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Ben Kosmina
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Associate Product Manager for Fellow Traveller | he/him | ace | opinions are not that of my employers

I like good movies and terrible movies, and I have two cats. Narrative games are rad too
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I guess i should do a “games i finished” thread

Famicom Detective Club: The Girl Who Stands Behind

Clunky as hell, some of the worst “guess what I’m thinking” gameplay since old clunky Sierra games, but i loved it nonetheless

Pacing ramps in a thrilling fashion and had no idea where it was going!
I was 101.5kg when I weighed myself back at the start of October.

Been back at the gym since Oct 15, and doing meal prep for the past two weeks (only a start, but seems good!).

I’m 100.2kg today, it’s nice to see this slow trend down! If I can get back into single digits I’ll be really proud.
November 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Some of the work I’m most proud of to this day are the trailers I made for @thetinminions.bsky.social @ryannorth.ca’s To Be Or Not To Be!

Launch trailer:
To Be or Not To Be Trailer
YouTube video by Tin Man Games
m.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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the 29th prime minister of australia (a useless centrist who was done in by his own party) had his official portrait unveiled this week, and
November 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
November 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
@craigharris.bsky.social whoa! Hey, I didn’t know you were around here! Read tons of your Game Boy reporting back when you were at IGN. I was an avid Game Boy collector (always leaned towards handhelds) and always loved you surfacing more obscure stuff on the site (back when WayForward was obscure!)
November 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.

This is the power of vaccines.

The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.

Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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lol X is a hellhole but sometime still amusing
November 27, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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November 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Please support @santaragione.com if you can and grab their new game, Horses next week
Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Should sell it through their own website too.

I remember when Red Candles (based in Taiwan) had their game Devotion removed from Steam because of the Chinese government.

They got a lot of support on their own website. Kept the studio in business and they made the excellent Nine Sols too!
Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
November 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I wonder if the “almost Christmas means it wasn’t Christmas” joke reveal is in the Japanese Ace Attorney script or if that was a localization change they had to make
November 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.

We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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it's been the same as moving off Twitter and deleting Facebook; minimal effort, more control of my human existence, a huge free mental health boost

if you're considering it, just make a plan today and do it, be free
November 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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moved off google products last week (not because of the wrong news about their AI, but it reminded me) and it's been super easy? a piece of cake? the only downside is a tiny bit more admin for me??

a week is obviously short term, but so far i am delighted how little it impacted my life
November 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
By Grabthar’s hammer

What a savings.

(Promo code is ANYPASS40 if you wanna use it)

Thanks so much to @plex.tv for such a goddamn awesome service 📺
November 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
This past month has been a real whirlwind, I’ve:
- done my first ever plasma donation
- gotten back to the gym consistently
- started meal prep
- been weighing myself daily and seeing a slow consistent downward trend
- sent pokemon cards off to be graded
- scheduled reminders for key personal events
November 25, 2025 at 3:51 AM
awesome
November 25, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Looks like @fellowtraveller.games’s Lord Puppington has a message about the Steam Awards, check it out:
Fellow Traveller - Vote for us in the Steam Awards! - Steam News
Nominate your favourite Fellow Traveller Games!
store.steampowered.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
It was great fun to rewatch The Goodies for the first time in about thirty years (Kitten Kong, of course)

So many great sight gags and wordplay, Graeme, Bill and Tim were so damn good
November 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
sometimes you gotta listen to your tattoo artist’s advice and stop constantly doing chores in your free time and give an hour to yourself to decompress
November 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
My god, it took me years to track this down again. Like, I don’t think I’ve seen it for twenty years

Nice to not be watching it in a dinky compressed realmedia window
November 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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November 24, 2025 at 3:43 AM
A movie that takes place where you’re from
November 24, 2025 at 3:25 AM
jesus christ, a morning check of a product I was interested in has resulted in me sending a report to the ACCC because their site is riddled with confusing black friday messaging and it defaults to you buying two items instead of one

I just wanted to buy something!
November 23, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Got a bit more work done on the leg sleeve yesterday! Super exciting to start to see how all the underwater Pokemon are gonna pop when it’s done :-)
November 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM