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Joe

@j-tan.bsky.social
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Gaming dad. Game dev. Enjoyer of food, Science & occasional weird rabbit holes. joeongames.substack.com

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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Kinda fucked up that “Star Wars Zero Company” doesn’t have a colon but “Star Wars: Galactic Racer” does. I won’t even get into “Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order”
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Kat Tsai @chuwenjie.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Before Times. 1000xRESIST.
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Joe @j-tan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Finally got through #1000xRESIST. Also 10 years late for #GrimDawn. #JOG-26
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2026 August
To-Play: 12 | Ongoing: 2 | Completed: 4 | Retired: 2 | Punted: 0
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𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Charlotte Wainwright restoring and saving old/ancient books. www.wainwrightbookbinding.com
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Gavin Young @gavinyoung.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Whose Game Is It Anyway?: where the share price is made up, and the sales don't matter
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MC Squared @mcsquared.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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Anna 🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
NEED to write a character who fights like this
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Ramin Nasibov @nasibov.me · 12/08/2026
If you missed the solar eclipse, this is what it looked like:
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Joe @j-tan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
He probably thinks the Imperium of Man are the good guys?
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Joe @j-tan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This is so confusing. First he doesn't know her. Used Claude to find out who she is (??). Then passed judgment on her. So did he know her or not?
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Joe @j-tan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
(Mostly) One game month... #JOG-26 #GodOfWarRagnarok
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2026 July
Just a Dad, his Boy and a Severed Head
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Joe @j-tan.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
It's getting really hard to untangle reality from satire, like from The Onion
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Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
If knowledge if power, why are game companies setting it alight?
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If knowledge if power, why are game companies setting it alight?
I wonder who knows the answer to that finicky production question? Let's hope they weren't just laid off.
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Sam Barlow 🔥 @mrsambarlow.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
If a team makes a game that gets great reviews and doesn't sell, that's a biz failing but the silver lining is you caught lighting in a bottle -- protect that team! It's worth its weight in gold. If you jettison the team but keep the biz people, I don't know what to tell you
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Daniel Benneworth-Gray @danielgray.com · 13/07/2026
Sam Neill on tackling depression and imposter syndrome when you’re between jobs.
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Li Chen @exocomics.com · 13/07/2026
fowl fortune
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Joe @j-tan.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Some crab-souls, mostly yee-haw! #JOG-26
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2026 June
It was mostly Cowboy Season
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Joe @j-tan.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Mmm granola.. 🤤
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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 16/06/2026
Game failure? Layoffs Game success? Layoffs Game delayed? Layoffs Game delivered? Layoffs Game announced? Layoffs Game unannounced? Layoffs Game good? Layoffs Game bad? Layoffs Game AI? Layoffs Game no-AI? Layoffs Game hated? Layoffs Game beloved? Layoffs Money cares more for layoffs than games.
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Joe @j-tan.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
GOWR isn't even first person and they thought about it. But yea, I am at the age where I find it a mandatory option for FPS...
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Joe @j-tan.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Newer games (at least big games) have thankfully improved motion accessibility. Last one I saw was in GOW: Ragnarok with a single toggle that adjusts a bunch of stuff to help with motion sickness. Big shout-out and well deserved accessibility award winner.
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Li Chen @exocomics.com · 15/06/2026
the inspection
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Joe @j-tan.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Light month #JOG-26
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2026 May
Retiring Mutationem & Starting Ragnarök
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Elder Skunk of the North @loranskunky.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
The Fred Rogers Production has started uploading every episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood for free. www.youtube.com/@misterroger...
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Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
Welcome to the official Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood YouTube channel! For more than 30 years, Mister Rogers created a relationship with millions of children, each of whom felt like they were visiting ...
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Liyi 🌻 @liyizhang.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Mihoyo have done this to another indie game too www.polygon.com/steam-map-ge...
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Steam devs accuse Genshin Impact of 'straight up copying' their game idea
The Genshin Impact event looks a lot like the cozy Steam game Map Map, but Redditors are telling Map Map's devs they should take it as a compliment.
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Michael Kamm @michaelkamm.games · 26/05/2026
Last year, miHoYo copied my puzzle game Ouros in Zenless Zone Zero. Because they are a recognized, billion-dollar studio and my game isn't well known, some people are now assuming that their version is the original, and mine is the clone. I hope this video clears that up.
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House & Field Negro Quarterly @morethanmud.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
the hungry observatory
black and white photo of domed observatory beneath a full moon; opened at the top resembling the pac man video game about to eat an energy dot
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Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Over a year ago, I spoke with @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social about Dreams on a Pillow for a piece that was killed before it could be published. I am honored that he was willing to take the time to speak with me again in spite of that and tell me about his beautiful homeland: kotaku.com/upcoming-ste...
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This Upcoming Stealth Game Wants To Show You A Beautiful Palestine
“We wanted to talk about Palestine, which is a land full of people
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Joe @j-tan.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
"Every video game hates being made"
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What It's Like When Your Game Flops
Veteran game designer Nels Anderson joins the show to talk about his latest game, Generation Exile, which didn't reach the audience he was hoping to reach. Nels talks about the development…
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Joe @j-tan.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
:| sending you all the good vibes and keeping y'all in my thoughts
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Joe @j-tan.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
I'm too much of a scaredy cat. I might have noped out of the original game when I heard some rattling in the vents in a dark room with flickering lights... Maybe I should revisit. Having kids might have made me braver. Lol!!
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Joe @j-tan.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Rapture with Little Sisters and Neva with actual daughter #JOG-26
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2026 April
Wrap on Hades II, Neva & BioShock 2
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Joe @j-tan.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Same people who "fail upwards"?
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•°• Rose M •°• @cuppaoptimism.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Happy #Caturday and Weekend to all! 🥰☮️✨
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Joe @j-tan.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
The inability to properly arrange the plasmids so I can scroll through them in a desired order is simply diabolical.... #JOG-26 #Bioshock2Remastered #UXSins
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Joe @j-tan.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Ah... Good to know the combat evolves beyond 2D Arkham. Is there a setting to reduce the camera wobble in the final release or does it get less distracting?
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Joe @j-tan.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
It was super exciting to see the underwater segment in high fidelity. There was some jank due to time constraints, I'm looking forward to seeing the new interpretation
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Joe @j-tan.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Sorry audio designers. Sometimes you're too good at your job and I'm a scaredy cat so I play another video while I play games you worked on.
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Joe @j-tan.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
I tried the demo and the camera never ever stabilizing was doing a number on me ...
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Joe @j-tan.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Having children doesn't make me extra qualified on this. In fact, I think people should make their own decisions. Parenthood isn't for everyone. We're not even talking about people who want to be parents but can't conceive. Cut in research and healthcare isn't gonna help that either...
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Joe @j-tan.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
(ah your first reply covered this, bsky is having a day it seems)
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Joe @j-tan.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
With cost of living struggles, I don't think it's "kids as burden", so much so as people just trying to survive... Both scenarios in my head of older men with teen brides and teen parents without income potential because they didn't finish school seem bad...
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Joe @j-tan.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
"Teen birth" is such a weird term.. even Wikipedia redirects it when you search for that... Singapore too has this similar issue of decreased birth rates and aging population. Most industrialised nations do AFAIK The focus on teens caught my eye as being extra weird.
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Li Chen @exocomics.com · 16/04/2026
✨magic socks✨
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Joe @j-tan.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
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Joe @j-tan.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
I'm assuming "teen births" refers to teen pregnancies. Uh, focusing on that is creepy...
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Joe @j-tan.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
While I'm not saying I'm hate playing #Hades2, I wish the game would have ended by now...
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Joe @j-tan.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Maybe there is such a thing as too many rogue-lites? #JOG-26
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2026 March
3 Rogue-lites, Clones and a Wolf-Deer walked into a Nuclear Apocalypse
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Joe @j-tan.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
When the layoff numbers are so great, I think they don't keep or cut based on merit. I've seen a lead and a director sharing their fate.
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