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Mike Merrill @kmikeym.com · 18h

NYC friends... this is free, and will be fun. GUARANTEED!

Blippo+ @blippo.plus · 22h

Wednesday, October 22nd, join Blippo+ co-creators @com.y-a-c-h-t.com for an evening of worldbuilding and channel-flipping at @metalabel.bsky.social in New York!

Free 🎟️: parisbynight.metalabel.com/logosfrompla...

We’ll have copies of Logos From Planet Blip on hand, and plenty of Blippian cheer!

Planet Blip in New York City!

An evening of channel-flipping, alien television, and gaming against the grain with Blippo+ co-creators YACHT at Metalabel HQ in New York.

parisbynight.metalabel.com

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Claire L. Evans @theuniverse.bsky.social · 3d

wild that a podcast about my dream video game console turned into such a unfiltered confessional about my dorky only childhood. Thank you @simonparkin.bsky.social for the therapeutic opportunity to talk about my tiny toons spec scripts and utter inability to beat a single Donkey Kong boss!

My Perfect Console podcast @myperfectconsole.bsky.social · 4d

With a career that spans music, tech, and cultural criticism, is there anything @TheUniverse.bsky.social can’t do?

Join @SimonParkin.bsky.social in conversation with the multi-talented Claire L. Evans as she reveals the five titles she chose for her perfect console.

Available now: apple.co/47awNv0

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Mike Merrill @kmikeym.com · 2d

This is real!?!?! !

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Mike Merrill @kmikeym.com · 2d

WILL SOMEONE PLEASE THINK ABOUT THE SPAGHETTI!?!?! 🍝🍝🍝

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Mike Merrill @kmikeym.com · 2d

grok, what is "ersatz"

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Mike Merrill @kmikeym.com · 3d

yeah, the problem isn't the efficiency of cold outreach, it's cold outreach itself

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Mike Merrill @kmikeym.com · 7d

i miss "touts"

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Mike Merrill @kmikeym.com · 7d

honestly, this is an insane deal. i helped make Blippo+ and could probably just ask for a copy but I'm still buying this...

Claire L. Evans @theuniverse.bsky.social · 8d

wow, 137 tracks for only ten bucks? folks that’s about 0.07 cents a track. We’re giving this soundtrack away!

Blippo+ @blippo.plus · 8d

yacht.bandcamp.com/album/blippo...

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Blippo+ @blippo.plus · 11d

♫ The Blippo+ Original Soundtrack

★★★★★

Apple Music
music.apple.com/us/album/bli...

Spotify
open.spotify.com/album/6C7puF...

Bandcamp
yacht.bandcamp.com/album/blippo...

Steam
store.steampowered.com/app/3989930/...

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Mike Merrill @kmikeym.com · 12d

not your fault, this was my peak "i want to hire designers for proof of concept" era and i lived your work!

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Mike Merrill @kmikeym.com · 12d

i have a powerpoint about this...

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Mike Merrill @kmikeym.com · 13d

this is TWO games! one was a card based robot battler powered by real human motion, the other was an economic simulation of pioneering mars!

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Mike Merrill @kmikeym.com · 13d

i think about this game all the time

Christ! A Skelemrgan! @antichrista.bsky.social · 13d

Here are some screenshots of a Martian trading game for iOS that I was designing with @kmikeym.com like a decade ago!

Main trading view screen mockup with item selected

Invite opponent screen (using a slightly different palette that I think they’d had in place already?)

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Mike Merrill @kmikeym.com · 17d

so excited for this!

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Mike Merrill @kmikeym.com · 17d

livestream went off without a hitch! now you can buy Blippo+ in COLOR!

Panic @panic.com · 17d

Blippo+ is out NOW and in FULL COLOR on PC and Switch!!!

📡 Steam
blippo.plus/steam

📡 Switch
blippo.plus/switch

📺 Tune in and get bent today!! blippo.plus 💫

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Mike Merrill @kmikeym.com · 17d

make it a tie-in to the Bourne universe and i'm in

Mike Merrill @kmikeym.com · 18d

i'm going to have champagne for breakfast tomorrow. join us!

Blippo+ @blippo.plus · 18d

📡🍾 Celebrate the launch of Blippo+ on Steam & Nintendo Switch LIVE with us tomorrow at 8:30am Pacific Time!

Blippo+ launch livestream:

📡 Steam
blippo.plus/steam

📡 Twitch
twitch.tv/panic

📡 YouTube
youtube.com/@PanicVideo/videos

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Blippo+ @blippo.plus · 19d

🗓️ 📡 2 Days Until Blippo+

Welcome, companion! You find yourself tuned into a fantastic new world of intergalactic entertainment. Do you have what it takes to stump the Quizzard?

blippo.plus

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Mike Merrill @kmikeym.com · 21d

JUST FOUR MORE DAYS!

Blippo+ @blippo.plus · 22d

🗓️ 📡 4 Days Until Blippo+

The only place in all of subspace where you can tune into Small Talk with Gidget Gadget!

blippo.plus/steam

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Mike Merrill @kmikeym.com · 21d

A deep dive on the background, work, style, and impact of the amazing director of Blippo+ ... JJ Stratford! of @telefantasytv.bsky.social - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

JJ Stratford (Blippo+)

Podcast Episode · Pixel Pizza · 09/19/2025 · 59m

podcasts.apple.com

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Mike Merrill @kmikeym.com · 22d

so excited about this...

Blippo+ @blippo.plus · 22d

🗓️ 📡 5 Days Until Blippo+

Never Bland & Non-Demand!

blippo.plus/steam

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Mike Merrill @kmikeym.com · 23d

this is happening so soon. we're going to do a livestream for it...

Blippo+ @blippo.plus · 23d

OH MY GOB!

Blippo+ arrives on Steam in less than a week. Wishlist now:

blippo.plus/steam

Blippo+ on Steam

Blippo+ is a live-action, off-cable TV simulator. Channel-surf the stars and discover the staticky, radical world of Planet Blip through its soaps, sitcoms, news, weather, and talk shows. But don’t to...

blippo.plus

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Mike Merrill @kmikeym.com · 27d

CaaS Pricing Tiers

$9/m "Abstract Thoughts" tier
• One wild hypothetical per day

$49/m "Rabbit Hole" tier
• 10 semi-meaningful Wikipedia tabs opened on your behalf daily

$499/m: "Conspiracy Enthusiast" tier
• Qtrly alien debrief
• Support for crack pot theories

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Mike Merrill @kmikeym.com · 28d

Brunk is willing.

Mike Merrill @kmikeym.com · Sep 6

and it's kind of metal 🤘