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Thomas Faust @someindie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I've had the privilege of translating this one and I may have actually done it justice. It is good. Utterly charming. Lots of fun. Just trust me on this and treat yourself to this gem.

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Thomas Faust @someindie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Au, fein, herzlichen Glückwunsch!

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Thomas Faust @someindie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Good, good. Don't let them get you!

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Thomas Faust @someindie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Haaave you met ... fountain pens?

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Eric @mokkograd.net · 06/09/2026

"Eswahr Eternal" is a fantasy role-playing game about becoming a King. You will travel an empty land, slay Giants, sacrifice your principles for power and then you will rule. For Eternity. Go and wishlist it on Steam, or else: store.steampowered.com/app/5198420/...

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Eswahr Eternal on Steam

Eswahr Eternal wants you to become a King. You will wander across an eternal Kingdom. You will slay the four Giants of the Land. You will sacrifice your Principles for Power. You will take the Throne....

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Thomas Faust @someindie.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

No time to help this month, sorry. But this looks so colorful, awesome! Also: hi! :)

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Ido Yehieli - Stellar Cartography Interactive @tametick.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Looking for brave play tester willing to test Prophet Margin in the following languages: English, French, Germany, Spanish, Polish, Russian, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese & Korean! store.steampowered.com/app/3624110/...

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Thomas Faust @someindie.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

@mattatddnet.bsky.social hey, random thought, do you know @nova-box.com? Sensing some shared interests there...

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Dancesport Is Life @mattatddnet.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I wrote a thing cause I'm mad at the games industry about how it treats war as a subject. Yet again. www.digitallydownloaded.net/2026/09/gall...

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Gallipoli underscores, yet again, the irresponsibility of the games industry regarding war – Digitally Downloaded

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Game Informer @gameinformer.com · 25/08/2026

We spoke with The Talos Principle III's writers about generative AI: 'It's just a plagiarism machine that makes people lose their jobs'. You can read the interview excerpt right here. gameinformer.com/interview/20...

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Thomas Faust @someindie.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Hmm, yes. Careful satire. The unseasoned chicken of satire.

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Thomas Faust @someindie.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Currently regretting this immensely. :(

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Thomas Faust @someindie.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

All that good stuff. Have a magical Gamescom week!

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Thomas Faust @someindie.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

O Hai, hope you're doing fine! (Not going to Gamescom, just wanted to say hi.)

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Thomas Faust @someindie.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Or, you know, clean up your room.

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Thomas Faust @someindie.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Yes! Generally, getting outside and finding a nice place in the shade gets you the nicest meetings (if not too informal, heh).

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

late night post: I wrote a fairly long article quite awhile ago (auratriolo.com/blog/2024/09...) on why you might submit to the Independent Games Festival. Today I present something a bit more specific: Advice on navigating the submissions interface and common pitfalls auratriolo.com/blog/2026/07...

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A quick guide to the Submissions Interface for The Independent Games Festival (IGF) – AURAMBLES

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Thomas Faust @someindie.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Sorry, but that's clearly an egg growing from her head.

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Thomas Faust @someindie.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

The deities of the flea market smiled upon me yesterday. All of this for 8€? What a haul.

Four Patti Smith vinyl records in almost pristine condition.

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Le Pixel Hunt - Making Games at the End of the World @thepixelhunt.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Here's the official revel trailer for Ithaca, our road-trip RPG about climate resistance. The world is burning. There’s a hostage in your trunk. How far will you go? If you'd like to play this one day, please consider backing the project on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ith...

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Thomas Faust @someindie.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Happy Alruna launch day, everyone. Did some translating for this. It was fun!

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Thomas Faust @someindie.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Oh cool, ist das nicht dieses Jedi-Zeugs? Mögen die Midichlorianer mit dir sein! Die Daumen ich drücke.

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Thomas Faust @someindie.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

1.300 words of that, and the deadline would be okay without any rhymes. Oh well. There goes my weekend, I guess. (Still: we have a fun job, all things considered!)

