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@minderbinder8.bsky.social
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Now been in gamedev for over half my life, on some big successes - and some not so much! Like all my colleagues, clinging on to the job with my fingertips right now. Radicalised by reactionary centrists.

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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Trying for Green Man tickets
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Prime is purposely screwing with my head. Every time I pick a movie I definitely haven’t seen, it says ‘Start Over’.
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Ah - should read The History of the Runestaff
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Had an earnest Labour campaigner at the door yesterday. I explained that due to Labour’s attitude on immigration/trans rights I couldn’t possibly vote for them. He asked me to explain this + said they (locally) were v supportive of trans rights. This talking the talk felt very indicative of Labour.
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The 10 acts thing: Nirvana The Cure Pixies Red Hot Chilli Peppers Underworld John Hopkins Mogwai Portishead Kneecap Bjork
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
What’s galling about the British media harping on about Cambridge hiring practices is that it’s been shown that UK journalists come from an incredibly limited group who share the same educational and class background and rely heavily on informal networks. (Sutton trust & Reuters Institute reports)
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
When Helen Joyce made the gender critical aims explicit, I thought finally the media & those apparently pro equality and solidarity would see the fight. They didn’t care. Now we’re here - an unstoppable, unapologetic, bigoted media class who laugh at someone’s suicide, with 0 consequences to them.
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Poor Jason Arday shows us again that people here aren’t actually people anymore - asylum seekers, Muslims, trans people, black profs - they not people - they are just meat for our politico-media complex. Always the ‘wrong’, the ‘problem’ - their Eurasia/Eastasia - that too many of us are ok with.
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Laughs in game dev
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
#SAVENG is the ref not watching the game? Penalty and likely YC all day long.
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
I have become completely obsessed with #7daystodie. I haven’t really clicked with survival games before but this does it so well. There’s great tension between the main game loops and so much agency to how you play every part of it. Always tense and often terrifying.
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Holding my hands up - having some shrooms to enhance my viewing of #Backrooms wasn’t one of my better ideas.
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
#ThicktrunkTuesday Oak in Sussex
An oak in spring
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
I know it’s not a competition, but we have the best bluebell wood. #bluebells
BluebellsBluebellsBluebellsBluebells
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Saw a vid about a guy shaving off his beard and surprising his gf - and it made me wonder - with the prevalence of beards, how many women are married/with longterm partners, and have never actually seen their faces?
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Should have posted this a couple of days ago - a pint of Arise - Burning Sky’s gorgeous pale ale. #blueskybeer
A pint of Arise
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
lol, funny memory of a friend/ex-dev predicting 2 decades ago, that the games industry would have the same cycle as ‘concept rock to punk music’. Expensive/indulgent/detached to authentic/paired back/low barrier to entry. Good prediction in retrospect! (wish I’d remembered it a few years ago)
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
My wife has taken the dog for a walk, so I can get on with DIY. But also I can eat cheese in peace.
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Prime Movies - Movies we think you’ll like. Me - no shit, I’ve watched all of these twice at least, on Prime.
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
About the Matt Goodwin /Chatgpt thing. My issue with it is that it just regurgitates words/sentences that sound convincing, but doesn’t have a clue what they really mean, like the worst work blagger. And then there’s ChatGPT. 🥁
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Does America’s Iran war have 2 parallels with the 1st British Afghan war? Strategically, hubris leading to a demonstration of weakness. Tactically, ‘homemade’ weapons disrupting established military tactics - the Jezails then, the drones now.
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Had a dream last night so boring that it’s tedium woke me up (cleaning a van in excruciating detail).
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Oh no, agreeing entirely with Peter Hitchens #bbcaq
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Ending the week with a schooner of Remarks from #Verdant - my absolute favourite brewery. 6.5% IPA with Nelson and Nectaron, bold, fruity and piney. #bskybeer
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
New IPA from Abyss and Makemake - Make Time. 6%, Mosaic, Simcoe and Sabro. Deep flavour and slightly tart - is that the Sabro? Don’t think I’ve had that before. Would recommend! #Bskybeer
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Having a guilty (7.4%) schooner of the always superb #Azvex ‘s Moshpit Retirement to end the working week. Motueka, NZ Cascade, Citra. Tasty and dank as you get. #bskybeer
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Curse the smoke detector designer who looked at this image and decided ‘4’ was the correct level to trigger their smoke alarm, first thing in the morning.
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Cycled into a Victorian ghost story today
Foggy lake view
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
My career is my monkey’s paw wish. Have your dream job - but constantly have to use the most unspellable words in existence- ‘bureaucracy’ and ‘manoeuvring’.
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
This criminal’s masterplan was to get into the bin yesterday and eat the left over chicken wings (+ buffalo sauce) - and then spend all Sunday night/ Monday morning puking it up. How’s everyone else’s week started?
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Loving #YoungSherlock. Guy Ritchie doing what he does best.
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Want to design a game with harder puzzles than myst, obra dinn, blue prince etc. Anyone know any hotel light switch designers?
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Being doing the best part of game design all month - the initial vision, player experience and high level design - before producers start saying no and pointing at their burndowns, and the coders start smirking and sucking in their breath, like garage mechanics. It’s beautiful at this stage.
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Too liberal with the salt on my slow cooked chicken for tacos. Such a bummer.
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
No other game recreates that feeling of - I have lots of weed… suddenly I have no weed, like RE does, but with handgun ammo.
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Ooh #GreenMan Festival Lineup announced - very much looking forward to Mogwai, Getdown Services, Baxter Drury, Four Tet, Daniel Avery, Decius, Automatic, Wolf Alice, Tricky, Dry Cleaning, Adult DVD and all the bands I will ‘discover’ before August.
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Watched that netflix movie People You Meet on Vacation. I was thinking 8 years of vacations was a long time not to express your feelings - but remembered in US vacation time, that’s only about 3 and a half weeks, right?
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
The Question Mark Was Emphasised - long name, very lovely IPA from Pomona Island - Cryo Mosiac, Cryo Citra and Citra. #BSkyBeer
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Sure crack is moorish, but you know what real cravings are when your wife puts your snoozeband in the wash. Had to score a new luxury one.
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
English/Asian fusion tonight- sausage and mash with a caramised onion, doenjang and soy gravy.
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Found this cute looking kids book lying on the path, on the dog walk this morning. Going to take it home and read it to my son.
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Congrats Ireland - v well played. Lots of work for England to do - not nearly good enough #ENGvIRE
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Came up with (AFAICT) a game experience, based on a well known trope, that AFAICT hasn’t ever been done. Been working on how to realise it for the last couple of weeks - precise genre, game loop/s, second to second gameplay etc - think my 4th iteration is the one🤞Having a pint.
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Me and my wife spent most of our morning dog walk arguing about who said this. We’re a highbrow couple.
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
David Carridine’s character in Kung Fu had to walk across rice paper without ripping it or making a sound. He should try opening my fridge and cheese drawer without this one turning up, for a true test of stealth.
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Get lots of beers in my feed so reciprocating - local had Azvex’s Dunning Kruger Effect - couldn’t ignore a beer named that! Motueka, Nelson Sauvin and Strata hops - up to Azvex’s usual excellent standards.
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Inspired by that recent viral post, Gertie, befores and afters
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Looking forward to Curry, Itoje, Pollock and the rest coming on… nom nom #ENGvWAL
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Cheese and then bed
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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Wonder Man demonstrates all Marvel films need a brummie in them.
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