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Robert Vinluan

@robertvinluan.bsky.social
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Lead Product Designer, New York Times Games ✰ Art, music, and code the rest of the time ✰ Karaoke Disney Prince✰ 🇵🇭

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Robert Vinluan @robertvinluan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Perfectly Imperfect is amazing because where else am I going to find Lizzy McAlpine being obsessed with Return of the Obra Dinn and saying "Lucas Pope you are an icon" www.pi.fyi/p/lizzy-mcal...
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PI | LIZZY MCALPINE
THE LOS ANGELES-BASED SONGWRITER, VOCALIST AND PRODUCER STOPS BY TO TELL US WHAT SHE'S BEEN INTO.
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Robert Vinluan @robertvinluan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Funniest anecdote from teaching last semester is that The Youth does not really know what Digimon is. Maybe this will change things
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Robert Vinluan @robertvinluan.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The Great Gotham Challenge is absolutely one of my favorite things I do every year: think puzzle hunt x amazing race all across nyc. Tickets are almost gone apparently!! info.ggc.nyc/public-event...
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Great Gotham Challenge | Great Gotham Challenge | New York City…
These public challenges are composed of our most challenging and never-before-seen clues, locations, puzzles, and experiences.
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Robert Vinluan @robertvinluan.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
There's a moment in this game that made me want to stand up from my chair and scream at how good it was. I literally applauded. Go play this TOMORROW!
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sami 🔵 @hellosami.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I made a website that lets you cut out old magazines from the internet archive (or any PDFs you own) and make collage art out of them: ✂️ clipart.studio
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Robert Vinluan @robertvinluan.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I joined a songwriting club and this month's theme was Pastiche so naturally I wrote a yacht rock song about Pokemon robertvinluan.bandcamp.com/track/sabrina
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Sabrina, by Robert Vinluan
track by Robert Vinluan
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Robert Vinluan @robertvinluan.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Ugh this is going to make me get back into Street Fighter again isn't it www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5vx...
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Street Fighter 6 - Yasmine Gameplay Trailer
YouTube video by Street Fighter
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Robert Vinluan @robertvinluan.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
ahh yes please
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Robert Vinluan @robertvinluan.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Was not prepared for how deeply affecting I would find this
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Giraud, basically @giraud.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
A spotify playlist of various artists where all songs are either “running up that hill” or “rolling down the hill”
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Robert Vinluan @robertvinluan.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
If I had a nickel for every show I'm currently watching where someone mentions playing New York Times games I'd have two nickels!!!!!!
Gilles from Belgian De Mol S14 in a BTS video playing NYT GamesKumail from Taskmaster S21 revealing he still plays Wordle
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Robert Vinluan @robertvinluan.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
De Mol ending exactly as Game Changer starts feels like a gift from the universe
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Robert Vinluan @robertvinluan.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
if I had a nickel for every show I'm currently watching where contestants try to complete ridiculous challenges and one of them happens to be dressed like a minion I'd have two nickels
Adam and Ben in Taiwan from S17 of Jet Lag: The GameJoanna from S21 of Taskmaster
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Anthony Clark @nedroid.com · 13/05/2026
GUY EATING CANDY: this candy reminds me of something…

