Jeff Tanton
@jefftanton.bsky.social
Indie dev. Former Studio Creative Director at Mediatonic/Epic - Fall Guys, Murder by Numbers, Foul Play. He/Him
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After 9+ years at ustwo games I have unfortunately been made redundant.
If you are looking for a stylised 3D generalist with 10+ years experience to have on your team please give me a shout or let others know that I am available for work! I'd love to chat ✨
fensartden.com
[email protected]
If you are looking for a stylised 3D generalist with 10+ years experience to have on your team please give me a shout or let others know that I am available for work! I'd love to chat ✨
fensartden.com
[email protected]
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February 5, 2026 at 4:09 PM
After 9+ years at ustwo games I have unfortunately been made redundant.
If you are looking for a stylised 3D generalist with 10+ years experience to have on your team please give me a shout or let others know that I am available for work! I'd love to chat ✨
fensartden.com
[email protected]
If you are looking for a stylised 3D generalist with 10+ years experience to have on your team please give me a shout or let others know that I am available for work! I'd love to chat ✨
fensartden.com
[email protected]
The latest from @eruditorumpress.com is a similarly meticulous exploration of Alan Moore’s incredible From Hell.
Come for the deep-dive inside baseball riches. Stay to learn who Alan Moore refers to as “grey men with bad haircuts”.
Come for the deep-dive inside baseball riches. Stay to learn who Alan Moore refers to as “grey men with bad haircuts”.
Today on Eruditorum Press, a massive post in every sense as Last War in Albion reaches From Hell. Make yourself a fresh pot of tea and settle in with it; this one’s a wild ride.
Chapter Three: The Ordering and Reordering of Data (From Hell)
CW: This post contains multiple graphic images, including Figure 1834, a photograph of a violently dismembered body.
Previously in Last War in Albion: Alan Moore took a big payday cranking out goofy...
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February 4, 2026 at 9:16 PM
The latest from @eruditorumpress.com is a similarly meticulous exploration of Alan Moore’s incredible From Hell.
Come for the deep-dive inside baseball riches. Stay to learn who Alan Moore refers to as “grey men with bad haircuts”.
Come for the deep-dive inside baseball riches. Stay to learn who Alan Moore refers to as “grey men with bad haircuts”.
Re-upping this in light of Gaiman’s brief resurgence. Remains a fascinating and exhaustive teardown of the man and his work. Vital and brilliant.
I say this as someone who found Sandman/Smoke and Mirrors absolutely fucking foundational.
I say this as someone who found Sandman/Smoke and Mirrors absolutely fucking foundational.
Hugo eligibility post!
“The Cuddled Little Vice,” my book-length essay on the poison legacy of Sandman, is eligible for Best Related Work.
“The Cuddled Little Vice,” my book-length essay on the poison legacy of Sandman, is eligible for Best Related Work.
The Cuddled Little Vice (Sandman)
Previously in The Last War in Albion: Alan Moore wrote Watchmen, which, for complicated reasons involving William S. Burroughs and the weak nuclear force, ended the Cold War and replaced it with a mag...
www.eruditorumpress.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Re-upping this in light of Gaiman’s brief resurgence. Remains a fascinating and exhaustive teardown of the man and his work. Vital and brilliant.
I say this as someone who found Sandman/Smoke and Mirrors absolutely fucking foundational.
I say this as someone who found Sandman/Smoke and Mirrors absolutely fucking foundational.
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D'you ever get a stupid idea in your head and then you can't do anything else until you get it out? 🎣
February 4, 2026 at 3:45 PM
D'you ever get a stupid idea in your head and then you can't do anything else until you get it out? 🎣
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i know i've been pretty quiet but here's the result of my January: a totally handmade, fully-functional marionette created for a local winter-themed puppet show. she's called the Winter Maw & she'll eat you alive, just like real winter
February 2, 2026 at 9:37 PM
i know i've been pretty quiet but here's the result of my January: a totally handmade, fully-functional marionette created for a local winter-themed puppet show. she's called the Winter Maw & she'll eat you alive, just like real winter
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every epstein commentary is these immensely rich/powerful/influential people raving about what a genius epstein was, and every one of his emails is just “helo, my name jomfrie”
January 31, 2026 at 4:28 AM
every epstein commentary is these immensely rich/powerful/influential people raving about what a genius epstein was, and every one of his emails is just “helo, my name jomfrie”
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been enjoying responding to each new genai tech reveal with a slow, drawn out, "yeah but it still can't make scribblenauts"
January 31, 2026 at 12:56 AM
been enjoying responding to each new genai tech reveal with a slow, drawn out, "yeah but it still can't make scribblenauts"
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my new game The Red Pearls of Borneo is out a week early and available for free on itch.io
You are a clairvoyant investigator in 1948 London, exploring the psychic echoes of a tragedy that occurred eight years prior on a remote plantation in Borneo.
