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Nick @nickpowell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Completely understandable
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ari velazquez 🌯 @ari.velazquez.fyi · 01/10/2026
steam: this game you've had installed for two years but never played has an update. we'll download it next week me: no you'll download it right now motherfucker. and i will sit here and watch it download. steam: so you're gonna play it? me: fuck you
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Albert Dros @albertdros.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What a light last week in the forest near my house
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
little paws. little curled up paws
orange cat loafing with his paws tucked in
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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com · 29/09/2026
Andrey Surnov's concept work for Jusant in my brain again this morning. Can't think of a game set among ruins that made me more desperate to see more of its world. So few games manage such an original and rich aesthetic, so sad the team never got to make more.
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
the bapper
closeup on my cat's giant fucking paw
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Nick @nickpowell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The original comic from above, edited so the middle panel is replaced with two panels of the crip walking dog. The man is just as disgusted as before
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Nick @nickpowell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I hope it's the same dog bsky.app/profile/beet...
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Harris Foster @harris.zone · 08/09/2026
what zelda will look like in 2026
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A New Color (1/5🧵)
Page 1: A man is walking home, smoking a cigarette, being quietly trailed by a UFO above him. As he enters his apartment, two aliens watch from inside the ship. Alien 1, who has a large head, says, “that’s him. Let’s move.” Page 2: The man walks upstairs as the aliens watch from the entrance of the building. The man enters his apartment and greets his little dog. Suddenly there is a knock at the door.Page 3: he peers through his peephole, and sees the two aliens standing in the hallway. Alien 1 is holding a briefcase. From behind him, the voice of alien one: “don’t scream.” Page 4: The aliens are seated across the room on the man’s couch. Sadie is in her bed next to them. Alien 1 says, “you’re not in any danger. Have a seat.” The man looks at his dog and thinks, “sadie is unusually calm.” Alien 1: don’t scream, or it’s a problem.
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Philo of Alexan @philoof.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Doggie paddle
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Valorie 🐈‍⬛️✨️ @meadowdays.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
*need*
Maslow's hierarchy pyramid filled with "games where your mouse turns into a little gauntlet"
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Three panel comic. Panel 1: young man in a hoodie looking morose and sitting on a swing set. He says “she’s breaking up with me…” Panel 2: next to him is a glyptodon, an early ancestor of armadillos. With his head in his hands, the young man says “what do I do glyptodon?” Panel 3: the glyptodon says “I’m like an early ancestor of armadillos. The young man angrily replies, “are you even listening man?”
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
look at this little animal
orange cat in the middle of scratching his neck, looking silly willy
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Nick @nickpowell.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Slightly related question - does it say anywhere on the page what the order of the colours is? Maybe I've just missed it
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Three panel comic. Panel 1: two friends are playing cards. There is a birdcage hanging behind them, just peaking out of frame. Friend 1 asks, “does your bird talk?” To which friend 2 replies, “Please… don’t.” Panel 2: friend 2 continues, head in hand, “he’s on this alpha male influencer thing right now.” Behind him, the bird - posed and wearing sunglasses and a leather jacket - is leaning forward on a tiny easy chair in his enclosure. Panel 3: with his hands clasped, easing back into his chair, the bird says, “stops eating seeds. Focus on your net worth.”
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Harris Foster @harris.zone · 14/07/2026
Video game fact! Though there are hundreds of video games of many genres and styles, there are only three possible “sizes” a video game can come in. Those sizes are: “Small” (16.00 MB) “Medium” (374.26 MB) “Large” (154.44 GB)
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Okay, it's time for a Moist Owlette™ timeline cleanse. Today's moist owlette is "Owlfredo" at the Stone Zoo in Stoneham, Massachusetts. She's an Eastern screech owl (Megascops asio) & Animal Ambassador with a big personality. (📷: @zoonewengland.bsky.social via IG)
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pc2000s @pc2000s.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Insomniac will likely launch 4 games this generation in the gap between Naughty Dog's last and next release, and all I can think about is a podcast episode where Tim Schafer interviewed Ted Price (before he left Insomniac) and Ted talking about how much work they did to reduce crunch at Insomniac.
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Nick @nickpowell.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Yes. Thank you
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Nick @nickpowell.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
That's amazing. I like how it highlights that most of the light is coming down through the roots above. It's not something I remember ever picking up on before
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Nick @nickpowell.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
That's some good shit. Also it has a very different feel if you mute the audio
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Nick @nickpowell.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Does the engineer from factorio count?
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
I dreamt of the beach (1/4)
Page one: text on black background, “WAKE UP!”. Eyes open, a baby sea turtle with an eggshell helmet says, “you need to wake up!”Page 2: helmet turtle says to a green baby sea turtle, who is waking up out off his egg, “we need to get moving.” CRASH! A cormorant breaks through the ceiling of their nest hole. Helmet turtle says MOVE!Page 3: “when you’re out there, beeline to the water. Don’t stop. Don’t be a hero. Godspeed.” The helmet turtle kicks baby green turtle out the hole off a cliff onto the beach below.Page 4: baby green turtle lands on the sand. The distance between him and the water is quite large. Another baby sea turtle is being devoured by a seagull and is screaming for help.
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Nick @nickpowell.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
It's funny how they've clearly had to shrink Greg and Alex down in this picture so they don't tower over the other contestants
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Nick @nickpowell.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
sickosyes.jpg
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Nick @nickpowell.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
What about Cher?
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Nick @nickpowell.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Hell yeah
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Sridhar Ramesh @radishharmers.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
The sheer scale of a billion dollars can be hard to understand. Let me put it in perspective for you. You would have to earn a dollar a day for a billion days straight to have that much money.
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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 15/01/2026
Happy for them 😊
wapo.st
World’s fattest parrots set for mating bonanza after bumper berry crop
After a four-year hiatus, conservationists in New Zealand are relieved that the flightless kākāpo is once again breeding. Fewer than 300 of the parrots exist.
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Nick @nickpowell.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Seeing a new Adonis post every day is genuinely one of my favourite things about this site
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Rian Johnson @rianjohnson.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
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Ryan @ryansimmons.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Jesus, can you hear me? Good, the comms are working. Now, you're gonna need to run if you want to evade those Roman soldiers. Hold down A to sprint. Go ahead and try it. ... Good work! You just might be the savior yet. Now pick up that AR-15 and let's do some target practice.
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Sebastian Aaltonen @sebaaltonen.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
My "No Graphics API" blog post is live! Please repost :) www.sebastianaaltonen.com/blog/no-grap... I spend 1.5 years doing this. Full rewrite last summer and another partial rewrite last month. As Hemingway said: "First draft of everything is always shit".
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No Graphics API — Sebastian Aaltonen
Graphics APIs and shader languages have significantly increased in complexity over the past decade. It’s time to start discussing how to strip down the abstractions to simplify development, improve pe...
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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
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Tim Price @timprice.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
You feeling okay, man? I’ve noticed you developing some darker themes that contrast with the whimsy of your earlier installments.
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Nick @nickpowell.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Oh yeah, the slingshot was annoying too
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Nick @nickpowell.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
I played dark cloud when I was really small and I was so disappointed when the cute cat got replaced by this strange woman
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Nick @nickpowell.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Do NOT wear clothes
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Nick @nickpowell.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
This is a bit off topic but I'm always impressed by the vfx in your videos, even for throwaway shots like the bubble car in this one
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doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT! I HAVE WRITTEN A NEW ARTICLE! this one's a bit weird; rather than doing my usual "trying to organize my thoughts and building a winding case that builds on itself," I decided to show you what my EARLY article creation process looks like: docseuss.medium.com/some-loosely...
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some loosely organized thoughts about dialogue sysin games
think of this as me trying to find out what parts of dialogue choices are load bearing game design and what else can be done with dialogue.
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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
I write middle-grade whodunnits, so you might want to dismiss my opinion out of hand. But I think cosy games/crime sometimes miss the fact that blankets are only cosy when it's cold outside. A world without conflict / a story without stakes isn't cosy, it's just safe.
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Nick @nickpowell.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Oh yeah, that's the stuff. Thank you
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Nick @nickpowell.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
I need to see this video compressed to 240p
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Nick @nickpowell.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Helldivers 2 feels great though
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Alariko @alariko.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Citadel and storm
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Nick @nickpowell.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
That font is like a litmus test for how middle class a brand is. All the things you posted are on the posh end of the spectrum (except the underground of course)
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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
update: male loneliness epidemic solved
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Nick @nickpowell.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
That's absolutely beautiful. I'm listening to the album now too and it's some good stuff
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Nick @nickpowell.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Also, honourable mention to every player voice line from killing floor 1 youtu.be/uCDPsA9wrCc?...
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Killing Floor Survivor Voices
YouTube video by Se05239
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