sincerely, rob dubbin
@robdubbin.bsky.social
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writer & game developer & he/they
games @brainfruit.bsky.social
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writer & game developer & he/they
games @brainfruit.bsky.social
proprietor @ https://roblemsolving.com
cohost @secretlivesofgames.bsky.social
tools @ https://scripto.live
previously @ colbert
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Starfriends: The 5-Star Game About What Everyone Else Thinks
A party game where you get into your friends' heads. Kinda like a blend of Wavelength and Letterboxd that fits into a deck of cards.
www.kickstarter.com
Looking for a party game that combines social deduction with the pleasant absurdity of rating animals, films, and the weather on a scale of ★ to ★★★★★? And it's just a simple deck of cards? AND it's live on Kickstarter now?!?! Guess what, STARFRIENDS has launched! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bra...
merry qudsmas!
ive been playing caves of qud for five minutes and my pet just exploded
December 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
merry qudsmas!
one of video games' most important annual events approaches
ATTENTION BSKY: in celebration of Cinco Paus Day's Eve, please message me if you'd like a free copy of the best game ever made. :)
smestorp.itch.io/cinco-paus
Also TSLOG are doing an amazing series of podcasts on Michael's games:
eggplant.show
PLEASE REPOST! OR RE-SKEET! WHATEVER IT'S CALLED!! :)
smestorp.itch.io/cinco-paus
Also TSLOG are doing an amazing series of podcasts on Michael's games:
eggplant.show
PLEASE REPOST! OR RE-SKEET! WHATEVER IT'S CALLED!! :)
Cinco Paus by Michael Brough
Available for Windows, macOS
smestorp.itch.io
December 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
one of video games' most important annual events approaches
Reposted by sincerely, rob dubbin
ATTENTION BSKY: in celebration of Cinco Paus Day's Eve, please message me if you'd like a free copy of the best game ever made. :)
smestorp.itch.io/cinco-paus
Also TSLOG are doing an amazing series of podcasts on Michael's games:
eggplant.show
PLEASE REPOST! OR RE-SKEET! WHATEVER IT'S CALLED!! :)
smestorp.itch.io/cinco-paus
Also TSLOG are doing an amazing series of podcasts on Michael's games:
eggplant.show
PLEASE REPOST! OR RE-SKEET! WHATEVER IT'S CALLED!! :)
Cinco Paus by Michael Brough
Available for Windows, macOS
smestorp.itch.io
December 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
ATTENTION BSKY: in celebration of Cinco Paus Day's Eve, please message me if you'd like a free copy of the best game ever made. :)
smestorp.itch.io/cinco-paus
Also TSLOG are doing an amazing series of podcasts on Michael's games:
eggplant.show
PLEASE REPOST! OR RE-SKEET! WHATEVER IT'S CALLED!! :)
smestorp.itch.io/cinco-paus
Also TSLOG are doing an amazing series of podcasts on Michael's games:
eggplant.show
PLEASE REPOST! OR RE-SKEET! WHATEVER IT'S CALLED!! :)
Reposted by sincerely, rob dubbin
If you like crosswords at all, or are even interested in beginning to solve them more regularly, and especially if you think crosswords are too hard or contain too many cultural references that feel alienating, you need to try a few of these small puzzles.
we 💛 our amazingly talented crossword constructors: here's 50 of our crossword editor @xws.bsky.social's favorite puzzmo midis from 2026, all of which are now free to play 💝
blog.puzzmo.com/posts/2025/1...
blog.puzzmo.com/posts/2025/1...
50 amazing Puzzmo crosswords from 2025
I started thinking critically about midi crosswords as a genre when Chris, Enrique, and I co-founded the midi branch of AVCX, where we decided to define midis not by their rows and columns, but by the...
blog.puzzmo.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
If you like crosswords at all, or are even interested in beginning to solve them more regularly, and especially if you think crosswords are too hard or contain too many cultural references that feel alienating, you need to try a few of these small puzzles.
Reposted by sincerely, rob dubbin
i did a couple of tracks of this joke compilation my friends put together and both were ranked as the worst tracks on this collection by some person on twitter. i will consider that a win
there are now entire light years between all previously existing christmas music and the new champion of the form, COOKIE, the full green day parody xmas album. frankly i won't stand for any outcome but a grammy redandgreenday.bandcamp.com/album/cookie
Cookie, by Red and Green Day
13 track album
redandgreenday.bandcamp.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:19 AM
i did a couple of tracks of this joke compilation my friends put together and both were ranked as the worst tracks on this collection by some person on twitter. i will consider that a win
Reposted by sincerely, rob dubbin
Jodie Foster: They should have sent a poet
Poet: Aliens ahoy! A galactic sight. When you’re in space all day is night
Poet: Aliens ahoy! A galactic sight. When you’re in space all day is night
December 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Jodie Foster: They should have sent a poet
Poet: Aliens ahoy! A galactic sight. When you’re in space all day is night
Poet: Aliens ahoy! A galactic sight. When you’re in space all day is night
there are now entire light years between all previously existing christmas music and the new champion of the form, COOKIE, the full green day parody xmas album. frankly i won't stand for any outcome but a grammy redandgreenday.bandcamp.com/album/cookie
Cookie, by Red and Green Day
13 track album
redandgreenday.bandcamp.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
there are now entire light years between all previously existing christmas music and the new champion of the form, COOKIE, the full green day parody xmas album. frankly i won't stand for any outcome but a grammy redandgreenday.bandcamp.com/album/cookie
Reposted by sincerely, rob dubbin
❄️ UFO 50 Winter Sale is on! ❄️
🍒 20% off on Nintendo Switch!
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
(Discount available in NA, EU, AU, and NZ!)
🍒 25% off on Steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/1147860/...
🍒 20% off on Nintendo Switch!
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
(Discount available in NA, EU, AU, and NZ!)
🍒 25% off on Steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/1147860/...
December 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
❄️ UFO 50 Winter Sale is on! ❄️
🍒 20% off on Nintendo Switch!
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
(Discount available in NA, EU, AU, and NZ!)
🍒 25% off on Steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/1147860/...
🍒 20% off on Nintendo Switch!
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
(Discount available in NA, EU, AU, and NZ!)
🍒 25% off on Steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/1147860/...
Reposted by sincerely, rob dubbin
In case you missed this on Friday, at @unbreaking.org we updated our trans healthcare explainer with a timeline (100+ events) and a totally rewritten explainer (20k words, 150+ footnotes) to help people understand the many diverse attacks on gender affirming care, and where they currently stand:
Transgender Healthcare: Explainer — Unbreaking
How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
unbreaking.org
December 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
In case you missed this on Friday, at @unbreaking.org we updated our trans healthcare explainer with a timeline (100+ events) and a totally rewritten explainer (20k words, 150+ footnotes) to help people understand the many diverse attacks on gender affirming care, and where they currently stand:
roses were red
violets have paled
violets have paled
The atomic ensemble time scale at the NIST Boulder campus has failed.
December 21, 2025 at 12:08 AM
roses were red
violets have paled
violets have paled
Reposted by sincerely, rob dubbin
feels like i caught this spindrift ingredients list in a lie and now it’s scrambling to double down
December 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
feels like i caught this spindrift ingredients list in a lie and now it’s scrambling to double down
Reposted by sincerely, rob dubbin
Great guest lineup here!
One (of many) highlights for me was hearing Cole talk about how he thinks about audience "address" when making games. The reflection on Root may or may not surprise you.
bsky.app/profile/secr...
One (of many) highlights for me was hearing Cole talk about how he thinks about audience "address" when making games. The reflection on Root may or may not surprise you.
bsky.app/profile/secr...
All Systems Brough - 868-HACK
Nick, Doug, Rob, Sarah, and Andy are joined by @shawndoublea.bsky.social, @colewehrle.bsky.social, and @wehrlegig.games to discuss the first game in our yearlong series covering @smestorp.bsky.social's work.
secretlives.games/all-systems-...
Nick, Doug, Rob, Sarah, and Andy are joined by @shawndoublea.bsky.social, @colewehrle.bsky.social, and @wehrlegig.games to discuss the first game in our yearlong series covering @smestorp.bsky.social's work.
secretlives.games/all-systems-...
The Secret Lives of Games: All Systems Brough - 868-HACK
We're joined by Shawn Alexander Allen (Beatdown City Survivors), Cole Wehrle (Root), and Drew Wehrle (Pax Pamir) to discuss the first title in our year-long exploration of the work of Michael Brough: ...
secretlives.games
December 20, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Great guest lineup here!
One (of many) highlights for me was hearing Cole talk about how he thinks about audience "address" when making games. The reflection on Root may or may not surprise you.
bsky.app/profile/secr...
One (of many) highlights for me was hearing Cole talk about how he thinks about audience "address" when making games. The reflection on Root may or may not surprise you.
bsky.app/profile/secr...
a yuletide miracle!!! 🪙🆙
Announcing The Hacker Update. A brand-new hero with their own unique way of playing Q-UP. Help the Hacker escape the game before being deleted by QA! Steal skills from the other heroes!! Misspell common English words!!!
Also: Q-UP IS ON SALE FOR 25% OFF
store.steampowered.com/app/3730790/...
Also: Q-UP IS ON SALE FOR 25% OFF
store.steampowered.com/app/3730790/...
December 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
a yuletide miracle!!! 🪙🆙
Reposted by sincerely, rob dubbin
Announcing The Hacker Update. A brand-new hero with their own unique way of playing Q-UP. Help the Hacker escape the game before being deleted by QA! Steal skills from the other heroes!! Misspell common English words!!!
Also: Q-UP IS ON SALE FOR 25% OFF
store.steampowered.com/app/3730790/...
Also: Q-UP IS ON SALE FOR 25% OFF
store.steampowered.com/app/3730790/...
December 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Announcing The Hacker Update. A brand-new hero with their own unique way of playing Q-UP. Help the Hacker escape the game before being deleted by QA! Steal skills from the other heroes!! Misspell common English words!!!
Also: Q-UP IS ON SALE FOR 25% OFF
store.steampowered.com/app/3730790/...
Also: Q-UP IS ON SALE FOR 25% OFF
store.steampowered.com/app/3730790/...
Reposted by sincerely, rob dubbin
We Are OFK is WILDLY on sale to celebrate the holidays + our song!
ofk.cool/steam
ofk.cool/steam
December 20, 2025 at 1:35 AM
We Are OFK is WILDLY on sale to celebrate the holidays + our song!
ofk.cool/steam
ofk.cool/steam
feels like i caught this spindrift ingredients list in a lie and now it’s scrambling to double down
December 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
feels like i caught this spindrift ingredients list in a lie and now it’s scrambling to double down
send me your 868 stories and you better believe i will boost them
I still have my 868 tshirt bc it is legendary
December 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
send me your 868 stories and you better believe i will boost them
fuck yeah, it’s up: the first deep-dive episode of our yearlong All Systems Brough series, on the trippy, seminal, inside-the-mainframe puzzlebox that is 868-HACK. a lively convo featuring @shawndoublea.bsky.social @colewehrle.bsky.social and @drewwehrle.bsky.social secretlives.games/all-systems-...
The Secret Lives of Games: All Systems Brough - 868-HACK
We're joined by Shawn Alexander Allen (Beatdown City Survivors), Cole Wehrle (Root), and Drew Wehrle (Pax Pamir) to discuss the first title in our year-long exploration of the work of Michael Brough: ...
secretlives.games
December 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
fuck yeah, it’s up: the first deep-dive episode of our yearlong All Systems Brough series, on the trippy, seminal, inside-the-mainframe puzzlebox that is 868-HACK. a lively convo featuring @shawndoublea.bsky.social @colewehrle.bsky.social and @drewwehrle.bsky.social secretlives.games/all-systems-...
so happy to have been a part of puzzmo's crossword roster this year (with more to come in 2026!!) and extra thrilled to be included on this year-end roundup list for a clue i thought wayyyy too much about 💾
we 💛 our amazingly talented crossword constructors: here's 50 of our crossword editor @xws.bsky.social's favorite puzzmo midis from 2026, all of which are now free to play 💝
blog.puzzmo.com/posts/2025/1...
blog.puzzmo.com/posts/2025/1...
50 amazing Puzzmo crosswords from 2025
I started thinking critically about midi crosswords as a genre when Chris, Enrique, and I co-founded the midi branch of AVCX, where we decided to define midis not by their rows and columns, but by the...
blog.puzzmo.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
so happy to have been a part of puzzmo's crossword roster this year (with more to come in 2026!!) and extra thrilled to be included on this year-end roundup list for a clue i thought wayyyy too much about 💾
Reposted by sincerely, rob dubbin
we 💛 our amazingly talented crossword constructors: here's 50 of our crossword editor @xws.bsky.social's favorite puzzmo midis from 2026, all of which are now free to play 💝
blog.puzzmo.com/posts/2025/1...
blog.puzzmo.com/posts/2025/1...
