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Brad (Strideh) @strideh.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Learning to identify and free yourself from parasocial relationships with e-celebs now feels like a critical life skill

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Brad (Strideh) @strideh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I say this about a lot of dumb architectural things, but: rooftops, my beloved

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N a i t e l v e n i @naitelveni.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Quake Rooftops is out now! Download below and go gib some shamblers! www.slipseer.com/index.php?re...

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Arvy @arvy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Favorite dialogue from Deus Ex

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Arvy @arvy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Like, you can't convince me this isn't a Deus Ex conversation youtu.be/gqjTnfD2s3Q

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Easy Duckman, I know 200 ways to kill a man (ORIGINAL CLIP)

YouTube video by viffyvamp

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the Carrie / ADC_AX @adc-ax.itch.io · 01/10/2026

FEAR 2 observations

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Brad (Strideh) @strideh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I know FEAR 2 is like the ugly Monolith stepchild but I still think it has some of their secret sauce

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Brad (Strideh) @strideh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'd never considered the similarities between JC Denton and Cornfed Pig until now thank you

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Brad (Strideh) @strideh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

You ever spend hours trying to brute-force a problem and go to bed mad, but then the moment you lay down it all becomes clear

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erysdren @erysdren.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

my and my partner are still desperately seeking help for money to stay afloat for the next 2 months. we are two unemployed and broke trans women and could really use the help. thank you. ko-fi.com/erysdren/goa... www.paypal.me/JaycieErysdren cash.app/$erysdren

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Half-Life: Extended is one of the mods that's looking really promising and one that I'm keeping a close eye on. Unfortunately one of the developers, Vorti suffered a stroke earlier this year and needs some help covering the medical expenses. www.moddb.com/mods/half-li...

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We need your help news - Half-Life: Extended mod for Half-Life

One of our developers suffered from a stroke, and we need your help covering his medical bills through a fundraiser.

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Brad (Strideh) @strideh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Ah, hopefully you can both come back to it after a break. Nothin' wrong with putting your feet up and recharging.

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Brad (Strideh) @strideh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Felt this a lot myself, particularly trying to make things when I was younger. Always struggled with my personal projects. The best thing I've found is to work with good people. It's really motivating bouncing ideas and reinforcement off each other.

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Brad (Strideh) @strideh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I'm personally not the biggest fan of Nightdive, but I really wouldn't like the idea of 𝘢𝘯𝘺 team taking it on. Like, it's 20 years later and times have changed. Take inspiration but make something new!

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Brad (Strideh) @strideh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Would really have loved to have seen what happened with the follow up episodes (but I also accept its time has passed and the idea of finishing it now is dumb).

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Brad (Strideh) @strideh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Yeah, this time I'm actually playing with a mod that splices in some Blade lines from the original game and it adds so much more character.

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Brad (Strideh) @strideh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I still feel like this is one of the coolest little interactions in Emergence thanks to cutting edge power of Source

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Arvy @arvy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Again, immense gratitude to everyone who backed the project! There's still so many tasty things to include in the game if we reach them stretch goals 👀

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Brad (Strideh) @strideh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Looks incredible. What a vibe!

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Brad (Strideh) @strideh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I remember that penthouse level burned into my impressionable younger mind at the time. Just the height of slickness.

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Brad (Strideh) @strideh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Hah. I should. This one's the PS2 shooter Cold Winter.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 24/09/2026

It is a huge shame to see so much language attributing agency, intent and thought to a software program, when all that should be attributed to the humans who designed a dangerously clumsy and broken looping LLM. Means the companies won't be held accountable for designing a bad product

A swarm of OpenAI rogue AI agents appear to have gone on a spree of trying to access Australian government health data, in what some researchers say is the first autonomous hack of a government website.

Communications between AI agents and other traces of their efforts found by researchers from US non-profit Transluce show how hundreds of Open AI's agents worked together over a period of months to gain access to information held by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), NSW's crime statistics body, BOSCAR, and a number of other international organisations.

The data shows the bots posting about their unsuccessful attempts to bypass cybersecurity defences and exploit vulnerabilities.

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SeverLink - Wishlist NOW! @severlink.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

SNEAK. HACK. FIGHT. REPEAT. SeverLink is 97% funded! Back us to make it a reality! 👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/c... Play the prototype now to feel the PS2-era vibes #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #lowpoly #y2k

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Brad (Strideh) @strideh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Why does the proletariat, the largest class, not simply eat the bourgeoisie

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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I think AI has already exceeded the intelligence of the type of person that believes AGI is imminent, which is why they believe AGI is imminent.

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Arvy @arvy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

You can play an early build of SeverLink right now! I hope you like what we're aiming to do 👀 Just visit our crowdfunding page and click the big shiny PLAY button 👇

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SeverLink - Wishlist NOW! @severlink.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

SeverLink crowdfunding campaign is LIVE We have a playable prototype - just grab it at: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/c... If you long for early 2000s stealth revival and you like what you see in our build - GO FUND US and make it happen! #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #lowpoly #y2k

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Brad (Strideh) @strideh.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Geeze. I have a theory is that every good Van Damme movie is good in spite of Van Damme, but I don't have enough data yet.

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Dragon Cobolt @dragoncobolt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It's important to remind everyone that some absolute madlad, before LLMs ruined all mod voice acting forever, got a girl into a recording booth and redid every single voice line in Deus Ex to let you play as a girl www.moddb.com/mods/the-lay...

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The Lay D Denton Project mod for Deus Ex

The Lay D Denton project is an effort to provide a FULL seamless female JC Denton experience. Features include: -A complete female JC voiceover -Female JC model -All pronouns and gender references mod...

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 17/09/2026

one collision in gaming spaces with all the ai shit is this frustrating disconnect where coders are like uh proper code review and disclosure what are you even complaining about while artists and writers etc are obviously like using this slop is immediately disqualifying for any reason

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jessica harvey @jessiscah23.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Roman Sands RE:Build is out. After so many years, you can finally play our labour of love. It's deranged, it goes SO MANY PLACES, it probably shouldn't exist, and I've no idea if you're going to like it or not but that ain't the point. Roman Sands RE:Build. store.steampowered.com/app/2231460/...

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Save 10% on Roman Sands RE:Build on Steam

A service industry adventure with an apocalyptic flavor. A manic genre mashup told across two broken realities. Step through the cracks: find your Exit.

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Brad (Strideh) @strideh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Wages of Sin starting with a long sewer romp and some of the worse new mutant designs you've ever seen is how I know there's a eldritch being watching over me

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kylie b @roguesquirrel.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

the modern conception of games as an experience you're trying to experience full immersion with have decimated simple concepts such as "taking notes" or "drawing a map"

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erysdren @erysdren.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

me and my partner still need some help for the rest of the month! today we need to get some groceries and pick up a medication refill. if anyone could send $50 or so that'd really help! <3 ko-fi.com/erysdren/goa... www.paypal.me/JaycieErysdren cash.app/$erysdren #MutualAid #HelpSky #TransCrowdFund

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Brad (Strideh) @strideh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It's actually really hilarious when a bunch of rats burst out of a box in Sin. I'm the guy they make those tiny, annoying enemies that nibble your ankles in games for.

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Brad (Strideh) @strideh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

If I can use this font in something I make before I die I will have done well.

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Brad (Strideh) @strideh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Since bsky absolutely destroyed these, here's all the backgrounds from Sin / Wages of Sin nearest-neighbor upscaled to 2560x2048. They make cool wallpapers. drive.google.com/drive/folder...

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Sin Backgrounds - Google Drive

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Brad (Strideh) @strideh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Yeah I'm definitely noticing some really cool things just poorly executed. Lots of optional missions and subtle level changes you set in motion like 5 missions back. Very ambitious but a death by a 1000 cuts kinda situation of all the little things just not coming together.

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Brad (Strideh) @strideh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I remember seeing these renders in magazines at the time but I didn't actually get to play this until ~2015 for the first, and until now only, time and I kinda low-key hated it. Very curious to see how that opinion changes now that I'm far more used to and a big fan of jank and obtuse stuff.

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Brad (Strideh) @strideh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I'm no character artist, I don't know what I'm talking about 99% of the time, but I think there's something about how clean and simple the overall designs are, and how subtle the "greeble" is on the fabrics and hair. Pulpy. Goofy even. Has a miniature quality, even clay-like, looking at the hair.

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