gblekkenhorst
@gblekkenhorst.bsky.social
does things with stuff. experimental narrative. course director of game design and prototyping and York University. Graduate student Digital Futures at OCADU. Making Renters Market game as @scaredcreature, blackmail your landlord.
http://blekkenhorst.ca
http://blekkenhorst.ca
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Today’s the day!!! Pop by the Cecil Centre to grab a Plastiboo print, the latest Film Fvckers and all kinds of Zine Dump goodies!
You asked! We conjured!
Prints of Plastiboo’s FUNLAND cover are coming! Get first dibs THIS SUNDAY in TORONTO at ZINE DUMP!!
More info: www.zinedump.fyi
Prints of Plastiboo’s FUNLAND cover are coming! Get first dibs THIS SUNDAY in TORONTO at ZINE DUMP!!
More info: www.zinedump.fyi
November 9, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Today’s the day!!! Pop by the Cecil Centre to grab a Plastiboo print, the latest Film Fvckers and all kinds of Zine Dump goodies!
I went to zine dump and I spent more than I could afford on magical objects, which having seen, I could no longer live without
Sunday!! I will be tabling at zine dump!!
Swing on down, get some stickers and zines, come talk carabiners and sensible trousers with me.
Swing on down, get some stickers and zines, come talk carabiners and sensible trousers with me.
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I went to zine dump and I spent more than I could afford on magical objects, which having seen, I could no longer live without
Renters Market will be showcased in TWO locations in downtown Toronto during Superfest Nov 1-7!
October 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Renters Market will be showcased in TWO locations in downtown Toronto during Superfest Nov 1-7!
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still thinking about this article today. so many societal ills are caused by people white-washing what actually happens. it's awful to see games do it too.
can't wait for cozy domestic violence simulator or cozy kkk simulator
can't wait for cozy domestic violence simulator or cozy kkk simulator
a wholesome plane has hit the second cozy tower
more like no thoughts to declare
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October 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
still thinking about this article today. so many societal ills are caused by people white-washing what actually happens. it's awful to see games do it too.
can't wait for cozy domestic violence simulator or cozy kkk simulator
can't wait for cozy domestic violence simulator or cozy kkk simulator
Notes from a story
October 23, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Notes from a story
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Sometimes I look at what happens in physics and I’m glad I’m in math. I like my math just totally disconnected from reality. Reality is the pits
October 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Sometimes I look at what happens in physics and I’m glad I’m in math. I like my math just totally disconnected from reality. Reality is the pits
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“I used to dream about attending viewings of rotting houses with impossible geometry."
@gblekkenhorst.bsky.social recalls the apartment hunting nightmares and even darker rituals behind RENTER'S MARKET.
Read more: funland.itch.io/funland-zine-no-2
Subscribe: patreon.com/funlandmag
@gblekkenhorst.bsky.social recalls the apartment hunting nightmares and even darker rituals behind RENTER'S MARKET.
Read more: funland.itch.io/funland-zine-no-2
Subscribe: patreon.com/funlandmag
September 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
“I used to dream about attending viewings of rotting houses with impossible geometry."
@gblekkenhorst.bsky.social recalls the apartment hunting nightmares and even darker rituals behind RENTER'S MARKET.
Read more: funland.itch.io/funland-zine-no-2
Subscribe: patreon.com/funlandmag
@gblekkenhorst.bsky.social recalls the apartment hunting nightmares and even darker rituals behind RENTER'S MARKET.
Read more: funland.itch.io/funland-zine-no-2
Subscribe: patreon.com/funlandmag
I have designed a new Pomodoro technique
Work on a porch in the sunshine with no electrical outlet. Everytime it runs out of battery, get up and stretch, return it to its charger, and grab the other laptop
Work on a porch in the sunshine with no electrical outlet. Everytime it runs out of battery, get up and stretch, return it to its charger, and grab the other laptop
September 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I have designed a new Pomodoro technique
Work on a porch in the sunshine with no electrical outlet. Everytime it runs out of battery, get up and stretch, return it to its charger, and grab the other laptop
Work on a porch in the sunshine with no electrical outlet. Everytime it runs out of battery, get up and stretch, return it to its charger, and grab the other laptop
Non-mimetic content is not too saucy for children
Woke up to quite the update on this. I had been in contact with Payment Cloud about getting their service and they waited until now to hit me with the image below. Again, stringing me along instead of being upfront. They had seen my website multiple times before this.
