Steven Messner
@stevenmessner.bsky.social
Director of Comms & Audiences at Blackbird Interactive | Narrative Designer on Neon Noodles | Previously @ Digital Extremes and PC Gamer | He/him
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Steven Messner
@stevenmessner.bsky.social
· Aug 14
Hardspace: Shipbreaker - Blackbird Interactive Acquires Full Ownership of Hardspace: Shipbreaker! - Steam News
Blackbird Interactive is now the sole owner of the Hardspace IP! Here's a sneak peak of what we have in store and what these exciting changes mean for you!
store.steampowered.com
Very exciting day at the office! We acquired full ownership of the Hardspace IP and are working on new Hardspace games! Huzzah!!
store.steampowered.com/news/app/116...
store.steampowered.com/news/app/116...
Reposted by Steven Messner
ICYMI #AmbrosiaSky🪐 - ACT ONE from our friends at @softrains.bsky.social just launched last week, with @bbigames.bsky.social lending a hand here & there!
Ambrosia Sky 🪐 | Launch Trailer
YouTube video by Soft Rains Games
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
ICYMI #AmbrosiaSky🪐 - ACT ONE from our friends at @softrains.bsky.social just launched last week, with @bbigames.bsky.social lending a hand here & there!
Reposted by Steven Messner
ICYMI ✨ Ambrosia Sky: Act One is now available!
Don't miss out on the launch week discount (15%!) or pick up the soundtrack at the same time for a bigger discount. (20%!)
For more info on our launch: store.steampowered.com/news/app/358...
Don't miss out on the launch week discount (15%!) or pick up the soundtrack at the same time for a bigger discount. (20%!)
For more info on our launch: store.steampowered.com/news/app/358...
Ambrosia Sky - Ambrosia Sky: Act One is now available! - Steam News
In this update: new launch trailer, community links & how to submit bug reports & feedback, and a letter from studio head Joel Burgess providing some clarity on the act structure.
store.steampowered.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:32 AM
ICYMI ✨ Ambrosia Sky: Act One is now available!
Don't miss out on the launch week discount (15%!) or pick up the soundtrack at the same time for a bigger discount. (20%!)
For more info on our launch: store.steampowered.com/news/app/358...
Don't miss out on the launch week discount (15%!) or pick up the soundtrack at the same time for a bigger discount. (20%!)
For more info on our launch: store.steampowered.com/news/app/358...
Reposted by Steven Messner
We are spinning up our final guested segment of the evening, with @stevenmessner.bsky.social from @bbigames.bsky.social!
I (Colin) am playing Hardspace: Shipbreaker for the first time??? Let's do this!
Catch the stream here: twitch.tv/softrainsgames
Donate here: tiny.cc/sr-extralife2025
I (Colin) am playing Hardspace: Shipbreaker for the first time??? Let's do this!
Catch the stream here: twitch.tv/softrainsgames
Donate here: tiny.cc/sr-extralife2025
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 AM
We are spinning up our final guested segment of the evening, with @stevenmessner.bsky.social from @bbigames.bsky.social!
I (Colin) am playing Hardspace: Shipbreaker for the first time??? Let's do this!
Catch the stream here: twitch.tv/softrainsgames
Donate here: tiny.cc/sr-extralife2025
I (Colin) am playing Hardspace: Shipbreaker for the first time??? Let's do this!
Catch the stream here: twitch.tv/softrainsgames
Donate here: tiny.cc/sr-extralife2025
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I knew this day would come...
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I knew this day would come...
November 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Wordle 1,603 1/6
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I knew this day would come...
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I knew this day would come...
Reposted by Steven Messner
Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
The vibes in Arc Raiders' solo queue are so chill. I haven't felt *this* enchanted by a multiplayer game since Classic WoW.
Met a buddy and looted, then at extraction met two other players, exchanged pleasantries, and then caught the elevator down together.
Yes, I was terrified the whole time.
Met a buddy and looted, then at extraction met two other players, exchanged pleasantries, and then caught the elevator down together.
Yes, I was terrified the whole time.
November 2, 2025 at 4:56 AM
The vibes in Arc Raiders' solo queue are so chill. I haven't felt *this* enchanted by a multiplayer game since Classic WoW.
Met a buddy and looted, then at extraction met two other players, exchanged pleasantries, and then caught the elevator down together.
Yes, I was terrified the whole time.
Met a buddy and looted, then at extraction met two other players, exchanged pleasantries, and then caught the elevator down together.
Yes, I was terrified the whole time.
Reposted by Steven Messner
Reposted by Steven Messner
komm susser tod on slap bass
gigantic newman lying dead in an ocean of coffee
gigantic newman lying dead in an ocean of coffee
October 3, 2025 at 12:02 AM
komm susser tod on slap bass
gigantic newman lying dead in an ocean of coffee
gigantic newman lying dead in an ocean of coffee
Where are my Vancouver friends at???
Come say hello!
Come say hello!
We're at #VancouverGameGarden all weekend with @softrains.bsky.social showcasing Ambrosia Sky!
If you're local, come say hello! The event is free and the games are plenty (and wonderful)!
We'd love to see you!
If you're local, come say hello! The event is free and the games are plenty (and wonderful)!
We'd love to see you!
September 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Where are my Vancouver friends at???
Come say hello!
Come say hello!
Reposted by Steven Messner
The way I snorted when I saw this...
September 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
The way I snorted when I saw this...
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Looking forward to @vangamegarden.bsky.social🌱🕹 this weekend and hanging out with fellow independent studios & creators!
@bbigames.bsky.social is providing hardware, while @stevenmessner.bsky.social and I will have #AmbrosiaSky🪐 from our friends at @softrains.bsky.social available to play 😀
@bbigames.bsky.social is providing hardware, while @stevenmessner.bsky.social and I will have #AmbrosiaSky🪐 from our friends at @softrains.bsky.social available to play 😀
Vancouver Game Garden
Vancouver Game Garden is an independent games showcase featuring local developers in Vancouver, Canada.
vangamegarden.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Looking forward to @vangamegarden.bsky.social🌱🕹 this weekend and hanging out with fellow independent studios & creators!
@bbigames.bsky.social is providing hardware, while @stevenmessner.bsky.social and I will have #AmbrosiaSky🪐 from our friends at @softrains.bsky.social available to play 😀
@bbigames.bsky.social is providing hardware, while @stevenmessner.bsky.social and I will have #AmbrosiaSky🪐 from our friends at @softrains.bsky.social available to play 😀
Reposted by Steven Messner
Did you know that early versions of Shipbreaker looked a lot more like Citizen Sleeper (and vice versa)?
Watch this video to learn about the serendipitous similarities between each game and the ways they each explore labor and life under (space) capitalism.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClXa...
Watch this video to learn about the serendipitous similarities between each game and the ways they each explore labor and life under (space) capitalism.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClXa...
Future Labors: Citizen Sleeper and Hardspace Shipbreaker in Conversation
Both Hardspace: Shipbreaker and Citizen Sleeper depict near futures where the familiar structures of capitalism and corporate control dictate the lives of their characters. In this panel Shipbreaker…
www.youtube.com
September 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Did you know that early versions of Shipbreaker looked a lot more like Citizen Sleeper (and vice versa)?
Watch this video to learn about the serendipitous similarities between each game and the ways they each explore labor and life under (space) capitalism.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClXa...
Watch this video to learn about the serendipitous similarities between each game and the ways they each explore labor and life under (space) capitalism.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClXa...
Reposted by Steven Messner
In space, no one can hear you scream... for joy!
Citizen Sleeper and Hardspace: Shipbreaker are teaming up for the Space Capitalism Steam Bundle! Two awesome sci-fi games, together at a permanent 10% discount!
Buy it here: store.steampowered.com/bundle/58811...
Citizen Sleeper and Hardspace: Shipbreaker are teaming up for the Space Capitalism Steam Bundle! Two awesome sci-fi games, together at a permanent 10% discount!
Buy it here: store.steampowered.com/bundle/58811...
September 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
In space, no one can hear you scream... for joy!
Citizen Sleeper and Hardspace: Shipbreaker are teaming up for the Space Capitalism Steam Bundle! Two awesome sci-fi games, together at a permanent 10% discount!
Buy it here: store.steampowered.com/bundle/58811...
Citizen Sleeper and Hardspace: Shipbreaker are teaming up for the Space Capitalism Steam Bundle! Two awesome sci-fi games, together at a permanent 10% discount!
Buy it here: store.steampowered.com/bundle/58811...
My PC has been hard resetting when playing certain games (like Expedition 33) pretty regularly after I got a 5070ti.
Thought maybe the card or drivers were the issue but then I looked up when I bought my PSU and that bad boy is now 13 years old.
I think it's time for a Viking funeral...
Thought maybe the card or drivers were the issue but then I looked up when I bought my PSU and that bad boy is now 13 years old.
I think it's time for a Viking funeral...
August 20, 2025 at 11:03 PM
My PC has been hard resetting when playing certain games (like Expedition 33) pretty regularly after I got a 5070ti.
Thought maybe the card or drivers were the issue but then I looked up when I bought my PSU and that bad boy is now 13 years old.
I think it's time for a Viking funeral...
Thought maybe the card or drivers were the issue but then I looked up when I bought my PSU and that bad boy is now 13 years old.
I think it's time for a Viking funeral...
One last plug for @shipbreakergame.bsky.social before I sleep for a thousand years.
I'm *very* excited about the LYNX Pioneer Program, a new community initiative to get our players closer to development of the next Hardspace games.
Learn about it here: blackbirdinteractive.com/lynxpioneerp...
I'm *very* excited about the LYNX Pioneer Program, a new community initiative to get our players closer to development of the next Hardspace games.
Learn about it here: blackbirdinteractive.com/lynxpioneerp...
August 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
One last plug for @shipbreakergame.bsky.social before I sleep for a thousand years.
I'm *very* excited about the LYNX Pioneer Program, a new community initiative to get our players closer to development of the next Hardspace games.
Learn about it here: blackbirdinteractive.com/lynxpioneerp...
I'm *very* excited about the LYNX Pioneer Program, a new community initiative to get our players closer to development of the next Hardspace games.
Learn about it here: blackbirdinteractive.com/lynxpioneerp...
Very exciting day at the office! We acquired full ownership of the Hardspace IP and are working on new Hardspace games! Huzzah!!
store.steampowered.com/news/app/116...
store.steampowered.com/news/app/116...
Hardspace: Shipbreaker - Blackbird Interactive Acquires Full Ownership of Hardspace: Shipbreaker! - Steam News
Blackbird Interactive is now the sole owner of the Hardspace IP! Here's a sneak peak of what we have in store and what these exciting changes mean for you!
store.steampowered.com
August 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Very exciting day at the office! We acquired full ownership of the Hardspace IP and are working on new Hardspace games! Huzzah!!
store.steampowered.com/news/app/116...
store.steampowered.com/news/app/116...
Reposted by Steven Messner
Between the FF7 Remake trilogy, the Eva Rebuild series, Gundam GQuuuX, and now Death Stranding 2, I'm discovering that I really like the "Works in direct but understated conversation with the creator's previous stuff" genre.
July 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Between the FF7 Remake trilogy, the Eva Rebuild series, Gundam GQuuuX, and now Death Stranding 2, I'm discovering that I really like the "Works in direct but understated conversation with the creator's previous stuff" genre.
Got home from a work trip to a surprise birthday party. Cake, balloons, even a present!
It is not my birthday.
Turns out my 3yo just randomly decided she had to throw me a party and refused to take no for an answer.
Also the gift was reusable water balloons... She insisted I'd love them!
