benstylus 🐧 The Once and Future Urban Champion | No AI
@benstylus.bsky.social
I'm benstylus.
I block/mute 18+ accounts, ai, bots, overly aggressive/abrasive people, techbros, etc.
DM's are OK but don't send unsolicited commissions/sales/fundraisers/etc. Not interested.
Just here to be happy.
he/him or they/them is fine.
I block/mute 18+ accounts, ai, bots, overly aggressive/abrasive people, techbros, etc.
DM's are OK but don't send unsolicited commissions/sales/fundraisers/etc. Not interested.
Just here to be happy.
he/him or they/them is fine.
Pinned
The obligatory "about me" post due to the influx of new users:
Likes:
Retrogaming 🕹
- Sega
- Nintendo
- PlayStation
- Atari
- C64
- Spectrum
- DOS
- Arcade
Mahjong 🀄
- Riichi 🇯🇵
- American 🇺🇸
- Chinese 🇨🇳
- Singaporean 🇸🇬
Sports
- F1 🏎
- Sumo 🤼♂️
- Hockey 🇨🇦
Located in western Kentucky, USA
Likes:
Retrogaming 🕹
- Sega
- Nintendo
- PlayStation
- Atari
- C64
- Spectrum
- DOS
- Arcade
Mahjong 🀄
- Riichi 🇯🇵
- American 🇺🇸
- Chinese 🇨🇳
- Singaporean 🇸🇬
Sports
- F1 🏎
- Sumo 🤼♂️
- Hockey 🇨🇦
Located in western Kentucky, USA
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We're running a sale on Patreon memberships!
Our Patreon has:
- data posts
- dev diaries
- industry musings
- Q&A
+ more
Take a look: www.patreon.com/GreyAlien
Our Patreon has:
- data posts
- dev diaries
- industry musings
- Q&A
+ more
Take a look: www.patreon.com/GreyAlien
November 25, 2025 at 1:34 PM
We're running a sale on Patreon memberships!
Our Patreon has:
- data posts
- dev diaries
- industry musings
- Q&A
+ more
Take a look: www.patreon.com/GreyAlien
Our Patreon has:
- data posts
- dev diaries
- industry musings
- Q&A
+ more
Take a look: www.patreon.com/GreyAlien
It's back!
November 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
It's back!
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"Stroopwafel!" #RetroGaming #Wolfenstein3D
November 23, 2025 at 11:10 AM
"Stroopwafel!" #RetroGaming #Wolfenstein3D
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Tiny Tires has gotten 20K wishlists!! This is way beyond anything I had ever hoped for, honestly didn’t think I’d break 2000 when I made the Steam page. Thank you to everyone who has wishlisted, it means a lot! ❤️🏁🚗 #screenshotsaturday
October 19, 2024 at 3:59 PM
Tiny Tires has gotten 20K wishlists!! This is way beyond anything I had ever hoped for, honestly didn’t think I’d break 2000 when I made the Steam page. Thank you to everyone who has wishlisted, it means a lot! ❤️🏁🚗 #screenshotsaturday
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Random Game Saturday
A really delightful rpg that, while nowhere near as good as the first game, is still just a wonderful little adventure.
A really delightful rpg that, while nowhere near as good as the first game, is still just a wonderful little adventure.
November 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Random Game Saturday
A really delightful rpg that, while nowhere near as good as the first game, is still just a wonderful little adventure.
A really delightful rpg that, while nowhere near as good as the first game, is still just a wonderful little adventure.
"Hey benstylus, if it's #randomgamesaturday why do so many of your games end up as Mahjong? That doesn't seem very random."
Don't like Mahjong? Well how about Nichibutsu Collection 2 for the Super Famicom this week then? It contains two previous Nichibutsu SFC releases, namely Super Gomoku Shogi...
Don't like Mahjong? Well how about Nichibutsu Collection 2 for the Super Famicom this week then? It contains two previous Nichibutsu SFC releases, namely Super Gomoku Shogi...
November 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"Hey benstylus, if it's #randomgamesaturday why do so many of your games end up as Mahjong? That doesn't seem very random."
Don't like Mahjong? Well how about Nichibutsu Collection 2 for the Super Famicom this week then? It contains two previous Nichibutsu SFC releases, namely Super Gomoku Shogi...
Don't like Mahjong? Well how about Nichibutsu Collection 2 for the Super Famicom this week then? It contains two previous Nichibutsu SFC releases, namely Super Gomoku Shogi...
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I miss this show so much. This song has lived in my head rent free for over 30 years
OLD VHS FOUND! | SNICK | Nickelodeon Roundhouse (1992) Theme Song | 2024 Restoration and Remaster
YouTube video by ♰ тнє ναмριяє ѕιℓαѕ (Grynch1984)
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I miss this show so much. This song has lived in my head rent free for over 30 years
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Where the FRICK do I get a Kirby Christmas tree
November 18, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Where the FRICK do I get a Kirby Christmas tree
This one is for you Becky
November 18, 2025 at 11:21 PM
This one is for you Becky
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Prolific Indiedev - Making Games Faster | Grey Alien Games
Get more from Grey Alien Games on Patreon
www.patreon.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:24 AM
In no particular order
Concordia
Android Netrunner
Riichi Mahjong
Battlecon: War of Indines
Forbidden Island
Kill Doctor Lucky
Cribbage
Carcassonne
King of Tokyo
Summoner Wars
Concordia
Android Netrunner
Riichi Mahjong
Battlecon: War of Indines
Forbidden Island
Kill Doctor Lucky
Cribbage
Carcassonne
King of Tokyo
Summoner Wars
board game enthusiasts of bluesky, what are your top 10 board games of all time
November 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
In no particular order
Concordia
Android Netrunner
Riichi Mahjong
Battlecon: War of Indines
Forbidden Island
Kill Doctor Lucky
Cribbage
Carcassonne
King of Tokyo
Summoner Wars
Concordia
Android Netrunner
Riichi Mahjong
Battlecon: War of Indines
Forbidden Island
Kill Doctor Lucky
Cribbage
Carcassonne
King of Tokyo
Summoner Wars
Back to my old ways this #randomgamesaturday with Super Nichibutsu Mahjong 4: Kisokenkyuu Hen for the Super Famicom.
