NerdyBits
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ARC Raiders feels…different…
Come check out why @lubwub.bsky.social fell in love with @arcraiders.bsky.social so fast. And why he feels it works so well.
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Come check out why @lubwub.bsky.social fell in love with @arcraiders.bsky.social so fast. And why he feels it works so well.
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ARC Raiders Feels…Different…
Surviving Topside is a dangerous endeavor. But something is happening amongst the raiders that even I didn’t fully expect…camaraderie.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
ARC Raiders feels…different…
Come check out why @lubwub.bsky.social fell in love with @arcraiders.bsky.social so fast. And why he feels it works so well.
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Come check out why @lubwub.bsky.social fell in love with @arcraiders.bsky.social so fast. And why he feels it works so well.
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Tron: Ares has a lot to live up to. Can the cult classic franchise surge back into the spotlight in Joachim Rønning’s explosive film about a Program gone rogue? @lubwub.bsky.social certainly thinks so!
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Tron: Ares (Disney, PG-13)
Encom and Dillinger Systems are back at each other’s throats. Can the Grid’s return to the big screen reignite a cult-classic sci-fi franchise?
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October 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Tron: Ares has a lot to live up to. Can the cult classic franchise surge back into the spotlight in Joachim Rønning’s explosive film about a Program gone rogue? @lubwub.bsky.social certainly thinks so!
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'Microsoft has no place being accomplice of a genocide:' Arkane union workers demand Xbox maker sever ties with Israel
'Microsoft has no place being accomplice of a genocide:' Arkane union workers demand Xbox maker sever ties with Israel
Arkane Studios' STJV section in France has published an open letter in support of the Palestinian-led BDS movement.
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August 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
'Microsoft has no place being accomplice of a genocide:' Arkane union workers demand Xbox maker sever ties with Israel
The first phase of the BF6 Beta has passed. What are @lubwub.bsky.social’s thoughts? Read here:
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Battlefield 6 Rant
A long Bluesky post, unrolled so people can read it more easily.
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August 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The first phase of the BF6 Beta has passed. What are @lubwub.bsky.social’s thoughts? Read here:
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James Gunn understands who Superman is, and it’s going to make some people angry. Read @lubwub.bsky.social’s review.
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Superman
James Gunn’s DCU is properly launched on the shoulders of the Man of Steel. Can he get it right?
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July 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
James Gunn understands who Superman is, and it’s going to make some people angry. Read @lubwub.bsky.social’s review.
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28 Years Later is an amazing movie. The zombie franchise helmed by Danny Boyle makes a triumphant and poignant return. Read @lubwub.bsky.social’s review.
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28 Years Later (Sony Pictures, R)
A return to the Rage infected British countryside. How have things changed since we first visited this vicious hellscape?
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June 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
28 Years Later is an amazing movie. The zombie franchise helmed by Danny Boyle makes a triumphant and poignant return. Read @lubwub.bsky.social’s review.
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chipping in my take on this:
It's amazing how fiddly making a game can be. There's a conflict between the boilerplate systems built to make Stuff you find in modern engines and the need to hand-tune things to make any game actually feel good. That friction is where a huge amount of dev time is spent
It's amazing how fiddly making a game can be. There's a conflict between the boilerplate systems built to make Stuff you find in modern engines and the need to hand-tune things to make any game actually feel good. That friction is where a huge amount of dev time is spent
It's here! A story I've wanted to do for years and have been working on for months. I asked over 40 game devs one question: what is something that people get wrong about how games are made? Most of those devs are in here, some will be in a... future story. www.gamesradar.com/games/game-d...
"We cough up a chunk of our soul": 32 game devs, from Doom's John Romero to Helldivers 2 and Palworld leads, explain what people get wrong about games
Sam Barlow, Metaphor: ReFantazio leads, ConcernedApe's business head, indie legends, and many more weigh in
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June 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
chipping in my take on this:
It's amazing how fiddly making a game can be. There's a conflict between the boilerplate systems built to make Stuff you find in modern engines and the need to hand-tune things to make any game actually feel good. That friction is where a huge amount of dev time is spent
It's amazing how fiddly making a game can be. There's a conflict between the boilerplate systems built to make Stuff you find in modern engines and the need to hand-tune things to make any game actually feel good. That friction is where a huge amount of dev time is spent
What is “sonder-core” and, is it everywhere? Join @lubwub.bsky.social as he ponders the sonder of it all.
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Sonder-Core and Other Thoughts
A conversation with Gareth Damian-Martin prompts an introspective look at video games as a whole.
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June 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
What is “sonder-core” and, is it everywhere? Join @lubwub.bsky.social as he ponders the sonder of it all.
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The fact that I've never been able to get into a Jenna Moran game is actually kind of the point. Moran proved that the ground we sow our stories in has so much potential for diversity and I run out of fingers trying to count the number of RPG writers I know of whom Jenna inspired.
In today's Pride spotlight is The Far Roofs, a new game by Jenna Moran. Jenna is best known for Nobilis and Chuubo's Marvelous Wish-Granting Engine. The Far Roofs is a game of heroic talking rats. #ttrpg #indiegames
The Far Roofs | Sabre Games
Hardcover The Far Roofs is an original roleplaying system and bundled campaign using pens or pencils, paper, six-sided dice, ten-sided dice, playing cards, and a bag of letter tiles. It's complete in ...
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June 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The fact that I've never been able to get into a Jenna Moran game is actually kind of the point. Moran proved that the ground we sow our stories in has so much potential for diversity and I run out of fingers trying to count the number of RPG writers I know of whom Jenna inspired.
Sometimes you remember something for a weird reason. Sometimes it’s a smell memory unlocked by a deodorant you’ve never bought. Who knows? Join @lubwub.bsky.social as he investigates one such instance.
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A Stick of Deodorant and A Memory
How a smell drummed up a very specific period of my life and left me wishing for a new standard in baseball sims.
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May 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Sometimes you remember something for a weird reason. Sometimes it’s a smell memory unlocked by a deodorant you’ve never bought. Who knows? Join @lubwub.bsky.social as he investigates one such instance.
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Warfare doesn’t feel like a movie. It’s a visceral and deeply unsettling experience drawing a raw focus to the terror of combat and the people impacted by it. A movie with fewer answers than questions, but with one resounding message, this is what hell looks like.
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WARFARE (A24, R)
A story of terror and camaraderie, told in real-time, rattles the teeth and tenses the muscles.
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April 11, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Warfare doesn’t feel like a movie. It’s a visceral and deeply unsettling experience drawing a raw focus to the terror of combat and the people impacted by it. A movie with fewer answers than questions, but with one resounding message, this is what hell looks like.
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April 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Oooooooooooooo!!!
Jason Statham is at it again. This time punching and shooting his way through an increasingly inaccurate group of villains. Read @lubwub.bsky.social’s thoughts on #AWorkingMan.
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A Working Man (Amazon MGM, R)
Jason Statham is working with David Ayer again. Time to punch bad guys with bad aim!
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March 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Jason Statham is at it again. This time punching and shooting his way through an increasingly inaccurate group of villains. Read @lubwub.bsky.social’s thoughts on #AWorkingMan.
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Our first paid member content is coming out today. Paid content is new for us, so feedback is welcome.
Come listen to @lubwub.bsky.social as he digs into FOMO, what he wants this paid content to be, why assholes ruin everything, and more!
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Come listen to @lubwub.bsky.social as he digs into FOMO, what he wants this paid content to be, why assholes ruin everything, and more!
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TNBSolo 01: FOMO, A**holes, and Liking Things
Listen now | It's the first subscriber-only podcast Caleb has ever made! Ohhhhh boy...
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March 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Our first paid member content is coming out today. Paid content is new for us, so feedback is welcome.
Come listen to @lubwub.bsky.social as he digs into FOMO, what he wants this paid content to be, why assholes ruin everything, and more!
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Come listen to @lubwub.bsky.social as he digs into FOMO, what he wants this paid content to be, why assholes ruin everything, and more!
