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@mpaulweeks.com

Creator of Scramble Heart City. Co-creator of Tough Love Arena. Indie game dev, FGC, and teaching in NYC.

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I've been running gdcparties.com for a few years now. Some shitty company BlueberryAI decided they'd just take all the source code for the work I've done and reskin it, advertising it as their own. Jokes on them...it was still linked to my events spreadsheet, and now their website looks like this πŸ˜‰

06.03.2026 21:43 πŸ‘ 3030 πŸ” 752 πŸ’¬ 52 πŸ“Œ 31
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Blueblood Arena on Steam Simple controls, premium gameplay! Blueblood Arena features a variety of characters with wildly different playstyles, with a free-flowing combo structure where anything is possible!

THIS IS NOT A DRILL! Blueblood Arena's Steam page was just published! store.steampowered.com/app/3689030/...

Game's not out yet but please wishlist the game if you're interested!!

05.03.2026 17:41 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 4
A SCREAMEN SKELETEN POKEN THRU A AMERICAN FLAG AND THERE SAYIN "YOUR TALKING TO A AMERICAN - MY BODY IS FULL OF MICRO PLASTICS, MY MIND IS CONSUMER BY TRYING TO AFFORD FOOD N HOUSING, DONT LIKE IT, MOST OF US DONT!!!" - MOTHER FUCKER!!!!!!!!!!!!! IF YOU DONT LIKE IT LET US MOVE TO YOUR COUNTRY MOTHER FUCKER - DASHARE,ZONE ADMIN

A SCREAMEN SKELETEN POKEN THRU A AMERICAN FLAG AND THERE SAYIN "YOUR TALKING TO A AMERICAN - MY BODY IS FULL OF MICRO PLASTICS, MY MIND IS CONSUMER BY TRYING TO AFFORD FOOD N HOUSING, DONT LIKE IT, MOST OF US DONT!!!" - MOTHER FUCKER!!!!!!!!!!!!! IF YOU DONT LIKE IT LET US MOVE TO YOUR COUNTRY MOTHER FUCKER - DASHARE,ZONE ADMIN

πŸ”₯πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ - dashare.zone ADMIN

02.09.2025 19:21 πŸ‘ 1121 πŸ” 305 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3

You’ll have two new characters to learn :) looking forward to your reaction to both

03.03.2026 16:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

See you at booth setup? We’ll be in big room this time :)

03.03.2026 15:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I sent you a message on the GDC app πŸ‘€

03.03.2026 15:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Free Lud.

19.02.2026 13:49 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm General Manager, not CEO. I’m not involved in the buying or selling of the company. I joined Evo in 2021 to work on events for a community I love, with people I know share that passion. That’s still my role here and that keeps me hopeful.

20.02.2026 00:46 πŸ‘ 80 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ‘¨β€βœˆοΈπŸ“’ NEXT STOP: SCRAMBLE HEART CITY
Attention passengers: This Friday, the gates to Scramble Heart City open at 10am ET.

Hop into our Discord for the playtest password to our browser-based fighting #indiegame! ⬇️

17.02.2026 02:14 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
Watched by Branson Reese 28 Apr 2022

Abrams isn't a man so much as he's an avatar of cultural entropy. If you make something popular enough eventually you will die or sell it off and and a person in thick rimmed glasses whose main artistic vision is that he loves to have meetings will take it and sandblast it until it's nothing. I hate to see this happen here but maybe it's good that this happened. Maybe every franchise should collapse into a version of itself that makes shareholders nod and shake each others' hands. We should learn to speak in a language that rich people who don't dream can't comprehend.

Letterboxd screenshot Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) Watched by Branson Reese 28 Apr 2022 Abrams isn't a man so much as he's an avatar of cultural entropy. If you make something popular enough eventually you will die or sell it off and and a person in thick rimmed glasses whose main artistic vision is that he loves to have meetings will take it and sandblast it until it's nothing. I hate to see this happen here but maybe it's good that this happened. Maybe every franchise should collapse into a version of itself that makes shareholders nod and shake each others' hands. We should learn to speak in a language that rich people who don't dream can't comprehend.

i often think about this review

14.02.2026 03:13 πŸ‘ 12821 πŸ” 3450 πŸ’¬ 125 πŸ“Œ 232

This image is summoning dark memories…

14.02.2026 21:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Good game was good :’)

08.02.2026 16:08 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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when you play guilty gear you have to be one of these two people. i dont make the rules.