It is not my birthday.
Turns out my 3yo just randomly decided she had to throw me a party and refused to take no for an answer.
Also the gift was reusable water balloons... She insisted I'd love them!
July 2, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Got home from a work trip to a surprise birthday party. Cake, balloons, even a present!
It is not my birthday.
Turns out my 3yo just randomly decided she had to throw me a party and refused to take no for an answer.
Also the gift was reusable water balloons... She insisted I'd love them!
It is not my birthday.
Turns out my 3yo just randomly decided she had to throw me a party and refused to take no for an answer.
Also the gift was reusable water balloons... She insisted I'd love them!
Got really worried when this random person messaged me on Chess dot com, only for it to turn into the most wonderful interaction.
I'm stunned (and humbled) that someone remembered my byline from @pcgamer.com all these years later 🥹
I'm stunned (and humbled) that someone remembered my byline from @pcgamer.com all these years later 🥹
June 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Got really worried when this random person messaged me on Chess dot com, only for it to turn into the most wonderful interaction.
I'm stunned (and humbled) that someone remembered my byline from @pcgamer.com all these years later 🥹
I'm stunned (and humbled) that someone remembered my byline from @pcgamer.com all these years later 🥹
Reposted by Steven Messner
June 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Made a disastrous parenting error playing chess with my 3yo this morning.
I saw a chance to teach her about discovered checks while also taking her bishop.
I am an idiot.
But I'm at least a proud idiot: While she was sobbing under the sofa she correctly referred to it as her "dark-squared bishop"
I saw a chance to teach her about discovered checks while also taking her bishop.
I am an idiot.
But I'm at least a proud idiot: While she was sobbing under the sofa she correctly referred to it as her "dark-squared bishop"
June 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Made a disastrous parenting error playing chess with my 3yo this morning.
I saw a chance to teach her about discovered checks while also taking her bishop.
I am an idiot.
But I'm at least a proud idiot: While she was sobbing under the sofa she correctly referred to it as her "dark-squared bishop"
I saw a chance to teach her about discovered checks while also taking her bishop.
I am an idiot.
But I'm at least a proud idiot: While she was sobbing under the sofa she correctly referred to it as her "dark-squared bishop"
Super excited that BBI is supporting this wonderful project as co-development partners.
Go check out the demo on Steam and let me know what you think!
Go check out the demo on Steam and let me know what you think!
Announcing our debut title... Ambrosia Sky. 🪐
Amongst the asteroids of Saturn lies your home, and a mystery
that demands to be solved. Clean the contamination, lay the dead to rest, and find her.
store.steampowered.com/app/3580160
Amongst the asteroids of Saturn lies your home, and a mystery
that demands to be solved. Clean the contamination, lay the dead to rest, and find her.
store.steampowered.com/app/3580160
June 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Super excited that BBI is supporting this wonderful project as co-development partners.
Go check out the demo on Steam and let me know what you think!
Go check out the demo on Steam and let me know what you think!
I want this to sell no less than 33 times more.
Thirty-three days ago, we released Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.
Since then, we’ve sold 3.3 million copies.
Seriously. As of today.
We couldn’t make that up.
Another entry on the long list of surreal moments that your support has made real.
Thank you ALL.
Since then, we’ve sold 3.3 million copies.
Seriously. As of today.
We couldn’t make that up.
Another entry on the long list of surreal moments that your support has made real.
Thank you ALL.
May 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I want this to sell no less than 33 times more.
Reposted by Steven Messner
I wrote a tribute to Leif Johnson, a former writer for many gaming publications, and my friend, who died last weekend. The world is poorer without him in it.
Remembering Leif Johnson, the gaming industry's one and only cowboy poet
Leif was a historian, a fountain pen connoisseur, and a kind soul who brought a remarkably eclectic background to his time writing about games.
www.pcgamer.com
May 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I wrote a tribute to Leif Johnson, a former writer for many gaming publications, and my friend, who died last weekend. The world is poorer without him in it.