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Barry Hemans

@overgroundlab.bsky.social
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Game Developer (Little Orpheus, Sunless Skies, Access, VTM:Bloodlines 2) Currently at IOI working on James Bond 007: First Light.

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Kenny Lauderdale @kennylauderdale.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Friend of mine once told me "masking as an autistic person actually leads to you meta gaming every interaction. You end up breaking down the optimal way to interact with people." When I asked him why that's a bad thing he went "because that's how you become a psychopath". He's really into Ham Radio.
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John-Charles Holmes @sonic9jct.jctholmes.com · 24/09/2026
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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 02/09/2026
Just saw a video that, out of nowhere, took a swing at IGN by posting the Cuphead tutorial fail clip. Problem is, that wasn't IGN. It was Venturebeat. Which really tells you a lot about the weird axe-grinding gamers do.
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Jamie Douglass @jamesldouglass.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Just don't get a penguin to do your due diligence. Expert swimmers, atrocious fact-checkers
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Knoebel @knoebel.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
'007: First Light' has sold 4M copies.
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Barry Hemans @overgroundlab.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
"Don't use purple in the UI. Purple is not a military or immersive color" Will always take the cake for me. The phrase "Immersive color" still haunts me
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Failbetter Games | Wishlist Mandrake on Steam! @failbettergames.com · 24/06/2026
hot
a screengrab from fallen london that says "small blessings. you are not dead. that is about all that can be said for the current state of affairs."
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Andy Diggle @andydiggle.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
It occurs to me that Susanna Clarke‘s Piranesi is the ultimate Backrooms story.
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Piranesi
Winner of the 2021 Women's Prize for FictionA SUNDAY TIMES & NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe spectacular new novel from the bestselling author of JONATHAN STRA…
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Andy Kelly @ultrabrilliant.xyz · 13/06/2026
It's gonna take me 50 hours to finish this Bond game when the environments look like this.
A chess game in a grand, ornate room with circles of people watching.An elaborately decorated ceiling.Rows of elaborately decorated balconies and sunlight pouring through a window.A hallway full of fancy furnishings and well dressed pricks.
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Bruno Dies @brunodias.dev · 09/06/2026
I was like "Rob do you have a review of 007 First Light lined up" and he was like "no actually" so anyway here's 3600 words on why this game rules. Like specifically the "why" of it. remapradio.com/articles/007...
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007 First Light Justifies Both James Bond and Itself
Fully equipped with a license to kill, a budget, and expertise.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11/06/2026
The best games of 2026 so far
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The best games of 2026 so far
If you fancy roaring around Japan’s open roads, scaling impossible mountains and playing with post-apocalyptic Pokémon, this year’s highlights mean you can do so without leaving your chair
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Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
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Matt McMuscles @mattmcmuscles.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
007 First Light really good 😭
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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Man. First level of bond is a masterclass. Simultaneously starts the story in a surprising place, tutorialises, reassures the hitman nerds like me that we’ll be doing a little non linearity, and makes me love the guy out the gate. Sold.
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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 26/05/2026
the best adaptational choice in first light is that their version of Q is a gentleman dandy in a cravat who teaches bond how to tie his ties and wear a tux. i love bond's gay dad
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Eurogamer @eurogamer.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
First Light knows exactly when to be funny, exactly when to be serious, exactly when to deliver the right character beats. It every bit lives up to the films in this manner, and it does so consistently for five, ten times as long. Our review: bit.ly/49oQRL0
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Knoebel @knoebel.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
'007: First Light' Reviews: Eurogamer 4/5 VGC 5/5 GameRant 8/10 Worth Playing 8.5/10 WindowsCentral 5/5 MP1st 8.5/10 ScreenRant 9/10 Wccftech 8.5/10 OC 90: opencritic.com/game/19224/0... MC PS5 88: www.metacritic.com/game/007-fir...
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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
I’m only a few hours into 007: First Light (review code went out very late) but I *love* it so far. Delightful mashup of Hitman and Uncharted, with impressive storytelling chops. Been a minute since I’ve been this into a triple-A game. And I’ve never even seen a James Bond movie
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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Happy ‘preordered first light and didn’t realise they’d get it a day early’ day to all who celebrate. Cramming a work day in before we hit 3pm.
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Your good friend, Chris Normal @heythatsmyleg.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
A coworker said I look like Superman. That seems like too much work.
Clark Kent

It's flattering, but being compared to the Man of Steel conjures an overwhelming dread about all the things I'd have to do.
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Barry Hemans @overgroundlab.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Death Stranding (2019)
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deneb @v3gaaltair.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
demeter when her daughter goes missing
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Hannah Flynn 🐀 @itshannahflynn.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
back once again with the event where you, local (to me) game developer can come and present what you're making, and we will all ask questions and play it with you this time on a THURSDAY AFTERNOON! so if you couldn't do the friday one 👀👀👀👀
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Love Indies Summer Show and Tell
Meet with local game devs and chat about what you're working on!
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小島秀夫 @hideokojima.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp · 19/04/2026
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Barry Hemans @overgroundlab.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
So incredibly cool to be able to show off our amazing title sequence for First Light. Hope you're all looking forward to seeing more next month youtu.be/7cqG60pjDS0
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007 First Light Title Sequence – Lana Del Rey
YouTube video by 007 First Light
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007 First Light @007game.ioi.dk · 16/04/2026
Award-winning singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey and composer David Arnold come together for the title song in #007FirstLight. Watch the official lyric video for the original song "First Light". youtu.be/8Jyw2JIiMD8 Listen now on your platform of choice. lanadelrey.lnk.to/firstlight #007FirstLight
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Knoebel @knoebel.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Lana Del Rey - First Light theme song youtu.be/_XCPoa_bp7Q
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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 14/04/2026
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Hex @hexcat.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Happy 20 years of Neil banging out the tunes 🐀🎶🎉
Neil banging out the tunes April 13, 2006
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Kris 🎃 HORRORchild @direkris.itch.io · 26/03/2026
You know what day it is? That's right! It's Beast Breaker on Steam day! store.steampowered.com/app/4011790/...
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Save 20% on Beast Breaker on Steam
Beast Breaker - the tactical ricochet RPG. Select your gear, plan your attack, line up the best angle, and launch! Watch the heroic Skipper careen around the screen and break the giant Beasts into pie...
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Barry Hemans @overgroundlab.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Fond memories of the first enemies in Sunless Skies being a gray box with googly eyes and "enemy" written on it. Said placeholder ended up being used for pretty much every test. The parallax system? Started as a stack of googly eye boxes fading into the mist of the high wilderness.
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Barry Hemans @overgroundlab.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Fond memories of the first enemies in Sunless Skies being a gray box with googly eyes and "enemy" written on it. Said placeholder ended up being used for pretty much every test. The parallax system? Started as a stack of googly eye boxes fading into the mist of the high wilderness.
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zaratustra @zaratustra.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
this is basically half-life 1 if it was three hours long and everyone was scottish and pissed off
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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
see? here's the thing. A lot of people are like, the earth is fucked, it's beyond salvation, it's hit the tipping point, but time and time again we see that if we just fucking fixed the problem, it rebounds so incredibly fast. Imagine what could be done if people actually cared
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Barry Hemans @overgroundlab.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Anyone got a link to that "Gaming Discourse Calendar" tweet/post with all the usual games arguments scheduled out? Some friends are starting to argue about games difficulty and want to check if they should be arguing about the definition of indie instead.
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Avery Edison @averyedison.com · 10/03/2026
societies typically talk about human cognition as working similarly to whatever is seen as the latest and greatest technology. that’s why we currently describe the brain as a roguelike deckbuilding game about characters making their way up a spire
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François Arias @paco15.eurosky.social · 05/03/2026
Mandatory :
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007 First Light @007game.ioi.dk · 02/03/2026
SAVE THE DATE Have you ever wondered what it takes to bring Bond back to gaming? Mark your calendars and tune in for the live reveal of Beyond the Light Episode 2 where we will be deep diving into all things cast and characters. 📅March 4 ⏱️7AM PT / 10AM ET / 4PM CET 📍http://twitch.tv/007gameIOI
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poggington bear ⚧️ @chainsawdog.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
my boss at the southern reach told me expeditions keep going missing in area x so i asked how many theyve sent in and my boss said they just find new people afterwards and i said it sounds like theyre just feeding people to area x and lowry started crying
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Moo Yu (Mythmatch on Switch and Steam Now!) @oneofmoo.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Please help Mythmatch with the Steam Next Fest algorithm! ⬇️ Download the Demo! 🎮 Play the Demo! ✅ Wishlist the Game! store.steampowered.com/app/2490290/... And if you've already played, please leave a review! Or maybe even boot it up for another go in Hephaestus's Forge!
