Robin Clarke
@rclarke.bsky.social
Games producer, often found at Maraoke (@singmaraoke.bsky.social). He/him
Words: http://www.citystate.co.uk
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I may put my frequently used hashtags here (tap and hold to filter): #NMS
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You got that picture of Tuvok holding a router?
Sure boss, real fucking sexy just like you asked.
Sure boss, real fucking sexy just like you asked.
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January 6, 2026 at 11:55 AM
You got that picture of Tuvok holding a router?
Sure boss, real fucking sexy just like you asked.
Sure boss, real fucking sexy just like you asked.
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helloo, we're looking to hire a mid-level unity programmer at a new indie studio to work on a new ip!
MUST BE UK-BASED but it's flexible and remote with the option to co-work with us in london 🤝
link is in replies 👀
MUST BE UK-BASED but it's flexible and remote with the option to co-work with us in london 🤝
link is in replies 👀
January 5, 2026 at 3:26 PM
helloo, we're looking to hire a mid-level unity programmer at a new indie studio to work on a new ip!
MUST BE UK-BASED but it's flexible and remote with the option to co-work with us in london 🤝
link is in replies 👀
MUST BE UK-BASED but it's flexible and remote with the option to co-work with us in london 🤝
link is in replies 👀
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29 years ago today, Homer Simpson had an epic chili pepper-induced hallucination. “El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer” first aired January 5, 1997.
Most of the sequence was animated completely by David Silverman as he wanted it to look exactly as he had imagined it.
Most of the sequence was animated completely by David Silverman as he wanted it to look exactly as he had imagined it.
January 5, 2026 at 9:50 PM
29 years ago today, Homer Simpson had an epic chili pepper-induced hallucination. “El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer” first aired January 5, 1997.
Most of the sequence was animated completely by David Silverman as he wanted it to look exactly as he had imagined it.
Most of the sequence was animated completely by David Silverman as he wanted it to look exactly as he had imagined it.
There are many criticisms that can be reasonably leveled at the BAFTA Games Awards* but Curve moaning that Human Fall Flat has been overlooked after 50m+ sales is a bit like McDonald's complaining about not having any Michelin stars
January 6, 2026 at 1:28 AM
There are many criticisms that can be reasonably leveled at the BAFTA Games Awards* but Curve moaning that Human Fall Flat has been overlooked after 50m+ sales is a bit like McDonald's complaining about not having any Michelin stars
Twitter has been shedding users in the UK for years. For a tiny minority of MPs the penny has dropped that voluntarily diving into a sewer every day is not healthy. Those still making excuses for staying are proudly announcing they're loyal to a cult.
Ofcom figures from *last month* show that more UK adults regularly access Wikipedia than X, and that X reach and usage is in steady decline: bsky.app/profile/outs...
Even if you choose to ignore all of the foul content there, it simply isn't that popular and is becoming less so with time.
Even if you choose to ignore all of the foul content there, it simply isn't that popular and is becoming less so with time.
Interesting headline figures from Ofcom's latest report - fewer UK adults using X than Wikipedia (or Tesco online, for that matter.) Fulll report www.ofcom.org.uk/media-use-an...
January 5, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Twitter has been shedding users in the UK for years. For a tiny minority of MPs the penny has dropped that voluntarily diving into a sewer every day is not healthy. Those still making excuses for staying are proudly announcing they're loyal to a cult.
It's ten years since I wrote about Rage, a game that still holds up surprisingly well. citystate.co.uk/archives/rage/
Rage | Citystate
Eight years since its announcement and four years since its release I finally got around to playing Rage, the last game from id Software before they were absorbed into Zenimax and waved goodbye to Joh...
citystate.co.uk
January 5, 2026 at 8:19 PM
It's ten years since I wrote about Rage, a game that still holds up surprisingly well. citystate.co.uk/archives/rage/
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'The list includes those who raised funds to defend transphobe Graham Linehan, racist ex-cop Rick Prior and transphobic ex-prison officer David Toshack. Some individuals donated upwards of £10,000 each to various campaigns.'
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...
Hack by trans activists exposes 'Free Speech Union' funders
The list of Free Speech Union donors includes those who raised funds to defend transphobe Graham Linehan. Some individuals donated upwards of
www.thecanary.co
January 5, 2026 at 5:05 PM
'The list includes those who raised funds to defend transphobe Graham Linehan, racist ex-cop Rick Prior and transphobic ex-prison officer David Toshack. Some individuals donated upwards of £10,000 each to various campaigns.'
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...
Literally the only way that they can claim millions of users use Copilot. Desperate shit from a dying company
Microsoft is so fucking stupid.
Microsoft renamed Microsoft Office to Microsoft 365 Copilot App
I'm not joking
Microsoft renamed Microsoft Office to Microsoft 365 Copilot App
I'm not joking
January 5, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Literally the only way that they can claim millions of users use Copilot. Desperate shit from a dying company
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Of course, in the UK "regulators" are never really regulators. Their raison d'etre is political: to dress political goals in regulatory clothing, to act as reputational buffer zones, to gaslight outsiders like you and I into thinking regulation exists. But never, god forbid, to regulate.
Ofcom *might* "undertake a swift *assessment* to determine *whether* there are *potential* compliance issues that *warrant investigation*."
Hard to believe, but we waste almost a quarter of a billion pounds of public money annually on this absolute shower of a regulator.
