Michael
@michaelklamerus.bsky.social
Makes tiny games. Currently in grad school to be a librarian. Helps organize local game dev stuff near Detroit. they/them
https://michael-klamerus.itch.io/
https://virtualmoose.org/
https://michael-klamerus.itch.io/
https://virtualmoose.org/
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Michael
@michaelklamerus.bsky.social
· Dec 30
The mini games anthology that I helped organize for the Ann Arbor District Library for the city's bicentennial is out. Featuring a puzzle game by @flyovergames.bsky.social, game boy game by @itsmelilyv.bsky.social, and point-and-click adventure by me
aadl.org/drchasegames
aadl.org/drchasegames
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Okay I buried the lede here. In the 1995 E3 Show Daily, Crystal Dynamics ran an ad that promised, in no uncertain terms, that playing Gex would give you "multiple orgasms"
They ran this ad at a professional event
They ran this ad at a professional event
February 6, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Okay I buried the lede here. In the 1995 E3 Show Daily, Crystal Dynamics ran an ad that promised, in no uncertain terms, that playing Gex would give you "multiple orgasms"
They ran this ad at a professional event
They ran this ad at a professional event
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Good morning West Coast darlings! We are raising funds today for rent relief for families in East St Paul, MN who have been impacted by the federal government's siege there. We have a brand new, limited edition shirt available TODAY ONLY for it. bikinikill.bandcamp.com/merch/limite...
February 6, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Good morning West Coast darlings! We are raising funds today for rent relief for families in East St Paul, MN who have been impacted by the federal government's siege there. We have a brand new, limited edition shirt available TODAY ONLY for it. bikinikill.bandcamp.com/merch/limite...
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Periodically I think about how hard some of them worked to normalize every single step of this and how hard they're dancing now in hopes you forget it
Pour one out for every professional political pundit, writer, consultant whatever that has spent the last decade trying to pretend that the Trump phenomenon was about trade or opiates and not a big chunk of white america losing its mind over having a black president bsky.app/profile/kyle...
A screenshot from a video posted on Trump's Truth Social account: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
February 6, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Periodically I think about how hard some of them worked to normalize every single step of this and how hard they're dancing now in hopes you forget it
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Yep!
Detroit Historical Museum is having an exhibit on the ttrpg RIFTS?!?
February 6, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Yep!
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The Wright Museums Instagram page is HILARIOUS. Think The Office but it's the staff at a Museum for Black History. Better believe this is on my list of places to visit.
Gentle Spades
"I'm a veteran"
Gentle Spades
"I'm a veteran"
February 6, 2026 at 8:23 AM
The Wright Museums Instagram page is HILARIOUS. Think The Office but it's the staff at a Museum for Black History. Better believe this is on my list of places to visit.
Gentle Spades
"I'm a veteran"
Gentle Spades
"I'm a veteran"
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All bloggers are hereby cordially invited to participate in a new blog bandwagon on the topic of MAPS, featuring art (which you can use, remix, distort as you see fit) from @amandalee.bsky.social (Garbage Barge, Vampire Cruise, et al)
You have 80 days starting now!
#osr #tttpg #blog
You have 80 days starting now!
#osr #tttpg #blog
Bandwagon: The Map is Not the Territory But It is the Topic — Prismatic Wasteland
Announcing a new blog bandwagon! This time you have 80 days in which to write something on your blog about maps and/or to annotate/remix/expand a map drawn by the esteemed Amanda Lee Franck!
www.prismaticwasteland.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:57 PM
All bloggers are hereby cordially invited to participate in a new blog bandwagon on the topic of MAPS, featuring art (which you can use, remix, distort as you see fit) from @amandalee.bsky.social (Garbage Barge, Vampire Cruise, et al)
You have 80 days starting now!
#osr #tttpg #blog
You have 80 days starting now!
#osr #tttpg #blog
Detroit Historical Museum is having an exhibit on the ttrpg RIFTS?!?
February 6, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Detroit Historical Museum is having an exhibit on the ttrpg RIFTS?!?
It's Bandcamp Friday, where the site isn't take a cut from music sales. So consider buying an album or two from your favorite artists, starting a media server for your collection, reripping all your CDs to FLAC, spend hours customizing the metadata for your albums to your preference
February 6, 2026 at 1:23 PM
It's Bandcamp Friday, where the site isn't take a cut from music sales. So consider buying an album or two from your favorite artists, starting a media server for your collection, reripping all your CDs to FLAC, spend hours customizing the metadata for your albums to your preference
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Great new piece from @highimpactsex.bsky.social on IFComp’s rule change banning AI works:
mimidoshima.neocities.org/main/posts/2...
mimidoshima.neocities.org/main/posts/2...
