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Jono Barel @jonobarel.bsky.social · 29m

wait a sec I saw a sock puppet npc there that looks and moves like a sock puppet!

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Jono Barel @jonobarel.bsky.social · 1h

oh no not now I don't have the time.

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Jono Barel @jonobarel.bsky.social · 8h

follow artists. get art. It's not complicated.

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Jono Barel @jonobarel.bsky.social · 11h

one cool thing about VR is that it gives me the option of playing regular flat games on a massive "screen". The resolution is still 1080p, so the performance is decent on my GPU, but the _experience_ is kind of special. Here's a panorama of NY from Marvel's Spider-Man

a panorama of New York City from the game Marvel's Spider-Man. It's 32x9 ratio.
On the left, Spidey, in his classic Red-and-Blues, is perched on top of a building, looking at something behind and to the right of the camera.
In the background, New York city looms against the Hudson River. It looks like magic hour.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 12h

The audiobook for Montgomery Bonbon's latest mystery comes out TODAY! Your kids can listen while they drive to work, or whatever. It's narrated by me!

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HRH Emma Lynn Mulier @emma.mulier.io · 20h

לפני חודש, פחות או יותר, הסתכלתי בתוכניה של פסטיבל אייקון 2026 וגיליתי 6 אירועים שונים שהיו מסומנים בתכנייה בתווית "הארי פוטר". אחד מהם היה לא פחות ולא יותר מארוע השקה של משחק שולחן חדש בתמה של הארי פוטר. ב 2026. כשבריטניה עוד ועוד הגבלות חוקיות מוטלות על א.נשים טרנסי.מות. כשהחוק שם שונה כך שמוסד

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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 22h

Thank god Robert Pattinson didn’t take his advice

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Jono Barel @jonobarel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

אני עדיין לא יודע למי אני מצביע באוקטובר אבל אני חושב פשוט לשים עבדול אל-סעייד בקלפי.

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Jono Barel @jonobarel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"The online hordes did not take kindly to the Blizzard veteran’s plea for players to not be assholes." This line deserves a pulitzer. kotaku.com/wow-forever-...

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WoW: Forever Ban Controversy Forces Blizzard Dev To Delete Account After Asking Players To Be 'Better Humans'

Otherwise, the beta has been going great

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Matt | DEMO OUT NOW! @pmrd.net · 30/09/2026

DEMO IS OUT RIGHT NOW!!!! darkroomsgame.com #gamedev #indiegame #darkrooms #demo

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Jono Barel @jonobarel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Spidey running around eagerly fixing the cops' spy cameras in "Marvel's Spider-Man", just so he can tap into them and use them himself, _really_ hits different in 2026, although I recall the discourse calling it out even in 2018. I mean they're LITERALLY made by Evil Corp EvilCorporated.

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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 29/09/2026

College fraternities and coaches who don’t give water breaks are all much, much bigger threats to college athletes than trans people.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026

Why do the rest of us bother to write jokes?

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Jono Barel @jonobarel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Read this in your best Matt Berry voice.

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Jono Barel @jonobarel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

אני מאחל לו ולמשפחה שלו רעילוּת. אות קין. שהם יהיו פרסונה נון גרטה בכל מקום שילכו אליו. שאף אחד לא ירצה להיראות בחברתם מחשש הנזק למוניטין שייגרם להם. שאף מעצבת לא תרצה את הלוגו שלה על גופם, שאף ספק שירות לא ירצה לארח אותם, ושאף עסק לא ירצה שיזכירו את השם שלו באותו משפט עם שמם.

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Jono Barel @jonobarel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

So weird that adaptations of Frankenstein insist so hard on giving him a Motive, when book Victor is just like "oh no I scienced too close to the sun and now everyone who ever loved me is paying the price". Being a fuckup is relatable enough. We dont need to fridge his mom or make his dad abusive.

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Raphael van Lierop 🇨🇦 @raphlife.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Techbros seem to love Tolkien, so here's an analogy to help you understand what genAI is. GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart. But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.

Boromir from THE LORD OF THE RINGS, holding The One Ring. He thought he could use it for good, but everything done with the ring turns to evil. He was one of the mightiest warriors of middle earth, and he could not resist its powers. Others even mightier fell to the ring. Do you think you are stronger than them? The One Ring is generative AI.

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Jono Barel @jonobarel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

אני לא יודע איך מתעמתים עם חורבן כזה. באף אחד מהצדדים.

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Jono Barel @jonobarel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Is there a way on @bsky.app to take a list i created and filter it so I only get the media? Like a custom feed based on a list?

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הרפתקה עברית @hebrewadventure.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

עמדת הרפתקה עברית תתארח שוב השנה במתחם המשחקים ב @IconFestival באשכול פיס בתל אביב, ביום שלישי ה 29.9. בעמדה יהיה מבחר מהמשחקים שתורגמו בקבוצה, כגון "החיים הם מוזרים", הנסיך הפרסי 2 (מדובב!), פורטל 2, והמכונה המופלאה. הכניסה למתחם היא ללא תשלום. נתראה בפסטיבל!

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Jono Barel @jonobarel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

These are all fantastic, maybe some of the best games of the genre. And if you get the chance, the VR game is top notch too.

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Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 11/09/2026

I'm available for work! - Characters - Rigging and Animations - Environments Art I've worked on Teardown, Vampire Crawlers, Moonglow Bay and many more! Feel free to DM me or email zachary.soares@zsinked.com

Teardown Marketing screenshot showcasing the second level of the Relics of Barkuna DLC.

Vampire Crawlers screenshot from within the library. Environment art can be seen with the array of bookshelves and props

Moonglow Bay selfies screenshot from the main character. Soft and light art style

A screenshot from On The Nose, interrogating our first suspect Mr. Deerest.

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Jono Barel @jonobarel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Your commitment to the bit is awe inspiring. We should all be humbled by your dedication, @st1ka.bsky.social youtu.be/QRnrE4uS3lg?...

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There Are 51 Evangelion Games. I Played Them All.

YouTube video by St1ka

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Jono Barel @jonobarel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The thing about "tradwife" people is that the "trad" part is complete baloney. These are deeply unserious people who don't possess the actual rigor or depth of thought to base anything they say even on the sources they allegedly draw from. The "trad" they refer to is just vibes they made up.

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Jono Barel @jonobarel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

לֶֽעָנִ֤י וְלַגֵּר֙ תַּעֲזֹ֣ב אֹתָ֔ם ! וְלַגֵּר֙

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Jono Barel @jonobarel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Pray they don't alter it further.

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Jono Barel @jonobarel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Babylon 5 1x05: the station hosts a festival celebrating religious traditions of different aliens. It ends with a display of the of human religions with dozens of representatives, as if to contrast the diverse spirituality of our species with the alien monocultures, and I start yelling at the screen

Goose Chasing Guy Meme.
Panel 1: A goose saying "Why are the aliens a monoculture"
Panel 2: the goose is chasing a guy labelled "JMS" and shouting "WHY ARE THE ALIENS A MONOCULTURE, MOTHERFUCKER?"

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Matt | DEMO OUT NOW! @pmrd.net · 21/09/2026

DEMO RELEASES IN 9 DAYS!! WISHLIST THE GAME NOW TO BE READY! store.steampowered.com/app/3925340/... #gamedev #indiegame #darkrooms #demo

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Jono Barel @jonobarel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I've had the joy of tutoring participants in an amazing program for aspiring female gamedevs called GameDevelop{H}er, run by Lydia Dover. It's free, volunteer-run, unfunded, and is now in it's 7th cohort (!) We now have an @itch.io page for student projects! gamedevelopher.itch.io #GameDev

gamedevelopher.itch.io

GameDevelopHer

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Aviv Or 🔜 MCM London @avivor.com · 15/09/2026

Time for a little #STARDATE preview! The book (written by @nnesk.bsky.social, illustrated by me) will be at our Up to Four Players table at Thought Bubble in 2(😲) months!

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Jono Barel @jonobarel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Babylon 5: s01e04: Space Nazis Are Bad Actually Because They Turn On Themselves ends with this banger of a monologue. JMS, wtf man. What. The FUCK.

Mary Ann Cramer: I have to ask you the same question people back home are asking about space these days. Is it worth it? Should we just pull back? Forget the whole thing as a bad idea, and take care of our own problems, at home.

Cmdr. Jeffrey Sinclair: No. We have to stay here. And there's a simple reason why. (Highlight starts) Ask ten different scientists about the environment, population control, genetics, and you'll get ten different answers (end highlight), but there's one thing every scientist on the planet agrees on. Whether it happens in a hundred years or a thousand years or a million years, eventually our Sun will grow cold and go out. When that happens, it won't just take us. It'll take Marilyn Monroe, and Lao-Tzu, and Einstein, and Morobuto, and Buddy Holly, and Aristophanes, and - all of this all of this was for nothing. Unless we go to the stars.

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Jono Barel @jonobarel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

So I've made a point of asking head teachers about policies for AI and trans kids. I try to frame the question neutrally and see where they go with the answer. Here are the responses I've had so far (paraphrased very broadly)

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Jono Barel @jonobarel.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This will appeal to a very narrow sliver of my audience but to them it will be like I'm talking directly into their soul.

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Jono Barel @jonobarel.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Yesterday I was telling the kids that Rhianna Pratchett writes for games. They asked if she plays them, and I said _surely_ she _must_, because one cannot create in a medium one does not consume, but had no idea _which_ games. I shall inform them today of what I have learned.

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Jono Barel @jonobarel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Years ago regulations reuqired ads for fast food to have an actual employee prepare the actual dish using actual ingredients from the restaurant, and toys had to be played with by real hands. Now I'm just getting AI ads for shitty gadgets because "whatevs".

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Jono Barel @jonobarel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Moving Houses was great, but also so was Paper Dungeon Mazes!

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AndresPlays @andresplays.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Do me a simple favor this lovely weekend and wishlist Gordon's new game! I loved Moving Houses and I'm sure Moving Pieces will continue to innovate.

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Gordon Little @gord.games · 12/09/2026

Look who's got a new ✨STEAM PAGE✨ Seriously if you like my #gamedev please check out the new Moving Pieces page, slap that Wishlist button, and share this with your friends! It's hard being a little indie making weird stuff for jigsaw sickos but I love it. store.steampowered.com/app/5139220/...

store.steampowered.com

Moving Pieces on Steam

Moving Pieces is a first-person psychological horror puzzle adventure game. Explore a convoluted mansion, collect key items, and solve physical puzzles without combat or death. Assemble tactile jigsaw...

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inkle @inkle.co · 11/09/2026

🎙️ Call for voice actors! 🎭 We're looking for two lead voices for our next game. - One male and one female, vocal age 40 to 60 - Cornish / Welsh / South-West England accent If that's you, please send an acting sample to info@inklestudios.com, marked “casting call”. (Paid, ofc) <3 RTs!

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Patrick Stewart's Witty 'Acting' Moment

ALT: Patrick Stewart's Witty 'Acting' Moment

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lasha3D @lasha3d.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

my new scene.. more photos on artstation www.artstation.com/artwork/lEDade

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Jono Barel @jonobarel.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A major cause of depression among people my age is the continued existence of LinkedIn.

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Rodney Amirebrahimi @thegameworld.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

New artwork - Bloom #art #Surreal #portrait #DigitalPainting Prints: www.inprnt.com/gallery/theg...

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Jono Barel @jonobarel.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Remember Indie Game: The Movie? It feels like every day something new comes out with the same uniqueness and innovation and talent, and we should celebrate this avalanche of creativity by pouring throwing money at the screen. Buy indie games.

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Smitner @smitner.studio · 10/09/2026

🚀 Hazard Pay is now OUT, the labs are OPEN! Spread the word, IPT is looking for applicants! 🚀 store.steampowered.com/app/2692620/... 3 years of work, and "the button" is now clicked 🎉

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