Reposted by TomMakkon @makkon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I'm immensely proud to announce that my texture library that's been in the making for nearly a decade is now available on my itchio store for indie devs to purchase commercial licenses. makkon.itch.io 522522942
Reposted by TomDragon Cobolt @dragoncobolt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026It's important to remind everyone that some absolute madlad, before LLMs ruined all mod voice acting forever, got a girl into a recording booth and redid every single voice line in Deus Ex to let you play as a girl www.moddb.com/mods/the-lay...moddb.comThe Lay D Denton Project mod for Deus ExThe Lay D Denton project is an effort to provide a FULL seamless female JC Denton experience. Features include: -A complete female JC voiceover -Female JC model -All pronouns and gender references mod... 3730751129
Reposted by TomBrendon Chung @blendogames.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Did you know: Sven Coop is v v v good... #archive 4316
Reposted by TomGoodnews @goodnews.computer · 04/09/2026Take a break from being depressed that everything you love is being destroyed by slop for a moment and let me tell you about the beautiful symbiotic relationship between graffiti writers, train yard workers, and model train enthusiasts. 895473547
Reposted by Tomnico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 27/08/2026compilation of favorite video game locations pieces I've made over the years - all 5x7" ink on claybord I think i started during first lockdown in 2020 with the Secret of Mana piece (non-exhaustive cause carousels are limited to 10) 301514520
Reposted by Tomdoctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 25/08/2026NEW ARTICLE NEW ARTICLE NEW ARTICLE! Emotions are the basic and most important part of human function, as essential as protein. So why is it that so many game designers don't design for emotion? featuring Dark Cloud and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth! docseuss.medium.com/its-not-enou...docseuss.medium.comit’s not enough to build something, part 2: you must be aware that someone will play the video gameYears ago, a teen pitched an idea to me: “what if you wrote a story about an alien from the perspective of an alien?” 11580210
Reposted by Tomரமணன் @save.vs.totalpartykill.ca · 24/08/2026Seemingly the best part about the Dead Letters podcasts are these rebuttals people write because their takes are so wrong. (Sorry Sam and friends! 😘) I love this post about Mythic Bastionland. Discusses a lot of what I also loved about playing and running the game.orkish-odyssey.bearblog.devMyth, Magic, and the Logic of DreamsI was listening to the Dead Letters podcast newest episode about Mythic Bastionland. I tend to disagree with them about most things, but I find that this pro... 53710
Reposted by TomBrendon Chung @blendogames.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I wrote a post about how I love BSP/brush mapping: blendogames.com/news/post/20... 1240299
Reposted by TomBoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Rascal is a luminous beacon of insightful, empathetic, creative and professional tabletop reporting and analysis that deserves to continue shining - if you have the means to support them with even a tiny amount each month, to keep institutional knowledge and independent journalism alive, please do: 02811
Reposted by TomDave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 09/07/2026WADJET 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. 57820226
Reposted by TomDEATH PLASTIC @deathplastic.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Hi there - I'm gathering people's thoughts on John Blanche. I'd love to hear from you. 2197
Tom @wilson999.bsky.social · 07/07/2026This is my favourite quote from a very interesting article! 000
Tom @wilson999.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Super interesting mini-thread on a topic I suddenly want to read much more about. 010
Reposted by TomWinRAR Earle @tommchenry.bsky.social · 05/07/2026action therapist trailer 1-4 28890327
Reposted by TomWes Fenlon @wes.readonlymemo.com · 28/06/2026Remember the internet before Google, before algorithmic feeds, before monolithic social media corralled us onto the same handful of apps? When small, *personal websites* and webrings linking them together reigned supreme? Time to bring it back.readonlymemo.comIntroducing Warp Point, a Web 1.0 gaming blog directory built for 2026It's a webring! And a website! 772804924
Tom @wilson999.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Great article, and there's lots more good stuff on the site! 000
