Phenry Ewing
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Phenry Ewing
@hoverbird.bsky.social
Game designer/developer. Creative Director on Neo Cab (Chance Agency), Design Lead on Cat Burglar (Netflix) and developer/designer on Firewatch (Campo Santo). He/him.
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Neo Cab is BACK on the App Store, baby!

If you love soft sci-fi, cozy mysteries, and/or themes of staying human in a world overrun by tech oligarchies and automation… well, have we got a game for you 💜

Chapter One is a free download- please give us a try & plz share!
apps.apple.com/us/app/neo-c...
‎Neo Cab
‎Hold on to humanity in a world overcome by automation. Play as Lina, the last human driver-for-hire on the streets of Los Ojos. Your friend and only lifeline has gone missing; with no money and nowhe...
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Haha wait is this an Elsewhere joint? Which project is this from? Now I’m hella curious!
January 12, 2026 at 6:59 PM
What the fresh hell is this?
January 12, 2026 at 12:12 AM
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Did a quick video/blog post about how Gears of War 1's train level works, which will surprise few but perhaps interest many

www.joewintergreen.com/how-gears-of...
January 10, 2026 at 10:47 AM
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Five years ago.
January 6, 2026 at 3:24 AM
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doooo eeeet, as Greg Pass used to say
January 5, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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Oh so you CAN charge presidents with crimes
January 3, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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Evergreen tweet
January 3, 2026 at 2:28 PM
I thought I’d listened to all the radio 4 stuff cookd and bombd had to offer but somehow this snuck past me and dear lord. So good
January 3, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Here for this Nonce Sense.
January 3, 2026 at 1:24 AM
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September 8, 2024 at 4:34 PM
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shot on a mixture of nikon f3, canon ae-1 and sony a7s

composited optically in-camera, no photoshop or digital post effects used

1/18th scale miniatures with rear projection (E6 reversal film)
August 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Performance and optimization will be key in the upcoming years. Gonna be interesting seeing what games fail because the gamers can't "just upgrade their hardware"
I'm happy we're performance benchmarking our next indie game to Switch 1 and Steam Deck, especially looking at the chip shortage headlines.
December 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
HT to @brunodias.bsky.social for bringing this Sims 4 DLC to our attention, but honestly this “game designer implements the wheel of samsara” gag applies to almost every AAA game made in the last 10 years
December 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Pillars of Eternity and Disco Elysium being like
December 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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TIL the original lyrics to Deck the Halls are awesome and “don we now our gay apparel” is temperance movement bullshit
December 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Because it feels relevant as we continue to evaluate the media and our representatives’ statements, my favorite way to identify the active vs. passive voice.
October 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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My ongoing argument in this area is that anyone who is rejecting the potential power of AI is simply wrong, and anyone who is not exploring its risks is simply dangerous.
December 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Arguing about copyright with people online
December 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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December 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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This is like Mr Rogers picking up Mjolnir
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
gonna get around to that right after I think about a random time I put my foot in my mouth 11 years ago
December 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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November 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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I really admire Samus Aran, because sometimes I too deal with challenges by curling up into a ball.
November 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM