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Gordon Speirs @gspeirs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

@1st-c-lord.bsky.social congrats on the launch and the great reviews. Can’t wait to play it on Thursday

Gordon Speirs @gspeirs.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Finished playing through Big Walk with a couple of friends last night. Game of the year and it’s not even close. The last couple of hours are sublime.

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Gordon Speirs @gspeirs.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Finished FF7 Rebirth, finally. That game certainly does have an ending in which stuff happens.

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Gordon Speirs @gspeirs.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Tried the Duskbloods network test. It’s interesting, much more than Nightreign. I didn’t get a feel for how it works and the onboarding introducing a dozen different currencies, tokens, sigils, seals, covenants and pacts in the space of 15 minutes did not help. But it seems like it could be good.

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Mathew Kumar @mathewkumar.com · 17/08/2026

Please share: I'm writing an article and I want to talk to developers who have successfully transitioned out of the games industry to jobs elsewhere. What do you do now? How did you sell yourself? What skills were transferable? All disciplines welcome, my DMs are open.

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Gordon Speirs @gspeirs.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Played Big Walk with my kids. Genuine anxiety watching them run off into the dark and hearing their voices fade as they go while I wait behind holding a button down for them 😢

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

For years, Telegraph columnists told us climate breakdown is a hoax. Now they say: it's real, but it's too late to do anything about it, so let the bodies pile high (again). Just one long list of excuses not to reduce fossil fuel use. Such newspapers bear as much responsibility as the oil firms.

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Gordon Speirs @gspeirs.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Playing Splatoon Raiders and whoever named one of the item drops “Maw’s Bobber” is clearly not from Scotland 😬

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Gordon Speirs @gspeirs.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Steve and Hercules, 18 months apart but still fitting

Large tabby cat sitting in the same saucepan

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Gordon Speirs @gspeirs.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

What do people use nowadays to create and host a simple webpage? SquareSpace?

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Gordon Speirs @gspeirs.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Picking up FF7 Rebirth after taking a break for a few months and WTF is going on? I’d restart it but I’m an old man and I’d like to finish it before I die

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Imagine owning Double Fine and even *considering* closing it. The history of Double Fine is the history of the games industry itself. This is a crime.

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

You can’t do this - assume ill intent and social damage springs from uncontrolled tech - and also push AI.

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Paul Scott Canavan @paulscottcanavan.com · 12/06/2026

So tired of this shit. Literally any concept artist can doodle up a better solution in minutes. And you know it’s original and not just plucked from some other IP. And they can iterate on it in realtime, allowing the whole team to be in on the process. We had this process for fucking decades.

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Gordon Speirs @gspeirs.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

TIL that if you forget to put the oil cap back on after topping up engine oil, your car engine makes a noticeably different, more bassy noise. And not long after that, your wife calls you a fanny.

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VGDensetsu @vgdensetsu.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I'm gonna tell my kids this was Vampire Survivors.

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 09/05/2026

A fifth term for the SNP, with more seats than 𝘢𝘭𝘭 the London unionist parties added together. A huge majority for the Scottish pro-independence bloc 👏 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 public.flourish.studio/visualisatio...

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Scottish Parliament 2026

A Flourish data visualization by Yes in Pictures

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Keith Stuart @keefstuart.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Hi I wrote about the making of classic platformerChuckie Egg and talked to its creator Nigel Alderton. Please give it a read as I want to show there’s an audience for this gaming history stuff 🙏 www.theguardian.com/games/2026/a...

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‘People still remember it 40 years later’: the making of Chuckie Egg

The iconic game that came to define 8-bit programming still conjures flutters of nostalgia 40 years on – all thanks to a 15-year-old tea boy who worked a Saturday shift in a computer shop in Greater M...

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Gordon Speirs @gspeirs.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Pragmata is great. Like a lost PS2 game. More short, focussed games with original game mechanics please.

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Pixel Parents | Video Games Podcast @pixelparents.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Ep. 107 is LIVE! 🎉 The PS5 generation so far is under the microscope! Has it delivered? All this plus: 💥 More Raccoin 💥 Zelda & Crimson Desert 💥 Best Timeless Classic Game 🎧 Listen/watch now! 🔗 YouTube 🔗 Spotify 🔗 Apple 🔗 Patreon #Podcast #VideoGames

Pixel Parents episode 107. Featuring image of Astro Bot on top of a PlayStation 5 Pro. Available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube

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Selzero @selzero.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Hume wrote about how perceived similarity is a factor of empathy, for example, a human cannot relate to a piece of string. The piece of string.

The string wants to collapse, but constant stress won't allow that.

