iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Emmy @emmfoolery.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Happy October Eve! For Hallozeen this year, I made a 16-page walkthrough for a 36 year-old shareware classic. Primarily out of trash. I have no idea who the target audience is for this, besides me, but here you go! emmfoolery.itch.io/a-hallozeen-... #dosgaming #retrogaming

The opening game screen of Hugo's House of Horrors, by David P. Gray, for MS-DOS. A game released like, two weeks before I was born. Hugo's outside a haunted house! Spooky.

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Maddy Myers 🏳️‍🌈 @midimyers.com · 23h

this analysis of Big Walk, through the lens of "men don't talk to each other anymore" and the cultural norms that have led us to where we are with that, is so lovely and i think will resonate with a lot of you

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Big Walk lights the way for non-toxic masculinity in games

Interrogating "men don't talk to each other" through a game about communication

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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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Nick Burnham @ncburnham.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Updating my top 25 games list was pretty difficult, but I think this is more accurate now. Really wanted to highlight Ghouls n' Ghosts, ASCII Roguelikes (NetHack), the Build Engine (Blood), FMV games (Immortality), and collections/documentary games like Last Call BBS (UFO 50, Tetris Forever).

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mars944.bsky.social @mars944.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

An entry in the Quake Rooftops Jam.

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MaxMakesMagic @maxmakesmagic.com · 22/09/2026

thats_how_the_game_works.dec

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CommodoreBlog @commodoreblog.uk · 22/09/2026

C64 SID Synthesizer. #C64 #Commodore www.matrixsynth.com/2016/12/rare...

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hilkojj @hilkojj.nl · 22/09/2026

17 days until launch!! Watch the *alternative* trailer, voiced by Not Just Bikes. store.steampowered.com/app/3031880/...

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Nick Burnham @ncburnham.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Getting to see the #Transformers animated movie in theaters for the first time tonight for the 40th anniversary "Apology Tour". I have always loved this movie. ☺️ RIP Peter Cullen... 🚛

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Joe Wintergreen @joewintergreen.com · 15/09/2026

yearning for the glory days of unreal

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Jiikae @jiikae.com · 10/09/2026

The “Big 3” gaming platforms are actually Nintendo, PC and a Chinese emulation device of your choosing.

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No Small Games @nosmallgames.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Our first PAX West was one for the books and we played an overwhelming number of incredible indies!! Check out 10 of our favorites, plus our Game of the Show! nosmallgames.com/2026/09/pax-...

Graphic announcing a new article from No Small Games, covering their highlights from PAX West. The graphic shows a screenshot of the article on a black and silver laptop. The header of the article is a collage of screenshots from the games they covered.

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Kaye Ross @kaye.zone · 10/09/2026

We’ve been busy!

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Nick Burnham @ncburnham.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Was really tough to have to leave Seattle but I've got a lot of new plans and ideas now which is dope. Expensive trip but it was super fun and educational for me.

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Maddy Myers 🏳️‍🌈 @midimyers.com · 08/09/2026

the coolest part of ocarina is that over time, you learn the tunes to the songs in the game, and i think it's neat that the remake will let you truly take advantage of that by allowing you to hum them and have that work in-game. btw i wrote a story last year about the design of the ocarina's music:

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Sorry, Donkey Kong Bananza, But Ocarina of Time Still Has the Best Music-Playing Mechanic

Music is literally magic in Donkey Kong Bananza, so it's weird that the game's musical interludes aren't more interactive.

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VoidBurger (AKA Jess) @voidburger.com · 08/09/2026

UGLY CRYING AT THE OCARINA OF TIME REMAKE TRAILER it's so beautiful???? it's how my childhood imagination filled in the blanks????? goddamnit boo hooooooo i'm pathetic rn over this

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Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

if you can't make a giant 3D sandbox city with millions of NPCs walking around, that's actually good, because now you'll design an actual game instead

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Nick Burnham @ncburnham.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

youtu.be/-b_sTUEbYdU?... this Valorant level design/environment art talk was great, lots of tips that can apply to Quake just as much as modern stuff

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Behind the Map: Designing of Summit | PAX West 2026

YouTube video by PAX

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Everest Pipkin @everest.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Hey I wanted to share out a recently released capstone project from my student Bernadine Mattson! Doo-Daa is a collaged RPG Maker MZ 2003 game where you play as an astronaut cat handing out informational pamphlets marketing the planet Earth to Dadaist aliens. bobby4apples.itch.io/doo-daa

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Nick Burnham @ncburnham.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Barely slept at all last night but the PAX *must* go on...only today and tomorrow left 🎮🎲🕹️

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 05/09/2026

I did not have Tetris needing to put out anti-fascist statements on my bingo card, but here we are

At Tetris we believe in the power of connection and bringing people together, not dividing them. To our fans everywhere: we love you, we see you, and we're grateful to have you in our community.

P.S. The Tetris Company was not involved in the creation of 'Build the Wall.
P.P.S. We take copyright infringement very seriously.

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Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

almost done with my rooftops jam map! got bored of pasting windows onto houses so I started pasting faces, maybe it's just my thing I do now

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Nick Burnham @ncburnham.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Had a blast with my first time in Seattle today, can't wait to start PAX tomorrow. It'll be the second PAX I've ever been to! Last big con I traveled for was the second-to-last in-person E3 in 2018. 💀

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Gaming Alexandria @gamingalexandria.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The Super Famicom - 1990-11-30 - Number 1 - Volume 1 - Issue 1 has been scanned in 600DPI. Enjoy! www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2026/09/t...

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 25/08/2026

All the biggest announcements from Gamescom Opening Night Live aftermath.site/gamescom-openi...

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Nintendo of America [Twitter/X Mirror] @nintendoamericax.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Check out this behind-the-scenes look at the performance of "Title Theme" from Mario Kart World, straight from the recording studio! 🎶 Listen now on #NintendoMusic: ninten.do/6016aOI7C

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Brendon Chung @blendogames.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I wrote a post about how I love BSP/brush mapping: blendogames.com/news/post/20...

a screenshot of the DarkRadiant level editor, showing a level from the game Skin Deep

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Gavin @fifthelephant.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Wolf3d for the c64 kweepa.itch.io/wolf64?ref=p...

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Wolf64 by Kweepa

A port of the classic FPS to the C64

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Nick Burnham @ncburnham.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Getting some ideas down after doing a little research. Conflicted on which texture set to use/what level of fidelity to aim for. Probably going to take another pass or two at some layout drawings and practice more perspective sketches.

Top-down sketch for a rooftops-themed Quake map

Attempt at a perspective sketch of a utility closet/storage room area

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Nick Burnham @ncburnham.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Really enjoyed Dawn of the Machine, some of the best Quake maps I've played. They not only look amazing but play really well. The upgrades and runes make secret hunting a lot more exciting. Some great new monsters and I love the new laser cannon. Scariest part was seeing the word "lavasuit" lol.

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Nick Burnham @ncburnham.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Been looking a lot at The Matrix, Vertigo, and Blade Runner for rooftops inspo, think I at least have an aesthetic in mind for a Quake map

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XanaGear @xanagear.com · 15/08/2026

The Spelunky community has done it again…they completely remade Spelunky HD! METICULOUSLY keeping many nuances and changing things that didn’t quite work in the 2 engine…new art, Music?! and secrets. Incredible work from Tilecode 3, just speechless… @mossmouth.bsky.social

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Spelunky Remake Is OUT - 5 Years of Work PAID OFF!

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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I spoke to Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert about why he ditched publishers and took an unorthodox approach for his next game, Thimbleweed Park 2 — finding a rich guy www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

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‘Monkey Island’ Creator Finds Wealthy Investor for Next Game

Ron Gilbert didn’t want to go with a traditional publisher for ‘Thimbleweed Park 2,’ so he took an unorthodox route

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Nick Burnham @ncburnham.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

It's true what they say, being unemployed and free to work on side projects has been really good for my mental health 😅

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Nick Burnham @ncburnham.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Got to play for Idina Menzel with the Utah Symphony tonight and now I just get to chill with new Quake maps and Big Walk the rest of the weekend. ☺️

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Bugs, Yaoist @bugsmaytrix.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

maybe we should address how weird it is that mtg ambassadors are doing a lot of functionally free marketing for wotc in exchange for shiny cardboard and how that's only going to become more exacerbated with the influx of chase variants

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Andrew Yoder @andrew-yoder.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

oh! I can finally post my dumb meme now!! 😂

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Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I’m gonna try to make a small thing for this… great time to get into quake mapping imo

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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

free episode - Quake “Dawn of the Machine” announced and out now store.steampowered.com/app/2310/Qua... livestream at 11:30AM PT www.youtube.com/live/AjrLz30...

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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 27/07/2026

Watching agile arrive as a software development methodology and then seeing it vaporize as AI subverts everything it was designed to do sure is a trip

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Official Commodore® @commodoreofficial.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Only a few days remain to support our friends at Gracious Films and their indie documentary, "Commodore 64: The Birth of a Cultural Icon." If Commodore was part of your story, this is your chance to help Gracious Films tell it. www.kickstarter.com/projects/gra...

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Erik Robson @erikrobson.net · 16/07/2026

Today’s Wordle was “pshaw” and like… fuck yall.

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Romain Barrilliot @skacky.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

GOG has updated Thief Gold to allow users to play Thief: The Dark Project of Thief Gold, which is really damn cool considering TDP was impossible to obtain digitally for ages. Do note that an overwhelming amount of Fan Missions for Thief 1 are made with Gold, so they won't work with TDP.

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Joey Schultz @josephmschultz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Tough announcement today. But as they say, change is an opportunity 🫶 youtu.be/W3RB-bAaRus

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What Happened to the EDHRECast? | An Announcement

YouTube video by EDHRECast

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