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terra @terraaaaaa.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

[over 12 years in software development] looking for work

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Mariana Colín @themorbidzoo.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Finally organized my Spiderman thoughts, with some added thoughts about violence and its relationship to political impotence. youtu.be/sVKOTf6ZbEU?...

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The Banal Violence of Brand New Day

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madsmatic.bsky.social @madsmatic.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

With no music yet, no lore to speak of, and no animations, it seems pretty clear that our selling point will be the 'curb appeal' of these designs. Here's hoping and praying that it's enough.

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madsmatic.bsky.social @madsmatic.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

It's been little over a year. It's fun to see how much I've had to get away from the initial idea, and how much I doggedly stuck to the inherent nature of the trash I wanted to make

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madsmatic.bsky.social @madsmatic.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Been busy working on a joint project with my brothers, a Survivorslike we hope to have a demo for in about a month! Expect some stuff about that going up as I gauge interest, see what kind of response it'll have from a limited public.

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madsmatic.bsky.social @madsmatic.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Suicide Squad (2016) was the only movie I've ever considered just walking out of, and I grew up with Philippine cinema. The only thing that kept me in my seat was that I was my brother's ride, and it didn't feel fair to let him suffer alone

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Part VIII: Thomas Takes Manhattan @stolisomancer.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I've spent much of today on my own entry in this week's hot new viral trend, the "long-time game industry journalist/analyst wants to know what in the inconsolable, wind-swept fuck we're even doing anymore" essay. Take a look:

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Zombies. The undead. You know, ghouls. @edgarallanbro.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Hey, let's talk about money and @skyboxcritics.com again. Last month, we hit $250 a month! Yay! This month, we're below that again. I'm not shaming anyone; times are hard. But the reality is Skybox operates at a loss that I make up personally, and that's becoming more and more unsustainable. 1/X

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The Grinch . @hanjuri.love · 01/07/2026

so many beautiful anime girls are named “skeb”

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Part VIII: Thomas Takes Manhattan @stolisomancer.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

It'd be interesting if this were to end the HD era. We've been talking in some corners of this space for a hot minute about how graphics have plateaued, but now's a good time for mainstream lo-fi: games with stylized visuals that could run on a toaster. Because that's what your audience can afford.

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 01/05/2026

The State of the Art: Celebrating one year of Skybox and reflecting on the business by @edgarallanbro.bsky.social Skybox launched one year ago today. Here are some words from our Editor-in-Chief about the state of the site, the space, and what's next. Thanks for the support so far, and read on:

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The State of the Art: Celebrating one year of Skybox and reflecting on the business

Skybox has been around for a year! Here's a word from our EiC on how things have gone and what's next.

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geekwire.com @geekwire.com · 26/04/2026

An AI hater’s guide to keeping LLMs as far from your workflow as possible in 2026 www.geekwire.com/2026/an-ai-haters-…

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Del-Raiser Cenobite @shrecknet.com · 15/04/2026

Desktop computers that you can still enforce your will on as to what they do and what they are not allowed to do are the only computers that should exist. The black-boxing of computers into unrepairable, un-upgradeable toys like iPads/Chromebooks has harmed our ability to problem-solve for ourselves

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Cinema Strikes Back @cinemastrikesback.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

There’s only one elegant solution to this problem of increasingly stupid audiences, and that’s to mandate that every film ends with a closing rap song that lays out all the moral lessons of the movie. There will be a government office that reviews the songs for aural and pedagogical value.

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

The real theme of the modern age is "Nobody Wants This". AI, ICE in airports, ICE in general, the Iran War, data centers sending actual cities wiht people into blackouts -- "nobody" wants this. And yet here we are.

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 16/03/2026

I was asked to give my thoughts on generative AI usage in games - here they are!

From the article:
"I think that until the bubble bursts, AI will be used by quite a few game companies, and perhaps even beyond the bubble," says Brandon Sheffield of Necrosoft Games, which released the RPG Demonschool last year. "Look, I am not a fool – I understand that AI has some uses. Primary among those being the devaluing of work, the cheapening of labour, the laying off of creatives, and the generation of busywork for humans to fix whatever AI generates."

"It's also useful for burning through water, raising the prices of RAM and chipsets globally, and poisoning anyone near the data centres that run them. So there are a lot of use cases for AI. From spurring on the death of the creative endeavour to dissolving our economy, AI is absolutely gangbusters at what it does. We don't use it in our studio though."

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Brian Barnett | Ribnax @brianbarnett.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Please support @skyboxcritics.com @edgarallanbro.bsky.social @hokutolucas.bsky.social @kriscornelisse.bsky.social and I work SO MANY unpaid hours to make everything Skybox work All because we believe Skybox is what the industry needs Please help us by subscribing on patreon.com/skyboxcritics 💟

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Zombies. The undead. You know, ghouls. @edgarallanbro.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Hey, let's talk about money and @skyboxcritics.com, because unless you're one of the big indie outlets, money's hard: Right now, Skybox makes about $180 a month from our Patreon. That's it. That's not a lot! In fact, it doesn't cover our operating costs! Skybox has never made a profit. Ever. 🧵

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 12/03/2026

Beyond the Skybox episode 5 is available on demand! Patreon, Apple, Spotify! We talk about remakes and run the full discourse gamut! What we think is good or not good about remakes, what's the difference between remakes and remasters, so on, so forth! Check it out: www.patreon.com/posts/video-...

