Benjamin N
@rasgueado.curvedspace.media
My name is Benjamin, and I am a musician, raconteur, roustabout, and public policy interloper. (They/Them)🏳️🌈🟥🟨🟦
You can find my various other things using linktr.ee/rasgueado or on fedi (@[email protected]).
You can find my various other things using linktr.ee/rasgueado or on fedi (@[email protected]).
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While Carney caters to the corporate elite, our movement knows that it’s time to tax the rich and invest in the 99% who keep this country going.
Thanks @lindamcquaig.bsky.social for the shout out in the @thestar.com!
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Thanks @lindamcquaig.bsky.social for the shout out in the @thestar.com!
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
!["The closest we have to [Mamdani] in Canada is NDP leadership candidate Avi Lewis, also an articulate, left-wing populist who, like Mamdani, openly advocates for taxing the rich in order to provide benefits for ordinary people. Now there's a wild idea. But it might just catch on." - Linda McQuaig in the Toronto Star](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:idsofvph6jyjtkumhhla6n5e/bafkreidastyznqnyv3bj5zstod4mbkyo3o33zu447qwbfly2zmvgx426jq@jpeg)
November 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
While Carney caters to the corporate elite, our movement knows that it’s time to tax the rich and invest in the 99% who keep this country going.
Thanks @lindamcquaig.bsky.social for the shout out in the @thestar.com!
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Thanks @lindamcquaig.bsky.social for the shout out in the @thestar.com!
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Spent some time with my VR headset tonight after finally sitting down to figure out what some of the driver issues connecting to the base stations was all about.
Polybius might be one of the best VR games made to date.
youtu.be/viWjIBDSF_k?...
Polybius might be one of the best VR games made to date.
youtu.be/viWjIBDSF_k?...
Polybius - Trailer (Steam)
YouTube video by MrOut
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Spent some time with my VR headset tonight after finally sitting down to figure out what some of the driver issues connecting to the base stations was all about.
Polybius might be one of the best VR games made to date.
youtu.be/viWjIBDSF_k?...
Polybius might be one of the best VR games made to date.
youtu.be/viWjIBDSF_k?...
I am very happy to hear Lumines Arise supports this!
November 12, 2025 at 7:22 AM
I am very happy to hear Lumines Arise supports this!
Contacted by the US Secret Service & the AI Surveillance Center Dystopia
YouTube video by Gamers Nexus
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
You know what's really good though? The Seance of Blake Manor. That there is a detective/ghost-story game that I think it definitely worth your time.
youtu.be/QF8sknUZUW4?...
youtu.be/QF8sknUZUW4?...
The Séance of Blake Manor | Release Trailer
YouTube video by Raw Fury
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
You know what's really good though? The Seance of Blake Manor. That there is a detective/ghost-story game that I think it definitely worth your time.
youtu.be/QF8sknUZUW4?...
youtu.be/QF8sknUZUW4?...
I am annoyed about the choice Embark made for voices in Arc Raiders. I can't find it now, but I would swear I recalled an interview that when The Finals released where they said the intent was to not to do the same thing in that game as well in Arc Raiders.
Don't see any reason they couldn't fix it
Don't see any reason they couldn't fix it
November 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I am annoyed about the choice Embark made for voices in Arc Raiders. I can't find it now, but I would swear I recalled an interview that when The Finals released where they said the intent was to not to do the same thing in that game as well in Arc Raiders.
Don't see any reason they couldn't fix it
Don't see any reason they couldn't fix it
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"We found out later that Keighley had a party in another room with all the influencers and industry people. You know where Future Class met that day? At a Starbucks.”
‘We were effectively props’: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’
Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"We found out later that Keighley had a party in another room with all the influencers and industry people. You know where Future Class met that day? At a Starbucks.”
Thank you everyone for your support and donations! A big thanks to @gbdudersfeed.bsky.social and @teamoverture.com for your support over the last 24 hours!
Finished raising 213% of our goal! Passed the love raid on to www.twitch.tv/risingtied, go say hi if you can! #ExtraLife2025
FOR THE KIDS!
Finished raising 213% of our goal! Passed the love raid on to www.twitch.tv/risingtied, go say hi if you can! #ExtraLife2025
FOR THE KIDS!
Twitch
Twitch is the world
www.twitch.tv
November 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Thank you everyone for your support and donations! A big thanks to @gbdudersfeed.bsky.social and @teamoverture.com for your support over the last 24 hours!
Finished raising 213% of our goal! Passed the love raid on to www.twitch.tv/risingtied, go say hi if you can! #ExtraLife2025
FOR THE KIDS!
Finished raising 213% of our goal! Passed the love raid on to www.twitch.tv/risingtied, go say hi if you can! #ExtraLife2025
FOR THE KIDS!
Starting up now we are hitting Europa Universalis V until 4am! After that we'll be looking at Below from @capygames.bsky.social, then Lands of Lore: Throne of Chaos, and finishing up with Arc Raiders for the final 2 hours of the run!
Entering the final 8 hours of #ExtraLife2025! So far, thanks to everyone who has donated, we have smashed through our goal and are now at 181% of the original target! If we're lucky, we might make it to 200%, but everything feels like a win!
Thanks to the @gbdudersfeed.bsky.social for the support!
Thanks to the @gbdudersfeed.bsky.social for the support!
November 9, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Starting up now we are hitting Europa Universalis V until 4am! After that we'll be looking at Below from @capygames.bsky.social, then Lands of Lore: Throne of Chaos, and finishing up with Arc Raiders for the final 2 hours of the run!
Entering the final 8 hours of #ExtraLife2025! So far, thanks to everyone who has donated, we have smashed through our goal and are now at 181% of the original target! If we're lucky, we might make it to 200%, but everything feels like a win!
Thanks to the @gbdudersfeed.bsky.social for the support!
Thanks to the @gbdudersfeed.bsky.social for the support!
November 9, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Entering the final 8 hours of #ExtraLife2025! So far, thanks to everyone who has donated, we have smashed through our goal and are now at 181% of the original target! If we're lucky, we might make it to 200%, but everything feels like a win!
Thanks to the @gbdudersfeed.bsky.social for the support!
Thanks to the @gbdudersfeed.bsky.social for the support!
The half-way mark has been crossed for #ExtraLife2025, and I'm happy to say, thanks to all the lovely donors, we have now crossed our donation goal and are now at 159% of that!
Still 12 hours to go, and we're picking Echo!
twitch.tv/rasgueado
youtu.be/kMtMCD4z3z4?...
Still 12 hours to go, and we're picking Echo!
twitch.tv/rasgueado
youtu.be/kMtMCD4z3z4?...
ECHO - LAUNCH TRAILER
YouTube video by Ultra Ultra
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 6:08 AM
The half-way mark has been crossed for #ExtraLife2025, and I'm happy to say, thanks to all the lovely donors, we have now crossed our donation goal and are now at 159% of that!
Still 12 hours to go, and we're picking Echo!
twitch.tv/rasgueado
youtu.be/kMtMCD4z3z4?...
Still 12 hours to go, and we're picking Echo!
twitch.tv/rasgueado
youtu.be/kMtMCD4z3z4?...
#ExtraLife2025 continues! We're picking up now after a short break with #SkinDeep from @blendogames.bsky.social! This game is awesome, silly fun, and perfect for this point in the run!
twitch.tv/rasgueado
youtu.be/PvfesH0i6OQ?...
twitch.tv/rasgueado
youtu.be/PvfesH0i6OQ?...
Skin Deep - Official Launch Trailer
YouTube video by GameTrailers
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 12:06 AM
#ExtraLife2025 continues! We're picking up now after a short break with #SkinDeep from @blendogames.bsky.social! This game is awesome, silly fun, and perfect for this point in the run!
twitch.tv/rasgueado
youtu.be/PvfesH0i6OQ?...
twitch.tv/rasgueado
youtu.be/PvfesH0i6OQ?...
The time has arrived! I am live on #twitch for #ExtraLife2025!
I’ll be on for the next 24 hours playing games and raising funds for CM H hospitals along with the @giantbomb.bsky.social team!
Starting out we’re taking a look at Sunset Overdrive.
twitch.tv/rasgueado
I’ll be on for the next 24 hours playing games and raising funds for CM H hospitals along with the @giantbomb.bsky.social team!
Starting out we’re taking a look at Sunset Overdrive.
twitch.tv/rasgueado
November 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The time has arrived! I am live on #twitch for #ExtraLife2025!
I’ll be on for the next 24 hours playing games and raising funds for CM H hospitals along with the @giantbomb.bsky.social team!
Starting out we’re taking a look at Sunset Overdrive.
twitch.tv/rasgueado
I’ll be on for the next 24 hours playing games and raising funds for CM H hospitals along with the @giantbomb.bsky.social team!
Starting out we’re taking a look at Sunset Overdrive.
twitch.tv/rasgueado
Apart from the alerts, what probably took the most time was re-testing everything with a new audio and camera setup. Some settings were changed again for reasons I cannot fathom.
Lands of Lore needed some more tweaking. Finally setting dosbox to ddraw fixed the output issue.
Problem solving!
Lands of Lore needed some more tweaking. Finally setting dosbox to ddraw fixed the output issue.
Problem solving!
November 8, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Apart from the alerts, what probably took the most time was re-testing everything with a new audio and camera setup. Some settings were changed again for reasons I cannot fathom.
Lands of Lore needed some more tweaking. Finally setting dosbox to ddraw fixed the output issue.
Problem solving!
Lands of Lore needed some more tweaking. Finally setting dosbox to ddraw fixed the output issue.
Problem solving!
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ArbitraryWater just started the first part of their streaming contributions to @giantbomb.bsky.social's Extra Life Team!
They're still looking for their first donation!
Twitch: www.twitch.tv/arbitrarywater
Donation Page: www.extra-life.org/participants...
#charity #extralife #giantbomb #gaming
They're still looking for their first donation!
Twitch: www.twitch.tv/arbitrarywater
Donation Page: www.extra-life.org/participants...
#charity #extralife #giantbomb #gaming
November 8, 2025 at 3:16 AM
ArbitraryWater just started the first part of their streaming contributions to @giantbomb.bsky.social's Extra Life Team!
They're still looking for their first donation!
Twitch: www.twitch.tv/arbitrarywater
Donation Page: www.extra-life.org/participants...
#charity #extralife #giantbomb #gaming
They're still looking for their first donation!
Twitch: www.twitch.tv/arbitrarywater
Donation Page: www.extra-life.org/participants...
#charity #extralife #giantbomb #gaming
When you spend hours trying to get something to work, and even try and download python to figure out how to do it yourself, only to discover you used the original tool incorrectly.
So what if I didn't update it with the right participant id. Isn't it just SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT! 😅
So what if I didn't update it with the right participant id. Isn't it just SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT! 😅
November 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
When you spend hours trying to get something to work, and even try and download python to figure out how to do it yourself, only to discover you used the original tool incorrectly.
So what if I didn't update it with the right participant id. Isn't it just SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT! 😅
So what if I didn't update it with the right participant id. Isn't it just SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT! 😅
In the quest for snacks during Extra Life I picked up a can of these today. Now… I knew there was a good chance these would be nasty, but this is an intersection of flavours I like that it might be worth the risk.
Not so much. I’ll still eat them because wasting food stinks but…
Not so much. I’ll still eat them because wasting food stinks but…
November 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
In the quest for snacks during Extra Life I picked up a can of these today. Now… I knew there was a good chance these would be nasty, but this is an intersection of flavours I like that it might be worth the risk.
Not so much. I’ll still eat them because wasting food stinks but…
Not so much. I’ll still eat them because wasting food stinks but…
This is the fun part of every year of doing this... why is the donation tracker not working/updating, and why are the alerts not popping.
Always fun to test when I can emulate the alerts, and *those* function, but it clearly did not capture an incoming donation that happened during testing. FUN!
Always fun to test when I can emulate the alerts, and *those* function, but it clearly did not capture an incoming donation that happened during testing. FUN!
November 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This is the fun part of every year of doing this... why is the donation tracker not working/updating, and why are the alerts not popping.
Always fun to test when I can emulate the alerts, and *those* function, but it clearly did not capture an incoming donation that happened during testing. FUN!
Always fun to test when I can emulate the alerts, and *those* function, but it clearly did not capture an incoming donation that happened during testing. FUN!
It is just over 24 hours until the start of my run for #ExtraLife2025! I'm being very careful to avoid clicking updates on *anything* for the next 2 days.
It's wild how things change over 10 years. Doing timers used to be way more complicated than they are now!
It's wild how things change over 10 years. Doing timers used to be way more complicated than they are now!
November 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
It is just over 24 hours until the start of my run for #ExtraLife2025! I'm being very careful to avoid clicking updates on *anything* for the next 2 days.
It's wild how things change over 10 years. Doing timers used to be way more complicated than they are now!
It's wild how things change over 10 years. Doing timers used to be way more complicated than they are now!
In just two days it will be gameday for #ExtraLife2025!
One of the games we'll be looking at is the sci-fi stealth/action game "Echo" from Ultra Ultra. It's a game where your opponents learn from the actions you take.
youtu.be/kMtMCD4z3z4?...
One of the games we'll be looking at is the sci-fi stealth/action game "Echo" from Ultra Ultra. It's a game where your opponents learn from the actions you take.
youtu.be/kMtMCD4z3z4?...
November 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
In just two days it will be gameday for #ExtraLife2025!
One of the games we'll be looking at is the sci-fi stealth/action game "Echo" from Ultra Ultra. It's a game where your opponents learn from the actions you take.
youtu.be/kMtMCD4z3z4?...
One of the games we'll be looking at is the sci-fi stealth/action game "Echo" from Ultra Ultra. It's a game where your opponents learn from the actions you take.
youtu.be/kMtMCD4z3z4?...
I get back to my timeline this morning, and apparently now that a bunch of women just won some races down south, now there is just a flood of "editorial site" posts about women ruining the west or some nonsense?
I can feel the bloggers from a decade ago blowing dust off of old posts. Eugh.
>.<
I can feel the bloggers from a decade ago blowing dust off of old posts. Eugh.
>.<
November 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I get back to my timeline this morning, and apparently now that a bunch of women just won some races down south, now there is just a flood of "editorial site" posts about women ruining the west or some nonsense?
I can feel the bloggers from a decade ago blowing dust off of old posts. Eugh.
>.<
I can feel the bloggers from a decade ago blowing dust off of old posts. Eugh.
>.<
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ATTENTION @giantbomb.bsky.social users! Only a few days remain until Extra Life's Game Day event!
If you haven't joined Giant Bomb's Extra Life Team, please do so! We have 33 members and will happily accept more!
Team Page: www.extra-life.org/teams/72740
#games #gaming #extralife #charity
If you haven't joined Giant Bomb's Extra Life Team, please do so! We have 33 members and will happily accept more!
Team Page: www.extra-life.org/teams/72740
#games #gaming #extralife #charity
Extra Life | Change Kids' Health, Change the Future
I'm raising funds with #EXTRALIFE for kids treated at my Children's Miracle Network Hospitals! I need your help to reach my fundraising goal. Please donate today to change kids' health.
www.extra-life.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
ATTENTION @giantbomb.bsky.social users! Only a few days remain until Extra Life's Game Day event!
If you haven't joined Giant Bomb's Extra Life Team, please do so! We have 33 members and will happily accept more!
Team Page: www.extra-life.org/teams/72740
#games #gaming #extralife #charity
If you haven't joined Giant Bomb's Extra Life Team, please do so! We have 33 members and will happily accept more!
Team Page: www.extra-life.org/teams/72740
#games #gaming #extralife #charity
This is a fabulous RPG that you really shouldn't miss.
The AWARD-WINNING Caves of Qud is on sale for 20% off ✨
Buy on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/333640/C...
Buy on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/333640/C...
November 6, 2025 at 6:46 AM
This is a fabulous RPG that you really shouldn't miss.
I’m live on #twitch tonight with #EuropaUniversalisV! A whole new game and nee things to learn as I dust off the cobwebs and learn a whole new system!
Classin’ things up to ight for the occasion with a tie and everything!
twitch.tv/rasgueado
Classin’ things up to ight for the occasion with a tie and everything!
twitch.tv/rasgueado
November 6, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I’m live on #twitch tonight with #EuropaUniversalisV! A whole new game and nee things to learn as I dust off the cobwebs and learn a whole new system!
Classin’ things up to ight for the occasion with a tie and everything!
twitch.tv/rasgueado
Classin’ things up to ight for the occasion with a tie and everything!
twitch.tv/rasgueado
Sumo was making a big push here back in 2023, and is now continuing to demonstrate why capital conglomeration like this is bad for workers and artists.
Since last year now both of them Timbre and Atomhawk here are gone. I applied to both of those places as they were expanding...
Since last year now both of them Timbre and Atomhawk here are gone. I applied to both of those places as they were expanding...
Sumo Group-owned outsourcing studio Atomhawk closes Canadian branch
Sumo Group-owned outsourcing studio Atomhawk closes Canadian branch
The Canadian studio operated for eight years and spearheaded multiple research and development initiatives.
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Sumo was making a big push here back in 2023, and is now continuing to demonstrate why capital conglomeration like this is bad for workers and artists.
Since last year now both of them Timbre and Atomhawk here are gone. I applied to both of those places as they were expanding...
Since last year now both of them Timbre and Atomhawk here are gone. I applied to both of those places as they were expanding...