Chris Butler
@avalix.bsky.social
Lead Programmer @ ZA/UM on Disco Elysium for Mobile | Ex-Freelance Indie Dev |🟥🟪🟦|🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️| Unity/C#/C++ | Board games | Cat Dad
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Chris Butler
@avalix.bsky.social
· Dec 26
This year has been so good for video games - I've managed to play a lot this year so I'll share my highlights of the year that you should play!
These might not have come out this year, just that I played them this year.
These might not have come out this year, just that I played them this year.
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🚨 There’s a new assignment, CASCADE.
#ZEROPARADES: For Dead Spies is coming to #SteamNextFest with a free, time-limited demo.
Wishlist on Steam now, and jump into the demo from Feb 23rd:
tr.ee/nextfestanno...
#ZEROPARADES: For Dead Spies is coming to #SteamNextFest with a free, time-limited demo.
Wishlist on Steam now, and jump into the demo from Feb 23rd:
tr.ee/nextfestanno...
February 12, 2026 at 2:23 PM
🚨 There’s a new assignment, CASCADE.
#ZEROPARADES: For Dead Spies is coming to #SteamNextFest with a free, time-limited demo.
Wishlist on Steam now, and jump into the demo from Feb 23rd:
tr.ee/nextfestanno...
#ZEROPARADES: For Dead Spies is coming to #SteamNextFest with a free, time-limited demo.
Wishlist on Steam now, and jump into the demo from Feb 23rd:
tr.ee/nextfestanno...
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There are countless actual human beings right now being denied personhood, and you're publishing articles wondering if the world's most expensive game of mad libs knows what it means to dream.
Experiments conducted with the A.I. system Claude are producing fascinating results—and raising questions about the nature of selfhood. Gideon Lewis-Kraus reports from inside the company that designed it, Anthropic. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/rOfXjg
February 11, 2026 at 7:08 PM
There are countless actual human beings right now being denied personhood, and you're publishing articles wondering if the world's most expensive game of mad libs knows what it means to dream.
oh heck yeah the whisper and tangle vo is perfect <3
February 10, 2026 at 11:52 PM
oh heck yeah the whisper and tangle vo is perfect <3
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Mannnn.... I just finished Shuten Order - store.steampowered.com/app/3216500/...
It's a little rough around the edges, but damn, what a good story!
If you like your Ace Attorney / Zero Escape / Danganronpa like games, I highly recommend you give it a go!
It's a little rough around the edges, but damn, what a good story!
If you like your Ace Attorney / Zero Escape / Danganronpa like games, I highly recommend you give it a go!
SHUTEN ORDER on Steam
"168 remaining until the end of the world..." Humanity is approaching its end. A sudden dismemberment murder of the leader of a religious nation that advocates an apocalyptic ideology... Fiv...
store.steampowered.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Mannnn.... I just finished Shuten Order - store.steampowered.com/app/3216500/...
It's a little rough around the edges, but damn, what a good story!
If you like your Ace Attorney / Zero Escape / Danganronpa like games, I highly recommend you give it a go!
It's a little rough around the edges, but damn, what a good story!
If you like your Ace Attorney / Zero Escape / Danganronpa like games, I highly recommend you give it a go!
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The young people will:
- Recognize Heavy from TF2
- Recognize Max from Furaffinity
- Learn about Homestar Runner dot Com
- Wonder what's so special about this fourth guy who is just every person they've ever blocked on social media
- Recognize Heavy from TF2
- Recognize Max from Furaffinity
- Learn about Homestar Runner dot Com
- Wonder what's so special about this fourth guy who is just every person they've ever blocked on social media
Poker Night at the Inventory (remastered) coming to Steam on March 5 from Skunkape Games store.steampowered.com/app/3897800/...
February 7, 2026 at 1:28 PM
The young people will:
- Recognize Heavy from TF2
- Recognize Max from Furaffinity
- Learn about Homestar Runner dot Com
- Wonder what's so special about this fourth guy who is just every person they've ever blocked on social media
- Recognize Heavy from TF2
- Recognize Max from Furaffinity
- Learn about Homestar Runner dot Com
- Wonder what's so special about this fourth guy who is just every person they've ever blocked on social media
Well thats about what i expected - however i need to work harder this 2026 to push more towards the queer shitposters
February 9, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Well thats about what i expected - however i need to work harder this 2026 to push more towards the queer shitposters
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"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"
February 6, 2026 at 7:29 PM
"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"
The Insomina is strong tonight
February 5, 2026 at 3:41 AM
The Insomina is strong tonight
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I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for
* Google AI Summaries
* YouTube Ask button & chat summaries
* GitHub Copilot
* Facebook AI chat
* X's Grok buttons
* Deviantart DreamUp
* Booru AI images
* And more
github.com/Stevoisiak/S...
* Google AI Summaries
* YouTube Ask button & chat summaries
* GitHub Copilot
* Facebook AI chat
* X's Grok buttons
* Deviantart DreamUp
* Booru AI images
* And more
github.com/Stevoisiak/S...
February 3, 2026 at 12:30 AM
I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for
* Google AI Summaries
* YouTube Ask button & chat summaries
* GitHub Copilot
* Facebook AI chat
* X's Grok buttons
* Deviantart DreamUp
* Booru AI images
* And more
github.com/Stevoisiak/S...
* Google AI Summaries
* YouTube Ask button & chat summaries
* GitHub Copilot
* Facebook AI chat
* X's Grok buttons
* Deviantart DreamUp
* Booru AI images
* And more
github.com/Stevoisiak/S...
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Good god. We've spent a decade with the British media - including the BBC - claiming that the 'gender critical' movement wanted to 'protect women and girls'.
And it turns out Jeffrey Epstein was funding part of it.
And it turns out Jeffrey Epstein was funding part of it.
I'm not being facetious. Epstein was apparently giving talking points to the people pushing anti trans rhetoric in the UK.
February 2, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Good god. We've spent a decade with the British media - including the BBC - claiming that the 'gender critical' movement wanted to 'protect women and girls'.
And it turns out Jeffrey Epstein was funding part of it.
And it turns out Jeffrey Epstein was funding part of it.
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DOCTOR: I told him he needed to get out to a show, that was how he would cure his depression.
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
February 2, 2026 at 3:58 AM
DOCTOR: I told him he needed to get out to a show, that was how he would cure his depression.
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
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Okay wow. We're SO CLOSE to 100 reviews. When we get 100, the algorithm sits up and PROPERLY takes notice of us, which will make a *world* of difference.
The strongest way right now to support Size Five is to grab a copy and drop a review asap. Your help means everything to me, thank you ❤️
The strongest way right now to support Size Five is to grab a copy and drop a review asap. Your help means everything to me, thank you ❤️
As we head into the weekend, a quick reminder that Earth Must Die requires your PURCHASE and REVIEW please, so that we stay totally relevant.
Every copy sold at this critical juncture helps us out more than, like three copies sold next week. So please do.
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
Every copy sold at this critical juncture helps us out more than, like three copies sold next week. So please do.
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
January 31, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Okay wow. We're SO CLOSE to 100 reviews. When we get 100, the algorithm sits up and PROPERLY takes notice of us, which will make a *world* of difference.
The strongest way right now to support Size Five is to grab a copy and drop a review asap. Your help means everything to me, thank you ❤️
The strongest way right now to support Size Five is to grab a copy and drop a review asap. Your help means everything to me, thank you ❤️
Earth Must Die finsihed - store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/... - Fun point and click, but the voice acting and humour is the highlight!
Save 25% on Earth Must Die on Steam
These moronic Terranoids think they can just roll in here and take over my beautiful Tyrythian kingdom? The kingdom that I built from the ground up with my bare hands, and only sort of inherited from ...
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January 29, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Earth Must Die finsihed - store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/... - Fun point and click, but the voice acting and humour is the highlight!
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It is extremely frustrating to discover that the Government had the ability to train us with useful skills before this, but we're being trained on AI instead
BREAKING: Free AI training will be offered to every adult in the UK, with short courses to teach people how to use simple AI tools effectively in the workplace.
