The Bishop Of Bobbins
@fishwithlasers.bsky.social
ACAB includes Mappy.
Rob. Writes and writes about videogames. Ex remakes person, ex legend. Grumbles, watches tat films, does some doodling and stuff. Disabled, depressed, tired. Terfs and bigots shit off elsewhere.
He/Him
http://www.robf.me
Rob. Writes and writes about videogames. Ex remakes person, ex legend. Grumbles, watches tat films, does some doodling and stuff. Disabled, depressed, tired. Terfs and bigots shit off elsewhere.
He/Him
http://www.robf.me
Pinned
Sorry.
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If any other online store (e.g., Amazon or Netflix) handled moderation as incompetently and negligently as Steam it would be a major scandal. www.theguardian.com/games/2026/f...
‘This shouldn’t be normal’: developers speak out about bigotry on Steam, the world’s biggest PC gaming storefront
Multiple game creators describe ineffective moderation on the platform, resulting in unchecked hatred in forums and targeted campaigns of negative ‘anti-woke’ reviews
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:29 AM
If any other online store (e.g., Amazon or Netflix) handled moderation as incompetently and negligently as Steam it would be a major scandal. www.theguardian.com/games/2026/f...
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Learning more important life lessons from seat-safety-switch: seatsafetyswitch.com/post/8085429...
"What do you fear most in the world?"
"The Hater's...
“What do you fear most in the world?”
“The Hater’s Paradox,” I replied.
Understanding the Hater’s Paradox is simple: in order to truly, deeply hate something to its fullest extent, you must unders...
seatsafetyswitch.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Learning more important life lessons from seat-safety-switch: seatsafetyswitch.com/post/8085429...
I need to work out what film director I’d be videogames own equivalent of
February 16, 2026 at 10:37 PM
I need to work out what film director I’d be videogames own equivalent of
Anyway. Ten points for trying to convince me the boring peepoobumwilly *giggles* guy is anything more than that but no, I’m afraid it’s not happening, sorry.
bit sad really. cringe, even.
bit sad really. cringe, even.
February 16, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Anyway. Ten points for trying to convince me the boring peepoobumwilly *giggles* guy is anything more than that but no, I’m afraid it’s not happening, sorry.
bit sad really. cringe, even.
bit sad really. cringe, even.
there’s more shocking shit in soft and fucking cuddly, get out.
February 16, 2026 at 10:10 PM
there’s more shocking shit in soft and fucking cuddly, get out.
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Say what you want, but Indiegames really loves its mediocre white libertarians.
February 16, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Say what you want, but Indiegames really loves its mediocre white libertarians.
folks getting edgelord and transgressive mixed up again, I see
February 16, 2026 at 9:43 PM
folks getting edgelord and transgressive mixed up again, I see
He’s getting away with it again
February 16, 2026 at 2:47 PM
He’s getting away with it again
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We basically don’t get untracked post anymore and recently had a situation where we only found out about an appointment at Great Ormond St for our five month old via the reminder text so had to book trains to London with like a day’s notice for a mystery appointment.
bsky.app/profile/prem...
bsky.app/profile/prem...
Cost of Privatisation
Royal Mail letters sit undelivered 'for weeks', parcels prioritised
RM doesn't meet letter delivery targets. Urgent letters missed. Fines passed to customers
Profiteering:
Price Now: Ist class stamp £1.70; 2nd class 87p.
When privatised in 2013: 1st class 60p; 2nd class 50p.
Royal Mail letters sit undelivered 'for weeks', parcels prioritised
RM doesn't meet letter delivery targets. Urgent letters missed. Fines passed to customers
Profiteering:
Price Now: Ist class stamp £1.70; 2nd class 87p.
When privatised in 2013: 1st class 60p; 2nd class 50p.
Royal Mail staff tell BBC letters sit undelivered as firm prioritises parcels
Staff and customers tell the BBC prioritising parcels can mean missed NHS appointments and late payment fines.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 16, 2026 at 12:24 PM
We basically don’t get untracked post anymore and recently had a situation where we only found out about an appointment at Great Ormond St for our five month old via the reminder text so had to book trains to London with like a day’s notice for a mystery appointment.
bsky.app/profile/prem...
bsky.app/profile/prem...
