iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

No time to waste, let's move with all haste. We've got past, present, and future to save! 📺 : Chrono Trigger, Square, 1995 (SNES)

A crt TV screen photo of the factory in 2300AD and Crono, Lucca, and Robo in battle against Debuggers

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Pixel Grotto @pixelgrotto.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Artwork from our Fabula Ultima campaign. Saffron's work is so good. A window into the best JRPG that nobody has had the opportunity to play but us (muahahaha)

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Pixel Grotto @pixelgrotto.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Been working hard on this for the last several months. Writing, lorekeeping, co-ordinating with some very talented freelancers, and new rules development. More to come, more to come!

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Wayne Reynolds @waynereynoldsart.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Cover art for the forthcoming "The Rising Wake" adventure path by Runehammer Games. Artwork sized "11.7. x "16.5 / 29.7cm x 42cm. Acrylic on artboard Publishing copyright Runehammer Games.

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Pixel Grotto @pixelgrotto.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yeah, that's what I'm assuming. I have learned about too many companies in the games industry utilising genAI for non-front facing work to assume that a big conglomerate like Capcom would do otherwise.

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Pixel Grotto @pixelgrotto.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Accurate. The Japanese student in me is amused at how へ is now causing this vast topic of contention in games media Mistranslation aside, though, I'm certain Capcom's utilising LLMs behind the scenes in some capacity. This is the company that made Mega Man X NFTs, after all.

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Three Sails Studios @threesailsstudios.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This Saturday, we exhibited at Questival, a brand new storytelling convention run by (among others) Bulwark Games, in Port Sunlight. In short, it was excellent. For a longer take, you can read my newest RUNNING THE NUMBERS blog. www.threesailsstudios.com/blog/questival-2026-running-the-numbers

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Questival 2026: Running The Numbers — Three Sails Studios

Well, I didn’t expect to be writing another Running The Numbers blog (check out the others here , here , and here ) until Dragonmeet at the end of November. But here I am, writing one a...

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Pixel Grotto @pixelgrotto.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

That’s definitely a factor. I also think for many older folks, LLMs just “work” in an understandable way. You type in questions and thoughts and the thing consistently generates bullet point responses. Compare this to, say, updating to the latest iOS, which changes everything in front of you.

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Pixel Grotto @pixelgrotto.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

She told me she disliked the story until the twist, which she loved. She also said she was familiar with Hellboy (?!) Anyway, consigning "formulaic" fiction to AI limits the subversion, originality, curveballs, and all she stuff that she herself likes. A very poor, elitist take from her.

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Pixel Grotto @pixelgrotto.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Quick story: Oates was my creative writing teacher in university, and reviewed a short story I wrote about a "superhero" who thought he was a member of the Justice League, but was actually hallucinating and in a psychiatric hospital. (This was in 2008 or '09; I wouldn't write the same twist today.)

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Ryusaque @ryusaque.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

My #pixelart recreation of Fire Mario from Mario Bros. 2 (The Lost Levels).

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

From the Mark Ferrari Art Slideshow on Commodore Amiga: Dusk falls upon the waterfall haven.

A crt TV screen photo of a fantasy pixel art woodland forest waterfall with lamplit homes built into the side

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The Neon Caster 🎙 Tabletop Vtuber @theneoncaster.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Only 24 hours until the end of the campaign! Be sure to back (or tag friends you know would be interested) before it's too late!

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Pixel Grotto @pixelgrotto.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A great game and a mediation on death, life beyond death, and friendship (with ghosts!). Also a one-man-band effort by my friend Paul who lives and breathes adventure games like few other can. Check it out if you haven't already

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Dokudoo @dokudoodle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Resident Evil (2026) is a fun movie. More comedic than scary, and has the most cohesive story within the film franchise. #Residentevil

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Three Sails Studios @threesailsstudios.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Lur did beautiful work for CITY OF ESPERS, and this is my favourite of all that she did!

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Three Sails Studios @threesailsstudios.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

CITY OF ESPERS just hit 500 backers on Backerkit, which feels like a milestone worth marking! Quinns wrote about it, and celebrated it, so why don't you go check it out too? www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...

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City of Espers - A Psychic-Powered Urban Action TTRPG

City of Espers is a psychic-powered urban action TTRPG for 2 to 4 players and a Game Master. Play as a group of psychics connecting to the city they live in through high-energy battles and melodrama.

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Pixel Grotto @pixelgrotto.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Fuck cancer, but glad it's isolated! Sending you all of the health items to zap that bastard back to the abyss

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Green Herb Resident Evil

Alt: A Green Herb from Resident Evil.

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Three Sails Studios @threesailsstudios.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

CITY OF ESPERS gets covered in @itsquinns.bsky.social final Summer Reading post over on Patreon! Not only is a lot of love shown for @theneoncaster.bsky.social's incredible design work, but my one of my own contributions, Joyous Gard, the Turf for the House of Avalon, gets a turn in the spotlight!

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Pixel Grotto @pixelgrotto.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This project is pretty ghatdang cool. I have played many things that were supposed to emulate the feel of Resident Evil in TTRPG form, but nothing quite like this. And if "Ink Ribbon" isn't the perfect title for a project of this caliber, I don't know what is!

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Pixel Grotto @pixelgrotto.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Final week for this awesome game that has just broken £20,000! Get out there and fulfill your technicolour anime dreams

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Pixel Grotto @pixelgrotto.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The Blood of Dawnwalker is grand, even though far too many of its quests force you into combat that doesn't have enough depth to sustain itself over time. But when the game does stuff well, it really excels. Also, extra points for featuring Central Asians in a tale set in 1300s Eastern Europe!

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Shed Less Blood, Dawnwalker

The Blood of Dawnwalker has gotten some high-praise reviews since it came out, and deservedly so. Made by ex-CD Projekt Red devs, it is very much "The Witcher-lite," though there are a host of good,...

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Trudi Castle @trudicastle.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

As a kid, my fave side mission in Link’s Awakening was the ghost following you who wanted to see its old house, only to feel sad and ask to be taken to its grave. It’s so bittersweet! ❤️

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Wayne Reynolds @waynereynoldsart.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Verdant Kraken for Magic the Gathering; Reality Fracture. Artwork sized "11.7. x "14.9 / 29cm x 38cm. Acrylic on artboard (Board size "11.7. x "16.5 / 29cm x 42cm) Art editor Zack Stella. Publishing copyright Wizards of the Coast.

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Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Symphony of the Night design documents on display at the Konami booth at TGS. The mock screenshot is incredible

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Pixel Grotto @pixelgrotto.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Another pixel art mockup I made ages ago to celebrate my first ever D&D campaign. Edited the character sprites from Final Fantasy V; compiled the rest from other games. The wolf is a Twilight Princess custom sprite; I don't recall the creator, alas Fond memories! Shout out to Malte, our intrepid DM

A classic 16-bit Final Fantasy-style mockup battle in a cave. Three characters - Dyne (a bearded ranger shooting arrows), Ferwen (a purple-haired druid summoning a wolf), and Xaddian (a horned sorcerer shooting fireballs) are battling a tall Black Spider Drow and a Death Dog. Options on the menu include "Attack," "Magic," "Item," and "Beg Malte for Inspiration."

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Pixel Grotto @pixelgrotto.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Wishing you a slew of All Lucky 7s over and over again!

All Lucky 7s from Final Fantasy VII, used on Emerald Weapon and dealing 7777 damage

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Pixel Grotto @pixelgrotto.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Good luck with everything, man! Moves are hard as hell but I look forward to being closer to ya. Wishing you the best and speediest of transitions

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Pixel Grotto @pixelgrotto.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Banner I edited for my Fabula Ultima group last night. Sprites made in Reroll, background of the moon is from Final Fantasy IV for the DS. Shoutout to @kreimnat.bsky.social for being the GM and @evilcleverdog.bsky.social, @weirdventures.bsky.social, Blair and Saffron (who aren't on BlueSky I think)

A banner showing five pixel art characters - a woman in purple dragoon armour with a spear, a young boy with a gun, a short gal with a massive hammer, a femme tree protector with a harp and hammer, and a bearded man with a backpack surrounded by tentacles. The text "Fabula Ultima" is above the group, in a pixelated font, along with an image of two moons. Below is the text: "And these brave heroes ventured forth, illuminated by the light of the moon..."

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Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Someone should make a Resident Evil game but it's secretly just adapting Magnetic Rose

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Pixel Grotto @pixelgrotto.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Excites me more than everything that was just announced at BlizzCon, lol

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Eternal Meek @dollymeat.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

its really funny when the monsters just kind of stand there while youre hitting it sometimes

an image of a nargacuga from monster hunter standing in a target it is saying im dissociating

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Max (VGCartography) @vgcartography.com · 12/09/2026

RPG battle systems, illustrated! (alt text cheat sheet)

dragon quest. FF1. phantasy star. breath of fire.
earthbound. lufia. FF6. chrono trigger. mario RPG. lunar. pokemon.
wild arms. FF7. DQ7. BoF4. dragoon. FF8. xenogears.
FF9. vagrant story. chrono cross. FFX. undertale. persona 5.

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videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

simon the sorcerer, screenshot, amiga (1994) www.mobygames.com/game/495/sim...

simon, purple robed, walking on a pier, above murky water, toward a giant protruding skull. a mist is in the background. the bottom third of the screen is taken up with user interface, consisting of verbs and inventory graphics.

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Michael Whelan @michaelwhelan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

THE LOST CITY (2017)  Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 14" x 7 ½"   Members of the Miskatonic Antarctic Expedition discover an ancient city while searching for Gedney, missing from the advance camp and the massacre that took place there. #bookssky #art 🪐📚

Cresting a ridge, two explorers take in the view of an ancient, alien city nestled in an arctic mountain range. Intricate spires rise out of a mist of windblown snow. Between the angled peaks of mountains, the sky radiates aurora-like waves rendered in white and gray-blue.

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videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

imagefight, warning, fm towns (1990) www.mobygames.com/game/27229/i...

in red font: warning
in white font:
if you are playing this video game outside of the country of japan, you are involved in a crime.

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Pixel Grotto @pixelgrotto.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

www.4gamer.net/games/999/G9... Question number 3. You can reasonably argue that he's just saying he likes her work ethic and that she's the first female PM, but it's still enough for me to raise an eyebrow.

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Lia @iliadele.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

“The theatre of the mind” A love letter to Tabletop Role Playing Games

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Pixel Grotto @pixelgrotto.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Everyone expressing sadness at this needs to realise that ultimately, Square Enix is a very conservative company. Naoki Hamaguchi in particular has expressed support for Japan's current ultra-right PM. The only Square (well, former Square) guy who gives non-milquetoast statements is Yasumi Matsuno.

"Nearly 30 years ago, the collapse of Japan's bubble economy engulfed the nation's financial institutions in mountains of bad debt, triggering a wave of corporate bankruptcies, a sudden and extreme rise in unemployment rates, and stagnation of Japanese society as a whole. It was an era when many were robbed of hope, when dreams were measured by their price tag.

Against this historical backdrop, I crafted a story. It was the story of Ramza, a young man who fought tirelessly against the entrenched social class system. It was the story of Delita, who sought to take advantage of this confusion and despair to advance his own social position. It was a story of a peculiar destiny, in which friendship and betrayal intertwine.

And now, in 2025—a time when inequality and division are still deeply rooted in our society—I offer this story once again.

The will to resist is in your hands."

- Yasumi Matsuno - original script, scenario writer and editor of Final Fantasy Tactics

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Arvy @arvy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Don't get me wrong - I absolutely love the breadth of tools that we as creators have now, we can choose what methods to use and what to emphasize in our presentation. It's amazing to have a choice. The core of my yelling at cloud is - why does it seem as if everything is toggled on all the time?

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Three Sails Studios @threesailsstudios.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Sound the fucking trumpets! My RUNNING THE NUMBERS blog for @tabletopscot.bsky.social is here! As is now tradition, I share our experiences of the convention and provide expenses and sales figures, plus a lil bit of analysis. Get involved and ask any questions in the comments! shorturl.at/5OzFu

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Tabletop Scotland 2026: Running the Numbers — Three Sails Studios

Third time is the charm, as I’ve heard it said. It’s time to Run the Numbers blog post for Tabletop Scotland 2026! For those of you who don’t know me / us, I’m George Francis Bickers and this is Th...

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Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 08/09/2026

I think all I really want to say is... 3D games can have style. Realism and enhanced detail isn't always the most interesting approach.

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Pixel Grotto @pixelgrotto.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I've seen and been on both sides of Zelda art style debates for ages, since the "Legend of Celda" days, so ultimately Nintendo is gonna do what Nintendo is gonna do. The important thing here is if my 8-year-old nephew, who's obsessed with Tears of the Kingdom, likes this. Maybe he will!

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Pixel Grotto @pixelgrotto.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Not sure what to think about the Ocarina of Time remake, honestly. I like some things - Hyrule Town is impressive, and those are truly fancy textures on Link's outfit - but when I first saw screenshots, I thought someone had asked ChatGPT to do a Zelda mockup in the style of Unreal Engine 5.

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Pixel Grotto @pixelgrotto.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Thaumaturge has been on my list for a while! I'm enjoying Blood of Dawnwalker at the moment, and it's got some Witcher 1 vibes meshed with what feels like the Witcher 3 engine, so it's fun to imagine what form the remake will one day assume. Bet the menu won't look half as nice as yours though!

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