Mimidoshima
LLM Slop Will Make Us Antisocial - Ruminations on IFComp 2025
mimidoshima.neocities.org
February 6, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Great new piece from @highimpactsex.bsky.social on IFComp’s rule change banning AI works:
mimidoshima.neocities.org/main/posts/2...
mimidoshima.neocities.org/main/posts/2...
Begging one of my musicians friends to make a multimedia program for their music like many people were doing in the 90s. You'll have multiple people, maybe even dozens, losing their mind
February 5, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Begging one of my musicians friends to make a multimedia program for their music like many people were doing in the 90s. You'll have multiple people, maybe even dozens, losing their mind
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Every time I launch this game, I laugh too hard to want to actually play it. Nothing it does in game can possibly live up to the first impression.
November 16, 2024 at 2:01 AM
Every time I launch this game, I laugh too hard to want to actually play it. Nothing it does in game can possibly live up to the first impression.
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Vibe coding is working as expected: it'll kill the open-source, secure, and ideologically maintained alternatives to make sure you have to pay the oligarchs to do anything at all, and they can control what you're allowed to make.
www.404media.co/vibe-coding-...
www.404media.co/vibe-coding-...
Vibe Coding Is Killing Open Source Software, Researchers Argue
‘If the maintainers of small projects give up, who will produce the next Linux?’
www.404media.co
February 5, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Vibe coding is working as expected: it'll kill the open-source, secure, and ideologically maintained alternatives to make sure you have to pay the oligarchs to do anything at all, and they can control what you're allowed to make.
www.404media.co/vibe-coding-...
www.404media.co/vibe-coding-...
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It's with a very heavy heart that we share the news of YoYo Games founder and original CEO, Sandy Duncan's passing. GameMaker would not be where it is today without Sandy and our hearts are with his family at this very difficult time. Rest in peace.
www.linkedin.com/posts/sandyd...
www.linkedin.com/posts/sandyd...
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 3:09 PM
It's with a very heavy heart that we share the news of YoYo Games founder and original CEO, Sandy Duncan's passing. GameMaker would not be where it is today without Sandy and our hearts are with his family at this very difficult time. Rest in peace.
www.linkedin.com/posts/sandyd...
www.linkedin.com/posts/sandyd...
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Hey, I know Blizzard confused everyone yesterday, but just as a reminder -- Bethesda is also a Microsoft studio, and is still part of the BDS boycott.
February 5, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Hey, I know Blizzard confused everyone yesterday, but just as a reminder -- Bethesda is also a Microsoft studio, and is still part of the BDS boycott.
Bracing for impact from all the emails I will be receiving tomorrow morning
The first Bandcamp Friday of 2026 is this Friday, February 6th. From midnight to midnight PDT, we'll be waive our revenue share and pass the funds directly to artists & labels. Mark your calendars and get those wishlists ready. daily.bandcamp.com/features/ban...
February 5, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Bracing for impact from all the emails I will be receiving tomorrow morning
if anything, I think video games should lean even more into the guy in gorilla suit energy
February 5, 2026 at 3:06 PM
if anything, I think video games should lean even more into the guy in gorilla suit energy
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Hey all! This Go Fund Me is for a Washtenaw County immigrant family that has been directly impacted by ICE and needs monetary support to pay bills/rent/etc.
Please consider giving if you are able!
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
Please consider giving if you are able!
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
Donate to Support for Ann Arbor Family Facing Deportation Hardship, organized by Janet Cannon
In Ann Arbor, Michigan, a beloved local family is facing an unim… Janet Cannon needs your support for Support for Ann Arbor Family Facing Deportation Hardship
www.gofundme.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Hey all! This Go Fund Me is for a Washtenaw County immigrant family that has been directly impacted by ICE and needs monetary support to pay bills/rent/etc.
Please consider giving if you are able!
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
Please consider giving if you are able!
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
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🚨 New: We built a visual tracker of the warehouses ICE is targeting across the US.
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
February 4, 2026 at 6:41 PM
🚨 New: We built a visual tracker of the warehouses ICE is targeting across the US.
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
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I made my first ever zine, Syl's Indie Game Recs! Five of my all-time favorite indie games to start with, and I'll try to make a new volume monthly. I'll have a bigger/easier to see version up on my site soon. zinesforever.com/z/syls-indie...
Syl's Indie Game Recs Vol. 1
Five of my all-time favorite indie games to kick off this zine series.
zinesforever.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:25 AM
I made my first ever zine, Syl's Indie Game Recs! Five of my all-time favorite indie games to start with, and I'll try to make a new volume monthly. I'll have a bigger/easier to see version up on my site soon. zinesforever.com/z/syls-indie...
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What a loss. Reading about “vocational awe” early in my MLIS program meant so much, and I know plenty of booksellers and game designers who found something necessary in there as well. www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2018/vocatio...
February 5, 2026 at 12:51 AM
What a loss. Reading about “vocational awe” early in my MLIS program meant so much, and I know plenty of booksellers and game designers who found something necessary in there as well. www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2018/vocatio...
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Reminder that if you're a BDS boycotter, Blizzard is part of Microsoft, and Overwatch is very much a Microsoft product.
February 4, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Reminder that if you're a BDS boycotter, Blizzard is part of Microsoft, and Overwatch is very much a Microsoft product.
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My co-author Dr. Megan Condis and I gathered nearly 3,000 print ads from the console wars era to analyze whether the popular narrative that "Sega was for rad teens and Nintendo was for babies" actually holds up.
The results paint a slightly more nuanced picture.
Read about it on @aftermath.site!
The results paint a slightly more nuanced picture.
Read about it on @aftermath.site!
The Console Wars, As Told By '90s Nintendo And Sega Advertisements
'The way you come to understand [anything] inside and out is by seeing how it evolved over time'
aftermath.site
February 4, 2026 at 5:14 PM
My co-author Dr. Megan Condis and I gathered nearly 3,000 print ads from the console wars era to analyze whether the popular narrative that "Sega was for rad teens and Nintendo was for babies" actually holds up.
The results paint a slightly more nuanced picture.
Read about it on @aftermath.site!
The results paint a slightly more nuanced picture.
Read about it on @aftermath.site!
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In a now annual traditional I'm running another mass participation game throughout February starting NOW.
Come join JUNJI ITO PINBALL. Play in the forum pages of the itchio page and create lore in real time alfredvalley.itch.io/junji-ito-pi...
Come join JUNJI ITO PINBALL. Play in the forum pages of the itchio page and create lore in real time alfredvalley.itch.io/junji-ito-pi...
February 4, 2026 at 3:57 PM
In a now annual traditional I'm running another mass participation game throughout February starting NOW.
Come join JUNJI ITO PINBALL. Play in the forum pages of the itchio page and create lore in real time alfredvalley.itch.io/junji-ito-pi...
Come join JUNJI ITO PINBALL. Play in the forum pages of the itchio page and create lore in real time alfredvalley.itch.io/junji-ito-pi...
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Added QoL and polish, I'm gonna to call this one finished!
"It's Going to be OK" is a singleplayer boardgame in the style of Pandemic or Daybreak.
Coordinate a mutual aid network to keep folks healthy. From each according to their ability, to each according to their need.
#gamedev #indiegame
"It's Going to be OK" is a singleplayer boardgame in the style of Pandemic or Daybreak.
Coordinate a mutual aid network to keep folks healthy. From each according to their ability, to each according to their need.
#gamedev #indiegame
Made a chill game with some cool folks for #GGJ26!
taconitegames.itch.io/its-going-to...
#gamedev #indiegame #gamejam
taconitegames.itch.io/its-going-to...
#gamedev #indiegame #gamejam
It's Going to be OK by TaconiteGames
Mutual Aid Coordination Puzzle Game
taconitegames.itch.io
February 4, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Added QoL and polish, I'm gonna to call this one finished!
"It's Going to be OK" is a singleplayer boardgame in the style of Pandemic or Daybreak.
Coordinate a mutual aid network to keep folks healthy. From each according to their ability, to each according to their need.
#gamedev #indiegame
"It's Going to be OK" is a singleplayer boardgame in the style of Pandemic or Daybreak.
Coordinate a mutual aid network to keep folks healthy. From each according to their ability, to each according to their need.
#gamedev #indiegame
I know I'm incredibly annoying about starting your own website, mailing list, etc and having a space on the internet that you have more control over outside of social media, but it's because the people who run this place are dipshits
@dril is now banned from bluesky for sharing this email
February 4, 2026 at 4:08 PM
I know I'm incredibly annoying about starting your own website, mailing list, etc and having a space on the internet that you have more control over outside of social media, but it's because the people who run this place are dipshits