Robert Paul
@tempusrob.com
📸 Visuals for Video Game Marketing - Esports, Lifestyle, Game Capture
📨 [email protected]
🤩 Cat Dad, Coffee Fiend, Computer Nerd
🌐 gallery.rmpaul.com
📨 [email protected]
🤩 Cat Dad, Coffee Fiend, Computer Nerd
🌐 gallery.rmpaul.com
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I have followed every game dev on Bluesky. If you are currently running or planning to release a AAA live service game I will not demand you keep the woke out. I may however have 21 eggplants sent to your office (see: Jeff Kaplan happy at Blizzard) to address the highly important concerns of gamers
January 16, 2026 at 8:46 PM
I have followed every game dev on Bluesky. If you are currently running or planning to release a AAA live service game I will not demand you keep the woke out. I may however have 21 eggplants sent to your office (see: Jeff Kaplan happy at Blizzard) to address the highly important concerns of gamers
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Breaks my heart to share this, but today is my last day at The Verge and I am looking for work! I'd really like to stay in video games, preferably in some kind of journalistic capacity but I can do PR/Marketing and maybe even a lil Narrative Design. Please get in touch!
www.ashparrish.com
www.ashparrish.com
Ash Parrish
www.ashparrish.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Breaks my heart to share this, but today is my last day at The Verge and I am looking for work! I'd really like to stay in video games, preferably in some kind of journalistic capacity but I can do PR/Marketing and maybe even a lil Narrative Design. Please get in touch!
www.ashparrish.com
www.ashparrish.com
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📢 v1.114 is rolling out!
Today, we're expanding access to the Live Now beta to everyone.
This experimental feature lets you add a temporary LIVE badge to your avatar, helping others discover that you're currently live-streaming on Twitch. They can click it to land directly on your stream page.
Today, we're expanding access to the Live Now beta to everyone.
This experimental feature lets you add a temporary LIVE badge to your avatar, helping others discover that you're currently live-streaming on Twitch. They can click it to land directly on your stream page.
January 15, 2026 at 7:00 PM
📢 v1.114 is rolling out!
Today, we're expanding access to the Live Now beta to everyone.
This experimental feature lets you add a temporary LIVE badge to your avatar, helping others discover that you're currently live-streaming on Twitch. They can click it to land directly on your stream page.
Today, we're expanding access to the Live Now beta to everyone.
This experimental feature lets you add a temporary LIVE badge to your avatar, helping others discover that you're currently live-streaming on Twitch. They can click it to land directly on your stream page.
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✨My first newsletter is officially out!✨
I talk about some tips to implement before you start a career in freelancing. And don't worry, it's never too late to implement any of these!
tinyurl.com/yr3fnscf
I talk about some tips to implement before you start a career in freelancing. And don't worry, it's never too late to implement any of these!
tinyurl.com/yr3fnscf
Freelancing: Before you make the jump💰 — Hi! I'm Neha
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January 14, 2026 at 5:24 PM
✨My first newsletter is officially out!✨
I talk about some tips to implement before you start a career in freelancing. And don't worry, it's never too late to implement any of these!
tinyurl.com/yr3fnscf
I talk about some tips to implement before you start a career in freelancing. And don't worry, it's never too late to implement any of these!
tinyurl.com/yr3fnscf
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If you haven't seen it, check it out. It's a pretty neat time capsule of what the FGC was 10 years ago: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkdC...
FGC: Rise of the Fighting Game Community [FULL MOVIE]
YouTube video by Hold Back to Block
www.youtube.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:53 PM
If you haven't seen it, check it out. It's a pretty neat time capsule of what the FGC was 10 years ago: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkdC...
Help! Trying to remember the name of a Windows app for managing batch scripts in the right-click menu. It would let you associate scripts with specific file types, as well, so I could set up image conversion scripts for images, video conversion for video, etc...
January 12, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Help! Trying to remember the name of a Windows app for managing batch scripts in the right-click menu. It would let you associate scripts with specific file types, as well, so I could set up image conversion scripts for images, video conversion for video, etc...
This is massive! Real transit over the pass! 🥰
January 10, 2026 at 3:27 AM
This is massive! Real transit over the pass! 🥰
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Just found out my wife might be losing her job, so I'm desperately searching for work. Contract, full-time, freelance, whatever. Press, PR, consulting, anything. I have 16 years of editorial experience and have been writing about games for 13. Reviews, news, previews, guides, etc. RTs appreciated.
