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Cabel Sasser
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I work at https://panic.com
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📍Portland, OR
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I gave a talk at the final XOXO conference.

At first, I thought I'd revisit my first talk from ten years ago. But it turned into something different. Something about life, and art, and… McDonalds?

19 minutes. Try to go in without spoilers and watch until the end. 🙏

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df_K...
Cabel Sasser, Panic - XOXO Festival (2024)
YouTube video by XOXO Festival
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i am liking what i'm seeing
Trains! (and menu system logic)
StarBento!

#playdate #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #trains
January 11, 2026 at 7:58 PM
hell yea
OH MY GOB!

Blippo+ has been nominated for four awards for the 28th annual Independent Games Festival!

🏆 Seumas McNally Grand Prize
🏆 Nuovo Award
🏆 Excellence in Visual Art
🏆 Excellence in Audio

🏅Honorable Mention: Excellence in Narrative

See you @officialgdc.bsky.social!
January 9, 2026 at 10:07 PM
it really was a magical time
January 6, 2026 at 9:16 PM
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These Apple Cafe interface images are doing it for me.
January 6, 2026 at 4:58 PM
next i hope Satya directly addresses this microsoft usage of "gotta". extremely disturbing copywriting to me
January 6, 2026 at 12:24 AM
when macOS 26 added menu item icons, i checked the HIG immediately.

it had two pieces of advice, one of which was: "not all menu items need an icon […] don't add icons for the sake of ornamentation."

but… i mean… then when do you… how do you decide? aren't they all ornamentation? please, help us!
January 5, 2026 at 6:44 PM
now that’s a rainbow(s)
January 5, 2026 at 1:04 AM
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despelote is $9.74 on Steam buff.ly/hRHsUrN
US PSN buff.ly/XBOefpS
XBL $10.49 buff.ly/5k6yqUV

Deck verified
January 4, 2026 at 12:01 AM
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You see better television on Blippo+ #MelArt
January 1, 2026 at 4:28 AM
bad: sprinkles cupcakes closed all of their stories with one days notice

good: based on the comments, it looks like in 2026 people are extremely aware of private equity
January 2, 2026 at 7:20 PM
@reckless.bsky.social tiktok has decided i am interested in this ceo being yelled at in korea, and tiktok is 100% right. if anyone at the verge has time or interest to write it up, id love to know what’s happening. seems like actual reprocussions from a data leak?!

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8ytAfkP/
로저스 "이게 재밌습니까?" 정일영 "가만히 있어" #쿠팡 #해롤드로저스 #coupang
TikTok video by 중앙일보 Joongangilbo
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January 2, 2026 at 6:54 PM
this year i'm going write down the songs that are already playing my head when i wake up. that feels like a fun notes page.

this morning: the cleaner, randy newman, toy story 2. youtu.be/RpwdMAmP9sA?feature=...

what about you?
The Cleaner
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group The Cleaner · Randy Newman Toy Story 2 ℗ 1999 Walt Disney Records / Pixar Animation Studios Released on: 1999-01-01 Other, Unknown, Composer Lyricist: Randy Newman Unknown, Other: Doug Sax Other, Unknown: Ira Hearshen Other, Unknown: Jonathan Sacks Auto-generated by YouTube.
youtu.be
January 2, 2026 at 4:10 PM
my last 2025 sunset at a random office park. may your 2026 bring smooth office park vibes (positive)
January 1, 2026 at 12:37 AM
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Happy Cabel’s in Strange Days to all that celebrate! 🍾

@cabel.panic.com

youtu.be/wZhpcLlsxGk
Strange Days, Starring Cabel
YouTube video by Cabel Sasser
youtu.be
January 1, 2026 at 12:15 AM
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wrote about theme parks and the absolute lack of new ideas or original theming from Universal and Disney www.avclub.com/epic-univers...
In 2025 IP fully conquered the theme park
Preexisting IP has always been a part of the American theme park, but the scales have tipped fully in its favor.
www.avclub.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
December 29, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Hey you know despelote, that medium-redefining video game that’s on every cool person’s best-of-2025 list? Did you know there’s also a dope sweater based on the game? Get it here: ⚽️ despelote.game
December 28, 2025 at 1:47 AM
smilemakers online ("the internal mcdonald's merch site that anyone can order from!") really delivered on this powerful holiday sweater…

…then really really delivered with the matching sweater ornament.

i'll be stealing this idea someday just fyi
December 27, 2025 at 3:44 AM
we saw Avatar (2025)

joby (16): “am i buggin or is the frame rate changing between every shot? it’s pmo. feels like its loading”

violet (11): “why does that young girl sound like an old lady?”

joby: “that has to be one of the best visual experiences i’ve ever seen though”
December 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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I waited for some downtime to play Time Flies (timeflies.buzz) and I'm glad I did. It's a quietly amazing thing—charming, clever, tender, and funny, and that's all before the final act hits you unexpectedly in the gut. A game that makes me want to make games, and my favorite in a long time.
Time Flies – A game about our limited time in this world.
Available now for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Steam, Epic Games Store, and Mac App Store. A game by Michael Frei and Raphaël Munoz, produced by Playables.
timeflies.buzz
December 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
i love this sauce so much i accidentally caught a #wildredesign in my house! the new design is on the left. there are some very subtle design changes here that i'm very curious about! i'll leave it up to you to spot them.
December 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
i played my first yakuza game this year, and instantly fell in love with the series and its direction.

so this particular famitsu developer goty list feels extra special to me.
Ryosuke Horii (Sega - Director of Yakuza: Like A Dragon, LAD Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, & Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth)
1) Thank Goodness You're Here
2) Despelote
3) Tokimeki Memorial ~forever with you~ Emotional
4) and Roger
5) INDIKA
December 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
what i will say: playdate catalog likely wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for stripe connect, and stripe is one of the only tech companies i actually tespect. it’s so cool that they made this for us.

what i want to say: i think they brought in a special camera lens to fit my enormous head in the frame
the very kind folks at stripe — our good (corporate) friends who power the financial parts of playdate and playdate catalog — stopped by our office and made a nice little playdate video for us.

thank you stripe! onward to 2026!
December 23, 2025 at 11:30 PM
let's take a moment to appreciate the excellent 80s menorah at pioneer courthouse square
December 23, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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An obituary/remembrance for Eddie Sotto, a designer who shaped modern theme parks. Thank you to the former Walt Disney Imagineers who contributed.

www.latimes.com/travel/story...
Eddie Sotto, former Imagineer who shaped modern theme parks, dies at 67
Eddie Sotto, a former Imagineer whose worked influenced several Disney theme parks, died in December in Orange Country. Sotto is best known for designing Main Street, U.S.A., at Disneyland Paris, but ...
www.latimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM