Matt @matt.blobfish.zone · 11/08/2026City building two ways: Urban Sprawl with NBSP's snappy 3 player rules variant and Green City. I got steamrolled in both but still enjoyed the plays. Green City would be interesting at higher player counts - it felt a little skinny at 3. 000
Matt @matt.blobfish.zone · 11/08/2026Dominant Species with 6 is still excellent. It always helps to have squishy animals instead of cones... Looking forward to what @allplay.bsky.social does with the new edition and enjoying some fresh @heavycardboard.bsky.social DS content! 030
Reposted by MattAftermath @aftermath.site · 29/07/2026All the video game studios that refuse to use generative AI aftermath.site/video-games-no... 6256002447
Matt @matt.blobfish.zone · 23/07/2026We finally got our hands on our copy of Coast Watchers! Very nice to have tools included to eliminate the memory requirement in deduction. The allied player can refer to a mission tree and the Japanese can use notational chits to track sightings. 010
Matt @matt.blobfish.zone · 14/07/2026SDHistConNorth was a great time! The only thing better than the games were the kind and welcoming people at the table. My wife and I had a great time. Thanks to all the folks teaching games and the @sdhistcon.bsky.social staff making sure things were running smoothly! 0102
Matt @matt.blobfish.zone · 12/07/2026This was a blast! And a fascinating historical subject to boot. We can't wait for our copy to show up. 010
Reposted by MattThe Frozen Gamer❄️ @thefrozengamer.bsky.social · 11/07/2026At SD HistCon North in St Paul!!! Started out with a bang playing Microverse. Ran real quick to get some fancy coffee between my scheduled games. Can’t wait to finish off the day with a couple more games I’m super excited about. @sdhistcon.bsky.social 0142
Reposted by MattJan Ochoa @janochoa.bsky.social · 20/06/2026You ever wanna share thin slices of a single bean with the homies? 71106
Reposted by MattCivil Eats @civileats.com · 24/05/2026During the immigration raids in Minneapolis, Robert Rice (White Earth Ojibwe), the owner of Pow Wow Grounds, gave away thousands of pieces of hot fry bread to protestors and activists, keeping demonstrators warm and fed at a time of upheaval.civileats.comHow Fry Bread Fed Minneapolis During the ICE RaidsAt a Twin Cities coffee shop, the Native American community nourished protestors with an Indigenous symbol of resilience. 181776427
Reposted by MattGretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Capitalism lives in the eternal "now". It doesn't want you to know about history, it doesn't want you to know art has existed for tens of thousands of years, it wants you slavering for whatever's coming NEXT, whatever's HOT and NEW, and ignoring everything else. You do not have to do this. 101695550
Reposted by Mattascalaphid @ascalaphid.com · 08/05/2026Brother Alonzo you rascal get DOWN from there (commission) 81398431
Reposted by Matte.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 07/05/2026wandering the Sonora desert in a carefree fashion like 194116332196
Reposted by MattOverClocked ReMix (We ♥ game music!) 🎮🎵 @ocremix.org · 07/05/2026Excited for the Star Fox remake announcement??? We've got juuuuuuuuuust the album for you! (PASS IT ON, plz!) bsky.app/profile/ocre... 6314156
Reposted by MattAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 04/05/2026AI is "just a tool" but also "every child on the planet must be forced to learn to prompt (train) the machines and edit its output and that is the future of education" do not make sense. If it is "just a tool," we do not have to repurpose the entire architecture, goals, of education. 12300130
Reposted by MattGlenda Adams @gmatom.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Took about a year, but I finished my cross-stitch tribute to the class Amiga Deluxe Paint King Tut. It’s 180x200 stitches, about 34,000 non-black tiny thread X’s 🙂 #NerdStitch 17715190
Reposted by MattCyan Worlds @cyan.com · 27/04/2026Announcing The Starless Expanse Bundle, which pairs the critically acclaimed titles Riven & Outer Wilds - two games featuring puzzling worlds that will linger long after the credits roll. store.steampowered.com/bundle/72377… 211033
Reposted by Matt🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 27/04/2026it's funny because I'm always like "Actually this shit sucks so fucking bad" and all the vibecode bros are like you should try using it, and like... I try all the time man, I'm better than you at trying, they're just awful and you're not good enough to know. 922627
Reposted by MattBill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 25/04/2026It’s Independent Bookstore Day today! Please visit your favorite indie store and enjoy the book-filled, book-loving vibes. But if you can’t do that, consider getting something you’ve wanted to read at Bookshop.org. They support indie shops. Everyone wins! It’s cool when that can happen.bookshop.orgBookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores. 7412198
Reposted by MattWehrlegig Games @wehrlegig.games · 21/04/2026Molly House was nominated for three Golden Geek Awards! Voting is now officially open, so head on over to BGG if you want to share in the Molly House joy! boardgamegeek.com/thread/36965... @colewehrle.bsky.social @miasmacorp.bsky.social 18718
Reposted by MattGlendon Mellow @flyingtrilobite.com · 13/04/2026The SciArt Feed here on Bluesky is gated so I can keep Gen AI out. If someone posts AI, I boot them and it disappears. I think it’s happened twice in 2.5 years. A worry-free feed. Pin & Like here: bsky.app/profile/did:... 533597
Reposted by Mattcaffeine anxiety ego death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 06/04/2026I don't think I could make a joke better than this 114138755246
Reposted by MattChris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 04/04/2026I sure hope they don't run out of compute or it never gets more expensive than it is right now for some reason. 1582
Reposted by MattBooDooPerson @boodoo.co · 04/04/2026well it depends who you ask because I would say there is no magic and the reason it works at all is they have infinite compute cycles and they do everything two or twenty-four times over and in any other context that would be considered malpractice. But you obviously feel differently. 1602
Reposted by MattHeavy Cardboard @heavycardboard.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Let's get political (gaming) shall we? Join us tonight at 1915 EDT for Chicago '68 where the Yippies and MOBE face off vs the Establishment! Hope to see y'all tonight! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgVS... @thedietzfoundation.bsky.socialyoutube.comChicago '68- 4p Teaching, Play-through, & Roundtable Discussion by Heavy CardboardYouTube video by Heavy Cardboard 0142
Reposted by MattElbi @elbi.bsky.social · 29/03/2026@attie.ai, for those who wanna press the funny buttons too 9040553055
Reposted by MattEmanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 26/03/2026after much deliberation and giving AI the benefit of the doubt, Wikipedia editors have had enough of AI slop. New policy bans LLM generated content, periodt www.404media.co/wikipedia-ba...404media.coWikipedia Bans AI-Generated Content“In recent months, more and more administrative reports centered on LLM-related issues, and editors were being overwhelmed.” 10982832298
Reposted by MattBizzario @rbizzario.bsky.social · 21/03/2026From Emily Tucker “I’m saying you should resist because of the risk. The risk is what helps you remember… …that there is something that learning is for, that thinking is for, that work is for, and that you are for, the discovery of which belongs to you. 1228
Reposted by MattRory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 16/03/2026The Amazing World of Tomorrow 48109262707
Reposted by MattDr. Gabagool and the Salami of Secrets @jimpjorps.bsky.social · 05/03/2026this is what it feels like to post on bluesky 7450681371
Reposted by MattVideo Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · 03/03/2026BREAKING: We've freed Cookie. Following an investigation by VGHF, Ukie and Web Capio have suspended DMCA takedowns for Cookie's Bustle on behalf of Graceware, SL. More info:gamehistory.orgWe've freed Cookie's Bustle from copyright hell. Here's how. | Video Game History FoundationWe've stopped a persistent copyright troll who was trying to impede our work. Here's everything we learned—and how we beat them. 8163793174
Reposted by MattChris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Leon would drive a 2004 Subaru Baja with 30 bumper stickers on it bsky.app/profile/carm... 71418
Reposted by MattJohn Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Hey everyone, the legendary M2 has arrived here on Bsky - show them some love and follow! みなさん、あの伝説のM2がついにBlueskyに登場しました！ぜひフォローして応援しましょう！！ @mtwo-game.bsky.social 1633189
Reposted by MattStuart Ellis-Gorman @drcrossbows.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Took a break over the (Lunar) New Year holidays, but I'm back with some reviews of games I played earlier this year. First up is People Power from @gmtgames.bsky.social - a great entry point for COIN, but probably not going to make my top 5 COIN games: www.stuartellisgorman.com/blog/people-...stuartellisgorman.comPeople Power by Kenneth Tee — Stuart Ellis-GormanI have a messy relationship with GMT’s Counter Insurgency (COIN) series. I have enjoyed my plays of COIN games, but I also rarely want to immediately jump back in and play a given game again. This is ... 1134
Matt @matt.blobfish.zone · 06/02/2026It's a pretty minor thing but Thief has such great looking night skies. Most games don't really render stars as pinpricks like this. It looks amazing on an oled monitor - way more realistic than a skybox or sprites. 000
Matt @matt.blobfish.zone · 28/01/2026The irony of having to block ads for some AI chatbot on the @startpage.com homepage is not lost on me. Why am I switching my search engine if they're going to constantly promote slop over here too? 000
Reposted by MattSean Seanson @seanseanson.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Mr. Fan of Fan Translation is back with his yearly video about PS1 Fan Translations. Please watch it and be marveled at the power of old video games and singing cats. youtu.be/FPN_KUQyPIsyoutu.bePS1 Fan Translations (2025 Update) | Sean SeansonYouTube video by Sean Seanson 14406186
Reposted by MattAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/01/2026Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people." 9615236113685
Reposted by MattPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.thezebra.orgDr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away 545270829548
Reposted by Matthimbobottomus.bsky.social @himbobottomus.bsky.social · 16/01/2026this is the sickest shit ive ever seen 100130184094
Matt @matt.blobfish.zone · 13/01/2026Wow, the VMU pro feels nice. It reminds me of opening a NIS VMU - the fit and finish is perfect. I realized I'm out of spare micro SD cards so I'll have to wait to plug this into my Dreamcast 😮💨 110
Reposted by MattGravy Press | boRyan @gravy.press · 13/01/2026@edzitron.com Another excellent article from the Times, “the only problem with AI is there might not be enough money in the world to make it good” 1136948
Reposted by MattAmber T @amber-tee.bsky.social · 10/01/2026I WILL MAKE 10,000 TYPOS BEFORE I ASK A MACHINE TO WRITE FOR ME. THAT’S A THREAT AND A PROMISE!!! 17914
Matt @matt.blobfish.zone · 05/01/2026What a great talk from the Signal folks about the insanely dumb agentic technology being pushed everywhere youtu.be/0ANECpNdt-4youtu.be39C3 - AI Agent, AI SpyYouTube video by media.ccc.de 000