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Thomas Faust @someindie.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Encountered the unholy trinity in my current translation project: - one character who talks in limericks - one character who talks in haiku - one character who talks like the Beas- tie- BOYS!

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a man with his mouth open and the words beastie boys written on his face

ALT: a man with his mouth open and the words beastie boys written on his face

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Thomas Faust @someindie.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Can confirm that I am human and that I do translate games. Happy to chat if you have any questions! (DMs should be open)

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Thomas Faust @someindie.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Counterpoint: devs directly reacting to player feedback is a good thing. I get your reasoning, mind. From a press pov this sucks.

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Thomas Faust @someindie.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

The new one is lovely as well ... or so I've heard. :P

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Danny Weinbaum @dannyweinbaum.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

I made a spiritual followup to the Eastshade postmortem video (which went a bit viral) in celebration of our big demo day! youtu.be/0D9HnCZdq2k

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My Wife and I Spent All Our Money Making an Indie Game

YouTube video by Eastshade Studios

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Danny Weinbaum @dannyweinbaum.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

OUR NEW GAMEPLAY TRAILER! Check out Songs of Glimmerwick, our witch academy RPG where the magic of the world is music! Wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/1706510/...

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Thomas Faust @someindie.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

How about letting professionals do the work of professionals? No degree of developer review or "volunteer community translators" or machine translation or whatever is going to come close. Yikes.

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Thomas Faust @someindie.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

All localized text is reviewed by ... the developer? Well I guess that's fine, then. (It's not.)

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Thomas Faust @someindie.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Au fein, danke! Begleite die bösere Hälfte auf Dienstreise, muss mich also tagsüber selbst bespaßen. Beste Museen?

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Thomas Faust @someindie.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

@rainersigl.bsky.social Hey! 4 Tage Wien im Sommer - was muss ich da unbedingt sehen?

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Indie Arena Booth @indiearenabooth.de · 11/03/2026

It’s finally time! Our submissions for gamescom 2026 are officially open! ✨ We have a bunch of free and discounted showcasing options available for you 👀 Check out our website for all relevant information: home.indiearenabooth.de/submission ⌛ Submissions are open until April 13

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Danny Weinbaum @dannyweinbaum.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

To anybody who happens to play games in French or Spanish (or other heavily gendered languages): How does an NPC typically address gender of player avatar? Like in an RPG where you pick gender, do NPCs use gendered adjectives, or do they sort of weasel around it? And is it strange for players?

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Jonas Kyratzes @jonaskyratzes.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

MIDNIGHT IN BABYLON, the first episode of AZATHOTH BLUES, is now out on all major podcast platforms, including Spotify. A dark journey into paranoia, conspiracy, murder & ritual. How do you fight back in a world that seems increasingly insane?

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Thomas Faust @someindie.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Yay? Glückwunsch? Das ist gut? (Isses?)

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Thomas Faust @someindie.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Oh, verdammt, wie gut sieht das denn aus?

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I found the ep in PLURIBUS where Carol--white, American--meets 5 non-white, non-American survivors of the hivemind off-putting, but in a way that made me curious to see where Gilligan was going. Now that I have, I wrote about how empire, privilege, genAI, & resistance converge in the show's subtext:

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Resisting the Hivemind: Pluribus, Generative AI, and Empire - Reactor

While its creator tell us that Pluribus is not about advent of generative AI, it's difficult not to spot the many places where the fledgling tech and extraterrestrial hivemind overlap.

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The Bishop Of Hobb-ins @fishwithlasers.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

we’ve got somewhere to stay after the fucking place flooded again, just a room tho, I’ve just managed to pack the bare minimum and I’m skint beyond words. I am so sorry, this has all gone to shit. Can anyone help with emergency survival funds? www.paypal.com/paypalme/ret... ko-fi.com/robfearon

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Pay Emma Fearon using PayPal.Me

Go to paypal.me/retroremakes and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

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Thomas Faust @someindie.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

This. And the Broken Earth trilogy.

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