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I started reading a book called A Moment of War by Laurie Lee, an autobiographical account of his involvement in the Spanish Civil War. I got jumpscared when he mentioned a man who happened to be called Ben Shapiro.

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JM93 @jm93.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Just watched Warlock: The Armageddon, and I love this scene where Julian Sands turns a guy into a living sculpture.

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JM93 @jm93.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Every time I see Rory Stewart's face I imagine him talking like a high-pitched Ferengi or something.

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JM93 @jm93.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Drew this while messing around with GB Studio earlier

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JM93 @jm93.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I know the 80s was the era of Robocop cartoons and Aliens toys, but I'm baffled that they thought Dirty Harry would make a fantastic NES game for kids.

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JM93 @jm93.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Is there an RPG Maker for platformers?

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ylop3d @ylop3d.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

my sonic clone attempt became a skateboarding game 🫣 The rom is 956kb, everything made in pocket workstation, models, textures, level, animations. It helped me collect around a dozen bugs. Now my time budget as a game developer is over, time to get back to improving tools. #pocketworkstation

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JM93 @jm93.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Resumed reading Cerebus (Vol. 2 High Society). Alan Moore apparently described the series as "to comics what Hydrogen is to the Periodic Table" and I think I'm starting to see what he meant. I'll stop reading at the point where Sim became a raving misogynist (around Vol. 5 or so).

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📉𝙇𝙤𝙬-𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙮 📈𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝-𝙍𝙚𝙨 @lowpolyhighres.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Solatorobo: Red the Hunter (NDS) (2011) 1/10 You've probably noticed that I love the look of this gorgeous game, though I haven't even touched upon all the cool ingame cutscenes and boss fights since that would take me like a week to capture, so here's lots of colorful locales, hope you enjoy! 🙌

A beautiful grand adventure and a spiritual successor to Tail Concerto, set in the Shepherd Republic, made out of multiple sky islands scattered around a large area, populated by anthropomorphic dogs and cats, called Caninu and Felineko respectively, talking French and having adorable names like Chocolat Gelato.

We follow the exploits of Red Savarin, a Hunter, doing odd jobs and quests, accompanied by the aforementioned Chocolat Gelato, his adoptive sister as they fly the airship Asmodeus, going on a mission to get some stolen documents and get thrust into an epic adventure.

Here we have Red piloting his trusty Dahak mech, a bipedal robot with long dangly arms like the Robot Troopers from Laputa: Castle in the Sky with an open seat so the pilot is fully visible and exposed, like here with Red running around the white sky docks of Airedale, a beautiful sky island full of small houses built upon a central hill, full of trees, floating ships and birds flying over.

It would be an understatement to call this game gorgeous, it's one of the most beautiful games on the Nintendo DS system, with a beautiful anime opening by studio Madhouse and designs, visuals and story worthy of the best PS1 RPGs, it's just a joyful experience with lots of colorful characters and an epic story, so give it a shot if you haven't played it!

The fungal forest of Vizsla, a sky island covered in "fungi dandelions", large yellow shrooms as a curvy wooden bridge leads Red to a giant Ladyshroom, a friendly red ladybug creature.

Deep orange skies glowing over the mishmash of metal parts and flimsy stairs on the floating island of Basset, made out of wrecked airships and other machines, with birds flying under the tall metal pillars barely holding the walkways together.

The capital city of Pharaoh, one of those typical quaint cities that show what Japanese people think the entirety of Europe looks like, with clock towers, train stations and residential buildings rising around a long cobblestone path with staircases leading downward, populated by lots of puppydog people, all curiously 2D drawn in wonderful pixel art fashion while Red in his mech is fully 3D.

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 22/09/2026

Here's a list of rpg fan translations that do not use AI! very handy resource

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Games That Weren't @gamesthatwerent.com · 21/09/2026

MELT, a lost 1997 PC game featuring Iron Maiden's Eddie, has been recovered! We're releasing a build for the first time, along with source code and an updated version for modern PCs. We also speak to developer Paul Tebbutt. Thanks to Tamaracade for their earlier research.

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JM93 @jm93.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Tried the Hellraiser demo. Despite modern design trends I don't care for (linear "ghost train" opening sequences, obligatory crafting, stealth kills) it's pretty good! Captures the feel of the films quite well. The gore makes modern RE look like an episode of Garfield and Friends

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JM93 @jm93.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Testing out my drawing tablet, an XP Pen Artist 15.6. I'm used to drawing with a mouse (when I'm not using pen and paper) but this seems pretty intuitive so far

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Max! @littlepolygon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Starting V3 of my "playable spider tank" character. Here's the original V1 prototype I made in late 2023. The gameplay is pretty solid, but everything was very low-poly because I wasn't focused on art...

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JM93 @jm93.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Oh no he's going to Google me!

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JM93 @jm93.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I love the photobash look of this one

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sodaraptor ➤ wishlist Hypnagogia 壊れた夢 @sodaraptor.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Some shots of the new, absolutely massive update to Hypnagogia for its upcoming Steam launch Demo coming this October 📅 #screenshotsaturday

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Feverdream Johnny @feverdreamsoft.works · 18/09/2026

Carter's Quest is one of those visionary projects that you owe it to yourself to experience. What starts as a plucky adventure about a farmboy mysteriously stranded in a derelict wizarding college evolves into a cold war ballad about political espionage, free will and self sabotage. Go buy it!

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Minovsky @minovskyarticle.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Malibu comics Street Fighter is an all-timer because Sagat murders Ken in issue 2, leaves his scalp for Ryu to find, and then the series abruptly ends with an epilogue page informing the readership that the series is over because Capcom hated it.

Ryu holding a scalp and a tattered bloody shirt while yelling KEN MY OLDEST FRIEND NOOOOO!

As many of you might have heard, due to complications with Capcom and their dislike of our adaptation...Street Fighter the comic book has officially been cancelled.

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JM93 @jm93.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Apparently there were like thirty more of these games, but 'The Murderers' was the only one that got an English release

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Jaybee @jayb33.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Recently discovered The Train, a game where you're French resistance delivering Nazi-stolen art to the allies. It's a "plate spinning" simulator with multi-step input, playable in about 20 minutes. It feels like the progenitor to a modern indie game: Iron Lung 30 years before Iron Lung.

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JM93 @jm93.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Was thinking of ideas for characters and came up with these weird imperial baboon guys

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JM93 @jm93.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I remember getting a free copy of this from Blockbuster because they were clearing out the N64 games to make way for the GameCube/Xbox/PS2 stuff.

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JM93 @jm93.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I keep thinking of having a maximalist UI like various PC-98 games (it would look a lot better than this mock-up). #GodotEngine

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JM93 @jm93.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Trying to replicate the atmosphere of a stage from Cosmo Warrior Zero #GodotEngine

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Ayla @goobbue.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

just found out Marge's hair in The Simpsons Game is billboarded so her raw model looks like this

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Timeproof Games @timeproof.games · 12/09/2026

It's pretty crazy that Konami released this game on PS1 in Dec 2003, the late era of the console. "GeGeGe no Kitarō: Gyakushū! Yōma Dai Kessen" was part of three games celebrating the 80th anniversary of creator Shigeru Mizuki, alongside "Ibun Yōkai Kitan" (PS2) and "Kiki Ippatsu! Yōkai Rettō" (GBA)

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dvlsblsh @devilsblush.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

ghost in the shell / psx exact, 1997

fuchikoma strafing in an underground tunnel in anticipation of an enemy robot's attack

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Joe Wintergreen @joewintergreen.com · 13/09/2026

i am from the parallel universe where the video game "soldier of fortune" is remembered for all the cool shit in it that wasn't the gore. we have universal basic income over there

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goba (ACT 2 out NOW!) @gobadev.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

REAL WEB LEGENDS: Carter's Quest Act 2 Launches SEPTEMBER 18th!! A FREE update to my 2024 solo indie game, continuing the story while the combat, performance, graphics, and more. This has been a labor of love and I can't wait for you to play it.

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JM93 @jm93.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Oh god, this reminds me of that terrible animated film Sean Connery worked on before he died youtu.be/JpkXJF1u-RM?...

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Postman Pat: The Movie - Official Trailer

YouTube video by LionsgateFilmsUK

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JM93 @jm93.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

GBA was like Wario Land 4 and a few good Metroids, and everything else was "bad SNES port with oversaturated colour palette", "weaker version of console game", and horrible licensed shovelware.

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JM93 @jm93.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I'm surprised they haven't started selling WTC figurines with retractable planes and flashing LED explosion.

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JM93 @jm93.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Visually it reminds me of that PS1 game Heart of Darkness, crossed with a side-scrolling action RPG.

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JM93 @jm93.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Just tried the leaked prototype and it might've been the most impressive SNES game if it was finished. I'm adding the timeline where this game got released next to "UK where Thatcher never got elected" on my list of alternate timelines I wish I could see.

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Fluffy Buff Jams - The DJ Fuzz Ball Guy @fluffbuffjams.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

More progress on the ridge/canyon level. Now with more shortcuts, clouds, and cacti. #gamedev #godot #indiedev

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JM93 @jm93.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I finished Venture Bros season 2 yesterday, I'm really enjoying the show so far. The only episode I didn't care for was the Scooby-Doo parody. "Shaggy's a pothead and Fred's a narcissist" has been done a million times.

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📉𝙇𝙤𝙬-𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙮 📈𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝-𝙍𝙚𝙨 @lowpolyhighres.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Forgot to also post this awesome making of the game video ripped from LaserDisc by one @jparish.bsky.social that also includes the anime cutscenes in a somewhat better quality than the compressed PS1 videos www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SLU...

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Making of Game: Ghost in the Shell - All of Digital Animation 4K LaserDisc rip

YouTube video by Jeremy Parish | Video Works

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JM93 @jm93.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Attempt at painting a sky texture

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JM93 @jm93.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I think I'm getting better at texture painting. I'm not even using a tablet at the moment. Also made a variant blending some of the twigs from the reference photo.

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JM93 @jm93.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Remembered when I first played RE1, during the scene where Barry says "It's Forest! Oh my God!" I thought he was talking about the forest in the background, because of the way the camera was angled.

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JM93 @jm93.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I decided to try square tile-based, single floor map design again, so I've been looking at various different examples (names are in alt text).

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Andy Kelly @ultrabrilliant.xyz · 07/09/2026

This book from 2002 is an incredible time capsule of Y2K graphic/web design. Absolute goldmine if you're into that aesthetic, and also a kind of mausoleum for a visually interesting internet that no longer exists. 🔗 archive.org/details/tasc...

The cover of the book TASCHEN'S 1000 FAVORITE WEBSITES. The title is printed in a square font in foil on a yellow background.

Another spread showing various websites.

The title page featuring an illustration of a hyperlink hand cursor made out of large coloured pixels.

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