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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 22/09/2026

The early reviews of Nighthawks are looking good. Phew! Guess we can release the game now. Look for it at 10am EST! (two-ish hours from now)

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 22/09/2026

Nighthawks is OUT! When the sun sets, outcasts rise. Gather new friends, face old prejudices, and prepare to seize the night in Nighthawks, the vampire RPG where the secret is out... but the hunt continues. Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1221950/... GOG: www.gog.com/en/game/nigh...

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silverspookgames.bsky.social @silverspookgames.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Great chat with @technocratgames.bsky.social on the state of the indie & wider game industry, cyberpunk, low-poly models & 3D engines i.e. Quake / Half-Life making a comeback, staying creative an adaptive in 2026, and more! www.youtube.com/live/vNDzR6a... #indiegame

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Indiegame making in 2026, cyberpunk & more with Technobabylon creator James Dearden

YouTube video by Silver Spook

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A grumpy senior investigator for CEL. He's seen too much, and lately that's Lao's fault.

3D model of a tired-looking man in a blue jacket

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Final Fantasy VIII and the later PS1 has been my latest monomania when it comes to style.

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AdventureX @adventurex.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Tickets are now available for #AdvX26, the UK narrative & adventure games conference taking place in London on 7 & 8 November! Come play our curated game exhibits, chat with devs and listen to experts! Buy at buytickets.at/adventurexco... Info, speakers, games, schedule at adventurexpo.org!

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

No, Half-Life: Firearms mod, I don't think you really need one and a quarter terabytes.

Installer for Half-Life: Firearms mod. It shows an error that won't allow installation until 1251963MB has been freed up

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I've been going to AdventureX since it was in a room above a pub in Didcot, and now I have a ticket to this one, I look forward to seeing you all there! Or else.

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 12/08/2026

AdventureX tickets go on sale TODAY. I’m giving the first talk of the event! It’s called “20 Years of Wadjet Eye” and I’ll be discussing how I survived 20 years in this business. I’ll also be revealing some early sales figures for the very first time.

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I look forward to seeing everyone there!

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AdventureX @adventurex.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Tickets for #AdvX26 go on sale TOMORROW (Wednesday) at 3:00 pm GMT+1 (UK time)! Join us for a weekend of narrative gaming in London on 7 - 8 November at the LSBU Hub building. Tickets have sold out quickly in past years, so plan ahead and make sure not to miss out! More info: adventurexpo.org

AdventureX 2026, 7-8 November. Tickets on sale Wednesday, 12 August at 3:00 pm GMT+1. A person with pink hair, a coat, and a lanyard checks in at AdventureX.

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Can't recall where I first saw it, but I'm a fan of the conspiracy theory that Meta teamed up with Ray Ban for their glasses so that googling "Meta glasses ban" would bring up sales pages rather than where they've been restricted.

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

For fuck's sake BBC News, describing Abdul El-Sayed as an "insurgent" candidate isn't even subtle dog-whistling, it's just plain shouting.

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I've had to show my MP that they're not even hiding the comically evil side of things. They're named after the artifact used by Sauron to spy on the people of Middle-Earth, and their UK head's grandfather led the British Union of Fascists.

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I look forward to seeing everyone here!

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Dakota // Syncaroonie @syncaroonie.com · 17/07/2026

I posted the Steam page for my game, Solaire, earlier! Here's the first trailer I posted on there as well! #gamedev #indiedev #godot #solaire

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The school I work at has a policy. If a student/customer asks "do you have English for <topic>?" then the management will always say "yes", then come up with a syllabus later. I am now a teacher of "English for the supernatural and paranormal".

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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 13/07/2026

JKR and her new org apparently helped get the new Amnesty International report on how TERF organizations destroy lives taken down from their site. Well, guess what? The Streisand Effect is real. Here's the entire report in a thread. Read it. Share it.

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I do think it's amusing that the UK's new one-way effector drone (the effect being, "boom") is called "Nyan"

The "Nyan" one-way effector drone. It's like a Shahed with a jet engine.

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Mother couldn't make it for my birthday since she was having lunch with Princess Anne (as one does), but she sent this cross-stitch that she made

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 09/07/2026

WADJET EYE IS 20 YEARS OLD!! Which means it’s time to celebrate with another group photo. It’s frankly ridiculous that the universe has allowed me to continue doing this for so long. I’m grateful for it every day. Thank you all.

20 games and 20 years worth of Wadjet Eye characters, all bunched up for a group photo.

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 06/07/2026

The entire Blackwell series is 70% off during the Steam Summer Sale! Eight years in the making, the Blackwell series tell the story of medium Rosa Blackwell and her spirit guide Joey Mallone as they help lost and lonely ghosts pass on. Find them here: store.steampowered.com/bundle/

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Darryl Mott @gamerstavernshow.com · 04/07/2026

Woohoo! My favorite point-and-click adventure game is on here! If you don't know Technobabylon, here's a "negative" review that should sell you on it.

Steam review from user Nyaru

Title: Tricked by the SJWs again!

Snap, they got me good

Played just over 2 hours before they unleashed their agenda: suddenly I'm looking at interracial gay mamages and hanging with minority trans people in a progressive paradise where it is the norm, as apparently nobody is even surprised by it.

Just past the refund period. Well, guess it's my own fault for taking my time and inspecting everything instead of rushing through the story.

EDIT: and now I found lesbians and a gay robot, and some other cringey thing I forgot.

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 04/07/2026

🚨 The Steam Summer Sale is STILL ON! 🚨 Nab all our games for up to 70% off until July 9th. store.steampowered.com/developer/Wa...

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

As a wholly impartial third party, I say "buy Technobabylon"

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Bradford District Green Party @bradfordgreens.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

It's time for Elon Musk to pipe down.

Green Party Bradford District graphic featuring a large image of Elon Musk speaking at a lectern, outlined in red. Overlaid across the centre is a screenshot of a post attributed to Elon Musk reading:

“Replying to @IterIntellectus and @ZackPolanski

Yes, he is a scumbag and traitor”

On the right is a portrait of Zack Polanski outlined in green. Below is a larger screenshot of a post attributed to Zack Polanski which reads:

“Elon Musk can say what he likes about me but I won't stay silent whilst foreign tech billionaires, money earned off the backs of real workers, try to interfere in our democracy, incite violence in our communities and tear apart our country.

Time for him to pipe down.”

The background shows a green-tinted cityscape with Green Party branding at the top. A campaign imprint appears along the bottom of the graphic.

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Daniel Albu 🕹️ (Tech Talk with Daniel Albu) @danielalbu.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

📅 11 years ago today, @wadjeteyegames.bsky.social's Technobabylon was released! 💾 Technobabylon was released on May 21st, 2015! 💾

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 21/05/2026

Oh wow. Happy birthday, Technobabylon! And congrats @technocratgames.bsky.social!

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

It's called "enshittification". Strengthen publishers and shareholders, weaken beloved media. With remakes this can be done imperceptibly over time.

JC Denton (right) stands in front of NSF commander Leo Gold (left)

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

We couldn't find the dragon in our last round of D&D, so the final boss of the chapter was a giant pineapple, who had been terrorising the village.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

With the help of the Sandy Hook families, The Onion has reached a long-awaited deal to take over InfoWars. We've enlisted the help of @timheidecker.bsky.social, who will be InfoWars' Creative Director. Please stand by for more.

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

This is the kind of thing that, at least, couldn't be astroturfed with any credibility. Nobody is going to be saying "I want the freedom to have more difficulty unsubscribing!" ...one would hope

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AdventureX @adventurex.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Save the date! On 13 April, exhibitor and speaker submissions open for AdventureX 2026. Be part of the UK’s only convention dedicated to narrative games. You can find details at adventurexpo.org. Follow us here and subscribe to our newsletter for updates. #AdvX26 #AdvX

AdventureX submissions open on 13 April for exhibitors and speakers. An AdventureX exhibitor wearing a lanyard and glasses discusses their game

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

I'm looking forward to the Supreme Court deciding 5-3 (with one abstaining) that it is in fact constitutional for the US President to appoint an Antipope

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

"The Moon belongs to America, and eagerly awaits the arrival of our astro-men"

Black and white picture, the astronauts next to stars and stripes

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

You're allowed to perceive me briefly today

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

I remember at school in the early 2000s, we trained a Markov chain-baser chatbot user megabytes of erotic fiction. When asked a question, it could often give a sensible answer based on probability modelling, but then it would spew paragraphs of obscene gibberish like this

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Mike Schuster @mcs212.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Currently, the all-time most blocked accounts on Bluesky are: 1. JD Vance 2. The White House 3. ICE 4. Bluesky's AI app that was announced 24 hours ago

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Many characters in Rainbow 6 show up in a later game, Tom Clancy's Endwar, as commanders for each faction. The USA also gets a lot of Ghost Recon alumni

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

And now Oswald Mosley's grandson runs Palantir in the UK, and shows up for TV interviews in a black shirt

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

I'm at the point where I've been staring at it for so long that I'm no longer objective. How legible do you reckon this is?

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 25/03/2026

Enter the surreal world of Strangeland, now on SALE for 70% off! Explore a nightmare carnival filled with puzzles, strange inhabitants, and dark secrets. Will you unravel the mysteries and escape, or be trapped forever? store.steampowered.com/app/1369520/...

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Je n'ai pas regardé la télévision française depuis longtemps, mais j'apprécie « Au Service de la France ». Cela montre que travailler dans la fonction publique est une expérience universelle.

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a man and a woman are sitting at a table with papers and a toy robot on it .

Alt: Au Service de la France, stamping a document twice

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 21/03/2026

Cyberpunk adventure Technobabylon by is 70% off during the Steam Spring Sale! Hit the blue-neon streets of Newton to follow the trail of a serial killer known as The Mindjacker! Discover why "there's nothing like being in Trance." store.steampowered.com/app/307580/T...

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