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Murder Meet Cute @murdermeetcute.com · 18h

Murder Meet Cute is releasing 🔥 January 20th 2027🔥 We're stoked to share this time capsule thriller with you. If you haven't, nows a great time to wishlist and try the free demo on steam or itch. store.steampowered.com/app/4253020/...

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Jeff Tanton - Wishlist OCCULT CLEANUP AGENCY 📸👻🪣 @jefftanton.bsky.social · 21h

Also, don’t let people oversell you on the Ashtray Maze or it’ll underwhelm.It is an excellent piece of cross-disciplinary showboating but it nestles comfortably amid Control’s near-constant moments of genius. Control has IDEAS and it delights in showing them to you.

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Hell-a Bambust 🏳️‍⚧️ (alleged transsexual)(spooky) @ela-bambust.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

If you haven't played it yet, Control is currently 90% off on steam and it is one of my favorite games of all time. It's not perfect by any measure but it has so many moments that'll make you go "oh fuck that's fucking awesome hell yeah fuck yeah" that you owe it to yourself to try it.

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Save 90% on CONTROL Ultimate Edition on Steam

Winner of over 80 awards, CONTROL is a visually stunning third-person action-adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

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Jeff Tanton - Wishlist OCCULT CLEANUP AGENCY 📸👻🪣 @jefftanton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Poor predictable Jeff, always picks [early 2000s alternative emo]

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Jeff Tanton - Wishlist OCCULT CLEANUP AGENCY 📸👻🪣 @jefftanton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I did not. I was only aware of the long wait and potential crowd-funding dramas (all of which I may have misremembered). Will get on it now.

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Jeff Tanton - Wishlist OCCULT CLEANUP AGENCY 📸👻🪣 @jefftanton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Then let’s both agree Always Your Way is a stone cold all time banger.

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Jeff Tanton - Wishlist OCCULT CLEANUP AGENCY 📸👻🪣 @jefftanton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Okay sure sure let’s go Two of the biggest hitters here are “Scottish Bands You Won’t Believe Were So Good Early On”

A list of nine albums that define you or something. This list comprises of:

Biffy Clyro - Vertigo of Bliss
Oceansize - Effloresce
Jimmy Eat World - Clarity
Tellison - Contact! Contact!
Idlewild - Hope is Important
Crash of Rhinos - Knots
Reuben - Very Fast, Very Dangerous
American Football - 1
Radiohead - In Rainbows

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Jeff Tanton - Wishlist OCCULT CLEANUP AGENCY 📸👻🪣 @jefftanton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I always wanted to love Finelines more than I did but appreciate I’m an outlier here.

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Jeff Tanton - Wishlist OCCULT CLEANUP AGENCY 📸👻🪣 @jefftanton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

*nodding ever more emphatically as I work through the list*

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frayed @frayed-symphony.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Indie Horror Game Heroines! [ #yumenikki #madfather #thewitcheshouse #ib #dreamingmary #rpgmaker #art ]

From clockwise - Viola, Ib, Dreaming Mary, Madotsuki and Aya. They’re standing on top of old computer monitors with their monsters faintly showing on the screen and a dark background

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Jeff Tanton - Wishlist OCCULT CLEANUP AGENCY 📸👻🪣 @jefftanton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Well, honestly, you really should have considered that before writing so passionately and engagingly about it.

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Jeff Tanton - Wishlist OCCULT CLEANUP AGENCY 📸👻🪣 @jefftanton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This Hollows TTRPG review is the kind that shifts me from “I’ve never heard of this” to “oh no I’ve bought absolutely everything” in a heartbeat.

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PAUL CONWAY @doomcube.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I'm delighted that we can finally talk about our partnership with @lostincult.co.uk to bring @blakemanorgame.bsky.social to physical on PS5 and Switch 2. We had a lot of fun designed the new covers. Pre-Order here: www.lostincult.co.uk/shop/p/blake...

The EDITIONS bundles includes an essay and dev interview booklet, poster and sticker, 4 art cards, Director’s authenticity card and a variant game cover as well as a copy of the game on PS5.

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Failbetter Games | Wishlist Mandrake on Steam! @failbettergames.com · 30/09/2026

We're hiring! We're looking for a Writer and Narrative Designer to join the Fallen London team at a senior or mid level. This position is permanent, remote, and full time, which for us means 35 hours a week. #GamesJobs

Night. The House of Chimes - a tower which you might immediately think of as Big Ben - is adrift in the River Thames. It still seems to be keeping time. In the background, a large, alien building looms over the city of London.

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Jesse @requiemarm.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

you shouldn’t learn about bands from shady TikTok manipulation, you should learn about bands by hanging out with a girl you like but are also extremely afraid of

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Ollie @olliemnjones.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The Virus

Digital painting of a dimly lit computer lab. All monitors are switched off except for one at the centre showing a small, blank window

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SludgeBit @sludgebit.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Introducing Hostile Architect, a tower defense game where you're the bad guy in a 2D side-scroller 😈 - Build a level full of platformer-inspired traps - Protect your castle from 100s of heroes - Built by two indie devs We just published our Steam page today 🎉

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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.

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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 22/09/2026

Burn With Me, my eerie and stylish narrative deck-burner, launches on Steam October 12th! Follow the lives of occult students, guide them through the rituals toward their deepest desires, and - keep an eye on the Teacher, shall you? store.steampowered.com/app/2954010/...

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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

we need to return to sci-fi book covers being little people in the foreground with immense looming wonders in the background

the cover for The Last Legends of Earth, which shows people fishing in a hamlet of thatch-roof catches while vast sci-fi pylons loom in the background

the cover of Shadow of the Torturer which shows Severian walking away from a city of spires

some art by Eddie Jones that shows people getting out of a UFO and walking towards a massive gate, beyond which is a blood red moon

tiny figures in the foreground observe a giant woman sleeping in a lake of blood

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David Cooper @davidbcooper.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Starting my day making some art.

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Mark | Making a Balloon Game @lithiumproject.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Be a penguin and fly around in a hot air balloon to the sound of hot saxophone solos. Early working demo on Itch for playtesting and feedback. space-lion-studios.itch.io/balloon-game

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merr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 21/09/2026

failed X-Men character pitches www.patreon.com/merrittk/pos...

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Jeff Tanton - Wishlist OCCULT CLEANUP AGENCY 📸👻🪣 @jefftanton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I did not think for a second they were going to fully commit to the bit. I was so happy to be wrong.

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Xubiod @xubiod.net · 27/08/2026

i lied i modeled SCOUT instead sue me (don't) www.newgrounds.com/art/view/xub... #picoCAD2 #lowpoly #murder-by-numbers

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Jeff Tanton - Wishlist OCCULT CLEANUP AGENCY 📸👻🪣 @jefftanton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Right, so @amypearson.bsky.social kept saying the DS3 guy looks like he’s doing a lil’ thumbs up and now I can’t unsee this

The Dark Souks 3 key art. It shows a knight with ash running out of their clenched gauntlet in a barren wasteland. He MIGHT be doing a little thumbs up 👍

The “guess I’ll die” guy doing a thumbs up in same barren wasteland

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Jeff Tanton - Wishlist OCCULT CLEANUP AGENCY 📸👻🪣 @jefftanton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Thankyou! This is a lovely msg to get last thing on a Friday!

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Pikuniku🌱 @pikunikugame.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

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Jeff Tanton - Wishlist OCCULT CLEANUP AGENCY 📸👻🪣 @jefftanton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Or survive a zombie filled horror mansion. You got all bases covered.

Resident Evil’s Barry Burton, smiling towards camera. A prince.

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frayed @frayed-symphony.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Happy 11th Anniversary to #Undertale! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

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Alpha Chrome Yayo @alphachromeyayo.com · 16/09/2026

If you prefer digital but don't want to line the pockets of the Spotify overlords, it's also over on Bandcamp too 😊 kaizengameworks.bandcamp.com

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Kaizen Game Works

A game developer born in Paradise. Developers of Paradise Killer and Promise Mascot Agency.

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Jeff Tanton - Wishlist OCCULT CLEANUP AGENCY 📸👻🪣 @jefftanton.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I replay the Dishonored series every few years and they are absolutely timeless. Incredible craft across all disciplines. We were so lucky to get them.

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Ed Fear @edfear.co.uk · 10/09/2026

Very honoured to be working on this game as its writer! Dungeon Automata, by Japanese indie developer @gunzee2.bsky.social, is so stylish and unique - it's been a lot of fun helping bring his vision to life. AND YUZO KOSHIRO IS DOING THE SOUNDTRACK!!! Demo is on Steam now!

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Claire - open for work 🦈 @thesharkbit.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Me again, but hopefully more accessible as a voiceover video (sorry if this is how you find out what I sound like) I'm here to work 👏 ✨PR, Marketing & Comms strategy ✨Steam curation ✨B2B/B2C Comms ✨General consultation ✨Pitching support & workshop/mentoring 🦈Portfolio www.clairesharkbit.com

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Jeff Tanton - Wishlist OCCULT CLEANUP AGENCY 📸👻🪣 @jefftanton.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

All Saints never get enough credit for the whale-song break in Pure Shores

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daryl "rupert pumpkin" b 🏳️‍⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

GDT's reddit AMA spitting fire www.reddit.com/r/movies/com...

reddit comment:

Hello! Did you intend the ending of Pan’s labyrinth to be real or in Ofelia’s mind?

Guillermo Del Toro's reply:

My interpretation, and it's exclusively mine, is that it's real.

Because there's two things. One is what people call “The Shining Question.” The Shining Question is, Who opens the door for Jack to get out of the fridge? And Ofelia is in an attic with a guard outside her door, and she draws the door with the magic chalk, and she shows up in the labyrinth. So, the only way she could have gone into the labyrinth is the magic chalk. And the flower is real at the end. The flower that blooms in the dead tree. And the reason I think it’s real is because—and this is why I'm in favor of the human factor in art—I think that art does transform the world. You know?

Think about it for a second. One of the goals, with all this movement, is to make you believe that art is vulgar. That art is nothing special, and anybody can do art. That is like me telling you that I'm faster at running than Usain Bolt but I “run” in my motorcycle. Well, that's not the same. That’s not the same at all.

Art is important, and they want you to believe it isn't. It's part of the idea of control. The goal is not to have artificial intelligence. The goal is to foster natural stupidity. The goal is to foster you not looking for answers, and to trust yourself entirely to an engine. Look at the way we are dipping our toes into these things. We are starting to ask the machine, Is this true? For now, there's a correlation between reality and what the answers of the machine are. For now. But soon, we won't even investigate further. We will be told it's true. And if the machine is in the hands of somebody who should not be trusted, then your reality has been completely and utterly fucked. Because your intelligence ends at the question. You don't seek the answer. It's given to you.

Q: You recently mentioned that AI creates 'semi-compelling screensavers' and that you'd 'rather die' than use it. As a filmmaker who relies heavily on practical effects and creature design, what do you think is the biggest thing lost when a computer generates an image instead of a human hand?

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The three quarters of the process that gave you the chance to think of the idea that people don't think about without that process. Meaning, AI can get you to the middle really fast, but there's a dialectic with the process that gets you to that top 10%. I'll give you an example with the Pale Man.

We sculpted it as an old man, with a face. And then I said, Let's take out the face. This happened because I saw a photo of a manta ray and the poster for Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm. That combination, which happened at two different times during a week or a month, are not permutations that are chemically part of an equation. They are alchemy. And then I said, Take out the face, and then I said, Let's put the eyes on the hands. This triangulation happens because I spent a month or two months living with the idea of this creature. And it's not linear.

AI is like a super-fast engine that makes semi-sentient permutations of things that are already done. Creation is things that have never been done. Coming to exist.

And the second thing is the loss of the apprenticeship that one has as an artist. You're never a master; you're always an apprentice. This is a kinship I have with, for example, Chris Nolan. When he showed me The Odyssey, there’s a scene when Matt Damon is floating in the stormy ocean and I asked him—because we were talking about practical effects, and how great it is and that we both always use a maquette or a model—and I asked him, How did you do it? He said, “We put him in a storm in the ocean.”

And you're gonna find that 30% of a great image occurs accidentally. You know, either a drop of water hits the lens, or the camera shakes. I remember when in 1993, '94, Jim…

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Jeff Tanton - Wishlist OCCULT CLEANUP AGENCY 📸👻🪣 @jefftanton.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I watched the Ultimate VIII of these and it was fantastic. A deeply flawed but still wildly ambitious game. As you say, the tone was overwhelming and Doing Stuff to my young-teen mind couldn’t quite understand at the time.

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Jeff Tanton - Wishlist OCCULT CLEANUP AGENCY 📸👻🪣 @jefftanton.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

In my exp as long as you’re starting juniors on junior-level work it’s VERY short-term onboarding impact offset against gains across the board. We hired lots of juniors straight out of uni at MT. Lots of them in director positions now.

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Jeff Tanton - Wishlist OCCULT CLEANUP AGENCY 📸👻🪣 @jefftanton.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Like, it’s good to learn how to mentor! It’s good to be on the other side of reviews and help define a quality bar! It’s good to have to articulate and codify your processes in case they’ve got too arcane (spoiler, they have)!

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Jeff Tanton - Wishlist OCCULT CLEANUP AGENCY 📸👻🪣 @jefftanton.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

One thing rarely mentioned about hiring juniors is that their very presence creates a HUGE development opportunity for your regular and senior staff. It’s a net benefit to everyone.

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Jeff Tanton - Wishlist OCCULT CLEANUP AGENCY 📸👻🪣 @jefftanton.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Hell of a thing. I can’t believe they played it (almost) straight and still made it work.

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Sho | Dora Ingrid @doraingrid.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Fellow artists and game devs, Pine Studio is looking for a 3D character artist! I'd appreciate the shares to get the word out and apply if you think you're a good fit! I've had a lovely time here the last 2,5 years (time flies!) and I can confirm that the team is pretty awesome. Come join ussssss!

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Polly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

When I lived in the UK none of my concerns e.g. affordable housing, climate action, increases in welfare spending, scrapping tuition fees, an ethical foreign policy, were ever framed as legitimate concerns. lnstead I was routinely told to fuck off by most political parties for having such concerns.

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Jeff Tanton - Wishlist OCCULT CLEANUP AGENCY 📸👻🪣 @jefftanton.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

This is a little on the nose but “Why are we doing this?” is vital in my own process. Helps ensure problem solving and re-designs are focused on intent. Often makes bigger/bolder changes easier and reduces chance of shipping a well-intended-but low impact feature through a million tiny cuts.

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