Tom De Roeck
@tomderoeck.bsky.social
Producer, "Generalist Everything" (AKA a little bit of everything, poorly) & Cocktailrobot Handler
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Tom De Roeck
@tomderoeck.bsky.social
· Dec 15
As it says, quote post your first and latest game, game devs.
brilliant art for my first game done by the wonderful @pixeloccult.bsky.social btw
brilliant art for my first game done by the wonderful @pixeloccult.bsky.social btw
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Just released. The most important, under-reported story of the Russo-Ukraine War since Trump became President is how the Chinese now feel that they can pile in with Russian support. They are now helping Russia across the board, with components, technical help… open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
The Biggest Under-Reported Story of 2025
Since Trump has become President, China has ramped up its support for Russia to hammer Ukraine.
open.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Just released. The most important, under-reported story of the Russo-Ukraine War since Trump became President is how the Chinese now feel that they can pile in with Russian support. They are now helping Russia across the board, with components, technical help… open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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![Extra two panels to the meme
1: Guard on the tower saying [bluesky post by Qsy
@qsy.bsky.social
"Oh yeah btw the reason why Vine is being relaunched with great fanfare and no Al is because it's jointly operated with an Al company and they probably don;t want to pollute their scrap pile with stuff they've already shat out."]
2: Guy in blue tunic pulling the lever and shouting "CLOSE THE GATE".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:56la2acetaj5pkcx5qf6opds/bafkreif4rrdte5uq37ad6hrsa77crbvkkafdshqgcsjcecq6wtssw365ii@jpeg)
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My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Rebecca Heineman - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
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Planning your week? Cory Doctorow’s #booktalk on ENSHITTIFICATION is your chance to learn who broke the internet & how we can fix it.
The concept was the 2023 Word of the Year & an inspiration for the 2025 season of Black Mirror.
📆 Nov 21st
🕙 10 AM PST
📍 Online
www.eventbrite.com/e/1839608451...
The concept was the 2023 Word of the Year & an inspiration for the 2025 season of Black Mirror.
📆 Nov 21st
🕙 10 AM PST
📍 Online
www.eventbrite.com/e/1839608451...
November 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Planning your week? Cory Doctorow’s #booktalk on ENSHITTIFICATION is your chance to learn who broke the internet & how we can fix it.
The concept was the 2023 Word of the Year & an inspiration for the 2025 season of Black Mirror.
📆 Nov 21st
🕙 10 AM PST
📍 Online
www.eventbrite.com/e/1839608451...
The concept was the 2023 Word of the Year & an inspiration for the 2025 season of Black Mirror.
📆 Nov 21st
🕙 10 AM PST
📍 Online
www.eventbrite.com/e/1839608451...
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Are you a minister? Are you unhappy? Do you hate your job or have no idea what you're doing? Would you like the entire UK progressive media to praise you for the next 72 hours and talk about you as a future leadership contender? RESIGN!
November 17, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Are you a minister? Are you unhappy? Do you hate your job or have no idea what you're doing? Would you like the entire UK progressive media to praise you for the next 72 hours and talk about you as a future leadership contender? RESIGN!
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I recently asked "Should you be able to kill the quest giver?" over here obn BSky, and got a load of interesting thoughts and solutions. Instead of letting htem all die with the thread, I wrote an article about it on my blog.
www.nullpointer.co.uk/should-you-b...
www.nullpointer.co.uk/should-you-b...
Should you be able to kill the quest giver? - RPG design
I have been prototyping a new game, an RPG of sorts. And…
www.nullpointer.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I recently asked "Should you be able to kill the quest giver?" over here obn BSky, and got a load of interesting thoughts and solutions. Instead of letting htem all die with the thread, I wrote an article about it on my blog.
www.nullpointer.co.uk/should-you-b...
www.nullpointer.co.uk/should-you-b...
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dw about it I'm sure it's fine
November 17, 2025 at 7:16 AM
dw about it I'm sure it's fine
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It is looking increasingly likely that Ana - probably the person most involved in organizing protests against payment processor censorship recently - is getting hit by retaliation by those organizations.
Friend tried to donate to my Throne, flagged by fraud detection at Bank of America — bank identified the transaction as specially for “giantess voretuber Ana Valens”
I suspect I faced those Patreon / Ko-fi dings b/c financial institutions have me, specifically, on record as a high risk recipient!
I suspect I faced those Patreon / Ko-fi dings b/c financial institutions have me, specifically, on record as a high risk recipient!
November 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
It is looking increasingly likely that Ana - probably the person most involved in organizing protests against payment processor censorship recently - is getting hit by retaliation by those organizations.
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This framing saddens me because it totally erases survivors who are sex worker rights activists. The “Equality Model” promoted by this org is the dangerous Nordic Model—deportation of undocumented SWers, coerced legal testimony from SWers, prohibition of SW safety resources, & surveillance of SWers.
November 17, 2025 at 3:48 AM
This framing saddens me because it totally erases survivors who are sex worker rights activists. The “Equality Model” promoted by this org is the dangerous Nordic Model—deportation of undocumented SWers, coerced legal testimony from SWers, prohibition of SW safety resources, & surveillance of SWers.
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There were 93 homicides in London last year: population 9 million
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
November 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
There were 93 homicides in London last year: population 9 million
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
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I am closing in on 1000 supporters on my Patreon. Not all of them are paying supporters, of course, but it makes me deliriously happy that you care about my work this way. Many posts are free to read, and paying support starts at $1 with access to 2000 posts. www.patreon.com/c/ColleenDoran
Colleen Doran | Patreon
Creating Comics and Illustrated Books
www.patreon.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I am closing in on 1000 supporters on my Patreon. Not all of them are paying supporters, of course, but it makes me deliriously happy that you care about my work this way. Many posts are free to read, and paying support starts at $1 with access to 2000 posts. www.patreon.com/c/ColleenDoran
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I recently switched back to windows after 20 years on mac and found Chris Titus’s Winutil to be very helpful in clearing away all the garbage in win11. Good luck!
November 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I recently switched back to windows after 20 years on mac and found Chris Titus’s Winutil to be very helpful in clearing away all the garbage in win11. Good luck!
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Hi All, Just sent out my free weekend update. It starts with the Ukrainian corruption scandal--we must all remember that this war is not about Zelensky personally, it’s about that for which the Ukrainians are fighting and dying. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Weekend Update #159: Ukraine Is Much More Than Zelensky
Ukraine’s Ranged War: Thermal Plants and Ports; Russia's Ranged War: Darkness and Death; Pokrovsk is all about the Relative Losses
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Hi All, Just sent out my free weekend update. It starts with the Ukrainian corruption scandal--we must all remember that this war is not about Zelensky personally, it’s about that for which the Ukrainians are fighting and dying. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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Introductory First Post:
Hello,… I am primarily a Hardware Designer for Entertainment - like these:
Hello,… I am primarily a Hardware Designer for Entertainment - like these:
November 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Introductory First Post:
Hello,… I am primarily a Hardware Designer for Entertainment - like these:
Hello,… I am primarily a Hardware Designer for Entertainment - like these:
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November 15, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Russian troops caught on camera again executing two unarmed Ukrainian soldiers who had surrendered, according to @Deepstate_UA analysts. The Russians were reportedly killed in Ukrainian FPV drone attacks shortly after.
I will not post the video.
I will not post the video.
November 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Russian troops caught on camera again executing two unarmed Ukrainian soldiers who had surrendered, according to @Deepstate_UA analysts. The Russians were reportedly killed in Ukrainian FPV drone attacks shortly after.
I will not post the video.
I will not post the video.
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your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
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Braun FS80 Television (1964)
November 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Braun FS80 Television (1964)
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Just sent out this post. Ukrainian society deserves more than to suffer through indignities such as the present corruption scandal. Zelensky needs to take decisive action this time. Ukrainians not only deserve it… open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
The Ukrainian People Deserve Better
The latest corruption scandal must lead to real change
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Just sent out this post. Ukrainian society deserves more than to suffer through indignities such as the present corruption scandal. Zelensky needs to take decisive action this time. Ukrainians not only deserve it… open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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Man, I really leveled up with dropshot. Can't wait for y'all to play the full thing. It's a banger, one of the best I've ever made.
store.steampowered.com/app/3465190/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3465190/...
November 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Man, I really leveled up with dropshot. Can't wait for y'all to play the full thing. It's a banger, one of the best I've ever made.
store.steampowered.com/app/3465190/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3465190/...
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Who wants to join me for Game Developers & Cheeseburgers (GDC) in Toronto on Saturday, March 7, 2026?
Attendance costs the price of a cheeseburger, fries and a drink divided by the number of attendees who aren't me.
RSVP below so we can book an appropriately sized venue.
Attendance costs the price of a cheeseburger, fries and a drink divided by the number of attendees who aren't me.
RSVP below so we can book an appropriately sized venue.
October 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Who wants to join me for Game Developers & Cheeseburgers (GDC) in Toronto on Saturday, March 7, 2026?
Attendance costs the price of a cheeseburger, fries and a drink divided by the number of attendees who aren't me.
RSVP below so we can book an appropriately sized venue.
Attendance costs the price of a cheeseburger, fries and a drink divided by the number of attendees who aren't me.
RSVP below so we can book an appropriately sized venue.
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Someone has built a working full-scale version of the glider from Miyazaki's Nausicaa!
youtu.be/DXUuExL8Cac?...
youtu.be/DXUuExL8Cac?...
Sekiyado testflight 2025/11/08_2
YouTube video by kazuhiko hachiya
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Someone has built a working full-scale version of the glider from Miyazaki's Nausicaa!
youtu.be/DXUuExL8Cac?...
youtu.be/DXUuExL8Cac?...
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Ubisoft just postponed its earnings report and halted the trading of its shares. Unclear why at this point but could indicate a major announcement related to the company.
November 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Ubisoft just postponed its earnings report and halted the trading of its shares. Unclear why at this point but could indicate a major announcement related to the company.
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Any RPG-heads recognise this quote and know who originally said it (we think a game designer)?
"Just because D&D is behind me does not mean it's beneath me."
"Just because D&D is behind me does not mean it's beneath me."
November 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Any RPG-heads recognise this quote and know who originally said it (we think a game designer)?
"Just because D&D is behind me does not mean it's beneath me."
"Just because D&D is behind me does not mean it's beneath me."