Reposted by TomWyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 24/06/2026really nice piece in @huckmag.com by Ryan Loftus about Dulwich wargaming club South London Warlords, great to see a magazine like Huck not go the easy route and take the piss and actually treat it as something culturally interesting and worth looking at 🫡huckmag.comAn evening with the South London WarlordsThe art of war — From Warhammer to Burrows and Badgers, the small Dulwich community has been fortifying defences and launching invasions since 1971. Ryan… 04715
Tom @wilson999.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Highly recommend checking this out if you have any interest in miniatures or wargaming! Very nicely done with great articles. 143
Reposted by TomAdam Riches @supernorn.bsky.social · 03/06/2026A while back we had the wonderful opportunity to pitch a Red Dwarf adventure game directly to Doug Naylor himself. While the project didn't end up going ahead, we're now free to share some of the work we produced for the pitch! 1463112804
Reposted by Tomรค๓คภtђค ๒єฬเtςђє๔ 🏳️⚧️ @samanthahoriz0n.bsky.social · 25/05/202626 years ago today, the best game studio I ever worked at closed forever. #LookingGlass left behind a huge legacy as we spread out across the industry. My time on #ThiefGold and #ThiefII are some of my best memories. Very happy this video exists so you can be there with us. youtu.be/VPFbA8Qmths?...youtu.beLooking Glass Studios - The Last DayYouTube video by TaffersInn 66815
Reposted by TomAmabel Holland @amabel.bsky.social · 14/05/2026"Swords Against - Beginner's Box" is in some ways in conversation with some recent video games that take the form of documents, databases, or other bits of archival objects - a narrative mystery. But its analogue format and commitment to verisimilitude posed a couple unique interlocking problems. 🧵 1456
Reposted by TomTim Clare @timclare.bsky.social · 07/05/2026106 years ago today, on May 7th, an undergraduate at Christchurch College, Oxford, drank a glass of port then left through the main gates for a walk. I've been thinking about him, & his walk, for years now. It's taken a long time for me to figure out why - why I've kept returning, near obsessed. 16810299
Reposted by TomChaoclypse (Brandon Yu) @chaoclypse.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Terrain piece that I scratch-built, inspired by Zdzisław Beksiński's work. 1837253
Tom @wilson999.bsky.social · 17/04/2026This is very sad. I had a lot of fun with the few LDs I did. 000
Reposted by TomDeep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein @deepcuts.blog · 27/03/2026This is actually an interesting point because Robert E. Howard DID NOT invent the brainless barbarian stereotype. Quite the opposite: Conan the Cimmerian is hella smart. But let me break this down a bit. 11501170
Reposted by TomMeredith Gran @meredithgran.com · 19/03/2026For the Steam Spring Sale you can get Perfect Tides: Station to Station for 20% off. Recent recipient of the 2026 IGF Excellence in Narrative award, and waiting to feed your soul! store.steampowered.com/app/2088810/...store.steampowered.comSave 20% on Perfect Tides: Station to Station on SteamA point n' click sequel to Perfect Tides about the momentum and whiplash of young adulthood. Explore the big city through 18-year-old Mara's eyes. Collect items, nurture ideas, and experience complex ... 211246
Reposted by TomBART @bart.gov · 17/03/2026We got a DM the other day with a fun request from a local family: Could we find this nice BART train operator who always waved and beeped at this special little rider? And if we found him, could we deliver him a thank you card!? So we got to work … 382174475
Reposted by TomFort Circle @fortcircle.bsky.social · 16/03/2026I have posted a detailed breakdown of the designer royalty payments that I have received for all four games I have played a part in and the royalty payments that @downtowntbrown.bsky.social has received from Votes for Women (with her permission). ludorum.substack.com/p/designer-r...ludorum.substack.comDesigner Royalties with Real NumbersDon't quit your day job, unless... 7339
Reposted by TomMeredith Gran @meredithgran.com · 15/03/2026I'm home and I've written a bit on my blog about post-GDC feelings: meredithgran.com/gdc-thoughts...meredithgran.comGDC Thoughts and Prayers - Meredith GranI’m home! Let’s see if I can zero in on the stuff I really wanna say. I was up for an award I was sure I wouldn’t win. I did not write an acceptance 271046235
Reposted by TomChris Plante @plante.bsky.social · 03/03/2026a single paragraph guide to taking pleasure in both the games you play and the material you put into the world. via @meredithgran.com meredithgran.com/perfect-tide... 5794239
