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Ryan

@justaconspiracy.bsky.social
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he / they / him / them Curiousity hasn't killed me yet. Game Production and Publishing Current at Riot, views and posts are my own. Volunteer for @desertbus.org Condenser dev condenser.info www.conspiracy.media Generative AI sucks

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 02/10/2026
Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year? And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist! Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants.
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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Infinite personalized music” was already solved, it’s called learning to play an instrument
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Ryan @justaconspiracy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Scratch build for the gunpla, first time working with straight PLA sheets vs modifying an existing part. Still in the rough-out stage but it's already looking sort of recognizable.
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Fowl Language @fowllanguagecomics.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I just found out the Actor who played Bernie in Weekend at Bernies 1 & 2 is still alive at 87. I wish him no harm, but his loved ones will have an amazing opportunity to memorialize him when he finally passes.
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Favorite month is December @pudaskgoulu.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Yuri Gagarin implies the existence of Yaoi Gagarin
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 15/08/2026
That's why I generally vote for the furthest left candidate on my ballot - because I'm looking for the person who's gonna throw the least number of people under the bus. And that's why I yell at whoever represents me whenever they throw anyone under the bus. No one goes under the fucking bus.
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Ryan @justaconspiracy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Desert Bus season is nearly upon us!
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Del @del.art · 20/09/2026
When a game studio ships a solid game, it creates TWO valuable products: 1. A solid game. 2. The team that spent years learning how to work together make a game. Because Western studios keep disbanding #2 while development cycles get longer; we will inevitably see less of #1.
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Ryan @justaconspiracy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Is there a weed strain called Herbal Space Program? If not, how do I get that made?
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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It only fills me with anxiety to see what’s left of games journalism get gutted, having a strong ecosystem is good for everyone because no single website can cover everything
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Anna 🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Beautiful women named Jira are blowing up my phone 💖
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Kendra, spooky version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Tim Curry and Dolly Parton have taught us not only that you should be bigger, weirder, gayer, and freakier, but also that those qualities are what people will love about you. The things that make you strange and amazing are the things that will resonate with other strange and amazing people
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Ryan @justaconspiracy.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Grandpa got a new look.
Gunpla model kit box for an RX-78-2 but it's using the ecopla plastic so it has a black and neon green color scheme.
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Ryan @justaconspiracy.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This feels like the most player torture game changer has had since the final piece of Sam Says 3.
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Ryan @justaconspiracy.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
RG Sazabi Clear is about 95% of the way done. Have a couple more waterslides, top coat, and then trying out a UV panel liner *under* the armor.
RG Sazabi model kitRG Sazabi model kitRG Sazabi model kit
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Ryan @justaconspiracy.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Heartbreak feels big in a place like this
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Ryan @justaconspiracy.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
youtu.be/3PSl19nf0-Y?...
youtu.be
Bowling For Soup - Hello Anxiety
YouTube video by BowlingForSoupVEVO
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Barry Kramer @barrykramer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Sora in Kingdom Hearts 4 Coco makeup standing behind Manny Calavera from Grim Fandango in his grim reaper hood.

Sora says, "I think we're gonna have to kill this guy, Manny."
Manny says, "Sí"
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Ryan @justaconspiracy.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
What does it say about me that I start my Pokemon Sleep tracking early so my team gets a full night's rest and then I don't do so for myself. Or that I make sure they have filling and presumably nutritious meals while I...don't.
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Ryan @justaconspiracy.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Spent the last several hours detailing a single piece and Im kind of annoyed how it turned out, and I'm going to be more annoyed tomorrow when Im sleepy all day and have nothing to show for it.
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
there is no such thing as "age verification." All "age verification" is actually "identity verification." You can coat it in glitter and "privacy-preserving" wrapping paper. But in the end, mandating age verification means mandating surveillance be built into software and hardware. Period.
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maddie ★ othatsraspberry @othatsraspberry.com · 15/08/2026
since kingdom hearts is in the news, have a classic doodle
Kingdom Hearts doodle
Maleficent: You see that? He replaced you with an angry duck.
Riku: what the heck, dude…
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Mike Futter | Wishlist The Final Cut of Lilith Cunningham! @futterish.fsquared.biz · 14/08/2026
Y'all. I have no relationships with any PR agency (or any other service provider) beyond those that we contract at our studio. I would NOT accept a finder's fee. As part of my consulting business, we've advised more than 100 indie devs entirely pro bono. No funding yet? We don't charge.
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Ryan @justaconspiracy.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Absolute travesty that this is how Night School goes out.
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Ryan @justaconspiracy.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
It's that time again: Twilight Imperium Game day. We'll sell you the whole seat but you won't need any of it because you'll constantly be standing to get a better look at the game board.
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Damien Crawford @developerdamien.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
"Unshit Yourself", a satirical self-help book, is now live on itchio! It's free/pay-what-you-want, so please check it out! Includes quotes from great philosophers and public speakers ranging from Diogenes to Naruto Uzumaki! cannibalinteractive.itch.io/unshit-yours...
"Relationships are a lot like pointillism. You have to step back to look at the full picture." - Byakuya Kuchiki

It can be easy to become too laser-focused on something in life. Not just a goal, but maybe a tragedy, or a sudden fortunate thing, or even simple things like getting stuck in traffic. It's important to consider the cause that led to this effect. It's also key to take time away from things at times and take stock of what kind of impact it's having on your life. Time away from the task can show you how important it is to you when you get tired of it, or show that maybe you've been stuck at this current phase for too long and need to take another step forward.

“Live out of your imagination instead of out of your memory.” - Leslie Brown

There are many people as an adult that you'll meet that have the “high schiool mentality”. Popular people that remember the parties and friends they had but don't maintain those relationships. Captains of athletic teams that think they still command or are in any way worthy of authority. Honor students that still think themselves the smartest people in the room and think that that gives them some semblance of superiority. People who had more active metabolisms and can't leave behind the memories and deal with their new, current “normal”.

There's nothing for you back there, in the memories of the past. Nothing worthwhile, anyway. At least dreams are new and in the present, regardless of how impossible they may seem to reach."You have some really critical decisions to make, and the first decision that you should really consider is conceding prior to the match." - Brennan Lee Mulligan

Not all decisions should be answered with “yes”. An honest decision requires you to really think about the consequences of what you're trying to do, for better AND  for worse. I've said earlier to name your price early; we're talking about both the price it takes to succeed and the price it takes to fail.

If you can't handle the price, you may be better off taking a step back, at least for the time being.

“Hey. That's Hell you're walking into.” - Shirou Emiya

Similarly, there will be other people that look at what you're trying to do and will try to warn you away from it. It can be hard, but many times this will come from people you care about, and they'll do so to try and keep you from getting hurt. Oftentimes, you have to be willing ignore them and go through Hell for what's best for you in the long term."Love art in yourself, not yourself in art." - Constantin Stanislavski

You may reach a level of success where fame follows. It's extremely important not to let any of it go to your head. You can't do the work because you want other people to like you or think of you in some way. You have to do it because you love the work, or at least the end result of the work as itself. Care about what you do, and care about who you are, but don't bother with the public's opinion.

“To achieve something that you have never achieved before, you must become someone that you have never been before.” - Leslie Brown

Another quote of his I heard from a talk he gave was similar. “To have something you've never had before, you have to do something you've never done before”. If you want to change, you must tread on different ground. You might even have to tread on ground where there is none, and trample on the grass until it reveals dirt and make a road that way.

“I know.” - Knower

Change is important, but it's also important to know who you are now and who you're becoming. And sometimes who you become is really who you always were. And maybe you were unsure at the time, but in the end, you'll know.
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Ryan @justaconspiracy.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Chloé absolutely called the final scene of Spider-Man BND.
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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
It's not a coincidence that food manufacturing sanitation and regulation in the US has dropped alongside the number of people who were made to read Upton Sinclair's The Jungle in English classes.
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Ryan @justaconspiracy.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Ok, hear me out: @jetlagthegame.bsky.social *cooperative* game where they do Odysseus' journey in less than 12 years.
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Ryan @justaconspiracy.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Finally started working on the Sazabi clear and *damn* does the clear armor look slick.
A partially built Gunpla model with translucent red armor which looks sick as hell
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Supergiant Games @supergiantgames.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
On this day 15 years ago, we launched our first game, Bastion. To everyone who helped the Kid survive the Calamity, thank you!!🙏 You're the reason we've been able to carry on as an independent studio ever since.
Proper story's supposed to start at the beginning. Ain't so simple with this one.
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Mike the Mad Biologist and Trump's Press Corps Approver @mikethemadbiol.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
When people wonder why food safety investigations try to keep information private until the investigation is complete, this is one reason why. Taco Bell did the right thing but it's being penalized for *what its supplier did*. That's not a good incentive to cooperate when future outbreaks occur.
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adrienne ✨ Truth Scrapper @insertdisc5.com · 15/07/2026
RGHHAUAGRGHRHRGRHEEHGREHRHGEREGHHEHGAHAHR yay kotaku article 😀
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
In 60 days or so, we’ll face an election we can’t successfully win without a landslide. Any low-percentage win and they’ll do what we know they already know exactly how to do, and more. We’ve all seen it happen. So we need that landslide victory. We all must vote.
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Glenn Fleishman @glennf.com · 13/07/2026
This is unnecessary. It reinforces the idea that intolerance is just another acceptable form of politics.
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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
QoL feature request for video platforms out there: Multi-track audio streams, so that I can personally choose how loud gameplay and streamer voices are.
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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
You can tell which kids were raised in museums and which in mudpits when you see them operate as adults. By this, I mean some folks were raised to believe you only ever touched anything if you knew exactly how you were meant to interact with it, and others that it was okay so long as nothing broke.
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Ryan @justaconspiracy.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Oh no I'm deep into Pokemon Sleep again.
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Jeff Peterson (speedrunner arc) @bdjeffyp.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
GG to GDQ
Sign that says:

Games Done Quick
Function Space
Private Area
No Trespassing
YOU DO NOT HAVE CONSENT TO ENTER FOR CIVIL IMMIGRATION
ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES
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Ryan @justaconspiracy.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Just thinking back to when the Hellmouth Sunbeams were the longest reigning Internet League Blaseball champions. 57,78
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Ryan @justaconspiracy.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
ACAB includes Green Lantern
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Ryan @justaconspiracy.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
I got a single VP and played Kingmaker. So. Twilights have been Imperiumed.
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Ryan @justaconspiracy.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
It is hour 8 of this Twilight Imperium game. I have been out of winning contention since turn 2.
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Ryan @justaconspiracy.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
youtu.be/fTH-CylOvcc?...
static.klipy.com
We Have To Go Back
ALT: We Have To Go Back
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Ryan @justaconspiracy.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Just saying it now: Cast @rejectedjokes.bsky.social as Foxy for One Piece Live Action.
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Ryan @justaconspiracy.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
One Piece. That's the skeet.
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Tess Snider @malkyne.com · 25/06/2026
If there's one thing I've learned over the years, it's never sell your game studio, if you still care about it.
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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Saying one of the most prolific live service titles “fell short of expectations” in a massive layoff announcement is a slap in the face to every dev and every player who knows how much Destiny meant in an industry where longevity is rare. Whose expectations did it fail? The investors? The execs?
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LoadingReadyRun @loadingreadyrun.com · 24/06/2026
Congrats to the now-unionized Arena employees!
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Gabe Graziani @gabegraziani.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
In my experience, when leadership says these things, they tend not to appreciate, "yeah? Why don't we find out what our audience wants then?" Because *they* don't want it. It's just what they think and it's not actually based on any research or testing. You can find out what players want!
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