The Bishop Of Bobbins
@fishwithlasers.bsky.social
ACAB includes Mappy.
Rob. Writes and writes about videogames. Ex remakes person, ex legend. Grumbles, watches tat films, does some doodling and stuff. Disabled, depressed, tired. Terfs and bigots shit off elsewhere.
He/Him
http://www.robf.me
Rob. Writes and writes about videogames. Ex remakes person, ex legend. Grumbles, watches tat films, does some doodling and stuff. Disabled, depressed, tired. Terfs and bigots shit off elsewhere.
He/Him
http://www.robf.me
Pinned
Sorry.
Mega grateful to Sandy for all he did to help lift my little works up. RIP.
February 5, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Mega grateful to Sandy for all he did to help lift my little works up. RIP.
Reposted by The Bishop Of Bobbins
My dear friend Sandy (@lordoftheyoyo.bsky.social) passed away on Tuesday, and I'm devastated
He was an amazing guy, full of stories and always up for a laugh. He also helped change gaming, allowing Indies to realize their dreams through GameMaker
I'll miss you mate
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
He was an amazing guy, full of stories and always up for a laugh. He also helped change gaming, allowing Indies to realize their dreams through GameMaker
I'll miss you mate
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Hello, Caitlin here, Sandy’s wife. With a few of his good friends - Michel, Jesse, Spencer, Mike, Russel, Stuart, we have put together Sandy’s last message as he would have liked to send it to you… | ...
Hello, Caitlin here, Sandy’s wife. With a few of his good friends - Michel, Jesse, Spencer, Mike, Russel, Stuart, we have put together Sandy’s last message as he would have liked to send it to you all...
www.linkedin.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:43 PM
My dear friend Sandy (@lordoftheyoyo.bsky.social) passed away on Tuesday, and I'm devastated
He was an amazing guy, full of stories and always up for a laugh. He also helped change gaming, allowing Indies to realize their dreams through GameMaker
I'll miss you mate
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
He was an amazing guy, full of stories and always up for a laugh. He also helped change gaming, allowing Indies to realize their dreams through GameMaker
I'll miss you mate
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Reposted by The Bishop Of Bobbins
boost if you too are insufficiently reverent, and do not perform the proper obeisances
February 5, 2026 at 2:47 PM
boost if you too are insufficiently reverent, and do not perform the proper obeisances
a day later and I'm wondering on what was going on in *my* noggin
Reckon this is what’s going on in their noggin
February 5, 2026 at 2:53 PM
a day later and I'm wondering on what was going on in *my* noggin
maybe money can’t buy me happiness but it can buy me a really big house to keep lots of cats in so in a way, it still works out
February 5, 2026 at 1:21 PM
maybe money can’t buy me happiness but it can buy me a really big house to keep lots of cats in so in a way, it still works out
just heard that you don’t have to make a game with gambling in it and thought I should pass the word on for those at the back
February 5, 2026 at 1:12 PM
just heard that you don’t have to make a game with gambling in it and thought I should pass the word on for those at the back
Reposted by The Bishop Of Bobbins
Reposted by The Bishop Of Bobbins
5 months old yet still topical.
February 5, 2026 at 12:09 PM
5 months old yet still topical.
Reposted by The Bishop Of Bobbins
Universal Basic Income
February 5, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Universal Basic Income
Reposted by The Bishop Of Bobbins
mr stones
or
it's me, i'm the horrors
or
it's me, i'm the horrors
February 5, 2026 at 9:49 AM
mr stones
or
it's me, i'm the horrors
or
it's me, i'm the horrors
Reposted by The Bishop Of Bobbins
5. How Soon Is Now? / The Smiths - rewritten by @stecurran.bsky.social
"I am Q-Bert and I need to be loved"
"I am Q-Bert and I need to be loved"
February 4, 2026 at 6:47 PM
5. How Soon Is Now? / The Smiths - rewritten by @stecurran.bsky.social
"I am Q-Bert and I need to be loved"
"I am Q-Bert and I need to be loved"
Reposted by The Bishop Of Bobbins
A thread of some of my fave #maraoke song rewrites from the past 10+ years of shows. (Not including any of my own.)
In no particular order... 🧵
(The full songlist: www.maraoke.com/songlist)
In no particular order... 🧵
(The full songlist: www.maraoke.com/songlist)
Maraoke - Modded Karaoke - The Song List
Has your favourite song been rewritten about games?
www.maraoke.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:39 PM
A thread of some of my fave #maraoke song rewrites from the past 10+ years of shows. (Not including any of my own.)
In no particular order... 🧵
(The full songlist: www.maraoke.com/songlist)
In no particular order... 🧵
(The full songlist: www.maraoke.com/songlist)
Shergar
Who is the funniest person who could show up in the Epstein files? I have thought Naomi Wolf, but Alex Jones would also be hilarious
February 4, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Shergar
Reposted by The Bishop Of Bobbins
hmmm. looking through the page numbers and it seems that some of these essays may take less than 70 minutes to read. TIL you can discuss game design succinctly
Check this sh*t out
February 4, 2026 at 7:52 PM
hmmm. looking through the page numbers and it seems that some of these essays may take less than 70 minutes to read. TIL you can discuss game design succinctly
Reposted by The Bishop Of Bobbins
unwinnable rules and everyone should subscribe
All this to say, you should subscribe to Unwinnable so you can get Unwinnable's best kept secret: Exploits! And if you subscribe this month, I'll give you all 95 issues of Exploits free. So many irreverent short form recommendations! 1500 pages of them!
unwinnable.com/subscribe/
unwinnable.com/subscribe/
February 4, 2026 at 8:38 PM
unwinnable rules and everyone should subscribe
you can basically sleep with any videogame character in any game if you don’t mind putting a steam deck down your keks.
February 4, 2026 at 4:54 PM
you can basically sleep with any videogame character in any game if you don’t mind putting a steam deck down your keks.
imagine if epic actually had an idea on how to make videogame store work.
February 4, 2026 at 4:31 PM
imagine if epic actually had an idea on how to make videogame store work.
tHe gRoWn uPs ArE bAcK iN chArGE
February 4, 2026 at 1:09 PM
tHe gRoWn uPs ArE bAcK iN chArGE
Reposted by The Bishop Of Bobbins
Forensic.
NEW: Keir Starmer has admitted that he knew Peter Mandelson had carried on a relationship with Jeffrey Epstein after his paedophilia conviction when he made him US ambassador
The admission came as Starmer confirmed a criminal investigation is taking place at Prime Minister's Questions
The admission came as Starmer confirmed a criminal investigation is taking place at Prime Minister's Questions
February 4, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Forensic.
still having that thing where I look at something someone all in on AI is getting excited about and I’m thinking “but that is absolute total fucking garbage? Proper toilet. complete shit. It looks fucking atrocious, what are you doing? I’ve had nicer looking vomits” and I don’t understand it.
February 4, 2026 at 1:04 PM
still having that thing where I look at something someone all in on AI is getting excited about and I’m thinking “but that is absolute total fucking garbage? Proper toilet. complete shit. It looks fucking atrocious, what are you doing? I’ve had nicer looking vomits” and I don’t understand it.
Reposted by The Bishop Of Bobbins
It's the 16th anniversary of the original release of Robot Unicorn Attack. archive.org/details/robo...
Robot Unicorn Attack : Adult Swim : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Robot Unicorn Attack is a Flash game developed by Spiritonin Media Games and published by Adult Swim. It's an endless runner where players take control of a...
archive.org
February 4, 2026 at 11:18 AM
It's the 16th anniversary of the original release of Robot Unicorn Attack. archive.org/details/robo...
I thought the whole point of employing Mandelson in the first place is because he’s a bullshitter.
February 4, 2026 at 12:29 PM
I thought the whole point of employing Mandelson in the first place is because he’s a bullshitter.
Bloody hell. I know things are bad right now but one in six is somehow worse than I figured. Maybe it might be a good idea to stop burning through our kids like this?
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
One in six autistic pupils in UK have not attended school at all since September
Data comes as government prepares to publish plans to overhaul Send system in England
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Bloody hell. I know things are bad right now but one in six is somehow worse than I figured. Maybe it might be a good idea to stop burning through our kids like this?
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
February 4, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Reckon if your blog post stretches over a thousand words then a little box should pop up in the CMS telling you to get an editor before you go any further. If you reach three or four thousand words, it electrocutes you.
February 4, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Reckon if your blog post stretches over a thousand words then a little box should pop up in the CMS telling you to get an editor before you go any further. If you reach three or four thousand words, it electrocutes you.