January 8, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Just found out my wife might be losing her job, so I'm desperately searching for work. Contract, full-time, freelance, whatever. Press, PR, consulting, anything. I have 16 years of editorial experience and have been writing about games for 13. Reviews, news, previews, guides, etc. RTs appreciated.
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Echoing this to say that $1 a month to a creator whose work you like is equivalent to easily a thousand ad-supported views on their videos. Even a little bit of support makes a hugely outsized difference - pick your favourites and support where you can.
Philosophy Tube is made by properly paid artists; no AI slop, no sussy sponsorships from mobile games and mattress companies. If you want there to still be a place for proper art on the internet then please support your friendly neighbourhood content creator, whether that’s me or someone else ❤️
January 6, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Echoing this to say that $1 a month to a creator whose work you like is equivalent to easily a thousand ad-supported views on their videos. Even a little bit of support makes a hugely outsized difference - pick your favourites and support where you can.
I sincerely believe that if we want to mend society's broader post-truth problems we need to start with a consensus on really basic stuff, like that "phone speakers in public" and "blinding LED headlights" are bad. We banned smoking in bars, we can figure this out.
Saw a post theorizing you now encounter more people listening to things on speakers in public spaces because Apple banning the headphone jack did not result in people switching to Bluetooth headphones, it resulted in people abandoning headphones. I'm on an airplane RN and. Thinking about that. Hard.
January 6, 2026 at 2:12 PM
I sincerely believe that if we want to mend society's broader post-truth problems we need to start with a consensus on really basic stuff, like that "phone speakers in public" and "blinding LED headlights" are bad. We banned smoking in bars, we can figure this out.
Still one of the things I'm most proud of this year. Maybe next year I'll finish another.
One upon a time, I thought I was going to have a career as a musician. That didn't happen, for many reasons, and it's been a very very long time since I released a song of my own ... but the music never really left me. So here's this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFrD...
soundcloud.com/robertpaul/r...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFrD...
soundcloud.com/robertpaul/r...
Robert Paul - Reconvene
YouTube video by Robert Paul
www.youtube.com
January 1, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Still one of the things I'm most proud of this year. Maybe next year I'll finish another.
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Live from the Midwest!
Join us for CB2026 on May 22-24 at the Schaumburg Convention Center in Illinois!
Visit combobreaker.org for more info.
Visit start.gg/cb2026 to register.
youtu.be/4LxvsjJ-qJs?...
Join us for CB2026 on May 22-24 at the Schaumburg Convention Center in Illinois!
Visit combobreaker.org for more info.
Visit start.gg/cb2026 to register.
youtu.be/4LxvsjJ-qJs?...
CB2026 Trailer
YouTube video by COMBO BREAKER
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December 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Live from the Midwest!
Join us for CB2026 on May 22-24 at the Schaumburg Convention Center in Illinois!
Visit combobreaker.org for more info.
Visit start.gg/cb2026 to register.
youtu.be/4LxvsjJ-qJs?...
Join us for CB2026 on May 22-24 at the Schaumburg Convention Center in Illinois!
Visit combobreaker.org for more info.
Visit start.gg/cb2026 to register.
youtu.be/4LxvsjJ-qJs?...
ProGrade is raising its memory card prices 30-100+% in Japan next week. Only 3-4% of that is due to weak Yen. Have to imagine other markets and other companies will be following suit soon...
December 29, 2025 at 6:55 AM
ProGrade is raising its memory card prices 30-100+% in Japan next week. Only 3-4% of that is due to weak Yen. Have to imagine other markets and other companies will be following suit soon...
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Hey new followers! Here’s a starter pack of folks who do game trailer work 👀
Have a nice holiday 😙
Have a nice holiday 😙
December 25, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Hey new followers! Here’s a starter pack of folks who do game trailer work 👀
Have a nice holiday 😙
Have a nice holiday 😙
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I'm generally not a fan of co-ferments (to put it mildly), but this Colombia processed with "mossto" — fermented coffee cherry juice from prior batches of processed coffee — is exceptional.
Caramel, cocoa, cranberry, pear... complex, fruity, floral and enchanting.
www.yesplz.coffee/product/sing...
Caramel, cocoa, cranberry, pear... complex, fruity, floral and enchanting.
www.yesplz.coffee/product/sing...
December 23, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I'm generally not a fan of co-ferments (to put it mildly), but this Colombia processed with "mossto" — fermented coffee cherry juice from prior batches of processed coffee — is exceptional.
Caramel, cocoa, cranberry, pear... complex, fruity, floral and enchanting.
www.yesplz.coffee/product/sing...
Caramel, cocoa, cranberry, pear... complex, fruity, floral and enchanting.
www.yesplz.coffee/product/sing...
Wrapping up my year with some Ella goodness, a brand new Invincible character. Once again trying to step up choro, with mechanics and more interesting setups.
So thankful to the InvVS team for letting me show off their game. Lots more to come before release.
Gameplay: me 🎮
Production: Layer Media
So thankful to the InvVS team for letting me show off their game. Lots more to come before release.
Gameplay: me 🎮
Production: Layer Media
Ella Mental Gameplay Trailer | Invincible VS
YouTube video by Invincible VS
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Wrapping up my year with some Ella goodness, a brand new Invincible character. Once again trying to step up choro, with mechanics and more interesting setups.
So thankful to the InvVS team for letting me show off their game. Lots more to come before release.
Gameplay: me 🎮
Production: Layer Media
So thankful to the InvVS team for letting me show off their game. Lots more to come before release.
Gameplay: me 🎮
Production: Layer Media
Peak CEO brain. It's not making things better in any demonstrable way. Employees don't want it, fans don't want it, and there are better ways to do things they *have* settled on using it for. But one day, maybe, somehow, hopefully, it might help them make one extra dollar, so he's gotta push it.
If I had known the two paragraphs about genAI in my article today would be so controversial, I would have expanded them a bit! Here's a rough transcript of the relevant portion of my interview with Swen Vincke, so everyone has all the context. (Full article here: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...)
December 17, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Peak CEO brain. It's not making things better in any demonstrable way. Employees don't want it, fans don't want it, and there are better ways to do things they *have* settled on using it for. But one day, maybe, somehow, hopefully, it might help them make one extra dollar, so he's gotta push it.
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Oh hi! You caught me stickering some coffee bags…
December 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Oh hi! You caught me stickering some coffee bags…
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The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
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I really think that even most people who think language policing was a huge problem over the past 5-10 years have no patience for the disgusting little freaks who have tried to bring back "retarded" as a slur. It's just so low-rent and such a tell that the person using it is not worth your time
h/t @adamwren.bsky.social
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
November 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I really think that even most people who think language policing was a huge problem over the past 5-10 years have no patience for the disgusting little freaks who have tried to bring back "retarded" as a slur. It's just so low-rent and such a tell that the person using it is not worth your time
Good beans, good people... if you're thinking about a coffee subscription, watch the vid for 20% off!
A Black Friday deal now live on our flagship blend The Mix — a great time to test drive our beautiful beans.
And a deep discount for pre-paid gift subscriptions of anywhere from 2 to 24 shipments! Holiday shopping: sorted! ☕️🎁
And a deep discount for pre-paid gift subscriptions of anywhere from 2 to 24 shipments! Holiday shopping: sorted! ☕️🎁
November 28, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Good beans, good people... if you're thinking about a coffee subscription, watch the vid for 20% off!
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This is great: ILM visual effects artist Todd Vaziri breaks down some of the “hidden” special effects that he and his team have worked on, incl. for Rogue One, The Force Awakens, and Transformers. “I make the stars in Star Wars.” [kottke.org]
ILM Visual Effects Artist Breaks Down Hidden VFX
If you were one of those people who loved watching DVD extras, you’ll enjoy the hell out of ILM visual effects artist Todd Vaziri breaking down some of the special effects that he and his team have worked on, including
kottke.org
October 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
This is great: ILM visual effects artist Todd Vaziri breaks down some of the “hidden” special effects that he and his team have worked on, incl. for Rogue One, The Force Awakens, and Transformers. “I make the stars in Star Wars.” [kottke.org]
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There is no way you can guess how the thread that ends in this instant classic begins.
The damned in hell are not more powerful for the fact that the fires do not consume them; it is part and parcel of their torment.
November 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
There is no way you can guess how the thread that ends in this instant classic begins.
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The lack of respect for fighting games is insane. The best esports player is probably a fighting game pro. The best ongoing game? Probably a fighting game. The best event? It's a fighting game tournament that has an open bracket. And not only do these never win, they're never *nominated.*
FF14 being nominated for best ongoing in a year when I have seen its players do very little but constantly complain about a quality dip, with devs even copping to it, while Street Fighter 6 on a total tear not even getting a nod is making my head spin
November 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The lack of respect for fighting games is insane. The best esports player is probably a fighting game pro. The best ongoing game? Probably a fighting game. The best event? It's a fighting game tournament that has an open bracket. And not only do these never win, they're never *nominated.*
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX