Mark LaCroix
@marklacroix.bsky.social
An artist, please. Makes games at @noblerobot.bsky.social. Co-host Nice Games Club. Made Noble Engine for Playdate, Blippo+ for Switch/PC, Noble Tools for Unity, and [OTHER THINGS].
On a bike in Minneapolis.
https://noblerobot.com
On a bike in Minneapolis.
https://noblerobot.com
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Mark LaCroix
@marklacroix.bsky.social
· Sep 23
Blippo+ is out NOW and in FULL COLOR on PC and Switch!!!
📡 Steam
blippo.plus/steam
📡 Switch
blippo.plus/switch
📺 Tune in and get bent today!! blippo.plus 💫
📡 Steam
blippo.plus/steam
📡 Switch
blippo.plus/switch
📺 Tune in and get bent today!! blippo.plus 💫
Must see TV, available now!
Starting to watch "The Diplomat," and while the pilot episode had funny moments, it didn't prepare me for how much of a workplace comedy the series is.
It's very good at being that show, but I sorta miss the show I thought it was going to be in that first hour.
It's very good at being that show, but I sorta miss the show I thought it was going to be in that first hour.
November 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Starting to watch "The Diplomat," and while the pilot episode had funny moments, it didn't prepare me for how much of a workplace comedy the series is.
It's very good at being that show, but I sorta miss the show I thought it was going to be in that first hour.
It's very good at being that show, but I sorta miss the show I thought it was going to be in that first hour.
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to be clear, i also do not think it is necessarily true that adopting a laundry list of progressive positions is an instant win either. i think you have to do the work of discovering what it is that voters want in a direct and engaged way. and i think that voters want moral leadership.
it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
November 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
to be clear, i also do not think it is necessarily true that adopting a laundry list of progressive positions is an instant win either. i think you have to do the work of discovering what it is that voters want in a direct and engaged way. and i think that voters want moral leadership.
I feel like if your game had a "Nintendo Switch 2 Edition" at launch in 2025, it's not an indie game.
November 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I feel like if your game had a "Nintendo Switch 2 Edition" at launch in 2025, it's not an indie game.
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as long as the Game Awards have high viewership numbers it's an open invitation for them to continue to say and do anything they want, ignore or deplatform anyone or anything they want, disrespect game developers as much as they want, etc. they don't have to even pretend to care.
November 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
as long as the Game Awards have high viewership numbers it's an open invitation for them to continue to say and do anything they want, ignore or deplatform anyone or anything they want, disrespect game developers as much as they want, etc. they don't have to even pretend to care.
I appreciate that no one is going to know what I'm talking about, but...
I'm doing some bugfixes for Blippo+ and wouldn't you know it, coroutines strike again.
I'm doing some bugfixes for Blippo+ and wouldn't you know it, coroutines strike again.
November 17, 2025 at 7:04 AM
I appreciate that no one is going to know what I'm talking about, but...
I'm doing some bugfixes for Blippo+ and wouldn't you know it, coroutines strike again.
I'm doing some bugfixes for Blippo+ and wouldn't you know it, coroutines strike again.
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Tired: "Die Hard" is a Christmas movie
Wired¹: "Brazil" is a Christmas movie
#discuss
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¹ Autocorrect wanted to make this "weird", which, yeah, ok
Wired¹: "Brazil" is a Christmas movie
#discuss
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¹ Autocorrect wanted to make this "weird", which, yeah, ok
November 16, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Tired: "Die Hard" is a Christmas movie
Wired¹: "Brazil" is a Christmas movie
#discuss
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¹ Autocorrect wanted to make this "weird", which, yeah, ok
Wired¹: "Brazil" is a Christmas movie
#discuss
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¹ Autocorrect wanted to make this "weird", which, yeah, ok
"After seeing so many disappointing CRT filters in retro-themed games over the years, the accuracy of the signal warping, static, and distortion of an analogue broadcast here is enormously impressive."
www.nintendolife.com/reviews/swit...
www.nintendolife.com/reviews/swit...
Review: Blippo+ (Switch) - An Uncanny Channel-Surfing Sim That Perfectly Captures '90s TV
Surprise and Deee-Lite
www.nintendolife.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:20 PM
"After seeing so many disappointing CRT filters in retro-themed games over the years, the accuracy of the signal warping, static, and distortion of an analogue broadcast here is enormously impressive."
www.nintendolife.com/reviews/swit...
www.nintendolife.com/reviews/swit...
Wordle 1,609 5/6*
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November 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Once again, @jamellebouie.net avoiding the easy anger and seeing the full picture, but giving absolutely no ground on substance. Truly, the best to ever do it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
November 13, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Once again, @jamellebouie.net avoiding the easy anger and seeing the full picture, but giving absolutely no ground on substance. Truly, the best to ever do it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
The main thing that today's Steam hardware announcement reminds me (and probably only me) of is the 1948 Paramount Decree.
November 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The main thing that today's Steam hardware announcement reminds me (and probably only me) of is the 1948 Paramount Decree.
Reposted by Mark LaCroix
Xiangshan International Kindergarten by Yang Ying Design Studio is a 5,000-square-meter modular hybrid wood structure with 18 classrooms.
November 12, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Xiangshan International Kindergarten by Yang Ying Design Studio is a 5,000-square-meter modular hybrid wood structure with 18 classrooms.
Reposted by Mark LaCroix
Increased my #Playdate game collection by 9 games during the Catalog fall sales. I can pick up one more game. Please send me your recommendations. Support indie games and Playdate developers 🤗
November 11, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Increased my #Playdate game collection by 9 games during the Catalog fall sales. I can pick up one more game. Please send me your recommendations. Support indie games and Playdate developers 🤗
Reposted by Mark LaCroix
The petition had garnered widespread fears that the court could overturn its precedent on same-sex marriage.
Supreme Court Won’t Consider Overturning Same-Sex Marriage
The petition had garnered widespread fears that the court could overturn its precedent on same-sex marriage.
www.forbes.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The petition had garnered widespread fears that the court could overturn its precedent on same-sex marriage.
Tired: 2025 AD (Anno Domini)
Wired: 12 AL (Anno Luigi)
Wired: 12 AL (Anno Luigi)
November 11, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Tired: 2025 AD (Anno Domini)
Wired: 12 AL (Anno Luigi)
Wired: 12 AL (Anno Luigi)
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Frank Fisher Apartments, Andrew Rebori, Chicago, 1939
November 9, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Frank Fisher Apartments, Andrew Rebori, Chicago, 1939
As a graphic designer, same.
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 AM
As a graphic designer, same.
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Brutalism (basically) is back, baby!
New York unveils its newest icon: 270 Park Avenue, a $3B supertall by Foster + Partners, rising 423m and hosting 10,000 people. The all-electric, hydro-powered tower features generous public space, natural light, and enhanced air quality—defining the workplace of the future today.
November 8, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Brutalism (basically) is back, baby!
"But a list of her legislative achievements doesn’t tell the whole story. She is both a committed progressive and an operational pragmatist who has always been unperturbed by any contradictions required to embrace both stances."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
Opinion | Nancy Pelosi Is an American Political Giant
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:20 AM
"But a list of her legislative achievements doesn’t tell the whole story. She is both a committed progressive and an operational pragmatist who has always been unperturbed by any contradictions required to embrace both stances."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
POV: me using any website made by Apple, Inc.
November 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
POV: me using any website made by Apple, Inc.
"David Byrne's bandleader Ray Suen broke his prized violin ahead of the performer's show in Minneapolis.
But by an incredible stroke of serendipity, the man who made that very violin two decades ago was just a few miles away in New Brighton."
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...
But by an incredible stroke of serendipity, the man who made that very violin two decades ago was just a few miles away in New Brighton."
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...
November 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
"David Byrne's bandleader Ray Suen broke his prized violin ahead of the performer's show in Minneapolis.
But by an incredible stroke of serendipity, the man who made that very violin two decades ago was just a few miles away in New Brighton."
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...
But by an incredible stroke of serendipity, the man who made that very violin two decades ago was just a few miles away in New Brighton."
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...
That The Game Awards is no longer doing its Future Class program is not surprising to me.
What is surprising is that anyone on earth is surprised by The Game Awards' complete lack of follow through on the stated goals of this program going all the way back to day one.
What is surprising is that anyone on earth is surprised by The Game Awards' complete lack of follow through on the stated goals of this program going all the way back to day one.
November 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
That The Game Awards is no longer doing its Future Class program is not surprising to me.
What is surprising is that anyone on earth is surprised by The Game Awards' complete lack of follow through on the stated goals of this program going all the way back to day one.
What is surprising is that anyone on earth is surprised by The Game Awards' complete lack of follow through on the stated goals of this program going all the way back to day one.
Brilliant design.
November 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Brilliant design.
"Her’s victory means the entirety of city leadership in St. Paul will be female, as each of St. Paul’s seven city council seats are held by women."
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-ne...
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-ne...
bringmethenews.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
"Her’s victory means the entirety of city leadership in St. Paul will be female, as each of St. Paul’s seven city council seats are held by women."
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-ne...
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-ne...
Dale and I saw David Byrne tonight.
November 5, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Dale and I saw David Byrne tonight.