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Anna 🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Are you a cis man feeling disgusted at the news? Good. Use that. Talk to your fellow men about what you're going to do to make our industry and our world safer. And then actually do it. You may lose friends or opportunities, but a better and safer industry and world starts with you.

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Cody Owen @lordrilayen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Um. No, google. Gemini cannot help me speak fish. It cannot help with anything because it’s worthless, but it CERTAINLY can’t translate from English into Piscine because that’s not real.

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Cody Owen @lordrilayen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I don’t know what it says that the correct writing OST for #Steam-Dancer as we approach the end is increasingly NieR but there it is. #writesky #booksky #authorsky youtu.be/wgwDwu7uxF8?...

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Song of the Ancients - Atonement (NieR:Automata Original Soundtrack)【Audio】

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Cody Owen @lordrilayen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

For people in the back: 📢 Friction is good. 📢

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Cody Owen @lordrilayen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

At long last, another playlist complete for a game I finished months ago. Metaphor: Re:Fantazio - Complete www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #longplay #nocommentary #metaphorrefantazio #atlus

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Metaphor: Re:Fantazio - Complete - YouTube

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Cody Owen @lordrilayen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

That’s me, moments after someone says “AI is inevitable.”

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Cody Owen @lordrilayen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I want this exact problem to show up explicitly in the writing of a game one day. Actual plot point. Fully acknowledged. 100% intentional.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

82% of the way there and taking my car in for repairs tomorrow at 7am before work. 😮‍💨 Oh the joys! Any reposts to help me try and make this bill a little less horrendous would be so, so appreciated ♥️♥️♥️

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Cody Owen @lordrilayen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Well, there’s one character whose entire arc in #Steam-Dancer I described recently as being, “[they] really just want a hug and the universe says no hug for you.” But I can’t tell you who that is 😂 Lachlan, Valkhasio, and Rilayen would definitely all benefit from one, though

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Cody Owen @lordrilayen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

#WriterSky #BookSky #Steam-Dancer: A #steampunk #epicfantasy about a telekinetic circus troupe, an anti-mage bounty hunter, a city unable to keep up with the pace of modernity, and the consequences of ethical compromise. It is about the saving power of creating art.

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Cody Owen @lordrilayen.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I was today years old when I learned a google doc has a character limit. Apropos of nothing #Steam-Dancer is nearing completion. #WriterSky #BookSky #Steampunk #EpicFantasy

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Cody Owen @lordrilayen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I was today years old when I learned there’s a might hexagonal storm on Saturn’s North Pole

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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

'Mark Cerny and Geoff Keighley are spending time and big money to launch a fellowship program for game design graduates.' offering 20 six-figure grants to young game designers each year, potentially for decades to come www.gamefile.news/p/nova-games...

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Cody Owen @lordrilayen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

So I’m pleased to inform everyone that Nintendo has found the final graphics upgrade shard hidden in the world, so that bit of the map completion is checked off and finished and we’re done with graphics now.

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Alex Nicholson @allpunandgames.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

This bellicose, corrupt regime is a national embarrassment and an international danger. We could not hope for a more steadfast and welcoming ally and neighbor than Canada. 🇨🇦 I love Canada 🍁

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Cody Owen @lordrilayen.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

This thread is why I keep watching reveal shows and states of direct and opening play showcases and coming out the other side just a little bit…*shrug* without quite having anything I obviously disliked.

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Thibaut Claudel @republ33k.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

People have become a bit too comfortable criticising stuff they know absolutely nothing about, so if you want to improve your game dev knowledge, start here! By @alanahpearce.bsky.social.

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Reacting to your Assumptions About Game Development...

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Cody Owen @lordrilayen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

When #Steam-Dancer is finished, let me be the first to assure you, I have no problem whatsoever just dropping lore, character, backstory, foreshadowing, theme, etc like a landmine and walking away. Curiosity about what’s going on behind the plot is half the story.

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jonny @misterbloat.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

It’s about time we had a reckoning with the need so many writers feel to over-explain everything aspect of their stories, even in non Weird genres. Readers don’t need to be babied. Let us figure things out. Leave room for interpretation. Over-explanation makes writing worse.

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Travis Bickerstaff @bickpixx.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

If you love the Final Fantasy series, you can thank Nasir Gebelli. He's an Iranian-American programmer who programmed the first three Final Fantasy games, along with Secret of Mana.

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Cody Owen @lordrilayen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

September #Promosky. I talk games, books, (WIP #Steam-Dancer), and game dev, and do #NoCommentary #longplays on YouTube. Expect lots of #FFXIV, design rambling, attempts to follow sequential book hype trends, and periodic updates on the dozen+ playlists I’ve got spinning at any one time.

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Cody Owen @lordrilayen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

As of Part 690, we’ve acquired a full set of Lucis tools. Now all that’s left is the final stages of my Curtana, and then it’s a straight shot to Heavensward. #FFXIV #longplay #nocommentary Final Fantasy XIV: The Longest Playthrough of All Time - In Progress www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Final Fantasy XIV: The Longest Playthrough of All Time - In Progress - YouTube

Long play of Final Fantasy XIV. We will, eventually, do all of it. But it will take an exceptionally long time. This is the secondary, endless playlist that ...

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Cody Owen @lordrilayen.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Idk if this happens to other writers, but it’s shocking how often I finish my chapters by accident. I’m just plugging along do de do writes a line do de do go to write the next line and my brain says, no wait stop. Right there. Fin. And that’s it. The perfect last line. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

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King Chrono @chronogam3r.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I just wanna play Final Fantasy 14 all day long and nothing else 😂

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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Xbox Disc to Digital will offer benefits of digital including Xbox Play Anywhere and Xbox Cloud Gaming where supported

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Cody Owen @lordrilayen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I see book followers, so a quick #WIP #promosky. #Steam-Dancer: Mistborn + The Blade Itself + Bloodborne + Final Fantasy, in a Tolkien-sized world during the Industrial Revolution, where the MCs are Geralt and (telekinetic) Cirque-du-Soleil. Currently ~240k, and near the end of the first draft!

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Cody Owen @lordrilayen.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

You guys there are SO many fish in Final Fantasy XIV

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Cody Owen @lordrilayen.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

You guys there are So many fish in Final Fantasy XIV

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Cody Owen @lordrilayen.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

You guys there are so many fish in Final Fantasy XIV

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Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The difference in utility between the use of ML to tackle big data problems that would otherwise be intractable & the use of LLMs to produce pointless slop is so large they cannot both be usefully described as “AI“. The first is making real progress, the second is dragging us towards the abyss.

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robbie does art @robbiedoesart.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

thinking of you, wherever you are rest in peace, Hayden Panettiere ❤️

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🦇Sorawolfkiba🎃👑 @sorawolfkiba.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Rest in Peace Hayden Panettiere.. such a talented, legendary person gone so soon.. 🕊😔 My Heart goes out to her loved ones.. 🩷

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HAUNTonic 👻 @huntonic.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Rest in peace, Hayden ❤️

Thinking of you, wherever you are.
We pray for our sorrows to end, and hope that our hearts will blend.
Now I will step forward to realize this wish.
And who knows:
starting a new journey may not be so hard,
or maybe it has already begun.
There are many worlds, but they share the same sky —
one sky, one destiny."
— Kairi

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RPGFan @rpgfan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Actress Hayden Panettiere has passed away at 36. Starting acting at a young age, her talent quickly landed major roles in hit movies, TV shoes, and a couple well-known video game roles with Until Dawn and as the original voice for Kairi in Kingdom Hearts. RIP.

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🎃Cookie 🎮 Ace Attorney @arcanalegacy.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

THE LITTLE MICKEY SYMBOL ON SORA'S PHONE 😭😭😭😭😭💙💙💙

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Cody Owen @lordrilayen.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

The one’s a little more current and alive, though still getting devoured by FFXIV. Everything gets devoured by FFXIV. I must reach Evercold within the decade. Full thoughts, so far, below! Starfield - In Progress www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #longplay #nocommentary

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Starfield - In Progress - YouTube

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Cody Owen @lordrilayen.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I’m very excited to get back to this one. I started it on a whim during a FFXIV maintenance, and it’s just gorgeous. Onto the backlog for now, but I’m absolutely sold. Unicorn Overlord - In Progress www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #longplay #nocommentary

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Unicorn Overlord - In Progress - YouTube

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Cody Owen @lordrilayen.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Another one, onto the backlog. We’ll actually finish eventually, but today is not that day. Never know when it might be tomorrow, though. Hollow Knight: Voidheart Edition - In Progress www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #longplay #nocommentary

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Hollow Knight: Voidheart Edition - In Progress - YouTube

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Cody Owen @lordrilayen.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Day[9] is not talking about AI in this video, and I don’t want to put words in his mouth. But incidentally, I think this is still an excellent explanation of the disservice you do yourself if, in the course of doing a thing, you think, “I’ll just ask an LLM.” youtu.be/4loqrhRt-vI?...

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How To Improve at Video Games | Day9

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Cody Owen @lordrilayen.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

And that’s Arknights: Endfield caught up. Lots of very poor industrial engineering on my part. Arknights: Endfield - Endless www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #longplay #nocommentary

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Arknights: Endfield - Endless - YouTube

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