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Pete Shea @peteshea.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Out of nowhere, Dark Matter just delivered one of the most beautiful, profound episodes of television I've seen! 😭 And it makes you want to try and read Proust! 👏

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BOARDS OF CANADA @boardsofcanada.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

INFERNO. 29 MAY 2026. boardsofcanada.com

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Pete Shea @peteshea.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Loved 1967! Very droll 😂 Can't wait...

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Pete Shea @peteshea.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Gutted about Mani, not felt this bad since Weatherall.

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Pete Shea @peteshea.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Completed Cocoon last night (2 years late) and loved it. Exquisite design across the whole game. Mind bending at points but also very tight, satisfying puzzle design.

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Mel Brooks @officialmelbrooks.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

I told you we’d be back

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Pete Shea @peteshea.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

RIP Brian Wilson. @bigfifi.bsky.social & I walked down the aisle to God Only Knows, & back up it to Good Vibrations. Legend not enough 😭

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Pete Shea @peteshea.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Finally beat Balatro after 14 hours, made it to round 31 in endless. Now I can get my life back 😅 Expertly balanced, one more shot crazily compulsive game. Would like to go back to Blue Prince but need a break from roguelike deck builders... At least until Slay the Spire 2 😬😁

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Pete Shea @peteshea.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Rolled credits on @blueprincegame.bsky.social. Superb. Took me 40 days but had a lot of bad luck. Ran out of footsteps 2 rooms from 46 one run 😅 Reminded me of Echoes of the Eye, which also took lots of runs to beat. Now to unlock all the rooms... 🤔

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Pete Shea @peteshea.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

The reason publishers are so obsessed with Live Service games, for better or worse and contrary to anecdotal wisdom, is because that is what the vast majority of "hardcore" gamers are spending their time playing:

Piechart showing share of gametime in 2023 for 18+ year old PC & PlayStation/Xbox gamers where only 6.5% of playtime was on new releases from that year. Remainder was spent on Games as a Service or Annual Update games like Call of Duty & FIFA.

Second piechart showing that of the 6.5% of play time on new releases in 2023, 4 games- Hogwarts Legacy, Baldurs Gate 3, Starfield & Diablo Iv made up nearly 50% of that 6.5% of total play time.

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Pete Shea @peteshea.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Without Lynch choosing Dune over Return of the Jedi, or Dune flopping we may never have got Blue Velvet. I like to think he would have made these films no matter what. He was that singular.

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Pete Shea @peteshea.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Lynch famously turned down Return of the Jedi to make Dune. Deeply flawed film, but I also loved it at the time. The production design is amazing, better than the recent versions in my opinion.

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Andy Kelly @ultrabrilliant.xyz · 15/09/2024

One second from every episode of Twin Peaks.

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Pete Shea @peteshea.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Younger people may not realise this but before Twin Peaks there wasn't really any quality Serial drama on US TV. There were soap operas and some adaptations & limited series but very few original serials. Now it is the dominant form on TV. Every HBO & streaming series owes it a debt. #davidlynch

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Pete Shea @peteshea.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

RIP David Lynch. Deeply saddened by this. Unique genius. Wrote my Film & TV Studies dissertation in 1992 about how Twin Peaks revolutionised and changed US TV forever and it's only become more evident since. The Return is his masterpiece. Unequalled.

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Pete Shea @peteshea.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Play Echoes of the Eye next! Somehow, it's even better, or at least as mind-blowing. Still haunts me years later.

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

With Hogmanay it seemed like a good time to signal boost to the gamedevs of my adopted home, Scotland. If you're a Scotland-based or Scotland-born gamedev drop your name in the replies to be added (only self-nominations thanks folks). Reposts welcome & HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🙌🏻 go.bsky.app/RVGcV8u

An image showing the starting few members of the Game Devs of Scotland starter pack

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Pete Shea @peteshea.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Hello, veteran (old) dev here 👋

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Pete Shea @peteshea.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

This year I spoke to a retro games journalist about a game I started designing 25 years ago. If you are one of the (few) people who remember Brave The Search for Spirit Dancer from their childhood, some nostalgia here- #ps2 #retrogames youtu.be/kUHjXOoStNE?...

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The Obscure History of Brave: The Search For Spirit Dancer

YouTube video by Freecky Cake

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Pete Shea @peteshea.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

We've had this up in our kitchen since lockdown. It has an Atari 800 in it for some reason 🤣

A card in 1950s style. Woman celebrating with hands in the air, papers and computers (Atari 800) flying everywhere. Caption reads, "Looks like it's fuck this shit o'clock".

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Pete Shea @peteshea.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Another point, history was written by the victors, but having as much testimony as possible, no matter how seemingly trivial could perhaps change this.

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Pete Shea @peteshea.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Maybe man/ai will eventually learn from history? 😑 I agree there is an insane amount of worthless content, but see no harm in trying to preserve it in case great stuff gets lost

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Pete Shea @peteshea.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Newspapers were ephemeral too, but we kept most of them. Having an entire record of history/culture can only aid future civilisations.

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Pete Shea @peteshea.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Game devs, post your first shipped game and your latest shipped game. Left: Earthworm Jim 3D, N64 (1999). Right: JoJo & Gran Gran: A Day With JoJo, BBC Little Learners App IOS/Android (2024) bsky.app/profile/grey...

Box cover art for Earthworm Jim 3D on Nintendo 64. USA Rockstar release.

Home screen for game JoJo & Gran Gran: A Day With JoJo.

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Pete Shea @peteshea.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Sacrilege but preferred the Speedking at the time. The Comp Pro was super tough but too big.

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Pete Shea @peteshea.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Witcher 4 as well, obviously. Witcher 3 in my top 10 all time. Just 😀

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Pete Shea @peteshea.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Caught up with TGA trailers. Most interesting game for me that no-one is talking about was Warren Spector's multiplayer ImSim Thick as Thieves. Going to be hard to pull this off I feel, but I have hope!

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Lost In Cult @lostincult.co.uk · 20/11/2024

🦋 Competition time 🦋 To celebrate our near-4000(!) new followers this month, we're running a Bsky-exclusive giveaway. Three random winners will win a £100 voucher to spend at lostincult.co.uk To enter, follow + like & repost this lil guy. Winners announced Thur 28th November @ 1pm GMT

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Pete Shea @peteshea.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Intro post. Hi, I'm a Video Game Designer & Producer based in Glasgow, Scotland. Been making games professionally for 27 years and have shipped 38 games in that time - from N64 through a few generations of consoles & PC, mobile and web. Currently Project Manager at Chunk.

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