Blair Thorburn in November
@oiblair.bsky.social
🏴🇨🇦🏳️🌈 Scottish chaos-giant living in Canada.
🐙 Game Dev, Design Director/Principal
🫶 Award Winning Inclusive Design and Accessibility Champion
Portfolio: blairthorburn.carrd.co
Battlefield, Dragon Age, and other things
🐙 Game Dev, Design Director/Principal
🫶 Award Winning Inclusive Design and Accessibility Champion
Portfolio: blairthorburn.carrd.co
Battlefield, Dragon Age, and other things
it's friday, have a cozy dog
November 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
it's friday, have a cozy dog
reading game industry news
October 24, 2025 at 12:08 AM
reading game industry news
you had me at "worst French accent"
October 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
you had me at "worst French accent"
If you are this, quite the energy you bring to bluesky
September 16, 2025 at 2:07 AM
If you are this, quite the energy you bring to bluesky
Here's one to tide you over though 🙌🏻
September 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Here's one to tide you over though 🙌🏻
as a dog person...
September 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
as a dog person...
help me budget this
August 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
help me budget this
Death Stranding 2 (PS5)
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I'm one of the weirdos that loved the first game and its friction, so while I loved DS2, it shaved off enough of the rough edges that it lost some of its soul for me.
That said, Kojima has been emboldened to indulge himself for some amazing set pieces and performances.
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I'm one of the weirdos that loved the first game and its friction, so while I loved DS2, it shaved off enough of the rough edges that it lost some of its soul for me.
That said, Kojima has been emboldened to indulge himself for some amazing set pieces and performances.
July 23, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Death Stranding 2 (PS5)
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I'm one of the weirdos that loved the first game and its friction, so while I loved DS2, it shaved off enough of the rough edges that it lost some of its soul for me.
That said, Kojima has been emboldened to indulge himself for some amazing set pieces and performances.
---
I'm one of the weirdos that loved the first game and its friction, so while I loved DS2, it shaved off enough of the rough edges that it lost some of its soul for me.
That said, Kojima has been emboldened to indulge himself for some amazing set pieces and performances.
I guess someone on the crew ended up telling him.
July 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I guess someone on the crew ended up telling him.
This game does some good sunsets.
July 16, 2025 at 2:14 AM
This game does some good sunsets.
Hope you're feeling a bit better 🫂
My nerdy thing is that I'm really enjoying building stuff for other folks in Death Stranding, and Norman Reedus delivers a really corny dad-esque "wonderful repair job, it's practically spotless" line any time you repair your trucks that makes me smile.
also dog
My nerdy thing is that I'm really enjoying building stuff for other folks in Death Stranding, and Norman Reedus delivers a really corny dad-esque "wonderful repair job, it's practically spotless" line any time you repair your trucks that makes me smile.
also dog
July 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Hope you're feeling a bit better 🫂
My nerdy thing is that I'm really enjoying building stuff for other folks in Death Stranding, and Norman Reedus delivers a really corny dad-esque "wonderful repair job, it's practically spotless" line any time you repair your trucks that makes me smile.
also dog
My nerdy thing is that I'm really enjoying building stuff for other folks in Death Stranding, and Norman Reedus delivers a really corny dad-esque "wonderful repair job, it's practically spotless" line any time you repair your trucks that makes me smile.
also dog
happy 1st anniversary to my hospital breakfast
July 7, 2025 at 3:53 AM
happy 1st anniversary to my hospital breakfast
hold on, things might be looking up, I'm massive.
July 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
hold on, things might be looking up, I'm massive.
The Alters (PS5)
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Something I don't recall put me off in the pre-release marketing, but decided to play it anyway after the glowing reviews.
The first hour or two felt a bit underwhelming, but oh boy did it get its hooks in me after that! I barely put it down until I hit the credits.
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Something I don't recall put me off in the pre-release marketing, but decided to play it anyway after the glowing reviews.
The first hour or two felt a bit underwhelming, but oh boy did it get its hooks in me after that! I barely put it down until I hit the credits.
June 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The Alters (PS5)
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Something I don't recall put me off in the pre-release marketing, but decided to play it anyway after the glowing reviews.
The first hour or two felt a bit underwhelming, but oh boy did it get its hooks in me after that! I barely put it down until I hit the credits.
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Something I don't recall put me off in the pre-release marketing, but decided to play it anyway after the glowing reviews.
The first hour or two felt a bit underwhelming, but oh boy did it get its hooks in me after that! I barely put it down until I hit the credits.
Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time (PS5)
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It's been a while, I've started a bunch of games recently but it's meant finishing fewer overall.
Fantasy Life is a lot of fun, it definitely skews younger, but it has so much charm and there's a lot of different loops to engage with.
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It's been a while, I've started a bunch of games recently but it's meant finishing fewer overall.
Fantasy Life is a lot of fun, it definitely skews younger, but it has so much charm and there's a lot of different loops to engage with.
June 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time (PS5)
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It's been a while, I've started a bunch of games recently but it's meant finishing fewer overall.
Fantasy Life is a lot of fun, it definitely skews younger, but it has so much charm and there's a lot of different loops to engage with.
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It's been a while, I've started a bunch of games recently but it's meant finishing fewer overall.
Fantasy Life is a lot of fun, it definitely skews younger, but it has so much charm and there's a lot of different loops to engage with.
It makes sense that the blue group is overall the majority though, he's definitely got a lot of those features even if he isn't 46% just one of them.
Freddie is like 16% Chihuahua and 12% Chow Chow (and a whole mix of staffy/pitty/etc. stuff like Edward) 🤷🏼♂️
Freddie is like 16% Chihuahua and 12% Chow Chow (and a whole mix of staffy/pitty/etc. stuff like Edward) 🤷🏼♂️
June 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
It makes sense that the blue group is overall the majority though, he's definitely got a lot of those features even if he isn't 46% just one of them.
Freddie is like 16% Chihuahua and 12% Chow Chow (and a whole mix of staffy/pitty/etc. stuff like Edward) 🤷🏼♂️
Freddie is like 16% Chihuahua and 12% Chow Chow (and a whole mix of staffy/pitty/etc. stuff like Edward) 🤷🏼♂️
... and they won't get it back till they've done their basic production principles!
June 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
... and they won't get it back till they've done their basic production principles!
Mount Day will forever live in my memory.
June 13, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Mount Day will forever live in my memory.
Can't a guy just talk about portals on the internet!?
June 7, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Can't a guy just talk about portals on the internet!?