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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A *third* ongoing series at once? You might think me mad, but that's exactly what is happening this spooky season! Come join me for a quick playthru of Costume Quest to kick off the month of October! youtu.be/dr55W2-gvOY?...

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A Programmer Plays Costume Quest

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Hey, do you like zeldalikes? If so, you should check out the series I've just started airing on my youtube channel, for Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo! www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNm0...

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A Programmer Plays Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Starting today I'm airing a blind playthrough of BIOMORPH on my youtube channel, which turned out to be pretty fun! If you like hand-drawn metroidvanias maybe come check it out with me. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IJg...

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A Programmer Plays Biomorph

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Starting today is an interesting series on my youtube channel, The Siege and the Sandfox! Let's see what this unusual stealth + metroidvania combination has in store for us. www.youtube.com/watch?v=p93C...

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A Programmer Plays The Siege and the Sandfox

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Today I'm starting a new series on my youtube channel for the indie zeldalike Isle of Reveries! I was one of the kickstarters for this game and I'm so chuffed with it, check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhXN...

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A Programmer Plays Isle of Reveries

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Have y'all heard of Count Pumpcula? You wanna come watch me play through it on my youtube channel? www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3r7...

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A Programmer Plays Count Pumpcula

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Alright yeah that Metroid Ravenous trailer was dope. I'm hoping the game is a little less sweaty than Dread, but I doubt the odds are in my favor for that.

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

A new series already? Well, yes, this happens when you play short-but-sweet indie games. For the next few days I'm publishing episodes of me playing through Sheepo, come join me! youtu.be/hNTRe2TSqwE?...

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A Programmer Plays Sheepo

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

It's taken me a while, but Im finally playing Yars Rising on my YouTube channel! Let's see how Wayforward did on this unusual little entry. youtu.be/IjjKAVgqw08?...

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A Programmer Plays Yars Rising

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It's new series time on my youtube channel! Starting this morning I'll be doing a quick little playthrough of Thomas Was Alone, the minimalist masterpiece. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucWO...

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A Programmer Plays Thomas Was Alone

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It's a bit dry but still not the worst sandwich I've had @c-u-rt.bsky.social

A sandwich made from two whole grain bread slices around a Texas toast slice

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Today we're loading up a good one on my YouTube channel: the indie gem Poi! This little 3d platformer thoroughly charmed me years ago, and its a delight to return to it. youtu.be/26dmhmGAsbA?...

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A Programmer Plays Poi

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dang. I'm not a country music person, but we lost one of the greats today. Rest in peace Dolly, you definitely made the world a better place.

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

New series time on my youtube channel! This time we're playing Voidwrought by Power Snake! www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbTH...

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A Programmer Plays Voidwrought

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

This week I've started another playthrough of the channel, this time of Dandara! I played this game years and years ago but my memories are fuzzy, let's see how it holds up. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx8i...

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A Programmer Plays Dandara

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Allllllright it's time for a new series on my youtube channel, this time I'm playing Submerged: Hidden Depths! Let's see how this game iterates on the formula. www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-OM...

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A Programmer Plays Submerged: Hidden Depths

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Today marks two new series on the ol YouTube channel: Submerged and Aggelos! I'm trying to keep a pair of 3d/2d games running at once on the channel, we'll see how long i can keep that going. youtu.be/sJL0wKVqSOg?... youtu.be/zT8spiGltkg?...

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A Programmer Plays Submerged

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Today I've started a new blind playthrough on my youtube channel, this time of the zeldalike "The Girl from Arkanya." Let's see what kind of trouble this girl and her capybara companion get up to! www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFXO...

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A Programmer Plays The Girl from Arkanya

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I forgot to post yesterday, but a new blind playthru has started on my youtube channel: Auridia! This is a particularly cool exploration-focused metroidvania, I hope yall enjoy it with me. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GibO...

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A Programmer Plays Auridia

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Today I've started a new Let's Play series on my youtube channel, a blind firstplay of Raider Kid and the Ruby Chest! Let's see what this little cutie is all about. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJXE...

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A Programmer Plays Raider Kid and the Ruby Chest

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Today I've started a new Let's Play series on my youtube channel, a blind firstplay of Alruna and the Necro-Industrialists! Let's see what Neckbolt has been cooking this time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pobf...

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A Programmer Plays Alruna and the Necro-Industrialists

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Also airing this morning is my blind playthrough of Molly Medusa: Queen of Spit! We're continuing to work our way through all the Neckbolt games, and this is a particularly interesting one to examine. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO27...

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A Programmer Plays Molly Medusa: Queen of Spit

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Good morning bsky! Today I'm airing a new blind playthrough of Nine Sols over on my youtube channel, please check it out! I'm a bit apprehensive about the difficulty level of this one, ya boy has got some just terrible reflexes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgKl...

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A Programmer Plays Nine Sols

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Also airing today, in reaction to the news about Double Fine, we start a new series on my youtube channel, a playthrough of the cult classic Psychonauts! www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZqT...

