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Criss Fowler
@tailoredtoatea.bsky.social
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🌿 Goblin in pursuit of pretty things
🪻 Los Angeles-ish
👾 Alum: Blizzard, Riot, thatgamecompany, Wonderstorm
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Criss Fowler @tailoredtoatea.bsky.social · Nov 21
Hello hi, a small intro for folks I'm meeting the first time here:

🎮 Game industry vet of 10 years! Lucky enough to have worked on some of my favorite games (WoW, LoL, Sky: CotL)
🌿 Expect pics of pets, plants, hobbies, & outfits
🤠 Diagnosed with + outspoken about struggles with autism, ADHD, OCD
Pink roses sit bathed in bright sunshine, with three full blooms and three buds in the foreground, and more softly blurred in the background. Lush, large peach roses with rounded petals and leaves are zoomed in on from a top angle. A wooden built-in entertainment wall with shelves above, below, and on the sides of a centered flat screen TV turned off. On every flat surface sits a different houseplant in an array of peach, gold, and white ceramic pots. There are 30+ plants. A couple stands in a yard together, smiling and shoulders touching, with the camera zoomed in to show waist on up. The person on the left has light peachy skin with coral lipstick, wavy strawberry blonde hair with bangs, and is wearing a light sage green organza puff sleeve dress and cradling a fluffy, gray tabby cat. The man on the right has olive skin, brown curly hair cut short except at the top, a trimmed beard and mustache, black framed glasses, and is wearing a white long-sleeved shirt with an olive green vest, while holding a tri-color, redheaded corgi wearing a sage green handkerchief.
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mixolumia.com
[spends less than the price of a movie ticket on a video game] this better entertain me for the rest of my life or i will be so mad
August 11, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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billkristolbulwark.bsky.social
Afterwards, Sen. Padilla framed what happened in exactly the right way:

"If this is how the Department of Homeland Security responds to a senator with a question...I can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers, to cooks, to day laborers, in Los Angeles & throughout California & the country."
aaronparnas.bsky.social Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · Jun 12
BREAKING: SENATOR PADILLA HANDCUFFED AND THROWN TO THE GROUND AFTER BEING FORCIBLY REMOVED FROM PRESS CONFERENCE.
June 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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aklingus.bsky.social
When Sonic is about to land on a spike
IcoBeast.eth A e @beast_ico Replying to @elonmusk Brother please this is ultra bad for my coins ●16日299 • 172
June 6, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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atrupar.com
DEAN: What's the tariff on bananas?

LUTNICK: Generally 10%

DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8%

LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff

DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America
June 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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afterdarkalexi.bsky.social
“for employers”
Axios headline: Cancer poses growing problem for Employers
June 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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petebuttigieg.bsky.social
America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
May 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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voxraygames.bsky.social
A new update is live in Voxile!

From improved object logic to more polished progression, our worlds just got a whole lot more dynamic, destructible, and creative. Give the new stuff a spin and let us know what you think! #indieGameDev #indiegame

Patch Notes 🔎 store.steampowered.com/news/app/228...
May 15, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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voxraygames.bsky.social
Voxile is in this month's print issue of PC Gamer! 🎉

A bit of a surreal moment for the team - we're honored to see our indie game highlighted alongside so many other inspiring projects. A huge thanks to @pcgamer.com for the feature! #indiegame #IndieGameDev
Excerpt from PC Gamer reads: VOXILE Building a world, brick by brick Voxels were once supposed to be the future of PC games, and yet somehow polygons still endure. Voxile combines voxels and ray-tracing in a way that sounds like it could melt your graphics card if turned up to high enough settings, and as a result looks very much like a copy of Minecraft that fell through a time portal from the year of our lord 2050. Comparisons to Mojang’s somewhat popular title are inevitable, as the world of Voxile is made of blocks and it’s a survival game, but there’s a lot more shooting going on among the beautifully lit cubes here. Voxile is more of an exploration and combat game, with damage numbers erupting from creatures’ heads as you blast the voxels off them. There’s a plot too, a tale of mysterious ooze that’s transforming the terrain as it spreads across islands that differ in theme and in the game mechanics available on them. Voxile looks amazing in motion, and its world editor means you may one day see ray-traced creations to rival those of Minecraft. RELEASE: Out now (Early Access) DEVELOPER: VoxRay Games, Inc. PUBLISHER: VoxRay Games, Inc. LINK: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2283580 Picture of this month's PC Gamer magazine cover.
April 30, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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voxraygames.bsky.social
We're looking for a World Designer to join our (fully remote) team! Help us build new worlds in Voxile, our FPS-RPG-Survival game built in a custom raytraced voxel game engine.

➡️ Job description + how to apply:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

#hiring #indieGameDev #indiegame #gamedev
April 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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voxraygames.bsky.social
Rice to meet you! 🌾

Lead designer @benjapenguin.bsky.social cooked up this step-by-step demo showcasing how to make egg fried rice with Voxile’s crafting system. What should he try making next?

(Apologies to anyone watching this before lunch...)
#gamedev #indieGameDev #indiegame
April 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
tailoredtoatea.bsky.social
After losing Cooper this past December, I surprised my husband with a custom felt plush of him to place next to Coop's ashes ❤️

The creator is "JessieWoolArt" on Etsy! Took a lil bit to make and get here, but the quality is so good and it looks just like him
April 8, 2025 at 4:03 AM
tailoredtoatea.bsky.social
this dog gets whatever she wants from me tbh. I'm basically just a doormat for her cuteness
April 6, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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joemag.games
No joke, gamers and tech folk are going to be the first to notice the collapse of cheap global trade. Every hobby and distraction with beeps, boops and blinking lights relied on a robust global pipeline.
April 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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voxraygames.bsky.social
Building an observatory 🪐

With Voxile’s world editor tool, the sky is your limit! Whether your vision is a celestial gatehouse or a towering castle full of danger - if you can dream it, you can build it. #indiegames #IndieGameDev

What will you create?
March 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
tailoredtoatea.bsky.social
POV: you're just trying to brush your teeth, and this cutie demands love and pets - what do you do?
A young orange pembroke Welsh corgi stares up at you from the ground, peering into your soul to beg for pets
March 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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mjsdc.bsky.social
Take a moment today to read about a few of the young children whom Trump and Musk killed by shutting down USAID. The blame for these deaths falls on them.

There will be hundreds of thousands more dead kids before their lethal crusade against foreign aid ends. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Another household kept alive by American aid was that of Jennifer Inyaa, a 35-year-old single mom, and her 5-year-old son, Evan Anzoo, both of them H.I.V.-positive. Last month, after the aid shutdown, Inyaa became sick and died, and a week later Evan died as well, according to David Iraa Simon, a community health worker who assisted them. Decisions by billionaires in Washington quickly cost the lives of a mother and her son. "Many more children will die in the coming weeks," said Margret Amjuma, a health worker who confirmed the deaths of Peter and Achol.
March 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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voxraygames.bsky.social
You're next 😈

Game development is serious business... except when it's not.

#indiegames #IndieGameDev #gamedev
March 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
tailoredtoatea.bsky.social
I got Kyrie this cute little felt daisy from Etsy to put on her collar because she's my happy sunshine girl
March 13, 2025 at 1:24 AM
tailoredtoatea.bsky.social
So, I haven't played WoW besides Classic since I left Blizzard in 2019...

Is..is it bad that THIS is what might bring me back to retail?? 😅

Seriously though, the full creative agency to shrink, clip, stack, and move around every little piece is actually better than games dedicated to this!
worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com World of Warcraft @worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com · Mar 12
Let’s talk decor!

Get a look at interior design in the upcoming Housing system.

Learn More: https://blizz.ly/4ifa97U
An illustration of a cozy house somewhere on the outskirts of Stormwind. The house features white walls with wooden beams and warm glowing windows, all under a blue shingled roof. A human stands in the doorway waving; his silhouette is lit from behind by a warm glow inside the home. Grass and colorful plants surround the house, with cobblestone walkways and a small stable attached to the side where a gryphon is nesting comfortably. Other houses and the entrance to Stormwind fill the distant background.
March 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
tailoredtoatea.bsky.social
Hey friends, what small businesses do you like for bar soap?

I just ran out of the nicest handmade soap that was gifted to us, so it's time to look for a replacement! Would prefer to avoid Amazon, Target, and other big businesses, even if it's a small biz sold there.
March 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
tailoredtoatea.bsky.social
how can I have a dog like this and not be completely and utterly obsessed
March 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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voxraygames.bsky.social
Design your own worlds & unleash chaos 😈

When we say you have crazy creative control, here's an example how robust our world editor is. You can quickly create your fave characters and plop them right in! #indiegame #IndieGameDev

Voxile launches TOMORROW ⤵️ store.steampowered.com/app/2283580/...
March 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
tailoredtoatea.bsky.social
squirrel friend!
March 9, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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voxraygames.bsky.social
100% knows the way out. 0% willing to help.

Waffles is one of many dog NPCs in Voxile. You might even be able to find a secret cave full of corgis but you're going to have to discover that one for yourself! #IndieGameDev

Voxile launches on Steam March 10. Wishlist now! ⤵️
March 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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voxraygames.bsky.social
Your world, your vision, your story ✨

The entries in our Create-A-World Competition have been nothing short of incredible. Here are a few inspiring examples shared from our community on Discord! #indiegame #gamedev

⌛️Reminder that the competition ends tonight at 11:59 PM PST.
March 6, 2025 at 10:32 PM