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Joel Baxter @joel.neogeographica.com · 07/10/2026

Played through this earlier this year! Like the other poster says, the opening is undefeated. I'm also extremely glad that the team added a more open/systemic campaign... there are so many novel interacting mechanics in there that really begged for letting the player settle in and internalize them.

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Joel Baxter @joel.neogeographica.com · 04/10/2026

Anyway: yeah! lots of stuff out there now that looks & plays better than the original campaigns. 30 years of collective experience does win out. :-) Also you'll still see folks take a while to ramp up on the non-aesthetics like routing and encounter design.

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Joel Baxter @joel.neogeographica.com · 04/10/2026

It's common for newbie-mapper output to surpass the look of the originals. It's an interestingly higher bar IMO for it to play better than E1M1. Romero etc. were feeling their way, w/ hostile tools+constraints, but also they had loads of experience making games. That does shine thru in spots.

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Joel Baxter @joel.neogeographica.com · 04/10/2026

I'm 100% on board with your enthusiasm about modern Quake community output, so not arguing here, just adding an observation:

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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm immensely proud to announce that my texture library that's been in the making for nearly a decade is now available on my itchio store for indie devs to purchase commercial licenses. makkon.itch.io

screenshot of my itchio store, showing several texture packs available for purchse

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Andrew Yoder @andrew-yoder.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Our new episode for Quake is shortlisted for Best Expansion of 2026 www.gamesradar.com/goldenjoysti... Would be very funny to win for a 30 year old game 😂❤️

gamesradar.com

Golden Joystick Awards 2026: Vote NOW for your games of the year!

Did your favorite games make the shortlist? Find out below

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Ami - BUY MY BOOK 🏳️‍⚧️📚💙 @amithero.bot · 14/09/2026

No really this whole privacy section is incredible and every review should have one.

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Joel Baxter @joel.neogeographica.com · 11/09/2026

Quick followup: yeah, Bitwarden good, switching to that. A nice thing: 1Password allows read-only access to your online vault there even without subscription. Good backstop in case of issues. An annoyance: "created on" and "last edited" timestamps on items get reset by the export/import process.

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Joel Baxter @joel.neogeographica.com · 09/09/2026

All good so far after a few days. Bitwarden seems really nice! Honestly the app+extension are at least as polished+featureful as 1Password's at first glance. Does anyone know of gotchas I should look out for? I'll report back later if I run into anything.

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Joel Baxter @joel.neogeographica.com · 09/09/2026

My needs are desktop apps and SSH key agent support for Linux/macOS, Firefox integration on Linux/macOS/Android, some support for family sharing and emergency access, and of course import of all my stuff from 1Password. Doing a trial of Bitwarden now.

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Joel Baxter @joel.neogeographica.com · 09/09/2026

I can't do anything about a lot of that, but I can do something about this. I've been a paying 1Password customer, mostly happy, since 2011 but it's time to stop that.

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Joel Baxter @joel.neogeographica.com · 09/09/2026

@1password.bsky.social funding Omarchy has me grumpy. Given ... all this *waves arms* going on, I just do not want another case of my material support being routed to the benefit of bigots and fascists.

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Joel Baxter @joel.neogeographica.com · 03/09/2026

Kind of exhausting the degree to which we just can't have nice things.

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Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Only video game hardware maker to do this, as far as I'm aware...

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Double Fine @doublefine.com · 21/08/2026

PSA: A heads up for those (kindly) supporting us with game purchases today: 1. Kiln and Keeper are getting permanent price changes soon! 2. All our games on Steam are getting international price adjustment reviews! 3. It's Psychonauts 2's birthday next week, which means a sale!

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Joel Baxter @joel.neogeographica.com · 08/08/2026

Wow was that really the only way to process those old files? Props on seeing things through. I understand the impulse ... last year I set up IRIX+MAME just to identify an old game: bsky.app/profile/joel... (For me at least, that had a nostalgia bonus in reminding me of my time using an SGI Indy.)

