Rob
@archgan.bsky.social
Books, games, food - repeat.
Software developer on Vancouver Island.
Software developer on Vancouver Island.
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Rob
@archgan.bsky.social
· Dec 31
Some favourite things:
🎮
- Deadlock
- Uncharted
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- Final Fantasy
- Disco Elysium
- Psychonauts
- God of War
- The Longest Journey
- Citizen Sleeper
- Night in the Woods
- Wadjet Eye Games
🔥
- Books
- Fountain pens
- Food
- 🚴♂️
- 🏍️
- Whiskers on kittens
#promosky
🎮
- Deadlock
- Uncharted
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- Final Fantasy
- Disco Elysium
- Psychonauts
- God of War
- The Longest Journey
- Citizen Sleeper
- Night in the Woods
- Wadjet Eye Games
🔥
- Books
- Fountain pens
- Food
- 🚴♂️
- 🏍️
- Whiskers on kittens
#promosky
Quote a gif with a clue of where you're from.
January 23, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Quote a gif with a clue of where you're from.
Loving Dispatch so far, although as someone named Robert, this scene felt like a personal attack.
January 18, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Loving Dispatch so far, although as someone named Robert, this scene felt like a personal attack.
Sorry, I can't work today. I finished Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 last night, and it's all just a little too much.
January 16, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Sorry, I can't work today. I finished Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 last night, and it's all just a little too much.
2026 reading thread!
#1 - The Unfinished Harauld Hughes by Richard Ayoade
A fictional account of making a documentary on the lost work of a famous playwright. Really enjoy everything Ayoade does, and the audiobook had an exceptional cast. Felt like a string of bizarre character sketches.
🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑
#1 - The Unfinished Harauld Hughes by Richard Ayoade
A fictional account of making a documentary on the lost work of a famous playwright. Really enjoy everything Ayoade does, and the audiobook had an exceptional cast. Felt like a string of bizarre character sketches.
🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑
January 9, 2026 at 3:41 AM
2026 reading thread!
#1 - The Unfinished Harauld Hughes by Richard Ayoade
A fictional account of making a documentary on the lost work of a famous playwright. Really enjoy everything Ayoade does, and the audiobook had an exceptional cast. Felt like a string of bizarre character sketches.
🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑
#1 - The Unfinished Harauld Hughes by Richard Ayoade
A fictional account of making a documentary on the lost work of a famous playwright. Really enjoy everything Ayoade does, and the audiobook had an exceptional cast. Felt like a string of bizarre character sketches.
🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑
Picked up a New Years treat for myself - the Delicious in Dungeon complete box set! I've heard great things about it.
January 8, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Picked up a New Years treat for myself - the Delicious in Dungeon complete box set! I've heard great things about it.
Getting old is being ridiculously excited about your new vacuum arriving today.
January 7, 2026 at 4:50 AM
Getting old is being ridiculously excited about your new vacuum arriving today.
Games I completed in 2025:
January 5, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Games I completed in 2025:
Goodbye holiday break - back to work tomorrow. 😭
January 5, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Goodbye holiday break - back to work tomorrow. 😭
So excited to see Kumail on Taskmaster! I think he'll be a great fit.
I can finally announce:
I am in the next season (series) of Taskmaster! My favorite tv show! I’ve seen every season & some multiple times! Thrilled to be with this group of hilarious sweeties.
Amy Gledhill
Joanna Page
Armando Iannucci
Joel Dommett
And me!
I am in the next season (series) of Taskmaster! My favorite tv show! I’ve seen every season & some multiple times! Thrilled to be with this group of hilarious sweeties.
Amy Gledhill
Joanna Page
Armando Iannucci
Joel Dommett
And me!
January 4, 2026 at 7:41 AM
So excited to see Kumail on Taskmaster! I think he'll be a great fit.
2026 game thread!
#1 - BALL x PIT
Every couple months I get the itch for a deck builder, and I also love Breakout, so this really hit the spot.
The progression was great too. I wasn't a huge fan of the base building, although I appreciated the idea.
🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
#1 - BALL x PIT
Every couple months I get the itch for a deck builder, and I also love Breakout, so this really hit the spot.
The progression was great too. I wasn't a huge fan of the base building, although I appreciated the idea.
🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
January 4, 2026 at 7:29 AM
2026 game thread!
#1 - BALL x PIT
Every couple months I get the itch for a deck builder, and I also love Breakout, so this really hit the spot.
The progression was great too. I wasn't a huge fan of the base building, although I appreciated the idea.
🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
#1 - BALL x PIT
Every couple months I get the itch for a deck builder, and I also love Breakout, so this really hit the spot.
The progression was great too. I wasn't a huge fan of the base building, although I appreciated the idea.
🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
Top ten books I read in 2025 (very slow reading year for me this year):
1. The Bullet That Missed
2. The Midwich Cuckoos
3. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook
4. Normal People
5. Carl's Doomsday Scenario
6. Brigands & Breadknives
7. Piranesi
8. The Valley of Fear
9. Free Ride
10. The Satsuma Complex
1. The Bullet That Missed
2. The Midwich Cuckoos
3. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook
4. Normal People
5. Carl's Doomsday Scenario
6. Brigands & Breadknives
7. Piranesi
8. The Valley of Fear
9. Free Ride
10. The Satsuma Complex
January 2, 2026 at 6:34 AM
Top ten books I read in 2025 (very slow reading year for me this year):
1. The Bullet That Missed
2. The Midwich Cuckoos
3. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook
4. Normal People
5. Carl's Doomsday Scenario
6. Brigands & Breadknives
7. Piranesi
8. The Valley of Fear
9. Free Ride
10. The Satsuma Complex
1. The Bullet That Missed
2. The Midwich Cuckoos
3. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook
4. Normal People
5. Carl's Doomsday Scenario
6. Brigands & Breadknives
7. Piranesi
8. The Valley of Fear
9. Free Ride
10. The Satsuma Complex
Top ten games I played in 2025:
1. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
2. Citizen Sleeper 2
3. Hades 2
4. Elden Ring Nightreign
5. Arc Raiders
6. Alan Wake 2
7. Astro Bot
8. Final Fantasy XIV - 2.1-2.55
9. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
10. Professor Layton and the Curious Village
1. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
2. Citizen Sleeper 2
3. Hades 2
4. Elden Ring Nightreign
5. Arc Raiders
6. Alan Wake 2
7. Astro Bot
8. Final Fantasy XIV - 2.1-2.55
9. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
10. Professor Layton and the Curious Village
January 2, 2026 at 6:31 AM
Top ten games I played in 2025:
1. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
2. Citizen Sleeper 2
3. Hades 2
4. Elden Ring Nightreign
5. Arc Raiders
6. Alan Wake 2
7. Astro Bot
8. Final Fantasy XIV - 2.1-2.55
9. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
10. Professor Layton and the Curious Village
1. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
2. Citizen Sleeper 2
3. Hades 2
4. Elden Ring Nightreign
5. Arc Raiders
6. Alan Wake 2
7. Astro Bot
8. Final Fantasy XIV - 2.1-2.55
9. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
10. Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Giving my mom my old Steam Deck. She's not used to controllers anymore, so trying to find some simple beginner-friendly games for her to try. Starting with:
- Is This Seat Taken?
- Luck be a Landlord
- Donut County
- Fantasy Life i (this one might be too much for her)
Would love suggestions!
- Is This Seat Taken?
- Luck be a Landlord
- Donut County
- Fantasy Life i (this one might be too much for her)
Would love suggestions!
January 1, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Giving my mom my old Steam Deck. She's not used to controllers anymore, so trying to find some simple beginner-friendly games for her to try. Starting with:
- Is This Seat Taken?
- Luck be a Landlord
- Donut County
- Fantasy Life i (this one might be too much for her)
Would love suggestions!
- Is This Seat Taken?
- Luck be a Landlord
- Donut County
- Fantasy Life i (this one might be too much for her)
Would love suggestions!
Charcuterie board from the butcher, Whistler Winter Dunkle, and watching It's a Wonderful Life for the first time. Happy new years!
January 1, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Charcuterie board from the butcher, Whistler Winter Dunkle, and watching It's a Wonderful Life for the first time. Happy new years!
Elden Ring Nightreign is the first, and likely last, FromSoftware game where I've gotten 100% of the achievements!
December 30, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Elden Ring Nightreign is the first, and likely last, FromSoftware game where I've gotten 100% of the achievements!
I've been spending the last couple of months going back and finishing some big games I've dropped in the last couple of years. Finished FFVII: Rebirth and Alan Wake 2 and back into Claire Obscur now.
December 29, 2025 at 7:06 AM
I've been spending the last couple of months going back and finishing some big games I've dropped in the last couple of years. Finished FFVII: Rebirth and Alan Wake 2 and back into Claire Obscur now.
This year's advent calendar. 😺
December 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This year's advent calendar. 😺
Responding to production incidents during a 10+ hour AWS outage.
a man is standing in front of a fire with a vacuum cleaner in his hand
ALT: a man is standing in front of a fire with a vacuum cleaner in his hand
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October 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Responding to production incidents during a 10+ hour AWS outage.
Starting to get chilly.
October 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Starting to get chilly.
Topping up on Crohn's Juice.
October 17, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Topping up on Crohn's Juice.
Got a new pen on my birthday this weekend!
Kaweco Student. Writes very smooth, cool 70s look, reasonably priced (relative to other fountain pens).
Kaweco Student. Writes very smooth, cool 70s look, reasonably priced (relative to other fountain pens).
August 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Got a new pen on my birthday this weekend!
Kaweco Student. Writes very smooth, cool 70s look, reasonably priced (relative to other fountain pens).
Kaweco Student. Writes very smooth, cool 70s look, reasonably priced (relative to other fountain pens).
Excited for this one! The fact that the books you're recommending in-game are actual real-life titles feels like a game changer.
TINY BOOKSHOP IS HERE!!!
You can finally open your cozy bookshop by the seaside on PC, Mac and Linux!
🔥 Head to Steam NOW to get #TinyBookshop with a 10% launch discount! 🔥
store.steampowered.c...
You can finally open your cozy bookshop by the seaside on PC, Mac and Linux!
🔥 Head to Steam NOW to get #TinyBookshop with a 10% launch discount! 🔥
store.steampowered.c...
August 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Excited for this one! The fact that the books you're recommending in-game are actual real-life titles feels like a game changer.
So many games to play, but I've fallen down a FFXIV hole.
August 3, 2025 at 9:50 PM
So many games to play, but I've fallen down a FFXIV hole.
Always a joy to open these when they arrive. Such well thought-out packaging!
HOW WE SHIP OUR BOOKS
We want our packaging to protect your books to the extreme, while also being affordable, memorable sustainable, reliable, fast and economical.
See full details: www.bitmapbooks.com/pages/how-we...
#bitmapbooks #books #packing #shipping #sustainability #retrogaming #gaming
We want our packaging to protect your books to the extreme, while also being affordable, memorable sustainable, reliable, fast and economical.
See full details: www.bitmapbooks.com/pages/how-we...
#bitmapbooks #books #packing #shipping #sustainability #retrogaming #gaming
July 28, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Always a joy to open these when they arrive. Such well thought-out packaging!