GUY (looks at bag, sees it is labeled “Werther’s Derivative”): oh
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Robert Vinluan @robertvinluan.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Come see my students' games 🙂
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apihminis.bsky.social @apihminis.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
today’s puzzle is by @gppasco.bsky.social. 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭 solve at the link in bio 🌺
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apihminis.bsky.social @apihminis.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
happy API heritage month! kicking off may’s puzzles is…. may’s puzzle! we think this one is a great way to gallop into the new month. solve at the link in bio 🌺
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Robert Vinluan @robertvinluan.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
ok huge kudos to PokeCryptic I'm absolutely obsessed www.pokecryptic.com
One playing Smash or Pass is critiquing hot & unattractive faces (5)
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Robert Vinluan @robertvinluan.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Odds are good he's not in the movie at all but could you imagine how good Peter Serafinowicz as Alexander, Warrior Jar would be
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
i made a crossword
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Robert Vinluan @robertvinluan.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Impressionism as an art movement is named after Claude Monet's "Impression, Sunrise". This makes Impression, Sunrise the Rogue of paintings
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Robert Vinluan @robertvinluan.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
I think I've tried to use Gooper in some capacity for literally every game I've made in the last 5 years
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Robert Vinluan @robertvinluan.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
LOVE this game, it's a sokoban but with an amazing sense of exploration and some really crunchy mechanics
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Robert Vinluan @robertvinluan.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Why does everyone in Crimson Desert talk with the exact accent that someone who's never met an English person does when they're trying to do an English accent
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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Here’s my interview with Shishir Mehotra, the CEO behind Grammarly’s “expert review” feature which attributed writing advice to people - including me lol - without permission. Or, as you will hear us talk about a lot, compensation. www.theverge.com/podcast/8987...
Sure. How much do you think you should pay me to use my name?
It's really important to think about attribution and think about impersonation, and so on. As an expert, you have a trade you make on the internet. The idea is that when you put content out there, myself included, you hope people use it. You want to refer to other people's content.
You want people to link to you. You really, really hope they attribute you when they do. When somebody uses your content, should they attribute you? Of course. And to attribute you, you have to use your name.
There's a different line which is, should people be able to impersonate you? And I think that is a very different standard. And we saw the lawsuit. Respectfully, we believe the claims are without merit. The idea that the feature is impersonation is quite a big stretch. Every mention was very clearly, "This is inspired not only by this person, but also inspired by a specific work from this specific person, with a clear attributed link to get back to them." It's far from that test lof impersonation].
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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 23/03/2026
Approximately 950 non-tenure track faculty at New York University walked off the job on Monday, after their union and the university failed to reach agreement on raises and better job security. www.thecity.nyc/2026/03/23/n...
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NYU Faculty Strike as Union and University Reach Impasse on Wages
More than 900 non-tenure track NYU professors went on strike on Monday morning, as students returned from spring break.
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Robert Vinluan @robertvinluan.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
The synth at the beginning of Such Great Heights is really good
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Robert Vinluan @robertvinluan.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Nirvana The Band The Show The Movie is such a triumph, please watch it in theaters if only to experience one of the funniest movie jokes of all time, involving a packed theater, alongside a packed theater
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Robert Vinluan @robertvinluan.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
It's the combination of feeling powerful and stylish simultaneously
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Robert Vinluan @robertvinluan.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
My phone just autocorrected "ube" to "Uber". Put that at the top of my personal list of "things that feel racist but aren't"
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Robert Vinluan @robertvinluan.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
You never feel as good in any piece of clothing as how you feel wearing pants you hemmed yourself 30 minutes ago
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ZIPIT! Games @zipit-games.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
we celebrated 8000 wishlists this morning but then someone deleted......... will one of u pls help out my catfish so we can keep partying??? #indiedev #indiegame #wholesomegames #cozygames store.steampowered.com/app/3172760/...
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The Wide Open Sky is Running out of Catfish on Steam
A story-driven photography game... on the back of a giant, flying catfish! Transform clouds into sea creatures and bring abundance back to an empty sky!
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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 14/03/2026
Pi(e) day pi(e) facts: The guy introduced the Greek letter for pi was the father of the guy who discovered proto-Indo-European (PIE)
William Jones was born in London; his father William Jones (1675–1749) was a mathematician from Anglesey in Wales, noted for introducing the use of the symbol π. The young William Jones was a linguistic prodigy, who in addition to his native languages English and Welsh,[3] learned Greek, Latin, Persian, Arabic, Hebrew and the basics of Chinese writing at an early age.[4] By the end of his life, he knew eight languages with critical thoroughness.[5]
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Robert Vinluan @robertvinluan.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Great Gotham Challenge's NYC-ster Egg Hunt was one of the funnest things I did last year, a great blend of a puzzle hunt and an Amazing Race style dash around Manhattan. Highly recommend doing it if you can!! info.ggc.nyc/public-events
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Great Gotham Challenge | Great Gotham Challenge | New York City…
These public challenges are composed of our most challenging and never-before-seen clues, locations, puzzles, and experiences.
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Robert Vinluan @robertvinluan.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
really loved the discovery and exploration in this. Kind of like a micro Animal Well
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Robert Vinluan @robertvinluan.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
The demo for this really floored me. Very highly anticipated
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Robert Vinluan @robertvinluan.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Add me to your squad I'll talk about the lore the entire time
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Neal Agarwal @neal.fun · 10/03/2026
Made a little site that lets you draw your own constellations neal.fun/constellatio...
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Robert Vinluan @robertvinluan.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Legitimately excited for what seems to be Nintendo's first metroidbrania www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwo-...
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Yoshi and the Mysterious Book – Coming May 21st (Nintendo Switch 2)
YouTube video by Nintendo UK
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Robert Vinluan @robertvinluan.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Parseword is the most fun I've had with cryptics in a while!
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Robert Vinluan @robertvinluan.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
I won my first ever run of Slay The Spire 2 and honestly it's making me a little less incentivized to pick it back up again lol
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Mothership @mothership.blog · 26/01/2026
Welcome to Mothership. ✨ mothership.blog
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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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Robert Vinluan @robertvinluan.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
This can be said of all the DesignersRepublic stuff as well but I think it's fun that Marathon's modern take on it and contemporary trends in sneaker design both have these biotech elements in the middle of their venn diagram
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Robert Vinluan @robertvinluan.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Marathon's art direction is one of the best out there right now (and after playing a bit of the alpha I am excited for it) but I also have to call it like it is: an aesthetic designed to appeal to people who collect sneakers www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbNh...
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Pre-Order Trailer | Marathon
YouTube video by Marathon
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/01/2026
a few thoughts youtu.be/lERS4kJIQR8
youtu.be
Abolish ICE
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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Robert Vinluan @robertvinluan.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Newsletter's back!! Here are my top 10 games of 2025, plus a bunch of other favorites. open.substack.com/pub/robertvi...
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David Aja @davidaja.com · 04/01/2026
By the great @annienocenti.bsky.social Daredevil #283 (1990)
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Robert Vinluan @robertvinluan.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Haha nice! I guess the only other things I have strictly under that limit are Despelote which you probably also have played, and Bits and Bops, which is delightful but maybe less surprising! Also Öoo is incredible if you haven't played it but that clocked in at 3.2 hrs for me
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Robert Vinluan @robertvinluan.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
AND if you want to do this too you can have my 2026 design!! I just printed this out at my local FedEx at 24x36". drive.google.com/file/d/1Jt00...
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