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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This guy got people from around the world to teach him their favourite dance moves. 📹Ed People

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Felipe Pepe @felipepepe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It's funny seeing people confused by a 1997 French Adventure game with Paulo Coelho & Moebius... We focus too much on GAMER stuff for millennials, so it's easy to miss how the 90s was full of Adventure games / Myst-likes made with TV channels, museums & famous authors to target then-adult audiences

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Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The cluelessness of this reminds me a lot of the NFT grift. The thing about NFTs was that it was mainly something finance bros were into, and when they were trying to worm their way into gaming, their pitches were an abyssal trench of bad ideas because they couldn't grasp why people played games.

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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

this is fantastic and I learned something new

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 19/09/2026

I’ve worn a grubby RNLI cap for decades. I sound London, but I was born in Truro and I was a basically feral (Gen X) kid wandering the coast path with a dog until sunset for a lot of my early life. The lifeboats are in the fabric like trawlers and farms and pasties and fish and chips.

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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

rip annie dillard

One of the things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book or for another book; give it, give it all, give it now. The impulse to save something good for a better place later is the signal to spend it now. Something more will arise for later, something better. These things fill from behind, from beneath, like well water. Similarly, the impulse to keep to yourself what you have learned is not only shameful, it is destructive. Anything you do not give freely and abundantly becomes lost to you. You open your safe and find ashes.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Sixty years ago today, the starship Enterprise launched and with it, a vision of the future where humanity had moved beyond its divisions. I was there at the beginning, and I can tell you...

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Io Brindle 🦠🍄⚙️🌙 @io.brindlebrothers.com · 30/01/2025

Everything is burning and I don't know what to do. But if you want to support queer art, there's never been a better time to play Dread Delusion: a retro RPG where you can domme a fascist into letting you cross a fortified border by spitting in his mouth. store.steampowered.com/app/1574240/...

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Dread Delusion on Steam

Dread Delusion is an open world RPG brimming with strange places and dark perils. Carve your own path through the flying continents of a shattered land. Discover curious towns, unearth occult secrets,...

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 29/01/2025

It's hard to know what to say or whether it's even worth adding to the doom - what I will say is buy your trans friends' weird zine, their album, their art game - buy them a beer or a soda or a meal - give them some ko-fi money for doing absolutely nothing. We gotta protect trans kids and adults.

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

For those who might have forgotten, Dolly was always punk as fuck

"I made jokes about it, but it's the truth that I kind of patterned my look after the town tramp. I didn't know who she was, just this woman who was blonde and piled her hair up, wore high heels and tight skirts, and, boy, she was the prettiest thing I've ever seen. Mama used to say, 'Aw, she's just trash,' and I thought, That's what I want to be when I grow up. Trash."

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paddysbooks @paddysbooks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

PEACH MOMOKO MARVEL COVER ART COLLECTION paddysbooks.bigcartel.com/product/peac... #artbooks #comics #illustrations #paintings

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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 25/08/2026

This girl I used to waitress with in Austin, we moved to New York together in 2003 on a literal Greyhound bus. Shared a fifth floor walk-up studio that, when it rained, had more leaks in the ceiling than we had pots and pans. We used to get drunk and smoke off the fire escape and do “sad-offs.”

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EssaysConcern @richarderskine.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I have a Schumacher Briefing pub. by @schumacherinst.bsky.social which joins the dots! 'Is the UK approaching a Clean Energy Tipping Point? — Exploring the UK’s Clean Energy Transition using a Systems Thinking approach' Link in comments Fig here shows Reinforcing Loops from Causal Loop Diagram

From: Is the UK approaching a Clean Energy Tipping point?, Richard Erskine, The Schumacher Institute. https://www.prepareforchange.org/tsireadings/briefings/uk-clean-energy-transition/

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 23/08/2026

120 of 2026's best PC games, ordered according to a weighted Steam community rating, skewed slightly towards popularity. It's a wonderfully diverse mix, and with only ~5 big AAA games in there.

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Rico Charges @nochorus.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I'm not above prompts.

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Game design isn’t about being able to identify problems. Everyone who plays games can identify problems. Game design is about diagnosing player experience, having intent, and executing. I think to a lot of folks outside dev, game criticism (an art in itself) is seen as interchangeable with design.

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Pᴜʀᴇ Dᴇᴀᴅ Gᴀᴍɪɴɢ @puredeadgaming.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The results of the video I posted earlier was this iconic shot 👏 Danny León and his crew smashed it.

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852dude @852dude.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Bro. People are cool as fuck.

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Lady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · 10/08/2026

wait. this is where "Blame yourself or God" came from??

Screenshot from the PSX release of Final Fantasy Tactics. Knight text box which reads, "Tough... Don't blame us. Blame yourself or God."

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Felipe Pepe @felipepepe.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Reminder that if you like my dives into game history from a more global perspective and want more, you can check my collection of links & resources here: felipepepe.medium.com/my-little-ga... Has over 100 links to blogs, articles and videos from all over the world. Still WIP and messy, sorry lol

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My Little Game History Anthology

A personal collection of writings, references, bookmarks and sources for further reading

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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I like this, I like this a lot. #BookSky

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Guillaume Bonnet @zazb.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

QRP with your most popular piece on bsky - My D&D characters from 1995 to 2023 on a single page! Those I played for more than a few sessions at least.

A series of 11 Dungeons and Dragons characters drawn and inked on a 12x9 bristol board. The shading is done with screentone sticker sheets. The highlight is clearly the first character, made for the second edition. He is a human fighter named Aragorn Hawkins and he has a hawk symbol on his chest. 12 years old me was inspired...

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Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 08/07/2026

A Brit in the semis of Wimbledon, England still in the World Cup and Nigel Farage spending the summer arguing with a bin. Oh this happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

That @naomialderman.bsky.social is so fucking brilliant. If you've found yourself falling out the reading habit, she has created a kind of Couch-to-5K of reading open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...

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let's do a 'couch to 5k' for reading

we're going to work ourselves back to good 'reading fitness' over the next eight weeks. come and join us.

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ceej @ceej.online · 02/07/2026

It's once again time for me to extol the virtues of the "Laura Palmer," a refreshing blend of lemonade and cold brew coffee. In all my travels I have yet to find a better beverage for a hot summer morning. It's also the best method I have personally found for accidentally consuming 400mg of caffeine

a cold brew and lemonade over ice. around here we call it a "Laura Palmer," get it?

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Wil Eelsing @wileelsing.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Bethan's Rock is a small grey stone on display at Poole Museum in Poole, England. It was donated to the museum in 2019 by a five-year-old girl named Bethan, and it has since attracted significant attention on social media and become the museum's most famous object. - Wikipedia

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

you already know what's up (steam sale rec thread is what's up) as always, i focus primarily on older, obscure, and just plain weirder games, as big name titles don't need the help. so, onwards!

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 25/06/2026

It's STEAM SUMMER SALE time! Which means I've updated my Steam Curator page with everything I've enjoyed recently. I'll also be picking out the best deals in this thread - bookmark this post! If you like what I do, consider tipping! (Ko-Fi/Paypal) - All tips go towards more indie games to research!

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Steam Curator: Dominic Tarason's Opinionation Station

Info-tags aside (for listing stuff) this is 100% personal recommendations on games I've played. Expect a lot of weird, indie, undersold or otherwise mysterious stuff, plus the occasional mainstream fa...

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Frank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

As the director of a historical video game preservation institution, and someone who has dedicated his entire adult life to this cause, this is accurate. We have attempted to work with the industry's trade organization to find a legal path forward, but they refuse to offer a meaningful alternative.

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Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Hey folks, who'd like another Steam sale recommendation thread? Let's go! 1. Nine Sols Simply one of the best Metroidvanias ever. Takes inspiration from Hollow Knight with gorgeous hand drawn artstyle, mixes in the parry heavy combat of Sekiro, and Red Candle's exceptional narrative writing.

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Nine Sols is a lore rich, hand-drawn 2D action-platformer featuring Sekiro-inspired deflection focused combat. Embark on a journey of eastern fantasy, explore the land once home to an ancient alien ra...

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

you already know what's up (steam sale rec thread is what's up) as always, i focus primarily on older, obscure, and just plain weirder games, as big name titles don't need the help. with that said, onwards!

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 01/07/2026

You gotta write, and you gotta write your own stuff, and you have to write stuff you'd want to read. Enjoy writing for its own sake and enjoy what you write, because if you don't, no one else will either.

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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 21/06/2026

Traditionally on Father’s Day I have posted about my own father, but today I am going to post instead about becoming one. /1

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Andy Kelly @ultrabrilliant.xyz · 10/03/2025

One second from every scene in Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace.

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[eve] @ninehydras.dev · 18/06/2026

Going to start a thread of all the areas I worked on for Marathon <3 <3 first up: bioresearch #MarathonTheGame #Marathon

Screenshot from Bungie's Marathon, showing the Bioresearch region of Dire Marsh

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Alstrat @alstrat.se · 08/08/2025

Man is the warmest place to hide

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SAPRO @saproartist.bsky.social · 15/09/2024

Hi I’m Sapro! Here are some drawings I did:

Illustration for Lunacid (an indie game). The image shows a character clad in vampiric armor staring with intent at a fuming blade that has apparitions of the moon phases within.

Illustration of a centaur character with ornate attire, he is missing one arm and has a crescent shaped horn.

Psychedelic image of a dragon merging with a humanoid or visa versa

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ilana steinberg @lanibird.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

some greatest hits!

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Duvet Croc @duvetcroc.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Casey's vids are the best and their taste is fantastic!! Vibes are immaculate as always!

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Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Hey folks, my new video is live now! And if you were watching live, is secretly a TOP 13 video! I cheated. It's by far my biggest one yet, and I'm really proud of this one, so please do share it around and leave a comment on the vid if you don't mind, it really helps and I love to read 'em! 💜

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Casey Explosion's Top 12 Games of 2025

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Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Hey folks, I'd like to make one more big push on my new video, I put a lot of work into it and I'm extremely proud, but it's really not getting the views I'd hoped for, so if you could please check it out, and very kindly share it around, I'd seriously appreciate it.

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Casey Explosion's Top 12 Games of 2025

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Max Kreminski @maxkreminski.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

game narrative people like to talk about how worldbuilding isn’t storytelling. i agree; in fact i think worldbuilding is actually its own emerging creative practice, with its own virtuosos & masterpieces; it overlaps with storytelling but often feels to me more like architecture, hypertext, collage

cover of "Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons"

screenshot of the cool "guys with weapons sneakily floating up a rock" intro scene from Dune Part 2

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Genel Jumalon 🍉 @geneljumalon.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

People like Kane and many many others that do care about human art and the creative process have been a beacon of hope while trying to navigate making art in this current climate.

CBS MORNINGS ON YOUTUBE (JUNE 4, 2026)

Interviewer: I read that you do not want to embrace Al.

Kane: Absolutely not.

For me the whole point of doing what I'm doing-art is a way of processing life. I don't see the value in outsourcing any element of that.

When I'm looking at someone else's project, if I see an element of the environment [where] they use generative fill or whatever to change something about the scene, it just shuts off the part of my brain that wants to know more about that world. Because I would assume if they're willing to make an arbitrary choice there, they could make an arbitrary choice with literally anything.

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

JCO absolutely got him. Poorest man in the world. bsky.app/profile/miss...

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Hugely sad. We've lost John Blanche. It's hard to know where to begin. He set fire to a generation's imagination, and those fires show no sign of stopping burning. His work very much illuminated the darkness.

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Miss Machete, Pumpkin Spice Cannibal @miss-machete.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Thinking about how cool this movie is. The Chronicles of Riddick (2004) Yeah, I would have said no to Fast and Furious 2 for this. This movie rules. The universe building, the lore that bleeds through the film, the unique (and very early 00s styled) action. This movie rules. #moviesky #nowwatching

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Dr David S Anderson @dsaarchaeology.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

As an anthropologist, I endorse this message!

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