Game link: bushmonkey.itch.io/the-red-pear...
You are a clairvoyant investigator in 1948 London, exploring the psychic echoes of a tragedy that occurred eight years prior on a remote plantation in Borneo.
Game link: bushmonkey.itch.io/the-red-pear...
January 30, 2026 at 8:11 AM
my new game The Red Pearls of Borneo is out a week early and available for free on itch.io
You are a clairvoyant investigator in 1948 London, exploring the psychic echoes of a tragedy that occurred eight years prior on a remote plantation in Borneo.
Game link: bushmonkey.itch.io/the-red-pear...
You are a clairvoyant investigator in 1948 London, exploring the psychic echoes of a tragedy that occurred eight years prior on a remote plantation in Borneo.
Game link: bushmonkey.itch.io/the-red-pear...
I’m long out of Mediatonic/Epic now, and Fall Guys already feels like it happened in another life - but it’s still a joy to hear others’ experiences of it.
January 27, 2026 at 6:02 PM
I’m long out of Mediatonic/Epic now, and Fall Guys already feels like it happened in another life - but it’s still a joy to hear others’ experiences of it.
The original Fall Guys pitch deck opened by star-wiping between about eight straight gifs of various HR managers from Durham face-planting dramatically so this is very on point.
c/o @brendyc.bsky.social and NEW site Jank jank.cool
c/o @brendyc.bsky.social and NEW site Jank jank.cool
January 27, 2026 at 5:54 PM
The original Fall Guys pitch deck opened by star-wiping between about eight straight gifs of various HR managers from Durham face-planting dramatically so this is very on point.
c/o @brendyc.bsky.social and NEW site Jank jank.cool
c/o @brendyc.bsky.social and NEW site Jank jank.cool
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We're launching a website.
Jank is an independent PC games website funded by readers.
jank.cool
If you like funny, thoughtful games journalism and can't stand adverts, deals posts, affiliate links, and other nonsense - Jank is for you.
Jank is an independent PC games website funded by readers.
jank.cool
If you like funny, thoughtful games journalism and can't stand adverts, deals posts, affiliate links, and other nonsense - Jank is for you.
January 27, 2026 at 12:50 PM
We're launching a website.
Jank is an independent PC games website funded by readers.
jank.cool
If you like funny, thoughtful games journalism and can't stand adverts, deals posts, affiliate links, and other nonsense - Jank is for you.
Jank is an independent PC games website funded by readers.
jank.cool
If you like funny, thoughtful games journalism and can't stand adverts, deals posts, affiliate links, and other nonsense - Jank is for you.
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"time is a flat circle" no dude youre thinking of a clock
January 18, 2026 at 8:39 PM
"time is a flat circle" no dude youre thinking of a clock
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Finally read Animal Farm. Terrifying book. Every time an animal talked I screamed.
January 18, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Finally read Animal Farm. Terrifying book. Every time an animal talked I screamed.
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it is done
almost a year later Paper Chrono Trigger is done
proper photo session this weekend
made from bristol paper, cardstock, sketchbook paper, toilet paper, & matboard
(Also bit of clear resin, colored gel, LED strip, & microLEDs)
almost a year later Paper Chrono Trigger is done
proper photo session this weekend
made from bristol paper, cardstock, sketchbook paper, toilet paper, & matboard
(Also bit of clear resin, colored gel, LED strip, & microLEDs)
January 16, 2026 at 2:05 PM
it is done
almost a year later Paper Chrono Trigger is done
proper photo session this weekend
made from bristol paper, cardstock, sketchbook paper, toilet paper, & matboard
(Also bit of clear resin, colored gel, LED strip, & microLEDs)
almost a year later Paper Chrono Trigger is done
proper photo session this weekend
made from bristol paper, cardstock, sketchbook paper, toilet paper, & matboard
(Also bit of clear resin, colored gel, LED strip, & microLEDs)
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Feel the wind in your fins! Balloons of Paradise is a hot air balloon open world adventure (most importantly: there's a penguin wearing hats)
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You will like our indie game if you played these games:
🐧 Kaze No Notam
🐧 Lil Gator Game
🐧 Pilotwings
🐧Alba A Wildlife Adventure
🐧 Kaze No Notam
🐧 Lil Gator Game
🐧 Pilotwings
🐧Alba A Wildlife Adventure
January 17, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Feel the wind in your fins! Balloons of Paradise is a hot air balloon open world adventure (most importantly: there's a penguin wearing hats)
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Now that I have published this interview with @foddy.net and @gcuzzillo.bsky.social about Baby Steps, maybe I can finally move on with my life and stop thinking about it?? who knows
www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...
‘It’s a loving mockery, because it’s also who I am’: the making of gaming’s most pathetic character
The team behind Baby Steps discuss why they made a whiny, unprepared manbaby the protagonist – and how players have grown to love Nate as he struggles up a mountain
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Now that I have published this interview with @foddy.net and @gcuzzillo.bsky.social about Baby Steps, maybe I can finally move on with my life and stop thinking about it?? who knows
www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...
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Demo launch went very well: Over 5000 downloads, over 1000 wishlists, and a glowing write up in PC Gamer! Also #1 demo on Steam!
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Announcement: STEAM DEMO OUT NOW!
The early dungeons of Forbidden Solitaire are now open to those bold - or foolish - enough to explore them.
How badly do you wish to live forever? 👁️🩸
👇👇👇
store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...
Please wishlist and share - thank you!
#indiedev
The early dungeons of Forbidden Solitaire are now open to those bold - or foolish - enough to explore them.
How badly do you wish to live forever? 👁️🩸
👇👇👇
store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...
Please wishlist and share - thank you!
#indiedev
January 17, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Demo launch went very well: Over 5000 downloads, over 1000 wishlists, and a glowing write up in PC Gamer! Also #1 demo on Steam!
bsky.app/profile/grey...
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I found the ep in PLURIBUS where Carol--white, American--meets 5 non-white, non-American survivors of the hivemind off-putting, but in a way that made me curious to see where Gilligan was going. Now that I have, I wrote about how empire, privilege, genAI, & resistance converge in the show's subtext:
Resisting the Hivemind: Pluribus, Generative AI, and Empire - Reactor
While its creator tell us that Pluribus is not about advent of generative AI, it's difficult not to spot the many places where the fledgling tech and extraterrestrial hivemind overlap.
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January 14, 2026 at 6:53 PM
I found the ep in PLURIBUS where Carol--white, American--meets 5 non-white, non-American survivors of the hivemind off-putting, but in a way that made me curious to see where Gilligan was going. Now that I have, I wrote about how empire, privilege, genAI, & resistance converge in the show's subtext:
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A Fool’s Errand — our latest game for @play.date — is out now!
Get it now: play.date/games/a-fool...
Learn more: www.iorama.studio/afoolserrand
Get it now: play.date/games/a-fool...
Learn more: www.iorama.studio/afoolserrand
January 12, 2026 at 6:12 PM
A Fool’s Errand — our latest game for @play.date — is out now!
Get it now: play.date/games/a-fool...
Learn more: www.iorama.studio/afoolserrand
Get it now: play.date/games/a-fool...
Learn more: www.iorama.studio/afoolserrand
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As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself transformed into an enormous Bug-type.
January 12, 2026 at 4:58 PM
As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself transformed into an enormous Bug-type.
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huge progress made today
January 12, 2026 at 7:53 PM
huge progress made today
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Paul Verhoeven undefeated in creating a movie that flies right over the heads of the people it’s making fun of
Rightwing influencers are so bad at interpreting source material that they can only do it correctly by accident, when they're trying to make a joke
January 12, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Paul Verhoeven undefeated in creating a movie that flies right over the heads of the people it’s making fun of
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A 1986 Japanese guide on how to program using the Family BASIC software for the Famicom features many cute illustrations of Mario and Pauline (known as "Lady" in Japan at the time).
January 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM
A 1986 Japanese guide on how to program using the Family BASIC software for the Famicom features many cute illustrations of Mario and Pauline (known as "Lady" in Japan at the time).
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Hey, we played DEATHMATCH ISLAND and then wrote about it!
You can and should read our fine, fair words. #ttrpg
You can and should read our fine, fair words. #ttrpg
oldmenrunningtheworld.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Hey, we played DEATHMATCH ISLAND and then wrote about it!
You can and should read our fine, fair words. #ttrpg
You can and should read our fine, fair words. #ttrpg