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Jim Otermat

@jimotermat.bsky.social
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Game Programmer. Currently in Sweden. Worked on Dark Scavenger, Rock Band 3, Pokémon Go, Marvel Heroes Omega, and a bunch of other stuff.

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Jim Otermat @jimotermat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today in enshittification news: I biked my sons over to McDonald's to play on their playgrounds (they had one inside and one outside, so they could be used year round) to find they had gotten rid of both of them. The inner one they just walled it over, but the outside one is now like a patio bistro?
Faux fancy tables on a generic stone tile, trying to look like a hip place to hang outside in front of. No one was using it, even though it was nice weather, because it's rubbish. There used to be a multi level play area. Now there's fake modern furniture that sucks out any semblance of fun. There are generic square umbrellas haphazardly covering a few but not remotely all of the tables. They have McDonald's Ms on them.
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Jim Otermat @jimotermat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Oh, good. For the next 2 months, I get to have blue-tinged pee because some exec said that their men's vitamins need to be blue.
Bright blue pills in a white bottle. Towards the bottom, it says 60 pills (in Swedish)
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Jim Otermat @jimotermat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Yeah! First pumpkin spice latte of the season! #BasicWitch
A hand holding a green takeaway coffee cup with white lid and brown hear shield labeled Espresso House. There is nothing to show it's a PSL, you'll just have to trust me
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Jim Otermat @jimotermat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Riding a bus to drop off a stool sample like
"They don't know I have poop in my pocket" text on the guy in the corner meme template
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Jim Otermat @jimotermat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
My wife signed a contract that should keep us from getting kicked out of Sweden. I should feel relieved, but I just feel hollow. Constantly waiting for the other shoe to drop has left me numb
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Jim Otermat @jimotermat.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I want some kind of Magica Riot x UNBEATABLE thing to happen. Both are bouncing around in the same corner of my brain. @dcellgames.com and @magicariot.com, what do you think?
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the story is true @dcellgames.com · 12/11/2025
maybe we could use another splash screen.
Absolutely everything in UNBEATABLE
was created by human beings without
ANY generative assistance.

every frame drawn,
every word written,
EVERY MODEL SCULPTED,
EVERY LINE OF CODE TYPED, 
every song sung with a real voice,
every guitar played with a real hand,
every moment flawed and MESSY
because we are, also.
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Jim Otermat @jimotermat.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Trying really hard to not just be doom posting 24/7. We've got under a week before we get kicked from Sweden and go live with my mom in Ohio. Work visa/residence permit hinges on my wife working, but things have not lined up for her. I finally found a gig after 18 months and it doesn't matter
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Jim Otermat @jimotermat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
What is this happy horseshit? Where are the actual suggestion Visual Studio?
Dark mode screen showing code with a red underline. Lightbulb dropdown below that used to list a few suggestions now just has a button labeled "Fix with Copilot"
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Jim Otermat @jimotermat.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"Nintendo is a company, not an item!" - my 9 year old yelling at my 5 year old who wants to play the NES but forgot/doesn't know the name. 9 year old using this as an excuse for why he doesn't have to give him a turn because he's not asking a valid question.
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Jim Otermat @jimotermat.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Just finished watching the new Practical Magic. I needed more flirtatious Lee Pace in my life. Time to see if I can find my Pushing Daisies DVDs.
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Jim Otermat @jimotermat.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Happiness is a warm cat.
Fog, our grey tailless cat, lounging on the burrito blanket on my lap
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Jim Otermat @jimotermat.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Just beat the Forbidden Layer in DK Bananza, and the grin I've got right now is hitting both ears. This game is fantastic.
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Jim Otermat @jimotermat.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Trying to disentangle myself from Google, Lake America nonsense just being another reason. But I apparently can't get @mapquest.com from the Swedish Play Store. Anyone got any other suggestions?
Screenshot from the Google Play store page for MapQuest. Foot reads 

⚠️ This item isn't available in your country.
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Jim Otermat @jimotermat.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Introduce yourself with 10 acts or bands you have seen live. - PUP - Weird Al - Bobcat Goldthwait - Paul McCartney - GWAR - Insane Clown Posse - Ol' Dirty Bastard - Robin Williams - Raffi - Bang Camaro
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Jim Otermat @jimotermat.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I greatly appreciate that at a console level, I can remap the chat button on the Switch 2 to just be another Home button like my thumb expects it to be.
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Ash Parrish, Kotaku's LeBron James @adashtra.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Be sure to wish your favorite marginalized games journalist a very The guy who did gamergate gets hoisted by his own petard day
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Jim Otermat @jimotermat.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Have to be an adult, and stop for the night so I can parent in the morning. But I really don't want to wait.
Giant box for the Lego Pinball machine on a counter next to a toaster. Inside is a partial build, next to the last three bags of the kit, the front one labeled 13. To the right of the box is a red bull beanie baby and a plush owl. Behind the box is Pan-colored dice tray.
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Jim Otermat @jimotermat.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I'd forgotten how good the zen-like vibe of Skate Story is. Just want to skate forever.
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Jim Otermat @jimotermat.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
@swordscomic.bsky.social Choplet has made it safely to Sweden.
Plush round purple creature. Wearing a skull and carrying a huge bone-hilted blade. Choplet
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Jim Otermat @jimotermat.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Meek is clearly the best character in Esoteric Ebb.
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Jim Otermat @jimotermat.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The intrusive thought to just repeatedly say Albuquerque, New Mexico to the Gemini note taker when I'm the first one in the stand up.
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Jim Otermat @jimotermat.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
One of the unsung benefits of physical media is that if something fucked up comes to light about the creator, you can still revisit some of their older work without giving them money. You may still not want to, but that's a different thing.
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Jim Otermat @jimotermat.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Cookie Monster! Cubbies! www.reddit.com/r/baseball/c...
reddit.com
From the baseball community on Reddit: Cookie Monster sings the 7th inning stretch for tonight’s game @ Wrigley Field
Explore this post and more from the baseball community
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Jim Otermat @jimotermat.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Despite our plane out of Orlando leaving 2 hours late, we made our connection in Frankfurt thanks to the gate escort who took us via bus to a secret passport control and then to a backrooms entrance to the gate. Back to Sweden!
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strange ranger @lithiumsucks.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
We have two settings: 1) Silly 2) Crushed under the weight of crippling depression
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Jim Otermat @jimotermat.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Today I took and passed the written test to get a learner's permit, took and passed the maneuverability test, and took and passed the driving test to get approved to return to being a full-fledged Ohio driver. Not bad for not having explicit plans for this last night.
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Jim Otermat @jimotermat.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I found it!
Sign in the center reads "SIDEWALK ENDS". The bottom third of the photo is two panels of well kept sidewalk, which ends at the signpost. Middle third is scrub brush grass in browns and greens and greys. There are mismatched fence posts and a telephone pole. The top third is a grey-blue sky at dusk.
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Raffi_RC @raffic.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
did you ever see a ⚽️ star taking a dive.. down by the bay 🎵
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Jim Otermat @jimotermat.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The Guardian out here casually throwing shade.
Caption reads: Gianni Infantino carefully explains to Donald Trump that he is not part of the Spanish national team. Photograph: Javier García/Shutterstock

Additional alt text: Screengrab of mobile version of The Guardian, with the URL visible along the top. Center is a photo from the World Cup trophy celebration. Lots of yellow confetti creating a kind of static effect on the picture. Center of the photo is Trump standing slack, seemingly listening to Infantino, who is gesturing to the left towards the podium. They are very close, so Infantino can be heard over the celebration.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 19/07/2026
merino going full SCOTT STERLING on that messi shot
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Jim Otermat @jimotermat.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
There we go. They finally let the Telemundo announcer do his thing
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Jim Otermat @jimotermat.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
They keep showing replays, but I can't see what justification is being used to disallow the goal.
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NosferaPru @prufrockluvsong.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I need a Spanish futbol announcer to follow me around and yell GOOOOOOOL whenever I overcome the slightest inconvenience.
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Jim Otermat @jimotermat.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I hope @riotgrlerin.bsky.social got to see the World Cup halftime show. Felt like one of her Muppet photoshop threads.
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Jim Otermat @jimotermat.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Electric Mayhem? What?
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Jim Otermat @jimotermat.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Highly amused that I keep getting reminded that the "live" broadcast of the World Cup I'm watching is time delayed. I get notifications of events from Sofascore 15-20 seconds before I see it on the TV.
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Jim Otermat @jimotermat.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Finished @magicariot.com's Magica Riot tonight. Fun romp, and got a lovely wave of fission reading the last page. Can't wait to pick up the next book.
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Jim Otermat @jimotermat.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The Mexican announcer on Telemundo is so emotional at the Argentina win and his voice is barely still there. Love of the game.
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Jim Otermat @jimotermat.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Watched the first half of the France-Spain game on Telemundo, the second half on Fox. First game of this World Cup I've seen in English, but still prefer Telemundo. GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAALLLLL!
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Jim Otermat @jimotermat.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
We're back in the US to visit family, at a grocery store for covid vaccines we couldn't get in Sweden. My wife to the boys: Do you want to get some root beer while we're here? Me, entirely too enthusiastically: YES! Wife: I saw they had a can labeled root beer float. Me: I missed American innovation
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Jim Otermat @jimotermat.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
At Counting Crows concert. This is the first time in quite some time that I've been underwhelmed by a live performance. They just did Mr Jones And Me, and it was like a spoken word jazz freestyle cover of the actual song. 1/?
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Jim Otermat @jimotermat.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I took the time to capture this for a gif. Now I need to find an excuse to use it.
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Double Fine @doublefine.com · 06/07/2026
Once again, Double Fine Productions will be an independent studio.

We're thankful to Xbox for seven great years together, and for working with us to reach an outcome which preserves our history and culture, and returns ownership of our games to us.

To everyone who reached out to us these past few weeks: Thank you for all your kind words, we've been deeply touched by your messages. We will share more soon on what comes next.

Your continued support is greatly appreciated,

Tim & Double Fine
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Compulsion Games @compulsiongames.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
An important update from Compulsion Games.
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Jim Otermat @jimotermat.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Wearing a cardigan to see The Cardigans. As one does.
A bearded man wearing a Bluey family shirt labeled Dance Mode under an unbuttoned cardigan. Behind him is a poster for The Cardigans concert he is about to see.
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Jim Otermat @jimotermat.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I have an .... excessive amount of random Cthulhu things. Books, board games, plushies (including a giant Squishable), shirts... So our sons have grown up with Cthulhu being around. Or as they call it Fuhlooloo. 1/?
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Jim Otermat @jimotermat.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Lotta people celebrating already, as if there weren't still five minutes to stress about. #WorldCup
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Jim Otermat @jimotermat.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
My wife put "dress like a ninja" on the invites for our son's laser tag birthday, and I remembered I actually have a ninja outfit. That I bought like 25 years ago. And has Morton's List branding on it because I was a juggalo at the time. Anyways, here's me as a ninja in broad daylight.
A tall white dude in a ninja outfit and black crocs. There are sci-fi hexes painted on the wall to the left. The wall to the right is inside the party room decorated like Minecraft. There is a stitched logo on the chest and shoulder, which is a dark red M under yellow Morton's List text. Along the wall are a trash can, bottle recycling, and a broom/dustpan combo.
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Jim Otermat @jimotermat.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I didn't know Scott Sterling waa Canada's goalie. youtu.be/8F9jXYOH2c0
youtu.be
Top Soccer Shootout Ever With Scott Sterling - Studio C
YouTube video by Studio C
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