Ryan "Uberphish" Tompkins
@uberphish.bsky.social
Writer, Worldbuilder, DM, QA Professional
He/Him
https://tapas.io/series/Merely-Players
https://www.ryanctompkins.me/
He/Him
https://tapas.io/series/Merely-Players
https://www.ryanctompkins.me/
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November 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Disco Elysium Dance 🕺🕺✨
November 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Disco Elysium Dance 🕺🕺✨
And that's PWSim 2 100%ed. Just as pleasant as the original, with just as fun and goofy of a story. The fact they manage to have one at all in a game about washing (a variety of very cool) objects and places is outstanding, let alone how enjoyable it is.
November 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
And that's PWSim 2 100%ed. Just as pleasant as the original, with just as fun and goofy of a story. The fact they manage to have one at all in a game about washing (a variety of very cool) objects and places is outstanding, let alone how enjoyable it is.
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While the game discourse is about crediting, I have to say video game crediting is bonkersly bad. It's at the whims of the studio. Throughout my career, I have been uncredited, credited when I didn't do anything, & moved to additional when I contributed a significant amount to what's in game.
October 22, 2025 at 12:09 AM
While the game discourse is about crediting, I have to say video game crediting is bonkersly bad. It's at the whims of the studio. Throughout my career, I have been uncredited, credited when I didn't do anything, & moved to additional when I contributed a significant amount to what's in game.
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Hornet with the Witch Crest
Even though I barely used it in-game it was one of my favorite Silksong crests concept-wise
Even though I barely used it in-game it was one of my favorite Silksong crests concept-wise
October 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Hornet with the Witch Crest
Even though I barely used it in-game it was one of my favorite Silksong crests concept-wise
Even though I barely used it in-game it was one of my favorite Silksong crests concept-wise
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🕷️Silksong - Fanart 2025
artstation.com/artwork/x39gXW
Finally done with my Hornet fanart! :D
This was a fun one~ I'm nearing the end of the game and I'm gonna miss wandering around Pharloom. I might to a couple more! (Sherma and Lace? idk, we'll see~)
artstation.com/artwork/x39gXW
Finally done with my Hornet fanart! :D
This was a fun one~ I'm nearing the end of the game and I'm gonna miss wandering around Pharloom. I might to a couple more! (Sherma and Lace? idk, we'll see~)
October 14, 2025 at 12:29 AM
🕷️Silksong - Fanart 2025
artstation.com/artwork/x39gXW
Finally done with my Hornet fanart! :D
This was a fun one~ I'm nearing the end of the game and I'm gonna miss wandering around Pharloom. I might to a couple more! (Sherma and Lace? idk, we'll see~)
artstation.com/artwork/x39gXW
Finally done with my Hornet fanart! :D
This was a fun one~ I'm nearing the end of the game and I'm gonna miss wandering around Pharloom. I might to a couple more! (Sherma and Lace? idk, we'll see~)
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Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots:
October 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots:
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Sketchtober day 2 I got a bit more ambitious, and used a bit of screenshot manipulation to honor the wild family games of R.E.P.O. we've been playing lately!
October 3, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Sketchtober day 2 I got a bit more ambitious, and used a bit of screenshot manipulation to honor the wild family games of R.E.P.O. we've been playing lately!
Decided that rather than commit to a premade, themed list for this year, my impromptu sketchtober will be themed around indie games I've been playing. Today's "panicked drawing at the end of the day" scribble? My Thri-kreen D&D character talking maps with Silksong's Shakra.png
October 2, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Decided that rather than commit to a premade, themed list for this year, my impromptu sketchtober will be themed around indie games I've been playing. Today's "panicked drawing at the end of the day" scribble? My Thri-kreen D&D character talking maps with Silksong's Shakra.png
You know what... Since I'm currently unemployed and keep wanting excuses to practice drawing again, I think I might take part in 'not-actually-Inktober-but-the-spirit-of-the-thing'. I'm open to suggestions of prompt lists aside from the ""official"" one, if folks have favorites!
October 1, 2025 at 2:42 AM
You know what... Since I'm currently unemployed and keep wanting excuses to practice drawing again, I think I might take part in 'not-actually-Inktober-but-the-spirit-of-the-thing'. I'm open to suggestions of prompt lists aside from the ""official"" one, if folks have favorites!
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stop thinking of indie work as something 'made correctly' or 'made for you'
nothing will be 100% made for you unless YOU are the one making it
engage with work as it is - you can hold space for what you wanted it to be, but you gotta uncouple yourself from the disappointment or you'll be poisoned
nothing will be 100% made for you unless YOU are the one making it
engage with work as it is - you can hold space for what you wanted it to be, but you gotta uncouple yourself from the disappointment or you'll be poisoned
September 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
stop thinking of indie work as something 'made correctly' or 'made for you'
nothing will be 100% made for you unless YOU are the one making it
engage with work as it is - you can hold space for what you wanted it to be, but you gotta uncouple yourself from the disappointment or you'll be poisoned
nothing will be 100% made for you unless YOU are the one making it
engage with work as it is - you can hold space for what you wanted it to be, but you gotta uncouple yourself from the disappointment or you'll be poisoned
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It especially frustrates me b/c I'm gray-asexual and I am also an adult artist and writer. This stuff DOES affect us & acting otherwise erases much of the ace spectrum & reinforces the stereotype we're all puritanical prudes.
In any case, something not affecting you doesn't mean one shouldn't care.
In any case, something not affecting you doesn't mean one shouldn't care.
