Caleb J. Ross
@calebjross.com
I made a #cardgame you play at the #boulderinggym. https://betabreakgame.com
Wrote a book about What Remains of Edith Finch.
All my socials: https://linktr.ee/calebjross
Wrote a book about What Remains of Edith Finch.
All my socials: https://linktr.ee/calebjross
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Caleb J. Ross
@calebjross.com
· Apr 4
Beta Break is officially for sale!
Get your deck at betabreakgame.com!
I only have about 30 decks available for sale. I'll stock more, but I can't promise that will happen soon.
#bouldering #cardgames
Get your deck at betabreakgame.com!
I only have about 30 decks available for sale. I'll stock more, but I can't promise that will happen soon.
#bouldering #cardgames
The coolest I will ever look while #bouldering or otherwise
October 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The coolest I will ever look while #bouldering or otherwise
October 19, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Happening now! The 23-hour stream for charity featuring the coolest gamers around. Right now, @peteepuff.bsky.social streams a game with a...weird...name. After that, watch me lose miserably in a trivia contest.
www.twitch.tv/polymedianet...
www.twitch.tv/polymedianet...
polymedianetwork - Twitch
No One Can Stop Mr. Domino! with Blinkoom!
www.twitch.tv
September 28, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Happening now! The 23-hour stream for charity featuring the coolest gamers around. Right now, @peteepuff.bsky.social streams a game with a...weird...name. After that, watch me lose miserably in a trivia contest.
www.twitch.tv/polymedianet...
www.twitch.tv/polymedianet...
My card game #BetaBreakGame is featured in the Fall 2025 Climbing Business Journal catalog. I've been a long-time listener to the CBJ Podcast, so this is like being validated by royality.
Check out Beta Break (and a bunch of other cool products) below!
climbingbusinessjournal.com/28-new-climb...
Check out Beta Break (and a bunch of other cool products) below!
climbingbusinessjournal.com/28-new-climb...
28 New Climbing Products and Services for Fall 2025
The active fall season is here, and this issue has plenty of new products to fuel the momentum toward your professional and climbing goals.
climbingbusinessjournal.com
September 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
My card game #BetaBreakGame is featured in the Fall 2025 Climbing Business Journal catalog. I've been a long-time listener to the CBJ Podcast, so this is like being validated by royality.
Check out Beta Break (and a bunch of other cool products) below!
climbingbusinessjournal.com/28-new-climb...
Check out Beta Break (and a bunch of other cool products) below!
climbingbusinessjournal.com/28-new-climb...
Hey @polykillpodcast.bsky.social I #JustBeatIt Sword of the Sea. Best ice crunch sounds in the business.
September 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Hey @polykillpodcast.bsky.social I #JustBeatIt Sword of the Sea. Best ice crunch sounds in the business.
Here's your friendly reminder to check for wall features when #bouldering. The climbing problem isn't aways as difficult as you think.
sendhelpclimbing.substack.com/p/listen-to-...
sendhelpclimbing.substack.com/p/listen-to-...
Listen to the Wall Features (a rock climbing tip)
Trust that setters want you to have a good time
sendhelpclimbing.substack.com
September 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Here's your friendly reminder to check for wall features when #bouldering. The climbing problem isn't aways as difficult as you think.
sendhelpclimbing.substack.com/p/listen-to-...
sendhelpclimbing.substack.com/p/listen-to-...
🚨 It’s live! 🚨
Beta Break: Adventure Mode just launched on Kickstarter 🎉
Back it now and join the adventure 👉 www.kickstarter.com/projects/797...
Tag your gym partner—you’re gonna need them for this one 👀
#bouldering #climbinggym #boardgames #kickstartergames #indoorclimbing
Beta Break: Adventure Mode just launched on Kickstarter 🎉
Back it now and join the adventure 👉 www.kickstarter.com/projects/797...
Tag your gym partner—you’re gonna need them for this one 👀
#bouldering #climbinggym #boardgames #kickstartergames #indoorclimbing
September 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
🚨 It’s live! 🚨
Beta Break: Adventure Mode just launched on Kickstarter 🎉
Back it now and join the adventure 👉 www.kickstarter.com/projects/797...
Tag your gym partner—you’re gonna need them for this one 👀
#bouldering #climbinggym #boardgames #kickstartergames #indoorclimbing
Beta Break: Adventure Mode just launched on Kickstarter 🎉
Back it now and join the adventure 👉 www.kickstarter.com/projects/797...
Tag your gym partner—you’re gonna need them for this one 👀
#bouldering #climbinggym #boardgames #kickstartergames #indoorclimbing
August 28, 2025 at 11:41 PM
NEW VIDEO!!!
I haven't made a long-form #bouldering video in over a year. So, this one is especially exciting. It documents my journey from first attempt to successful send of a very, very hard problem. It took me 9 sessions! youtu.be/FsuzsrCICJQ
I haven't made a long-form #bouldering video in over a year. So, this one is especially exciting. It documents my journey from first attempt to successful send of a very, very hard problem. It took me 9 sessions! youtu.be/FsuzsrCICJQ
Weeks of Bouldering Attempts… Then Success.
YouTube video by Caleb J. Ross
youtu.be
August 24, 2025 at 12:07 AM
NEW VIDEO!!!
I haven't made a long-form #bouldering video in over a year. So, this one is especially exciting. It documents my journey from first attempt to successful send of a very, very hard problem. It took me 9 sessions! youtu.be/FsuzsrCICJQ
I haven't made a long-form #bouldering video in over a year. So, this one is especially exciting. It documents my journey from first attempt to successful send of a very, very hard problem. It took me 9 sessions! youtu.be/FsuzsrCICJQ
Not much time left!
You have just over ⏱️12 hours to grab 66 books📚about video games and #gamedev in the latest @storybundle.bsky.social collection! storybundle.com/games
August 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Not much time left!
Thrilled to be a part of @toddnotmitchell.com 's podcast to talk about the latest StoryBundle, game development, rock climbing, and getting old. youtu.be/Bb9ZkhJcbw8?...
August 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Thrilled to be a part of @toddnotmitchell.com 's podcast to talk about the latest StoryBundle, game development, rock climbing, and getting old. youtu.be/Bb9ZkhJcbw8?...
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A new #GameDev Breakdown just dropped with GameCube historian @projectdolphin.bsky.social. Lots of GameCube talk, video game retail, and more assorted nostalgia. Check it out on YouTube, Spotify, or anywhere you get podcasts! youtu.be/JnEzc5_bF_4?...
GameCube Historian Travis Nicholas
YouTube video by GameDev Breakdown
youtu.be
August 9, 2025 at 11:48 PM
A new #GameDev Breakdown just dropped with GameCube historian @projectdolphin.bsky.social. Lots of GameCube talk, video game retail, and more assorted nostalgia. Check it out on YouTube, Spotify, or anywhere you get podcasts! youtu.be/JnEzc5_bF_4?...
Hey @polykillpodcast.bsky.social I #JustBeatIt Death Stranding 2. An absolute masterpiece. I've never played a game that goes so hard into absurdity but ends up trying things together so wonderfully. The final boss fight is an all timer.
August 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Hey @polykillpodcast.bsky.social I #JustBeatIt Death Stranding 2. An absolute masterpiece. I've never played a game that goes so hard into absurdity but ends up trying things together so wonderfully. The final boss fight is an all timer.
Reposted by Caleb J. Ross
This huge bundle of books about video games includes the text-only ebook version of The Secret History of Mac Gaming as well as my experimental 'Football Manager, one day at a time' project, along with dozens of books I didn't write. storybundle.com/games
StoryBundle
Pay what you like and get a bundle of awesome ebooks and more!
storybundle.com
July 25, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This huge bundle of books about video games includes the text-only ebook version of The Secret History of Mac Gaming as well as my experimental 'Football Manager, one day at a time' project, along with dozens of books I didn't write. storybundle.com/games
Reposted by Caleb J. Ross
Happy to say my book Critical Path: How to Review Videogames for a Living is in the The Greatest Hits Game Bundle 2 at StoryBundle -- thanks to @davidlcraddock.bsky.social for the invite!
Even if that isn't your career goal, I hope the advice I offer helps your writing.
storybundle.com/games
Even if that isn't your career goal, I hope the advice I offer helps your writing.
storybundle.com/games
July 24, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Happy to say my book Critical Path: How to Review Videogames for a Living is in the The Greatest Hits Game Bundle 2 at StoryBundle -- thanks to @davidlcraddock.bsky.social for the invite!
Even if that isn't your career goal, I hope the advice I offer helps your writing.
storybundle.com/games
Even if that isn't your career goal, I hope the advice I offer helps your writing.
storybundle.com/games
Reposted by Caleb J. Ross
StoryBundle is doing a MASSIVE massive Greatest Hits bundle and very kindly included Inside Video Game Creation (2nd Edition!) and many other Very Good Books.
I am mostly excited because I get to read them all. Check it out! storybundle.com/games
I am mostly excited because I get to read them all. Check it out! storybundle.com/games
July 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
StoryBundle is doing a MASSIVE massive Greatest Hits bundle and very kindly included Inside Video Game Creation (2nd Edition!) and many other Very Good Books.
I am mostly excited because I get to read them all. Check it out! storybundle.com/games
I am mostly excited because I get to read them all. Check it out! storybundle.com/games
Reposted by Caleb J. Ross
The latest @storybundle.bsky.social has a ridiculous number of video game books, including more than a dozen from us here at HG101!
storybundle.com/games
storybundle.com/games
July 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The latest @storybundle.bsky.social has a ridiculous number of video game books, including more than a dozen from us here at HG101!
storybundle.com/games
storybundle.com/games
Thrilled to be a part of this! And more thrilled that lovers of video games have such a massive library of books to read for basically pennies per book! #videogames #books
Introducing the Greatest Hits 2 bundle of ebooks—65 books about #gamedev and gaming culture! Available from @story-bundle.bsky.social for a limited time. Check out the bundle here: storybundle.com/games
July 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Thrilled to be a part of this! And more thrilled that lovers of video games have such a massive library of books to read for basically pennies per book! #videogames #books
🦈 My book Suddenly I Was a Shark! is part of a massive 65-book #videogame StoryBundle! DRM-free, pay-what-you-want, & only for a limited time: storybundle.com/games?utm_so...