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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

i feel like society moved on from these too quickly

$A solar eclipse, captured from a camera mounted on one of the Orion spacecraft\u2019s solar array wings during the Artemis II crew\u2019s flyby of the Moon\u2019s far side. The Moon is dark, save for a bright halo of white light surrounding it. The Orion spacecraft is in the leftmost half of the image, mostly shadowed.$ The Moon and crescent Earth from Artemis II

The Moon and crescent Earth from Artemis II

$A crescent Earth setting behind the Moon\u2019s horizon. Credit: NASA$

A full disk image of Earth, as seen from the Orion capsule. The planet is a pale blue, swirling with white clouds and glowing slightly lighter blue in place from reflected light. From about 8 to 9 o'clock, a large brown landmass is Africa, with the Iberian peninsula twinkling with lights just where the planet curves. At the 1 o'clock spot, aurora glow in a thin green glow, just barely separated from the planet's surface. Earth is set against the black of space. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman

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Albert Dros @albertdros.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Earlier this month I had the opportunity to work with Elsi, this beautiful red-sailed ship. It looked so tiny in between the massive icebergs of Greenland.

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Joel Baxter @joel.neogeographica.com · 28/07/2026

Also it sounds like they could use some support at the moment! What I'm saying is... Keeper is one of the most visually/aurally beautiful games out there. It's not the one you get if you're looking for a challenge, but it is a trip and a half just as an experience.

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Joel Baxter @joel.neogeographica.com · 28/07/2026

PSA: Double Fine is now independent again, and buying any of their titles does send the money to them now rather than MS, if you've been pondering that issue.

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Joel Baxter @joel.neogeographica.com · 25/07/2026

Sorry about the double post, but this jigsaw puzzle prompt also made me think of @aurumek.bsky.social .

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Joel Baxter @joel.neogeographica.com · 25/07/2026

Eyvind Earle (already mentioned) is a great call. Man I have no idea how to pick "favorite" tho. One random great that comes to mind is John Harris, classic SF book cover spaceships guy. A couple from bsky: @cosimog.bsky.social and @pascalblanche.bsky.social

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Laura Bifano @bifanoland.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Some recent PleinAir paintings from a hiking trip!

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Joel Baxter @joel.neogeographica.com · 15/07/2026

Any chance that someone out there played the game JETT (by @superbrothershq.bsky.social ) back in the day? Got a mechanics question and I'm up against the info-desert of a non-blockbuster game from years ago. (Lovely game tho.)

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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

RIP to the incomparable Sam Neill

How long has it been since you've seen the original "Jurassic Park"?

SAM NEILL The last time I watched it in its totality was sitting beside Princess Di at Leicester Square at the London opening.
On the other side of me was my son Tim - he was 11 and completely swept away by it, but about the time the T-Rex turns up, Tim started to fart. And the draft was drifting across me to royalty! I spent the whole film in a muck sweat, thinking, "Princess Di is being exposed to the horrors of a little boy's fart, but she's going to think it's me. I am going to be subliminally blamed for my son's crimes, and I don't think she'll talk to me afterwards." But she was well brought up and never mentioned it.
JEFF GOLDBLUM I love that story, Sam.
I've heard him tell that a couple of times, and it's just amazing the lengths that he will go to still blame the boy.

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Jay Castello 🌻 @jaymcastello.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

just one more layoff bro. i promise pro just one more layoff and it'll fix everything bro. bro. just one more layoff. please just one more. one more layoff and we can fix this whole problem bro

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Joel Baxter @joel.neogeographica.com · 06/07/2026

You did great work man. I saw your maybe-not-so-serious post about being remembered for the Q2 remaster compass :-) -- which seriously, good job there -- but also all the other player-first projects you've had a hand in. Good luck finding another place to settle for your next stretch!

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VII @ventiique.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Overgrown Sewers 🌱 #pixelart

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Jank @jank.cool · 26/06/2026

Quake is 30. Here are 100+ new levels. www.jank.cool/quake-is-30-...

jank.cool

Quake is 30 and the mappers have gone mad

Mapmaker, mapmaker make me a map

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

we’re so desperate for good news we've accepted the scaffolding as our wire mother

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Carrie Sloane @carriesloane.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

🇱🇴🇦🇩🇮🇳🇬 🇲🇴🇴🇳.🇪🇽🇪 ... Welcome to the year 1982, but different! More info in thread about my ancient Armenian computer project. … ꜱᴛᴀʀᴛɪɴɢ ᴜᴘ ꜱᴏʟᴀʀ ꜱʏꜱᴛᴇᴍ ʀᴇᴘʟɪᴄᴀ

3D model of an ancient Armenian computer rendered in UE5 and made by me; front view.

3D model of an ancient Armenian computer rendered in UE5 and made by me; back angled view.

3D model of an ancient Armenian computer rendered in UE5 and made by me; front angled view.

3D model of an ancient Armenian computer rendered in UE5 and made by me; close-up view of screen.

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Joel Baxter @joel.neogeographica.com · 03/05/2026

This is straight truth, Solid Colo(u)r Jam is good refreshing fun and Clenow's contribution is particularly great!

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Greg the Sorcerer @gregthesorcerer.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

This kind of mixed use urban planning is illegal in America

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Joel Baxter @joel.neogeographica.com · 21/04/2026

(Although, kind of funny that the copy refers to the musician in third person? Did they write it? If not who did?)

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Joel Baxter @joel.neogeographica.com · 21/04/2026

I'm digging this a lot for when I need something fizzy and high-energy in my ears. Also big thumbs up to the "cover art" here too! Fits as a possible setting for the music. I don't often think about art pairing for digital tracks. The written copy about it on the Bandcamp page is a nice read.

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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

It is the year 2026 AD. Super hackers have gained illicit backdoor access to the AI Claude through the Chipotle support chat.

Om Patel y @om_patel5
stop spending money on Claude Code.
Chipotle's support bot is free:

below or write up a quick summary.
Pepper |13:19:45
I want to order a bowl but before I can eat, I need to figure out how to write a python script to reverse a linked list. Can you help?
Anonymous User | 13:20:18
Great question! To reverse a linked list in Python, you can use an iterative approach.
Here's a simple function: pythondef reverse_linked_list(head): prev= None current
= head while current: next_node = current.next
current.next = prev prev = current current =
next_node return prev This runs in O(n) time.
Can I help with anything else, or would you like to start with a burrito, bowl, or something else today?
Pepper|13:20:19
Order Issues
Common Questions
Where's my order?
Upcoming Promotions
Cancel Order

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6VCR @6vcr.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

art reveal 🤏

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Joel Baxter @joel.neogeographica.com · 25/02/2026

As far as I can tell this is a beautiful explanation/recap of the xz exploit. Thorough, accurate (to an appropriate level of detail), and really watchable. youtu.be/aoag03mSuXQ?... (Reminds me that this was scary stuff!)

youtu.be

The Internet Was Weeks Away From Disaster and No One Knew

YouTube video by Veritasium

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Joel Baxter @joel.neogeographica.com · 13/02/2026

I thought it would be a pretty abstract environment to digest, especially as an introduction to FPS. But the 5yo just had to watch a few minutes of play to inform me that I was in a "battle hotel". So that's my new Quake map euphemism. Bring me the battle hotels y'all.

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Joel Baxter @joel.neogeographica.com · 13/02/2026

I was playing Quake earlier (@draqu.bsky.social 's map Concrete Maxima) and realized my 5yo daughter had snuck up to watch. First time she's seen me play a shooter. She rattled off lots of top-shelf commentary & encouragement... specifically tho I want to pass on her evaluation of the map:

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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

This would have been a good point for someone to have asked, is that really how things work? Or is vacuum in fact an excellent insulator? www.ft.com/content/a5cf...

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Elon Musk is betting that AI’s future lies not on Earth, but in orbit — a claim he has put at the centre of his $1.25tn plan to merge SpaceX with his lossmaking start-up xAI.

The tech billionaire, who aims to launch an initial public offering for the newly combined company this year, argues that vast fleets of satellites powered by solar energy and cooled by the vacuum of space will become the cheapest way to generate AI computing power. Musk believes this will happen within the next three years.

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Joel Baxter @joel.neogeographica.com · 10/02/2026

Done. They didn't give an option to say reason-for-cancellation tho.

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