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Max Gibson @rmaxgibson.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I can't believe the French Tennis Federation actually pulled out the paying with exposure argument to justify why it gives such a low share of revenue to the athletes at Roland Garros.

Snippet from the AP: "Beyond the prize money, a Grand Slam tournament like Roland Garros offers players exceptional exposure, generating indirect income through sponsorships, partnerships, exhibitions and appearance fees," the FFT said.

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Max Gibson @rmaxgibson.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

My Lady Witch and other Wondrous Tales has been out for a week now. For anyone who has enjoyed reading it, please consider leaving a review. Reviews can make a big difference for all books, but especially for independently published books.

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Max Gibson @rmaxgibson.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Curious to see which stories from My Lady Witch and other Wondrous Tales emerge as people's favorites. The Duck Who Could Not Fly appears to be an early frontrunner. #booksky #fairytale

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Max Gibson @rmaxgibson.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Excited to share that the audiobook version of My Lady Witch and other Wondrous tales is narrated by the super talented @amandatroop.bsky.social and is available now! www.amazon.com/dp/B0GZ8KNSJK/

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My Lady Witch and Other Wondrous Tales

Amazon.com: My Lady Witch and Other Wondrous Tales (Audible Audio Edition): R. Max Gibson, Amanda Troop, Golden Set Press: Books

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Max Gibson @rmaxgibson.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

My Lady Witch and other Wondrous Tales is out now!

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Max Gibson @rmaxgibson.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

My Lady Witch and other Wondrous Tales is out tomorrow! It includes 20 short stories that I would say are pretty similar to Grimms' fairy tales stylistically, though not quite as dark on average. books2read.com/myladywitch

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Available now at your favorite digital store!

My Lady Witch and other Wondrous Tales by R. Max Gibson

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Kelly Jarvis @kellyjarviswriter.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Gearing up for our Prose & Poetry Contest 2026, theme: SIRENS. Open for entries May 15-31st. $5USD per each entry. See our Submissions Guidelines for more details: www.fairytalemagazine.com/submissions #fairytalemagazine #writingcontest #fairytaleretellings #sirens

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David Mattingly @davidmattingly.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

I just wrote a long piece on how I did The Animorphs covers. Please check it out, and subscribe to my Substack, “My Adventures as an Illustrator.” myadventuresasanillustrator.substack.com/p/how-i-did-...

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How I Did the Animorphs Covers

Photoshop and Elastic Reality

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Max Gibson @rmaxgibson.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

My Lady Witch and other Wondrous Tales is a collection of 20 original fairy tales. I'm going to add descriptions for each of the stories in the run up to the book's release on May 1st to this thread.

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Max Gibson @rmaxgibson.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Prototyping a strategy game in @godotengine.org using @kenney.nl assets. These assets may be too good for prototyping, though. They mainly make me want to boot up and play Advance Wars.

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Max Gibson @rmaxgibson.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Phil Spencer knew that the only way Xbox could compete with Playstation again was to have first party studios making great games. Unfortunately, either he or someone higher up got cold feet just before studios started to show results and Sony started struggling with their own first party output

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Max Gibson @rmaxgibson.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

As a Jets fan who adopted the Seahawks as my NFC team when I lived there, I am very happy that Sam Darnold took advantage of second chances, found himself in Seattle, and got a Super Bowl win.

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Max Gibson @rmaxgibson.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

My Lady Witch and other Wondrous Tales is available for pre-order in hardcover format or as an eBook! You can check with your local bookstore if you can pre-order through them, or you can pick from some of the bigger retailers with this link: books2read.com/myladywitch

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Available now at your favorite digital store!

My Lady Witch and other Wondrous Tales by R. Max Gibson

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Max Gibson @rmaxgibson.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

I'm trying to fully retire my 3DS before getting a Switch 2 which means I've finally put time into Codename STEAM. I was not prepared for how weird it is. Where were all the people who claim to want more weird Nintendo when this came out?

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MinnMax @minnmax.com · 23/01/2026

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

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Max Gibson @rmaxgibson.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Full cover of the hardcover proof of My Lady Witch and other Wondrous Tales.

Picture of a proof copy of My Lady Witch and other Wondrous Tales held open so that the entire cover is displayed. The front cover features a witch wearing an ornate tiara atop a traditional witch's hat. The back cover has a castle on a seaside cliff beneath the blurb.

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Max Gibson @rmaxgibson.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

The hardcover proof arrived today!

Picture of a proof copy of My Lady Witch and other Wondrous Tales. The cover features a witch wearing an ornate tiara atop a traditional witch's hat.

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Max Gibson @rmaxgibson.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

My fairy tale collection My Lady Witch and other Wondrous Tales is coming out this year! Here's the front cover by Robert Gibson (not me).

Cover for My Lady Witch and other Wondrous Tales by R. Max Gibson. The cover features a witch wearing an ornate tiara atop a traditional witch's hat.

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Max Gibson @rmaxgibson.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

I watched The Princess Bride for the first time in several years, and I still find it to be a special movie. What stands out to me is that it takes pretty much every opportunity it can to be silly, and yet it not only manages to avoid undermining the story but somehow comes off as incredibly earnest

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Max Gibson @rmaxgibson.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Line Clipper: Tennis Tactics is out! There are a lot of tennis games out there that feel like a fancy version of Pong, but not a lot that actually play like tennis. If a turn-based game that focuses on tennis strategy sounds interesting to you, give it a look. store.steampowered.com/app/3205410/...

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Save 15% on Line Clipper: Tennis Tactics on Steam

Line Clipper: Tennis Tactics is a turn-based strategic tennis game. Zero in on your opponent’s pattern of play to gain the upper hand. Line up the perfect shot and simulate the outcome before committi...

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Max Gibson @rmaxgibson.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

What a 5 set match looks like in Line Clipper: Tennis Tactics if each point only gets 1 frame.

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Max Gibson @rmaxgibson.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

I did a bit of play testing for Spooky Express, and it is easy to recommend. Looks like I've got two more games to check out.

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rawb! 🏳️‍🌈✨ @rawbherb.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

The Tennis Academy | Concept Trailer A Zany Action RPG where the world's fate falls into your racquet-holding hands. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj7O... #Gamedev #Godot #Tennis #RPG

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The Tennis Academy | Concept Trailer

YouTube video by The Tennis Academy

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Eka | Dosa Divas @ekanaut.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

CEO compensation graphed next to employee compensation. 🙃

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MinnMax @minnmax.com · 13/06/2025

Follow @minnmax.bsky.social and share this post to win a Steam code for the excellent Star of Providence! "Overwhelmingly Positive" reviews on Steam. We're picking 75 lucky winners on Monday, June 16th! This is all thanks to the kindness and coolness of @bigmode.bsky.social, so give them a follow!

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Max Gibson @rmaxgibson.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

What people think solo game dev looks like vs maybe I should slightly increase the scroll speed for the credits on my "solo" project

Credits screen for Line Clipper: Tennis Tactics crediting the game designer.

Credits scroll listing additional tools and assets as well as members of the localization team.

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Max Gibson @rmaxgibson.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Nintendo has no good options, but they want to avoid raising the MSRP if at all possible, especially after the backlash they have already faced over the price. I can see 3 options: 1) eat the cost, 2) pass on the cost (aka force retailers to deal with it), 3) delay the launch date in North America

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Max Gibson @rmaxgibson.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

It feels like a long shot, but I hope Kirby Air Riders still has a Top Ride mode. Air Ride and City Trial were both inconsistent fun for me (though I have high hopes for both in the new game), but Top Ride was fun every time.

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Max Gibson @rmaxgibson.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Cannot recommend getting influenza the week before Steam Next Fest, but since I'm still sick I feel justified in spending some extra time trying out other people's demos

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Max Gibson @rmaxgibson.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Tennis is a little different than working to stop an alien invasion, but anyone who has played XCOM know the pain of missing a shot like this. If you too want to curse your luck, look forward to Line Clipper: Tennis Tactics.

Player is lining up a crosscourt tennis shot. It is showing 92.5% of simulations as landing inbounds.

The actual crosscourt tennis shot hit by the player sails long and lands out of bounds.

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Max Gibson @rmaxgibson.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Getting Line Clipper: Tennis Tactics localized is great because I'm learning important tennis terms in other languages. Perhaps none more useful than discovering that the German for "ace" is "ass". Now if someone tells me my serve "looked like ass", I can say "danke" and take the point.

A tennis player hitting an unreturnable serve. The German word for "ace appears on the screen, which is "ass".

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Max Gibson @rmaxgibson.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

What people think solo game dev looks like vs maybe I should slightly increase the scroll speed for the credits on my "solo" project

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Alright, well, video games. With 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico on the way, I can see a sharp downtick in the number of disc-based games that get released physically in the US, as much of that production infrastructure is in Mexico. If they do get made, I expect higher prices both phys & dig.

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Max Gibson @rmaxgibson.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Am I interested in using a joycon mouse to control a game? Not particularly. Am I interested in dual-wielding two joycon mice to chaotically try to control a Nintendo oddity? Absolutely yes. Two mice at once would be overwhelming for most games, but could be a lot of fun for a game like WarioWare.

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Max Gibson @rmaxgibson.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

🧵 It’s 2025, which means the Switch 2 announcement and (potentially) new tariffs are coming soon. The overwhelming majority of economists dislike tariffs, and the desired benefits of tariffs don’t really apply to the video game console market. Economic theory can help explain the issues. (1/24)

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Max Gibson @rmaxgibson.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

A lot of acclaimed titles I haven't gotten to yet, but here are my favorite video games of 2024: 1. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown 2. 1000xRESIST 3. Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble 4. UFO 50 5. Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess 6. Lorelei and the Laser Eyes 7. Balatro 8. Minishoot' Adventures

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Max Gibson @rmaxgibson.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

The announcements of Ueda's new game and Okami 2 make up for the fact that I am going to have to buy and play (and probably be unreasonably enthusiastic about) that weird Pac Man game.

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Max Gibson @rmaxgibson.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

I wonder if Astro Bot will ever come to PC. PlayStation has been bringing all their biggest titles over, but Astro Bot is so PlayStation centric it seems the least likely of their big games to make that move.

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Max Gibson @rmaxgibson.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Strong finish from The Game Awards. Two best speeches of the night were the lead-in to game of the year and the game of the year acceptance speech.

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Max Gibson @rmaxgibson.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Now that I've finished it, I must join the others shouting into the wind about how great 1000xRESIST is. Not just an all-time snub in the Best Narrative category for The Game Awards, but a big snub in Best Game Direction as well. It's a clear example of great direction overcoming other limitations.

The Youngest is looking up at the stars while asking, "What is wrong with me?" as The Watcher watches.

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Max Gibson @rmaxgibson.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

I wrote a story without an ounce of truth to it. Read at your leisure, but think at your peril. rmaxgibson.itch.io/the-false-tale

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The False Tale by rmaxgibson

A story so detached from reality that even a politician could be the hero.

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Max Gibson @rmaxgibson.bsky.social · 27/09/2024

Glad to finally be able to show the tennis game I've been developing. It's called Line Clipper: Tennis Tactics and, as you might have guessed from the name, it is a turn-based game that leans heavily into the strategic elements of tennis.

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Max Gibson @rmaxgibson.bsky.social · 12/06/2024

"My motorcycle is also a werewolf" has to be one of the best purposely bad lines I've ever heard.

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Max Gibson @rmaxgibson.bsky.social · 27/04/2024

Since Topspin 2K25 doesn't have my name, I decided to create Taylor Fritz's less dependable brother Onthe for my player.

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Max Gibson @rmaxgibson.bsky.social · 25/04/2024

I've held strong and resisted the expansion to Switch Online for so long, but I'm not sure I can resist having Iggy's Reckin' Balls on my Switch seeing as it is my all time favorite racing game

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Max Gibson @rmaxgibson.bsky.social · 14/01/2024

Maybe I just don't play enough games with companion characters, but the first section of Jedi Survivor gave me some serious Beyond Good & Evil nostalgia. Bode doesn't really seem to be like Double H, but in my head he's supposed to be Double H.

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