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Part Bear, part Fish, all Pie
@bearfishpie.bsky.social
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Scientist/aspiring board game designer/author/maker of bleepy bloops*
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Part Bear, part Fish, all Pie @bearfishpie.bsky.social · Oct 17
Hello, I’m Tom! I look like this ⬅️, live in the UK, and try to cram a little creativity into my spare time when I can muster the energy:

Board game design
Writing
Electronic Musical Noodling
Photography
Misc arty/crafty things
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scowsh.bsky.social
I was super honoured to be asked to make some music for the new playshift games’ shmup/stg ‘Brave Rounds’. Their last game ´Hellblasters’ was awesome so I’m expecting good things! Their last game demo is up now on steam - check it! store.steampowered.com/app/4086510/... #stg #shmup #braverounds
Brave Rounds on Steam
Shoot, punch and get closer through bullets towards enemies in this close range-heavy arcade bullet hell shoot 'em up. A mysterious cult is going to make Mt. Krakatoa explode! By yourself or with a fr...
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February 5, 2026 at 5:48 PM
bearfishpie.bsky.social
@characterissues.bsky.social some *major* Captain Beefheart channeling going on with that Fatman intro
February 4, 2026 at 8:55 AM
bearfishpie.bsky.social
Happy Lots of Zogs Day for all who celebrate it
A page from a children’s learn to read picture book, showing several bright red creatures hatching from eggs in what appears to be a dog basket. A calendar is in the corner showing ‘1 Feb’. Text reads ‘Lots of zogs’
February 1, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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rascal.news
"We've seen the way other companies treat their communities in order to extract profit from them. I'm just so proud that I can work for an organization that doesn't have to resort to that.”

Three members of the nonprofit behind Netrunner talk about balancing growth against an anti-corporate stance.
Null Signal Games is keeping corporations fictional
The volunteer nonprofit behind Netrunner is growing, and growing up, on its own terms.
www.rascal.news
January 29, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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brandyjensen.bsky.social
Catherine O’Hara didn’t steal scenes she just showed up and ownership automatically defaulted to her
January 30, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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kavehtaherian.bsky.social
Catherine O’Hara was the Catherine O’Hara of comedy
January 30, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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stonemaiergames.com
"We see the tremendous weight of grief, anger, and fear that so many are carrying right now. No one should have to live with constant fear. Everyone deserves to feel safe, valued, and to be treated with dignity." Read more: stonemaiergames.com/we-stand-wit...
We Stand with Our Community
A few months ago, my coworker, Alex, moved from St. Louis to Minneapolis. This week I spent some time with him in person for the first time since the move, and we had a long chat about the horrifyi…
stonemaiergames.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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weheart.games
PNP Arcade is now closed.

I'll be posting all of my PNP games to itch for the time being. Today I've added Crownfell, Crownfell: Last Stand, and ExoShip there; I think those were the only ones missing:
weheartgames.itch.io
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January 29, 2026 at 6:16 PM
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arjenvp.bsky.social
another one for @musicweeklies.bsky.social here's my latest composition youtu.be/lQocvO2JlE8
small original composition 57: a fantasy tale | huge soundtrack
YouTube video by Arjen van Putten
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January 28, 2026 at 9:11 PM
bearfishpie.bsky.social
Make sure you’ve downloaded your pnparcade files, folks. A fond farewell to a brilliant store
semicoop.bsky.social Semi Co-op @semicoop.bsky.social · 11d
If you are the kind of cool, sexy gamer that enjoys a print-and-play game www.pnparcade.com is shutting down tomorrow!

So, now is the time to secure all your purchased games and/or buy those games you've been looking at for a while!
PNPArcade
PNPArcade
www.pnparcade.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:51 PM
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musicweeklies.bsky.social
After goin large last week, it’s time to downsize a wee bit! This week we’re goin minimal in our music making. Be as creative as you like: minimal no. of inst, notes, rhythms, it’s up to you! Create your track & post here, to our discord or tag us with the hashtag #minimal by next Monday 2nd Feb
Black/grey background with a small piece of beige card laying atop on the bottom left. On it is the text #minimal
January 26, 2026 at 8:25 AM
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cardboardeast.bsky.social
🚀 Planetpita is the pocket crokinole I’ve been looking for. Follow Cardboard East on YouTube for more unique and quirky games from Asia!

👉 youtube.com/@cardboardeast
January 26, 2026 at 8:52 PM
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maxdavie.bsky.social
Strongly recommend this: games are such a great portal to talking about social structures and niceties, as well as the politics of consumerism, she these folks are brilliant unpackers of all this.
Also funny!
giantbrain.co.uk Iain McAllister @giantbrain.co.uk · 17d
The latest episode of But Why Vikings? features not only the wonderful @ava.foxfort.net and the dashing @timclare.bsky.social but also questions about etiquette from @semicoop.bsky.social and their thoughts on the role of BGA thanks to @maxdavie.bsky.social

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The tyranny of structurelessness
Podcast Episode · But Why Vikings? · 23/01/2026 · 1h 4m
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January 26, 2026 at 7:51 PM
bearfishpie.bsky.social
I’ve slacked off over the last few years but will endeavour to capture my thoughts on the books I read in 2026 🧵
January 25, 2026 at 10:09 PM
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eizebasa.baby
Much love to everyone using the depressions to get through the narrow passages.
Screenshot from Kurukuru Kururin: “When you go through the narrow passages, use the depressions.”
January 11, 2026 at 7:28 PM
bearfishpie.bsky.social
Oof, that was a toughie

I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Jan 25th 2026 (Evil), in less than 27 minutes
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cluesbysam.com
Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
cluesbysam.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:01 PM
bearfishpie.bsky.social
In the work Teams chat there was a discussion about using copper to remediate contamination. I posted something about how to avoid Ea-nāṣir getting in the supply chain and got crickets ☹️
January 24, 2026 at 8:32 PM
bearfishpie.bsky.social
Woohoo

I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Jan 24th 2026 (Hard), in less than 13 minutes
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cluesbysam.com
Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
cluesbysam.com
January 24, 2026 at 2:01 PM
bearfishpie.bsky.social
This all sounds *fantastic*
ithayla.bsky.social Buy Mass Effect The Board Game! @ithayla.bsky.social · 16d
had an art direction meeting today. our cover artist lucia asked ajout tech level

'is it star trek, star wars, alien?'

me: star trek style ships exist in this universe.

...players never get to fly them. but they do exist. maybe the only time you see them is when you're being arrested by them.
bananachangames.bsky.social Banana Chan @bananachangames.bsky.social · Nov 25
Excited to be talking about a new game coming soon by Sen-Foong Lim, Di Anne Hong, Calvin Wong Tze Loon, Sean Nittner and myself with @evilhat.bsky.social

Graphics by @crislv.bsky.social
January 24, 2026 at 8:14 AM
bearfishpie.bsky.social
A couple of shots I took of my newly assembled picoTracker, which came out really nicely
picoTracker hardware lying on a red surface. It comprises a small screen (powered off) and a small keypad with a range of colourful buttons picoTracker hardware lying on a red surface. It comprises a small screen (powered off) and a small keypad with a range of colourful buttons
January 23, 2026 at 10:52 PM
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425suzanne.bsky.social
You do you, but reminder that Grey Gnome Games owner is Jason Glover. Screenshots are old cuz I blocked him years ago. Consider your "indie" support accordingly.
post from Aug 2017 about Fallon Fox fight. Congrats Leftists that pushed the Transgender movement, Now we can cheer as a MAN beats up a woman on live TV. Seems to me that women's rights have been pushed back 100+ years. MEN should never strike a woman. I do not care how mentally unstable you are to think you are a woman, you cross a line when you hit a woman. Jason posting a meme in 2016 "If you don't want the FBI involved in elections don't nominate someone who's being investigated by the FBI" about the Clinton emails Okay, my final election rant. Proceed with caution. I am not looking to debate, I only wish to give my stance and my final thoughts. Yes, Trump won. Yes, I voted for him. Yes, I think he will do a fine job as President. No, I did not vote for him because I did not want a woman President. No, I did not vote for him because I harbor anger because I was ruled over by a black man for eight years. No, I did not vote for him because I hate Mexicans. I am a pro-life Christian man and we are a home-schooling family. I am honestly pretty shocked by the number of posts I have seen, from many people I call friends, making some pretty disturbing statements. I have read a call to assassinate Trump. No lie, I have read it. That is crazy. I was certainly upset when Obama was elected because I felt McCain was ten times more qualified and was a center-leaning Republican. I never called for Obama to be killed. The other post I keep seeing is people talking about how they do not know how to address this with their own kids, or worse, their kids are afraid and or crying because of the results. Seriously? Many accuse Christians of brain-washing, but I can tell you this, my kids would have been just fine had Hillary won. You want to know why? Because I know how to talk to my kids and I know how to not instill fear in them. If your kids are crying, it is because of the things you have said either directly to them, or in their presence. Knock it off. Hug your kid and tell them about democracy and tell them there is a system in place that will protect them. Stop spreading fear. Did Republicans riot when Obama won? Nope. We formed organized groups like the Tea Party and others. I know each side has bad apples, but rioting is unacceptable. I honestly could not safely walk the streets of my own city without the fear of being attacked right now. Now that is real honest fear. 3) Immigration. Trump is not going to send all illegal immigrants back to Mexico as the media has been drilling into everyone's head. The government will target criminals. A wall, which may end up as just a more secure border, will indeed help reduce the number of illegal immigrates and criminals. When I say criminals, I am referring to both individual criminals and organized crime (drug cartels, human-trafficing, and the like). Hell, this was part of Bill Clinton's platform back in the day. I secure border is a good thing for both our security and economy. 4) Obamacare. This does not directly effect me, but this program has been bad since its infamously bad launch through to premiums doubling all over the U.S. Trump is proposing health saving accounts and other measurements and a slow faze-out of Obamacare. I am all for people controlling their own money and being able to spend it on their medical needs as they see fit. I wish Social Security worked something like this as well. 5) Education. Trump has said that the states should control their own schools and I agree. The Federal government has no place here and it should be a state issue. I would love to see a voucher program or tax relief for homeschooling families, but I am not holding my breath for that. The main point of this rant is to say to all my many liberal friends, that this is not the end of the world. Trump is not going to destroy America or send all Mexicans back. That is media BS. Look for Trump to try to clean up government, reduce taxes, secure our borders and interests, and to create jobs via fair trade and energy self-sufficiency. Will he get it all done? Likely not. Do not be wary, he will do just fine.
January 23, 2026 at 3:28 PM
bearfishpie.bsky.social
Goblin
A black cat lurking mischievously atop a kitchen cabinet
January 23, 2026 at 12:34 PM
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petefowlerart.bsky.social
Nostradamus & Pliers-Tease Me
A drawing of Nostradamus and the Jamaican MC Pliers
January 23, 2026 at 9:21 AM
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giantbrain.co.uk
The latest episode of But Why Vikings? features not only the wonderful @ava.foxfort.net and the dashing @timclare.bsky.social but also questions about etiquette from @semicoop.bsky.social and their thoughts on the role of BGA thanks to @maxdavie.bsky.social

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
The tyranny of structurelessness
Podcast Episode · But Why Vikings? · 23/01/2026 · 1h 4m
podcasts.apple.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:54 AM
bearfishpie.bsky.social
Me, halfway through Love is a Curse: reckon I’ll actually get through this one without crying

Me, later: Damnit

@keefstuart.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 10:05 PM