v buckenham
@v21.bsky.social
hello again
made (and continuing to make) downpour.games, a game-making app that anyone can use
also i have a website: v21.io
made (and continuing to make) downpour.games, a game-making app that anyone can use
also i have a website: v21.io
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Elle Fanning’s shoot for WhoWhatWear is OUT-STANDING.
January 13, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Elle Fanning’s shoot for WhoWhatWear is OUT-STANDING.
instantly excited for this playbill.com/article/boot...
Boots Riley Is Adapting Anne Washburn's Simpsons-Themed Mr. Burns for the Screen
The Simpsons -inspired play debuted at Playwrights Horizons via The Civilians in 2012.
playbill.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:17 PM
instantly excited for this playbill.com/article/boot...
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Stevan Dohanos’ cover to The Saturday Evening Post of January 5th 1946, a painting based on sketches Dohanos made in 1945 during a visit backstage to a production of Bizet’s Carmen in New York’s Metropolitan Opera House.
January 13, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Stevan Dohanos’ cover to The Saturday Evening Post of January 5th 1946, a painting based on sketches Dohanos made in 1945 during a visit backstage to a production of Bizet’s Carmen in New York’s Metropolitan Opera House.
loved learning about Marlow Moss in this article: www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘Her time has come’: did Mondrian owe his success to a cross-dressing lesbian artist who lived in a Cornish cove?
Piet Mondrian found fame, fortune and glory with his grid-like paintings lit with basic colours. But did many of his ideas come from Marlow Moss? Our writer celebrates an extraordinary British talent ...
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:29 PM
loved learning about Marlow Moss in this article: www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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perfect piece www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
January 13, 2026 at 9:41 AM
perfect piece www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
i wrote a spec for fetching 88x31 buttons for making a little link gallery. not entirely sure why. i blame @iznaut.com. blog.vbuckenham.com/the-88x31-bu...
The 88x31 button spec
So Izzy posted this Bluesky post last night a few days ago
so i don’t really know what i meant by this when i said it but let’s figure that out now
what if: a repo of button image and url pairs that...
blog.vbuckenham.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:29 PM
i wrote a spec for fetching 88x31 buttons for making a little link gallery. not entirely sure why. i blame @iznaut.com. blog.vbuckenham.com/the-88x31-bu...
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Quoting this for visibility: I think this thread is totally right. There’s wires crossed about what the romantic fantasy even is. The second post about a lot of heterosexual women ALREADY feeling desired but not feeling seen is do right.
You know, this is an interesting thought.
I feel like a lot of heterosexual dude romantic fantasies are about comfort: not just in a juvenile sense, but largely about feeling accepted and wanted and like they dont have to compete or perform. Relief from patriarchial expectation. Might be a factor?
I feel like a lot of heterosexual dude romantic fantasies are about comfort: not just in a juvenile sense, but largely about feeling accepted and wanted and like they dont have to compete or perform. Relief from patriarchial expectation. Might be a factor?
January 12, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Quoting this for visibility: I think this thread is totally right. There’s wires crossed about what the romantic fantasy even is. The second post about a lot of heterosexual women ALREADY feeling desired but not feeling seen is do right.
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We will soon be announcing the Official Release date for Panthalassa! We recently hit Alpha and are currently hard at work to release it. Stay tuned and wishlist Panthalassa if you haven't already!
#indiegame #indiedev
#indiegame #indiedev
January 12, 2026 at 4:11 PM
We will soon be announcing the Official Release date for Panthalassa! We recently hit Alpha and are currently hard at work to release it. Stay tuned and wishlist Panthalassa if you haven't already!
#indiegame #indiedev
#indiegame #indiedev
played this a bit for IGF & i can say: it's good! bright skies, movement feels joyous, and interesting level design puzzles.
I hit the button ✅😭🐸
🚨BIG HOPS is OUT NOW🚨
Get it on Steam | Switch | PS5 for just $17.99 with our 10% launch discount!
#indiegames #nintendoswitch #ps5
🚨BIG HOPS is OUT NOW🚨
Get it on Steam | Switch | PS5 for just $17.99 with our 10% launch discount!
#indiegames #nintendoswitch #ps5
January 12, 2026 at 5:07 PM
played this a bit for IGF & i can say: it's good! bright skies, movement feels joyous, and interesting level design puzzles.
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ah, this came out! a great list of the most inspirational videogames, as nominated by 167 game designers (including me) polarisgamedesign.com/the-polaris-...
The Polaris List
Polaris is a non-profit committed to improving and refining the art and craft of game design. In order to get a snapshot of current game design thinking and reference points, we wondered — what do wor...
polarisgamedesign.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:32 PM
ah, this came out! a great list of the most inspirational videogames, as nominated by 167 game designers (including me) polarisgamedesign.com/the-polaris-...
on the one hand, £8 is not really £5. it's a different (larger) thing.
but on the other... £5.94 *is* basically £3.71. so this does still work.
but on the other... £5.94 *is* basically £3.71. so this does still work.
January 12, 2026 at 12:44 PM
on the one hand, £8 is not really £5. it's a different (larger) thing.
but on the other... £5.94 *is* basically £3.71. so this does still work.
but on the other... £5.94 *is* basically £3.71. so this does still work.
why *is* crime going down? Sadiq Khan is understandably boasting about his policies here, but, like... my impression is violent crime has dropped in most major western cities. so it's not something special about the policies in London. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Sorry, Trump and Farage – London is no lawless ‘warzone’. Violent crime is lower than ever | Sadiq Khan
Reform’s new candidate for mayor claims people pity Londoners for living in an unsafe capital. But the evidence is clear: we’re making our streets safer, says mayor of London Sadiq Khan
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:34 AM
why *is* crime going down? Sadiq Khan is understandably boasting about his policies here, but, like... my impression is violent crime has dropped in most major western cities. so it's not something special about the policies in London. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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first larp for the morning done: 24 scenes of increasingly silly interpretations of the circumstances leading up to a Rembrandt painting
January 10, 2026 at 2:47 PM
first larp for the morning done: 24 scenes of increasingly silly interpretations of the circumstances leading up to a Rembrandt painting
the soft artificial hum of an electric bus nosing through traffic
January 10, 2026 at 10:21 AM
the soft artificial hum of an electric bus nosing through traffic
look at this incredible image
January 10, 2026 at 10:12 AM
look at this incredible image
what am i supposed to do with this used toner cartridge
January 10, 2026 at 9:54 AM
what am i supposed to do with this used toner cartridge
look at @hollygramazio.bsky.social & @terrycavanaghgames.com's beautiful cat. She's called Madeline.
January 9, 2026 at 11:28 PM
look at @hollygramazio.bsky.social & @terrycavanaghgames.com's beautiful cat. She's called Madeline.
the chokehold desert islands had over the collective unconscious...
January 9, 2026 at 11:13 PM
the chokehold desert islands had over the collective unconscious...
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IGF nominations are out! I did a bit of judging this year, and I can now reveal that the game I kept yelling about on here but couldn't actually name or say anything useful about... was Titanium Court by @apthomson.bsky.social. it's so good y'all. www.gamedeveloper.com/production/b...
Baby Steps leads 28th annual IGF Awards nominations
Blippo+, Titanium Court, and Horses have also received multiple nods.
www.gamedeveloper.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:40 PM
IGF nominations are out! I did a bit of judging this year, and I can now reveal that the game I kept yelling about on here but couldn't actually name or say anything useful about... was Titanium Court by @apthomson.bsky.social. it's so good y'all. www.gamedeveloper.com/production/b...
a game that is also a physical dollhouse! buttonmash.substack.com/p/i-built-a-...
I Built a Game Inside a Dollhouse
It's a tiny escape room meets IRL point-and-click game.
buttonmash.substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:14 PM
a game that is also a physical dollhouse! buttonmash.substack.com/p/i-built-a-...