50 amazing Puzzmo crosswords from 2025
I started thinking critically about midi crosswords as a genre when Chris, Enrique, and I co-founded the midi branch of AVCX, where we decided to define midis not by their rows and columns, but by the...
blog.puzzmo.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:37 PM
we 💛 our amazingly talented crossword constructors: here's 50 of our crossword editor @xws.bsky.social's favorite puzzmo midis from 2026, all of which are now free to play 💝
blog.puzzmo.com/posts/2025/1...
blog.puzzmo.com/posts/2025/1...
Reposted by sincerely, rob dubbin
reshare if you agree wall adapters with a single USB C port have a surface area differential ratio that looks weird
December 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
reshare if you agree wall adapters with a single USB C port have a surface area differential ratio that looks weird
well MY media company is merging with an antimatter particle at a valuation of annihilating reality
December 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
well MY media company is merging with an antimatter particle at a valuation of annihilating reality
Reposted by sincerely, rob dubbin
"And so, having long debated what to do about this situation, I dug a fire pit in my backyard and burned my complete set of hardcover Harry Potters."
I have a lengthy and long in the works piece live this morning, from @literaryhub.bsky.social
Hope you all enjoy ...
lithub.com/burn-harry-b...
I have a lengthy and long in the works piece live this morning, from @literaryhub.bsky.social
Hope you all enjoy ...
lithub.com/burn-harry-b...
Burn Harry Burn: Reckoning With My Harry Potter Fandom as a Trans Person
During the spring of 2020, as the world locked down and people were dead and dying and breaking apart and mourning and afraid and hiding, the British author J.K. Rowling decided to publish an open …
lithub.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:09 PM
"And so, having long debated what to do about this situation, I dug a fire pit in my backyard and burned my complete set of hardcover Harry Potters."
I have a lengthy and long in the works piece live this morning, from @literaryhub.bsky.social
Hope you all enjoy ...
lithub.com/burn-harry-b...
I have a lengthy and long in the works piece live this morning, from @literaryhub.bsky.social
Hope you all enjoy ...
lithub.com/burn-harry-b...
Reposted by sincerely, rob dubbin
everyone's goal for 2026 should be getting into using RSS feeds & readers for updates on everyone's projects rather than relying on social media alone. I don't think "big, badly moderated forums where everyone hangs out and gets cranky" are working great for that.
December 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM
everyone's goal for 2026 should be getting into using RSS feeds & readers for updates on everyone's projects rather than relying on social media alone. I don't think "big, badly moderated forums where everyone hangs out and gets cranky" are working great for that.
Reposted by sincerely, rob dubbin
Current and future fans of Sektori:
The Secret Lives of Games invited me to co-interview the game‘s creator, Kimmo Lahtinen!
The Secret Lives of Games invited me to co-interview the game‘s creator, Kimmo Lahtinen!
Ep. 150: Making It Great w/ Kimmo Lahtinen
Nick is joined by guest co-host @plante.bsky.social for a chat w/ @gimblll.com about his dynamite twin-stick shooter Sektori. We discuss pursuing excellence in an oversaturated genre, and how limitations shape solo dev.
secretlives.games/150-making-i...
Nick is joined by guest co-host @plante.bsky.social for a chat w/ @gimblll.com about his dynamite twin-stick shooter Sektori. We discuss pursuing excellence in an oversaturated genre, and how limitations shape solo dev.
secretlives.games/150-making-i...
The Secret Lives of Games: 150: Making It Great with Kimmo Lahtinen (Sektori)
Nick is joined by guest co-host Chris Plante (Post Games) for a chat with Kimmo Lahtinen (aka gimbll) about his dynamite new twin-stick shooter, Sektori. They discuss the joy of the genre, pursuing ex...
secretlives.games
December 13, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Current and future fans of Sektori:
The Secret Lives of Games invited me to co-interview the game‘s creator, Kimmo Lahtinen!
The Secret Lives of Games invited me to co-interview the game‘s creator, Kimmo Lahtinen!