“In a post on his Substack account, Starmer said”
Why do I have to go to nazi loving sites to read about how the government is going to ‘protect’ kids when they can’t even manage not posting on nazi sites.
Why do I have to go to nazi loving sites to read about how the government is going to ‘protect’ kids when they can’t even manage not posting on nazi sites.
February 16, 2026 at 1:19 PM
“In a post on his Substack account, Starmer said”
Why do I have to go to nazi loving sites to read about how the government is going to ‘protect’ kids when they can’t even manage not posting on nazi sites.
Why do I have to go to nazi loving sites to read about how the government is going to ‘protect’ kids when they can’t even manage not posting on nazi sites.
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Well. Crunch week then for me on will anyone bend and stop me from losing everything or … will they carry on because there’s no reason not to for them.
Kind thoughts and support very much welcome as this all unfolds. Gonna be the roughest one yet.
robsgob.bearblog.dev/the-system-i...
Kind thoughts and support very much welcome as this all unfolds. Gonna be the roughest one yet.
robsgob.bearblog.dev/the-system-i...
The system is fucked and so am I
Regular viewers of Rob’s existence will already be aware that the past few years have brought a constant and all too consistent run of hells to my door, the ...
robsgob.bearblog.dev
February 16, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Well. Crunch week then for me on will anyone bend and stop me from losing everything or … will they carry on because there’s no reason not to for them.
Kind thoughts and support very much welcome as this all unfolds. Gonna be the roughest one yet.
robsgob.bearblog.dev/the-system-i...
Kind thoughts and support very much welcome as this all unfolds. Gonna be the roughest one yet.
robsgob.bearblog.dev/the-system-i...
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Reminder for US contributors to UK publications:
color > colour
flavor > flavour
doctor > doctour
donor > donour
color > colour
flavor > flavour
doctor > doctour
donor > donour
February 16, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Reminder for US contributors to UK publications:
color > colour
flavor > flavour
doctor > doctour
donor > donour
color > colour
flavor > flavour
doctor > doctour
donor > donour
Just catching up on the RPS Sunday Papers to distract myself and regular Rob readers will already be aware that videogames exceptionalism is completely baffling to me but I think defining what people are like by their preferred media is even weirder.
February 16, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Just catching up on the RPS Sunday Papers to distract myself and regular Rob readers will already be aware that videogames exceptionalism is completely baffling to me but I think defining what people are like by their preferred media is even weirder.
Well. Crunch week then for me on will anyone bend and stop me from losing everything or … will they carry on because there’s no reason not to for them.
Kind thoughts and support very much welcome as this all unfolds. Gonna be the roughest one yet.
robsgob.bearblog.dev/the-system-i...
Kind thoughts and support very much welcome as this all unfolds. Gonna be the roughest one yet.
robsgob.bearblog.dev/the-system-i...
The system is fucked and so am I
Regular viewers of Rob’s existence will already be aware that the past few years have brought a constant and all too consistent run of hells to my door, the ...
robsgob.bearblog.dev
February 16, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Well. Crunch week then for me on will anyone bend and stop me from losing everything or … will they carry on because there’s no reason not to for them.
Kind thoughts and support very much welcome as this all unfolds. Gonna be the roughest one yet.
robsgob.bearblog.dev/the-system-i...
Kind thoughts and support very much welcome as this all unfolds. Gonna be the roughest one yet.
robsgob.bearblog.dev/the-system-i...
I mean, you could always just scroll down instead of trying an experimental AI feature to do the scrolling down for you
February 15, 2026 at 10:32 PM
I mean, you could always just scroll down instead of trying an experimental AI feature to do the scrolling down for you
still finding this weekend where everything is on pause to be really weird but probably not as weird as it will be if nothing bends tomorrow and I have my kid taken into care and without a home because of a budget decision.
Sorry, it’s serious Rob time again. A post I have spent the past few years trying to avoid ever having to write, and with so much kindness shown to help towards that goal, but the system Is fucked and so am I. Not an easy read, I’m sorry, but pls read & share.
robsgob.bearblog.dev/the-system-i...
robsgob.bearblog.dev/the-system-i...
The system is fucked and so am I
Regular viewers of Rob’s existence will already be aware that the past few years have brought a constant and all too consistent run of hells to my door, the ...
robsgob.bearblog.dev
February 15, 2026 at 4:19 PM
still finding this weekend where everything is on pause to be really weird but probably not as weird as it will be if nothing bends tomorrow and I have my kid taken into care and without a home because of a budget decision.
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Please help if you can
February Ko-Fi link is up if anyone can help.
Things have somehow managed to take a turn for the worse. My girlfriends work have stopped paying her sick pay, we find this out 5 weeks after it stopped when questioning where her pay is.
This is apocalyptic.
ko-fi.com/foxtrotluna/...
Things have somehow managed to take a turn for the worse. My girlfriends work have stopped paying her sick pay, we find this out 5 weeks after it stopped when questioning where her pay is.
This is apocalyptic.
ko-fi.com/foxtrotluna/...
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ko-fi.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Please help if you can
No we didn’t.
!["Increasingly, more [games] had resources moved towards [fidelity and texture resolution], and we lost things such as physics in games—[Nvidia] PhysX is probably the best example here," argued ForestWare. "We had so many cool games which were flaunting these interactions. I always think back to Mirrors Edge as one of the last very big, very rich showcases of Phys back at the time. Slowly, they moved this to the back seat, and we got these very nice, very detailed scenes [instead].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vs5k2dx7rbygi3ptnl5xemll/bafkreifu3drui24fboc3zz4uijb3xtupj7xy3x4xaotlqpd75qhvtrgh3i@jpeg)
February 15, 2026 at 12:51 PM
No we didn’t.
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None of my dream games are even vaguely epic or smooshing things together or, tbh, much of anything. I have just never aspired to that sort of thing.
Mostly I’m like “my dream game has … colours” and probably fish.
Mostly I’m like “my dream game has … colours” and probably fish.
February 15, 2026 at 3:25 AM
None of my dream games are even vaguely epic or smooshing things together or, tbh, much of anything. I have just never aspired to that sort of thing.
Mostly I’m like “my dream game has … colours” and probably fish.
Mostly I’m like “my dream game has … colours” and probably fish.
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A short teaser I've done for Oidanoid explaining the relationshhip that robots have with biscuits.
#screenshotsaturday, #gamemaker, #indiedev, #games, #retro, #twinstick, #shooter, #teaser, #trailer, #vintage
#screenshotsaturday, #gamemaker, #indiedev, #games, #retro, #twinstick, #shooter, #teaser, #trailer, #vintage
Oidanoid teaser
YouTube video by Chris Hodgkinson
youtu.be
February 14, 2026 at 7:29 PM
A short teaser I've done for Oidanoid explaining the relationshhip that robots have with biscuits.
#screenshotsaturday, #gamemaker, #indiedev, #games, #retro, #twinstick, #shooter, #teaser, #trailer, #vintage
#screenshotsaturday, #gamemaker, #indiedev, #games, #retro, #twinstick, #shooter, #teaser, #trailer, #vintage
Love seeing all the AI folks being all “I am accumulating SO much work and shit. i’m a powerhouse of productivity. I don’t know what any of this does”. seems fine.
February 14, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Love seeing all the AI folks being all “I am accumulating SO much work and shit. i’m a powerhouse of productivity. I don’t know what any of this does”. seems fine.
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happy gex week (and valentine’s day i guess) enjoy these beautiful valentines by @alaynakgray.bsky.social
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February 14, 2026 at 3:37 PM
happy gex week (and valentine’s day i guess) enjoy these beautiful valentines by @alaynakgray.bsky.social
iznaut.github.io/gex-valentin...
iznaut.github.io/gex-valentin...