31.01.2026 02:48 πŸ‘ 1066 πŸ” 372 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 10

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29.01.2026 19:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

At the risk of TMI...

Good call on the laxatives. I wish someone had explained to me when I got laparoscopic surgery in 2020 that the pain meds would erase my ability to poop. For at least a week. I would eat a footlong and start crying "Where did it go?!? It has to go somewhere!!!" 😭

28.01.2026 20:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Josie worked on @toughlovearena.com ! She’s great :)

23.01.2026 16:14 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

😎

19.01.2026 19:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

omg the ultra sfx

19.01.2026 19:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

i even read a bunch of HPMOR while I was traveling for EVO 2024, which i enjoyed at first but eventually became a slog.

this has opened a whole can of worms where i'm now revisiting and re-evaluating some memories. im also excited to listen to more BTB.

thank you for planting the seed :)

19.01.2026 15:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

i had a close friend 13 years ago who was really into LessWrong and Effective Altruism who would talk to me about it for hours. moreso charity stuff, not the super ai. i found it convincing and it gave me a bit of existential crisis. thankfully my normie roommates helped give me some perspective.

19.01.2026 15:52 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

seeing this a few days ago made me try to find the episode on JK Rowling, because i was vaguely aware of BTB and ive loved listening to other long videos critical of her (eg shaun, contrapoints). i ended up finding the 4 episodes on the Zizians, and then proceeded to binge it.

19.01.2026 15:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This was so cool! I knew you were bringing Qualia but I was just expecting a laptop or simple cabinet enclosure. I was floored when I saw the whole setup. Really inspiring TBH, makes me want to do something special for indie arcade next year.

17.01.2026 16:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
The image is a picture of Brian and the gang from Chernobyl with the text:

Midlife Crisis? Yeah I'd have a crisis too if my life was mid

The image is a picture of Brian and the gang from Chernobyl with the text: Midlife Crisis? Yeah I'd have a crisis too if my life was mid

16.01.2026 02:37 πŸ‘ 2004 πŸ” 446 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 5

That’s true. I’m proud of what we launched with but it was very obviously incomplete and I didn’t feel comfortable charging money for it for another year.

I had a full time job but I worked on TLA like I didn’t. My job performance definitely was impacted. No regrets but not sustainable πŸ˜”

12.01.2026 20:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Technically it’s still in beta, so 6+ years :’) but it was 15 months from start to beta

My current one will hopefully be fully released in 3 πŸ™

12.01.2026 15:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't know how I would make a fighting game in less than 3 years :(

11.01.2026 04:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of Gmail tweet saying: Welcome to the Gemini era, reposting a Google tweet that explains the latest update on Gemini.

Screenshot of Gmail tweet saying: Welcome to the Gemini era, reposting a Google tweet that explains the latest update on Gemini.

Gmail welcoming the Gemini era?

That's it. Guide to disable Gemini everywhere: tuta.com/blog/how-to-...

09.01.2026 08:53 πŸ‘ 3265 πŸ” 2418 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 68
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Next Week! Sign up link in Bio!

1/10
3PM: Doors
4PM: Street Fighter Alpha 3
4PM: Capcom vs SNK 2
7PM: Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
2AM: Last Game!

1/11
3PM: Doors
4PM: Marvel vs Capcom 2
6PM: Scramble Heart City

at @wonderville.nyc
1186 Broadway, Brooklyn NY
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Art by @souptogo.rocks

02.01.2026 15:25 πŸ‘ 64 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 6

"Many majors ago, I went to play casuals for an indie game. I reached the single open station, but so did another man.

As I rained blows upon him, I realized there had to be another way."

06.01.2026 22:29 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Someone has just restored "Daicon 3" from a rare 8mm copy.
It's the best version to date.
>> archive.org/details/zgfp...

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