Michael (Mixel) Dawes
@mixelslab.bsky.social
Solo indie dev of retro & C= Amiga games. Draws things sometimes.
✨ He/They ✍🏻 Artist 👾 Amiga ♏️ INFP-T
🦇 Goth 💾 Indie Dev 💀 Horror ❤️🔥 Lydia
✨ He/They ✍🏻 Artist 👾 Amiga ♏️ INFP-T
🦇 Goth 💾 Indie Dev 💀 Horror ❤️🔥 Lydia
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Okay please let's not call him that
December 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Okay please let's not call him that
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Indie Retro News: Christmas Me Out - A Special XMAS demo for the Commodore Amiga by Mixel's Lab www.indieretronews.com/2025/12/chri... #retrogaming #gaming #games
December 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Indie Retro News: Christmas Me Out - A Special XMAS demo for the Commodore Amiga by Mixel's Lab www.indieretronews.com/2025/12/chri... #retrogaming #gaming #games
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The only surefire way to stop oligarchs buying up the things we love is to drop those things the moment oligarchs buy them & that requires changing habits and massive self-discipline.
It means going to alternatives that might not be quite as good or convenient.
It’s really hard. But there it is.
It means going to alternatives that might not be quite as good or convenient.
It’s really hard. But there it is.
December 9, 2025 at 3:38 AM
The only surefire way to stop oligarchs buying up the things we love is to drop those things the moment oligarchs buy them & that requires changing habits and massive self-discipline.
It means going to alternatives that might not be quite as good or convenient.
It’s really hard. But there it is.
It means going to alternatives that might not be quite as good or convenient.
It’s really hard. But there it is.
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artists and designers using ai like
November 27, 2025 at 12:35 AM
artists and designers using ai like
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They also don’t understand how much of the finished art comes from the process of making it. They think the initial “vision” is the magic, and the rest is donkey work. But you learned more about your creation by drawing (painting / sculpting / writing / coding) it. It’s a conversation and a journey.
November 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
They also don’t understand how much of the finished art comes from the process of making it. They think the initial “vision” is the magic, and the rest is donkey work. But you learned more about your creation by drawing (painting / sculpting / writing / coding) it. It’s a conversation and a journey.
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Showed my dad my Miyoo Mini.
He instantly got interested asking if it got Amiga, C64, CPC, all the old PCs and consoles he had.
"yuh, got all of them"
"man technogy isn't all bad, huh"
The GENUINE smile on his face, love to see it.
He instantly got interested asking if it got Amiga, C64, CPC, all the old PCs and consoles he had.
"yuh, got all of them"
"man technogy isn't all bad, huh"
The GENUINE smile on his face, love to see it.
November 17, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Showed my dad my Miyoo Mini.
He instantly got interested asking if it got Amiga, C64, CPC, all the old PCs and consoles he had.
"yuh, got all of them"
"man technogy isn't all bad, huh"
The GENUINE smile on his face, love to see it.
He instantly got interested asking if it got Amiga, C64, CPC, all the old PCs and consoles he had.
"yuh, got all of them"
"man technogy isn't all bad, huh"
The GENUINE smile on his face, love to see it.
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Godzilla has no fucking idea how to load that paper and is begging you for help.
"Though it's small, it's a monster of a machine. A new invention from Canon." (At least new for 1993)
All together now, aww, Baby Godzilla...
All together now, aww, Baby Godzilla...
November 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Godzilla has no fucking idea how to load that paper and is begging you for help.
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Everyone ten years ago when The Force Awakens came out: “Wow, this is dumb. Why are the fascists just doing the exact same plan again?”
Everyone now: “Oh.”
Everyone now: “Oh.”
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Everyone ten years ago when The Force Awakens came out: “Wow, this is dumb. Why are the fascists just doing the exact same plan again?”
Everyone now: “Oh.”
Everyone now: “Oh.”
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the idea that lots of gamedevs are secretly using ai is booster bullshit
what on earth would I use genAI tools for? Coming up with ideas? Writing? It’s shit at those
making 3D models? Coding stuff? It’s shit at that too
oh but it’s faster maybe? Did I mention it’s shit at things?
seems important
what on earth would I use genAI tools for? Coming up with ideas? Writing? It’s shit at those
making 3D models? Coding stuff? It’s shit at that too
oh but it’s faster maybe? Did I mention it’s shit at things?
seems important
November 12, 2025 at 3:59 AM
the idea that lots of gamedevs are secretly using ai is booster bullshit
what on earth would I use genAI tools for? Coming up with ideas? Writing? It’s shit at those
making 3D models? Coding stuff? It’s shit at that too
oh but it’s faster maybe? Did I mention it’s shit at things?
seems important
what on earth would I use genAI tools for? Coming up with ideas? Writing? It’s shit at those
making 3D models? Coding stuff? It’s shit at that too
oh but it’s faster maybe? Did I mention it’s shit at things?
seems important
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I seem to remember whole congressional hearings about the terrible destructive force that is violence in video games and yet, there is a very strange quiet about an unregulated technology that coaches people to suicide.
There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 6:11 AM
I seem to remember whole congressional hearings about the terrible destructive force that is violence in video games and yet, there is a very strange quiet about an unregulated technology that coaches people to suicide.
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EVIL EGG is OUT NOW and FREE FOREVER on Steam and Itch. infinite twin-stick paradise, no strings attached. it's not your fault you were born a monster.
download on steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3651950/...
other links below
#gaming #indiegame #indie
🥚👽👾🍄
download on steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3651950/...
other links below
#gaming #indiegame #indie
🥚👽👾🍄
October 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
EVIL EGG is OUT NOW and FREE FOREVER on Steam and Itch. infinite twin-stick paradise, no strings attached. it's not your fault you were born a monster.
download on steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3651950/...
other links below
#gaming #indiegame #indie
🥚👽👾🍄
download on steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3651950/...
other links below
#gaming #indiegame #indie
🥚👽👾🍄
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Well this is very nice. Thank you @alexfalcone.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Well this is very nice. Thank you @alexfalcone.bsky.social
Happy to finally be able to release CMO demo 2.. It’s way shorter than the first one, but has much harder levels. #amiga #gamedev
Demo 2! Swamps and saws?
Hey everyone! Off the back of Amiga 40 Germany (which was amazing!), and just in time for Halloween - here's another demo of Creeping Me Out! It's a shorter demo than the first one but still has a goo...
mixelslab.itch.io
October 30, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Ok so I have a proposal for how to fix the problem in baseball
October 28, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Ok so I have a proposal for how to fix the problem in baseball
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Domesticated animals have pulled our heavy carts and turned our large mills for centuries. But what about the opposite end of the spectrum—what if the wheel you want to turn is so small you can’t see it?
Turns out we can harness the power of bacteria to power the world’s smallest machines.
1/7 ⚛️🧪
Turns out we can harness the power of bacteria to power the world’s smallest machines.
1/7 ⚛️🧪
October 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Domesticated animals have pulled our heavy carts and turned our large mills for centuries. But what about the opposite end of the spectrum—what if the wheel you want to turn is so small you can’t see it?
Turns out we can harness the power of bacteria to power the world’s smallest machines.
1/7 ⚛️🧪
Turns out we can harness the power of bacteria to power the world’s smallest machines.
1/7 ⚛️🧪
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The only truly ethical response that a self-described artist can make. Anything else is a betrayal of one's colleagues.
“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
www.npr.org
October 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The only truly ethical response that a self-described artist can make. Anything else is a betrayal of one's colleagues.
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in a way aren't we all holding a barrel in the darkness
September 9, 2025 at 11:23 PM
in a way aren't we all holding a barrel in the darkness
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Why the fuck is that Monster High Alien collab doing a better job at adapting the original Giger design than pretty much every Alien sequel that ever came out
October 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Why the fuck is that Monster High Alien collab doing a better job at adapting the original Giger design than pretty much every Alien sequel that ever came out
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Can’t decide whether these Statue of Liberty rubber chickens that say “squeeze me to hear me scream” are a little too on-the-nose for these times or if they’re perfect
October 3, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Can’t decide whether these Statue of Liberty rubber chickens that say “squeeze me to hear me scream” are a little too on-the-nose for these times or if they’re perfect
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Evil Egg comes October 30.
Infinite Twin-Stick Chaos.
100% Free Game.
Wishlist on Steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/3651950/...
Join the discord to play the beta:
discord.gg/sQb5agEYzM
Infinite Twin-Stick Chaos.
100% Free Game.
Wishlist on Steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/3651950/...
Join the discord to play the beta:
discord.gg/sQb5agEYzM
August 25, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Evil Egg comes October 30.
Infinite Twin-Stick Chaos.
100% Free Game.
Wishlist on Steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/3651950/...
Join the discord to play the beta:
discord.gg/sQb5agEYzM
Infinite Twin-Stick Chaos.
100% Free Game.
Wishlist on Steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/3651950/...
Join the discord to play the beta:
discord.gg/sQb5agEYzM
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wrong answers! get yer guaranteed wrong answers here! correct just often enough you'll get lulled into depending on em! unsustainably propping up a broad range of severe and irreparable economic issues caused by open looting of the rich and politically connected! replace experts with wrong answers!
September 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
wrong answers! get yer guaranteed wrong answers here! correct just often enough you'll get lulled into depending on em! unsustainably propping up a broad range of severe and irreparable economic issues caused by open looting of the rich and politically connected! replace experts with wrong answers!
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Kiryu Kazuma said TRANS RIGHTS
September 15, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Kiryu Kazuma said TRANS RIGHTS
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Emmy winner! Outstanding writing for a drama series! For a Star Wars show! 🤯
More than deserved.
More than deserved.
September 15, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Emmy winner! Outstanding writing for a drama series! For a Star Wars show! 🤯
More than deserved.
More than deserved.