Chris Schilling
@schillingc.bsky.social
Editorial director, @lostincult. Author of Heartbeats, Dreams and Laser Eyes: 15 Years of Simogo; Outer Wilds: Design Works; IMMORTALITY: Design Works. Critic (games/film). Formerly deputy editor, Edge. [email protected].
We're kicking off 2026 in fine style with Citizen Sleeper 2: Design Works – like the game, it might just be even better than its predecessor. Plenty more surprises coming up, too... what are *you* hoping to see from LIC this year?
You can miss a lot in an evening, Sleeper.
Citizen Sleeper 2: Anniversary Editions available for pre-order from Lost In Cult in collaboration with @jumpovertheage.com 🔧
Design Works, Vinyl, Signed Art Prints, TTRPG & Slipmats below! ⬇️🔗
Citizen Sleeper 2: Anniversary Editions available for pre-order from Lost In Cult in collaboration with @jumpovertheage.com 🔧
Design Works, Vinyl, Signed Art Prints, TTRPG & Slipmats below! ⬇️🔗
January 30, 2026 at 12:04 PM
We're kicking off 2026 in fine style with Citizen Sleeper 2: Design Works – like the game, it might just be even better than its predecessor. Plenty more surprises coming up, too... what are *you* hoping to see from LIC this year?
"He's coming out of the goddamn wall!"
January 30, 2026 at 11:09 AM
"He's coming out of the goddamn wall!"
Would 'Darren Aroslopsky' have done bigger numbers? I suspect so
Creatively Barren Aronofsky, more like
January 30, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Would 'Darren Aroslopsky' have done bigger numbers? I suspect so
"Mr President, thank you for seeing this moment clearly" as he's barely able to keep his eyes open
Trump's eyes get heavy and eventually close as Burgum's wife Kathryn Burgum drones on and on
January 29, 2026 at 11:11 PM
"Mr President, thank you for seeing this moment clearly" as he's barely able to keep his eyes open
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Last year, I matched donations to Trans Lifeline and it ended up at $2,200, which I rounded up to $2,500, split up into monthly payments.
I'd like to do the same this year, so if you donate $5 and reply to this post with proof, I'll match it again!
❤️🏳️⚧️❤️🏳️⚧️❤️🏳️⚧️❤️🏳️⚧️❤️
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Last year, I matched donations to Trans Lifeline and it ended up at $2,200, which I rounded up to $2,500, split up into monthly payments.
I'd like to do the same this year, so if you donate $5 and reply to this post with proof, I'll match it again!
❤️🏳️⚧️❤️🏳️⚧️❤️🏳️⚧️❤️🏳️⚧️❤️
bsky.app/profile/hown...
I let this run for an extra day, because why not, and we've got a grand total of
✨🏳️⚧️ $2,200! 🏳️⚧️✨
- if someone didn't specify a donation, I put $20
- I matched every amount, all the way up to $250 (!)
- I'm just going to assume ALL donations were in USD, so...
That's $3,150 CAD for Trans Lifeline!
✨🏳️⚧️ $2,200! 🏳️⚧️✨
- if someone didn't specify a donation, I put $20
- I matched every amount, all the way up to $250 (!)
- I'm just going to assume ALL donations were in USD, so...
That's $3,150 CAD for Trans Lifeline!
🏳️⚧️‼️ TRANS FOLK IN THE GAMES INDUSTRY‼️🏳️⚧️
If you are in need of work, please share your portfolio here!
If you are not trans but you see this - donate $5 to Trans Lifeline and I will match your donation!
translifeline.org
If you are in need of work, please share your portfolio here!
If you are not trans but you see this - donate $5 to Trans Lifeline and I will match your donation!
translifeline.org
January 27, 2026 at 6:05 PM
❤️🏳️⚧️❤️🏳️⚧️❤️🏳️⚧️❤️🏳️⚧️❤️
Last year, I matched donations to Trans Lifeline and it ended up at $2,200, which I rounded up to $2,500, split up into monthly payments.
I'd like to do the same this year, so if you donate $5 and reply to this post with proof, I'll match it again!
❤️🏳️⚧️❤️🏳️⚧️❤️🏳️⚧️❤️🏳️⚧️❤️
bsky.app/profile/hown...
Last year, I matched donations to Trans Lifeline and it ended up at $2,200, which I rounded up to $2,500, split up into monthly payments.
I'd like to do the same this year, so if you donate $5 and reply to this post with proof, I'll match it again!
❤️🏳️⚧️❤️🏳️⚧️❤️🏳️⚧️❤️🏳️⚧️❤️
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Just a reminder, the greatest living American historian filmmaker, Ken Burns, released a 720 min exploration of every facet of the American revolution using zero generative AI and paying for all of its assets instead of cobbling it from stolen data, then he gave it away for free on PBS this year.
First trailer for Darren Aranofsky's new AI animated series 'On This Day... 1776'
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
January 29, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Just a reminder, the greatest living American historian filmmaker, Ken Burns, released a 720 min exploration of every facet of the American revolution using zero generative AI and paying for all of its assets instead of cobbling it from stolen data, then he gave it away for free on PBS this year.
Word on the street is that Heartbeats, Dreams and Laser Eyes: 15 Years of Simogo is pretty good. Not saying I believe it but that’s what I’m hearing!
January 29, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Word on the street is that Heartbeats, Dreams and Laser Eyes: 15 Years of Simogo is pretty good. Not saying I believe it but that’s what I’m hearing!
Creatively Barren Aronofsky, more like
January 29, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Creatively Barren Aronofsky, more like
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Wake up, Sleeper. We're not finished yet.
Citizen Sleeper 2: Design Works, Vinyl, SPINDLEJACK TTRPG & CS1: DW / Vinyl / TTRPG Reprints / Represses.
Can you do without? 🔗 Journey below...
@jumpovertheage.com | @blackysan.bsky.social
Citizen Sleeper 2: Design Works, Vinyl, SPINDLEJACK TTRPG & CS1: DW / Vinyl / TTRPG Reprints / Represses.
Can you do without? 🔗 Journey below...
@jumpovertheage.com | @blackysan.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Wake up, Sleeper. We're not finished yet.
Citizen Sleeper 2: Design Works, Vinyl, SPINDLEJACK TTRPG & CS1: DW / Vinyl / TTRPG Reprints / Represses.
Can you do without? 🔗 Journey below...
@jumpovertheage.com | @blackysan.bsky.social
Citizen Sleeper 2: Design Works, Vinyl, SPINDLEJACK TTRPG & CS1: DW / Vinyl / TTRPG Reprints / Represses.
Can you do without? 🔗 Journey below...
@jumpovertheage.com | @blackysan.bsky.social
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Citizen Sleeper 2: Design Works 🚀 is available to preorder now!
To celebrate the 1 year anniversary we have loads to offer:
-Deluxe Edition with boxed edition of Spindlejack!
-New boxed edition of Cycles of the Eye!
-Both OSTs on vinyl!
-And more...
Go NOW: www.lostincult.co.uk/citizensleep...
To celebrate the 1 year anniversary we have loads to offer:
-Deluxe Edition with boxed edition of Spindlejack!
-New boxed edition of Cycles of the Eye!
-Both OSTs on vinyl!
-And more...
Go NOW: www.lostincult.co.uk/citizensleep...
January 29, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Citizen Sleeper 2: Design Works 🚀 is available to preorder now!
To celebrate the 1 year anniversary we have loads to offer:
-Deluxe Edition with boxed edition of Spindlejack!
-New boxed edition of Cycles of the Eye!
-Both OSTs on vinyl!
-And more...
Go NOW: www.lostincult.co.uk/citizensleep...
To celebrate the 1 year anniversary we have loads to offer:
-Deluxe Edition with boxed edition of Spindlejack!
-New boxed edition of Cycles of the Eye!
-Both OSTs on vinyl!
-And more...
Go NOW: www.lostincult.co.uk/citizensleep...
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The ABIDE KickStarter is now LIVE! Stop motion horror the likes of which have never been seen before! Back now and be involved with something very cool. www.kickstarter.com/projects/637...
January 29, 2026 at 4:57 PM
The ABIDE KickStarter is now LIVE! Stop motion horror the likes of which have never been seen before! Back now and be involved with something very cool. www.kickstarter.com/projects/637...
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Expedition 42 of The Bathysphere is out!
This week we have an essay by Chris on the twin-stick shooter Evil Egg 🥚
buttondown.com/Bathysphere/...
This week we have an essay by Chris on the twin-stick shooter Evil Egg 🥚
buttondown.com/Bathysphere/...
Expedition 42
42! A special number indeed. Welcome back aboard the creaking, slightly leaking, chill spaces of our underwater craft. This week, Chris falls in love with a...
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January 29, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Expedition 42 of The Bathysphere is out!
This week we have an essay by Chris on the twin-stick shooter Evil Egg 🥚
buttondown.com/Bathysphere/...
This week we have an essay by Chris on the twin-stick shooter Evil Egg 🥚
buttondown.com/Bathysphere/...
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kind of have to respect a government so committed to relentless dogshit policymaking. Tuesday it's a British Death Star for British workers. Wednesday they're uploading your gran to ChatGPT. tomorrow the national primary school curriculum will be entirely outsourced to the Weyland-Yutani Corporation
January 28, 2026 at 11:32 AM
kind of have to respect a government so committed to relentless dogshit policymaking. Tuesday it's a British Death Star for British workers. Wednesday they're uploading your gran to ChatGPT. tomorrow the national primary school curriculum will be entirely outsourced to the Weyland-Yutani Corporation
"AI skills" = how to ask the plagiarism machine to hallucinate the results that please your boss most
BREAKING: Free AI training will be offered to every adult in the UK, with short courses to teach people how to use simple AI tools effectively in the workplace.
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
January 28, 2026 at 11:42 AM
"AI skills" = how to ask the plagiarism machine to hallucinate the results that please your boss most
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Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Holy deleted drafts, Batman!
January 28, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Holy deleted drafts, Batman!
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EARTH MUST DIE is OUT NOW.
Starring Joel Fry, Martha Howe-Douglas, @alexhorne.bsky.social @misterabk.bsky.social @benstarr.bsky.social @5teviem.bsky.social Tamsin Greig, Don Warrington and LOADS of other people.
It's cheap | good | funny, check it out.
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
Starring Joel Fry, Martha Howe-Douglas, @alexhorne.bsky.social @misterabk.bsky.social @benstarr.bsky.social @5teviem.bsky.social Tamsin Greig, Don Warrington and LOADS of other people.
It's cheap | good | funny, check it out.
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
Save 25% on Earth Must Die on Steam
These moronic Terranoids think they can just roll in here and take over my beautiful Tyrythian kingdom? The kingdom that I built from the ground up with my bare hands, and only sort of inherited from ...
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January 27, 2026 at 6:18 PM
EARTH MUST DIE is OUT NOW.
Starring Joel Fry, Martha Howe-Douglas, @alexhorne.bsky.social @misterabk.bsky.social @benstarr.bsky.social @5teviem.bsky.social Tamsin Greig, Don Warrington and LOADS of other people.
It's cheap | good | funny, check it out.
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
Starring Joel Fry, Martha Howe-Douglas, @alexhorne.bsky.social @misterabk.bsky.social @benstarr.bsky.social @5teviem.bsky.social Tamsin Greig, Don Warrington and LOADS of other people.
It's cheap | good | funny, check it out.
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
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This is a classic episode. If you have any preconceptions about Phil Fish, I guarantee they'll be smashed by this conversation.
Next week, we’ll be sharing our first episode of 2026.
To get back in the My Perfect Console mood, why don’t you treat yourself to our rerelease of Phil Fish's episode?
Listen to @SimonParkin.bsky.social's conversation with the creator of Fez: bit.ly/4ah1lwD
To get back in the My Perfect Console mood, why don’t you treat yourself to our rerelease of Phil Fish's episode?
Listen to @SimonParkin.bsky.social's conversation with the creator of Fez: bit.ly/4ah1lwD
January 27, 2026 at 9:24 AM
This is a classic episode. If you have any preconceptions about Phil Fish, I guarantee they'll be smashed by this conversation.
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A new website about PC games, from me, @brendyc.bsky.social and @jonhicks.com.
Reader-supported, which means no ads, no guff, and lots of games blogging about delightful things to play. If you liked our work on RPS, we think you'll like @jank.cool.
Reader-supported, which means no ads, no guff, and lots of games blogging about delightful things to play. If you liked our work on RPS, we think you'll like @jank.cool.
January 27, 2026 at 1:00 PM
A new website about PC games, from me, @brendyc.bsky.social and @jonhicks.com.
Reader-supported, which means no ads, no guff, and lots of games blogging about delightful things to play. If you liked our work on RPS, we think you'll like @jank.cool.
Reader-supported, which means no ads, no guff, and lots of games blogging about delightful things to play. If you liked our work on RPS, we think you'll like @jank.cool.
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Very soon I will be
✨available for work✨
If you’re interested in who I am and what it is I do/have done then here’s a little introduction thread about myself and my work.
✨available for work✨
If you’re interested in who I am and what it is I do/have done then here’s a little introduction thread about myself and my work.
I’m Holly- a writer, narrative designer and historian. Recently got my PhD (19th & 20thC social cultural history through the lens of play & board games) and currently working in game development. I do a lot of things but I particularly love applying historical approaches to interactive storytelling.
January 5, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Very soon I will be
✨available for work✨
If you’re interested in who I am and what it is I do/have done then here’s a little introduction thread about myself and my work.
✨available for work✨
If you’re interested in who I am and what it is I do/have done then here’s a little introduction thread about myself and my work.
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Nine years to the day since Graham Linehan foresaw his own fate.
January 26, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Nine years to the day since Graham Linehan foresaw his own fate.
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Comics retailing legend Greg Ketter standing up to ICE in Minneapolis. Yes, that's tear gas. He's 70 years old.
January 25, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Comics retailing legend Greg Ketter standing up to ICE in Minneapolis. Yes, that's tear gas. He's 70 years old.
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One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
January 25, 2026 at 10:39 PM
One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
That’s not very nice
January 25, 2026 at 4:56 PM
That’s not very nice
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TR49 - EDGE Review, ingested
YouTube video by inkleStudios
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January 22, 2026 at 4:44 PM