July 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
🦈 My book Suddenly I Was a Shark! is part of a massive 65-book #videogame StoryBundle! DRM-free, pay-what-you-want, & only for a limited time: storybundle.com/games?utm_so...
Reposted by Caleb J. Ross
Beta Break Bouldering Card Game!
YouTube video by Jimmy_Mook
www.youtube.com
July 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
One #BetaBreakGame deck came in dented. It's yours for 25% off. Only one available.
Beta Break is a card game you play at the #boulderinggym. The wall IS THE GAME. You can't have more fun with cards at the bouldering gym. It's not legal.
betabreakgame.com/product/beta...
Beta Break is a card game you play at the #boulderinggym. The wall IS THE GAME. You can't have more fun with cards at the bouldering gym. It's not legal.
betabreakgame.com/product/beta...
July 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
One #BetaBreakGame deck came in dented. It's yours for 25% off. Only one available.
Beta Break is a card game you play at the #boulderinggym. The wall IS THE GAME. You can't have more fun with cards at the bouldering gym. It's not legal.
betabreakgame.com/product/beta...
Beta Break is a card game you play at the #boulderinggym. The wall IS THE GAME. You can't have more fun with cards at the bouldering gym. It's not legal.
betabreakgame.com/product/beta...
Today at Small Chalk, a taste of how easy it can be to become the local at a strange #climbing gym.
smallchalkclimbing.substack.com/p/tourist-tu...
smallchalkclimbing.substack.com/p/tourist-tu...
Tourist Turned Tour Guide at the Climbing Gym
Turns out, the best way to belong is to welcome someone else in.
smallchalkclimbing.substack.com
July 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Today at Small Chalk, a taste of how easy it can be to become the local at a strange #climbing gym.
smallchalkclimbing.substack.com/p/tourist-tu...
smallchalkclimbing.substack.com/p/tourist-tu...
I ask a #bouldering setter if they play favorites when setting.
Watch the full video at youtu.be/MzMJFuLFSgA?...
After that, if you are looking for a way to have even more fun at the bouldering gym, check out betabreakgame.com. It's a card game you play at the bouldering gym!
Watch the full video at youtu.be/MzMJFuLFSgA?...
After that, if you are looking for a way to have even more fun at the bouldering gym, check out betabreakgame.com. It's a card game you play at the bouldering gym!
July 9, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I ask a #bouldering setter if they play favorites when setting.
Watch the full video at youtu.be/MzMJFuLFSgA?...
After that, if you are looking for a way to have even more fun at the bouldering gym, check out betabreakgame.com. It's a card game you play at the bouldering gym!
Watch the full video at youtu.be/MzMJFuLFSgA?...
After that, if you are looking for a way to have even more fun at the bouldering gym, check out betabreakgame.com. It's a card game you play at the bouldering gym!
I ask a #bouldering setter if they can climb all their own routes.
Watch the full video at youtu.be/MzMJFuLFSgA?...
After that, if you are looking for a way to have even more fun at the bouldering gym, check out betabreakgame.com
Watch the full video at youtu.be/MzMJFuLFSgA?...
After that, if you are looking for a way to have even more fun at the bouldering gym, check out betabreakgame.com
July 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I ask a #bouldering setter if they can climb all their own routes.
Watch the full video at youtu.be/MzMJFuLFSgA?...
After that, if you are looking for a way to have even more fun at the bouldering gym, check out betabreakgame.com
Watch the full video at youtu.be/MzMJFuLFSgA?...
After that, if you are looking for a way to have even more fun at the bouldering gym, check out betabreakgame.com
I ask a #bouldering setter the grade question...
...and the answer is wonderful.
Watch the full video at youtu.be/MzMJFuLFSgA?...
Looking for a way to spice up your bouldering season? check out betabreakgame.com for a card game you play at the bouldering gym!
...and the answer is wonderful.
Watch the full video at youtu.be/MzMJFuLFSgA?...
Looking for a way to spice up your bouldering season? check out betabreakgame.com for a card game you play at the bouldering gym!
July 9, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I ask a #bouldering setter the grade question...
...and the answer is wonderful.
Watch the full video at youtu.be/MzMJFuLFSgA?...
Looking for a way to spice up your bouldering season? check out betabreakgame.com for a card game you play at the bouldering gym!
...and the answer is wonderful.
Watch the full video at youtu.be/MzMJFuLFSgA?...
Looking for a way to spice up your bouldering season? check out betabreakgame.com for a card game you play at the bouldering gym!