniest pancake, smaller than a dime, on a small plate. The plate looks huge. It isn't. The tiny pancake just makes it look big.
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I HAVE AC AGAIN
A woman smiling and looking up at the sky while holding some kind of fancy drink, with the text "Girl who is going to be okay"
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Here's what's rather obviously ACTUALLY going on... the "final product" is AI, the "3D Render Process" is taking that flat AI image and Photoshopping to erase a couple features, and finally they re-generate the AI image with AI again in a different style. Literally faking steps backwards from final.
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
An image of some of the characters from X-Men 97, with the text "Smash or Pass X-Men: there's only on button and you know which one it is"
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
BIRTHDAY??? Then I'm legally obligated to send a selfie!
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Y'all want some mf SCONES
A very large tub full of homemade cheddar and chive scones
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Y'all want some mf CHEESE
2 gallon ziplock bags stuffed to the gills with shredded cheese
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Lookatdis goob
A pit bull dog peeking out from under a blanket
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
This is still how I communicate PTO
A yellow post-it note on an office door says

"Dead for tax reasons
Will return Tuesday"
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
In case you missed it, @bearpigman.bsky.social and I had a pretty hearty talk about how we expect a lot of folks to be doing a little better by the BDS boycott against Xbox over parent company Microsoft's involvement in genocide.
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
We gotta reopen the schools
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Just a reminder: fuck everybody at Ninja Theory who had a design hand in DmC I am a vengeful bitch who has side-eyed Tameem and NT ever since
A screenshot of a GDC talk on the design ethos of Ninja Theory's DmC reboot, which photoshops DMC4's Dante into Brokeback Mountain as a shitty homophobic punchline of what Dante shouldn't be
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
New Pixel Spectrum! I'm joined by @bearpigman.bsky.social to talk about our frustrations in how the BDS boycott against Xbox has gone relatively ignored, and how their recent No Good Very Bad Press Month should have been more like a whole year. pca.st/episode/7f56... linktr.ee/derbycityderek
An episode card for Pixel Spectrum, with the show logo and the episode title "We Were Already Boycotting Xbox ft Tom aka Bearpigman"
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Can't believe this Odyssey movie isn't historically accurate
The poster for the movie "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
That tire bald like Howie Mandel
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Got damn
A bowl of braised beef shank and vegetables over top of some penne pasta
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
A person stands in the distance in the middle of a neighborhood street, ahead of messy chalk art that spells put the words "there is still time"
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Good splashes at the dog park on
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Awww thank you! I famously do not feel great about how I look, but at this point so many smoldering hot people have told me I'm good lookin' that I am doing better at recognizing that my perception is what is flawed and that I am actually conventionally attractive. So seriously, thank you.
You are an absolute snack. No further questions.
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I honestly work really hard not to overthink this stuff. There are plenty of people who know me by name and light up when they see me but they don't follow me back on here. It's fine. We all need to be a bit more normal about not associating follow/moot status as meaningful on its own.
Do you ever feel bad for blocking/unfollowing people? I feel like I've been doing too much of that lately, but I also don't like my timeline annoying me.
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I'm sorry, that sucks absolute ass. I didn't get to take part in our pride parade this year either (for different reasons) and it was a huge bummer. But depending on how far north you are, this smoke has real health impacts... I'm happy you're going to be safe. That's what matters.
AQI is likely shit for my city's pride parade tomorrow. this isn't a question just a thing I wanted to say cause I'm sad -.-
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Hyperion, by Dan Simmons. Fairly famous, it's basically a far out sci-fi Canterbury Tales. I've read it before but it was like 20 years ago, and I never read the other 3 books. I'm also just a sucker for a good Canterbury Tales tbh.
"What are you reading?"
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Got a haircut, edged up and trimmed the scruff, felt cute, took a selfie for the gays and the theys
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Got absolutely stupid good seats for Lou City vs Lexington from my boss. Haven't been to a game in-person in ages!
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Guess I'm changing the bed today
A dog on a bed, having worked her way under the blankets and sheets and wedging herself partially under some pillows
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
For naughty puppies
A disposable plate with the words "Boppin' Plate" written on it
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
An altered screenshot from Star Fox 64 of the player with one wing in the process of intentionally crashing. A text box shows Fox describing his intention to crash the Arwing on purpose so he can start the level over for a better score.
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
New Castle Bravo! @dollblood.garden and I are back on track and joined by @caseaiken.bsky.social to talk about the beautiful dumb adventure flick that is Kong: Skull Island. Catch the latest episode on your podcast app of choice (I like Pocket Casts linktr.ee/derbycityderek pca.st/tx9qgwyk
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Here have a normal selfie to balance it out
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Dawg why did this work brunch photo turn out like this I am shaped so unusually
Me at a table at an outdoor patio, with some other people. I have a comically large plate of chicken and waffles. More importantly, the ultrawide lens is warping the picture to make most of me look massive but my head and one arm look teeny tiny.
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
New pinned post! Howdy y'all, I'm Derek Van Dyke, a long-time independent podcaster with a bit of experience in everything: A/V production and editing, marketing, writing, VO, advocacy, and more You can catch me producing/hosting two shows: Castle Bravo and Pixel Spectrum linktr.ee/derbycityderek
Just a picture of me on the beach in a white linen shirt where I almost look hot for once
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
It's the last day of Pridemas, consider complementing part of your day with @theanarchristie.bsky.social and I having a cathartic talk about the full range of emotions that comes with being queer and gender nonconforming these days: linktr.ee/derbycityderek pca.st/episode/ce17...
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Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
New Pixel Spectrum! I'm joined by @theanarchristie.bsky.social to talk about about some of the complicated feelings around Pride as a spectacle, and how we stay grounded and focused on the things that matter Check the show out on your app of choice! pca.st/episode/ce17... linktr.ee/derbycityderek
The Pixel Spectrum logo, followed by the episode title "Pride Month Feels Complicated ft Christie J"
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