Ragnar Tørnquist
@ragso.bsky.social
Writer and director of video games you probably haven’t heard of, including Dustborn, Draugen and Dreamfall. (Also, in a previous life, The Longest Journey and The Secret World, etc.) Creative person at @redthreadgames.bsky.social Making hellosunshine.app
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WORLDWIDE release times for Relooted’s launch tomorrow!
February 9, 2026 at 4:01 PM
WORLDWIDE release times for Relooted’s launch tomorrow!
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February 3, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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RE that RT.. it’s wild how steam reviews are still so damn important to getting visibility. If you play and like indie games, the most generous and helpful thing you can do is spend an hour popping positive reviews onto anything you like with <500 or so reviews.
January 31, 2026 at 10:11 AM
RE that RT.. it’s wild how steam reviews are still so damn important to getting visibility. If you play and like indie games, the most generous and helpful thing you can do is spend an hour popping positive reviews onto anything you like with <500 or so reviews.
The market is a complete and utter nincompoop.
January 31, 2026 at 7:14 PM
The market is a complete and utter nincompoop.
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Okay just starting playing #Dustborn and this has the most interesting narrative design I've ever seen 🤩🤩
8.5/10 so far would get my character brainwashed again
8.5/10 so far would get my character brainwashed again
January 28, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Okay just starting playing #Dustborn and this has the most interesting narrative design I've ever seen 🤩🤩
8.5/10 so far would get my character brainwashed again
8.5/10 so far would get my character brainwashed again
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I think this might be one of the wisest things uttered on the internet in the past decade. Applies to just about everything, including (especially?) games.
Cultivate your own tastes. Filter out bad vibes and groupthink. Like what you like and don't be afraid to say it.
Cultivate your own tastes. Filter out bad vibes and groupthink. Like what you like and don't be afraid to say it.
January 28, 2026 at 1:39 PM
I think this might be one of the wisest things uttered on the internet in the past decade. Applies to just about everything, including (especially?) games.
Cultivate your own tastes. Filter out bad vibes and groupthink. Like what you like and don't be afraid to say it.
Cultivate your own tastes. Filter out bad vibes and groupthink. Like what you like and don't be afraid to say it.
I’ve cancelled my GDC travel plans. I know I'm not alone.
This is partly about safety — but more importantly about solidarity with those at greater risk than I am of harassment, detention…and worse.
I’m not among the most vulnerable, but even setting security aside, it doesn’t feel right to go.
This is partly about safety — but more importantly about solidarity with those at greater risk than I am of harassment, detention…and worse.
I’m not among the most vulnerable, but even setting security aside, it doesn’t feel right to go.
"I do not feel safe in the country": international developers are skipping GDC because of Trump's border chaos:
aftermath.site/i-do-not-feel-...
aftermath.site/i-do-not-feel-...
January 28, 2026 at 10:34 AM
I’ve cancelled my GDC travel plans. I know I'm not alone.
This is partly about safety — but more importantly about solidarity with those at greater risk than I am of harassment, detention…and worse.
I’m not among the most vulnerable, but even setting security aside, it doesn’t feel right to go.
This is partly about safety — but more importantly about solidarity with those at greater risk than I am of harassment, detention…and worse.
I’m not among the most vulnerable, but even setting security aside, it doesn’t feel right to go.
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So I'd reposted the @jank.cool announce from @grahamsmith.bsky.social earlier but I'm gonna instead suggest reading their first big post - a "best games of the decade so far". If you find yourself nodding along & grinning like I did, perhaps go support them!
www.jank.cool/the-best-gam...
www.jank.cool/the-best-gam...
The best games of the decade (so far)
Yes, we know it's not over yet
www.jank.cool
January 27, 2026 at 1:58 PM
So I'd reposted the @jank.cool announce from @grahamsmith.bsky.social earlier but I'm gonna instead suggest reading their first big post - a "best games of the decade so far". If you find yourself nodding along & grinning like I did, perhaps go support them!
www.jank.cool/the-best-gam...
www.jank.cool/the-best-gam...
Oh yay genuinely excited about this! Smart people making good websites about interesting PC games is exactly what the world needs right now.
A new website about PC games, from me, @brendyc.bsky.social and @jonhicks.com.
Reader-supported, which means no ads, no guff, and lots of games blogging about delightful things to play. If you liked our work on RPS, we think you'll like @jank.cool.
Reader-supported, which means no ads, no guff, and lots of games blogging about delightful things to play. If you liked our work on RPS, we think you'll like @jank.cool.
Welcome to Jank! www.jank.cool/welcome-to-j...
January 27, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Oh yay genuinely excited about this! Smart people making good websites about interesting PC games is exactly what the world needs right now.
We've finally said farewell and good riddance to "X" and to our 10K followers — many of whom are Excellent People. I wish we'd left sooner, and I hope other studios + creatives do the same. It's a deeply toxic place, and we need to build better communities, if we hope to turn the tide.
January 27, 2026 at 4:05 PM
We've finally said farewell and good riddance to "X" and to our 10K followers — many of whom are Excellent People. I wish we'd left sooner, and I hope other studios + creatives do the same. It's a deeply toxic place, and we need to build better communities, if we hope to turn the tide.
Defeating disinformation, one player at a time.
January 27, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Defeating disinformation, one player at a time.
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If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
January 24, 2026 at 8:29 PM
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
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hey guys, just to confirm this is my fundraiser. i didn't want to ask for help, but i do need it.
my cancer is back. i am going through a lobectomy next week, the same surgery Walter White undergoes. i can't express how grateful i am. thank you so much everyone.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ge...
my cancer is back. i am going through a lobectomy next week, the same surgery Walter White undergoes. i can't express how grateful i am. thank you so much everyone.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ge...
Donate to Support Gene Park's Cancer Surgery and Treatment, organized by Gene Park
Hi, my name is Gene Park. I’m a games critic at The Washington Post, and I’… Gene Park needs your support for Support Gene Park's Cancer Surgery and Treatment
www.gofundme.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:44 AM
hey guys, just to confirm this is my fundraiser. i didn't want to ask for help, but i do need it.
my cancer is back. i am going through a lobectomy next week, the same surgery Walter White undergoes. i can't express how grateful i am. thank you so much everyone.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ge...
my cancer is back. i am going through a lobectomy next week, the same surgery Walter White undergoes. i can't express how grateful i am. thank you so much everyone.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ge...
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time to clock in for my shift at the worrying factory
January 19, 2026 at 8:10 AM
time to clock in for my shift at the worrying factory
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damn what is wrong with me, i am having the hardest time concentrating on work, i lament as i compulsively refresh live feeds of unspeakable horrors
January 17, 2026 at 7:52 PM
damn what is wrong with me, i am having the hardest time concentrating on work, i lament as i compulsively refresh live feeds of unspeakable horrors
Let’s move it to Canada. Canada is real nice and they’re not trying to start a war with us.
If I don’t feel safe going to GDC this year, just imagine how someone who doesn’t look like me feels.
If I don’t feel safe going to GDC this year, just imagine how someone who doesn’t look like me feels.
Yeah every day that goes by the more I agree that GDC needs to move out of the United States.
January 17, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Let’s move it to Canada. Canada is real nice and they’re not trying to start a war with us.
If I don’t feel safe going to GDC this year, just imagine how someone who doesn’t look like me feels.
If I don’t feel safe going to GDC this year, just imagine how someone who doesn’t look like me feels.
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Worldbuilding is at the heart of Dustborn. Here’s a look at concept art for three locations, by the brilliant Jeffrey Chew 💛
January 14, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Worldbuilding is at the heart of Dustborn. Here’s a look at concept art for three locations, by the brilliant Jeffrey Chew 💛
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I'm always encouraged to see people discover, play, and (hopefully) enjoy Dustborn on their own, after everything, without the dissonance and baggage. Love it, hate it, be conflicted — the honest emotional response is why we keep doing this, even when it feels Sisyphean.
At its core, Dustborn by @redthreadgames.bsky.social is a story about the power of language, words, and ideas. What happens when people are bombarded and infected by ceaseless propaganda? When your thoughts aren’t truly your own? When your words can alter people’s realities?
Dustborn is about who controls the narrative and who gets silenced
At its core, Dustborn is a story about the power of language, words, and ideas. What happens when people are bombarded and infected by ceaseless propaganda? When your thoughts and ideas aren’t trul…
grungegamer.wordpress.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:51 PM
I'm always encouraged to see people discover, play, and (hopefully) enjoy Dustborn on their own, after everything, without the dissonance and baggage. Love it, hate it, be conflicted — the honest emotional response is why we keep doing this, even when it feels Sisyphean.
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I've been running an indie games studio for 15 years now, and it felt like a good time to boil down what I've learned into 4 pieces of advice:
www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-1...
I hope it's of use, not least because goddamn I forgot how long blog posts take to write.
www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-1...
I hope it's of use, not least because goddamn I forgot how long blog posts take to write.
January 8, 2026 at 6:02 PM
I've been running an indie games studio for 15 years now, and it felt like a good time to boil down what I've learned into 4 pieces of advice:
www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-1...
I hope it's of use, not least because goddamn I forgot how long blog posts take to write.
www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-1...
I hope it's of use, not least because goddamn I forgot how long blog posts take to write.
It's 2026 and the right-wing trolls are STILL obsessed with Dustborn.
For context: a YouTuber probably forgot to enable streamer mode…which exists specifically to mute licensed background radio tracks.
For context: a YouTuber probably forgot to enable streamer mode…which exists specifically to mute licensed background radio tracks.
January 8, 2026 at 4:08 PM
It's 2026 and the right-wing trolls are STILL obsessed with Dustborn.
For context: a YouTuber probably forgot to enable streamer mode…which exists specifically to mute licensed background radio tracks.
For context: a YouTuber probably forgot to enable streamer mode…which exists specifically to mute licensed background radio tracks.
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The Death Stranding Award for Game of the Year of the Previous Year that I Played this Year: Dustborn. Red Thread Games put out an awesome narrative driven game in 2024 that got them so much shit from a bunch of fucking losers. Don't be put off, check it out if you're the least bit interested.
January 1, 2026 at 4:10 PM
The Death Stranding Award for Game of the Year of the Previous Year that I Played this Year: Dustborn. Red Thread Games put out an awesome narrative driven game in 2024 that got them so much shit from a bunch of fucking losers. Don't be put off, check it out if you're the least bit interested.
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At its core, Dustborn by @redthreadgames.bsky.social is a story about the power of language, words, and ideas. What happens when people are bombarded and infected by ceaseless propaganda? When your thoughts aren’t truly your own? When your words can alter people’s realities?
Dustborn is about who controls the narrative and who gets silenced
At its core, Dustborn is a story about the power of language, words, and ideas. What happens when people are bombarded and infected by ceaseless propaganda? When your thoughts and ideas aren’t trul…
grungegamer.wordpress.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:06 PM
At its core, Dustborn by @redthreadgames.bsky.social is a story about the power of language, words, and ideas. What happens when people are bombarded and infected by ceaseless propaganda? When your thoughts aren’t truly your own? When your words can alter people’s realities?