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Glasgow Independent Games Festival @glasgowindiegamesfest.org · 27/02/2026

Submissions are . ݁₊⊹OPEN⊹₊ ݁. We can’t wait to get our hands on your wonderful games 💖 Submissions are open from today until May 1st, here’s the link: glasgowindiegamesfest.org/links/ What are you waiting for? Submit your indie games .✦ ݁˖TODAY˖ ݁✦. #GIGF26 #indiegames #glasgowgames

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Jenna Laine @jennalaine.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Spectacular images taken by the Artemis II crew of earthset and the eclipse. Just incredible. NASA posts them here and it’s free to access: images.nasa.gov

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Gordon Speirs @gspeirs.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

I have eaten too much chocolate

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Gordon Speirs @gspeirs.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

I finished a game! Resident Evil Requiem. Really enjoyed it, my favourite RE since 4 I think. Death Stranding 2 next.

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Eevi Korhonen @silliet.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Folks, SAROS has gone gold! #notaprilfools

Image of a gold-encrusted enemy from SAROS looking out of the picture with the text "SAROS GONE GOLD"

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Veerender Singh Jubbal @veerenderjubbal.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Indian journalist looking to review anticipated game with lead Indian protagonist played by an Indian actor. Want to review Saros, please. Have covered many games with South Asian leads over the years. Have written about South Asian characters/games for a multitude of publications. Please, help.

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Pixel Parents | Video Games Podcast @pixelparents.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Ep. 105 is LIVE! 🎉 With many massive games, how do we deal with it? And is Fortnite cooked? All this plus: 💥 Crimson Desert 💥 Clocking In: The Game Time Crunch 💥 Best Game that Pushed Gaming Forward 🎧 Listen/watch now! 🔗 YouTube 🔗 Spotify 🔗 Apple 🔗 Patreon #Podcast #VideoGames

Pixel Parents episode 105. Featuring image of Kliff from Crimson Desert. Available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube

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Gordon Speirs @gspeirs.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Crimson Desert is the game Dragon’s Dogma 2 should’ve been - a janky disaster that’s somehow way more fun that it has any right to be.

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Will Koehler @willk3d.com · 18/03/2026

Turns out the answer to "When will I ever use this type of math?" was "Video Games". cc: all teachers

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Veronica Peshterianu 🚀 @verohime.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Today In Game Development: Dealing psychic damage to anyone working on the achievements system... #gamedev

A screenshot of a slack message showing a JSON file of achievements where the Achievement ID number (Starting with 0 and incrementing) does not match the internal unlock ID number. Achievement 0 is paired with ID 1, Achievement 1 is paired with ID 11 and so on. It is cruel.

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Sayem Ahmed @sayemahmd.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Man imagine being generated by AI and still being bald.

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The Witcher @thewitcher.com · 25/02/2026

Swipe! Slay! Survive? Your epic story is just a swipe away – @nerial.bsky.social and @devolverdigital.com’s Reigns: The Witcher is out now on iOS, Android, Mac & PC! reignsgame.com/witcher

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Gordon Speirs @gspeirs.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Reigns : The Witcher, the game I've been working on for the last year and a bit is out now on Steam, iOS and Android :) apps.apple.com/gb/app/reign... play.google.com/store/apps/d... store.steampowered.com/app/1651600/...

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Reigns: The Witcher App - App Store

Download Reigns: The Witcher by Devolver on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips and more games like Reigns: The Witcher.

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Pixel Parents | Video Games Podcast @pixelparents.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Ep. 100 is LIVE! 🎉 We’re celebrating 100 episodes of the show! Come and party with us! Plus: 💥 God of War: Sons of Sparta 💥 Pixel Parents Time Capsule 💥 Best Game of the last 100 Episodes 🎧 Listen/watch now! 🔗 YouTube 🔗 Spotify 🔗 Apple 🔗 Patreon #Podcast #VideoGames

Pixel Parents episode 100. Featuring image from God of War Sons of Sparta Available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube

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Andrew Elmore 💽 @elmore.zone · 16/02/2026

I have a very simple and straightforward two-step plan to Save The Video Game Industry: Step 1: Globally eliminate the concept of a classed society and redistribute all surplus resources among the populace, permanently enshrining social ownership of the means of production. Step 2: Ridge Racer 8.

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Greg R. Buchanan @gregbuchananwriter.com · 14/02/2026

Desperately looking for anyone in Scotland to foster a 2 year old female cat named Bambi. Incredibly affectionate and friendly. Indoor-only. Whether temporary (a few weeks) or longer term. She's going to be put to sleep otherwise -- due to a heart issue that won't affect her for another 12 months

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Gordon Speirs @gspeirs.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

“Fixed an issue preventing the ! mark from disappearing from the New Items tab of the Items menu.” Nioh 3 is saved!

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