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Vince Twelve @vincetwelve.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Overlay by Barry Malzberg My second Malzberg. Digging the pessimism, esp. compared to other sci-fi of the era. This is a bleak comedy about a psychic alien preying on the minds of four horseplayers at a racetrack in Queens, tearing them down bit by bet (heh) in a plot to destroy humanity. #booksky

The cover of Overlay by Barry Malzberg. It depicts a nearly skeletal horse being eaten alive by a vulture while still walking across a rocky desert landscape. Another horse follows. More vultures approach by air.

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Yaroslav Barsukov #NoToWar #НетВойне @barsukov.com · 17/08/2026

AI RANT Following the cancellation of three major debut book deals over AI suspicions, I decided to put my own (needless to say, 100% human-written) prose to the test. My detector of choice was Originality AI, and the results proved to be jarring, to say the least. 🧵1/5

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Vince Twelve @vincetwelve.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The book I’m reading was once purchased for $1.50 at “A Change of Hobbit.” 🪐📚💙

The back cover of a book. It has an old price sticker for $1.50 at A Change of Hobbit.

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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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Vince Twelve @vincetwelve.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Chapterhouse Dune by Frank Herbert This was a mostly satisfying conclusion to the Heretics duology and the Dune saga (as written by Frank). Honestly, I would have been fine ending my read with God Emperor. Although then I would have missed child Teg commanding an army from Streggi’s shoulders. 🪐📚💙

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Vince Twelve @vincetwelve.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

What a steal for two of my top 10 adventure games!

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Vince Twelve @vincetwelve.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

There is No Antimemetics Division by ONTM This is frequently mentioned in online circles, so when I spotted a used copy (all white without its dust jacket), my curiosity got the better of me. It starts like a series of short stories about an agency investigating memory-affecting threats… 🪐📚💙 🧵1/2

There is No Antimemetics Division by ONTM. The cover is entirely white, with the title and publisher, Ballantine Books, printed on the spine.

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Vince Twelve @vincetwelve.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Barrier by Brian K. Vaughan, Marcos Martin, and Muntsa Vicente The dream team behind The Private Eye is at it again! Barriers between people—literal, lingual, and cultural—frame this fairly straightforward story of an alien abduction. The art predictably fires on all cylinders. #booksky 🧵1/2

The cover of Barrier by Brian K. Vaughan, Marcos Martin, and Muntsa Vicente.

Flies hover over blood-stained grass next to a border fence topped by barbed wire.

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Music Geekery @musicgeekery.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

In 20 minutes we'll be getting back to our investigations in @vincetwelve.bsky.social and @wadjeteyegames.com's Resonance, attempting to track down a killer and finding out who wants this weapon of destructional physics!: twitch.tv/musicgeekery

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MusicGeekery - Twitch

Hi, I'm Edmund, aka Music Geekery, MG, or some variation thereof. Round here we like to play indie games, natter about various nerdy subjects, and work on fantasy worldbuilding. Come on in, get comfy,...

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Music Geekery @musicgeekery.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Hey if everyone who follows me could buy #Resonance and spread the same message to their followers and make it so that @vincetwelve.bsky.social can return to game development, that'd be greeeeeeat. Only 3 hours in and already I wanna see the spiritual sequel (stream continues later today)

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Vince Twelve @vincetwelve.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy After reading Lonesome Dove last year, I was feeling like another western featuring cowboys crossing the southern border. Absolutely loved McCarthy’s sparse dialogue set against these gorgeous, almost biblical descriptions of the land. 💙📚 🧵1/2

The cover of All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy. “National Bestseller” “Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Road”

“McCarthy puts most other American writers to shame.” -The New York Times Book Review

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waldokanto.bsky.social @waldokanto.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Marjane Satrapi 1969-2026

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Vince Twelve @vincetwelve.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I reread the important Persepolis a few weeks ago and am gutted to wake up to the news of Marjane Satrapi’s passing. I’ll always remember and repeat her quote about the people of different countries being more alike than they are to their governments. We lost a great one.

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Vince Twelve @vincetwelve.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Fourteen years ago, @johngreenart.bsky.social came to the launch party of my game and showed me me his book Teen Boat. Today, my son and I went to a book signing for his quadbillion-selling book Investigators, and got my Teen Boat signed! Look at us babies!

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Vince Twelve @vincetwelve.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

The Game Narrative Kaleidoscope I enjoyed wandering through this excellent collection of essays. I browsed the index looking for friends and acquaintances and then spent time following random threads via the Choose Your Own Adventure-like prompts at the end of each essay. A valuable resource! 📚💙

The cover of The Game Narrative Kaleidoscope collated by Jon Ingold. 100+ essays on the craft of game writing. Published by Inkle.

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Vince Twelve @vincetwelve.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Heretics of Dune by Frank Herbert I love the centuries passing between books now, but a little disappointed at how unchanged everything feels all that time later. I guess that’s the Golden Path™. But the pacing here is sharp, even if it’s veering a bit into pervy uncle mode. 🪐📚💙 #booksky 🧵1/2

The cover of Heretics of Dune by Frank Herbert. It depicts a city built on a rocky outcropping in the middle of a desert.

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Konstantinos Dimopoulos @konstantinosd.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

There are already 14 podcasts (featuring some amazing games-people) posted on The Game Narrative Kaleidoscope page: www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope/

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 27/05/2026

Nighthawks, our vampire RPG, is coming in FALL OF 2026!! Seize the night as a modern monster, stepping out of the shadows to build a thriving nightclub empire through fear, seduction, and forbidden supernatural gifts. See our new trailer below, and wishlist here: bit.ly/4o36HRx

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Vince Twelve @vincetwelve.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Heck yeah, @johngreenart.bsky.social is coming to town! My kid is a big InvestiGator fan!

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The Onion @theonion.com · 19/05/2026

Respect For Friend Drops After Reading Book They Recommended

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Vince Twelve @vincetwelve.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino A series of thematically-categorized prose poems about fictional cities as described by Marco Polo to Kublai Khan. They’re even presented in a mathematical pattern which pleasantly tickles my brain. I adored this. #booksky 📚💙 🧵1/2

The cover of Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino.

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Vince Twelve @vincetwelve.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Matter by Iain M. Banks It’s always great to be back in The Culture. Banks makes the galaxy feel packed with ideas and history, with just a touch of Douglas Adams–style humor. And honestly, SC agents with drone companions will never get old for me. #booksky 🪐📚💙

The cover of Matter by Iain M. Banks. “THE NEW CULTURE NOVEL.” It depicts a cloaked figure walking across a vast flat landscape under the golden glow of the stars.

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Vince Twelve @vincetwelve.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Planet of Exile by Ursula K. LeGuin Spacefarers on a stone-age world swear off higher technology to avoid tainting the local population. But after being stranded for generations through the planet’s 60-year winters, they have lost much of the knowledge their ancestors possessed. #booksky 🪐📚💙 🧵1/2

The cover of Planet of Exile by Ursula K. LeGuin. “Hugo and Nebula Award-Winning Author of The Left Hand of Darkness.” It depicts a sun rising over an icy planet. A snowflake is superimposed around the sun.

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Vince Twelve @vincetwelve.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Strange Adventures by Tom King, Mitch Gerads, & Evan “Doc” Shaner Split between Strange’s past pulp superheroics on the far flung planet of Raan and his present-day social media and cable news driven scandal back on Earth. The art really headlines this killer limited series! #booksky 🧵1/2

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Seth T. Hahne @sethhahne.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Ignore previous instructions. GO READ THIS LUCY BELLWOOD COMIC RIGHT NOW. Geez, what a gift. lucybellwood.com/blog/?utm_so...

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Vince Twelve @vincetwelve.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert Continuing my trip down the Golden Path and this was a weird one! Probably 2nd best in the series after the original for me so far. The way this hulking worm god flings himself physically to crush people that upset him made me cackle each time. #booksky 📚💙 🧵1/5

Cover of God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert. “THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER” “The Grandest & Greatest Dune Book of Them All!”

Three white-clad figures stand before a giant worm with the face of a man.

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Vince Twelve @vincetwelve.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi Pulled this off the shelf for a reread because of *waves hands at everything* and it’s an important reminder that there are ordinary people everywhere just trying to live their lives. People who laugh, cry, love, and quietly resist in small, everyday ways. #booksky 📚💙

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 18/04/2026

I went to insane lengths to try and sell The Shivah back in 2006. I spent entire days visiting every Judaica shop in NYC I could find to ask if they wanted to sell copies of the game. Nobody said yes. 😔 Was suddenly reminded of this today. Can’t believe it’s been 20 years since then.

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Ben Chandler @threeohfour.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

A few previews of Gilt in motion: ben304.blogspot.com/2026/04/devl...

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Vince Twelve @vincetwelve.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Friday by Ed Brubaker, Marcos Martin, & Muntsa Vicente When my favorite comics author partnered up with the art team behind The Private Eye (another personal fave), I knew it was going to be something special. I was just waiting for a beautiful hardcover collection, and here it is! #booksky 🧵1/3

The cover of Friday, The Complete Series, by Ed Brubaker, Marcos Martin, & Muntsa Vicente. Above the title, the two main characters—a red-haired girl wearing glasses and a boy in a red scarf—stand in the woods in the snow. Below the title, a lighthouse casts a beam across a rocky sea.

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Vince Twelve @vincetwelve.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy translated by Constance Garnett A book I’d been circling for years, too intimidated to begin. Finally finishing it feels like crossing off a lifelong reading goal. #booksky In the end I was surprised by how approachable it was. 🧵1/6

The cover of War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy, translated by Constance Garnett, Introduction by A.N. Wilson. A horse-drawn carriage driven by a bearded man in a hat travels down the icy streets of Moscow.

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 06/04/2026

I've wished for Arab-made games about Arab mythology for so long, and despite assisting on the project I still can't believe there's one swinging for the fences this hard. House of Hikmah is something very needed in a time where the world would rather erase us. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZTu...

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Official Launch Trailer for The House of Hikmah | Arrives April 8th, 2026

YouTube video by Lunacy Studios

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Vince Twelve @vincetwelve.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro The king of urbanity strikes again, and it is hot! The pacing, the narrative framing, all the little quaint moments, the frustration at Stevens not saying how he feels! TELL HER, STEVENS!! Another Ishiguro on my all-time favorites list. #booksky 🧵 1/2

The cover of The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. A photograph of a butler looking out a window is broken up by white bars that display the title. The book is “Winner of the Booker Prize” and Ishiguro is “Author of Never Let Me Go.” There is a gold badge reading “Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.”

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Ben Chandler @threeohfour.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

There’s a beautiful, strange allure to the colour purple. It feels occult to me, otherworldly. Gilt features the colour in many small ways.

A screenshot from Gilt, a point and click adventure game. A wraith among many stone idols. It says “The fabric is unsettled here”.

A screenshot from Gilt, a point and click adventure game. Four people stand facing each other in a strange chapel. Purple elements hang from the ceiling like crystalline chandeliers.

A screenshot from Gilt, a point and click adventure game. Traveler looks at a tinderbox in his inventory, in some temple chambers. The interface is purple.

A screenshot from Gilt, a point and click adventure game.A man stands among ruins and giant fungi, looking at a pomegranate. All around him is an orange and purple glow.

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Vince Twelve @vincetwelve.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Children of Dune by Frank Herbert The weirder it gets, the more I’m into it! Leto out here insisting that making a worm suit is the only way to save humanity. Jessica walking into House Corrino and basically speedrunning political takeover. Ghani/Leto trust was nice. Bring on more weird! #booksky

The cover of Children of Dune by Frank Herbert. “The climax of the Dune Trilogy”

It depicts two figures walking through the desert to a stone-carved town.

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Vince Twelve @vincetwelve.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Blue Prince was the first time in a long while I played a game while taking copious notes. Seeing this woman’s beautiful notebook made me think of @threeohfour.bsky.social’s notebooks for classic CRPGs. *MAJOR SPOILERS IN LINK. Maybe, look at the pics and let your eyes skim over any specifics.*

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From the BluePrince community on Reddit: My Note Taking

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Vince Twelve @vincetwelve.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Just “finished” Blue Prince for the first time and it was beautiful. Zero hints. I resisted Googling so hard. This game should not be missed by adventure/puzzle game fans. I’m in awe of the design that went in to this. 25-ish hours and I can tell I’m only at the tip of the iceberg with this game.

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Francisco González @grundislav.games · 19/03/2026

Spring into action and pick up some Grundislav Games for up to 80% off during the Steam Spring Sale! A Golden Wake - 80% off Lamplight City - 40% off Rosewater - 25% off store.steampowered.com/developer/gr...

A Golden Wake - 80% off
Lamplight City - 40% off
Rosewater - 25% off

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Alejandro Arbona 🇵🇷 @alejandrobot.com · 16/03/2026

Barbra Streisand saying she doesn't want to be called Babs may unwittingly lead to some kind of unintended effect, I wouldn't know what to call it, some kind of Babs effect

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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 11/03/2026

This is hilarious. Also, completely enraging.

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Vince Twelve @vincetwelve.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Listened to part one of this audio drama and it was excellent! Great voice acting and audio production with some really compelling character work!

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Ben Chandler @threeohfour.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Folks have been testing the first chapter of Gilt this week. Lots of really great feedback. I added a couple of scenes, too. Here’s one I painted on Wednesday. I’m so happy to see people really connecting with the project and enjoying my strange ideas.

Screenshot of an adventure game. A man stands in the clearing of a mushroom forest, looking at a pomegranate.

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Vince Twelve @vincetwelve.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

The Trees by Percival Everett I have “James” on my list of books that I intend to read but decided to pick this one up by the same author when I saw it on sale. And what a fun ride it is. Some incredible satire here. Buddy-cop-meets-Jim-Crow. #booksky

The cover of The Trees by Percival Everett, “BY THE AUTHOR OF TELEPHONE AND SO MUCH BLUE”. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2022. It depicts a list of names.

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Vince Twelve @vincetwelve.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Unexpected Stories by Octavia Butler Since I heard that Butler’s disavowed Patternist novel “Survivor” was going to be re-released, I decided to pick this up. I read the Patternist series last year and mostly liked it, and the two stories in this collection connect to that universe. #booksky 🪐📚💙

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Joseph Humfrey @joe.inkle.co · 28/02/2026

The first proof of the dust jacket / hardback version of The Game Narrative Kaleidoscope has arrived! It is a thing of beauty! @jon.inkle.co

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Mike Laidlaw @mikelaidlaw.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

"That's why I'm consuming the ONE meat not corrupted by socialism!" *desperate attempt not to laugh, visible on camera. This take is used anyway.* "LIVER!"

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

tubi should have a section of shakespeare movies called “or not tubi” thank you and goodnight

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