It saddens me greatly that I have seen people say "im asexual so it doesn't matter to me" about the rise in censorship- not exclusive to bsky btw; it does matter to you. Your sexual orientation does not give you moral high ground. I dont know how to explain you should care about other people.
September 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
It especially frustrates me b/c I'm gray-asexual and I am also an adult artist and writer. This stuff DOES affect us & acting otherwise erases much of the ace spectrum & reinforces the stereotype we're all puritanical prudes.
In any case, something not affecting you doesn't mean one shouldn't care.
In any case, something not affecting you doesn't mean one shouldn't care.
Absolutely one of my games of the year and possibly my favorite survival-crafting game of all time. If you enjoy the genre like I do, or just want some Half-Life/SCP-ish shenanigans as a goofy scientist, 100% check it out!
Abiotic Factor is 20% off as part of the Made In New Zealand Steam Sale!
Check it out, along with a plethora of genius Kiwi games.
store.steampowered.com/sale/nzgames...
Check it out, along with a plethora of genius Kiwi games.
store.steampowered.com/sale/nzgames...
September 23, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Absolutely one of my games of the year and possibly my favorite survival-crafting game of all time. If you enjoy the genre like I do, or just want some Half-Life/SCP-ish shenanigans as a goofy scientist, 100% check it out!
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New D&D Short! It's time to do a debt check... 💵
From: The Devil's Due
bit.ly/DevilsDueIO5e
#ttrpg #dnd #dnd5e
From: The Devil's Due
bit.ly/DevilsDueIO5e
#ttrpg #dnd #dnd5e
September 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
New D&D Short! It's time to do a debt check... 💵
From: The Devil's Due
bit.ly/DevilsDueIO5e
#ttrpg #dnd #dnd5e
From: The Devil's Due
bit.ly/DevilsDueIO5e
#ttrpg #dnd #dnd5e
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if you are in a professional or personal situation where you cannot fully divest yourself from something being rightly boycotted, you've got an easy out: shut the fuck up. no one asked. you're free. i'm not your priest.
Whenever talks about boycotts come up, especially surrounding entertainment, there are always the people who will show up to say they agree before giving this big exposition dump about why they specifically need to keep doing the thing or whatever and not to judge them for it.
September 21, 2025 at 4:44 AM
if you are in a professional or personal situation where you cannot fully divest yourself from something being rightly boycotted, you've got an easy out: shut the fuck up. no one asked. you're free. i'm not your priest.
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Shadows of Doubt (a game i played on stream) had an update.
One of the new modifier is playing as a rat detective.
Yes, of course i will replay the game on stream sooner or later.
One of the new modifier is playing as a rat detective.
Yes, of course i will replay the game on stream sooner or later.
September 18, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Shadows of Doubt (a game i played on stream) had an update.
One of the new modifier is playing as a rat detective.
Yes, of course i will replay the game on stream sooner or later.
One of the new modifier is playing as a rat detective.
Yes, of course i will replay the game on stream sooner or later.
That headline is hilarious to read in comparison to Nintendo ACTUALLY coming close to doing this with their recent patents. I'm not sure 'tribal cultures fighting robot dinosaurs' is a genre broad enough to have 'conventions' in the first place.
'Sony seeks an impermissible monopoly on genre conventions:' Tencent moves to dismiss Horizon cloning lawsuit
'Sony seeks an impermissible monopoly on genre conventions:' Tencent moves to dismiss Horizon cloning lawsuit
Sony has taken legal action against Tencent for allegedly cloning its popular Horizon series—and now the Chinese conglomerate is hitting back.
www.gamedeveloper.com
September 18, 2025 at 11:45 AM
That headline is hilarious to read in comparison to Nintendo ACTUALLY coming close to doing this with their recent patents. I'm not sure 'tribal cultures fighting robot dinosaurs' is a genre broad enough to have 'conventions' in the first place.
It is done. I have beaten the fight. I'm sad that it soured things so much for me in the end, because narratively I loved everything about that sequence and what came after, but the near two hours of barely-contained rage took a while to fully subside. Glad I played it; glad to be done.
September 15, 2025 at 7:49 AM
It is done. I have beaten the fight. I'm sad that it soured things so much for me in the end, because narratively I loved everything about that sequence and what came after, but the near two hours of barely-contained rage took a while to fully subside. Glad I played it; glad to be done.
Silksong is definitely a hard game. I've struggled, but generally done pretty alright for myself. A few salt-mine bosses, but I was making good, steady progress for the entire game.
I have reached the true end-boss, and all of that goodwill the game showed me has been flushed down the drain.
I have reached the true end-boss, and all of that goodwill the game showed me has been flushed down the drain.
September 15, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Silksong is definitely a hard game. I've struggled, but generally done pretty alright for myself. A few salt-mine bosses, but I was making good, steady progress for the entire game.
I have reached the true end-boss, and all of that goodwill the game showed me has been flushed down the drain.
I have reached the true end-boss, and all of that goodwill the game showed me has been flushed down the drain.
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Time to break out the chart
September 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Time to break out the chart
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Controversial opinion, but I think trans people should feel safe here on bluesky, and nazis shouldn't.
September 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Controversial opinion, but I think trans people should feel safe here on bluesky, and nazis shouldn't.
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Open debate is for economic policy and whether we should charge for public transportation. Open debate is not whether some human beings are lesser than others. Some ideas are so vile, so odious, that they should not be entertained.
September 12, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Open debate is for economic policy and whether we should charge for public transportation. Open debate is not whether some human beings are lesser than others. Some ideas are so vile, so odious, that they should not be entertained.