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A Programmer Plays Psychonauts (Episode 1, Basic Braining)

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Good morning bsky! Starting today I'm posting my first playthough Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus, which is an absolutely lovely game, please check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vyt...

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A Programmer Plays Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Time for another side-series! Join me as I play through Yono and the Celestial Elephants, a cute little adventure game with a surprising number of undead in it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOpk...

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A Programmer Plays Yono and the Celestial Elephants

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CuRTboybebop @c-u-rt.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Hello everyone! The album of tunes I made for MASAMUZE is now available on bandcamp and streaming platforms! These are songs from the past 3 years, plus some extras for the literal hell of it Berry Baja Adventure c-u-rt.bandcamp.com/album/berry-... Have a good today

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Berry Baja Adventure, by C-u-RT

19 track album

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Hot on the heels of finishing Alwa's Awakening, it's time for my first-play of Alwa's Legacy! Let's see how I get on with this one. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub4d...

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A Programmer Plays Alwa's Legacy

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

In light of the Double Fine news, who wants to hang out and play Psychonauts with me? twitch.tv/tsholden

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

A new series approaches on my youtube channel! After loads of requests I'm finally getting around to playing SuperEpic: The Entertainment War. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw1_...

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A Programmer Plays SuperEpic: The Entertainment War

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Today we're starting a new series on my youtube channel, Alwa's Awakening! It's not a blind playthru, because I've technically played it before, but with my terrible memory it may as well be. www.youtube.com/watch?v=26rw...

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A Programmer Plays Alwa's Awakening

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Today we're starting a new series on my youtube channel, Crypt Custodian! I've quite enjoyed Kyle Thompson's previous games, so I have high hopes for this one. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_v1...

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A Programmer Plays Crypt Custodian

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Today I'm starting up a new series on you youtube channel: Twilight Monk! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pKv...

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A Programmer Plays Twilight Monk

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Hot off the heels of playing Vomitoreum, I decided to also play Angel's Gear! If y'all want to watch me Suffer, then this series might be for you. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODrB...

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A Programmer Plays Angel's Gear

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Today I've started a little mini-series on my youtube channel, where I play through Vomitoreum! If you haven't heard of it, Vomitoreum is an FPS Metroidvania with a focus on atmosphere and horror, by Scumhead. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI-p...

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A Programmer Plays Vomitoreum

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

A new series on my youtube channel has begun: join me in checking out Gestalt: Steam & Cinder for the first time! www.youtube.com/watch?v=fltv...

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A Programmer Plays Gestalt: Steam & Cinder

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Bsky peeps, got a question for you: Would it be better for me to link to my Let's Play series on youtube when they start, or when they conclude? Since I mostly play indie games they tend to be about 10 episodes long, so there's not a HUGE difference, but I'm not sure which would be better.

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Sections of the @warframe.com devshort being muted for copyright, while the musicians in question are *literally in the room* feels like such a Sign of the Times.

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

GUYS, you need to see this lineart that @kauritsuo.bsky.social did for me! I got her to draw the main character from my next book, and I'm so thrilled about how it came out!

A sketch of an elf girl sitting on a pile of bricks, smiling at a brick levitating above her hands.

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Tonight is the finale of our DnD campaign! Come hang out! twitch.tv/tsholden

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A Programmer Plays DnD

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Well, it took 29 days and 89,098 words, but I have drafted up another book! Really quite pleased to have this first draft done, I reckon I'll give myself a few weeks to rest before returning for an editing pass, I'm sure there will be things I want to revise with a little distance.

The entire text of a novel at 1px font size, rendered as equal-width columns on a black background.

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Oh hey, I just went over 50k words on the first draft of the novel I'm working on! That's not bad for 18 days of writing!

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Writing is so weird sometimes. This morning I found myself grabbing my own lips and repeating the same words over and over, trying to figure out what a DnD-style Kobold would be able to pronounce.

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

First week of my personal NaNoWriMo is wrapped! I've finished drafting the first 8 chapters, which has totalled up to about 19,500 words. I'm pretty pleased with that, though in my experience the first week of writing is the easiest. Here's hoping I can sustain this pace!

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

So, starting today I'm doing a little personal NaNoWriMo! I've been thinking about writing a novel fleshing out my DnD character's backstory for a while, so this month I'm gonna see if I can't make it happen. I'm at 2664 words for the first day, which I reckon is pretty solid for a first chapter.

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Sean Dick @seandick.net · 26/02/2026

Trans rights are human rights. Their existence causes no harm and their deserving of dignity is not a debate.

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Hey, do I have any friends or friends-of-friends who would be interested in some illustration work? I'm thinking about commissioning some portraits of our DnD party, to celebrate our 1-year anniversary.

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

As is now tradition, I've done my year-in-review of games I played on Twitch/Youtube! It's a bit rambling and chaotic but I think it's fun looking back at all the titles I've enjoyed, especially some of the smaller/less well known titles. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSq_...

A tierlist of games, primarily metroidvania titles.

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Thomas Holden @tsholden.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Cmon Firefox don't be that guy

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