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Christian Scandariato @perpetualraine.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Crunchy card game night: Cyberpunk TCG!

Christian Scandariato @perpetualraine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Played big 40k today! 750pts of Sisters vs. Orks Went 1-1 after playing two games. Learned a bunch, definitely made some fixable mistakes in game 1 but the Ork codex buff is real. Big winners: the tanks Big losers: Celestian Insidiants. Absolute waste of points, I am never running them under 2k.

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Christian Scandariato @perpetualraine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Found this very old picture of me pitching the Floppy Knights paper prototype at RCG. More proof that I was handsome at one point.

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Christian Scandariato @perpetualraine.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Crunchy board game night: Omens! Still extremely fun. The perfect “let’s warm up with this” board game. The art continues to be gorgeous.

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Christian Scandariato @perpetualraine.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Crunchy board game… Saturday???? Playing Gudnak! It’s an LCG (think Netrunner) with an interesting win condition that operates on a 3x3 grid.

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mickey sanchez @mickeysanchez.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Small thread to talk about what Order Automatica actually is 👽 TL;DR: Super Auto Pets, The Ninth Gate, Into the Breach, Broughlikes, Hearthstone Battlegrounds, Inscryption It's a strategy game where you put your guys on a 3x3 grid, styled up as the long forgotten ritual of a secret society.

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Christian Scandariato @perpetualraine.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Running a Tekken Event in a hip-hop dance studio is a pretty fucking cool experience.

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Gretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Infinitely more disturbing than any science fiction story about a rogue AI are the real grown adults who believe ChatGPT can think and has a sense of self.

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Christian Scandariato @perpetualraine.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

My contract was picked up, I am now once again a full time employee. I get benefits, I get sick time, I get time off, and I get a 401k (again). It took me a whole year, but I'm finally back to where I was in 2025.

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Christian Scandariato @perpetualraine.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

500pt day today in Warhammer 40K! The start of the PDX FGC Extremely Slow Escalation League (tm) This is the first time most of our group will be playing 11th edition and the first time for some playing WH40k whatsoever

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Keits @keits.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

There is no skill-floor low enough for mass adoption of competitive games because the difficulty of competitive games is not the mechanics or inputs, its the other players.

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Christian Scandariato @perpetualraine.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Crunchy board game night! First up is Daybreak, a game about combating global warming. I am playing as *checks notes* the rest of the world

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Christian Scandariato @perpetualraine.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Rolled credits on Big Walk tonight In an age of friendslop games asking you to be as loud as possible over mindless bullshit, it stands out as a wonderful gem asking you to cooperate quietly. Almost certainly my GOTY, absolutely doing things only games can do.

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Christian Scandariato @perpetualraine.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Been playing a ton of Kill Team lately with the PDX FGC crew. Some shots from today’s game: Sisters (me) v. Necrons. I kind of decimated my opponent, they quit on turning point two.

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mickey sanchez @mickeysanchez.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

🕯️ANNOUNCEMENT🕯️ My game Order Automatica has a release date: September 4th, 2026 We are doing a simultaneous release on Steam, GOG, Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox, iOS, and Android 😅 New demo up on Steam right now : )

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Order Automatica - Official Release Date Trailer

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 02/08/2026

people need to understand that games on steam largely do not ‘underpeform,’ they either hit the algorithmic tipping points and become viral successes or they do not exist. they sell bad day at a garage sale numbers. this is a reality constructed and encouraged by valve

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 02/08/2026

i love how common the we need more games like [massive longshot million to one success] to save The Industry is as a take. sounds both sustainable and possible to plan for

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Mike Straw | Insider-Gaming.com @mikestrawmedia.com · 28/07/2026

With the layoffs at Double Fine today, we are up to 106 studios impacted by layoffs in 2026. 8,914 employees are known to have been let go by my confirmed numbers. The real number is likely around 9,500, counting data I'm working to confirm. gaminglayoffs.com

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Christian Scandariato @perpetualraine.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Sold a bunch of cards off to make a wad of bills, turned the wad of bills into Warhammer stuff. Extremely pleased that I now have a very nice set of detail brushes and cleaner.

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Tabby @tabbynickel.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Cole, one of our local Xrd players tragically had their house catch on fire and have a donation going for support in the interim while their house is repaired. If you could support them at this time I would sincerely appreciate it. www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

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Christian Scandariato @perpetualraine.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

40K completed sisters thread. Going to just post the finals here and not the prog photos because it’d be a million photos.

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Christian Scandariato @perpetualraine.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I’ve been getting back into Warhammer 40K for the past few months. It’s been really nice to just have a hobby that’s not in front of a computer, and I truly deeply enjoy painting ugly little models.

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Christian Scandariato @perpetualraine.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Crunchy board game night! We’re playing Lord of the Rings Trick Taking Game.

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Karkalla @karkalla.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

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Christian Scandariato @perpetualraine.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Chilling at the secret 3rd Strike glizzyfest. Great way to spend a summer.

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Karkalla @karkalla.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I've been eating Neapolitan ice cream sandwiches this week and they have a serious design flaw. Someone send this to ice cream HQ.

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shmuplations.com @shmuplations.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Today we have something special: a newly translated interview from July 1996 between Shigeru Miyamoto and Kenji Eno! Conducted just weeks after the launch of Mario 64, Eno takes Miyamoto to task (in a friendly way) with several fascinating critiques of its design. shmuplations.com/miyamotoxeno/

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Shigeru Miyamoto x Kenji Eno (1996) - shmuplations.com

In July 1996, Kenji Eno visited Nintendo HQ to speak with Shigeru Miyamoto as the first of his "cross-talk" series.

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 30/11/2023

posting this Classic over here in honor of the big man himself. adios bitch

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Sick. Awesome. Thanks for that. Really preferred this to funding a Blade game by the Dishonored people or people at Obsidian having jobs.

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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 02/07/2026

Nearly every mobile game I’ve ever worked on is gone, “sunsetted” rather than made playable on current OSes. Their titles mean nothing to recruiters and hiring managers, let alone players. Even if players remember them fondly, they couldn’t play them anymore if they wanted to.

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Christian Scandariato @perpetualraine.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Hey! I did an hour interview at my new studio Seismic Squirrel as part of their Aether Hour podcast, diving into my career as a designer, design trends, and how we're looking to keep working on Aether & Iron. Check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=W50B...

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Inside Game Design with Christian Scandariato | Aether Hour 24

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Christian Scandariato @perpetualraine.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Finished Rogue Trader CRPG, what an incredible game. Truly amazing game in its own right and an incredible peek into the universe of 40k. I'm blown away by how much quality was packed into the individual choices for each companion character. 9.5/10

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I'm Dirt Mother Fucker @aynrandy.boontavista.com · 24/06/2026

Remember when those grade school kids begged Dianne Feinstein to do something about climate change and she said condescendingly "we know what we're doing" and then fell over and died

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Anyway I'm just going to say it outright: if you're an indie dev using AI for coding, above and beyond any other objections, what you're telling me is that you have no solidarity with anyone else in games. Not artists, not writers, not other coders. You beleive in personal convenience at all costs.

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March 🪻 @marchbell.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Ramza for Final Fantasy Tactics' 29th anniversary! HBD #FFT 🎊

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March 🪻 @marchbell.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Ramza wip #FFT #FFTactics

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Jess @jesscapade.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

(Not so fun fact) living in constant fear of losing your livelihood, does not, in fact, result in great or meaningful art.

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Christine Love @christinelove.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

My only manifesto is that I think some of you are thinking about this shit too much. Time spent being clever in your head is time that could be better spent working it out in the art instead. You need to embrace being a dumb bitch if you wanna ship

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Carolyn Petit @carolynmichelle.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I do not fully trust critics who are not both lovers and haters. All I want is for you to have some kind of taste, some kind of ethic, and I want you to argue in favor of it, which should inevitably mean that you greatly admire some works in your chosen field and definitely don’t admire others.

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dreamin' @dreaminerryday.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

genAI is poisoning our water and planet you should hate it all indiscriminately even if it "never touches" the final product

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Christian Scandariato @perpetualraine.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Very happy to announce I've landed a new gig at a studio named Seismic Squirrel! So far everything seems cool and all of the people are great. So ends what would unquestionably be the worst 10 months of my life.

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Christian Scandariato @perpetualraine.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Delivered my PIGCon presentation today! It went very well I think. I’ll post the video whenever it surfaces. Thanks to @pigsquad.com for the opportunity!

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Lake Mungo Jerry @toomanymonkeys.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

I went to a great talk at PIGcon by @perpetualraine.bsky.social about game design. It reminded me of panels by Ben Saunders at comic cons and it gave me a lot to chew on. I suspect I will start annoying everyone in my Video Game Book Club by talking about System Suspence all of the time.

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Liz Walcher @lizwalcher.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

well, the project I’ve been working on at OtherSide was canceled yesterday and I’ve been laid off along with the rest of my team. Still getting my bearings & tying up loose ends but if you know of any open 3d artist roles, please send those my way 💚

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