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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 31m

Hey, you there! Not only is FITS2 on a big discount for the next couple of weeks, we've also got an exciting update planned very soon, AND all the recent reviews are good, so treat yourself. What else are you going to spend $10.39 on? An Amazon basics wire stripper and crimping tool? Get real!

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Ground Shatter 💥 2 Fights 2 Tight Spaces @groundshatter.bsky.social · 21h

Twice the Fights for 20% less! 💥 Get 20% off 2 Fights 2 Tight Spaces during the Steam Autumn Sale (or gift a copy to a friend and fight together 🤜 🤛 ) store.steampowered.com/app/3734890/...

Steam Autumn Sale art featuring 2 Fights 2 Tight Spaces.

Was $12.99; now 20% off at $10.39 from October 1 to October 8th.

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Somehow ruining my 16 year marriage by suggesting we watch Kraven The Hunter on Netflix instead of "talking" about our "relationship"

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They should have called this "actually it turns out there was a little more room left in hell"

The key art for "No More Room in Hell 2"

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I find it interesting that every generation gets its own acclaimed "misunderstood robot who just wants to help" movie.

Four images, a still from each of The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951), The iron Giant, The Wild Robot, and a picture of Mark Zuckerberg from his appearance in front of congress. The last one is the joke, but because this is Blue Sky, I strongly suspect that someone will reply "actually Mark Zuckerberg is bad"!

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Yes, I suppose that is what I wanted, Amazon, a clearly AI Generated novel-length review of a film that I just wanted to find out when it was going to be available to buy.

The cover and contents of a book called Mutiny (2026) Movie review by "Kent Heimart".

"An in-depth Analysis of the Action Thriller: Behind the Story, Including Plot Breakdown, Character insights, Themes, Symbolism, Filmmaking, and Ending Explained"

The contents are AI generated nonsense and it does me a disservice to transcribe them, and you a disservice to have them transcribed for you.

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I really need a big piss but I also want to watch the darts. Please God give me a sign.

It's the scoreboard from a darts game. Hilariously the two players are called "Leek" and "Long"

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Saw Coyote vs. Acme today and loved it. You can see exactly why someone with no creativity, joy, or sense of humour would have preferred to write it off for tax reasons!

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Someone in the gym this morning used a Christmas air freshener as a deodorant. There is no precedent for this emotionally, I have zero idea how to process this right now.

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Me watching a live stream that is definitely not "for me"

Some little guy from Zelda saying "Hmph..."

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It's a basketball - it's typically 580–620g, which is pretty light, actually. Grow up.

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Ground Shatter 💥 2 Fights 2 Tight Spaces @groundshatter.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

We're joining a collection of incredible indies in the Prismatic Indie Showcase presented by @blueridgegames.bsky.social this week! ALSO! We're adding a heap of cool stuff to 2 Fights TODAY inc. Daily Play and Deck Draft in Multiplayer. Full build notes here 👇 store.steampowered.com/news/app/373...

store.steampowered.com

2 Fights in 2 Tight Spaces - Regular Update (0.4.23425) - Steam News

Daily Play, Card Art, Multiplayer Deck Draft... and more.

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

An absolute all-timer of vibes. Such a great idea, perfectly executed. You should buy it and play it, because if not you're... and I'm going to say it... a doofus.

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Why do you turn off AI summaries of search, James?

An AI overview: "Sean Connery, David Niven, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, and Pierce Brosnan all acted together in the 1967 film *Casino Royale*."

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

The three main types of GamesCom goer are posting their reflections: People who did B2C: "I have no stuff and everything hurts" People who did B2B: "I took this photo with two men that I see every 6 weeks" Terminally LinkedIn people who weren't actually there: "You can't stop the rise of AI"

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Me when Slovakia has a definitely bad idea

A sign from GamesCom reading "Good Idea Slovakia"

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The real (and only) reason I come to GamesCom is so I can watch this guy late at night.

It's the German TV character Bernt Der Bros floating about. I can't explain it.

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

No, you're drinking in the terrible Peaky Blinders themed bar in Birmingham airport. Like, there's being proud of a thing and then there's... being really weird about it!

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Me: My left earbud doesn't seem to be working The earbud in question:

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The longest, hottest period of weather that the UK has experienced in 50 years is hopefully coming to an end. Hasten its demise (if only emotionally) by playing this excellent winter sports game.

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

brb, just pitching an emergency Christmas prequel to Mrs Brown's Boys starring Johnny Depp as "Miss. Brown."

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Hey. It's my birthday (source: howoldisjamesparker.com), so I would really like it if you: a) Bought 2 Fights 2 Tight Spaces or b) Wishlisted 2 Fights 2 Tight Spaces or c) Told other people to do either a. or b. store.steampowered.com/app/3734890/...

store.steampowered.com

2 Fights in 2 Tight Spaces on Steam

Agent 11 is back. The iconic tactical deck-builder returns, with new tricks up its impeccably tailored sleeves… and this time it’s with friends. Improvise within the space, adapt your deck to the chal...

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

People in the UK who like fighty movies... "Kill" is currently on iPlayer and definitely worth a watch.

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The Hot Air Balloon perverts have arrived. They started arriving on Monday. A full FOUR DAYS before the Balloon Fiesta starts. They are spending 100 hours doing nothing in a field so that they can get a slightly closer view of some balloons THAT YOU CAN SEE FROM ANYWHERE BECAUSE THEY GO IN THE AIR

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Just found a 500gb SSD that I bought 18 months ago and never installed and so I believe that - on paper - I'm now part of the Sunday Times Rich List

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

It's okay, they'll cover that loss quite quickly by selling me a standard sized bag of Discos and a Frijj Milkshake for approximately 95 quid.

Screenshot from BBC news: Almost £200,000 of fuel stolen from UK forecourts every day since Iran war began

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Enjoying the dichotomy of the Uber driver playing Smooth Relax but at such a high volume that it makes relaxation nigh impossible.

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

My email: The Booker Prize longlist has been revealed My brain (that of an idiot who hasn't even read a book this year, let alone written one): Better check that to see if I'm on it!

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

What I imagine whenever a techbro announces that their AI has achieved sentience

It's a picture of a red child's calculator. There is a moulded face of a plastic clown at the top of it.

"Plastic Clown" is also my nickname for Sam Altman

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Edd Coates | Game UI Database @eddcoates.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

This is probably the biggest moment of my life 😭 After 4 years, the Game UI Bible has finally launched for all the world to see. A 400+ page tome of Game UI/UX goodness, celebrating all the weird and wonderful intricacies of this field. I'm SO proud of this book, and for you all to read it!

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Me: *Always struggles to rotate something in a 2D game* Freya:

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I'm sure they'll have time to polish things up by between now and the Twelth of Octadecuary

Still from the trailer: "12.18.26 is Doomsday"

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

@edjefferson.com I bet if you got in there quickly you could razzle dazzle the King into making you PM

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Sorry to bother you. @hellogamesofficial.bsky.social when you had your @danthat.bsky.social problem in the early 2010s, did you ever find a good way to deal with it?

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I first met the dev team behind Fogpiercer a few years ago at Reboot Blue. Not only have they put together an immensely satisfying game, they are also a wonderful group of humans, so please check it out.

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Young people won't remember, but I was alive in 1997 and this exact thing happened.

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

The "Starmer 4 Clacton" campaign begins now.

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Ian Thomas @wildwinter.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I've made a new dialogue system. It's open source, has a friendly editor, and runs on Unreal, Unity, Javascript, and Godot. You can find it at patterkit.dev And I've written too much text about it over here: medium.com/@wildwinter/...

patterkit.dev

PatterKit - Write it, play it, test it, ship it.

An open toolkit for dialogue and branching narrative in games. Your writers author in a calm, code-free editor; you drop one small file into Unity, Unreal, Godot, or the web and play it.

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Disappointing that the commentators keep saying "Good ball from rice" when they should be saying "Arancini bello"

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

"Hello, I'm a Netflix executive, and I have proudly neither read nor even briefly attempted to comprehend the source material" youtu.be/oTSvnmTfLj8

youtu.be

Wonka's The Golden Ticket | Official Teaser | Netflix

YouTube video by Netflix

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I am canonically a "cool folk". Did I request this text? Yes. Did I insist @connieku.bsky.social remove a picture of me where I looked about a thousand years old? Also yes. Long story short, see you all at Develop.

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Let me be the millionth person to say: "OlivAI RodrigAI, more like!"

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

It's the perfect father's day gift (if you are a time traveller who can only go back a couple of days in time).

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FINGER GUNS 👉👉 GAMESCOM @fngrgns.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

[EARLY ACCESS REVIEW] 2 FIGHTS 2 TIGHT SPACES 'Could @groundshatter.bsky.social recapture the violent, extravagant carnage that made the first so special? I can confidently state that yes, they have indeed'. The Finger Guns Review; fingerguns.net/features/202...

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Me when my insect army fails me once again

A box outside a bookshop reading "SPINELESS LADYBIRDS"

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

When we made FITS 2 multiplayer, we weren't necessarily expecting players to attack one another specifically in order to take less damage, but our Discord community - as always - is surprising us with how resourceful they are. People find uses for tools! store.steampowered.com/app/3734890/...

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Lyndy Bailey @lyndyb.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

2 Cool people play cool NEW game 2 Fights 2 Tight Spaces! R U Cool 2? Come and watch at 9pm! 🎉🧡💥

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