September 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Non-mimetic content is not too saucy for children
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Made a bot in honour of the 24/7 Twilight livestream this week m.youtube.com/watch?v=f7-x...
September 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Made a bot in honour of the 24/7 Twilight livestream this week m.youtube.com/watch?v=f7-x...
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this this this
September 8, 2025 at 1:02 AM
this this this
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Due to popular demand, we are setting up a heavily discounted fulfillment service for artists outside the US that are scrambling after the recent tariff / customs policy put in place for shipments to the USA.
September 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Due to popular demand, we are setting up a heavily discounted fulfillment service for artists outside the US that are scrambling after the recent tariff / customs policy put in place for shipments to the USA.
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This Sat Sept 6 at 7pm, join comics creators @jefflemire171.bsky.social (Jeff Lemire: Sweet Tooth, Essex County, The Underwater Welder) & @funeralbeat.bsky.social (Jenn Woodall: Magical Beatdown, Space Trash) for a @prairiecomicsfest.bsky.social 2025 presented event! - mailchi.mp/grant/pcf-2025
Jeff Lemire & Jenn Woodall join us to discuss comics!
On Saturday September 6 at 7pm, join acclaimed Canadian comics creators Jeff Lemire (Sweet Tooth, Essex County, The Underwater Welder) and Jenn Woodall (Magical Beatdown, Space Trash) as they discuss ...
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September 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
This Sat Sept 6 at 7pm, join comics creators @jefflemire171.bsky.social (Jeff Lemire: Sweet Tooth, Essex County, The Underwater Welder) & @funeralbeat.bsky.social (Jenn Woodall: Magical Beatdown, Space Trash) for a @prairiecomicsfest.bsky.social 2025 presented event! - mailchi.mp/grant/pcf-2025
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Another concept I created for Peculiar Path's solarpunk project, this one exploring the interior of a potentially transformed cruise ship. At this point we wanted a wonky, DIY, scrappy feel to everything, but still with an aura of hope and excitement and possibility.
September 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Another concept I created for Peculiar Path's solarpunk project, this one exploring the interior of a potentially transformed cruise ship. At this point we wanted a wonky, DIY, scrappy feel to everything, but still with an aura of hope and excitement and possibility.
"A literary text is a machine for producing possible worlds"
Sometimes we’re unsatisfied with a thing we made because when it only existed in our head, we saw all the things it could have been and when it’s done we know all the things that it isn’t, but we can’t see the way it expands into a million new things when someone else unpacks it in their head. 🖊️🦑
August 31, 2025 at 7:37 PM
"A literary text is a machine for producing possible worlds"
Post a mem made by you
August 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Post a mem made by you
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Excited to announce our Steam page is live and features our all-new official reveal trailer! ✨
Wishlist now on Steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/2828540/...
Wishlist now on Steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/2828540/...
August 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Excited to announce our Steam page is live and features our all-new official reveal trailer! ✨
Wishlist now on Steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/2828540/...
Wishlist now on Steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/2828540/...
Ok - what if you made a game in stages. RPG, avatar creation but nothing too zany, matched up with 15 people. Stage 1 you're given a collaborative project to complete, some tasks require 2-3 people to accomplish. Sort of Among Us, but challenging enough to distract you from knowing Stage 2 is coming
"Battle royale" games have defined the last decade. They lack the anti-fascist message of Koushun Takami's novel, though, and the significance of how its schoolyard cliques and anxieties persist even as kids are forced to kill each other, @midimyers.com writes. www.endlessmode.com/video-games/...
Battle Royale Adaptations Are Missing What Made the Novel Great
The battle royale genre has dominated games for a decade, but none of them seem to understand the Koushun Takami novel that inspired them.
www.endlessmode.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Ok - what if you made a game in stages. RPG, avatar creation but nothing too zany, matched up with 15 people. Stage 1 you're given a collaborative project to complete, some tasks require 2-3 people to accomplish. Sort of Among Us, but challenging enough to distract you from knowing Stage 2 is coming
Pontypool is a Perfect Film
August 27, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Pontypool is a Perfect Film
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For previews: @stvulture.bsky.social gives the alchemy & elements behind ALL LIVING THINGS. @lexa.bsky.social hollers on SCREAMING HEAD. @gblekkenhorst.bsky.social trades apartment hunting horrors in RENTER'S MARKET. Open the door to SOUP ROOMS with @kiteline.bsky.social & @akumakira.bsky.social.
August 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
For previews: @stvulture.bsky.social gives the alchemy & elements behind ALL LIVING THINGS. @lexa.bsky.social hollers on SCREAMING HEAD. @gblekkenhorst.bsky.social trades apartment hunting horrors in RENTER'S MARKET. Open the door to SOUP ROOMS with @kiteline.bsky.social & @akumakira.bsky.social.
Don't know where my narrative will land yet, so I'm casting the dumbest, widest net
For sure:
- archives
- narratology and possible worlds
- interface games
?:
- northern Ontario history
- history of human expression, prehistory to contemporary 🙄
- organic, astrophysical and geologic anomalies
For sure:
- archives
- narratology and possible worlds
- interface games
?:
- northern Ontario history
- history of human expression, prehistory to contemporary 🙄
- organic, astrophysical and geologic anomalies
- Cryptids 🦋
- History of witches/witchcraft 🪄
- Kalashtar species from D&D 🧝
And thinking of possibly researching how to edit audio. But tempering that until I have more time/spell slots to throw at it.
- History of witches/witchcraft 🪄
- Kalashtar species from D&D 🧝
And thinking of possibly researching how to edit audio. But tempering that until I have more time/spell slots to throw at it.
What are you currently RESEARCHING for projects you are working on? I've a few things on the go and here's some of mine:
- Scary mountain stories ⛰️
- Lyrebird mimicry & Peacock tail feathers 🦚
- The 1381 Peasant's Revolt 👑
- Wolf folklore/mythology (for more than one project...) 🐺
- Scary mountain stories ⛰️
- Lyrebird mimicry & Peacock tail feathers 🦚
- The 1381 Peasant's Revolt 👑
- Wolf folklore/mythology (for more than one project...) 🐺
August 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Don't know where my narrative will land yet, so I'm casting the dumbest, widest net
For sure:
- archives
- narratology and possible worlds
- interface games
?:
- northern Ontario history
- history of human expression, prehistory to contemporary 🙄
- organic, astrophysical and geologic anomalies
For sure:
- archives
- narratology and possible worlds
- interface games
?:
- northern Ontario history
- history of human expression, prehistory to contemporary 🙄
- organic, astrophysical and geologic anomalies
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listen, scott stapp says he's six feet from the edge and he thinks that six feet isn't that far down. but like, he's six feet from the EDGE. so he's like, unable to see what is down there. further, scott stapp isnt even six feet tall. he doesn't know how far that really is
August 21, 2025 at 4:24 AM
listen, scott stapp says he's six feet from the edge and he thinks that six feet isn't that far down. but like, he's six feet from the EDGE. so he's like, unable to see what is down there. further, scott stapp isnt even six feet tall. he doesn't know how far that really is
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Imagine reading Trevor Henderson’s amazing middle grade novel SCAREWAVES: BEYOND THE GRAVE and discovering this pleasant surprise at the vury vury end… Trevor is such an endless source of inspiration for me, personally, that I can’t help but get a little misty-eyed over this. Truly an honor.
August 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Is this game design if it has goals (help these nervous creatures off the floor) and rules (physics)
August 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Is this game design if it has goals (help these nervous creatures off the floor) and rules (physics)