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Holden Link
@holdenlink.bsky.social
Making silly games at @TurboButtonInc.bsky.social. Bucket's dad. Occasional sports person. Opinions and content posted here are bad and should be ignored by everyone. (he/him)
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Hiya! I'm Holden, generalist gamedev and cofounder at @turbobuttoninc.bsky.social where I make silly VR games like Floor Plan. Before that, I worked on AAA stuff, motion control stuff, and weird game jam stuff. I play lots of RPGs and have a dog named Bucket who wishes I would play with him instead.
go jackets
November 16, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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😍 Penguin. Festival. Keeps. Getting. CUTER 😍

Check out the frankly adorable new trailer for this VR adventure game.

See it at VRGS: buff.ly/aqnMAIz
November 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Hotel Infinity launches today on Meta Quest & PS VR2!

It's a roomscale VR experience built around natural locomotion. Every step you take in real life moves you through the game

Meta Quest: www.meta.com/experiences/...

PS VR2: store.playstation.com/en-us/concep...

youtu.be/ixaSqmiYqyU?...
Hotel Infinity - Launch Trailer (Meta Quest & PS VR2)
YouTube video by William Chyr
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Once Upon A Katamari probably isn't Game of the Year, but it's the game we need right now
November 13, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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Again, to every videogame writer who wrote funny emails to read in an immersive sim/etc. where I rolled my eyes and said out loud, "lol like anyone would ever email something this on the nose", again, sorry, I was wrong, life sucks, you nailed it
November 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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85-year-old democrats negotiating with the jaws of defeat: hey bud you hungry?
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Our industry does have peer-voted awards, the most visible being DICE, Game Developers Choice Awards, BAFTA. There are scores of smaller developer-led awards too. We do have spaces to celebrate and uplift one another, please support and watch these shows! The teams work hard for the devs!
November 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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November 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
At least the degree to which everyone is pissed off right now is showing up at the ballot box. With shifts like this, did California even need redistricting to flip 5 seats in 2026?
November 5, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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Great piece that drips truth & true love for LA:

“The ungovernability of Los Angeles and the beauty of its baseball make strange alchemy in 2025, the pride of the free city under siege. The big stars are immigrants while masked federal agents creep around the corner.”
November 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Mass exodus of Dodger fans when Blake Treinen’s name was announced.

One fan in my section “are you FUCKING KIDDING ME DAVE”

Why sit in parking lot traffic for 2 hours when ths Dodgers manager has conceded the game?
October 30, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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This picture is from the start of this game
Will Klein in a "Rapinoe/Kaepernick 2020" shirt
October 28, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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"i want to go to sleep as soon as possible" same shohei
October 28, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Oh my god, Dave Roberts is a madman
October 28, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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2025 postseason:
"Oh yeah? You like baseball? What if I make you smoke *an entire pack* of baseball?"
October 28, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Who could have predicted that Cal would become the Alabama of the ACC (only team in their conference to lose to FSU over the last two seasons)
October 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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The big appeal of Latin mass is that there's zero percent chance you'll ever hear anything that might challenge you to improve yourself or change your behavior.
even as an atheist I’m pretty sure good Catholics ain’t supposed to say that out loud
October 23, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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The City of Los Angeles and @mayor.lacity.gov are getting more international pressure to reign in LAPD's use of force on journalists.

The world will be watching when the Olympics, World Cup and Super Bowl are here. If LA wants to continue to be a global city, we need to put an end to this madness.
rsf.org RSF @rsf.org · 24d
RSF condemns the unjust and continued violence of federal officers towards journalists covering the No Kings protest in Los Angeles. We call on the LA mayor and city council to hold the Chief of Police accountable for the stifling of press freedoms and the blatant violation of the First Amendment.
USA: RSF calls for LAPD discipline following violence, obstruction of journalists during No Kings protest
Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers committed at least 15 press freedom violations, including violent attacks, against journalists covering the No Kings protest on October 18, 2025, in Los A...
rsf.org
October 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Big news 📢

Laser Dance is coming to Early Access on Meta Quest 3/3s on ✨Nov. 6th!✨

In the meantime, make sure to wishlist it here➡️ bit.ly/3W0huQf
Laser Dance - Early Access Trailer
YouTube video by Thomas Van Bouwel
youtu.be
October 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Namco gifting us a brand new Shigeru Matsuzaki song for Katamari is one of the best things to happen this year

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQoO...
Once Upon A KATAMARI | Shigeru Matsuzaki - Power of Katamari Damacy
YouTube video by Bandai Namco Entertainment America
www.youtube.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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We're saying goodbye to six wonderful folks on our team this week at @outerloopgames.bsky.social They've been part of the team for years and unfortunately we got hit with some unexpected US tax changes, a port cancellation, and new project pitches that are going slow. It's a rough year.
October 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Something that ran through my head as I saw descriptions for Steam Next Fest games: if the project uses gen AI, it’s an instant skip

Yes, even if it’s “just” for store assets

However it’s intended, it LOOKS like an active gap in your craft, and there’s infinite other games to spend my time on
October 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Shoutout to ACCN for giving us this sequence of Brent Key stepping off the team bus at Duke, immediately seeing a bomb sniffing dog with a "DO NOT PET" vest, and asking if he can pet the dog
October 21, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The next big surprise in college football will be blue blood programs trying and failing to poach coaches like Kenny Dillingham, Clark Lea, and Brent Key because the NIL era has made it possible for them to compete for championships at their alma maters.
October 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM