iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Leo Tan @electricleo.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

As far as I can tell, the rule for people contacting you for keys to play your game is, if they ask for more than 1, it's a scam. If they ask for 1, it's a scam. If you reach out to them and offer a key, they want money to take it. The entire key ecosystem is divorced from its original purpose.

Leo Tan @electricleo.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

See you on the leaderboards!

Leo Tan @electricleo.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Despite working on the Epic Games Store for over 4 years, I cannot work out how to update the release date for our game on our game's page without actually releasing the game.

000

Leo Tan @electricleo.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Paying for professional services with Arc Raiders blueprints is the new buying pizza with bitcoin.

Leo Tan @electricleo.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Chicken Tonight's marketing campaign was the greatest marketing campaign of all time.

Crossplay @crossplayblog.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Reposted by Leo Tan

What is the point of Roblox having parental controls if kids can just sign out and bypass them? www.crossplay.news/p/its-too-ea...

crossplay.news

It's Irresponsible How Easy Children Can Make New Accounts on Roblox

What is the point of parental controls if they can just sign out and bypass them?

032

Reposted by Leo Tan

Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.

122130504238

Leo Tan @electricleo.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

There are almost no good boardgames to play with young children. Minecraft Explorers is one of the better ones. Bonus points for being a pack of cards that come in a small box. This is probably a little late to come as a useful recommendation for a Christmas present

Leo Tan @electricleo.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Police are on the lookout for a sophisticated, accomplished criminal, an expert at hiding in plain sight among us. If you see this man, please call 999 immediately.

Leo Tan @electricleo.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

I am so grateful VGIM put Donkey Kong Bananza, Mario Kart World and Civ 7 as some of their stand out games of the last year. I am subscribed to too many industry newsletters, and I couldn't decide which one needed to be cut.

000

Leo Tan @electricleo.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Core Keeper is the absolute pinnacle of survival crafting games. Or, perhaps more accurately stated, it’s the perfect distillation of mechanics I’m familiar with from Minecraft, executed perfectly, with joy turned to max.

100

Leo Tan @electricleo.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Now that the anger has subsided and I’ve come to terms with this new Liquid Glass UI, and how naff my once pristine phone is now, I’m really just in awe at the person who got this through what I presume is an insanely rigorous, top heavy approvals process at Apple. The fucking balls on them.

Leo Tan @electricleo.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Shout out to @davidnsteer.bsky.social for helping me realise Apple is just helping me use my phone less by making it unenjoyable to perform even basic functions. No further feedback.

Leo Tan @electricleo.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

I wouldn’t have guessed that a redesign of the aesthetic of the iPhone interface is what makes me look at Android seriously, but here we are. It will basically depend on if I can transfer my Puzzle and Dragons save.

000

Leo Tan @electricleo.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

youtu.be/OCkO8mNK3Gg?... This covers one that was new to me, Endowed Progress. Gotta stay up to date with the ways we're being manipulated to ensure our time is being spent doing the things we value.

youtu.be

Dark Patterns: Are Your Games Playing You?

YouTube video by Chris Wilson

000

Leo Tan @electricleo.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Lunchtime climbing is the shit. In and out in an hour. Knackered. Since I started, my sciatica has disappeared, even though when I'm not climbing, I'm basically at my desk. I thought it was a stretching thing, but it turns out it was a strength thing.

000

Leo Tan @electricleo.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Playing Ash in Brawl Stars and feel simultaneously so seen and so offended at the same time. Any character that opens up a battle shouting "I'm so manky!" is an immediate main for any self-respecting Scot.

100

Leo Tan @electricleo.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Is it a work post? Yes. Does that make this game any less awesome? No.

000

Leo Tan @electricleo.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

How does Ball X Pit have so many systems and dependencies and complexity and yet is still so simple and brilliant and I LOVE KENNY SUN (and friends). Hashtag Twinfold.

Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Reposted by Leo Tan

Waterstones are doing 25% off preorders on my book Super Nintendo this week, alongside other 2026 titles. Preorders are super important for authors so please, buy your future self some cool books! www.waterstones.com/book/super-n...

Use the code OCTOBER25 for 25% off Super Nintendo, out February 2026

2194

Leo Tan @electricleo.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Wowsers, this is a tremendous effort. Thank you, @yaustar.bsky.social

Leo Tan @electricleo.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

I live in a world where someone telling me they put me on their Asana board makes my day more than getting checked out at a bar. At least, I assume it made my day more. Only one of these things has happened in the last decade.

000

Leo Tan @electricleo.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Looks like I'm into litrpg now. Can I *be* any sexier? FAO @mckelvie.bsky.social I guess.

Leo Tan @electricleo.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Just cut my first tik tok video. Told my wife I was going to become a content creator and she laughed disrespectfully hard.

000

Leo Tan @electricleo.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Journalists who use their kids as reference points seem to forget that their kids are only special to them. Not to us. If you tell me your 8 year old child loved a game, all I hear is an 8 year old child loved a game. And I have children, so I know. Their opinion is worthless.

100

Leo Tan @electricleo.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

One of the best parts about working with fellow Scots again is not having to worry I'll get pulled into HR again for saying fuckin bawbag in a meeting.

Leo Tan @electricleo.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

When working on a game with many kinds of spaceships in it, one should prepare to be exposed to an astonishing amount of phalluses.

100

Leo Tan @electricleo.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Man! At the end of a season in Konfronto a bunch of your winning runs get entered into a tournament, and then they duke it out offline. Sadly, nobody could beat Doctorghost's two entries.

100

Leo Tan @electricleo.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

I welcome any advice from parents of families with 3+ Switches in their household. How are you handling the Virtual Cart system?! The linking and unlinking is really rough.

000

Leo Tan @electricleo.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Man, I am super digging Konfronto right now. It fixes the two things that caused me to bounce off Backpack Battles, PLUS it has the best space-based puns. It's full nerd dad mode. Which works for me, because I am also always full nerd dad mode.

000

Leo Tan @electricleo.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Given that I haven't stopped playing Teamfight Tactics for the last three years, I feel obliged to try The Bazaar, but am terrified of what will happen if I love it.

Leo Tan @electricleo.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

@lootlevelchill.bsky.social Hello! I would like to contact you about something, but cannot find a means to do so on your excellent website. Could I trouble you to message me here, please?

100

Leo Tan @electricleo.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

£10 to give a 5 star review for an Amazon product isn’t bad at all! I would have guessed there are more cost effective ways to bump up this score though.

000

Leo Tan @electricleo.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

This is new to me! Is this in a lot of games now? I fucking LOVE this.

100

Leo Tan @electricleo.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

If you're playing Monster Hunter, you should know that Arrekz has the best guides - www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4RG...

youtube.com

Monster Hunter Wilds | Gunlance Tutorial

YouTube video by Arekkz Gaming

000

Leo Tan @electricleo.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Put a pull-up bar in the office six months ago, after failing to do more than 1 in a single sitting. I think it's important to talk about goals and hold ourselves accountable. I'm proud to share my progress and say that after 6 months of diligent training, I can now do 1.5 pull-ups.

Leo Tan @electricleo.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Watching Roblox get away with a puff piece on BBC news makes sick to the core. That’s a great fucking PR team they have there.

Leo Tan @electricleo.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

I thought parenting would be describing the scale of our universe and exploring complex ethical issues, but it’s more picking up something that shouldn’t be sticky and wondering why it is.

030

Leo Tan @electricleo.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Guys, I fixed Monster Hunter on sub-$5k PCs. Instead of feeling bad about your computer, imagine you have exclusive early access to the PSP3, which gets a stable 60fps no problem.

Leo Tan @electricleo.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

pegi.info/news/pegi-co... This merits consideration. If gambling warrants 18+, then we need to consider what is gambling here. If it's just the presence on playing cards and poker hands, then it's symbolic representation of gambling. If it's about the mechanics, then a lot more games deserve 18+.

pegi.info

PEGI Complaints Board Amends Classifications of ‘Balatro’ and ‘Luck Be A Landlord’ to PEGI 12

The PEGI age ratings of two video games have recently been the subject of appeals that were handled by the independent PEGI Complaints Board:

000

Leo Tan @electricleo.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Shout out to my son, who showed everyone in his class how to change their name to Butt Face on their math app, and the teacher didn’t know how to change it back.

140

Reposted by Leo Tan

Tont Coles @tontcoles.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Saturday posting is the best. It's Avowed and hey everyone - it's really nice. affectionatediscourse.substack.com/p/avowed-the...

affectionatediscourse.substack.com

Avowed: The Definitive Review

Nice and Tasty.

132

Leo Tan @electricleo.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

This is increasingly my favourite person on Bluesky. A genuine delight to have the incredible architecture in Glasgow captured. I understand where most of the wealth to create these buildings came from, but I think the Glasgow of today is a different place, and a different people.

Leo Tan @electricleo.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Just realised - Hyrule Warriors on Switch 2. Surely playable at a decent framerate? Just got a fresh wave of excitement. I better get a job soon or I'll feel bad about buying it at release.