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Chris Charla @iocat.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The amount I'm stoked I own this @play.date pizza cover is... a lot!

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Messhof @messhof.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Blood Dungeon is OUT NOW on Steam, Xbox Series, Windows Store, Game Pass, Switch 1+2, and PlayStation 5! RTs very much welcome. I love you. #boneup blooddungeon.com youtu.be/rmbXDEdb6Y0

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Blood Dungeon: Release Trailer

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Cooking Fist @cookingfist.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Sylvie takes home the grand prize for our CEO 2026 Bracket! Here is one of the highlights from the final:

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Chris Charla @iocat.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I still have the first videogame I ever got. And it still works. Thank you Aunt Jennie and Uncle Edwin! It does feel a bit more brittle than it did back in the day. And my skills seems to have atrophied a bit...

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Chris Charla @iocat.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I've been a happy Tidal subscriber for years.

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Cooking Fist @cookingfist.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Cooking Fist is holding a tournament #Evo in Indie Dev West Gallery SUNDAY 6/28 starting 3:30pm! Top 5 will be at 5:00pm! First place wins this awesome custom arcade stick! Register here: start.gg/tournament/coo… #fightinggame #gamedev #indiedev #evo2026

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Chris Charla @iocat.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

So many cool games on sale right now... stock up for that rainy summer weekend. Or that hot summer weekend. Or that rainy or hot winter weekend, depending on hemishphere. www.xbox.com/en-US/games/...

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ID@XBOX Publisher Spotlight Series Sale | Xbox

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XBOX @xbox.com · 07/06/2026

WHAT A LINEUP | #XBOXShowcase

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ⓓⓔⓔⓑ 🔜 PRGE @deeb.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

“Vivarium features a totally hand-drawn traditional cel-animation process—reflective of the media it’s inspired by. Every frame of the game is hand-crafted with love!” What a relief! This looks amazing.

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Milktooth | making Bad Magpie @milktooth.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

🐦‍⬛announcing Bad Magpie 🐦‍⬛ play as a magpie with one wing, a missing flock, and an unhealthy obsession with a fallen star… - steal shiny trinkets - cause chaos - stick your beak where it doesn’t belong coming day one to XBOX Game Pass and Steam in 2027 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixtw...

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Bad Magpie | Official Announce Trailer | XBOX Games Showcase 2026

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Chris Charla @iocat.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

I did not have a Bauhaus remix on my trailer soundtrack bingo card today!

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Chris Charla @iocat.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

The moment you, at 30,000 feet, headed to Los Angeles, realize you put your nose cancelling headphones in the car next to your backpack, not in your backpack. Right next to your sunglasses. If you need me in LA I'll be holding my phone to my ear and squinting, sorry.

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Chris Charla @iocat.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Ok I'm pretty stoked with how this turned out! Definitely a harder project than modding a GBA or Lynx!

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Chris Charla @iocat.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Well, the instructions are in Japanese and I haven't soldered anything meaningful in 5 years... wish me luck!

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Chris Charla @iocat.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

I'm so excited to play this this weekend!! Huge congrats to the team at @mixtapegame.bsky.social!!

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Cyan Worlds @cyan.com · 05/05/2026

You asked, we listened. Myst & Riven are arriving soon on PS5, PS VR2, and Xbox Series X|S! Available May 19th, 2026 @ 9am PDT! cyan.com/2026/05/05/myst-and-riven-console-announce/

Myst & Riven - Coming to Console: May 19, 2026. Wishlist on PS5 & PS VR2. Pre-Order or Wishlist on Xbox Series X|S

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Diorama Break @dioramabreak.com · 28/04/2026

Excited to announce that the Diorama Break Kickstarter is now LIVE: www.kickstarter.com/projects/mas... Let's all make this project a big success! If you want to help the project succeed, sharing the trailer around and wishlisting/leaving a review on the demo's steam page would be a huge help!

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Diorama Break: A tactics JRPG where you can talk to the Hero

Fight through turn-based battles and awkward conversations alike.

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Chris Charla @iocat.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

You know in SimCity when you build some infrastructure and you see people kind of filling it up and using it in real time? I feel like I'm seeing that happen right now on the 2 line from Redmond to Seattle. The 2 line was a ghost town last week and now that it goes to Seattle it's packed.

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Chris Charla @iocat.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

When some skaters took up residence outside the ID@Xbox showcase yesterday at GDC, @jessicatronn.bsky.social hooked them up with ID@Xbox fingerboards and a limited edition High on Life x Xbox deck for Best Trick. If you're at GDC come talk to us at the Lobby Bar in South Hall and grab one too!

Jessica poses with some SF skaters showing off their new decks at GDC

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Chris Charla @iocat.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

OMG if it's midnight and you're in some weird part of San Francisco, please don't be: a) wearing your GDC badge, b) stumbling around heads down in your mobile phone.

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Aerial_Knight @aerialknight.com · 17/02/2026

Aerial_knight's DropShot OUT NOW!!!! WE DID IT!!!!! 🥳💪🎊🎉🎉🎉

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Chris Charla @iocat.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Today was one of those days where you have other plans and then the next thing you know there's a plumber in your crawl space* and suddenly you're about to get a new driveway.

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Chris Charla @iocat.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

"That looks really good, have you considered the blue from the Luxembourg flag? That blue seems like it's going to be really hot soon. Just get the Pantone for that and try it." -sentences that are super weird unless you work in game development. Also, that Luxembourgian cyan/blue is pure gold.

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Chris Charla @iocat.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

After nearly 5 years my "notes from in person meetings at shows" notebook is full. Flipping through reveals early notes on so many amazing games, it's like a time machine. Stickers and stamps are from Gamescom, DICE, and BitSummit

Yellow Leuchtturm1917 notebook with stickers from Radical Forge and a great coffee shop in Köln, pressweek.

Yellow Leuchtturm1917 notebook with giant TMNT Valentine sticker from 1990

Yellow Leuchtturm1917 notebook with rubber stamps of Tempopo, Unpacking and Assault Android Cactus, which will forever be stuck in my head as Android Assault Cactus

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Chris Charla @iocat.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

I didn't think Josie gets enough credit as one of Blink-182's best songs.

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Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences @official-aias.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Congratulations to Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection for winning the #DICEAwards Fighting Game of the Year! @digitaleclipse.bsky.social

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Chris Charla @iocat.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Congrats to Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection for winning fighting game of the year!!

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Chris Charla @iocat.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

videogame x videogame x videogame x crossword.

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Chris Charla @iocat.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

I'm writing an article about an Easter Egg in #IDARB for my zine and I just rewatched the credits and OMG I forgot how funny the credits song is.

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Chris Charla @iocat.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

I was just talking to Xfinity and while we were talking I got a call from Xfinity so I conferenced everyone together. (It went exactly as well as you'd expect.)

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Chris Charla @iocat.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

All it really does in a daily basis is serve music, and run some scripts if I digitize a CD, but I'm still pleased with the uptime since I got it working.

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Chris Charla @iocat.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Videogames x crosswords. (Also note 2 Down for a gamescom geography reference.)

A crossword with the clue "blank coin here" and the answer is INSERT. 2 Down is RHINE.

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Chris Charla @iocat.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

I always thought this was a funny cover.

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Chris Charla @iocat.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Toilet rats. Who needs survival horror games when you can just be alive?

An article from the Seattle times discussing the real danger of rats crawling from your toilet after the recent floods.

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Chris Charla @iocat.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

I saw a video comparing Donkey Kong by Coleco on ColecoVision vs 2600. The 2600 shipped in '77, 5 years after the game industry was born. ColecoVision shipped in 1982, 10 years after. About the same relative distance to Pong as PS1 vs Series X. Or Coleco and SNES. It's interesting to think about.

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Chris Charla @iocat.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Entex MAC computer. The name makes it almost unsearchable on the Internet. (Entex made the hecka rare Adventure Vision handheld too)

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Chris Charla @iocat.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

My wife is not a fan of anything licensed as part of Christmas decorations so every year this sticking gets displayed for about 45 seconds while I take a picture.

A purple Nintendo Game Boy Color Christmas stocking, standing out incongruously among traditional decorations.

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Cooking Fist @cookingfist.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Kitchen Stage Old version versus New! #fgc #fightinggames #indie #indiegames #gamedev #dev #wip

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Julian Titus @juliantitus.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Loved this game on Steam and absolutely recommend now that it’s on console!

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