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Dan Sanderson

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Writer and software engineer in Seattle, WA, USA. Game design, electronics, movies, classical piano, #pico8, #mega65. he/him Web: https://dansanderson.com/ Mastodon: @dddaaannn@xoxo.zone Discord: dddaaannn Previously on Twitter as: @dan_sanderson

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I made Moss Moss, a #pico8 game about mossing the world and finding secrets. Hope you enjoy β™₯

noelcody.itch.io/moss-moss

04.03.2026 17:10 πŸ‘ 337 πŸ” 93 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 10

Alysa Liu telling 60 Minutes β€œI love struggling, it makes me feel alive” is a legit revolutionary statement from a Bay Area native in a time when copious amounts of time and resources are being put toward convincing us to opt out of experiencing struggle, friction and self-actualization

22.02.2026 14:43 πŸ‘ 13944 πŸ” 2515 πŸ’¬ 107 πŸ“Œ 134
Alysa Liu wins the Olympic gold medal for the United States
Alysa Liu wins the Olympic gold medal for the United States YouTube video by Olympics

I urge you to stop what you're doing and watch Alysa Liu's free skate from yesterday. I have never seen anything like this. I understand why sports writers are born now. I have never seen anyone as free from the burdens of this world as this pierced Oakland girl spinning to Donna Summers.

20.02.2026 16:52 πŸ‘ 5452 πŸ” 1382 πŸ’¬ 152 πŸ“Œ 324
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Instagram Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.

For those looking for background: the group is called The First Amendment Troop, and the piece is entitled, "ResistDance." This appears to be their original Instagram post: www.instagram.com/reel/DU1-DrF...

17.02.2026 08:27 πŸ‘ 661 πŸ” 134 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 14
Can AI Find the RNG in Bard’s Tale (C64)?
Can AI Find the RNG in Bard’s Tale (C64)? YouTube video by David Youd

Some AI 8-bit reverse engineering
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLWf...

11.02.2026 04:48 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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5 days since Roguecraft GB was released. The reaction has been wonderful.
THANK YOU all for playing and spreading the word!❣️

Tell your Mom -> thalamus.link/roguegb-gbc

#ScreenshotSaturday #GameBoy #Roguelike #IndieGame #pixelart #retrogaming

07.02.2026 16:57 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A huge "thank you" to everybody who has purchased Roguecraft DX for the Mega65. The game was a labor of love and it's great to see folks enjoying the game!

Get your copy here: www.thalamus.link/roguedx-mega65

#roguecraft #roguelike ⁠#gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #retrogames #mega65

07.02.2026 18:44 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
Telling a Story Without Words in KEEPER with Double Fine's Lee Petty | Game Maker's Notebook Podcast
Telling a Story Without Words in KEEPER with Double Fine's Lee Petty | Game Maker's Notebook Podcast YouTube video by Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences

I think what we all need is to let the warm sounds of Lee Petty's voice wrap around us like a soft blanket and whisper deep truths into our ears. Trust me on this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PIg...

12.01.2026 22:01 πŸ‘ 85 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have no idea how this play (three separate plays connected by the history of a memory of a TV episode) structurally fits into a screenplay. Which is why Boots Riley is a perfect fit to adapt it

12.01.2026 22:18 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

RoguecraftDX only on Evercade? Not any more! We are bringing our award winning game to many other platforms!

RoguecraftDX is coming to the Amiga, over to Mega65, and to the venerable GBC!😊

#mega65 #gbc #amiga

01.01.2026 16:18 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Roguecraft DX - Amiga / MEGA65 / GBC Reveal Trailer
Roguecraft DX - Amiga / MEGA65 / GBC Reveal Trailer YouTube video by Thalamus Digital

βš”οΈ Roguecraft DX by Badger Punch Games will be released for the MEGA65 on February 2, 2026! Also Amiga and Game Boy Color. #mega65 port by RetroCogs!

Teaser trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEQl...

01.01.2026 04:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary 12th edition definition of β€œrizz.”

Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary 12th edition definition of β€œrizz.”

Under the tree this morning!

25.12.2025 21:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
King Desha boss fight

King Desha boss fight

Prince Bojji on the title screen #pixelart

Prince Bojji on the title screen #pixelart

queen Hiling being all strict #pixelart

queen Hiling being all strict #pixelart

Bojji and Kage adventuring together! #pixelart

Bojji and Kage adventuring together! #pixelart

Ranking of Kings (ηŽ‹ζ§˜γƒ©γƒ³γ‚­γƒ³γ‚°) as an rpg on the Wonderswan console. I had a ton of fun painting this

#pixelart #gamedev

30.07.2025 12:06 πŸ‘ 688 πŸ” 171 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 0
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Top games tagged Commodore 64 Find games tagged Commodore 64 like Sherwood (C64), Musketeer (C64), Bubble Bobble C64 Remastered, ROGUEish, TONY - Montezuma's Gold (Commodore 64) on itch.io, the indie game hosting marketplace. Draw...