Weirdly expensive compared to the first 3 in the series.
Weirdly expensive compared to the first 3 in the series.
November 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Back to my old ways this #randomgamesaturday with Super Nichibutsu Mahjong 4: Kisokenkyuu Hen for the Super Famicom.
Weirdly expensive compared to the first 3 in the series.
Weirdly expensive compared to the first 3 in the series.
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steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
Insulting to the players, insulting to the IP, insulting to the medium, the developers. And the craft itself. Fuck you executives who pushed this garbage.
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI art slop, because your $70 means nothing anymore
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI generated artwork which makes the $70 feel like a complete rip-off.
frvr.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
There's no escape from Radio Buddy.
Oof. 😢
November 15, 2025 at 11:29 AM
There's no escape from Radio Buddy.
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Random person who plays indie games, you are the most important cog in an indie game's success.
Most gamers don't know or care that indies exist.... unless a friend tells them.
Our games succeed because you tell other people you liked our game. Word of mouth is the best marketing there is.
Most gamers don't know or care that indies exist.... unless a friend tells them.
Our games succeed because you tell other people you liked our game. Word of mouth is the best marketing there is.
November 14, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Random person who plays indie games, you are the most important cog in an indie game's success.
Most gamers don't know or care that indies exist.... unless a friend tells them.
Our games succeed because you tell other people you liked our game. Word of mouth is the best marketing there is.
Most gamers don't know or care that indies exist.... unless a friend tells them.
Our games succeed because you tell other people you liked our game. Word of mouth is the best marketing there is.
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ALT Text benefits everyone
Alt text helps with accessibility, identifying/explaining elements you might not get to in your posts and makes your posts/work more discoverable - Make sure to toggle it on to “require alt text” in your settings
Alt text helps with accessibility, identifying/explaining elements you might not get to in your posts and makes your posts/work more discoverable - Make sure to toggle it on to “require alt text” in your settings
November 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
ALT Text benefits everyone
Alt text helps with accessibility, identifying/explaining elements you might not get to in your posts and makes your posts/work more discoverable - Make sure to toggle it on to “require alt text” in your settings
Alt text helps with accessibility, identifying/explaining elements you might not get to in your posts and makes your posts/work more discoverable - Make sure to toggle it on to “require alt text” in your settings
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
I grew up in Southern California where arcades were plentiful, and I have a pretty broad knowledge of a lot of different arcade games. I love it when Arcade Archives releases a game I've never heard of!
Looks like Yie Ar Kung Fu in space with giant robots. I'm in!
Looks like Yie Ar Kung Fu in space with giant robots. I'm in!
Arcade Archives GALACTIC WARRIORS
YouTube video by HAMSTER Corporation
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I grew up in Southern California where arcades were plentiful, and I have a pretty broad knowledge of a lot of different arcade games. I love it when Arcade Archives releases a game I've never heard of!
Looks like Yie Ar Kung Fu in space with giant robots. I'm in!
Looks like Yie Ar Kung Fu in space with giant robots. I'm in!
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THE STEAM MACHINE CAN HAVE WOODGRAIN. THIS CHANGE'S EVERYTHING.
November 12, 2025 at 8:10 PM
THE STEAM MACHINE CAN HAVE WOODGRAIN. THIS CHANGE'S EVERYTHING.
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Tonight on Retro Lunacy 2019:
An interview with @zachhighwind.bsky.social !
Then I continue to make fun of fascists and capitalists, get chided by my own Game Gear, then race to the defense of the good timeline's Earth by playing Space Invaders on SEGA Saturn.
Be there!
At 9pm EST.
An interview with @zachhighwind.bsky.social !
Then I continue to make fun of fascists and capitalists, get chided by my own Game Gear, then race to the defense of the good timeline's Earth by playing Space Invaders on SEGA Saturn.
Be there!
At 9pm EST.
November 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Tonight on Retro Lunacy 2019:
An interview with @zachhighwind.bsky.social !
Then I continue to make fun of fascists and capitalists, get chided by my own Game Gear, then race to the defense of the good timeline's Earth by playing Space Invaders on SEGA Saturn.
Be there!
At 9pm EST.
An interview with @zachhighwind.bsky.social !
Then I continue to make fun of fascists and capitalists, get chided by my own Game Gear, then race to the defense of the good timeline's Earth by playing Space Invaders on SEGA Saturn.
Be there!
At 9pm EST.
Just discovered Ooze: The Escape this morning, and thinking about whether there are enough Ooze-based games for "Oozemup" to be a genre
@barleybap.bsky.social
@barleybap.bsky.social
Ooze: The Escape (C64, Amiga) by Haplo
Can you escape?
h4plo.itch.io
November 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Just discovered Ooze: The Escape this morning, and thinking about whether there are enough Ooze-based games for "Oozemup" to be a genre
@barleybap.bsky.social
@barleybap.bsky.social
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To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the SEGA Mark III console in Japan, Astro Climber is now available for free on Itch ⬇️ #homebrew #mastersystem
October 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the SEGA Mark III console in Japan, Astro Climber is now available for free on Itch ⬇️ #homebrew #mastersystem