Mike Gorrie
@mikegorrie.bsky.social
Chronically-online story enthusiast (films & TV, games, literature), livestreamer, filmmaker, musician and writer. I talk a lot about media and AuDHD. (he/they)
Gamedev dressed normally: Whoo, first day of sales! 🎉
Creepy guy with knife: We’re gonna make a fuckin' killing!
Gamedev: Man I’m gonna need you to — I need you to dial it back.
Creepy guy with knife: We’re gonna make a fuckin' killing!
Gamedev: Man I’m gonna need you to — I need you to dial it back.
January 30, 2026 at 6:14 AM
Gamedev dressed normally: Whoo, first day of sales! 🎉
Creepy guy with knife: We’re gonna make a fuckin' killing!
Gamedev: Man I’m gonna need you to — I need you to dial it back.
Creepy guy with knife: We’re gonna make a fuckin' killing!
Gamedev: Man I’m gonna need you to — I need you to dial it back.
Dinocop (2025): https://mikegorrie.micro.blog/2026/01/24/dinocop.html
A brief review of Dinocop (2025, Pieces Games), a genuine banger with some minor technical flaws. Originally posted on Steam.
A brief review of Dinocop (2025, Pieces Games), a genuine banger with some minor technical flaws. Originally posted on Steam.
January 24, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Dinocop (2025): https://mikegorrie.micro.blog/2026/01/24/dinocop.html
A brief review of Dinocop (2025, Pieces Games), a genuine banger with some minor technical flaws. Originally posted on Steam.
A brief review of Dinocop (2025, Pieces Games), a genuine banger with some minor technical flaws. Originally posted on Steam.
🎮 I was not expecting Bastila Shan to show up.
Context: Early in the Jedi Consular story (Star Wars: The Old Republic), you collect a series of Jedi devices that apparently store the wisdom of past masters, each based on a theme (Science, then Wisdom, then Secrets). #SWTOR
Context: Early in the Jedi Consular story (Star Wars: The Old Republic), you collect a series of Jedi devices that apparently store the wisdom of past masters, each based on a theme (Science, then Wisdom, then Secrets). #SWTOR
January 24, 2026 at 9:02 AM
🎮 I was not expecting Bastila Shan to show up.
Context: Early in the Jedi Consular story (Star Wars: The Old Republic), you collect a series of Jedi devices that apparently store the wisdom of past masters, each based on a theme (Science, then Wisdom, then Secrets). #SWTOR
Context: Early in the Jedi Consular story (Star Wars: The Old Republic), you collect a series of Jedi devices that apparently store the wisdom of past masters, each based on a theme (Science, then Wisdom, then Secrets). #SWTOR
Low-key, this would go hard though!
January 24, 2026 at 6:35 AM
Low-key, this would go hard though!
Life can come at you fast, and often right when you’re trying to settle into a sustainable rhythm. I’m re-learning how to be okay with that. Part of performing is how you get the show back on the rails after you mess up. Sustainability is about what you can protect, maintain, and repeatedly rebuild.
January 23, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Life can come at you fast, and often right when you’re trying to settle into a sustainable rhythm. I’m re-learning how to be okay with that. Part of performing is how you get the show back on the rails after you mess up. Sustainability is about what you can protect, maintain, and repeatedly rebuild.
Found embedded in a tree stump.
January 22, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Found embedded in a tree stump.
Reposted by Mike Gorrie
It would be easy to reposition this headline as 'Billionaire author vows to keep interfering with Scottish democracy', which doesn't look too pretty.
October 9, 2025 at 10:44 AM
It would be easy to reposition this headline as 'Billionaire author vows to keep interfering with Scottish democracy', which doesn't look too pretty.
Reposted by Mike Gorrie
you should go look up everyone who reviewed hogwarts legacy and said that it was okay to buy it
and you should absolutely block the fuck out of them
no, I don't care that some of them are well liked people who were nice to you once. fuck anyone who supports hogwarts legacy
and you should absolutely block the fuck out of them
no, I don't care that some of them are well liked people who were nice to you once. fuck anyone who supports hogwarts legacy
It cannot be made clearer.
If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.
If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.
January 21, 2026 at 3:24 AM
you should go look up everyone who reviewed hogwarts legacy and said that it was okay to buy it
and you should absolutely block the fuck out of them
no, I don't care that some of them are well liked people who were nice to you once. fuck anyone who supports hogwarts legacy
and you should absolutely block the fuck out of them
no, I don't care that some of them are well liked people who were nice to you once. fuck anyone who supports hogwarts legacy
That’s the best shot of the Aurora Australis that I’m likely to get from here.
January 20, 2026 at 12:41 PM
That’s the best shot of the Aurora Australis that I’m likely to get from here.
Ok, internet’s fixed. Now to catch up on everything I missed.
January 20, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Ok, internet’s fixed. Now to catch up on everything I missed.
Found a bull ant in my room, then another, right before bed. Got out the surface bugspray ‘just to cut off their path’. Entire flat now smells like bugspray. Opened doors and windows to get airflow, not sure how long I’ll have to wait it out. It’s now 4.20am. You win, ants. You owned me.
January 19, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Found a bull ant in my room, then another, right before bed. Got out the surface bugspray ‘just to cut off their path’. Entire flat now smells like bugspray. Opened doors and windows to get airflow, not sure how long I’ll have to wait it out. It’s now 4.20am. You win, ants. You owned me.
No internet connection at home for a few days, and while I get phone signal here it’s pretty weak and unreliable in the wake of the fires. It’s turned even uploading screenshots (let alone clips) into a whole process. Hoping the NBN guys will be able to fix it right away when they come tomorrow.
January 19, 2026 at 4:17 AM
No internet connection at home for a few days, and while I get phone signal here it’s pretty weak and unreliable in the wake of the fires. It’s turned even uploading screenshots (let alone clips) into a whole process. Hoping the NBN guys will be able to fix it right away when they come tomorrow.
That’s Episode 1 done, and that’ll do it for tonight. The storytelling’s tight so far, there’s just enough interactivity to put the player ‘in’ the scene, and the shift gameplay intrigues me. I can already see how this is “Twilight for dudes”, but as a dude I fuck with that! #DispatchGame
January 18, 2026 at 3:48 PM
That’s Episode 1 done, and that’ll do it for tonight. The storytelling’s tight so far, there’s just enough interactivity to put the player ‘in’ the scene, and the shift gameplay intrigues me. I can already see how this is “Twilight for dudes”, but as a dude I fuck with that! #DispatchGame
Oh man, even in the tutorial you have to be conservative with who you send out and for what. I assumed it’d be a cakewalk, tried sending a bunch of heroes out together, and took a cascade of losses when they weren’t back in time for a wave of calls.
#DispatchGame
#DispatchGame
January 18, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Oh man, even in the tutorial you have to be conservative with who you send out and for what. I assumed it’d be a cakewalk, tried sending a bunch of heroes out together, and took a cascade of losses when they weren’t back in time for a wave of calls.
#DispatchGame
#DispatchGame
This is a cool system. Strategic, chaotic, and story-driven all at once. I’ve never seen any game integrate all that — they usually pick two. #DispatchGame
January 18, 2026 at 2:16 PM
This is a cool system. Strategic, chaotic, and story-driven all at once. I’ve never seen any game integrate all that — they usually pick two. #DispatchGame
January 18, 2026 at 1:47 PM
The animation in #DispatchGame slaps harder than it has any right to.
January 18, 2026 at 1:40 PM
The animation in #DispatchGame slaps harder than it has any right to.
Opening scenes go hard and fast. Feels similar to the opening of the Telltale Batman series. I’m okay with going back to the same well if the well still kicks ass.
#DispatchGame
#DispatchGame
January 18, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Opening scenes go hard and fast. Feels similar to the opening of the Telltale Batman series. I’m okay with going back to the same well if the well still kicks ass.
#DispatchGame
#DispatchGame
January 18, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Anyway, who up poking their mans
January 14, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Anyway, who up poking their mans
So we lost the coolstore, which will affect nearly every local business that produces food or drink. And we’ve lost the broadcast towers (for a little while), which will impact the entire local media sector. 2026 is not starting out well for Central Victoria.
January 14, 2026 at 3:59 PM
So we lost the coolstore, which will affect nearly every local business that produces food or drink. And we’ve lost the broadcast towers (for a little while), which will impact the entire local media sector. 2026 is not starting out well for Central Victoria.
"“They’ve given you the juiciest steak and the butteriest lobster, and here’s you demanding the juice from the bottom of the bin.”"
January 12, 2026 at 5:31 AM
"“They’ve given you the juiciest steak and the butteriest lobster, and here’s you demanding the juice from the bottom of the bin.”"
