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Dan Thomas @heydanthomas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I have to open a private browser window every time I'm subjected to Teams call because my Microsoft login refuses to log out OR in. Computers were a mistake

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It shows. Likewise for the QA process, it stood out to me I didn't notice any glitched text -> VO -> pose

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Super interesting. I was playing last night (finished and now gone back to the 1st game) and appreciating how the character poses were so well suited to the current dialogue. Great to see how that comes about 👏👏👏

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Woah. What's the workflow for adding a section? Isn't that really cumbersome when you're in the flow of writing?

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Just heard about the countdown mechanic in Blood of Dawnwalker, which reminds me of the timer countdown in Séance of Blake Manor. Seemingly a marmite mechanic. I'm for it. Completionism compels me to *do all the things*, but this gives me permission to *not* and just get on with it. I approve.

Dan Thomas @heydanthomas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A nice grown up thread on running a sensible service business in the games industry. Well done George, good grown-upping right there 🙌

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Yeah that was a little hyperbolic of me, my bad. The sentiment remains though

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Sadly, I think that applies to all sectors. I LOVE small business and the people that run them, but everything is set against them. Gov don't give a sniff unless they can show 00s of jobs created, investment only want 10x returns and customer default is to just compare price to megacorp junk

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"Make the game you want to play" might not be the best advice. It probably already exists and you can have a lot of fun finding it. "Make the game you want to be a part of creating" is better and makes you focus on the process, associated learnings and joy available in that.

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Was thinking this earlier. To IPO is to hand over the primary concern of a business to being: benefit shareholders no matter the cost

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As soon as a business is public, it's legally obliged to do what's best for the shareholders. In hard times, that's pretty much never what's best for employees (or customers). Totally share this pessimism and frustration

Dan Thomas @heydanthomas.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We knew it was good, but we really didn't realise how good it was in the nineties, eh?

Dan Thomas @heydanthomas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Super fascinating. Long form is more significant than I'd assumed. Doesn't mean every dev should be making *their own* long-form content though, also consider enabling it from others with existing reach (provide quality assets, do interviews, be interesting to creators) 👇

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Dan Thomas @heydanthomas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Been playing The Mermaid Mask and it's SO GOOD. Great writing, genuinely funny, superb voice acting, lovely art & animation and a super intuitive and satisfying UI. Big recommend and congrats @sfbdim.bsky.social, @sfbtom.bsky.social and co 🙌

Keyart for the Mermaid Mask video game with the game title and main characters, detective Grimoire and Sally

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Dan Thomas @heydanthomas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I know @whatleydude.com switched to ButtonDown from Substack

Limit Break Mentorship @limitbreak.co.uk · 12/09/2026

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Today we're all celebrating that it is NATIONAL VIDEO GAMES DAY!! We know what our favourite video games are... but what are some of yours?

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Dan Thomas @heydanthomas.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Batman Arkham Asylum One of the few games I'd happily replay every year

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He wishes he had a beard, I wish I had those curtains

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Fuck genAI, just have been alive in the actual 80s...

A photo of an old photograph of a blonde kid wearing a puma t-shirt

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Extremely hyped to hang out with the @limitbreak.co.uk committee tomorrow. Excited to make plans for what comes next and spend time with a bunch of selfless legends doing their bit to make a better, more diverse, supported and creative games industry in otherwise testing times 💖

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Team games greyheads represent 🙌 We should have a club.

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Very satisfying audio. I'm keen to understand the meaning/message that I'm sure is buried in there, but lovely job bud 👏👏👏

Some great tools for thriving with adhd here 💡 (Also, hard relate on the early dementia paranoia, appreciated reading this 👀)

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I'd happily help with this. I can advise on strategy, technical setup, and making the most of your platform. I'm clueless about romance media, but obsessed with people finding and making the most of "their thing". If yours might be romance games, step forward 👇

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I always thought it was ironic how much we celebrate the game Monopoly and completely miss the very unsubtle message behind it. I just learned the origin story of the game and of course a woman invented it, was screwed over by it's success and died poor 😔

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So, industry revenue has continued to climb. But we know thousands of incomes have been obliterated. Great, so execs and shareholders are laughing, but what happens to future games content? 🤔

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Sounds very similar to us. Ads kick in, I'm sure with intentionally increased volume which is an assault on the senses so it gets immediately muted 😅

Talking animals and babies 🤯 I'd love to know if those ads had lower budget, faster turnaround times or were just sold as latest technology and cost the same to produce as any other ad. Certainly no increase in quality, that's for sure

If you're into indie horror games, @readgraves.com has been going HARD on surfacing that shiz. Check out his feed for the firehose of ✨goodstuff✨ #indiedev #horror

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wow, did that get framed on site then lifted or was it delivered like that?

Impact of GTA6 on Q4 PC revenue will be super interesting. Will a bunch of multi-platform players hang up their keyboard and mouse to dust off their consoles for a season?... 🤔

That's interesting. I'm keen to dig into what makes up that PC growth, as purely Steam revenue has potential to plateau this year according to SensorTower/VGInsights app.sensortower.com/vgi/steam-ma... (assumption from me based on zero real insight into likely Q4 yoy performance)

A chart showing year on year revenue for Steam from VGInsights. Trend shows a year on year increase with the year to date value for 2026 indicating a potential stall in growth

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"The modern workplace runs on fear..." 100%. Likewise for modern society and government. "...put fear where it belongs, beneath us" 🔥🔥🔥

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Luke Hebblethwaite @lukethehebble.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Hours spent as a skint kid, wandering around an arcade mesmerised by attract modes is a hard relate. "Hee hee hee Mr Haggar" has lived rent free in my minds eye for decades now. Young Dan sends a big, time travelling high five to young Luke 🙌

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This was a really fun and cool chat with Wayne about three stellar arcade game that really shaped my love of it all! Give it a watch / listen 🕹️💖

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Derek Lieu - Game Trailer Editor @derek-lieu.com · 08/09/2026

"If I had a pound for every time someone in the games industry asked me that question, I could nearly afford a PS5 Pro" First actual lol of the day brought to you by @georgeosborn.bsky.social's VGIM. Extra points as I'm on a busy train 👀

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Anyone know a good copy editor who could refine the script for a YouTube video? 👀 I'm working on my video about use of AI for video editing and the topic is so sprawling I want another set of eyes on it 🙏🏻 (Paid gig!)

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Dan Thomas @heydanthomas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

There's an acapella performance of the Ducktails theme tune on Instagram. And I'm thrilled by how many disparate mutuals have converged over the like button on it 😍