iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Matthew Allen @mtallen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Fail Forward has been a core component of everything we have worked on since Mordor. If you cant make failure interesting and something players actively look for you are missing a ton of very rewarding gameplay loops.

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Matthew Allen @mtallen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Realizing that Haunted Horses is opening for Author & Punisher. And oh man. If you don't know them they are a Seattle based industrial / post punk / No Wave band. A Venn diagram of Medicine, early Sonic Youth/ Swans and Einstürzende Neubauten. If any of that sounds cool. its because it very much is.

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dr. hazel 🕯️ @hazelmonforton.com · 24/09/2026

live your life in such a way that ann leckie doesn't call you a loser on the internet

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The Quietus @thequietus.com · 24/09/2026

Bad Brains are releasing their fabled first demo tape recording for the first time. Are You Ready: The First Studio Recording (Inner Ear – March 1979) drops on 6 November 2026 buff.ly/q40CmRh

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Matthew Allen @mtallen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

fun fact. I have this exact plate embedded in my chest. which should explain a lot to folks.

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Possible Worlds Games @possibleworlds.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

making games is cool

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Magali Villeneuve Artworks @magalivilleneuve.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Artwork for - Reality Fracture- This commission was a special pleasure.Everything about it appealed to me: a dramatic structure worthy of Shakespeare and another opportunity to delve into my favorite influences.I drew particular inspiration from Bernini’s sculptures. Thank you AD Z. Stella. #mtg

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Matthew Allen @mtallen.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

rybakina being the barry sanders of tennis has me in heaven.

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Matthew Allen @mtallen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

my man hit a 146 mile an hour serve at 3:30 in the morning.

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Matthew Allen @mtallen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

just saw the Tiafoe score after checking in 1/2 through the thirds set. and holy shit.

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Matthew Allen @mtallen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Finished Zero Company just in time.

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Matthew Allen @mtallen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

finished Zero Company. 50 hours. The tactics loop was wonderful really want a rougue-like mode where I can just tactics and level up my crew until I am bleeding from my fingers also pretty sure a 1x1 pvp game is in there. it would make no money, I would constantly tell everyone how great it was

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Matthew Allen @mtallen.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

my oldest called this load out `BabyMetal`

A screenshot of the operator select UI in Star Wars: Zero Company, that shows 4 characters, all of whom are dressed in various black uniforms. All of whom have black eyeliner and mostly jet black hair, all of whom are sporting bright pink blasters.

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soph mallinson @sophmallinson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

need a space cigarette cosmetic for my character Selma

screenshot of the player character in Star Wars Zero Company (she looks like Selma from The Simpsons)

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Matthew Allen @mtallen.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

so Zero Company is just a Space Goth Dad dress up game with X-Com tacked on right?

A cutscene shot of my custom character in Star Wars: Zero Company. In which I did my best impersonation of Old Man Logan as a Space Goth.

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Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Tim Curry as Darkness in LEGEND (1985).

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

Now That's What I Call Topology

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 25/08/2026

That intro was such a vital piece of character building. It shows you that he's achieved perfect lurk/wife balance.

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Sean McCoy @sean.tuesdayknightgames.com · 26/08/2026

Mothership Month is back this year, with one big caveat: no crowdfunding, no new releases. Instead we're investing back in the community: For starters: the Jump-9 Writers Grant will invest $9k in 3 new writers to help them each create a Mothership zine. www.failuretolerated.com/mothership-m...

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Mothership Month 2026

Mothership Month is coming November 1 - November 30, back to our regularly scheduled timeslot. With one big caveat: No crowdfunding this year. I don’t know ...

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

post a perfect album from the 2000s (2000-2009).

cover of The Bug's London Zoo; shows a giant insect holding a skull and a machine gun floating above a silhouette city

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Matthew Allen @mtallen.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I do not need to see the genai maggot burrito anymore thanks.

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Matthew Allen @mtallen.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

never has a slack message from a recruiter make all the tension leave my body as the one I just got. holy shit lets go

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Dominik Mayer @dominikmayerart.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

New custom Ring token!

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Eleonor Piteira @eleonorpiteira.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

📌 I'm Eleonor, a freelance illustrator from Portugal - you can see my work in books (in covers and interiors), card games, and other assorted projects :) Everything I paint is 100% human-made, as are the occasional bad jokes ✌️ 🌟 eleonorpiteira.squarespace.com

Cover illustration for the Special Limited Edition of 'The Odyssey' by Homer painted by Eleonor Piteira for Wraithmarked Creative, showing a strong Odysseus with grey streaks in his hair and short dark beard, wearing golden armour and holding a spear and a shield, while standing in the sun before a mural made of mosaics featuring Athena and ships in the sea. There are branches of olive trees on the foreground.

Cover illustration by Eleonor Piteira for Astarion, a Baldur's Gate 3 novel, by T. Kingfisher, featuring a white haired man in rich black and red clothes, raising a golden goblet on his hand that overflowing with blood and dripping down. On his other hand he is holding a dagger. The background is red with dark circular markings seemingly dripping down.

Haliya, Guided by Light, illustrated by Eleonor Piteira for the Magic: The Gathering set 'Edge of Eternities'. A young black woman dressed in light armour with an orange cape and holding a sci-fi-looking axe, stands triumphantly on top of a pile of dead enemies in dark bulky armours. Behind her there's a flat orange planet against a light purple background with stars, while the silhouette of a ship flies by.

Time's End, an illustration by Eleonor Piteira of a statue of a woman reaching up with light emanating from her hand. On the background there are ruins of a building with plants growing amidst the remnants of a broken stained glass window framing a sky filled with stars.

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bugpressure.bsky.social @bugpressure.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

The Bug / Friday Night Plans - Ladybug 2 -'Miss u' dropped today. Exclusively on the PRESSURE Bandcamp page : thebugfridaynightplans.bandcamp.com/album/ladybu... And it is Bandcamp Friday......😉 (Will be a couple of weeks before streaming sites and retail digitals....)

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Canvas of Kings @mightofmerchants.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

New: Geometric Shapes #dnd

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Matthew Allen @mtallen.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

A shot of a very muddy Gale and Evelle from Raising Arizona

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The Quietus @thequietus.com · 28/07/2026

'Back in the 90s, Fugazi were known as the one band that all the more famous, yet creatively lamer, acts were so eager to be photographed next to and seen to be endorsing from on high...' The Strange World Of… #Fugazi - #ThePortal: Your Weekly Quietus Archive Dive buff.ly/NV8IDpM

Fugazi - End Hits album cover. Image of Hong Kong with the Hopewell Centre in the foreground and a cross section through a piece of rock above that and the band's name spelled out in black and gold square letter tiles.

Fugazi Red Medicine album cover. The band members faces appear at the bottom, as if they're inverted, swimming in the sea. The top section appears to be some kind of metal grill with punched out circles, in gold and red.

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Matthew Allen @mtallen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Ok like these always do (and why I dont mind doing clickbait shit in this space) I listened to a lot of my favorite 90's era music over that last 24 hours. I could most likley do an `each month` single album, but thats aa lot of work. A thread of the albums I associate with for each year.

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Matthew Allen @mtallen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, or Alice In Chains. [I should do one for each year in the 90s]

Cover of selected ambient works volume II by Aphex Twin

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Ashley Esqueda @ashleyesqueda.com · 20/07/2026

Can't spell mansplain without AI

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Cole Wehrle @colewehrle.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Today we’re posting the prelaunch page for our next game: the second edition of An Infamous Traffic. There is so much to say about this game, and we’ll be talking about it quite a bit in the coming months, but I wanted to provide a little background here. 🧵 www.kickstarter.com/projects/col...