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Which "genre" is next ? Saw @v21.bsky.social took care of "indie game" already.
November 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Yakkafo avait fait ceci yakkafo.itch.io/lhdvell !
Le Héros dont vous êtes le livre by Yakkafo
Vous surprenez une conversation suspecte… À vous d’écrire la suite.
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November 15, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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distraction.engineer
Snapshot of my similar post over on LinkedIn, where I'm a bit more succinct and cover a bit more ground.

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I also realize it's nearly 5 PM on Friday (worst possible time to do this), but well that's just how these things go. 🤷
Hi, I need some help. ⚠️ I'm a 25 year Canadian professional system level software and game developer that needs a job/gig ASAP! I've been stuck in the "waiting game hell" of dozens of big tech companies the past 9+ months, applying for and bending over backwards for jobs and gigs that ultimately go nowhere. For reasons I don't want to get into, my wife and I don't have the luxury of waiting anymore. Historically I've been a senior/lead developer, even the technical director at companies, but at this point I'll gladly take a junior role if it's remote and pays decently. So please, if you know me and you know someone that needs an engineer ASAP, pass this on. Thank you! Resume types, start here: https://lnkd.in/eMTZzXA9 To the point: Anything C, C++, Assembly, JavaScript (TypeScript), or "non-Laravel" PHP is welcome. I have decades of extensive professional experience in all of those. I also dabble in Go (on server software) and in Rust (for embedded/microcontrollers), so both are also welcome. These days Linux is my preference, but I'm an expert at porting software, open source tooling, GPU stuff, networking (custom protocol design and enterprise network deployment), debugging/tracing/getting dirty with any hardware that comes my way. I've architected and deployed software and online infrastructures that run on dozens of nodes across multiple locales. I also have decades of experience supporting and running online developer communities. It's fair to say I've done a bit of everything across the software spectrum, plus made several commercial video games. Phew, I realize that's a lot, but I'm in a bind and need to solve my "lack of work" problem sooner than later. Thanks for reading and sharing! - Mike
November 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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v21.bsky.social
new blog post: I also wrote about "metroidbranias". Surely if enough of us write about how we dislike a term, people will stop using it? That's how it works, right? blog.vbuckenham.com/database-gam...
Database games
Bruno Dias recently posted this (good) blog post: Against ‘Metroidbrania’: a Landscape of Knowledge GamesWhat are knowledge games? How do we relate them to each other? What sub-genres exist – and whi...
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November 13, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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That's a bug similar to a one Inky has regularly when people save to a folder under Windows OneDrive management (difficult to reproduce, unfixed)
November 11, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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nochorus.bsky.social
Screenshot of Tweets that say: "Once at my granny's house my uncle excitedly said a James Bond film was on the tv. My Da said "sure they're all the same, a load of lads shooting at one lad then a mountain blows up." My uncle got really mad at how reductive that was then became furious when the mountain blew up. My Da, of course, knew it was the one where the mountain blows up at the end. This was a foundational lesson which illustrated to me that walking the path of the hater means knowing more about something that people who profess to like it."
February 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM