Erik Robson
@erikrobson.net
Game Designer, Level Designer, and Artist | LFW | Designer/artist @ Valve | Lead Designer @ Double Fine | Psychonauts, Brutal Legend, Portal2, CSGO, DOTA 2, The Lab, Artifact
25+ years making games professionally. On Signal @ ErikRobson.47
25+ years making games professionally. On Signal @ ErikRobson.47
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the us overall military strategy right now is the navy seal copypasta
January 13, 2026 at 5:14 AM
the us overall military strategy right now is the navy seal copypasta
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This is a hell NO! He just became a Dem so he can try to win this seat. CA 26 beware! He’s a total MAGA! This may be Republicans new game to win seats. Please know who you’re voting for.
Pro-Auschwitz Republican flips to Democrat in bid to win after California redistricting
A Republican candidate for governor in California will instead run for Congress as a Democrat despite floating Auschwitz, the infamous Nazi concentration camp, as an "unemployment plan."In paperwork f...
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January 13, 2026 at 4:47 AM
This is a hell NO! He just became a Dem so he can try to win this seat. CA 26 beware! He’s a total MAGA! This may be Republicans new game to win seats. Please know who you’re voting for.
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Minnesota wine moms have faster responsive fires than peak WWII American artillery lmfao
Video of federal agents getting run out of Lyn Lake this afternoon. Agents drop a gas can at the end and someone kicks it back at them.
January 13, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Minnesota wine moms have faster responsive fires than peak WWII American artillery lmfao
Awesome prompt.
God Emperor of Dune - I have to think animation is the only medium in which it could be effectively told.
God Emperor of Dune - I have to think animation is the only medium in which it could be effectively told.
we often talk about “what anime would you adapt into a movie” but here is a reverse: what movies would you adapt into an anime?
January 13, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Awesome prompt.
God Emperor of Dune - I have to think animation is the only medium in which it could be effectively told.
God Emperor of Dune - I have to think animation is the only medium in which it could be effectively told.
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To all the artists out there who are suffering from analysis paralysis (overthinking), I empathize fully.
The solution to your problem is the hardest thing to overcome. You need to just start doing.
Push through and try things *especially* if you think it won't work.
The solution to your problem is the hardest thing to overcome. You need to just start doing.
Push through and try things *especially* if you think it won't work.
January 13, 2026 at 1:52 AM
To all the artists out there who are suffering from analysis paralysis (overthinking), I empathize fully.
The solution to your problem is the hardest thing to overcome. You need to just start doing.
Push through and try things *especially* if you think it won't work.
The solution to your problem is the hardest thing to overcome. You need to just start doing.
Push through and try things *especially* if you think it won't work.
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Wildlife tracking tips. A wintry comic from last year.
January 12, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Wildlife tracking tips. A wintry comic from last year.
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chill lil gargoyle hanging with bonsai
January 11, 2026 at 6:34 PM
chill lil gargoyle hanging with bonsai
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If you're a freelance guides writer, please email me at will[dot]sawyer[at]futurenet[dot]com or DM me so that I can add you to my contacts. First/third-person shooters, action games, and ARPGs are my usual territory, but tell me any genres you're an expert in and which games you've got your eye on!
January 12, 2026 at 10:28 AM
If you're a freelance guides writer, please email me at will[dot]sawyer[at]futurenet[dot]com or DM me so that I can add you to my contacts. First/third-person shooters, action games, and ARPGs are my usual territory, but tell me any genres you're an expert in and which games you've got your eye on!
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Sebastián Píriz
@sebastianpiriz.bsky.social
@sebastianpiriz.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Sebastián Píriz
@sebastianpiriz.bsky.social
@sebastianpiriz.bsky.social
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To light a candle is to cast a shadow.
January 12, 2026 at 5:32 AM
To light a candle is to cast a shadow.
Tiny timeline cleanser: Baby pandas are impossibly cute. (r/AnimalsBeingDerps)
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From the AnimalsBeingDerps community on Reddit: Pandas when it's lunch time
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January 12, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Tiny timeline cleanser: Baby pandas are impossibly cute. (r/AnimalsBeingDerps)
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I think, at some point in the next 3 years, states are going to have to vocally and explicitly reject SCOTUS decisions shielding these actions.
ICE totaled this car, abducted a woman, and then left it in the middle of Snelling Avenue, one of the busiest streets in the Twin Cities.
This isn’t law and order, this state sanctioned terrorism. It’s fucking disgusting.
This isn’t law and order, this state sanctioned terrorism. It’s fucking disgusting.
January 12, 2026 at 3:53 AM
I think, at some point in the next 3 years, states are going to have to vocally and explicitly reject SCOTUS decisions shielding these actions.
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Blexas is a mirage and no amount of polling will convince me otherwise.
Texas - Net Favorable Polling:
🔵 Talarico: +10%
🔵 Crockett: +2%
🔴 Abbott: +2%
🔴 Hunt: -3%
🔴 Paxton: -16%
🔴 Cornyn: -19%
Texas Politics Project / Dec 16, 2025
🔵 Talarico: +10%
🔵 Crockett: +2%
🔴 Abbott: +2%
🔴 Hunt: -3%
🔴 Paxton: -16%
🔴 Cornyn: -19%
Texas Politics Project / Dec 16, 2025
January 12, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Blexas is a mirage and no amount of polling will convince me otherwise.
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‘Don’t do it’ is my middle name.
January 11, 2026 at 5:27 PM
‘Don’t do it’ is my middle name.
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If I could name-check architects, I'd totally do a "Globes Dresses as famous buildings" thread
Emily Blunt in custom Louis Vuitton at the #GoldenGlobes #fashionsky
January 12, 2026 at 12:46 AM
If I could name-check architects, I'd totally do a "Globes Dresses as famous buildings" thread
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oh this can't possibly go sideways
OpenAI is reportedly asking contractors to upload real work from past jobs | TechCrunch
An intellectual property lawyer says OpenAI is "putting itself at great risk" with this approach.
techcrunch.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:44 AM
oh this can't possibly go sideways
Sneetches get speeches
January 11, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Sneetches get speeches
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I googled your symptoms, turns out you need an escape to a fantasy world that feels like cozy LotR. 🌿
January 11, 2026 at 5:41 PM
I googled your symptoms, turns out you need an escape to a fantasy world that feels like cozy LotR. 🌿
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cool street photos from the past couple weeks
January 11, 2026 at 2:47 PM
cool street photos from the past couple weeks
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anyway, enough of that bs. it's time to watch the cute rain frogs eat & have bathies 🥰
Adorable Baby Rain frogs and How to Tell Their Gender👦👧
YouTube video by Frog Pamper Moony Plus
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January 11, 2026 at 2:48 AM
anyway, enough of that bs. it's time to watch the cute rain frogs eat & have bathies 🥰
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That's what I'm talking about.
January 10, 2026 at 5:47 PM
That's what I'm talking about.
Prediction: Before the end of Trump’s term, we will have sent military aid to Russia.
(60% confidence)
(60% confidence)
January 11, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Prediction: Before the end of Trump’s term, we will have sent military aid to Russia.
(60% confidence)
(60% confidence)
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We've only ever invented five types of musicians.
January 11, 2026 at 12:58 AM
We've only ever invented five types of musicians.