iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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A follow and a subscribe to @dbspringboard.bsky.social would be much appreciated. It's a side of independent media that covers gaming as well as tech and mental health. I've got an aim to hit 500 subscribers by the end of the year - and I'm very close. darylbaxter.com/springboard/...

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A space for Games, Tech, and Mental Health

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Mince Dinner @scw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The BBC hiring Predator seems a little on the nose

A post about the Scotland vs Slovenia game where a heat map has been used

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Kieran McClung @kieranmcclung.co.uk · 26/09/2026

Good! They’re one of the most predatory engagement tactics, even for adults. Once you realise nothing bad happens if you lose a log in, or win streak, it’s very freeing

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Pirate Software @piratesoftware.live · 21/09/2026

The 3rd P.I.G.S. is now open for submissions! Can't wait to see all your wild weird indie games.

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Chris Brandrick @brandrick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

you should subscribe to my newsletter. i just sent my 500th weekly issue, ~which is an eternity in internet years~ so it must be half decent ⤵️

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Kieran McClung @kieranmcclung.co.uk · 24/09/2026

Sorry, I’ve been busy today, but can anyone let me know if there’s anywhere I can buy a box of video game branded tat, preferably without the game included? Thanks in advance

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Kieran McClung @kieranmcclung.co.uk · 24/09/2026

Just enough time to slap an advert into the toast!

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Kieran McClung @kieranmcclung.co.uk · 22/09/2026

A lot to unpack in the recent Xbox news, but the fact they’re resorting their flagship franchise studio to tech support, and pushing the franchise itself out from under Xbox, is wild.

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Springboard @dbspringboard.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

How 'The Making of Tomb Raider: 1997-2000' and Book 1 Began: www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_YO... In this one-take video, I explain how the upcoming book came to be, along with the amazing front cover that was created by @innavjuzhanina.bsky.social.

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How 'The Making of Tomb Raider: 1997-2000' and Book 1 Began

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Happy Silent Hill Townfall day to all who celebrate

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Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT RTs HUGELY APPRECIATED 🏌🏌🏼‍♂️🏌🏌️‍♀️⛳🛺 This is *Really Illegal Golf* It's essentially Metal Gear Golf with Friends. Really. - Multiplayer stealth golf - Dodge security, stay alive, and sink that putt - Free multiplayer demo available right now store.steampowered.com/app/4115520/...

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Devolver Digital @devolverdigital.com · 20/09/2026

Announcing Risen Ballbylon! A massive paid expansion coming to the hit brick-breaking, ball-fusing, survival roguelite BALL x PIT on November 12! 💥 4 new dynamic battlefields 🧙‍♀️ 8 new gameplay-transforming heroes 🖲️ 24 new new balls to fling and fuse 🏛️ 20 new buildings to expand your village

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Kieran McClung @kieranmcclung.co.uk · 17/09/2026

Finished my last big training run for the Lincoln Half Marathon. I’m saving the 21.1km for the big day. Legs are killing and I can’t wait to get my evenings back, so if you could share this link, it’d make my day! And more importantly, raise money for SpecialEffect www.justgiving.com/page/kieran-...

Strava run. 20.70km in 2 hours 14 minutes paced at 6:29/km

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Springboard @dbspringboard.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

6PM tomorrow, I talk all about how 'The Making of Tomb Raider: 1997-2000' began, as well as Book 1. You can set a reminder below. www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_YO...

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How 'The Making of Tomb Raider: 1997-2000' and Book 1 Began

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Kieran McClung @kieranmcclung.co.uk · 18/09/2026

We need to modernise the tooth fairy. Having to head down Co-op at 8 at night to get some money isn’t sustainable

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Joe Dillon @joffocakes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

when you have to prove to your manager that you're too injured to use a keyboard

Yakuza Zero's collectable card "Luka Kanae Type C"

Same card, zoomed in. Also maybe this joke only works with a Scottish accent. Or Geordie.

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Kieran McClung @kieranmcclung.co.uk · 17/09/2026

Resident Evil sitting at 97% on Rotten Tomatoes, is it? That shit is gonna slap, I can’t wait. 90-minute runtime, too *chefs kiss*

Screenshot of Resident Evil on Rotten Tomatoes. 97% with 89 reviews

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Kieran McClung @kieranmcclung.co.uk · 16/09/2026

Well this is my kinda shit. Cosy af little puzzle game called Woodo. Playing on Nintendo Switch 2, but it’s out on a bunch of platforms

Twee wooden house surrounded by animals and greenery. It’s incredibly colourful

A wooden fox surrounded by floating items such as a computer screen, a backpack, emojis and a phone

A cartoon-aesthetic wooden model of a kitchen with food and plants surrounding it

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Kieran McClung @kieranmcclung.co.uk · 14/09/2026

“I’m not taking a side”, he says, while taking a side.

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Kieran McClung @kieranmcclung.co.uk · 13/09/2026

Nukes Tornadoes Dying Mannequins

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Springboard @dbspringboard.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Project Dream, Rare's Banjo-Kazooie precursor, has leaked, and it’s a big win for game preservation. darylbaxter.com/posts/projec...

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I played Project Dream, Rare's leaked Banjo precursor

Another win for game preservation

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Kieran McClung @kieranmcclung.co.uk · 11/09/2026

Ill-thought-out rambling blog posts are back on the menu, boys! blog.kieranmcclung.co.uk/video-games/...

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Hold my piss-filled pint glass | Kieran McClung

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Kieran McClung @kieranmcclung.co.uk · 11/09/2026

Ill-thought-out rambling blog posts are back on the menu, boys! blog.kieranmcclung.co.uk/video-games/...

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Hold my piss-filled pint glass | Kieran McClung

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Kieran McClung @kieranmcclung.co.uk · 10/09/2026

There should be an episode of Black Mirror where all the scalpers get a virus and die except it’s not an episode of Black Mirror and it’s actually real life

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Jeff Gerstmann @jeffgerstmann.com · 10/09/2026

Sony saw "phys-" and didn't bother to read the rest of the word, they just knew they needed out ASAP.

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Kieran McClung @kieranmcclung.co.uk · 09/09/2026

Oh and that iPhone fold thing looks silly

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Kieran McClung @kieranmcclung.co.uk · 09/09/2026

Good Nintendo Direct, that! Biggest revelation is that it’s Meh-cha Chameleon and not Meck-a Chameleon. I’ve been a fool

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Kieran McClung @kieranmcclung.co.uk · 08/09/2026

My favourite thing about the Zelda direct is when he reeled off all the changes they’ve made to the original and finished with “we’ve left the loading screens in to make it feel authentic”

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Mike X. Nichols @mikexnichols.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Thinking about this exchange today

A YouTube video for the Water Temple in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The comments section has an exchange as detailed below. “@TheMrdangles16 • 11y ago:
i hate the water temple... too confusing :(“ “@KeithHalsell • 2y ago:
it's been 9 years, i hope you are doing great in life now.” “@TheMrdangles16 • 2y ago: it couldn't be going worse Keith.”

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Kieran McClung @kieranmcclung.co.uk · 06/09/2026

Nazi chic is so in right now

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Joe Dillon @joffocakes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

met the granddad who ate paint before he was famous

barbie baby called Skipper who has a stain round their lips. Is also suspended in midair, possibly through telekinesis.

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

GOOD NEWS, TERRANOIDS. Brillo comedy adventure Earth Must Die is coming to your PS5 and Switches on September 9th! Chock full of amazing British comedy voice talent including Joel Fry, Martha Howe-Douglas, Tamsin Grieg, @alexhorne.bsky.social, @misterabk.bsky.social and LOADS more.

Earth Must Die capsule with PS5 / Switch written on it. A blue alien man is fucking lording it over a tiny planet Earth while his milk-stuffed robot companion looks on, shocked.

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Daley @daleywow.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

GOOD LORD LMAO hire me

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Kieran McClung @kieranmcclung.co.uk · 04/09/2026

The new ̶F̶i̶g̶h̶t̶s̶t̶a̶r̶ President album slaps

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Kieran McClung @kieranmcclung.co.uk · 01/09/2026

I can tell that this motherfucker is gonna backstab me in Elder Scrolls 6

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Joe Dillon @joffocakes.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

it's ma turn to be the guy who takes photos of mince pies with best before dates earlier than christmas to send into the paper

Best Before date of 29th September 2026.

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jcafarley @jcafarley.tcgs.co · 31/08/2026

PlayStation just announcing live TV after having watched the Xbox One reveal.

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Kieran McClung @kieranmcclung.co.uk · 31/08/2026

One distinct memory is going to the newsagents where they kept all their videos at the back. My mum asked me and my brother if we wanted to get Mars Attacks! We were too young at the time and got sacred and told her to keep quiet otherwise we’d go to prison

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Springboard @dbspringboard.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Aliens: The Video Games, by @mikediver.bsky.social, is out now. I spoke to Mike back in April all about the book - from how it came to be, the fantastic front cover designed by @sammgreer.bsky.social, to what he'd love to include for an expanded edition. darylbaxter.com/posts/aliens...

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Interview: Mike Diver, author of Aliens: The Video Games Unofficial Guide

In space, no one can see you read

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