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Rodolfo Hernandez (Kieves) @pdeadline.com · 4h

it's bandcamp friday, which means y'all should go buy the Desktop Explorer OST and support our incredible composer and audio designer Jorge Flores!! i love bandcamp, and on these fridays all the money goes directly to artists! jorgenoelflores.bandcamp.com/album/deskto...

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Desktop Explorer (Original Soundtrack), by Jorge Noel Flores

45 track album

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Rodolfo Hernandez (Kieves) @pdeadline.com · 4h

i wish the dead internet theory didn't feel as real as it does today. i mean, i wish it wasn't real at all! i was looking up stuff on ebay and all of the seller descriptions i could find were written with AI. might as well just not read them, they all say the exact same thing anyway.

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Edd Coates | Game UI Database @eddcoates.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Since a dev shared his game concept last month, Steam has been flooded with vibe-coded slop clones. This is what "democratising creativity" actually looks like. Even with AI, your ideas are worthless as long as they can be plagiarised at scale. Gen AI was designed for plagiarism, NOT creativity.

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Rodolfo Hernandez (Kieves) @pdeadline.com · 23/09/2026

well worth it to be on the road for 21 days. extremely tired but full of feelings (good ones) after doing PAX West and fullindie in one swoop. i even gave a talk! who would’ve thought! i wish i took more pictures.

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Rodolfo Hernandez (Kieves) @pdeadline.com · 19/08/2026

my only reason to use linkedin is to select "seems like AI slop" for absolutely everything the site "suggests" me.

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Desktop Explorer 💾 Available on Steam now! @desktopexplorergame.com · 15/08/2026

Recurring Dream will be exhibiting Desktop Explorer in @officialpax.bsky.social West If you are planning to make the trip to Seattle on Sep 4 – Sep 7, 2026 please make sure to visit us @ Booth: 2203 - Meet the team & hangout - Play the demo - {surprises}

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Desktop Explorer 💾 Available on Steam now! @desktopexplorergame.com · 10/08/2026

Desktop Explorer Original Soundtrack is finally available on Steam, Bandcamp, Apple Music, Spotify and other platforms! Remember: the more people respond positively to the OST release in all platforms... the more likely a physical release is! 💽📼

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Rodolfo Hernandez (Kieves) @pdeadline.com · 05/08/2026

plaza patria, in tijuana mexico is a very liminal, semi-abandoned "mall". these photos were the primary source of inspiration for NextRooms' early designs in Desktop Explorer!

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Rodolfo Hernandez (Kieves) @pdeadline.com · 05/08/2026

i was finally able to play consume me. as soon as i started 2 days ago i couldn't put it down until credits rolled. when i saw it at gdc last year i knew it was special, but i was still left speechless at the unabashed, extreme self-expression and incredibly ingenious narrative.

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Rodolfo Hernandez (Kieves) @pdeadline.com · 28/07/2026

these reviews are making me cry fr fr...

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Rodolfo Hernandez (Kieves) @pdeadline.com · 27/07/2026

i am unimaginably proud!!! i owe everything to each and every person who ever even GLANCED at desktop explorer. it's been such a wild ride. i could not have asked for a better team, a better reception, a better opportunity to do what i love.

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Rodolfo Hernandez (Kieves) @pdeadline.com · 23/07/2026

happy does not even begin to describe my feelings right now

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Desktop Explorer 💾 Available on Steam now! @desktopexplorergame.com · 17/07/2026

🖥️ Desktop Explorer is AVAILABLE NOW! 🔍 Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. 💾 Buy Now: tinyurl.com/DesktopExplo...

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Rodolfo Hernandez (Kieves) @pdeadline.com · 10/07/2026

the only thing keeping me going rn is OSTs. FTL, Transistor, Risk of Rain

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Rodolfo Hernandez (Kieves) @pdeadline.com · 18/06/2026

if jerma plays desktop explorer i might die

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Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

just saw someone reference this scene to explain why genAI is bad even if it saves time and this is actually an incredible unwitting metaphor: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYeN...

youtube.com

Neptune's Spatula

YouTube video by Carissa Gardner

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Desktop Explorer 💾 Available on Steam now! @desktopexplorergame.com · 10/06/2026

Remember when computers had personality?

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aran @aran.sokpop.co · 08/06/2026

ok sure but have you ever seen two rats trying to solve a sudoku

two rats looking at a sudoku in a stylized 3d environment

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Rodolfo Hernandez (Kieves) @pdeadline.com · 08/06/2026

extremely and deeply disappointed in the whole crazy taxi AI mess. whyyyy i've been waiting decades.. i love crazy taxi and still play it regularly to this day. its such a great game, incredible skill expression, so much potential.... WHYYYY!!!!

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popagenda @popagenda.co · 04/06/2026

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Rodolfo Hernandez (Kieves) @pdeadline.com · 04/06/2026

this is today!!! desktop explorer has something to show :) excited!!!!!!!!

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Rodolfo Hernandez (Kieves) @pdeadline.com · 04/06/2026

extremely sleep deprived but at least i get to admire this beautiful peanut

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 04/06/2026

you cant cut corners on ideas! the iteration is the point!

One of the real joys of this medium is that, as chaotic and broken as the development process can be, video games are works of art. Every line of dialogue, every wooden crate, every colour palette you see in a game is the result of decisions made by a person, drawing on their own ideas and values and collaborations with their colleagues.

And those things you're seeing in a game didn't just magically appear there. They were workshopped, improved on, drawn up then thrown out then drawn up again. That's the artistic process; it's how everything we've ever made as humans has been made. That's how it works! You can't cut corners on ideas! It'd be like me asking ChatGPT to provide an outline of this blog, then me saying I'd gone over it and made some edits, added an extra paragraph or two; I could put my byline on it and add a disclaimer, but...this wouldn't be my blog anymore.

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Rodolfo Hernandez (Kieves) @pdeadline.com · 25/05/2026

i WILL be posting cat pictures in the very near future

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Desktop Explorer 💾 Available on Steam now! @desktopexplorergame.com · 23/05/2026

I’m trapped here forever:(

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Rodolfo Hernandez (Kieves) @pdeadline.com · 08/05/2026

nothing quite like a todo list with 243 items

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Rodolfo Hernandez (Kieves) @pdeadline.com · 01/05/2026

i want to play tomodachi life so bad :( but it's so hard justifying a "Big Game" purchase when i know i just don't have the time or energy to play anything for more than 30 minutes a day

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Rodolfo Hernandez (Kieves) @pdeadline.com · 01/05/2026

framing this review and hanging it on my wall

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Desktop Explorer 💾 Available on Steam now! @desktopexplorergame.com · 29/04/2026

Congrats to The Dreamerians (Orgullo Mexa) for winning "Best Game Latin America" with A Rat's Quest - The Way Back Home. Also to @eviltrout.com for winning "Best Narrative" with The Roottrees Are Dead (we're huge fans) Thanks to @bigfestival.bsky.social again for nominating us!

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Rodolfo Hernandez (Kieves) @pdeadline.com · 28/04/2026

here have an out of context 2x scaled pizarro for your tuesday

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Rodolfo Hernandez (Kieves) @pdeadline.com · 21/04/2026

i saw footage from a year ago and it's honestly hard to believe how much insanely hard we've worked on this

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popagenda @popagenda.co · 17/03/2026

We're lucky to work with some delightful teams making cool stuff funded by @outersloth.com But remember, THE GAMES AND TEAMS STILL NEED YOUR SUPPORT AND WISHLIST! 👇 Take a sec to learn about @outerloopgames.bsky.social, @desktopexplorergame.com, @visaigames.bsky.social, and @eteogames.bsky.social

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Rodolfo Hernandez (Kieves) @pdeadline.com · 20/03/2026

please, anyone, does someone know how to tell Gmail that i NEVER WANT ANY AI SUGGESTIONS ON HOW I WRITE MY EMAILS!??!?! (preferrably while keeping email categorization, a feature that's been available WAY BEFORE THIS AI SLOPFEST) LET ME WRITE MY OWN EMAILS DAMN IT

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Rodolfo Hernandez (Kieves) @pdeadline.com · 20/03/2026

nothing could have ever prepared me for blue prince

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Rodolfo Hernandez (Kieves) @pdeadline.com · 13/01/2026

how do i sneak a miffy reference into a psychological horror game?

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Rodolfo Hernandez (Kieves) @pdeadline.com · 26/11/2025

contractors are game devs / makers / authors too

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Rodolfo Hernandez (Kieves) @pdeadline.com · 08/11/2025

i cant help but think of AI writing whenever i see text summarized in a 3 bullet point emoji structure 🐈‍⬛ this actually sucks 🐶 why did we do this to ourselves 🦭 we might have over-optimized attention catching strategies now it all feels gray

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Rodolfo Hernandez (Kieves) @pdeadline.com · 05/11/2025

last silksong (or as i lovingly call it - cilantro) update.. for now? i think i did everything i wanted at ~86% completion. it's crazy how much I'm still thinking about the game after 70 hours. i would go insane for DLC but I'm happy leaving it as is.

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Rodolfo Hernandez (Kieves) @pdeadline.com · 05/11/2025

it's nice to feel a tiny glimmer of hope on the Internet

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Rodolfo Hernandez (Kieves) @pdeadline.com · 27/10/2025

super lovely writeup about the game :) look ma i've made it into thinkygames!

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Rodolfo Hernandez (Kieves) @pdeadline.com · 26/10/2025

alright alright alright 63 and a half hours for silksong. coldest take in the world but: incredible. not without faults, like every other game in existence, but yeah. loved every second. such a treat.

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