Mark LaCroix
@marklacroix.bsky.social
An artist on a bike in Minneapolis. Games at @noblerobot.bsky.social. Co-host Nice Games Club. Made Noble Engine for Playdate, Blippo+ for Switch/PC, Noble Tools for Unity, and [OTHER THINGS].
https://noblerobot.com
https://nicegames.club
https://noblerobot.com
https://nicegames.club
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Mark LaCroix
@marklacroix.bsky.social
· Sep 23
Blippo+ is out NOW and in FULL COLOR on PC and Switch!!!
📡 Steam
blippo.plus/steam
📡 Switch
blippo.plus/switch
📺 Tune in and get bent today!! blippo.plus 💫
📡 Steam
blippo.plus/steam
📡 Switch
blippo.plus/switch
📺 Tune in and get bent today!! blippo.plus 💫
Must see TV, available now!
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Our photographer Alex Kormann captured the exact moment the presses stopped for the last time in Minneapolis, ending a 158 history of locally printed newspapers.
December 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Our photographer Alex Kormann captured the exact moment the presses stopped for the last time in Minneapolis, ending a 158 history of locally printed newspapers.
Two of my 2025 projects have been mentioned by @wario64.bsky.social in this very-up-and-very-down year. Does that mean I've made it in this cursed industry?
December 28, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Two of my 2025 projects have been mentioned by @wario64.bsky.social in this very-up-and-very-down year. Does that mean I've made it in this cursed industry?
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Unsorted GOTYs 🙏
🚪 Blue Prince
🚀 DoDonPachi Dai Jou You
☢️ STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl
🚁 Battle Garegga
🍌 Donkey Kong Bananza
💥 Operation Night Strikers
⚽️ Despelote
🪰 Time Flies
📺 Blippo+
🌓 Sol Cesto
💥 Night Striker Gear
🚀 Earthion
🍙 Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island
🚪 Blue Prince
🚀 DoDonPachi Dai Jou You
☢️ STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl
🚁 Battle Garegga
🍌 Donkey Kong Bananza
💥 Operation Night Strikers
⚽️ Despelote
🪰 Time Flies
📺 Blippo+
🌓 Sol Cesto
💥 Night Striker Gear
🚀 Earthion
🍙 Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island
December 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Unsorted GOTYs 🙏
🚪 Blue Prince
🚀 DoDonPachi Dai Jou You
☢️ STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl
🚁 Battle Garegga
🍌 Donkey Kong Bananza
💥 Operation Night Strikers
⚽️ Despelote
🪰 Time Flies
📺 Blippo+
🌓 Sol Cesto
💥 Night Striker Gear
🚀 Earthion
🍙 Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island
🚪 Blue Prince
🚀 DoDonPachi Dai Jou You
☢️ STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl
🚁 Battle Garegga
🍌 Donkey Kong Bananza
💥 Operation Night Strikers
⚽️ Despelote
🪰 Time Flies
📺 Blippo+
🌓 Sol Cesto
💥 Night Striker Gear
🚀 Earthion
🍙 Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island
Benisisko
You’ve just opened up a Star Trek Themed Restaurant.
What are you calling it?
What are you calling it?
ncc-1701-g is written on the side of a spaceship
ALT: ncc-1701-g is written on the side of a spaceship
media.tenor.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Benisisko
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will also add - yes, this is my personal crusade - that turning podcasts into videos implicitly asks women to once again make more effort than men, as the bar for "camera-ready" for one gender is obviously higher than for the other
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
From Joe Marler’s visual-only stunts to the incomprehensible shuffling sounds Steven Bartlett recently subjected headphone users to, dodgy audio experiences are on the rise
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:20 AM
will also add - yes, this is my personal crusade - that turning podcasts into videos implicitly asks women to once again make more effort than men, as the bar for "camera-ready" for one gender is obviously higher than for the other
My hot take on Pluribus: it's very good but fundamentally flawed.
Vince Gillian has become so obsessed with avoiding tropes and cliches that has started making bad choices just to avoid them.
Yet they still hit Carol with the Idiot Ball to do the vacation sequence: tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwik...
Vince Gillian has become so obsessed with avoiding tropes and cliches that has started making bad choices just to avoid them.
Yet they still hit Carol with the Idiot Ball to do the vacation sequence: tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwik...
Idiot Ball - TV Tropes
A moment when a normally competent character suddenly becomes incompetent — knowingly or otherwise — which fuels an episode, a plot line, or any number of smaller threads. Coined by Hank Azaria on Her...
tvtropes.org
December 27, 2025 at 12:16 AM
My hot take on Pluribus: it's very good but fundamentally flawed.
Vince Gillian has become so obsessed with avoiding tropes and cliches that has started making bad choices just to avoid them.
Yet they still hit Carol with the Idiot Ball to do the vacation sequence: tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwik...
Vince Gillian has become so obsessed with avoiding tropes and cliches that has started making bad choices just to avoid them.
Yet they still hit Carol with the Idiot Ball to do the vacation sequence: tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwik...
"Blippo would fall apart if just one aspect wasn't [perfect]. From the technical side, something as notionally simple as CRT static or signal distortion can be difficult to get right, but it's just one tick on a long checklist that the devs absolutely nail."
😊❤️📺
www.nintendolife.com/features/gam...
😊❤️📺
www.nintendolife.com/features/gam...
Games Of The Year 2025 - Nintendo Life Staff Picks
Our personal picks for the best Switch (2) games of the year
www.nintendolife.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:03 PM
"Blippo would fall apart if just one aspect wasn't [perfect]. From the technical side, something as notionally simple as CRT static or signal distortion can be difficult to get right, but it's just one tick on a long checklist that the devs absolutely nail."
😊❤️📺
www.nintendolife.com/features/gam...
😊❤️📺
www.nintendolife.com/features/gam...
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surely the women's bathroom is a sacred space ive been told by conservatives
ICE agents illegally break into a woman's bathroom in a NY nutrition bar manufacturing plant. "Pull up your pants," says a male agent. The agents only had a warrant to review employer documents. They didn't have a warrant to search for, detain, or arrest anyone there.
December 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
surely the women's bathroom is a sacred space ive been told by conservatives
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Regular reminder that the majority of the people who dreamed up the stories you love are, like, BROKE broke, and that most of the money spent on their work was given to Some Guy™️ instead.
December 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Regular reminder that the majority of the people who dreamed up the stories you love are, like, BROKE broke, and that most of the money spent on their work was given to Some Guy™️ instead.
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Since his appointment, RFK Jr. has pursued a brutal vision of American health that several experts liken to a sort of eugenics. Kennedy has made it clear that certain deaths are acceptable or even preferable to a world where every child is vaccinated.
Read more: www.theverge.com/health/66136...
Read more: www.theverge.com/health/66136...
December 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Since his appointment, RFK Jr. has pursued a brutal vision of American health that several experts liken to a sort of eugenics. Kennedy has made it clear that certain deaths are acceptable or even preferable to a world where every child is vaccinated.
Read more: www.theverge.com/health/66136...
Read more: www.theverge.com/health/66136...
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i really think there is legit political space for running on "we are going to dismantle ICE"
How it started vs. How it’s going NOW 👀
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
December 21, 2025 at 12:41 AM
i really think there is legit political space for running on "we are going to dismantle ICE"
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Hey game devs - how many of us run a coworking office??
1. Mine: EverWorks, Olympia WA
2. @marklacroix.bsky.social: Noble Robot, Minneapolis MN
3. @bysameng.com: GUMBO, NYC
Chime in if you do, or know someone who does!!
Either way share please! I want this to reach well beyond my lil' corner :)
1. Mine: EverWorks, Olympia WA
2. @marklacroix.bsky.social: Noble Robot, Minneapolis MN
3. @bysameng.com: GUMBO, NYC
Chime in if you do, or know someone who does!!
Either way share please! I want this to reach well beyond my lil' corner :)
December 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Hey game devs - how many of us run a coworking office??
1. Mine: EverWorks, Olympia WA
2. @marklacroix.bsky.social: Noble Robot, Minneapolis MN
3. @bysameng.com: GUMBO, NYC
Chime in if you do, or know someone who does!!
Either way share please! I want this to reach well beyond my lil' corner :)
1. Mine: EverWorks, Olympia WA
2. @marklacroix.bsky.social: Noble Robot, Minneapolis MN
3. @bysameng.com: GUMBO, NYC
Chime in if you do, or know someone who does!!
Either way share please! I want this to reach well beyond my lil' corner :)
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
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this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
December 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
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We won an award! 🤍🏆🤍
Who knew a fly could pack such a punch? Congratulations to our Bite-Sized Game recipient for 2025, Time Flies!
Time Flies Receives the Indie Game Award 2025 for Bite-Sized Game
YouTube video by Six One Indie
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM
We won an award! 🤍🏆🤍
Wild to have a game I developed on multiple GOTY lists.
And kudos to Polygon, AV Club, and others for listing more than 10 games. Not because Blippo+ squeaked in at #48 on Polygon (it reached an improbable #9 at AV Club 🤯), but because each year at least 100 games are equally worthy of GOTY status.
And kudos to Polygon, AV Club, and others for listing more than 10 games. Not because Blippo+ squeaked in at #48 on Polygon (it reached an improbable #9 at AV Club 🤯), but because each year at least 100 games are equally worthy of GOTY status.
Blurbed about a few of my favorites of the year here. Baby Steps, Blippo+, and more. Some fun deep cuts here. Probably the only year-end list you’ll find with Tokyo Xtreme Racer! www.polygon.com/best-games-2...
The 50 best games of 2025
A bonanza of peak set the blueprint for the year
www.polygon.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Wild to have a game I developed on multiple GOTY lists.
And kudos to Polygon, AV Club, and others for listing more than 10 games. Not because Blippo+ squeaked in at #48 on Polygon (it reached an improbable #9 at AV Club 🤯), but because each year at least 100 games are equally worthy of GOTY status.
And kudos to Polygon, AV Club, and others for listing more than 10 games. Not because Blippo+ squeaked in at #48 on Polygon (it reached an improbable #9 at AV Club 🤯), but because each year at least 100 games are equally worthy of GOTY status.
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Did you know I released a new game/app/thing yesterday? It's an automated argument resolver! And just in time for Xmas ;)
Check it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZyU...
Check it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZyU...
Boot the Dispute - a thing that solves your problems!
YouTube video by TetroniMike
www.youtube.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Did you know I released a new game/app/thing yesterday? It's an automated argument resolver! And just in time for Xmas ;)
Check it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZyU...
Check it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZyU...
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This may be my favorite game dev stories.
I was working a booth for an indie game in a town I've never been in. One of the artists was at the booth, and I was talking to fans and other devs and artists and they wanted to meet him. So he had like four dozen conversations that day. 🧵
I was working a booth for an indie game in a town I've never been in. One of the artists was at the booth, and I was talking to fans and other devs and artists and they wanted to meet him. So he had like four dozen conversations that day. 🧵
December 18, 2025 at 2:34 AM
This may be my favorite game dev stories.
I was working a booth for an indie game in a town I've never been in. One of the artists was at the booth, and I was talking to fans and other devs and artists and they wanted to meet him. So he had like four dozen conversations that day. 🧵
I was working a booth for an indie game in a town I've never been in. One of the artists was at the booth, and I was talking to fans and other devs and artists and they wanted to meet him. So he had like four dozen conversations that day. 🧵
#9: Blippo+
"This multimedia oddity recreates the idle joy of channel-surfing basic cable in the late ‘80s, while telling a sci-fi tale that touches on ideas of identity, self-discovery, corporate control of the media, and more."
www.avclub.com/best-games-2...
"This multimedia oddity recreates the idle joy of channel-surfing basic cable in the late ‘80s, while telling a sci-fi tale that touches on ideas of identity, self-discovery, corporate control of the media, and more."
www.avclub.com/best-games-2...
The A.V. Club's best games of 2025
Unsurprisingly, the best games of 2025 came from the fringes of the industry. Here's what The A.V. Club's games critics loved the most this year.
www.avclub.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
#9: Blippo+
"This multimedia oddity recreates the idle joy of channel-surfing basic cable in the late ‘80s, while telling a sci-fi tale that touches on ideas of identity, self-discovery, corporate control of the media, and more."
www.avclub.com/best-games-2...
"This multimedia oddity recreates the idle joy of channel-surfing basic cable in the late ‘80s, while telling a sci-fi tale that touches on ideas of identity, self-discovery, corporate control of the media, and more."
www.avclub.com/best-games-2...
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"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out
pick up a pencil and a napkin
pick up a pencil and a napkin
December 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out
pick up a pencil and a napkin
pick up a pencil and a napkin
I did a favor for a friend that was also a stealth favor to myself which required having some fun with my silly friends and maybe you'll know what I mean if you tune in to this on Thursday.
Despite an already Herculean effort by our editor @nickcoffman.com, we need a little more time to get the show ready for you.
The Hard Drive Game Awards will now premier 12/18 at 7PM EST on twitch.tv/harddrivemag
The Hard Drive Game Awards will now premier 12/18 at 7PM EST on twitch.tv/harddrivemag
December 17, 2025 at 6:10 AM
I did a favor for a friend that was also a stealth favor to myself which required having some fun with my silly friends and maybe you'll know what I mean if you tune in to this on Thursday.
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Hey. Hey. Y'all def need to tune in to this. For reasons. 👀
Despite an already Herculean effort by our editor @nickcoffman.com, we need a little more time to get the show ready for you.
The Hard Drive Game Awards will now premier 12/18 at 7PM EST on twitch.tv/harddrivemag
The Hard Drive Game Awards will now premier 12/18 at 7PM EST on twitch.tv/harddrivemag
December 17, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Hey. Hey. Y'all def need to tune in to this. For reasons. 👀
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I should have something cool for y'all to check out very soon, come on Apple... 🤞
December 16, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I should have something cool for y'all to check out very soon, come on Apple... 🤞
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what outlet will boldly let me showcase my top films of 2025 list which features blippo+ as #1
December 15, 2025 at 1:38 AM
what outlet will boldly let me showcase my top films of 2025 list which features blippo+ as #1
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Oh my gob! Blippo+ was my first foray writing for a new medium, so I'm extremely tickled by this nomination for Best Writing in a Game! Thank you so much for taking a peek into the Bend @nyvgcc.bsky.social!!
The #NewYorkGameAwards nominees for Best Writing in a Game are:
🔵 Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
🔵 Avowed
🔵 The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy-
🔵 Mafia: The Old Country
🔵 Ghost of Yōtei
🔵 Blippo+
🔵 Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
🔵 Avowed
🔵 The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy-
🔵 Mafia: The Old Country
🔵 Ghost of Yōtei
🔵 Blippo+
December 15, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Oh my gob! Blippo+ was my first foray writing for a new medium, so I'm extremely tickled by this nomination for Best Writing in a Game! Thank you so much for taking a peek into the Bend @nyvgcc.bsky.social!!