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A Spiced Pumpkin Sergal 🎃🍂 @adorablesergal.neocities.org · 10h

We were also gifted this. Truly, the Last Webbed Site.

Jae makes ao cohost post urging users to "not block yourself", writing, "i don't know why multiple people tried this but: don't do it. it breaks shit. we're going to put a fix up tomorrow (when i am actually working) to make it impossible to do but also. come on. don't do it. i have to go manually fix it when you do. thanks."

Jodie aka “ballsticseal” aka “Mon1ka” @mon1kasenpai.bsky.social · 17h

randomly remembered that idea i had for a nebula docuseries thats an oral history of the entire history of naughty dog and i both hate/love how many silly ideas i have for what is meant to be a serious docuseries i really hope i get to make this one day this shit would be so funny

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Jodie aka “ballsticseal” aka “Mon1ka” @mon1kasenpai.bsky.social · 19h

im so tired im currently trying to hold back tears from laughing at this dumb post i love this website

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noodle @noodleawesome.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

not Posting on Social Media is so nice that I forget Posting is my job

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the homophobic boy detective @gaorush.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yall wanna see a 2 hour old highland cow

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David Blatt @kopfstoff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Studios don't belong on the stock market! Sell games, not studios! You employ humans, not money-guzzling entries on a spreadsheet! You destroy trust, functional teams & the entire industry through the normalization of right-sizing numbers—all to keep up the illusion of unrealistic, constant growth.

"Freedom of Speech," painting by Norman Rockwell.

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Wallace @exalclaw.com · 01/10/2026

Mothership is one of the clearest signs we need more women and queer people bc the excitement when they launched was *palpable* and has as only continued to be so. Nearly every person I've seen discover them, or who I've shared their high quality work with, has gone "where the fuck has this been?"

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Michael_Game_Developer @poeticprogrammer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'm absolutely on board with rebranding A.I. as S.I. Superficial Intelligence 😎 Then A.I. can return to being about enemy skeletons chasing a player all over the place.

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bubbe yaga @ellearmageddon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

social media is a nightmare these days, but i just need to say: the way you talk about strangers’ experiences of sexual assault tells the survivors in your real life whether or not you can be trusted with their stories and their safety. and there *are* survivors in your life, so don’t fuck it up.

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John Carson @johncarson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I've been trying to think of something to say for like an hour, but saying anything is better than nothing. This shit comes to light far too often and it's always disappointing and infuriating. All of this wasn't brought up by the alleged victim, but I hope they are as okay as they can be.

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Giovanni Colantonio @marioprime.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

May the world we rebuild on the ashes of this rotten one be better.

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Jodie aka “ballsticseal” aka “Mon1ka” @mon1kasenpai.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

abby must die is less a video game and more a way for me to convince people to listen to the same weird shit i do via naming levels after some of my favorite albums and songs

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Jodie aka “ballsticseal” aka “Mon1ka” @mon1kasenpai.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

im working in unity for the first time in awhile for a college project and im actively having to stop my brain from going back into godot mode

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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm immensely proud to announce that my texture library that's been in the making for nearly a decade is now available on my itchio store for indie devs to purchase commercial licenses. makkon.itch.io

screenshot of my itchio store, showing several texture packs available for purchse

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ashley bardhan @ashleybardhan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

is there a better word than devastated? (shattered? fly-swatted?) anyway i've been laid off. i joined gamesradar+ as a freelancer in 2023, and the site had my lifelong admiration by the time i became a senior writer in 2024. i'll miss it lmk if u need a creepy🧟‍♀️ gurl: ashleybardhan(at)gmail(dot)com

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aqua a @aquaflower.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

you may think bunny has a headache but do not worry ! it is cleaning their fur and may be giving themself a cool new hairstyle

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im rob @bobacupcake.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

not immune to this thing

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Jodie aka “ballsticseal” aka “Mon1ka” @mon1kasenpai.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

ive been getting back into building MTG decks the past few days and im sorry* in advance for any time i magic post *im not it will happen again

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Jodie aka “ballsticseal” aka “Mon1ka” @mon1kasenpai.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

with druckmann confirming naughty dog will sit award season out i wonder when we'll next hear more about intergalactic im also VERY curious about what those two TLOU projects are. i suspect one's a very early draft of part 3 and two may be that joel/tommy prequal they've hinted at a few times

A cropped screenshot of a post on the naughty dog website that says:

1. Will there or won’t there be more stories in The Last of Us?

Since Grounded II, we’ve talked about the possibility of telling more stories in the world of The Last of Us.

We have a couple of very exciting new projects in very early stages – so we can’t say much about them at this point. I will tell you that both projects will expand the canon of The Last of Us beyond Part I and Part II.

The world of The Last of Us means a great deal to us, and we wouldn’t return to it unless we had something meaningful to say. We believe these stories are worth telling.

2. You debuted Intergalactic almost two years ago. When will we see it again?

The team is heads down on what is shaping up to be Naughty Dog’s most ambitious game yet.

There’s an electricity around the studio right now as all the pieces come together, and we’re stoked to finally unveil Intergalactic in all its glory.

But…we need to cook for just a little bit longer.

So we want to set expectations: we’re going to be quiet for the rest of this year. In 2027, that changes. We’ll fully reveal Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet and give you a proper look at Jordan’s wild sci-fi adventure.

We know it’s been a long time since we’ve had much to share with you. We don’t take your continued support for granted.

We’re working incredibly hard to make something worthy of your patience.

Until then…

Endure & Survive!

—Neil

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Jodie aka “ballsticseal” aka “Mon1ka” @mon1kasenpai.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I wonder if the reason they’re waiting is because TLOU day this year falls on a weekend and they’re just moving things around so the announcements go out at the same time their charity stream is live Still really hyped for whatever these announcements could be!

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Jodie aka “ballsticseal” aka “Mon1ka” @mon1kasenpai.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

what if the purple guy is actually a different color and every fnaf character is colorblind @gametheory get on this ASAP

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Jodie aka “ballsticseal” aka “Mon1ka” @mon1kasenpai.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Happy last of us day! I’ve talked at length about how much these two games mean to me and to think it’s been 13 years and 12 since I became a fan is wild. Even if I’m not as involved in the fandom as I was I still love these games and I can’t wait to see how naughty dog end the trilogy :)

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PSX Bunlith 🪄🏳️‍⚧️ E2 OCT 16TH!!!! 🐰🌱 BLM ACAB 🇵🇸 @b0tster.yeag.gay · 24/09/2026

i think one big factor (among many) as to why AI has had such a foothold in coding spaces is because the majority of people dont consider programming to be art

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Dork4Short @dork4short.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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Jodie aka “ballsticseal” aka “Mon1ka” @mon1kasenpai.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

TLOU day predictions: i dont expect anything beyond new merch and some cute art, ND are pretty focused on intergalactic right now and id imagine theyre saving bigger things for next years cause part 1 will be the same age ellie was during it i just want an abby plushie man is that too much to ask

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nat. @natclayton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

there's nothing in the rulebook that says a train can't play mahjong

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Jodie aka “ballsticseal” aka “Mon1ka” @mon1kasenpai.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

everytime i check facebook to text my mom i am reminded that the average Australian has genuinely incoherent politics you cannot map any of these people to any ideology what they believe is between them and whatever god they subscribe to and only those two know what the fuck any of it means

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Jodie aka “ballsticseal” aka “Mon1ka” @mon1kasenpai.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

After seeing alot of the reactions to the Xbox layoffs I'd like to restate my take that alot of gamers don’t actually like video games, they just like having something to do after work and they don’t care about the industry collapsing if they get their yearly cod or fortnite collab

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Damned To Hellgore 🐦‍⬛ (andrew elmore) @elmore.zone · 23/09/2026

Updating this while I sit by the phone waiting to hear back from a recruiter to see if they have anything yet, still. I feel like I'm losing what's left of my mind in search of something very basic that no longer exists. I always hate asking, but invoices are coming in too slow and too small. Still.

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

That's cool. I'm sure all the BitReactor devs that were furloughed weeks before launch are gonna see some of that $50 million... right? Residuals are standard in other creative industries. If the people who actually made the game got their share of the profits, we wouldn't be in this mess.

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you lay your ear against your mattress and hear a heartbeat @renoehe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

this is the plot of 1000xRESIST

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Jodie aka “ballsticseal” aka “Mon1ka” @mon1kasenpai.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Fortnite might unironically be the only video game to entirely transition to being a new game in a new genre and im not even just talking about BR, im talking about how its basically just IP roblox now

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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

in a week that saw microsoft give activision the reins to halo and bungie pivot back to destiny, one thing has become abundantly clear: the people in charge do not have a long-term, overriding plan. they’re just reacting. the result, when times are bad, is chaos

"Things are still very chaotic," a current id Software employee who was granted anonymity because they are not authorized to speak publicly told Aftermath. "While there has been an attempt to communicate to the studios, it is still entirely in bullshit corporate speak. I still don't believe they have a clear vision for the future. The only concrete thing they have communicated is they want higher profits, and they want it now. Aggressive goals are being set that would have been unrealistic even before the layoffs. ... To say the workers within Xbox have a dim view of the future is putting it mildly. We keep thinking morale can't sink lower but the obvious incompetence of Xbox management somehow keeps driving it down worse."
This mirrors shifts in strategy that have come to dominate the still-new Sharma era, including others outlined Tuesday. Rare is joining Activision, Turn 10 and Playground are fusing, and—most gallingly, considering their history—Obsidian is being folded into Bethesda to work on Fallout instead of its own original series. As with the previous round of layoffs, details betray Microsoft's haphazard approach: A Halo developer got promoted and laid off in the same week. Gears of War: E-Day's story director is out of a job days after celebrating that the game had gone gold. Hellblade developer Ninja Theory, now without a buyer after a brief glimmer of hope, is once again on the chopping block.
All of this betrays a simplistic mindset that does not accurately reflect the reality of game development: People are disposable, studios are interchangeable, and series can be traded like sports teams. Nothing matters more than franchises and their money-printing prowess. Unless, evidently, you are Hideo Kojima, in which case Microsoft suddenly has money to burn.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 23/09/2026

video games as a whole make hundreds of billions of dollars a year and apparently somehow nobody can make any money on them or pay anyone to make them

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autumn @waveprism.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Meme depicting a quote from Warren Buffet. It reads: "Freak the fuck out and panic sell everything right now.
It's fucking over. - Warren Buffett"

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 22/09/2026

this whole xbox thing feels like a true emperors no clothes moment. there is so obviously no plan, anything announced yesterday is overruled tomorrow, that even reporting the facts feels laughably insufficient.

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Jodie aka “ballsticseal” aka “Mon1ka” @mon1kasenpai.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

had a dream last night that i was in Vancouver with a bunch of my friends and we were all watching random youtube autoplay videos until we spent a good hour or two watching cool cat YTPs drunk need this irl lol

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Jodie aka “ballsticseal” aka “Mon1ka” @mon1kasenpai.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Currently explaining vylet pony lore to my friend because i changed my discord PFP to a silly gif of vid

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BatsCaulder (They/He) @mattcaulder.com · 21/09/2026

Since I've had to remind multiple people over the last week: Microsoft is still under active BDS protest. That means Xbox and it's subsidies including Activision, Blizzard and Bethesda Yes that means the new Diablo. Yes that means the new DOOM. Yes that means World of Warcraft Forever

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No Games For Genocide

The games industry is complicit in genocide. It’s time to divest.

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Jodie aka “ballsticseal” aka “Mon1ka” @mon1kasenpai.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

cant believe i had to live through months of people calling asha the savior of gaming for the most basic ass PR stuff only for her xbox to lay off even more people OD and physint arent ever coming out are they

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