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Erstwhile game developer, occasional writer, perennial lurker, eternal lover of the cinema. Formerly a Technical Designer at Rec Room; a Cinematics Designer at Camouflaj

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great read!

05.03.2026 00:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a 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...

03.03.2026 03:03 πŸ‘ 798 πŸ” 241 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 14
pen and watercolor illustration of dale cooper from twin peaks. he is looking to the right, driving while recording a voice memo into a recorder in his left hand. speech bubbles say "diane, 11:30 am, february 24th. entering the town of twin peaks" and "i've never seen so many trees in my life"

pen and watercolor illustration of dale cooper from twin peaks. he is looking to the right, driving while recording a voice memo into a recorder in his left hand. speech bubbles say "diane, 11:30 am, february 24th. entering the town of twin peaks" and "i've never seen so many trees in my life"

happy twin peaks day 🌲πŸ₯§β˜•️

24.02.2026 16:28 πŸ‘ 2133 πŸ” 868 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2

I'm an unemployed video game designer with 14 years of experience and multiple shipped titles. Every day I get up to apply for jobs and every day the news says this

20.02.2026 21:31 πŸ‘ 2194 πŸ” 425 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 5
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
Wheel of fortune board, WHAT DO VOTERS WANT

AMERICAN CENTURY OF HUMILIATION

Wheel of fortune board, WHAT DO VOTERS WANT AMERICAN CENTURY OF HUMILIATION

in summary

20.02.2026 19:13 πŸ‘ 2407 πŸ” 351 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 7

video games were a short lived entertainment medium popular from ~1970 - ~2025

19.02.2026 19:39 πŸ‘ 335 πŸ” 63 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

"I’ve been working as a writer for the past decade and watching my industry shrivel up and die as a result, so you’ll excuse me if I, and the rest of the everyday people who stand to get screwed by AI, aren’t particularly excited by what AI can offer society." ~ @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social

19.02.2026 15:06 πŸ‘ 804 πŸ” 231 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

The Pitt is a crazy TV show because now, in every season, i'll be watching the first 5-7 episodes thinking "i wonder when Doctor Jack Abbot will show up........" and then they can just bring back Doctor Jack Abbot for the last half of the season. that's OP

20.02.2026 00:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Someone’s Gotta Write It β€” CS The involvement of people I love, respect, or simply find interesting is ultimately the only incentive I need. I even kind of like doing things with people who piss me off since incompatibility can be...

"I find myself thinking 'this isn’t sustainable' of the continual decimation of the media, which has been happening aggressively for at least ten years, but what do I mean by that? For whom isn’t it sustainable? In what way?" charlotteshane.com/blog/2026/2/...

13.02.2026 15:39 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

it's genuinely stunning to me you'd keep a game in the hopper for a decade and then do huge layoffs after a single month. a month is nothing in live service terms. less than nothing.

09.02.2026 20:43 πŸ‘ 730 πŸ” 195 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 4

If you're gonna read any quote from an article on the game, let it be this one, because I think it sums up a lot of the feelings of fans pretty succintly

09.02.2026 18:58 πŸ‘ 3078 πŸ” 1223 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 17
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GOTY 2025 list is up! not nearly as much horsin' around this time as compared to last year's, but i still had fun writing about my favorite games of 2025: eric-deters.com/writing/goty...

03.02.2026 20:36 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Now you too can play a slowed down version of a game from 20 years ago with no actual level design or enemies and all it costs is a complete collapse of the world economy, biosphere, education system, and multiple entire creative industries.

02.02.2026 15:02 πŸ‘ 3733 πŸ” 1144 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 4

MinnMax and Giant Bomb are doing great stuff tonight. tune in and throw in a few bucks if you can! Fuck ICE! Fuck CBP! Fuck Fascists!

31.01.2026 03:25 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i think we should hear him out

23.01.2026 03:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Black and white photo of legendary filmmaker David Lynch

Black and white photo of legendary filmmaker David Lynch

β€œNo one really dies, they just drop their physical body, and we’ll all meet again, like the song says. It’s sad, but it’s not devastating if you think like that. It’s a continuum, and we’re all going to be fine at the end of the story.”

~ David Lynch - January 20, 1946 - January 16, 2025

#filmsky

16.01.2026 21:10 πŸ‘ 1013 πŸ” 327 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 11
Nothing Will Die!
Nothing Will Die! YouTube video by 0T4C0N

youtu.be/m6_AyXb7nSM?...

16.01.2026 21:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i was starting to wonder why no one on my timeline was posting remembrances of David Lynch yesterday… and it turns out i got the date wrong! dunno how that happened but i made this to honor his legacy! pretend i released it today

16.01.2026 20:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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trying out new "time of day" lighting & environments.

16.01.2026 03:51 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

brutal dichotomy established here: either you have seen Eraserhead, or you are hot and cool

16.01.2026 03:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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well this checks out

15.01.2026 18:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

hopefully obvious given its name but BITSYRASERHEAD was made with the tool bitsy by @adamledoux.net. It's fully playable in browser and on mobile!

15.01.2026 18:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of a DAVID LYNCH'S BITSYRASERHEAD. Three piles of rocks stand in front of a brick wall with a single window. Henry is on the right side of the screen. There's a textbox that reads: "[HENRY's right foot plunges deep into a puddle of MUD]"

Screenshot of a DAVID LYNCH'S BITSYRASERHEAD. Three piles of rocks stand in front of a brick wall with a single window. Henry is on the right side of the screen. There's a textbox that reads: "[HENRY's right foot plunges deep into a puddle of MUD]"

A screenshot of DAVID LYNCH'S BITSYRASERHEAD. Henry stands at the left side of the screen. There is a wall of dark windows and pipes

A screenshot of DAVID LYNCH'S BITSYRASERHEAD. Henry stands at the left side of the screen. There is a wall of dark windows and pipes

A screenshot of DAVID LYNCH'S BITSYRASERHEAD. Henry stands in the elevator of his apartment lobby. There is a black and white chevron pattern on the floor. There is a textbox that reads: "[The ELEVATOR DOORS slowly SHUT]"

A screenshot of DAVID LYNCH'S BITSYRASERHEAD. Henry stands in the elevator of his apartment lobby. There is a black and white chevron pattern on the floor. There is a textbox that reads: "[The ELEVATOR DOORS slowly SHUT]"

A screenshot of DAVID LYNCH'S BITSYRASERHEAD. Henry stands in the doorway to his apartment; inside there's a bed, a dresser, a radiator, a window, a record player, a table, a lamp. In the door opposite Henry stands the Neighbor Lady. A textbox reads: "NEIGHBOR LADY: Are you Henry?"

A screenshot of DAVID LYNCH'S BITSYRASERHEAD. Henry stands in the doorway to his apartment; inside there's a bed, a dresser, a radiator, a window, a record player, a table, a lamp. In the door opposite Henry stands the Neighbor Lady. A textbox reads: "NEIGHBOR LADY: Are you Henry?"

If you enjoy the game, I would very much appreciate it if you shared the link/post! It would mean a lot to me if this game reached the broader David Lynch community; I made it for them!

15.01.2026 17:45 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The game adapts the first 30 minutes of David Lynch's first feature film nearly scene-for-scene. You don't need to have seen ERASERHEAD to play; in fact, I hope playing it makes you interested in watching the film itself! It's a staggering work of art.

15.01.2026 17:45 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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DAVID LYNCH'S BITSYRASERHEAD by stoydell A tribute to a dream of dark and troubling things. . .

One year ago to the day, we lost David Lynch, a filmmaker and artist very dear to my heart, and to the hearts of so many around the world.

To celebrate his life and work, I present: DAVID LYNCH'S BITSYRASERHEAD, a tribute to a dream of dark and troubling things

stoydell.itch.io/bitsyraserhead

15.01.2026 17:45 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
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FEELIN' PRETTY NOW OR NEVER TO ME

12.01.2026 22:31 πŸ‘ 1306 πŸ” 549 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 4

just did this as well, heartbreaking feeling right there

15.01.2026 01:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

spent the weekend workin' on somethin' pretty special... keep your eyes peeled on January 15th, 2026...... there's a baby.........

13.01.2026 09:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

unironically this is how i think about money

12.01.2026 18:06 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0