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Video Game Remakes OR "Tomb Jumper" | Skybox

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Part VIII: Thomas Takes Manhattan @stolisomancer.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I've been meaning to print this out and post it above my writing desk. From Stephen King's DANSE MACABRE: creative talent is a knife. (It's a very Stephen King sort of analogy, and this is from deep within his cocaine years. Even so, this thought has never left me in 30 years.)

"Talent is a dull knife that will cut nothing unless it is wielded with great force... Discipline and constant work are the whetstones upon which the dull knife of talent is honed until it becomes sharp enough to cut through even the toughest meat and gristle."

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Kim Sokol (Open for Commissions/Freelance!) @kimsokol.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

being an artist is just decades of going "ugh I wish I knew how to draw" over and over again until you die

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Bonus panel here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/learn-2 #smbc

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John Allison @badmachinery.com · 23/02/2026

A news post from Sunday; can you assist with some word of mouth audience building assistance?

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Del-Raiser Cenobite @shrecknet.com · 17/02/2026

It is my personal mission to make people put the respect on UNDERWATER's name that it deserves. This should've been a #horror megahit, I deep-dive (heh) into why. @jonathanhatfull.bsky.social @rebecca.ruins.party @emericanjezebel.bsky.social @destinyislands.bsky.social @drspookyer.bsky.social

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Underwater (2020)

The Best Thing You've Never Seen

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madsmatic.bsky.social @madsmatic.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Dagul Opalok Level 3 Goliath Barbarian

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madsmatic.bsky.social @madsmatic.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Goldfinger (don't ask for the lady's name)

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madsmatic.bsky.social @madsmatic.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Gonna try to do something new this year. Gonna combine something I would be doing anyway-- watching movies and reviewing 'em-- with something I'd really like to be doing more of on the regular-- drawing. So first up, here's something about Death of A Unicorn (2025)

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SaraAAAGHH A GHOST!!! Ford 🐍🎨👻 @angeloslh.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Surely, however, to the extent that many laws prohibit the creation and proliferation of CSAM and revenge porn, someone is responsible for Twitter's embedded chatbot having spent much of the past week visibly and flagrantly breaking those laws. Yes? If a cineplex spends a week showing CSAM in one of its theaters, a posted apology purportedly in the voice of the screen seems unlikely to get that cineplex's owners and operators off the hook, legally speaking. If the owner of a roadside billboard lets strangers use the thing, and one of them tacks a huge sexualized image of a child—or an unconsenting celebrity, or an ex-girlfriend he's mad at for dumping him—on there, no one would accept a legal consequence which stopped at the assurance that the billboard's fucking support stanchions sincerely feel real bad about it.

So. Who's standing trial for this one? Who's going to jail?

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*•°✩☻ グレース ☻✩°•* @pikachudubstep.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

💥⋆✶Iono✶⋆💥

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 29/12/2025

Hi, new folks! We're Skybox, an independent, worker-owned site that writes about games and TV and film. If you like what we do, please consider following and supporting our writers and editors, who are in this lovely little starter pack.

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Part VIII: Thomas Takes Manhattan @stolisomancer.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Announcement: #indiegames fans may remember I used to have a column on @hard-drive.net where I covered a new game each week. The site's new owners have effectively canceled that column. Hence, I'm launching it as a newsletter in 2026. Look forward to that, and if you're up for it, get the word out.

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 03/12/2025

If you haven't joined us on Patreon.com/SkyboxCritics yet, I STILL have good news for you! You can listen to the first few episodes of our Patreon-exclusive video game book club & deep dive podcast, Skydive, right now From now on, you can catch EVERY 3-month-old Skydive this way ❤️

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Zombies. The undead. You know, ghouls. @edgarallanbro.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

If even around 10% of the people who followed us kicked in just $1 a month, Skybox wouldn't really have to worry about money anymore. If you'd like us to survive, we need your help.

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

I'd rather die, thanks

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John Allison @badmachinery.com · 19/11/2025

I did an interview with @davidhallerwrites.bsky.social that you may enjoy; I talk about a few things I don't think I have talked about before. Plus, enjoy a huge picture of my fast-collapsing middle-aged face which I do not even hide with a beard. www.davidhallerwrites.com/post/freeze-...

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Freeze Frame: John Allison on the Realities of Living the Dream

Credits: John AllisonJohn Allison has forged his own unique path from novice freelancer to Eisner Award winner through a career defined by perseverance and experimentation. Within this article, he dis...

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 18/11/2025

The Skybox Podcast 16 is out on demand! We talk about Ball x Pit, Sonic the Hedgehog X DC Comics, Lumines Arise, Descent of Lunaris, and the weird, changing landscape of console exclusives. And other stuff, too. Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/ep-16-... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1tLV...

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 13/11/2025

Into the Skybox returns with @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social in a chat with @brianbarnett.bsky.social about her recent article on Yakuza Kiwami 3. Subscribe to our Patreon if you haven't already and check it out! www.patreon.com/posts/into-s...

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Into the Skybox - Hamazaki Has To Goh (with Ashley Schofield) | Skybox

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