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
January 28, 2026 at 12:04 PM
It is extremely frustrating to discover that the Government had the ability to train us with useful skills before this, but we're being trained on AI instead
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You can’t tell me we have a functioning economic system when the richest man in human history is one of the most profoundly stupid people in human history
January 27, 2026 at 2:11 AM
You can’t tell me we have a functioning economic system when the richest man in human history is one of the most profoundly stupid people in human history
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part of this is like, conservatives projecting; part of this is conservatives unable to imagine politics without money; and part of this is dudes who are so out of touch with feminized labor that they think children's birthday parties exist as a spontaneous act of parthogenesis
I mostly just stay off Twitter altogether but after double checking that the Walter Hudson post was still up I ran across this and just had to share so the Romancelandians who bought hand warmers could hear about the PROFESSIONAL GRADE LOGISTICS.
January 26, 2026 at 12:14 AM
part of this is like, conservatives projecting; part of this is conservatives unable to imagine politics without money; and part of this is dudes who are so out of touch with feminized labor that they think children's birthday parties exist as a spontaneous act of parthogenesis
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Graham Linehan proves the point that trans liberationists have been saying from the start:
If you'll permit dehumanising and stripping the rights of trans people, you will dehumanise and strip the rights of anyone on a long enough timeline.
If you'll permit dehumanising and stripping the rights of trans people, you will dehumanise and strip the rights of anyone on a long enough timeline.
This is exactly the same playbook Graham Linehan uses against trans people, where defending trans rights is cast as defending "rape" and "paedophilia." He uses "rape" and "paedophilia" as punchlines, and, therefore, all of his hate speech and advocation for violence against his enemies is justified.
January 26, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Graham Linehan proves the point that trans liberationists have been saying from the start:
If you'll permit dehumanising and stripping the rights of trans people, you will dehumanise and strip the rights of anyone on a long enough timeline.
If you'll permit dehumanising and stripping the rights of trans people, you will dehumanise and strip the rights of anyone on a long enough timeline.
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Nine years to the day since Graham Linehan foresaw his own fate.
January 26, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Nine years to the day since Graham Linehan foresaw his own fate.
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Even if I discounted every other shitty thing they've done, Labour's treatment of trans people alone is enough for me to want to see them destroyed so they never come close to power again. What sort of people demand that organisations be bigoted towards a 6 year old? They're just utter rancid scum.
Reading how the UK Girl Guides has treated a 6 year old child is beyond heartbreaking. This story should be published everywhere except we know the mainstream news would never dare.
medium.com/@ParentofaTr...
medium.com/@ParentofaTr...
🌈 She Just Wanted to Wear the Uniform — How a Six-Year-Old Trans Girl Was Left Behind
An impact story of a 6 year old trans girl.
medium.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Even if I discounted every other shitty thing they've done, Labour's treatment of trans people alone is enough for me to want to see them destroyed so they never come close to power again. What sort of people demand that organisations be bigoted towards a 6 year old? They're just utter rancid scum.
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listen, not say that art from problematic people can't have value or be analysed, but i gotta say if you are giving this dipshit money or advertising space in a showcase in 2026, you can eat shit
January 23, 2026 at 12:17 AM
listen, not say that art from problematic people can't have value or be analysed, but i gotta say if you are giving this dipshit money or advertising space in a showcase in 2026, you can eat shit
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it's wild that whole "women are biologically inferior devs" thread hasn't stuck to him like tar
Back on twitter he said women don't make good gamedevs and like............ We at least ship titles 🤷
January 22, 2026 at 11:48 PM
it's wild that whole "women are biologically inferior devs" thread hasn't stuck to him like tar
Time to share my mild take again that The Looker is the better game with a way better payoff store.steampowered.com/app/1985690/...
The Looker on Steam
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
store.steampowered.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Time to share my mild take again that The Looker is the better game with a way better payoff store.steampowered.com/app/1985690/...
Well that tracks
NEW: I spoke to Jonathan Blow about his ambitious new puzzle game and why it took ten years to make. Then, days after the announcement, three designers came out denouncing Blow for his views on Trump (pro), vaccines (anti), and more. Here's the whole messy story: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
A Controversial Video-Game Designer Returns With a New Game and More Controversy
The announcement of ‘Order of the Sinking Star’ was met with criticism over the political views of its creator Jonathan Blow
www.bloomberg.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Well that tracks