Mike Laidlaw
@mikelaidlaw.bsky.social
Currently: CCO Yellow Brick Games, working on Eternal Strands (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1491410/Eternal_Strands/ ). Formerly: Lead Writer for Jade Empire; Creative Director for Dragon Age. Always: dog lover.
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Mike Laidlaw
@mikelaidlaw.bsky.social
· Dec 17
Eternal Strands is coming out Jan 28th on Steam, Epic, PS5, Xbox Series X/S. Our target retail is around $40 USD.
A third person action-adventure (with some RPG splashed on there), where you get to explore a ruined nation, fight massive creatures, and manipulate kinetics and temperature in battle.
A third person action-adventure (with some RPG splashed on there), where you get to explore a ruined nation, fight massive creatures, and manipulate kinetics and temperature in battle.
I accidentally mistook some characters from Piers Plowman as if they were from Pilgrim's Progress tonight. @gavinetc.bsky.social and @colinmcc.bsky.social have, appropriately, begun the petitions to have my literature degree revoked.
November 20, 2025 at 5:06 AM
I accidentally mistook some characters from Piers Plowman as if they were from Pilgrim's Progress tonight. @gavinetc.bsky.social and @colinmcc.bsky.social have, appropriately, begun the petitions to have my literature degree revoked.
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Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
November 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Happy Birthday DA:I.
Feels like a lifetime ago.
Feels like a lifetime ago.
Happy 11th birthday, #DragonAgeInquisition Show off those Inquisitors!!
November 19, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Happy Birthday DA:I.
Feels like a lifetime ago.
Feels like a lifetime ago.
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You mean like this?
November 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
You mean like this?
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(spending 9 billion dollars to make a robot say "i have always loved you") hard times create strong men
November 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
(spending 9 billion dollars to make a robot say "i have always loved you") hard times create strong men
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Goodness me, I stayed up late reading and it’s already Partially Muscled Skeleton Screaming by the Perimeter Fence Day. Hope you’ve all been good this year!
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Goodness me, I stayed up late reading and it’s already Partially Muscled Skeleton Screaming by the Perimeter Fence Day. Hope you’ve all been good this year!
November 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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This Waitrose ad is better than the majority of movies I've seen this year.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sOy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sOy...
Keira Knightley stars in Waitrose’s Christmas ‘mini romcom’ ad
YouTube video by Daily Record
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
This Waitrose ad is better than the majority of movies I've seen this year.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sOy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sOy...
It feels like “Maramel” was right there for the taking.
Cowards.
Cowards.
There is no earthly reason why this abomination should have ever been conceived, let alone developed and marketed. And even less rational justification for it being so unfathomably delicious or utterly addictive.
It is crack in a bottle and must be regulated, before the whole country is lost to it.
It is crack in a bottle and must be regulated, before the whole country is lost to it.
November 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
It feels like “Maramel” was right there for the taking.
Cowards.
Cowards.
Was just reading about the Dune Awakening base backup system and I think it’s a great call. Pack things up, keep them safe and restore to the exact same point later (if it’s open).
I’ve pretty much run out of content on Dune so this option excellent, doubly so with server merges coming.
I’ve pretty much run out of content on Dune so this option excellent, doubly so with server merges coming.
November 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Was just reading about the Dune Awakening base backup system and I think it’s a great call. Pack things up, keep them safe and restore to the exact same point later (if it’s open).
I’ve pretty much run out of content on Dune so this option excellent, doubly so with server merges coming.
I’ve pretty much run out of content on Dune so this option excellent, doubly so with server merges coming.
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Gotta say, I’m not so confident that you do
November 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Gotta say, I’m not so confident that you do
If you insist on being the first one to power on your newly built PC with the really high-end fans and cooling, is that Prima Noctua?
November 2, 2025 at 11:16 PM
If you insist on being the first one to power on your newly built PC with the really high-end fans and cooling, is that Prima Noctua?
This game is my favorite in the "puzzle game but masquerading as turn-based-tactics" genre (is that a genre? Who cares, it's great).
Tactical Breach Wizards is 40% off in today's Daily Deal! The cheapest the wizards have ever allowed us to price them.
To celebrate, we've added a community missions pack, featuring some great ones players have made since launch.
store.steampowered.com/app/1043810/... .
To celebrate, we've added a community missions pack, featuring some great ones players have made since launch.
store.steampowered.com/app/1043810/... .
Save 40% on Tactical Breach Wizards on Steam
In Tactical Breach Wizards, you lead a team of renegade wizards in kevlar through turn-based battles to unravel a modern conspiracy plot. Combine their unique spells in clever ways, or rewind time to ...
store.steampowered.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This game is my favorite in the "puzzle game but masquerading as turn-based-tactics" genre (is that a genre? Who cares, it's great).
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80% off!!!! Spooky season is here!!!!!
With Halloween rapidly approaching it’s time to prepare for some puzzling goodness and get up to 80% off all our games! 🎃
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Discounts vary between titles & platforms
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bit.ly/GhostTown_St...
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Discounts vary between titles & platforms
October 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
80% off!!!! Spooky season is here!!!!!
Sometimes my favorite part of silly threads is writing the Alt text for the images.
October 22, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Sometimes my favorite part of silly threads is writing the Alt text for the images.
Random thought. I imagine the material is highly resistant to it, but if Star Trek can get a Lower Decks, there's a non-zero chance we get a zany Office Space or The Office-esque series about the endless bureaucracy of the Dune universe.
October 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Random thought. I imagine the material is highly resistant to it, but if Star Trek can get a Lower Decks, there's a non-zero chance we get a zany Office Space or The Office-esque series about the endless bureaucracy of the Dune universe.
This game is fantastic. A bit of a learning cliff at first, but as a "run your crew, do procedural missions, upgrade your base" in the vein of X-Com it works really well.
The missions have a much higher stealth component, but it's optional: you almost always go loud, but you can decide when.
The missions have a much higher stealth component, but it's optional: you almost always go loud, but you can decide when.
Major free update today and 25%-off our squad-based tactical RPG!
store.steampowered.com/app/1021210/...
"Depths of Loyalty" adds new storylines driven by your mercenaries' backgrounds. Discover megacorp shadow sites you can raid for unique rewards.
#GamingNews #Steam #Gaming
store.steampowered.com/app/1021210/...
"Depths of Loyalty" adds new storylines driven by your mercenaries' backgrounds. Discover megacorp shadow sites you can raid for unique rewards.
#GamingNews #Steam #Gaming
October 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
This game is fantastic. A bit of a learning cliff at first, but as a "run your crew, do procedural missions, upgrade your base" in the vein of X-Com it works really well.
The missions have a much higher stealth component, but it's optional: you almost always go loud, but you can decide when.
The missions have a much higher stealth component, but it's optional: you almost always go loud, but you can decide when.
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folks can complain about the effectiveness of scheduled orderly mass protest but to think about it another way its the closest thing we have to the opening scene of A Muppet Christmas Carol where all the muppets sing "there goes Mr. Dipshit, there goes Mr. Ass" to Scrooge and it clearly bothered him
October 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
folks can complain about the effectiveness of scheduled orderly mass protest but to think about it another way its the closest thing we have to the opening scene of A Muppet Christmas Carol where all the muppets sing "there goes Mr. Dipshit, there goes Mr. Ass" to Scrooge and it clearly bothered him
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bro did you just challenge portland to express oppositional defiance in competitively creative ways bro
October 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
bro did you just challenge portland to express oppositional defiance in competitively creative ways bro
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ngl if youre new to Bluesky or just need to hear this
this exact model of interacting online has saved me so much stress while interacting with the torment nexus
Platforms like Twitter actively encourage your cortisol addiction
when shit starts raising your blood pressure, hit the brick, walk away
this exact model of interacting online has saved me so much stress while interacting with the torment nexus
Platforms like Twitter actively encourage your cortisol addiction
when shit starts raising your blood pressure, hit the brick, walk away
October 18, 2025 at 3:29 AM
ngl if youre new to Bluesky or just need to hear this
this exact model of interacting online has saved me so much stress while interacting with the torment nexus
Platforms like Twitter actively encourage your cortisol addiction
when shit starts raising your blood pressure, hit the brick, walk away
this exact model of interacting online has saved me so much stress while interacting with the torment nexus
Platforms like Twitter actively encourage your cortisol addiction
when shit starts raising your blood pressure, hit the brick, walk away
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BY THE WAY
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
October 17, 2025 at 12:58 AM
BY THE WAY
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
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“Restore merit, end DEI” says man who could only get elected in Canada’s safest Conservative stronghold
“Restore merit, end DEI” says man who could only get elected in Canada’s safest Conservative stronghold
OTTAWA - Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has launched a petition to "end DEI programs and restore merit", just months after losing his own heavily-favoured seat before running in an even more hea...
www.thebeaverton.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:32 PM
“Restore merit, end DEI” says man who could only get elected in Canada’s safest Conservative stronghold
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ICE in Portland is coming off like Gargamel getting repeatedly rolled by the Smurfs
October 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
ICE in Portland is coming off like Gargamel getting repeatedly rolled by the Smurfs
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My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?
Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but
Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but
October 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?
Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but
Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but