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Rob, The Bishop Of Bobbins

@fishwithlasers.bsky.social
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ACAB includes Mappy. Rob. Writes and writes about videogames. Ex remakes person, ex legend. Grumbles, watches tat films, does some box art doodling and stuff. Disabled, depressed, tired. Terfs and bigots shit off elsewhere. He/Him www.robf.me

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circyn @circyn.bsky.social · 39m
My challenging merge game Ocean Pop! : Calypso Collision will have a 30% discount during the Steam Autumn Sale! Don't forget to check out the Steam page between October 1st (from 10 AM PT) – October 8th: store.steampowered.com/app/4144000/... #steamsale #indiegame #indiedev
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Tea Monster Games / PsychicParrot (Jeff) @psychicparrot.itch.io · 8h
"Wednesdays, amirite?" MNOZ - My Nuclear Octopus 2 Wishlist now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4712420/... #indiedev #indiegames #WishlistWednesday #MNOZ #retro #arcade #videogames
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Alex Bertram-Powell @alexbpart.bsky.social · 11h
So it turns out Rogue AI isn't like in the movies. Instead of all-powerful machines turbofucking everything you can think of in one go without mercy, they just do one or two attacks and then wait politely for news and market cycles to play out. So that's nice!!
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Rob, The Bishop Of Bobbins @fishwithlasers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Even by normal UK standards, looking at the news the past day or so has been a trip.
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Comics Covers @comicscovers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Doctor Solar (3470)
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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 29/09/2026
Oh dang, was just informed that Vangers - one of the weirdest games ever - got a big update so it runs at 60fps. It's being maintained by fans now, after the original developer passed away a couple years ago.
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Vangers on Steam
Mind-altering sandbox game that can be described as a racing role-playing adventure game with a complicated storyline. You’ll find a unique atmosphere, complete freedom and lots of gameplay hours to f...
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Rob, The Bishop Of Bobbins @fishwithlasers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
(The trick is to not conflate Game Difficulty with Game Accessibility)
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Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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circyn @circyn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Get ready for My Nuclear Octopus 2 (MNOZ) - demo available for Steam Next Fest in October. #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev mastodon.social/@TeaMonsterG...
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Tea Monster Games (@TeaMonsterGames@mastodon.social)
Attached: 1 video A sneak peek? Of Tea Monster's new game MNOZ? Yeah, alright then!! The Octopus is BACK (and this time it's 3D!) in .. MNOZ - My Nuclear Octopus 2. Demo coming to Steam Nextfest i...
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Rob, The Bishop Of Bobbins @fishwithlasers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
”Shit” and “Wank”, however? Big The Cat has a lot to answer for.
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geekysteven @geekysteven.com · 29/09/2026
The only reason Sonic doesn't say "fuck" is because no one said it around him, he doesn't know it's an option
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Tea Monster Games / PsychicParrot (Jeff) @psychicparrot.itch.io · 28/09/2026
A sneak peek? Of Tea Monster's new game MNOZ? Yeah, alright then!! The Octopus is BACK in .. MNOZ - My Nuclear Octopus 2. Demo coming to Steam Nextfest in October. #indiedev #indiegames #retro #MNOZ
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Rob, The Bishop Of Bobbins @fishwithlasers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When did Google get so fucking weird? (Sancho Panza’s Thoughts) What I wanted was some links, but that's not what Google does in 2026. Oh man, this. All this. This has been mildly freaking me out for about a week now. I’m not sure precisely when Google shifted the GenAI summary into Fully…
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When did Google get so fucking weird? (Sancho Panza’s Thoughts)
What I wanted was some links, but that's not what Google does in 2026. Oh man, this. All this. This has been mildly freaking me out for about a week now. I’m not sure precisely when Google shifted the GenAI summary into Fully Uncomfortable mode (partly because I try and avoid googling anything these days because I’m just so tired of all this kind of bullshit) but I found myself googling the text of a garbage post that someone had made on Blue Sky last week.
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Jeremy Peel @jeremypeel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The original sin of Sunless Sea is just… setting out in the first place. There are lucky captains and well-prepared captains but the prerequisite is a gross recklessness. An irredeemable hubris and disregard for the gift of life you might otherwise call pioneer spirit.
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Jeremy Peel @jeremypeel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I love that no matter how smugly competent you get at Sunless Sea you still, every so often, allow yourself to be tempted too far out; find yourself feathering the ship-lamp to try and fend off both fuel-death and madness for that last minute it’ll take to reach port. All while cursing your own name
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Mobeen Fikree @mobeenfikree.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
💣💥💥
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Jaime Cross @speedyjx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Yer maw's calling yer da an AI agent with the amount of energy she's wasting to get him to do anything.
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king ned ludd 🇨🇦 @grumble.social · 28/09/2026
So much of this.
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When did Google get so f-ing weird?
I recently had an experience while doing a simple Google search that was so profoundly weird that it stopped me in my tracks. Understanding this Google se...
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Rob, The Bishop Of Bobbins @fishwithlasers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Is it a baseball bat? (For the humans)
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Rob, The Bishop Of Bobbins @fishwithlasers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Sorry, continued discoursing before food and should know better but the whole “fans annoyed by someone selling their promo tat because ‘a fan could have had that’“ really has me questioning what some people value in the first place. I struggle to get past “it’s advertising tat, an advert”
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GigerPunk @gigerpunk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I should probably keep posting this in case anyone's missed it, as it is at least one thing actively reducing stress levels atm. Obvs no obligation, people have been incredibly generous already but I would be letting Flo down if I didn't keep reposting it on her behalf www.gofundme.com/f/flo-and-rob
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Donate to Help Flo and Rob with Flo's Stroke Recovery, organized by Emma Leadley
Flo is an artist, sci-fi and fantasy writer and regular attendee at conventio… Emma Leadley needs your support for Help Flo and Rob with Flo's Stroke Recovery
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Simon Roth @simoroth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When software does not correctly perform its function, it should be considered broken and buggy. It should be withdrawn from use and patched. It annoys me no end that LLM sellers keep spinning it into the hype cycle.
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Rob, The Bishop Of Bobbins @fishwithlasers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Considering there’s always A Fan somewhere who will want the weirdest, most obscure piece of tat, the other two answers are “don’t send out promo stuff” and “don’t have any fans” so good luck out there.
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Pat Ashe @patrickashe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I just can't imagine getting het up about someone flogging something that will other wise go in the bin or sit in an attic. "This is totally unacceptable!" - food shops are like triple what they used to cost a few years back, flog whatever you want if you can make cash off it.
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Pat Ashe @patrickashe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I do feel like if you don't want journalists and influencers flogging the promo tat you send them that fans will obviously buy then don't send out promo tat that fans will obviously buy.
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Rick Lane @ricklane.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This week's Disk Cleanup is a riotous chat with @honestwilliam.bsky.social, in which he got so worked up talking about Dota 2 that he had to turn on his fan. www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
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William Pugh, co-designer of The Stanley Parable, has over 1,600 hours in Dota 2: 'It's not a game made of love. It's a game fuelled by hate and a desire to conquer'
The founder of Crows Crows Crows guides us through the games on his PC.
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Rob, The Bishop Of Bobbins @fishwithlasers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
difficulty discourse? no, frankly.
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Gary Necronomics / Sarah @nogenius.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Reminder that people you meet probably have elemental weaknesses you're not even aware of, use your various attacks and skills to discover them
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Michael @michaelklamerus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Games writers, now is the time to bait a bunch of people into playing a Dizzy game with an article saying “oh you’ve never heard of Dizzy? That says a lot more about you than the egg himself”
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Rob, The Bishop Of Bobbins @fishwithlasers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
That reminds me, it’s been a fortnight since my last watch. In my defence, I did watch The Invisible Boy again a few days back though.
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A gem at the county fair art show. 🎨
Acrylic painting of an angry looking white cat staring at the viewer with one paw on a blue vase, about to push it off a mantle.
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Michael @michaelklamerus.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
leaving Itch comments like they're songs on YouTube such as "it's 2025 and I'm still rocking out to this game"
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Rural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Beards Bolton, MS
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Rob, The Bishop Of Bobbins @fishwithlasers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fucking egg’s not right, man.
It’s Dizzy The Egg, with a lit rocket up his eggy bum. He’s clearly VERY happy.
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Jaime Cross @speedyjx.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
One neat thing about this is that the spec requirements mean it'll run on a (modern) toaster. The graphics card requirement is an almost 10 year old integrated chip. There are probably fridges out there with more horsepower.
Minimum system requirements for Dressmaker on Steam

Minimum:
OS: Windows 10 or later
Processor: Intel Core i5 or AMD Ryzen
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel UHD 630 or Better
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 1 GB available space
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Rob, The Bishop Of Bobbins @fishwithlasers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A large part of the proof for that can be found in everyone else's Gauntlet sequels or homages which are all entirely different games because there's nothing there.
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Matty @zagrebista.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Saw something in a nostalgia-bait FB post about Gauntlet and this is an excuse to go off on my pet theory which is Gauntlet is a rare game that primarily and arguably ONLY works as a coin-eating arcade game:
Four player Gauntlet machine replica
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Rob, The Bishop Of Bobbins @fishwithlasers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Gaming used to be all Jet Set Willy but I haven’t seen my willy in ten years now.
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Pat Ashe @patrickashe.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
My current social media obsession is a guy who does engagement farming about being an “older gamer” so he posts things like “when you were a younger gamer all that mattered was high scores but now the real boss fight is back pain”.
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Rob, The Bishop Of Bobbins @fishwithlasers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I promise you, the bulk of people doing this for the eighties might well have lived through it but what comes out the other end is frankly bizarre on a good day and a complete fabrication on a normal day. I think it’s just a general “nostalgia is fucked up” thing.
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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 28/04/2024
POPPENHEIMER (2029): With progress on the atomic bomb stalled, J. Robert Oppenheimer needs a miracle - and finds it in the shape of his own personal Nanhattan Project. Can Mary Poppins sprinkle a spoonful of sugar over Los Alamos? Stars Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy, and Tom Hardy as Bert.
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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 20/12/2023
POPPIN’ OFF (2025): Street hustler Mikey Banks is targeted by the mob when a heroin deal goes sour. With hitmen on his tail, he turns to his childhood nanny Mary Poppins to help take them out - but is she real, or a figment of his imagination? Stars Emily Blunt, Macaulay Culkin
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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 20/12/2023
MARY POPPINS RETURNS (2018): Sentenced to death for a crime she did not commit, Mary Poppins must lead an elite crew of international car thieves on a mission to stop a deadly virus from being unleashed. Stars Emily Blunt, Dave Bautista, Tony Jaa
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Rob, The Bishop Of Bobbins @fishwithlasers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
You can drink your own ass juice at an interview for all I care. This place is weird some days.
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Rob, The Bishop Of Bobbins @fishwithlasers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fucking egg’s not right, man.
It’s Dizzy The Egg, with a lit rocket up his eggy bum. He’s clearly VERY happy.
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Rob, The Bishop Of Bobbins @fishwithlasers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I genuinely have no idea what 97 of these are even about beyond a vague awareness a handful of them exist.
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Rob, The Bishop Of Bobbins @fishwithlasers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I don’t know what a Destin Legarie is but it sounds rubbish.
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Rob, The Bishop Of Bobbins @fishwithlasers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Oh well, if the boss says it’s not crunch, it’s ”just” a month of overtime, well that’s fair enough then. What the fuck, Knowledge.
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MrTom 👾 @mrtom.uk · 25/09/2026
A tremendous video by @leadergrev.bsky.social, supported by @chrisbratt.bsky.social and the PMG team. Bobby Kotick is using legal threats to clean the media of negative coverage of his wrong-doings, and discourage any further coverage. Threat-washing, if you will www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwp...
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Inside Bobby Kotick's Campaign Against the Press
YouTube video by People Make Games
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