iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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moon ⭐ SPX @ Table E12! @moonhotel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I uploaded the first Electricopolis comic to itch!! Please enjoy.

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GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 12/08/2026

Hiroshi Iuchi's updated their site w commentary on their past work🇯🇵 one tidbit: off the back of their anim work for Shinrei Jusatsushi Taromaru @ Time Warner Japan, they were flown to the US by Atari to advise on a certain fighting game & were even offered a job, but declined due to language barrier

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Riley Black 🏳️‍⚧️ 🦕 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Believe me when I tell you Kory's work for Tyrant Lizard Queen is absolutely killer. Just as beautiful, gross, horrific, and sweet as I could have hoped for. You're going to want this dino book. Rawr.

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Tyrant Lizard Queen

From the author of the beloved The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, an imaginative celebration of T. rex from hatching to adulthoodTyrannosaurus rex is a prehisto...

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Spokane Sequential @spokanesequential.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Hey folks! Here's the theme for the next issue: it's brains! Submissions will be open through Monday, Oct 5. Full details and guidelines at our website, like usual!

Two calm, relaxed people with the tops of their skulls removed obliviously look at their phones while a floating brain with bulging eyes and a hacksaw gently extends a hand to a similar brain that is climbing its way out of one of those open heads. It sounds gross but I promise it's actually quite sweet.

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Charmy Bee @charmythebee.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

bring me the eyes of your enemies

Charmy Bee from his origins in the Sonic manga highlighting his stinger

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The GHZ @theghz.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

And here we go, coincidentally in time for Sonic's 35th bday, the entire Sonic 1 development timeline—or at least our best understanding of it—in three bite-size chunks. I've already talked about 1988-1990 in detail in earlier posts, so let's take a look at 1991 and the final lead-up to release 🧵

Graphic showing the development timeline of Sonic 1 from 1988-1989

Graphic showing the development timeline of Sonic 1 in 1990

Graphic showing the development timeline of Sonic 1 in 1991

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Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 28/05/2026

Here's the serious bit for anyone who'd rather skip the 4000 words of jokes

Because the truth is, tech doesn't have an image problem. It doesn't have a message problem. It has an intention problem. What's wrong with the axe murderer who broke into my house is not that he hasn't successfully persuaded me to buy into his narrative. What's wrong is that he's trying to kill me with an axe. Similarly, when you launch a product that's designed to put millions of people out of work, block access to sources of verifiable truth, replace human creativity with slop, and lower the barriers to every sort of atrocity, the problem isn't that you haven't told the public a good story about those things. The problem is that you are trying to do them. (
There are things in the world that are more important than money. The fact that you seem not to believe this, that you seem to think any motive beyond ruthless acquisitiveness is fake, dishonest, or childish, is the heart of your problem. Your attitude is not by any means unique to tech, but the

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catrin @broomfie.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

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grant @grantpardee.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

It's a me, the consumer! I wish to consume ethically under this here capitalism. I'll take a look at my choices now - oh a no!

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Mario Party 1 Miss: Mario's Disappointment

ALT: Mario Party 1 Miss: Mario's Disappointment

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X ΘΔ (Giant Tyrant Overlord) @xkeeper.net · 22/04/2026

the reasons for the "death of the indie web" are long and varied but this is, imo, one of the largest. it is kind of funny that we went from "users post news on forum" to "users comment on news directly" to "users comment on social media that the news posts to"

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Sam Thielmonster @samthielman.com · 08/04/2026

Personally I think when a world leader announces “Tune in tonight at 8pm Eastern to watch the world end” like it’s the fucking season premiere of Roseanne we should have a different leader the next day.

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shmuplations.com @shmuplations.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

In this humorous Mega Man Legends interview from 2/98, Keiji Inafune shares the inspiration behind Tron's design, the challenges of finding the right difficulty, and other mecha-centric anecdotes. shmuplations.com/rockmandash/

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Mega Man Legends – 1998 Developer Interview - shmuplations.com

This humorous Mega Man Legends interview with director Keiji Inafune originally appeared in the 2/98 issue of GameJin magazine.

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shmuplations.com @shmuplations.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

It's time for another fun installment of Saturday Shmuplations, where we look back at important moments in gaming history through primary source interviews in our archive. Today we focus on Castlevania and Shining Force!

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vaugna16 @vaugna16.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

finally completed Million Onion Hotel 100%!! Thank you for relisting it @oniongames.bsky.social, I had a lot of fun revisiting it and finally getting the true ending Very much not a mobile gamer but this is one I can absolutely recommend.

ending credits screen for the mobile game Million Onion Hotel.
"Thank you very much for playing!
Love & Peace! Yeah!"

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reflex @energyrune.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Flippin thru a big stack of old furry comics i bought and this got my ass good

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Michael the Stearns @rvr67michael.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

It's cool someone is doing this but I'm mainly just glad to see someone explain how to get this to run on an emulator at all. (I played through the first bit of the game so many times trying to get it to stop crashing!)

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ana @totebug.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

alien soldier is my favorite game cause you can tell it was made by a guy who wanted to fuck the megadrive

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Abby Denton is a Rabbit for Halloween Every Year @abbydenton.com · 19/02/2026

😎 now... Now we begin the arduous process of mailing these out.

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I R A @roira.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

This seems like a maliciously put headline to make people feel a certain way. Wikipedia is not partaking in generative AI. They are making AI companies and scrappers having to pay for training their modules off wikipedia texts. And having an AI (not that ai) tasked with updating dead links.

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Brittany Penn @kiddpenn.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

We're almost done animating this and it should be out real soon!! Please keep an eye out for it, I think people are going to enjoy this one, it's one of our best. #IndieAnimationDay

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St1ka @st1ka.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

It happened again! Japan loves Sega consoles now more than it did when they were new

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Phil Salvador @philsalv.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

This is where I think there's parallels to the '83 crash. E.T. performed reasonably fine, but Atari invested so much into it that anything other than the biggest game ever would be a failure by *their* metrics! That's not the game's problem, that's management's problem

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St1ka @st1ka.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Some people walk or bike to work, but I always take my

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Jesse Betteridge @jbetteridge.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

If you want to hear a compelling story of a resilient animation studio in a small town and some harsh truths about why Canada's animation industry may not be as self-sufficient as it should be and why we may not be supporting it in the best way, do yourself a favour and give this episode a listen!

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Popiz @popiz.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Here comes the flower warrior

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Michael the Stearns @rvr67michael.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

why yes, I HAVE been listening to Chaotix Case Files

Eggman and a few badniks all listen intently while Vector, locked in a box with Sonic, enthusiastically tells everyone what a great detective he is

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🌕dee🌕 @deedeer.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

fanart for a rude dog

Rude Dog, a 90s clothing mascot. The color palette is incredibly obnoxious bright yellows, blues, greens and fuchsias. The dog is on a chain and sits, drooling and surrounded by bones.

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moon ⭐ SPX @ Table E12! @moonhotel.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

welp, i need money for Printer Fund so here i go opening up commissions again. artistree.io/pkohberger Let me draw or write for you!!!

Bob Sparker stickers. Two electric game show hosts with their arms intertwined, holding mics and jumper cables.

Watercolor painting of Lemeza Kosugi from La-Mulana in a hot spring.

Black and white ink drawing of Sega's Astal.

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Daniel Dockery @dandock.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

Whenever I see a venture capitalist group buying up an artistic platform or a website or a newspaper and picking it apart, I'm reminded of a Stephen King quote from a documentary about him possibly making a "better investment" than buying a radio station:

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LABS (Wishlist Castle In The Darkness 2 on Steam!) @labsworks.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

LOVISH is out in 2 days! Let's do a short AMA! Anyone got any burning questions? #indie #gamedev #love

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RubiSapa @rubisapa.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Dynamite Headdy / ダイナマイトヘッディー When I drew the scene where Headdy danced to Bit It, I thought a lot about how to connect the scene. I drew this scene by referring to each frame. #dynamiteheaddy #ダイナマイトヘッディー

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RubiSapa @rubisapa.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

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Joe Versus @joeversus.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

very pleased to see people watching more of my music and music-related vids on youtube, ESPECIALLY my cover of the Widget the World Watcher theme. you ALL LOVE Widget and remember his theme so fondly! www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1ng...

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Widget the World Watcher theme song cover

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Michael the Stearns @rvr67michael.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Dawn appeared at the local random-prompt comix jam!

Dawn recklessly carries Mantel's new iPhone to a tall cliff, despite his protests. As she holds it over the sea, a giant orca whale bursts out of the surf

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Buttart @buttart.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

if ur a fan of Ashita No Joe or classic anime in general AND really good indie rock, PLEASE WATCH THIS VIDEO!! my friend Joe dressed up as Joe (lol) and this is a great intro to his band, Joe Versus, and the concept/inspiration behind it! Plus stunning original art by @zeneroze.bsky.social 👀

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🔞 Wysty, CEO of vampire yuri | Comms Open @wysticlipse.art · 19/01/2026

Apparently the AI bros are on another round of "Hatsune Miku is AI, checkmate luddites" so this is just a reminder that the singer behind Miku was paid and still earns royalties, and beyond that, Miku is nothing more than a MIDI soundboard with advanced pitch converter options, it is not genAI.

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Jesse Betteridge @jbetteridge.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

With ALL YOU NEED IS KILL in theatres, I'm reminded of my lifelong ambition to open a skewer stand specifically so I can call it ALL YOU NEED IS GRILL.

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Michael the Stearns @rvr67michael.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Cool backgrounds on The Flintstones (s01e22 "The Tycoon"). I've been watching the show in order and this episode immediately jumped out, the background designs feel even more UPA-like than usual, and the average lawn quality in Bedrock seems to have taken a huge leap.

Surprisingly green shot of Bedrock, with low purple mountains in the distance.

A random caveman carries buckets of water to a mammoth, who is watering the caveman's lawn. A garden is present, and fur clothing can be seen drying on a line.

"Tar-pit Tavern" exterior. Bright pink venetian blinds cover the windows.

Fred's look-alike, J.L. Gotrocks, happily sips a drink by the jukebox at Sam's Ice Cream Parlor. The stone walls of this business are shockingly red, the employees may have gone mad

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LABS (Wishlist Castle In The Darkness 2 on Steam!) @labsworks.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

The release date is finally here 😍! LOVISH, coming February 5th to Windows and modern consoles! #lovish #indiegame #pixelart

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Nathan Fouts, ChainStaff is Out Now @mommysbestgames.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Thank you to everyone that came out to MAGFest and played the demo and posed with the giant ChainStaff!

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Furry Found Footage ➡️ FURPOC @furryfootage.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

A delightful short film animating an interview between the filmmaker and his father Arana Puranam (2023) from Studio Eeksaurus and creator Adithi Krishnadas Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Furu...

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Michael the Stearns @rvr67michael.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

So there I was, New Years Day, 2000. The exact moment in life when I would choose between a path of wealth and success, or a blue hedgehog

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Abby Denton is a Rabbit for Halloween Every Year @abbydenton.com · 27/12/2025

All this discussion of networking and making friends has been deeply alienating to me, as someone who can make neither friends NOR professional contacts due to being immensely off-putting in a way that is somehow obvious to everyone I meet but no one will explain it to me

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Michael the Stearns @rvr67michael.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

I am so Mario Kart-brained that I assumed the white area of this car track was a big puffy cloud with a little angry face on it

A toy car track from the 1987 Sears Wishbook. It's got a red area and suspended blue tracks and a big rounded white area that I say looks like a cloud.

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LianyaPCM @lianyapcm.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Mon Amour is so damn fun y'all — I guarantee you'll die not even a second after starting a level, & laugh. I've 100%'d the game when it came out, & think I'm due for a replay, cause it's such a good time, & the music is great

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Harriet - Pumpkin Spite @akaharriet.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫

Headline: "Microsoft Scales Back AI Goals Because Almost Nobody Is Using Copilot" by Jan Martindale Dec. 10 2025

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GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 15/12/2025

someone's gonna wanna hear this: former Westone founder Ryuichi Nishizawa (Wonder Boy/Monster World series) is currently in the very early stages of planning an original sidescrolling action game with Kouichi Yotsui (Strider, Suzuki Bakuhatsu, etc)

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