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
interesting (upsetting, but interesting) thread
My infantry Bn had a really hard time parsing the gender and sexuality issues of Southern Helmand.
When people say, "you wouldn't want a 'purple haired gender studies major' in the Marines" I reply "YES we desperately needed them!" We had teams of anthropologists who published studies for us.
When people say, "you wouldn't want a 'purple haired gender studies major' in the Marines" I reply "YES we desperately needed them!" We had teams of anthropologists who published studies for us.
November 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
interesting (upsetting, but interesting) thread
cat arrives on Friday
November 24, 2025 at 12:32 PM
cat arrives on Friday
played the demo of this at AdvX this weekend, I'm looking forward to playing the full thing!
THE DARK QUEEN OF MORTHOLME is out! Experience the final boss's side of the story. qwertyprophecy.itch.io/mortholme
November 24, 2025 at 12:18 PM
played the demo of this at AdvX this weekend, I'm looking forward to playing the full thing!
have been thinking this for a while, but every time i see someone doing this it feels like it would be pretty rude & unhelpful to point it out
November 24, 2025 at 11:56 AM
have been thinking this for a while, but every time i see someone doing this it feels like it would be pretty rude & unhelpful to point it out
excited for my friend Sophie's new Patreon on fashion advice. and when I say fashion I mean really practical stuff. here's a post on how to buy a nice wool jumper: www.patreon.com/posts/143335...
How to buy the best wool sweater for you | Wardrobe Strategy
Get more from Wardrobe Strategy on Patreon
www.patreon.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:38 AM
excited for my friend Sophie's new Patreon on fashion advice. and when I say fashion I mean really practical stuff. here's a post on how to buy a nice wool jumper: www.patreon.com/posts/143335...
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I know that a lot of people I know don't play many games so you probably haven't played Mutazione. You should! It's a trippy summer vacation travelogue with a really cool vibe and a musical gardening minigame store.steampowered.com/app/1080750/...
Mutazione on Steam
A mutant soap opera where small-town gossip meets the supernatural. Explore the Mutazione community as Kai as she cares for her ailing grandfather. Discover magical gardens, new friends & old secr...
store.steampowered.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I know that a lot of people I know don't play many games so you probably haven't played Mutazione. You should! It's a trippy summer vacation travelogue with a really cool vibe and a musical gardening minigame store.steampowered.com/app/1080750/...
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did you ever support any of those itch.io charity bundles? you probably have wide ocean big jacket in your itch library. if you don't it's like 8 dollars. wide ocean big jacket is great. it's like if a walking simulator was just funny and charming and you could see all of it in 90 minutes. play it
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 AM
did you ever support any of those itch.io charity bundles? you probably have wide ocean big jacket in your itch library. if you don't it's like 8 dollars. wide ocean big jacket is great. it's like if a walking simulator was just funny and charming and you could see all of it in 90 minutes. play it
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The evolution of the algorithms for recommended content on social media means that all artists are more likely than ever to be confronted with unsolicited criticisms of their work. What matters now is how an artist can manage it. 🎁 defector.com/how-normal-i...
How Normal Is A Celebrity Allowed To Be? | Defector
Elyse Myers is famous for being normal—32-year-old brunette, married with two kids, lives in Nebraska kind of normal. Her press often refers to her as “The Internet’s Best Friend.” In her four years…
defector.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The evolution of the algorithms for recommended content on social media means that all artists are more likely than ever to be confronted with unsolicited criticisms of their work. What matters now is how an artist can manage it. 🎁 defector.com/how-normal-i...
I had a dream which lead to me concluding that a person for whom time flowed forward and a person for whom time flowed backwards *could* have sex but *couldn't* establish that the other person had consented to it.
November 23, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I had a dream which lead to me concluding that a person for whom time flowed forward and a person for whom time flowed backwards *could* have sex but *couldn't* establish that the other person had consented to it.
this clip is a very good example of why you should give your interviewee space and not jump in with a new comment or question. it would be so easy not to hear that final line, and it's a good final line.
"Q: Was there any time you wanted to kill Kinski, too?"
November 22, 2025 at 12:20 PM
this clip is a very good example of why you should give your interviewee space and not jump in with a new comment or question. it would be so easy not to hear that final line, and it's a good final line.
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Fivefold Daily Puzzle #11 (Nov 21, 2025) solved in 4:25 with 0 hints! fivefold.ca
Fivefold: Daily Puzzle
A daily logic puzzle game where the rules are different every day!
fivefold.ca
November 21, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Fivefold Daily Puzzle #11 (Nov 21, 2025) solved in 4:25 with 0 hints! fivefold.ca
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Seeing more reports and industry players blaming code reviews for slowing down the quick development done with AI. It's unclear whether anyone's asking if this is just moving the cognitive bottleneck of "understanding what's happening" around. "Add AI to the reviews" seems to be the end goal here.
November 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Seeing more reports and industry players blaming code reviews for slowing down the quick development done with AI. It's unclear whether anyone's asking if this is just moving the cognitive bottleneck of "understanding what's happening" around. "Add AI to the reviews" seems to be the end goal here.
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Was researching an old theatre (boxing venue) in Hull.
Someone on a FB heritage page, under a photo: 'Think I used to go to pantomimes there as a kid!'
A wit replies: 'Oh no you didn't!'
The original poster: 'Is it a different building then?'
Someone on a FB heritage page, under a photo: 'Think I used to go to pantomimes there as a kid!'
A wit replies: 'Oh no you didn't!'
The original poster: 'Is it a different building then?'
November 20, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Was researching an old theatre (boxing venue) in Hull.
Someone on a FB heritage page, under a photo: 'Think I used to go to pantomimes there as a kid!'
A wit replies: 'Oh no you didn't!'
The original poster: 'Is it a different building then?'
Someone on a FB heritage page, under a photo: 'Think I used to go to pantomimes there as a kid!'
A wit replies: 'Oh no you didn't!'
The original poster: 'Is it a different building then?'
note to self to write a blog post connecting this comment to the bit in @adamatomic.bsky.social's recent Corgispace talk about "noticing" as one of the core things you need to do as a designer
bennett f wrote a really nice and interesting comment on discover the world itch.io/post/14821693
Post by Bennett F in Discover the World comments
This is the kind of mechanic that is probably non-obvious to think of if you're just brainstorming ideas, but arises naturally when you start implementing the physics. The spin move could be implement
itch.io
November 20, 2025 at 2:41 AM
note to self to write a blog post connecting this comment to the bit in @adamatomic.bsky.social's recent Corgispace talk about "noticing" as one of the core things you need to do as a designer
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I remember when there was a discussion on Twitter about Shein's manufacturing practices and some apologists invented all sorts of fantastical machinery and technology to avoid facing the more horrifying truth. Reminds me of this comedian's joke.
IG bscomedian
IG bscomedian
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I remember when there was a discussion on Twitter about Shein's manufacturing practices and some apologists invented all sorts of fantastical machinery and technology to avoid facing the more horrifying truth. Reminds me of this comedian's joke.
IG bscomedian
IG bscomedian
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A friend of mine has early access to cutting edge corporate jargon, I heard the phrase "let's double-click on that" from him long before anywhere else. I asked him what's new these days and he says it's "the shark closest to your body" for the most urgent issue.
November 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A friend of mine has early access to cutting edge corporate jargon, I heard the phrase "let's double-click on that" from him long before anywhere else. I asked him what's new these days and he says it's "the shark closest to your body" for the most urgent issue.
good list of games: cdrom.ca/games/2025/1...
I can say that I am also excited to talk about the final (secret) game. But also half the other games here are ones I have my eye on and mean to get round to playing.
I can say that I am also excited to talk about the final (secret) game. But also half the other games here are ones I have my eye on and mean to get round to playing.
IGF 2026 Games I Want to Talk About
cdrom.ca
November 19, 2025 at 10:28 PM
good list of games: cdrom.ca/games/2025/1...
I can say that I am also excited to talk about the final (secret) game. But also half the other games here are ones I have my eye on and mean to get round to playing.
I can say that I am also excited to talk about the final (secret) game. But also half the other games here are ones I have my eye on and mean to get round to playing.
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This is a really interesting article about a horrifying distortion of sign language happening in the UK, and which its creators are now trying to export to other countries and their sign languages
Learn actual sign languages from Deaf people, not from hearing people making their own weird versions!
Learn actual sign languages from Deaf people, not from hearing people making their own weird versions!
I will not fight with people on Threads about Makaton. I will not fight with people on Threads about Makaton. I will not thebaffler.com/outbursts/si...
Signed Away | Sara Nović
The hearing world continues to pillage and caricature the deaf community—most recently with the proprietary, sign-based system Makaton.
thebaffler.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This is a really interesting article about a horrifying distortion of sign language happening in the UK, and which its creators are now trying to export to other countries and their sign languages
Learn actual sign languages from Deaf people, not from hearing people making their own weird versions!
Learn actual sign languages from Deaf people, not from hearing people making their own weird versions!
enjoyable to make something unashamedly ugly for once
November 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
enjoyable to make something unashamedly ugly for once
felt great to scroll to the bottom of this page & see the lovely @decassette.bsky.social drawing, given how much of her work was on the mood board when i ran the ashcan version
Surprise, we're getting pretty close to the final version of REALIS!
ICYMI: I've been making a TTRPG about mystical moons and living spaceships and sentences that can kill you. A preview is available now (see my pinned post), but the full version draws near!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...
ICYMI: I've been making a TTRPG about mystical moons and living spaceships and sentences that can kill you. A preview is available now (see my pinned post), but the full version draws near!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...
Coming soon: Realis
A new tabletop roleplaying game by Austin Walker
www.kickstarter.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
felt great to scroll to the bottom of this page & see the lovely @decassette.bsky.social drawing, given how much of her work was on the mood board when i ran the ashcan version
some absolutely cracking outfits in this video www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGMO...
Hen Ogledd - Scales will fall (Official Video)
YouTube video by Hen Ogledd
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
some absolutely cracking outfits in this video www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGMO...
oh, shit. now i want to do a larp about being a Borrower
Surprise: we're working on something new! A game called Tiny Wizard.
November 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
oh, shit. now i want to do a larp about being a Borrower