Riff Conner
@rifflesby.bsky.social
Writer for the “of Loathing” series of video games. He/him
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Riff Conner
@rifflesby.bsky.social
· May 16
Shadows Over Loathing is (finally) available digitally on PlayStation 4 and 5!
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tell your friends
tell your uncles and aunts
type it into the chat in ALL CAPS
tip your barista and then tell your barista
be like "Shadows Over Loathing is on the Sony Playstation store" every time your dentist takes her fingers out of your mouth
tell your uncles and aunts
type it into the chat in ALL CAPS
tip your barista and then tell your barista
be like "Shadows Over Loathing is on the Sony Playstation store" every time your dentist takes her fingers out of your mouth
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this is why representation in games matters
November 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
this is why representation in games matters
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The problem with people increasingly using "puzzle game" to super-expansively mean any game that might require thinking is that it's not a very useful term when you start lumping Stephen's Sausage Roll, sudoku, Myst, and Epigraph under the same umbrella.
November 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The problem with people increasingly using "puzzle game" to super-expansively mean any game that might require thinking is that it's not a very useful term when you start lumping Stephen's Sausage Roll, sudoku, Myst, and Epigraph under the same umbrella.
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in a way, if you think about it, Frankenstein's monster is the real monster. because it's made of a bunch of dead bodies and stuff which is different from how people generally are
November 13, 2025 at 10:57 AM
in a way, if you think about it, Frankenstein's monster is the real monster. because it's made of a bunch of dead bodies and stuff which is different from how people generally are
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she’s a 10 but Excel thinks she’s October
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
she’s a 10 but Excel thinks she’s October
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Again, to every videogame writer who wrote funny emails to read in an immersive sim/etc. where I rolled my eyes and said out loud, "lol like anyone would ever email something this on the nose", again, sorry, I was wrong, life sucks, you nailed it
November 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Again, to every videogame writer who wrote funny emails to read in an immersive sim/etc. where I rolled my eyes and said out loud, "lol like anyone would ever email something this on the nose", again, sorry, I was wrong, life sucks, you nailed it
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My milkshake brings (3D6 + milkshaker's level) boys to the yard. For each soy milk in inventory, an extra 1D3 soy boys may be brought to the yard. My milkshake can be used when not in a yard, but only a fixed 1D4 boys will be brought, with no milkshaker's level-based adjustment.
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
My milkshake brings (3D6 + milkshaker's level) boys to the yard. For each soy milk in inventory, an extra 1D3 soy boys may be brought to the yard. My milkshake can be used when not in a yard, but only a fixed 1D4 boys will be brought, with no milkshaker's level-based adjustment.
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move over Beavis
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
move over Beavis
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azhdarchid.com/against-metr...
I really do hate the term 'metroidbrania'. I think so do many of you. Let's nip it in the bud before it becomes something people are financially invested in.
I really do hate the term 'metroidbrania'. I think so do many of you. Let's nip it in the bud before it becomes something people are financially invested in.
Against 'Metroidbrania': a Landscape of Knowledge Games
What are knowledge games? How do we relate them to each other? What sub-genres exist – and which ones might be implied?
azhdarchid.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:53 AM
azhdarchid.com/against-metr...
I really do hate the term 'metroidbrania'. I think so do many of you. Let's nip it in the bud before it becomes something people are financially invested in.
I really do hate the term 'metroidbrania'. I think so do many of you. Let's nip it in the bud before it becomes something people are financially invested in.
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my mac doing its best to telephone a seventeenth century ecclesiastical record 🗃️
November 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
my mac doing its best to telephone a seventeenth century ecclesiastical record 🗃️
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Just throwing it out there that I do indeed take commissions, shoot me a DM or email if you're interested in a custom fully hand made piece. No shortcuts, no regrinds of other tools, no power hammers or templates, just raw steel and wood formed by my hands for you
Bsky loves to make my high quality photos super crunchy, maybe this one looks better? Who knows
October 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Just throwing it out there that I do indeed take commissions, shoot me a DM or email if you're interested in a custom fully hand made piece. No shortcuts, no regrinds of other tools, no power hammers or templates, just raw steel and wood formed by my hands for you
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WoL and SOL are both discounted right now on the Nintendo Switch eShop. We've heard they run great on the Switch 2, even!
November 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
WoL and SOL are both discounted right now on the Nintendo Switch eShop. We've heard they run great on the Switch 2, even!
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Baby Cakes Diary #3 - one of the most important videos of all time
November 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Baby Cakes Diary #3 - one of the most important videos of all time
pretty excited about valve standalone vr. love the steamdeck & also have been kinda wanting the Quest 3 except fuck zuckerberg & everything he touches?
November 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
pretty excited about valve standalone vr. love the steamdeck & also have been kinda wanting the Quest 3 except fuck zuckerberg & everything he touches?
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Somebody should let me handle what games are greenlit, I'd be great at it. $300 million multiplayer game? Canceled. Repurposed for 14 Ape Escape sequels.
November 11, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Somebody should let me handle what games are greenlit, I'd be great at it. $300 million multiplayer game? Canceled. Repurposed for 14 Ape Escape sequels.
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My last word on the matter
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My last word on the matter
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We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm - AUTOMATON WEST
In an interview following the launch of ARC Raiders, the CEO of Embark Studios' parent company Nexon shares his views on AI.
automaton-media.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
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My boss's boss saw me in my @slimyswampghost.bsky.social hoodie earlier and simply commented "well I don't know who that man is".
November 11, 2025 at 2:18 AM
My boss's boss saw me in my @slimyswampghost.bsky.social hoodie earlier and simply commented "well I don't know who that man is".
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
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skeletons
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
skeletons
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YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT! I HAVE WRITTEN A NEW ARTICLE!
this one's a bit weird; rather than doing my usual "trying to organize my thoughts and building a winding case that builds on itself," I decided to show you what my EARLY article creation process looks like:
docseuss.medium.com/some-loosely...
this one's a bit weird; rather than doing my usual "trying to organize my thoughts and building a winding case that builds on itself," I decided to show you what my EARLY article creation process looks like:
docseuss.medium.com/some-loosely...
some loosely organized thoughts about dialogue sysin games
think of this as me trying to find out what parts of dialogue choices are load bearing game design and what else can be done with dialogue.
docseuss.medium.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 AM
YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT! I HAVE WRITTEN A NEW ARTICLE!
this one's a bit weird; rather than doing my usual "trying to organize my thoughts and building a winding case that builds on itself," I decided to show you what my EARLY article creation process looks like:
docseuss.medium.com/some-loosely...
this one's a bit weird; rather than doing my usual "trying to organize my thoughts and building a winding case that builds on itself," I decided to show you what my EARLY article creation process looks like:
docseuss.medium.com/some-loosely...
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writing it "f*ck" sickens me. a coward's curse. say fuck or find a different word. get that nasty starfish asshole out of my sight
November 10, 2025 at 4:37 AM
writing it "f*ck" sickens me. a coward's curse. say fuck or find a different word. get that nasty starfish asshole out of my sight
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Her: Describe your perfect date
Me: It's cold outside, I'm under a blanket, I've never played the GBA Castlevanias before and just fired up Circle of the Moon. You're there, of course, doing something you enjoy.
Me: It's cold outside, I'm under a blanket, I've never played the GBA Castlevanias before and just fired up Circle of the Moon. You're there, of course, doing something you enjoy.
November 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Her: Describe your perfect date
Me: It's cold outside, I'm under a blanket, I've never played the GBA Castlevanias before and just fired up Circle of the Moon. You're there, of course, doing something you enjoy.
Me: It's cold outside, I'm under a blanket, I've never played the GBA Castlevanias before and just fired up Circle of the Moon. You're there, of course, doing something you enjoy.