Reposted by TomMollie Russell @spookysyntax.bsky.social · 02/03/2026A long read from me today, about the delicate task of designing respectful historical board games. Massive thanks to @amabel.bsky.social and @colewehrle.bsky.social for talking to me about their design approaches. www.wargamer.com/board-games/...wargamer.comWe ask top designers how to make board games about the worst parts of human historyBoard game designers Cole Wehrle and Amabel Holland talk about designing distressing historical games - and whether to make them at all. 710939
Reposted by TomAmabel Holland @amabel.bsky.social · 26/02/2026My first board game wasn't released until I was 30, and the stuff I'm really known for didn't start until I was nearly 40. I know how desperate and hopeless your twenties can feel, especially when you see your contemporaries having an easier time of it. As the OP says, that's the capitalism talking. 1534
Reposted by Tomre4mat @re4mat.bsky.social · 07/02/2026I've bought NORCO three times, most recently the PS5 edition from @lostincult.co.uk, because it's such a great example of a game firing on all cylinders. I look at these and find myself nostalgic for a five year old game. "Oh, I remember where I was in that scene, and that scene, and that scene." 0315
Reposted by Tomsam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensen @samsorensen.bsky.social · 03/02/2026banger banger banger 28722
Reposted by TomDavid Amador @djlink.bsky.social · 03/02/2026In case you missed yesterday, Notepad++ auto-update mechanism was hacked and was delivering backdoored versions for a couple months. Tons of devs use this, uninstall completely what you have, search for the sus files mentioned in article and only download from official sitearstechnica.comNotepad++ users take note: It's time to check if you're hackedSuspected China-state hackers used update infrastructure to deliver backdoored version. 11413392
Tom @wilson999.bsky.social · 02/02/2026A joy to read: someone enthusiastic and knowledgeable about games writing short reviews of the games they played last year. Doc puts out some of the best games writing there is. 084
Reposted by TomHypoautonomic, BS @hypoautonomic.bsky.social · 17/06/2025The Alt National Park Service account calls itself the official "resistance" team of the US National Park Service. With 887k followers, is one of the biggest accounts on Bluesky. It is the 11 most followed account according to some trackers. This thread will dive into its activity. 🧵 1/x. 24562622245
Tom @wilson999.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Dan Marshall makes great adventure games, and this one looks set to continue the trend! 020
Reposted by Tom🦇 Hexavier 🎃 @xavierck.com · 25/01/2026This latest ref pack is a love letter to all my hard surface artist friends It contains 400+ (3.1GB) photos from the CAF SoCal airplane museum, including 100+ shots of tiny details from the cockpit of a MiG-21MF Use them for anything, just make sure to credit me! drive.google.com/file/d/1nsib... 12523163
Reposted by TomLux!🔪🎃 @luxlucifer.bsky.social · 09/01/2026vertical shmups have names like "Understated Sadness" and sidescrolling shmups have names like "Glorbian" 4026291047
Tom @wilson999.bsky.social · 22/12/2025Amazing thread showing the kind of work that goes into historical research. 021
Reposted by TomAltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 01/08/2025The Alt National Park Service has spent months stealing from journalists, directly plagiarizing the work of others more than a hundred times. With more than 4.3 million followers on Facebook and nearly 900k here on Bluesky, they've built a massive following on theft.jjoycelynch.substack.comThe "Alt National Park Service:" On Plagiarism, Part 1The first in a three-part series. 25801351
Reposted by TomDave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 19/11/2025I’m super happy to officially announce our next project, spearheaded by @threeohfour.bsky.social! “Gilt” is a sci-fi/fantasy game about a priest haunted by a dying God. Learn more (and wishlist!) over here: store.steampowered.com/app/3979770store.steampowered.comGilt on SteamEmbark on a quest of redemption across the planet of Gilt to restore a disillusioned priest's faith, a dying God's power, and the waning hope of a people who have forgotten how to believe. A sci-fi fa... 42688218
Reposted by TomMax // Menoetian Press @menoetian.itch.io · 11/11/2025i truly believe that RPGs with blank-slate protagonists should use the Morrowind conversation system 2132
Reposted by TomMakkon @makkon.bsky.social · 22/10/2025spoilers but here's everything I made for QBJ3 (so far) 26799142