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Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 5h
SUCH a funny reply to the question on how many worlds there are in the game
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Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
We're going to be slow posting 50 word blog posts at each other.
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House House @househouse.com · 15/10/2026
An explanation on why Big Walk isn't available on Xbox. bigwalk.game/xbox
Regarding Xbox

In June 2026 we announced that the release of Big Walk would be limited to computers, Switch 2 and PS5. Since then, we have received many messages and comments, asking about a future Xbox release. We would like to address those questions here:

We have made the decision not to release Big Walk on Xbox, in accordance with the Palestinian-led BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement’s call to boycott Microsoft, and their designation of Microsoft Games (and Xbox) as a priority boycott target. If you need help understanding our motives, we would recommend reading about why Microsoft is a BDS priority target, the successes this kind of pressure has already had on Microsoft, and especially, watching this great introductory piece by People Make Games.

It has always been our intention for Big Walk to be played by groups of friends, and we know that keeping the game off Xbox runs counter to those intentions. This decision means that some people will miss out on playing Big Walk with their friends, and we understand the disappointment we’re causing. We are disappointed too.

We would love for people to be able to play the game on Xbox, but not until Microsoft and/or Xbox have been removed as BDS boycott targets.

We’ve made this decision with the belief that meaningful change can be made in the world, that coordinated collective action can confront even the most powerful interests, and that one day, Palestine will be free.

Thank you for your understanding.

Sincerely,
House House

(see bigwalk.game/xbox for links)
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Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
GW2 is easily the best at facilitating random stuff like this. Wish other MMOs would take note.
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Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Very understandable!
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Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I saw a few takes on Reddit and elsewhere about people being afraid to share their game development publicly for fear of being beaten to market with cheap AI clones. Do you have any insight on this?
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Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I can't get over how much Australia loves censorship and banning shit! We've somehow come full circle and banned Left 4 Dead 2 again.
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Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I can't buy R18 games on Steam and people can't even get them gifted to me I can't believe how cooked we are!!! This fucking sucks!!!
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Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This is also why I don't know about and have not replied to any Bluesky DMs you may have sent me btw
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Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Remember when the government was rushing through its social media age ban that every expert said wouldn't work and they kept reassuring everyone it wouldn't apply to videogames or videogame websites?
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Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I can't joke about Terranigma being announced in the next Nintendo direct anymore. Death of a joke that was only funny to me.
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Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I'm currently on Siralium Ultimate prompted by last month's post! Im very barely at the start but finding all the team building to be fascinating. Very keen to see where it goes.
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Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Not an artist at all but I was reading the manga of Nausicaä and the cloud work was so good it prompted me to get out pen and paper and have a go at copying it
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Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Ahh man Dragalia Lost. Those were the days.
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Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Evergreen
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Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
How do you find it on the replay?
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Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Me on Tumblr thinking that everyone was constantly talking about One Direction only to discover it was all from a single user I followed.
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barenuckelavee.bsky.social @barenuckelavee.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I have a blog now and wrote about playing a bastardized version of OD&D in prison and how the DIY spirit of the OSR is most alive when you don't buy anything at all barenuckelavee.bearblog.dev/no-one-can-t...
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NO ONE CAN TAKE YOUR GAME FROM YOU
There is a sickness in the modern tabletop hobby, a kind of creeping, insidious consumerism that tries to convince you that you need things to play. We get c...
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Felipe Pepe @felipepepe.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Ah man, they're doing a huge museum exhibit about Chinese single-player games in Shanghai! Look at that giant wall of games the West knows nothing about! How I wish I could visit! D: Only issue is that it's a political statement as well, since many (if not most) of those games are from Taiwan...
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Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
At work we have an emoji version of this for basically every SaaS we use.
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Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I'm not taking responsibility for this
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Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Realising that in the friction guy in games.
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Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I also love those two! Big agree on the lack of friction. Clearly a design choice but it makes the game all a bit floaty. It really annoys me when a shop is closed but that makes me care about the character schedules more.
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Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I'd say Malazan but I don't think it's enough.
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Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
That's funny I think even the people who like those books agree they're best experienced in audio.
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Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I finally got around to making a new edition of my newsletter about what on in Melbourne for in person role-playing events. games-in-melbourne.ghost.io/august-2026/
games-in-melbourne.ghost.io
August 2026
This edition we have two new old school RPG conventions, a battle LARP with no battling, a games market and a semi-academic LARP convention all about theory. Note: You might be wondering why it's bee...
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Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
This is extremely sick!!
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Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
It can go next to the book about psycho accoustics.
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Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Many of us can relate to having to sacrifice hobby time for family time.
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Mallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 03/08/2026
Seconding others, content note for non graphic depictions of surviving family abuse as a kid, but this is really good.
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Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Really interesting process! Thanks for writing this up.
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Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Riso printers are soooo cool!!! I have a bunch of riso zines that I absolutely adore.
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Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
That's such a good hat
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Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Yeah I quite enjoyed it when I played without the DLC years ago but I found my first one of two sessions in the first islands to be way more fun than the rest of the game. Defo go over it by the time I rolled credits.
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Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
how does it feel
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Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Yes! Achievement guides for paradox games being like "revert to patch X where there was a bug that makes this easier" - if you're going to go to that extent you can just cheat!
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Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I got it because of this rec btw. Just finished chapter 1 and keen to see where it's going.
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Leif/Trip/Moon/Lunar @hollowleif.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
This is still my favorite instance of grok auto-translate making shit up (It wasn't even a foreign language, it was just a decipherable message making fun of Sonic LMAO)
"Uratq vjg Ftciqp iqv c pgy oqfgn dghqtg Uqpke vjg Jgfigjqi""There is no doubt that North Korea launched a new ballistic missle toward the Sea of Japan"
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bees 🐝 go play snap & grab k thx @bees.nogoblin.social · 11/07/2026
Like everything built in this era, the answer is "someone writing wild VU code then them giving designers and artists an Excel sheet to deal with it"
wavedata.xls, from the Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer historical source
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Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
👀 is there a story behind this or is it that everyone credits him as the singular creator of a bunch of games that in reality were a team effort?
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Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Really keen to hear more of your thoughts on Orb of Creation. It's got some really interesting ideas and currently my friends and I are bouncing between loving and hating it.
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Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
No way, she's in the wrong for this. Absolute manipulation tactic to talk pissed off at you all the time and then act like she's doing you a favour.
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Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
I played (and loved) both within the last week! Can't tell you why they're so popular though, my partner was just randomly browsing itch.io and reckoned they looked cool.
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Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Hell yeah!!
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ian @iantothemax.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
i disagree with aftermath's justifications for covering forza horizon 6 because even small acts of solidarity are meaningful but also because they've abdicated responsibilities they gave themselves tellthemidied.blog/2026/05/25/i...
tellthemidied.blog
i’m not mad, i’m just disappointed
let’s talk about aftermath’s coverage of its forza horizon 6 coverage
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Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
In the Clone Wars when this dude was introduced the other Hutt character was speaking in a Truman Capote impression. At the time I thought that was an odd choice but it's better than this.
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Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
- but a bunch of these Dark Souls inspired games are just doing Dark Souls.
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Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Reminds me a bit of the criticism of modern Star Wars. George Lucas was drawing on a bunch of WW2 movies, samurai movies, space serials etc - modern Star Wars is drawing from Star Wars. Dark Souls was drawing upon (I presume) Berserk, dying earth books, a bunch of Japanese stuff I don't know
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Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Two bits of feedback: 1. I had to look at your play example to parse the highlighted text. For some reason I kept reading it wrong. 2. I also had to look at the play example to understand that both nations make a move on each other at the same time - even when one nation has the initiative.
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Tom @tomsghost.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Thanks for the new information! Going to go re-evaluate my stances now!
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