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Matt Sheridan @mattsheridan.bsky.social · 1h

Hell yeah. This software package is gold. Hold onto those pre-SaaS CDs and keys, folks.

Jesse Post @yourfriendjesse.bsky.social · 1h

FYI, I use Adobe Creative Suite 6 to make comics.

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Matt Sheridan @mattsheridan.bsky.social · 2h

The aesthetics in this submarine horror game are mouth-watering. I mean, I want to eat it.

Really looking forward to this one. Don’t know much about the gameplay yet, but it’s got me thinking about Iron Lung and Voices of the Void, and those are good things to think about.

Monad 𒉎 𝙵𝚞𝚕𝚕 𝙵𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚖 @monad.boo · 3h

I don't even know what I'm making anymore

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Matt Sheridan @mattsheridan.bsky.social · 2h

Thanks! For me, one of the most fun things in RPGs is taking some kind of random starting point—like a character’s stats or something rolled on a table—and trying to interpret that into something that makes sense, something that works mechanically and thematically.

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Matt Sheridan @mattsheridan.bsky.social · 20h

Has anybody made an indie horror game around a WebSDR-style radio interface yet? I feel like that's so perfect it has to happen. websdr.org

websdr.org

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Matt Sheridan @mattsheridan.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, hell yeah. I am extremely on board. Wishlisted.

James Wragg @lovelyhellplace.bsky.social · 1d

Uhh, I guess I should start posting Entropy stuff, huh?

Entropy has permadeath - that means you'll hire from the 𝕸𝖊𝖗𝖈 𝕭𝖔𝖆𝖗𝖉 when your party gets murdered.

Mercs are generated with different:
⭐Stats & Perks
📜Bios & Personalities
👺Bodies & Clothes
🗡️Equipment

store.steampowered.com/app/3940340/...

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Jameela Wahlgren 🏳️‍🌈 🎨 @jameelawahlgren.bsky.social · 1d

Holy shit this Gobelins student film is absolutely incredible. Real Vampire Hunter D vibes

m.youtube.com/watch?v=O515...

NICCOLO - Animation Short Film 2025 - GOBELINS

YouTube video by GOBELINS Paris

m.youtube.com

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Your bloody Rodrigo Vargas @letsgorodrigo.bsky.social · 5d

Oh look! You can buy this cute little anthology I have a comic in! with a discount?! cheap comics to celebrate my birthday! WHAT THE HELL!?!?!?!?!?!

store.ironcircus.com/products/the...

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Matt Sheridan @mattsheridan.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, this particular kind of generative AI use confuses me. Like, if you can’t be bothered to write a thing, how can you expect other people to read it? I think he’d be better off just sending out the bullet point version that he handed to the machine in the first place.

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❍ @latticeparable.bsky.social · 2d

I am working on an artbook about Mushroom societies that have overgrown the world after humanity has gone extinct

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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 2d

The first lady has gotten a book ripped from shelves and destroyed.

The bit she didn't like was where it reported that Epstein introduced her to her husband.

Oh, but they don't ban books. #bannedbooksweek

Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 2d

In other news Charlie Redmayne, the long serving CEO of HC in the UK, resigned yesterday.

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vincent | SB Comics Fair @vincentlalalau.bsky.social · 2d

trailer for my new comic! @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social

www.shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-sq4wj/p...

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Chris Kotiesen @chriskotiesen.bsky.social · 2d

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Xalavier Nelson Jr. @writnelson.bsky.social · 3d

You would not believe how many stories like this have been popping up over the last ~5 years

Not just full games cancelled—entire characters and plot lines removed or changed, leaving less time for making the *rest of the game better*, to try avoiding a small and malicious contingent of voices.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 3d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Matt Sheridan @mattsheridan.bsky.social · 2d

There's also a digression in there where I get into the random tables I came up with to help stock this thing. Because I didn't really manage to stay on the whole crossword concept very well. But hey, the tables could be handy!

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Matt Sheridan @mattsheridan.bsky.social · 2d

Okay, so this one kind of got away from me, but I FINALLY finished my crossword puzzle dungeon. groovepit.neocities.org

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Matt Sheridan @mattsheridan.bsky.social · 2d

Hey, so Incunabuli is an insanely cool RPG setting, and I feel like it doesn't get anywhere near the attention it deserves. I mean, it is full of ideas that just set my brain ON FIRE. Great short fiction, too! For real: Check it out, hit the lore link, and just get obsessed. incunabuli.com

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Matt Sheridan @mattsheridan.bsky.social · 3d

I need to know that Swery has played Baby Steps. I mean, I just really think he’d like it.

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S E Case @secase.bsky.social · 9d

In the hopes of getting more eyeballs on Rigsby WI: Burn it Down leading up to the print edition's Kickstarter launch, I'll be posting Burn it Down pages in this thread over the next few days! If you havent read it, check it out ⬇️
KS: www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...
Webcomic: rigsbywi.com

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 4d

It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 4d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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S E Case @secase.bsky.social · 5d

IT'S ALIVE!!! Grab a copy of Rigsby WI Volume 2: Burn it Down in the first hour and get FREE DOMESTIC SHIPPING!! Pledge now and show your support for Indie Comics!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...

The cover of Rigsby WI: Burn it Down, showing Anna with her bike in front of a burning building

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 5d

A HALF HOUR REMAINS to score FREE domestic and DISCOUNTED international shipping on Rigsby WI book 2!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...

Rigsby WI - Volume 2: Burn It Down, by SE Case

The second volume of SE Case's Eisner-nominated webcomic about the brutal disaster of being a teen in the early 2000s!

www.kickstarter.com

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Blue Sky Rob- Looking For Work! 🏳️‍⚧️ @senorwoberto.bsky.social · 7d

I missed that September 30th was the 40th anniversary of my favorite Tom Waits and stereogum made a compilation of commercials that Waits did for the album, they’re gems

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Karla Hellraisersdottir @zusty.bsky.social · 8d

bro, I'm having great difficulty adjusting to postwar life, and what's more, I may be spiraling out of control, bro! a dame is involved, bro!

a photo of a cookie that seems to have some brownie in the middle? its name is BRONOIR

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Dave Capdevielle @cadaverdave.com · 8d

Call 1-866-952-4456 to let Netflix know that you support queer and transgender programming and your subscription will vanish if they cower to bigoted morons like Musk.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 9d

1. Led by Elon Musk, the far-right has exploded in a campaign to get Netflix to remove shows with queer and trans characters.

If Netflix capitulates to their demands, an already strained market for LGBTQ+ animators might become even more dire.

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Elon Musk Leads Campaign To Force Netflix To Remove Shows With Trans Characters

Musk's posts have been seen by tens of millions of users, and many conservatives are now attempting to force Netflix into a removal of LGBTQ+ content.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Matt Sheridan @mattsheridan.bsky.social · 8d

A while back, @ironspike.bsky.social and I watched a video about some scammer's downfall, and we'll never forget the names of the pet alligators that were seized from his home: "Danger" and "Dangerous".

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