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Christopher Yudichak
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Hi there! Hope you’re doing well! So, what do I…

Do: Software developer.
Like: Games, puzzles, music, fun.
Think: Sure, why not?

he/him

Fedi: https://mastodon.social/@TheOddLinguist
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Christopher Yudichak @theoddlinguist.bsky.social · Oct 24
Hi there! If you’ve found yourself here without knowing who I am, my name’s Christopher. Nice to meet you!

I’m a software developer (mostly #ruby and #rails for the past 10 years or so). I enjoy games of all sorts—especially #videoGames and #boardGames. I love solving/designing #puzzles. And more!
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moreperfectunion.bsky.social
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.

Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.

Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
theoddlinguist.bsky.social
At some point yesterday, I wrote a note in my little notepad that says "Think through what to do". That's all it says; there are no further notes.

So… either I've cracked the code behind everything and then Fermat's Last Theorem'd myself, or I need to get better at taking notes.
November 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
theoddlinguist.bsky.social
I genuinely—without trying to make a joke or reference—said out loud earlier today: "There are seven cans in there? How seven‽"

…while also wearing this shirt.
My torso, wearing a purple shirt that says “How Seven!”
November 11, 2025 at 11:35 PM
theoddlinguist.bsky.social
I recently played Lexgrid by Powerdive Games on #playdate, and it was fantastic. Great puzzle design. If you have a Playdate and are a fan of rule-discovery puzzles, I recommend it. (…and it's on sale for the next few days.) play.date/games/lexgrid/
Lexgrid for Playdate
Lexgrid is a rule discovery word game. Discover the meaning behind each symbol, then use them to search for the correct solution.
play.date
November 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
theoddlinguist.bsky.social
Our Vintaglo Christmas lights have arrived (on the expert recommendation of @techconnectify.bsky.social). Very excited to get this integrated into our decorations this year.
Two boxes of Vintaglo Christmas lights. One box has multicolored lights; the other has white. The lights are illustrated on a green Christmas tree. Text on the box: YULE MULTI Green Wire & Sockets For the classic look you used to know, choose Vintaglo NO HARSH COLORS! Optically calibrated for incredible warm & rich color. 100 Christmas Lights ENERGY SAVER LED. Entire set consumes only 5 watts. MERRY CO. 33 FT. LIGHTED LENGTH - INDOOR/OUTDOOR USE Back of the box. Text: You can count on Vintago for superior Christmas lighting. • Fade-proof & Shatterproof • Perfectly Soft White • Ultra-Low Flicker • Quality Copper & Brass Construction THE WORLDS ONLY LIGHTING SET WITH GLOWARM LEDIODE QUALITY FEATURES 33ft. LIGHTED LENGTH 5 WATTS PER SET 20 SETS END-TO-END 4 in. LIGHT SPACING Crafted to shine season after season with copper wiring, frames, brass plugs and connections. Backed by a 2-year guarantee! Experience the timeless warmth of Christmas and see the difference for yourself with Vintaglo lighting sets! This superior Vintaclear light set features a perfect candle-like warm white without the harshness of standard LED sets. Expressly manufactured with 100% GloWarm diodes. Patent Pending technology features all new bulbs that are fade-proof, shatterproof, and engineered for a truly spectacular warm glow. VISIT MERRYCO.COM FOR MORE STYLES
November 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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postmarkgames.bsky.social
youtu.be/ciIa0usT7wM?...
FIGHT WITH PLAYING CARDS. Introducing 52 Duels, a 1 or 2 player duelling game coming to kickstarter next month.

Sign up to get notified when we launch! www.kickstarter.com/projects/pos...
52 DUELS - A fight with playing cards for 1-2 players
YouTube video by Roll Them Bones
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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arnieniekamp.bsky.social
It’s exactly early enough to start talking about Christmas music! My new podcast miniseries No Skip Christmas is out now with its first two episodes featuring Justin McElroy and Helen Zaltzman. 🎄

apple.co/43PDJM3
bit.ly/noskipxmas
November 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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rascal.news
If companies must tell €2 million fibs, under guidance by platforms, to make crowdfunding work.

Well, then crowdfunding doesn't work.
Words must mean something
When is a goal not a goal?
www.rascal.news
November 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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play.date
🆓🟨 FREE domestic shipping and NO tariffs on Playdate purchases through November 30! Buy now and lock in this low, low price for your holiday order.

⚠️ play.date/shop
Yellow image of a brick wall being broken by a speech bubble saying FREE domestic shipping! No tarrifs
November 4, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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buttonshy.bsky.social
We're bringing back some old favorites (and something all new as well!) at Gamefound in the Button Shy 2025 Reprint Campaign. Join us if you've been looking for some of these long lost games. (I know you all missed out on Cortiça's small initial print run) gamefound.com/en/projects/...
Button Shy Reprint Campaign - Late 2025 by Button Shy Games - Gamefound
Reprinting some out of print games and bringing back old favorites. Additional games added via backer votes.
gamefound.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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blainecapatch.bsky.social
dracula: so we meet again mister bond
bond: have we met? sorry
dracula: at susan’s party 
bond:
dracula: in malibu
bond: oh right right the vampire guy
dracula: ha ha yes the vampire guy
June 18, 2023 at 9:06 PM
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theoddlinguist.bsky.social
Well, Halloween is over. Time to swap out all the Halloween decorations for autumn ones.
November 1, 2024 at 3:00 PM
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michaelyichao.com
Our couples costume this year: the Blue Prince and the Blue Prince Inventory and UI 💙👑✨
October 31, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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quackles.bsky.social
My son was basically a celebrity trick or treating tonight. He was on cloud 9 from all the attention. Worth the effort!
A boy standing in front of a house dressed like Hornet from Silksong
November 1, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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howseven.com
Happy Halloween! 🎃

Ravens are scary, right? What about kind, gentle white-feathered ones? …who like card games?

She gives out trinkets! (And pennies, but you'll like them more than when that old lady down the street handed them out.)

Carte Blanche is 20% off on Catalog: play.date/games/carte-...
Carte Blanche for Playdate
Five classic card games. One classy raven.
play.date
October 31, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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lostincult.co.uk
Continue your adventure with Tunic: Design Works! 🦊 @finjico.bsky.social

Uncover the secrets of Tunic's development (and even some of our own!) in our latest Design Works edition by award-winning writer Christian Donlan ⚔️

Deluxe Editions closing 8th January 2026: lostincult.co.uk/tunic
October 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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howseven.com
It's a great time to add to your Playdate library: the Catalog Fall Sale has begun! Blanche is on sale, along with over 200 other fantastic titles!

Also, all our merch is on sale: 20% off everything. Get yourself a nice deck of cards for cozy autumn game nights. shop.howseven.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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famousceleb.co
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and let me know if you have any questions! 🤗
October 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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hownottodraw.bsky.social
I just found the best sticker in my local neighbourhood witch shop
a sticker featuring several multicolour clouds. the biggest one in the middle says "cloud computing" and the four around it all say "your text here"
October 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
theoddlinguist.bsky.social
I don’t think I’ve hit “Add to Cart” faster on anything in my life than this. What‽
lacedrecords.com Laced @lacedrecords.com · 16d
The music of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is coming to vinyl!

A 2LP set with 34 tracks and an 8LP box set with 130 tracks will ship in June, 2026.

Pre-order the Limited Edition colour variants via Laced and My Nintendo Store:
lnk.to/zelda-botw-vinyl
October 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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letitmelo.bsky.social
I legitimately didn't know they were competing with Steam and it's crazy to me that they burnt so much money on what sounds like something with very little (or wildly misguided) market research.
Ethan Evans, former Amazon VP As VP of Prime Gaming at Amazon, we failed multiple times to disrupt the game platform Steam. We were at least 250x bigger, and we tried everything. But ultimately, Goliath lost. Here's why: The 15+ year long attempt to challenge Steam started before I was VP of Prime Gaming, but we never cracked the code. Not under my leadership or anyone else's. The first way we tried to enter the online-game-store market was through acquisition. We acquired Reflexive Entertainment (a small PC game store) and tried to scale it. It went nowhere. Then, after buying Twitch, we created our own PC games store. Our assumption was that gamers would naturally buy from us because they were already using Twitch. Wrong. Finally, we built "Luna," a game streaming service that let people play without a high-end PC. Around the same time, Google tried the same thing with their product "Stadia." Neither gained significant traction. The whole time, Steam dominated despite being a relatively small company (compared to Amazon and Google). The mistake was that we underestimated what made consumers use Steam It was a store, a social network, a library, and a trophy case all in one. And it worked well. At Amazon, we assumed that size and visibility would be enough to attract customers, but we underestimated the power of existing user habits We never validated our core assumptions before investing heavily in solutions. The truth is that gamers already had the solution to their problems and they weren't going to switch platforms just because a new one was available We needed to build something dramatically better, but we failed to do so. And we needed to validate our assumptions about our customers before starting to build. But we never really did that either. Just because you are big enough to build something doesn't mean people will use it
October 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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therackenfracker.bsky.social
If you love cryptics, you’ve probably asked “why aren’t there more, and more fans of them?” The tl;dr is that people can only fall for them if they encounter them, and so first love scales with the publishers. There are precious few; AVCX is a good one. Consider adding their puzzles to your week.
avcx.bsky.social AVCX Classic @avcx.bsky.social · 17d
AVCX, the world’s finest puzzles and games service, and an independent media venture, has done some really cool stuff this year! A thread to brag (and to hype our mini subscription drive) …
October 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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gematsu.com
Simogo Legacy Collection announced for Switch 2, Switch, and PC

Simogo has announced Simogo Legacy Collection, a compilation of the developer's first seven games, available for the first time on consoles and PC. It will launch for Switch 2, Switch, and PC via Steam on December 2 for $14.99.
Simogo Legacy Collection announced for Switch 2, Switch, and PC
Simogo has announced Simogo Legacy Collection, a compilation of the developer's first seven games, available for the first time on consoles and PC. It will launch for Switch 2, Switch, and PC via Steam on December 2 for $14.99.
www.gematsu.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM