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Ben Ward @timegentleman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Big shout out to some true heroes: the people in tv and film art departments who, when creating news articles, write the entire thing without repetition or lorem ipsum so prats like me can pause and read it without getting disappointed.

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RaquelSketching @raquelsketching.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hello! I am actively looking for freelance and commission work If you need/know someone who is looking for a Illustrator, Game Artist or Concept Artist Get in touch!☺️ 💼 Portfolio : lnkd.in/etuTq3QP #lookingforwork #gameartist #visualdevelopmentartist #gamedev #artistlookingforwork #conceptart

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Double Fine @doublefine.com · 28/09/2026

We just added some AMAZING add-ons to the Kickstarter Campaign for the FINAL 48 HOURS! kck.st/4gu8zAF 📙 An AF2026 Digital Art Book! 💥 A Kochamara Shirt! 👕 An AF2026 Stamp/8HB Shirt! 📔An AF2026 Sticker Sheet! 🚍 A Thank You Bus Driver Pin! 🎨 Cool Art Prints/Cards!

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Ben Ward @timegentleman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

4 days left to back the Double Fine Amnesia Fortnight (internal game jam) kickstarter! You can now get access to the four jam entries and a vote (open over the next few days) for which one will get extra development time and a public release. www.kickstarter.com/projects/dou...

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Amnesia Fortnight 2026, Indie Reboot

A Double Fine Productions Game Jam, Documentary, and Kickstarter Campaign

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Ben Ward @timegentleman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

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Amnesia Fortnight 2026, Indie Reboot

A Double Fine Productions Game Jam, Documentary, and Kickstarter Campaign

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Erika Ishii @erikaishii.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Ahhhhh it would be an honor!! We can do iiiit! 🥹♥️

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Ben Ward @timegentleman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I finally started the The Last Of Us show, and was really enjoying it until they decided that the way to beef up Ellie's characterisation was to add 'she likes saying puns'. Have Hollywood writers been infected by a pun fungus (don't) that is puppeteering them to spread shit jokes across the world?

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Ben Ward @timegentleman.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Alien Romulus yet another recent movie that thinks 'tells dad jokes' is a rounded personality. The first 3 lines of dialogue in this Alien movie are shit puns. COPY-PASTING TWEETS IS NOT WRITING, YOU ARE ALL BAD AND LAZY AND SHOULD NEVER BE ALLOWED TO WRITE A MOVIE AGAIN.

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Ben Ward @timegentleman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

HL Alyx is 75% off right now. PC owners could grab a second hand Quest 2 for ~£150 and Alyx for £12.50 and have a reasonably priced VR starter pack! (Bung Superhot VR in there for £15 if you're feeling flush.)

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Ben Ward @timegentleman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Ep 2 of Amazon show Neagley features Trump Tower front and centre in two separate establishing shots. It's starting to feel like it's a quid pro quo and the tower will just happen to pop up in a bunch of future Prime shows. I'll be watching out for it in Rings Of Power S3.

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Ben Ward @timegentleman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

It will never fail to amuse me that the lack of an oxford comma here makes it read like Lee Child co-wrote all the Reacher books with the fictional character Jack Reacher. "Then we should say that I have a huge dick!" "Sighhh, okay Jack."

Title card that reads "BASED ON GONE TOMORROW BY LEE CHILD AND HIS CHARACTER, JACK REACHER"

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Ben Ward @timegentleman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

✨ THIS IS TODAY ✨ ✅ I do not know what time ✅ Do not ask me ✅ Please buy it, doing so helps keep me alive, which I enjoy 👍

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This is tomorrow! Rejoice!

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Ben Ward @timegentleman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Hooray! Please share and pre-order! As a reward, here's Dan's lovely launch trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXBk...

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EARTH MUST DIE | Launch Trailer

YouTube video by Dan Marshall

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(Andrew) Roper @arndreth.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Can finally talk about the PS5 project I've been involved with - Hunter's Moon, out Oct 26! www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKMa...

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Hunter's Moon - Announce Trailer | PS5 Games

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Ben Ward @timegentleman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

98% funded already, come join the fun! Vote for pitches, get an almost-certainly-excellent documentary and a guaranteed- interesting-probably-very-good small game.

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Double Fine @doublefine.com · 27/08/2026

To honor Tim Curry's memory, we are making Brütal Legend FREE on Itch.io, for 666 minutes: itch.io/s/199277/the...

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Brütal Legend | The Tainted Coil shall rule forever! by Double Fine Productions

A sale by Double Fine Productions, 100% off Brütal Legend

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Ben Ward @timegentleman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

RIP Tim Curry. Awesome in everything he did, but for me it's the two towers of Frank-N-Furter and Pennywise that make him absolutely iconic.

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Double Fine @doublefine.com · 21/08/2026

🚨 AMNESIA FORTNIGHT IS BACK, BABYYYYYYY 😎 In 10 days, we're gonna put on the best damn game jam the world has ever seen, and we need YOUR help to keep our indie dreams alive! Get notified when we launch on Aug 31:

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Coming soon: Amnesia Fortnight 2026, Indie Reboot

A Double Fine Productions Game Jam, Documentary, and Kickstarter Campaign

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Ben Ward @timegentleman.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Would it be terribly transparent if I made my dating profile "looking for a poly relationship with 1) a chef and 2) a personal trainer"? Could maybe throw in a masseuese and a feng shui expert to cover my tracks a little more?

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TQ 🌿 @witchytq.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

they know we don't want it. they do not care.

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Dead Idle Games @deadidlegames.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Yesterday we had a small issue with the site link, so... new pinned post 📌 The Steam page for The Many Sins of House Ocampo is now LIVE! 🔥 store.steampowered.com/app/4102890/... 🔥 Wishlist now, repost, spread the word! Support the independent game-making underground ✊🏻

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Ben Ward @timegentleman.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

The follow-up to If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is looking wonderful!

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Get EARTH MUST DIE super cheap alongside a whole bunch of other neat games in this amaaaazing Humble Bundle! Go! Go go go! Also share, pls.

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Rob den Dekker @robsfullofbeans.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Completed Earth Must Die and thoroughly enjoyed it! Some truly laugh-out-loud moments with great puzzles, graphics reminiscent of post-pixel art Lucas Arts games and a stacked voice cast to boot! Nice one @danthat.bsky.social @timegentleman.bsky.social! store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...

VValak Lizardtongue stands in a lobby beside his floating robot companion, Milky, both looking uneasily at a huge pile of pink alien remains and monster parts. Blood is splattered on the floor, but the colourful cartoon art style keeps the scene humorous rather than realistic.

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Ben Ward @timegentleman.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

@avivor.com making my way through PIBE, got halfway thru Animal Style & had to do an image search for "whoops wops widdly wops" to find fan art. Of course there was one by you and *of course* it was amazing! I'm not on the hellsite any more so just wanted to let you know that piece is fantastic :)

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Ben Ward @timegentleman.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Ha ha, oof. Hopefully he's not the kind of doctor that needs to be good at research and facts.

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Ben Ward @timegentleman.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Calm down, language nerds. You don't see maths nerds begging Hollywood to employ someone who understands that numbers aren't letters and actually it would be pronounced Se-seven-en or Muh-three-gan Two Point Zero.

A social media post from some joyless pedant who thinks that movie poster designers don't realise they're using the Greek alphabet incorrectly, and that audiences give a shit. It reads: "I am once again begging Hollywood to stop using the Greek alphabet for an Ancient World movie, if they can't afford to even throw a couple of quid at anyone with an inkling of the language. Unless they really think audiences are dying to see THS THDPSSSSPS."

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Ben Ward @timegentleman.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

YES! *This* is what a teaser trailer should be, not just another term for 'full trailer 1 of 5'. Twenty seconds of footage with basically no information conveyed. PERFECT. youtu.be/aG8U7-XK7PI...

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The Batman Part 2 - Official 'Camera Test' Teaser Trailer (2028) Robert Pattinson

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Ben Ward @timegentleman.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Firstly: rude. Secondly: I'm on season 7, which means I've got one or two seasons of rapidly diminishing returns and then like thirty seasons of junk left, so no, Disney, I will not "finish watching The Simpsons".

An abrupt-to-the-point-of-threatening email from Disney Plus with the subject line "Finish watching The Simpsons".

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Ben Ward @timegentleman.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Earth Must Die isn't on sale any more but it's still an UTTER bargain and I found another nice review, thanks to a sale round-up post: "packed with dry observations, absurd escalations, and the occasional line that lands with the quiet confidence of a joke that knows exactly what it’s doing" [1/2]

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Ben Ward @timegentleman.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

cowboystatedaily.com/2026/07/11/t... "The biological explanation for what happened is the annual bison rut, which runs from June to September. During that time, bull bison surge with energy and aggression as they compete for dominance and females." So, pon farr, basically.

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Tourist Seriously Injured After Yellowstone Bison Launches Man 8 Feet In The Air

A tourist was seriously injured Friday evening after being thrown 8 feet into the air by a bull bison in Yellowstone National Park. Professional…

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Ben Ward @timegentleman.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

RIP Sam Neill, you were amazing in, amongst many other things, Jurassic Park, Event Horizon, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Dead Calm and Thor Ragnarok.

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Ben Ward @timegentleman.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Just found a review I never posted, good excuse to remind you all that Earth Must Die is 40% off right now! "If you enjoy absurd science-fiction humor, this is a title you don’t want to miss!" - Nice Game Hints (full quote and link in reply) store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...

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Save 40% on Earth Must Die on Steam

These moronic Terranoids think they can just roll in here and take over my beautiful Tyrythian kingdom? The kingdom that I built from the ground up with my bare hands, and only sort of inherited from ...

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Ben Ward @timegentleman.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

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Save 40% on Earth Must Die on Steam

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Ben Ward @timegentleman.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Now on sale! store.steampowered.com/search/?deve... (Thanks for the rec, @misterabk.bsky.social ❤️)

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Ben Ward @timegentleman.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

40% off! Remember to check out the 9 bundles with games like Old Skies or Lair Of The Clockwork God, they get you an extra 10% off both games' sale prices! "EMD revels in its comedic, over-the-top adult sci-fi insanity while delivering a genuinely great adventure game experience" - 93%, AGH

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Ben Ward @timegentleman.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

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Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 22/06/2026

I made a new blog post! (Did you know I had a blog??) Spine Must Die! A description on how we had to break Spine to make the characters in Earth Must Die work: 2dforever.com/blog/spine-m...

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2DForever - Spine Must Die

Portfolio of Tom Waterhouse

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Ben Ward @timegentleman.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

An incredibly compelling reason to buy Earth Must Die: Dan and I have voice cameos in it, with a line or two each! This has superseded 'playing various people in the background while a production runner on Star Stories' as my 'best known as' role. store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...

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Ben Ward @timegentleman.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

❗🤯🚨WOAH ⭐🧨❗ I just built a budgeting app on base forty-four.

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Klei @kleientertainment.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

To fully celebrate 20 years of Klei & the players who made that possible, we’ve worked to get Eets, the very first game Klei ever made, working again! It's also absolutely FREE (forever) on Steam now. We hope you enjoy this slice of Klei history. 🎂 store.steampowered.com/app/6100/Eets/

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Save 100% on Eets on Steam

Eets may have a cute outer-shell, but its Lemmings meets The Incredible Machine gameplay, crazy characters and over 100 increasingly tricky puzzles quickly sucks in even the most seasoned player.

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Ben Ward @timegentleman.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Ugh, Interview With THE Vampire, rookie mistake. Regardless, my recommendation stands!

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Ben Ward @timegentleman.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

First episode of The Vampire Lestat (Interview With A Vampire S3) was excellent! Fun, intriguing, cool. Not afraid to go with a different tone that makes sense with the show name change. If you haven't watched IWAV yet, now's the perfect time to do so one ep a night and then roll right into TVL 🦇

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Ben Ward @timegentleman.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Wonderful to see women in game dev are just as good as the men at using 'deep dive' inappropriately 💪💪💪

52 seconds long YouTube video titled "Trackastrophe! - Official Developer Deep Dive Trailer
Women-Led Games x SGF 2026".

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