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Mythmatch Demo on Steam
Build a community to challenge the gods in this narrative-rich anti-capitalist merge game. Play as outcast Artemis and work alongside the mortals to repair their broken buildings and relationships. Me...
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Micah @rincewind.run · 23/02/2026
at last, we have invented retrophenology from the classic Discworld text Don’t Invent Retrophenology
Retrophrenology:
It works like this. Phrenology, as everyone knows, is a way of reading someone's character, aptitude and abilities by examining the bumps and hollows on their head. Therefore - according to the kind of logical thinking that characterizes the Ankh-Morpork mind - it should be possible to mould someone's character by giving them carefully graded bumps in all the right places. You can go into a shop and order an artistic temperament with a tendency to introspection and a side order of hysteria. What you actually get is hit on the head with a selection of different size mallets, but it creates employment and keeps the money in circulation, and that's the main thing.
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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 04/02/2026
Just noticed that Remnant 2 (complete with all the DLC, which integrates seamlessly) is at its lowest price yet. £10/$14. Also the first game going for half that. Hugely replayable Souls-ish shooters, even better in co-op. Also secretly the closest we've had to a Dark Tower game series.
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Gamesplanet: Game keys for Steam, Origin, Ubisoft Connect, GOG and more
Your favorite games to activate on Steam, Origin, Ubisoft Connect, GOG or instant download
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william_ leonard @williamleonard.net · 23/10/2024
ethical dilemmas with #eizouken 🔎
ASAKUSA: "kanamori... i know it saves COSTS 'n' all... but won't we get in TROUBLE for animating in PIRATED SOFTWARE?"
MIZUSAKI: "i could get my parents to pay for an ADOBE CREATIVE CLOUD subscr—"
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KANAMORI: "FOOLISHNESS. don't y'know all the REAL studios just share the same 20-year-old cd of MACROMEDIA FLASH 8 between all the animators?"
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MIZUSAKI: "wait... is THAT how you got..."
KANAMORI: "i threatened to TELL."
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Greg the Sorcerer @gregthesorcerer.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
*fully restores your HP as you scroll past*
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Barry Hemans @overgroundlab.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Sums up a lot of these chat bot systems in one email Our AI is accurate!* *AI may not be accurate Maybe I should be looking at alternatives to Trainline
Trainline advertising "Powered by AI, it gives fast, accurate answers whenever you need them – so you can get back on track quickly*."Bottom of email admitting "*Travel Assistant is AI-powered and may occasionally provide inaccurate or unexpected information."
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Hannah Flynn 🐀 @itshannahflynn.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
brighton and south east game devs: we're having a show and tell on friday! bring your latest build and your notebook, share your work with other devs, eat pastries, profit????
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Love Indies Winter Show and Tell
Meet with local game devs and chat about what you're working on!
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Shannon Strucci @strucci.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
VERMIS III PREORDER??? hollow-press.net/collections/...
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Vermis III - old curses & buried horrors (PREORDER!)
Vermis III - old curses & buried horrorsthe official guideby Plastibooa LORE Game Book (loreGB)*This is a PREORDER. All orders including vermis III or any of the limited Vermis prints will be ship...
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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
🚨 The UK government just published a breakdown of the responses to its consultation on AI & copyright: - 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is) 🧵 1/2
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Hasn't the weather been strange lately @thefallingdream.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
ok well my drawing tablet is packed away but here
A fluffy white cat in some kind of very fancy high tech litter box with legs and a rounded cover and buttons. On its own this litter box lowkey looks like a spaceship from a cheap midcentury scifi, and the cat's pose and angle resembles an astronaut in an inspiring space race era poster, gazing towards the stars and/or future. I've cut this out in a very sloppy fashion and pasted it onto a photo of the milky way, and also hastily cut out and pasted in some rocket flames beneath the waste catcher of the, I really can't stress this enough, excessively high tech litter box. I considered adding text but I couldn't choose between "see you space cowboy..." and "he is boldly going" so I just left it out.
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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Finally, a unifying voice in British politics
A banner hanging from a balcony calling on all of us to ‘vote for Martok’, a Klingon general from Star Trek
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