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Wander
@wanderbot.bsky.social
Actually Human. Indie Game Curator, Artist, & Essayist
(He/Him) 🚫No AI

https://wanderbot.carrd.co/
What’s the best Power Rangers series?

My wife & I discovered we can pick up complete collections for cheap and are trying to narrow things down to like… 3?

I’ve never seen any of them other than the OG movie + weirdly decent modern one, so I’m kinda lost here.
January 4, 2026 at 5:58 AM
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January 4, 2026 at 4:02 AM
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Morning. If you're waking up to a feed full of vague "wtf" it is because the US bombed Venezuela overnight and kidnapped its president

That's where to start if you're catching up. Good luck
January 3, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Boardgame #2 of 2026: Wonderland's War!

It's a competitive area control boardgame with a really unique bagbuilding system in lieu of rolling dice/drawing cards.

You have 3 sets of 4 rounds to accumulate as much power as possible, each punctuated with a battle at the end for dominance & VP.
January 2, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Played Bitoku for New Years Eve and had a surprisingly good time with it. We'd previously held off on playing because the board is daunting to look at and the learning curve is steeper than most- but once we got rolling it was a solid Kitchen Sink + Point Salad Euro.
January 1, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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Today is the last day that you can repost this image
December 31, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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This Brazilian woman hates AI
December 30, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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my favorite meme for this time of the year
December 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
December 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I really wish interviewers would ask these people how they would feel if 80% of potential buyers pirated their games instead.

They’d be singing a wildly different tune, I wager.

CEO’s certainly were 10-20 years ago, so this type of defense of the plagiarism machine always feels super weak to me.
December 28, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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2025 was a year filled with fantastic roguelikes, but one of the best was overlooked time and time again. Here's why you should play Monster Train 2: gameinformer.com/2025/12/26/w...
December 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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December 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Tis the season for indie game rec threads, and I'm no exception.

Here's a bunch of games I absolutely love that are in the Steam Sale and are 100% worth picking up:
December 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Tis the season for indie game rec threads, and I'm no exception.

Here's a bunch of games I absolutely love that are in the Steam Sale and are 100% worth picking up:
December 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I keep seeing folks say “gamers hating AI” are going to cause the pendulum to swing back hard and people will end up loving AI.

Nah, the bubble will pop and almost everyone will move on like NFT’s. The tech won’t survive if you have to constantly force everyone to use it.
My conspiracy theory about genAI in games blowing up more and more by big companies is that they’ve all got a ton of investors insisting they use genAI tools otherwise they(investors) won’t be able to bankroll em anymore
December 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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December 21, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I'm glad Sandfall finally explained the AI generated textures in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

I really, really wish they hadn't waited for 8 months to do so, and may not have done so at all if the IGA's hadn't pulled their GotY award. That level of silence speaks volumes.
December 21, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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I've been working on a game pitch and story dear to me, "ENGINE ANGEL", with the team at Ivy Road!

We're still seeking funding, but in the meantime I wanted everyone to still be able to share the work they've done. I'll be sharing more as well as reposting any of the team's posts so stay tuned!
December 20, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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The IGAs Nomination Committee is officially retracting Debut Game and Game of the Year, awarding both categories to new recipients. Additionally, we are retracting one of the Indie Vanguard recipients.

Full details can be found in our FAQ under Game Eligibility: www.indiegameawards.gg/faq
December 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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everyone dislikes genai in games, but kids and story-focused players the most.

sounds like we'll be ok. just have to stay the course here and the "inevitable" new technology nobody likes will die. again.

quanticfoundry.com/2025/12/18/g...
Gamers Are Overwhelmingly Negative About Gen AI in Video Games, but Attitudes Vary by Gender, Age, and Gaming Motivations.
Learn about how gender, age, and gaming motivations shape the perception of Gen AI in video games.
quanticfoundry.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:53 AM
A few years ago I did a giant poll for the Steam Replay 2022 to see how people stack up against the median Steam user, and wrote up a giant blog post with my observations of the results.

Now that a few years have passed I figured I'd run another one to see what changed: forms.gle/xzPQXquufiU3...
December 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Tonight’s the night 🏆

Before the festivities kick off, dig into the official IGAs Steam event below and support some of the nominees and indies from a few of our partner showcases.

Countdown: 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET
Main Ceremony: 3:50 PM PT / 6:50 PM ET
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lixL...
The Indie Game Awards 2025
The Indie Games Awards is an annual awards-only ceremony dedicated to honoring excellence in indie gaming.
store.steampowered.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Oh good this provides me with a chance to finally say this:

Hey did we just brush aside all the weird shit about the devs of KCD aside for the second game? The whole WE ARE SO HISTORICALLY ACCURATE THERE ARE ONLY WHITE PEOPLE IN THIS GAME, IGNORE THAT EVIDENCE THAT POC LIVED IN EUROPE
the very first tweet i'm greeted with on the other web site lol
December 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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“AI is ok as long as it’s not taking anyone’s job” and whose work is it trained on. Did you forget that it’s a bunch of stolen fucking shit? Are we moving the goalposts already? “it’s sticking around so you have to get used to it, be realistic” no I don’t. Eat my shit and hair
December 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM