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Video game creator in Kyoto. Starfox Command, Pixeljunk Monsters, Scram Kitty...
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rhodjp.bsky.social
Snow Day!
#Kyoto #Japan
February 8, 2026 at 3:20 AM
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ramiismail.com
General rule for all game-critical UI and text: if you personally think it's obnoxiously large, make it slighty larger than that.
baroness.bsky.social Bertine van Hövell @baroness.bsky.social · 2d
Kids, if you're making a game and want to run it on a steamdeck or switch

your text size needs to be bigger

no, bigger

c'mon coward, bigger!

what is this, A GAME FOR ANTS? BIGGER
February 8, 2026 at 12:33 AM
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gbbranstetter.bsky.social
"The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone."
adamserwer.bsky.social Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 12d
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Every social theory undergirding Trumpism has been broken on the steel of Minnesotan resolve. The multiracial community in Minneapolis was supposed to shatter. It did not. It held until Bovino was forced out of the Twin Cities with his long coat between his legs. The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone. In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once. Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave. Minnesotans have shown that their community is socially cohesive—because of its diversity and not in spite of it. Minnesotans have found and loved one another in a world atomized by social media, where empty men have tried to fill their lonely soul with lies about their own inherent superiority. Minnesotans have preserved everything worthwhile about “Western civilization,” while armed brutes try to tear it down by force.
January 27, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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wiloverton.bsky.social
Would I miss it if the internet disappeared tomorrow? Of course but I'd also vote for it to go.
January 27, 2026 at 10:25 AM
rhodjp.bsky.social
Today I noticed the bongos in #Bananza.

They didn't have to put the bongos in.
Or give them a little start button.
Or make them bouncy!?
They didn't have to add an extra bongo track in the audio that comes in when you're near.

But they did.
January 25, 2026 at 7:30 AM
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mackeza.bsky.social
Just got boxes of final US and UK editions of my book. I'm so thrilled about this, I truly worked so hard on it.

"Anyone who cares about interactive entertainment will be delighted by this book." -Tom Bissell

It's out next month - pre-order and book tour links through here linktr.ee/super_nintendo
January 17, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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ericretro.bsky.social
Each object in Melkhior's Tower now has a weight property. This is to facilitate Sir Stamperlot's special ability of strength. #melkhiorstower #playdate #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

More info here: bitglint.itch.io/melkhiors-to...
January 15, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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pcperini.com
Discord wants to know how you feel about AI.

Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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January 10, 2026 at 12:53 AM
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runevision.bsky.social
I've overhauled my puzzle level generation so a level is now "grown" like cell tissue in a triangle tessellation. New elements can be inserted anywhere, and the whole level deforms to make room. This makes it easier to control topology and create paths that loops around areas.
#ProcGen #GameDev
January 4, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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erlendgrefsrud.bsky.social
Wonder what AI discourse would look like if big tech had the wits and humility to just go "this is an LLM, it's really good at associating and extrapolating representations of data" rather than "here is the next evolutionary step in intelligence, we don't know if it will save or destroy our species"
January 2, 2026 at 1:17 PM
rhodjp.bsky.social
Kyoto?
Snyoto more like!
(This 'joke' works better when spoken, but still only questionably worth posting.)

This is north Kyoto, not central Kyoto which has no settled snow at time of writing. Please enjoy the photo anyway... or... wait.... the snowto?
(sorry.)
January 2, 2026 at 11:24 AM
rhodjp.bsky.social
2025, then.
I'm late to this excellent party award: Kunitsu-gami.
Human nature laid bare award: ARC Raiders.
Made specifically for me award: DK Bananza DLC.
Most confusing 80 hours award: Monster Hunter Wilds.
Strangest absence award: Mario Maker Mouse Controls.
December 30, 2025 at 9:25 AM
rhodjp.bsky.social
Received 'Destiny Game Deluxe' to add to the #Nintendo #BoardGame collection, replete with seemingly unopened pieces.
December 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
rhodjp.bsky.social
Annual traditional run through of Christmas #Pikmin.
I wish there were new missions released for Pikmin 3 every week, forever.
Come on #Nintendo ;)
December 26, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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mrsambarlow.bsky.social
Happy Xmas! My present to you is to remind you (as I was just reminded!!) that this year Hiroshi Iuchi (Radiant Silvergun, Ikaruga, Sin & Punishment) released a new rail shooter developed with M2 - NIGHT STRIKERS GEAR (PC and Switch)
December 26, 2025 at 2:46 AM
rhodjp.bsky.social
Christmas updates to the guide book library brought two *stone cold classics*. #SuperFamicom Pop 'n' Twinbee and Chou Aniki: Bakuretsu Rantou-hen.
Both are magnificent, but the chou aniki book... well, take a look:
(two posts)
#Konami #RetroGame
December 25, 2025 at 10:04 AM
rhodjp.bsky.social
Christmas and video games go hand in hand (possibly moreso for us 80s/90s kids where you'd only have a few chances to get a game per year).

Very relatable stories in here (alongside my own).
‘I plugged in Zelda and everything changed’: developers share their fondest Christmas gaming memories
From a family showdown on Guitar Hero III to the winter levels in Diddy Kong Racing, the designers of some of today’s top titles recall the gifts and moments that lit up their childhoods
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:32 PM
rhodjp.bsky.social
Took about 5 hours of optimising my strategy to complete the Jungle Beat DLC event. In the process, came to love and appreciate #Bananza almost as much as I do Jungle Beat. Fantastic fun.
December 23, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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popeguilty.bsky.social
My joke over and over has been "you've automated copying and pasting from Stack Overflow, congratulations" and I'm always vindicated
December 21, 2025 at 11:58 PM
rhodjp.bsky.social
Where are they now?
#CassetteBoyAndGirl
December 21, 2025 at 1:19 AM
rhodjp.bsky.social
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Li'l Marillion.
philipbak.bsky.social Philip Bak @philipbak.bsky.social · Dec 20
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Shire Straits
grudgingsignup.bsky.social Grudging Signup @grudgingsignup.bsky.social · Dec 20
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Gary Númenor
December 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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frankcifaldi.bsky.social
I say this with zero irony: if you are even tangentially a part of a retro video game community, it is your civic duty to push back against this company and shun anyone who doesn't. This is fascism tapping gently at the door and as soon as you let it in, it's going to invite its friends.
December 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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astrokatie.com
Deeply disappointed to hear that the BBC has pushed out one of the most brilliant presenters in all of science communication for speaking with integrity and honor in support of human rights and dignity.
robinince.bsky.social Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · Dec 13
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career. I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters. Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
December 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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radiatoryang.bsky.social
new game release: Rainbows Are Carnivores is an experimental gay fishing romance / aquaculture management sim. Free, 10-20 min, play in mobile or desktop browser radiatoryang.itch.io/rainbows
game screenshot of a sexy guy getting fished out of the water game screenshot of a sexy shirtless fisherman and behind him a rainbow-flagged Boeing CH-47 Chinook tandem-rotor transport helicopter flying in the distance dumping hundreds of fresh live sexy men into the lake, replenishing the depleted stocks for the sexy shirtless fisherman's continued enjoyment.
December 12, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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draknek.bsky.social
So, “Order of the Sinking Star” by Thekla was just announced, which takes several small free games (two of which are mine) and gives them a major graphical upgrade and mashes up their rulesets. I haven’t been very involved but it’s a great concept and looks cool.
December 12, 2025 at 1:55 AM