Hard to believe, but we waste almost a quarter of a billion pounds of public money annually on this absolute shower of a regulator.
January 5, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Of course, in the UK "regulators" are never really regulators. Their raison d'etre is political: to dress political goals in regulatory clothing, to act as reputational buffer zones, to gaslight outsiders like you and I into thinking regulation exists. But never, god forbid, to regulate.
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Neowiz co-CEO Sean Kim says after 'Lies of P' success they plan to introduce "successful IP that fans will continue to support". They're working on 5 new games including games from their publishing arm.
gameinformer.com/exclusive-in...
gameinformer.com/exclusive-in...
January 5, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Neowiz co-CEO Sean Kim says after 'Lies of P' success they plan to introduce "successful IP that fans will continue to support". They're working on 5 new games including games from their publishing arm.
gameinformer.com/exclusive-in...
gameinformer.com/exclusive-in...
The game I played last year that most exceeded my expectations was Lies of P. If you've not played it, but know the basics (Korean f2p studio's first console game, heavily FromSoft inspired, about... Pinocchio?!) I can almost guarantee that the game you're picturing in your head is absolutely wrong
January 5, 2026 at 6:22 PM
The game I played last year that most exceeded my expectations was Lies of P. If you've not played it, but know the basics (Korean f2p studio's first console game, heavily FromSoft inspired, about... Pinocchio?!) I can almost guarantee that the game you're picturing in your head is absolutely wrong
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Goodbye David Rosen. I interviewed him ten years ago for my book on the Mega Drive and he was lovely. His influence on the arcade business is incalculable.
www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...
Sega co-founder David Rosen dies aged 95
Rosen, who led Sega from the 1960s into the 90s and who died on Christmas Day, was a hugely important figure in the history of arcade and home gaming
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Goodbye David Rosen. I interviewed him ten years ago for my book on the Mega Drive and he was lovely. His influence on the arcade business is incalculable.
www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...
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Whenever people spoke about the harms and chilling effect on speech caused by the OSA, these guys were right in with "so you love child porn huh?"
Once again: there are no rules, there are no principles, there are no standards. There is just whatever these people want, forever.
Once again: there are no rules, there are no principles, there are no standards. There is just whatever these people want, forever.
Cabinet Office Minister Baroness Anderson tells the Lords the Government will keep on using X.
"I still believe that X is an appropriate platform to use because I believe in freedom of speech..."
"It is incredibly important that there is a counter narrative on those platforms," she says.
"I still believe that X is an appropriate platform to use because I believe in freedom of speech..."
"It is incredibly important that there is a counter narrative on those platforms," she says.
January 5, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Whenever people spoke about the harms and chilling effect on speech caused by the OSA, these guys were right in with "so you love child porn huh?"
Once again: there are no rules, there are no principles, there are no standards. There is just whatever these people want, forever.
Once again: there are no rules, there are no principles, there are no standards. There is just whatever these people want, forever.
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BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
January 5, 2026 at 1:19 PM
BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
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Keir Starmer's spokesman asked if Government will still use X now it posts indecent images of children, replies "we always keep communication channels under review to reach public in most appropriate way possible”
"Operators are under obligation to act appropriately. We always hope they would do"
"Operators are under obligation to act appropriately. We always hope they would do"
January 5, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Keir Starmer's spokesman asked if Government will still use X now it posts indecent images of children, replies "we always keep communication channels under review to reach public in most appropriate way possible”
"Operators are under obligation to act appropriately. We always hope they would do"
"Operators are under obligation to act appropriately. We always hope they would do"
Stay tuned for more jokes that require you to know the theme tunes to early 1970s UK TV shows and brands of processed cheese
Down in the meadow where the wind blows free
In the middle of a field stands La Vache qui rit
The cow had mirth since the day of its birth
For the cow had cheese for accessories
Moo, moo, La Vache qui rit
Never give in to Dairylea
In the middle of a field stands La Vache qui rit
The cow had mirth since the day of its birth
For the cow had cheese for accessories
Moo, moo, La Vache qui rit
Never give in to Dairylea
January 5, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Stay tuned for more jokes that require you to know the theme tunes to early 1970s UK TV shows and brands of processed cheese
Very normal that the UK has just banned advertising of basically all food but saturation advertising of online casinos is still A-OK. Clown country
January 5, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Very normal that the UK has just banned advertising of basically all food but saturation advertising of online casinos is still A-OK. Clown country
Every few years I'm delighted to rediscover that Ray Cokes is still alive
January 5, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Every few years I'm delighted to rediscover that Ray Cokes is still alive
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David Rosen, who helped create Sega and changed the coin-op industry forever, has passed away.
www.replaymag.com/segas-dave-r...
An absolute titan in video game history. May he rest in peace.
www.replaymag.com/segas-dave-r...
An absolute titan in video game history. May he rest in peace.
January 4, 2026 at 9:13 PM
David Rosen, who helped create Sega and changed the coin-op industry forever, has passed away.
www.replaymag.com/segas-dave-r...
An absolute titan in video game history. May he rest in peace.
www.replaymag.com/segas-dave-r...
An absolute titan in video game history. May he rest in peace.
I need to climb this. There might be some Tier 3 components and 1750 E$ in a cooler up there
January 4, 2026 at 6:18 PM
I need to climb this. There might be some Tier 3 components and 1750 E$ in a cooler up there
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