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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻

@fiddlecub.bsky.social
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🏳️‍🌈 Game designer and writer: Divinity, Baldur's Gate 3, Divinity: Original Sin 2 | Your gay dad: partnered to Stephen and @cubgent.bsky.social | Doing my best Steam / PlayStation / Xbox Live: fiddlecub Signal: fiddlecub.85

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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 10h
www.paypal.me/fiddlecub
Well hello.

I'm reluctant to write this, given a world where the needs of others are so much greater than mine - but I need a hand.

It started with a sudden €2000 journey to the United States for my husband to care for his ailing mother in her struggle with end stage heart failure. It worsened when sickness, depression, and an unexpected injury necessitated extended time from work - and the Belgian health care system resisted (and still resists) full reimbursement for time off. A comfortable life became less comfortable quickly.

Short version: I need some help with expenses. It's not a dire need, but it's enough that I'm reaching out. A handful of euros goes a long way. With embarrassed bear hugs,

Me.

https://www.paypal.me/fiddlecub
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Tonight's adventures.
No Man's Sky screenshot: My character stands in front of a diamond-shaped monolith at dusk. Dark clouds hover in the sky; behind them, another planet's rings arc across the horizon.No Man's Sky screenshot: My character stands in front of a intergalactic portal. It glows in tirquise; runes ring its perimeter.
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
When when when will we give up equating importance and quality with broad appeal.
Carson is among the more high-profile recent winners of the literature Nobel, which often honors authors little known outside of the literary world and is sometimes criticized for valuing literary experimentation over the ability to connect with a broad readership.
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I did it again. I kept walking up the Larian staircase mindlessly and bonked my head at the stairs to nowhere.
A narrow wooden staircase.The same staircase ending at the ceiling.
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Omg
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Also, the game's just pretty.
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Please to join me in Aion 2 so you can behold my mustache.
My Aion 2 player character sporting a huge handlebar mustache, a large face tattoo, a poof of hair with a tendril hanging down, and incredible blue eyes.
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Tonight's adventure.
No Man's Sky screenshot: spaceship flying above a teal terrain. A ringed planet dominated the view.No Man's Sky screenshot: spaceship approaches a spoked space station.No Man's Sky screenshot: the player character engages in a Pokemon-style minigame using creatures they have collected. The interior is a purple space station. Various aliens have congregated around the play table.No Man's Sky screenshot: spaceship hovers near a space-whale, which offers to join their fleet.
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Feeling cute, keep your Waldo/Wally quips to yourselves.
Selfie. I'm a bear man with mustache and beard wearing a red and white striped shirt, Nijntje themed cap, Nijntje themed jacket.
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Tonight's adventures.
No Man's Sky screenshot: a spaceship flying above a foggy landscape.No Man's Sky screenshot: the player character swims under the sea. Corals, grasses, bubbles, and schools of fish bring it to vibrant life.
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
There is a undefined% chance that you will be happy with size false.
Your Fit Assistant recommended size is in stock: False. There is a undefined chance you will be happy with size false.
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Pooh is a bottom: confirmed.
Kingdom Hearts screenshot featuring Winnie the Pooh's upper half poking through a riverbank, bottom half unseen, while Sora looks on.
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Poltergeist fucked me up. I'm still afraid of lightning because of it. I'm 54.
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Tonight's adventures.
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
And pour one out for Conchata Ferrell, one of the great character actors, always perfect.
Headshot if actress Conchata Ferrell, wearing a complicated sweater and sporting a gorgeous head of auburn hair worn in an updo.
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Not even close, a terrific comedy that deserved way, way better. Also, Elliott Gould.
Promo image for the 1980s sitcom ER.
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Looks like they're not quite done with the UI though.
Songs of Glimmerwick screenshot: a menu with a UI button simply labelled "UI button".
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I regret to inform you that Songs of Glimmerwick is gorgeous.
Songs of Glimmerwick screenshot: a musical academy's courtyard, lush and colourful.Songs of Glimmerwick screenshot: the interior of a dorm common room, The scene is cosy; students relax at a table, and a fire blazes in the fireplace.Songs of Glimmerwick screenshot: the player character approaches a hut fashioned from a colossal tree trunk. Sun rays shine through the forest canopy above.
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Here's a selfie. No reason.
Selfe. I'm a bear man with mustache and beard wearing a green shirt and tan cap, laying on my bed
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tonight's journey.
No Man's Sky screenshot: spaceship flying above a lush green landscape.No Man's Sky screenshot: spaceship flying towards a ringed planet.No Man's Sky screenshot: spaceship flying above an orange-hued landscape. The mist lends an air of mystery.No Man's Sky screenshot: the player character stands on golden terrain at the seaside.
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
no
In April 2024, Variety revealed that Jennifer Aniston and her Echo Films partner Kristin Hahn are producing a 9 to 5 reimagining for 20th Century Studios.[50] In January 2025, it was reported that Aniston was considering casting Ariana Grande, Sydney Sweeney and Zendaya in the lead roles.[51][52]
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
One planet, wondrous sights.
No Man's Sky screenshot: gravity pulls rocks and boulders upwards. Purple crystals and yellow-green plants and flowers dot the landscape.No Man's Sky screenshot: bubbles rise and dance above irridescent yellow blooms. It's night: the sky is violet and pink, and a bit cloudy.No Man's Sky screenshot: the player character swims underwater. Orange-red light infuses the scene. Broad-leafed plants and smaller shoots adorn the sea floor.No Man's Sky screenshot: the player-character explores a dark cave, lit only by irridescent yellow blooms dotting the rocky ceiling.
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Celebrated healing shoulder with a 20k run.
Screenshot of my fitness app showing 19.66 km run in 1 hour 39 m.
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I made pita. It turned out well, with nice pockets! I just need to make them rounder. The last one was perfect.
A plate of pita.
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I'd watch the fuck out of a Columbo reboot with Emma D'Arcy.
Emma D'Arcy at a red carpet event. They are dressed in red blouse and black pants, but it's the long, fabulous trenchcoat that steals the show.
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Weigh-in day. Holding steady. Total lost: 60 kg (132 lb).
A scale showing 73.5 kg.Selfie. I'm a bear man with mustache and beard wearing a polo shirt. I'm in black and white.
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I guarantee the three of clubs was not a random writing choice - it's a specific reference, and a good one at that. I appreciate this level of care. (This is Nighthawks, from @wadjeteyegames.com. I think the words are @richardcobbett.bsky.social's.)
Screenshot from Nighthawks: an illustration and dialogue appear on screen. A gorgeous white-haired vampire is pictured, the very picture of feminine goth beauty. The dialogue states:

The Assistant

"You slide out the card and cradle it. The Three of Clubs."
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Meme with Fred Armisen in Documentary Now!

Make bad game? Fired.

Make good game? Fired.

Make incredibly successful game? Believe it or not, also fired.
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Space whale philosophies; fucking up a dreadnought; respite in a station.
No Man's Sky screenshot: the backdrop is space, green gasses, asteroids. A space whale converses with the player via comms.No Man's Sky screenshot: a spaceship flies underneath a colossal dreadnought. Lasers and electricity dance across the screen.No Man's Sky screenshot: the player's ship docked in a space station. You can see down the dock and into the great beyond.
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I am now making it illegal for games to be this beautiful because it's not fair to the rest of us. @mudtek.bsky.social
Screenshot from Dimraeth. The player stands atop a dais in a forest clearing. Pixelated art makes it glimmer. Beautiful stuff.Screenshot from Dimraeth. The player explores a warm tavern. You can feel the glow of the lamps and the buzz of the crowd. Beautiful pixel art brings the scene to life.Screenshot from Dimraeth. The player walks a path in a deep forest. The air is eerie and threatening, save a single lamppost.
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Meet me at the end of the rainbow.
A screenshot from No Man's Sky. My spaceship flies above a desolate planet. The sun rises on the horizon, causing a rainbow to circle the view.Screenshot from No Man's Sky. My character stands on the beach. The soil is garish but pretty. A rainbow arcs across the sky.
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Is No Man's Sky the best game of all time? Leaning that direction.
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Uhh
Screenshot from the Steam page for Active Matter:

AI Generated Content Disclosure
The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

In-game AI character Ms. Second is using AI generated voice. Using humans voices for AI character would be cultural appropriation.
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
You can ride on my pets.
A screenshot from No Man's Sky. The player character rides an enormous insectoid creature with a glowing green crystal as an abdomen. It's a garish green planet, yet lush and inviting.
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Wow, that is a star-studded list of stylists.
Photographed by Scott Trindle and styled by Raphael Hirsch, Emma Corrin, Jack Lowden, Olivia Colman, Rufus Sewell, Freya Mavor, Daryl McCormack, Louis Partridge, Rhea Norwood, Jasmine Blackborow and Jamie Demetriou appear in the feature, as Alderton
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Stop calling bigots closeted, they're just bigots, and when you claim otherwise, you shift the blame of homophobia and transphobia to queer people and equate being closeted with cruelty.
Bluesky post: They really calling themselves out like bros just get out of the closet.
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I would die for her.
Screenshot from No Man's Sky. A lithe creature with a body of twigs and branches - and a glowing flower for a head, walks across the sand.
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
When this game hits, atmosphere for days.
No Man's Sky screenshot: my spaceship is parked on the ground of a foggy, windswept planet. In the distance, a lightning storm rages.
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Insomnia, watching 80s videos, found new mansplain image for memeing.
Image from Annie Lennox's video for Walking on Broken Glass. A fancy man and woman sit in an opera box. The man is explaining everything to the woman, in nice costumes.
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Why is every Belgian website a damned mess.
Screen from LM: 

Failed!

Your new password is read to use. 

A diagram of a thumbs up is also present.
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I regret to inform you that Dimraeth from @mudtek.bsky.social is impossibly beautiful.
A screenshot from Dimraeth: A beautiful pixel-art town, bustling, cliffside. You get the sense you've reached a whole new, imaginative world.A screenshot from Dimraeth: two pixel art characters converse. The wizard Faustas is displayed as a still talking figure to the right, glowing blue, long beard winding from his chin.A screenshot from Dimraeth: The player character is tiny on the screen compared to the glowing crystals surrounding them.
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Back on my bullshit.
No Man's Sky screenshot. An asymmetrical spaceship flies at warp speed towards to planets, one Earth-like and one with a ring system so dense, the planet casts an obvious shadow on it.
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Why are cats.
A handsome man reclines on a sofa. A grey cat is sleeping in a normal position in front of him. A white cat is resting half on the sofa's arm and half on the cushion. He looks silly and cute.
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A Night at Moka Efti: A Babylon Berlin Story from @paintbucket.de. Free. Stunning. There is no reason not to play. store.steampowered.com/app/3975470/...
Screenshot from A Night at Moka Efti. Two women converse in a heavily stylised hallway, evocative of a smoky nightclub. Colourful crosshatching and scraped lines bring the scene to life as if painted directly on screen.Screenshot from A Night at Moka Efti. A crowd dances at a Berlin nightclub. The dance floow glows as if a green light above is illuminating it. Screenshot from A Night at Moka Efti. A dying man lies prone on a table in the cooling room of a kitchen. Stylised descriptions appear on screen: 'Dying man?' 'How could I forget?' 'Blood. So much blood.'
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Used to love this channel. Nice guys cleaning properties and whatnot for free for the community. Few months ago, the tone changed. Self-congratulatory, rage-baity, attention-loving. Glad they're out there but leaving the rotation.
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
People say anything. I refuse to believe Grease 2 is a cult classic.
The film is now regarded as a cult classic.
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Um.
Screenshot from a a review of the new Wolverine game: "the game's relatively short runtime of around 15-to-18 hours"
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This utter failure in packaging and design still baffles me, that multiple people had to sign off on this, that anyone said 'let's make full-sugar and no-sugar Coke look almost identical on shelves' and they weren't laughed out of the room.
A store shelf with 6-acks of Coke and Coke Zero Sugar. Aside from one easily missed element, they are identical in design and colour.
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Shoulder's just sprained and bruised, not broken. Ice and recovery today. Have a selfie.
Selfie. I'm a bear man with mustache wearing a tan cap and grey shirt.
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