Another recommendation for all of the new Commodore 64 Ultimate owners.

Indie Devs have been NON STOP working on amazing new games for the C64. Like tons! Take a look over here on Itch to discover your next favorite developer!

itch.io/games/tag-co...

#Commodore64 #C64U #C64 #ItchIO #IndieDev

20.12.2025 22:49 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot

08.12.2025 09:29 πŸ‘ 27966 πŸ” 7583 πŸ’¬ 371 πŸ“Œ 1110
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The Soul Forged in Friction I remember watching my daughter struggle with her shoelaces.

Excellent piece.
β€œEvery reduction in friction is sold as liberation: freed up for creativity, freed up for higher pursuits. But freedom from what, exactly? Freedom from the very activities that build capacity, that create meaning, that forge identity, that make us feel we matter.”

03.12.2025 10:22 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3
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Every Pixel a Color Dan's MEGA65 Digest for November 2025. The most colorful character graphics modes.

πŸ’« Dan's #mega65 Digest for November 2025: Every Pixel a Color.
dansanderson.com/mega65/every...

The next milestone in our VIC-IV character graphics journey: Full Color Mode. 🎨

30.11.2025 02:59 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88 A theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriter

One of the greatest to ever do it.

29.11.2025 17:24 πŸ‘ 506 πŸ” 115 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 33
The marquee of The Crest movie theater in Shoreline, WA, near Seattle, featuring Wake Up Dead Man and three other films.

The marquee of The Crest movie theater in Shoreline, WA, near Seattle, featuring Wake Up Dead Man and three other films.

Much love for Wake Up Dead Man from The Crest theater in the Seattle area! Packed house, sold out all weekend. (Was too polite to take a crowd photo but here’s the marquee.)

29.11.2025 07:46 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Gonna catch myself here: if I believe genAI disempowers artists at scale by training on and displacing art, I should oppose training on public domain works, and/or shortening copyright terms. I think I merely mean to say training on PD is obv not traditional infringement and difficult to oppose.

29.11.2025 07:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

(I would use softer language throughout except for Bluesky's character limit. πŸ˜… ty for posing the question in earnest, and encouraging discussion!)

29.11.2025 06:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My incomplete belief is that genAI training is an all-new kind of copyright violation that ought to be recognized by law.

I simultaneously hold that existing copyright law is over-extended. More works should be in the public domain, I do not oppose genAI training on public domain works.

29.11.2025 06:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'd argue that the former modestly and briefly empowers the infringer without necessarily disempowering the artist, while the latter grossly empowers the infringer and disempowers many artists at scale. Legal tort/case law is not the conveyor of moral value, esp wrt copyright.

29.11.2025 06:42 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I otherwise agree with replies about transitive stigma: your joke slide uses genAI, so you might also be using it for other things. Recognizable use of genAI for any purpose demands more critical attention of the entire presentation, with less reason to believe that effort would be rewarded. /end

29.11.2025 00:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm sure genAI images will become less recognizably so over time, and maybe they replace clipart (illicit or otherwise). I also expect mash-up culture to fade in the presence of these toolsβ€”but not necessarily be replaced by them. I'm not sure what the next cultural shift will be. 3/

29.11.2025 00:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The power dynamics between these cases are *very* different: one is me stealing your photo for five seconds to impress a room full of people, the other is a massive tech corporation stealing everyone's photos to make photos obsolete in favor of their product, with my complicity. 2/

29.11.2025 00:52 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The question compares the moral hazard of stealing someone's work for this style of Internet-enabled low-effort collage for punching up presentations, vs. using genAI trained on the same works for the same purpose. I'm not sure this hazard is front of mind when a genAI image sours a presentation. 1/

29.11.2025 00:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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We are in theaters TOMORROW!! See my pinned post for a theater finder link β€οΈβ€οΈπŸ’€β° #WakeUpDeadMan

25.11.2025 15:33 πŸ‘ 453 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 7

I wanted to be a filmmaker so I became a software engineer to pay for film school. That was 29 years ago.

23.11.2025 05:27 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery | Official Website | November 27 2025 Watch the trailer, find screenings & book tickets for Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery on the official site. In theaters November 27 2025 brought to you by Netflix. Directed by: Rian Johnson. St...

For those in the US - this is the best way to find if there's a theater near you playing our movie when it opens 11/26. Sadly no AMC on this run, but Landmark, Alamo and other wonderful chains can keep it running as long as they want, even past the 12/12 Netflix drop. www.wakeupdeadmanfilm.com

20.11.2025 18:34 πŸ‘ 693 πŸ” 131 πŸ’¬ 58 πŸ“Œ 42