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Mike Blackney
@mike.reuben.games
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making Dead Static Drive with @leena.reuben.games

founder and owner/operator of the kurt russell fan club
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Mike Blackney @mike.reuben.games · Feb 5
storm
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andyvatter.bsky.social
injured myself buying dead static drive from @leena.reuben.games and @mike.reuben.games too aggressively

store.steampowered.com/app/1166940/...
November 5, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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sifterhq.bsky.social
🌵 @deadstaticdrive.com and the Long Road to the End of the World. A haunting, human road trip that rewards curiosity and compassion as much as survival instincts.
REVIEW: www.sifter.com.au/post/dead-st...
November 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
mike.reuben.games
You ever think to yourself, “she’s the one” and then she writes something like this proving you had no idea before??
leena.reuben.games Leena 🌵 @leena.reuben.games · 12d
feeling all my feelings today so I can be completely unburdened tomorrow, that’s definitely how things work
heythereleena instagram post The Julie Ruin • Just My Kind playing in the background Picture of Mikey kissing Leena but also having a little sniff Caption: Heart dispatch! You've been warned! Ten years ago Mike had an idea for a game he wanted to make, and that game's coming out tomorrow. I joined him six years into that journey, and l've watched him transform and bloom into the artist he was always meant to be, despite mostly working as a programmer in the past. I remember thinking in my job interview that this guy was an artist, and if I was going to leave games then I might as well make my last one with someone who Gets It. Working beside him has been the best job l've ever had. I've never felt so respected, so inspired, and so seen. He brought out the best in me, and in himself. We fell in love making this game, and it's because of him that I learned that art and love are built the same way: We fell in love making this game, and it's because of him that I learned that art and love are built the same way: through revision, persistence, and the courage to begin again. The idea became the work, the work became art, the art became love, and then the circle closed: the process itself became an act of devotion. Each small task a quiet exercise in loving each other, and each fragment on the cutting room floor a reminder of what really mattered to us. At the risk of being gauche and revealing the subtext: as the game took shape, so did we. (Heart emoji) Watching Mike grow through this and get to the finishing line has been among the greatest privileges of my life. Thank you, my love, for building this world with me, both the one inside the computer and the one all around it. I'm so grateful for your talent, your taste, your patience (!!), your perseverance, your brilliance, and your grace. I am so proud of who you are, and so lucky to walk through this life beside you. (How about down an aisle sometime soon?) I love you, completely, endlessly, always. (3 heart emojis)
November 4, 2025 at 4:44 AM
mike.reuben.games
Imagine if the T-1000 was rose gold
November 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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draknek.bsky.social
Spooky Express has just launched into Halloween and it's the perfect cozy-spooky puzzler for the long nights.

Take charge of the Spooky Express; the only rail service willing to carry the undead passengers of deepest, darkest Trainsylvania.

spooky.express
October 30, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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juniorhoncho.bsky.social
pilgrim guy finishes reading a big book, leans way back in his chair and loosens the belt on his hat
October 12, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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theboyofcheese.bsky.social
Sorry I'm late to the meme!
October 30, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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roryblank.bsky.social
Let's Learn about types of ghosts
A roughly drawn chart with large text at the top that says "recognizing ghost types" with a subtitle that says "there are many kinds of ghosts and we can learn about all of them, ok" Then there are several drawings of different ghosts, mostly sheet ghosts of sorts Rude - on a skateboard, flipping the bird Discreet - wearing sunglasses and a hat Long - long Hunk - has handsome chiseled features Forgotten Chores - is looking at a to do list Satan - has horns Pervert - has a giant foot Melting - goop Dad - has a mustache and wrinkles Bird - has a beak and wings Sultry - is laying down with a hand on its head 2 Parter - is cut in two horizontally Freaky - a weird looking one that has arms and legs and giant eyes and a sideways mouth Past Memory - inside a polaroid Floating Head - you can figure this out, it's a severed head Flat - i think you get the idea tiny - very small, this is also self explanatory mouth - mouth video tape - a small ghost coming out of a tape silly - wearing groucho glasses and has a fake arrow through head headband And a big one in the center labeled "normal style"
October 29, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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zeets.bsky.social
Zohran Mamdani caught lying that he understood Plato’s allegory of the cave, yet when asked to explain it, he seemed to instead explain Baudrillard’s theory of Simulacra and Simulation where reality has been replaced by symbols and signs, which seems similar to Plato’s theory but is not the same
October 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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leena.reuben.games
Another banger dropped from our soundtrack! Subscribe to Gabe to get them as soon as they’re released: youtu.be/1elHYagdGVg?...

This one has big Halloween vibes.
Dead Static Drive: Original Game Soundtrack - Running on Empty
YouTube video by Gabe Castro
youtu.be
October 28, 2025 at 8:36 AM
mike.reuben.games
Whoah wait really
October 27, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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paperhousegames.com
Applications are open for the remainder of the week! If you're wanting to apply, we highly suggest filling the form out.

Try not to worry about huge amounts of detail, experience or whatever else, we want to hear from you!

⬛ Submissions close Oct 31st 🟡
paperhousegames.com Paper House @paperhousegames.com · Oct 17
We are collaborating with 2pt (@2ptinteractive.bsky.social) to run a series of beginner Blender workshops titled 'A Blender Workshop'

These will be FREE, in-person workshops with limited spots.
Applicants will be selected via EIO and not guaranteed.

⬛ 🟡 shop.paperhousegames.com/blender-work...
October 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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leena.reuben.games
every time i read “silent hill f” i hear it like this
October 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
mike.reuben.games
night and day
dead static drive, dark and limited view distance dead static drive, daytime, golden hour
October 10, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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deadstaticdrive.com
everyone’s a critic
October 8, 2025 at 4:57 AM
mike.reuben.games
dead town
October 4, 2025 at 7:57 AM
mike.reuben.games
my guy started trying to kick the monster
October 4, 2025 at 4:33 AM
mike.reuben.games
some new shots that didn’t make the cut
A car on a road at golden hour Night time, two people stand near a car in the glow of a streetlight A woman stands beside an empty swimming pool, shadows of powerlines Three good boys near the beach
October 3, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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mikesuszek.bsky.social
Once again, this perfect @zeboydgames.bsky.social post comes to mind:
September 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
mike.reuben.games
do a flip
September 24, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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gabecastro.bsky.social
stoked to share the first couple of my tracks from the awesome upcoming game @deadstaticdrive.com!

youtu.be/YkCYv1bhVOA?...
Dead Static Drive: Original Game Soundtrack - Wind Through the Pines
YouTube video by Gabe Castro
youtu.be
September 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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gabecastro.bsky.social
youtu.be/Z6F10uGI9Ts?...
Dead Static Drive: Original Game Soundtrack - The Map, the Car, and Us (Menu)
YouTube video by Gabe Castro
youtu.be
September 23, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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cmzw.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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castpixel.bsky.social
hire me! I know what I'm doing 😊
castpixel.bsky.social castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · Aug 13
Here's Archery, Badminton, and 100meters.

I made this in 4 weeks. Handled everything from code to character design, from background art to animations to gameplay. It was a promotional sports game for a big advertising agency.
August 13, 2025 at 12:31 PM