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Another episode of NerdyBats is up! Spring Training is over, opening week is here, and @nerdybatscoz.bsky.social is 1 year older! Come hang as he and @lubwub.bsky.social chat about what spring training means and what we are looking forward to in the 2025 campaign.
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Episode 076: Spring Training is Over
The spring camp is broken, the season is just a few days away. Caleb and Coz dig into what the future looks like.
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March 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Another episode of NerdyBats is up! Spring Training is over, opening week is here, and @nerdybatscoz.bsky.social is 1 year older! Come hang as he and @lubwub.bsky.social chat about what spring training means and what we are looking forward to in the 2025 campaign.
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We had the good fortune of having @jumpovertheage.com back on the show to talk with @lubwub.bsky.social about Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector. The conversation, as we expected, was deep and rewarding and expansive. Come listen!
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Episode 075: Citizen Sleeper 1+2 Creator Gareth Damian Martin Returns
Listen now | Starward Vector is out. Caleb picks the creator’s brain about inspirations and aspirations.
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March 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
We had the good fortune of having @jumpovertheage.com back on the show to talk with @lubwub.bsky.social about Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector. The conversation, as we expected, was deep and rewarding and expansive. Come listen!
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Our Jan/Feb Bounty Board episode is out! Happy St. Patrick's Day! Come hang with the crew as they talk about all the games they have been playing so far this year!
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Episode 074: Jan/Feb Bounty Board
A regular update on all the games the crew has been digging into for the last few months.
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March 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Our Jan/Feb Bounty Board episode is out! Happy St. Patrick's Day! Come hang with the crew as they talk about all the games they have been playing so far this year!
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A new episode of The NerdyBits Show is up! Come hang @lubwub.bsky.social as he interviews @mikemccainart.bsky.social EP over at @webeharebrained.bsky.social, hard at work on the studios next game GRAFT.
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Episode 073: Amor Fati and Evolution w/ Mike McCain
EP of Harebrained Schemes' upcoming title GRAFT stops in to chat about rolling with the punches, creativity, and making time to recenter.
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March 12, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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I had a blast talking to @lubwub.bsky.social last week about art, life, and GRAFT. Thanks for having me on, Caleb!
A new episode of The NerdyBits Show is up! Come hang @lubwub.bsky.social as he interviews @mikemccainart.bsky.social EP over at @webeharebrained.bsky.social, hard at work on the studios next game GRAFT.
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Episode 073: Amor Fati and Evolution w/ Mike McCain
EP of Harebrained Schemes' upcoming title GRAFT stops in to chat about rolling with the punches, creativity, and making time to recenter.
open.substack.com
March 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I had a blast talking to @lubwub.bsky.social last week about art, life, and GRAFT. Thanks for having me on, Caleb!
A new episode of The NerdyBits Show is up! Come hang @lubwub.bsky.social as he interviews @mikemccainart.bsky.social EP over at @webeharebrained.bsky.social, hard at work on the studios next game GRAFT.
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Episode 073: Amor Fati and Evolution w/ Mike McCain
EP of Harebrained Schemes' upcoming title GRAFT stops in to chat about rolling with the punches, creativity, and making time to recenter.
open.substack.com
March 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
A new episode of The NerdyBits Show is up! Come hang @lubwub.bsky.social as he interviews @mikemccainart.bsky.social EP over at @webeharebrained.bsky.social, hard at work on the studios next game GRAFT.
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@lubwub.bsky.social has been talking about doing a St. Louis Cards podcast for years. Finally started!
#stlcardinals #springtraining
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#stlcardinals #springtraining
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March 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
@lubwub.bsky.social has been talking about doing a St. Louis Cards podcast for years. Finally started!
#stlcardinals #springtraining
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#stlcardinals #springtraining
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Come join Caleb, Ryan, and Patrick in this weeks episode of The NerdyBits Show! This week we return to the old format of topic based episodes and to start it off we tackle the struggling AAA level of the gaming industry.
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March 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Come join Caleb, Ryan, and Patrick in this weeks episode of The NerdyBits Show! This week we return to the old format of topic based episodes and to start it off we tackle the struggling AAA level of the gaming industry.
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