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Ralph Barbagallo

@flarb.com

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Founder FLARB. DEMON’S TILT, XENOTILT, VR, AR, XR! #gamedevelopment #pinball #virtualreality #augmentedreality #mixedreality

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Ralph Barbagallo @flarb.com · Aug 18

FINALLY @xenotilt.bsky.social IS OUT! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2008980/XENOTILT_HOSTILE_PINBALL_ACTION/

Save 10% on XENOTILT: HOSTILE PINBALL ACTION on Steam

LIGHTNING STRIKES AGAIN!! XENOTILT, the sequel to the cult hit, DEMON'S TILT. Get ready for another PINBALL FANTASY. XENOTILT shreds the envelope with face-melting gameplay & graphics.

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Ralph Barbagallo @flarb.com · 11h

Weird how Howard Lutnick was supposedly creeped out by Epstein the first time he met him and supposedly never associated with him again, yet our fascist dictator partied with him for decades until having a "falling out"

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Xalavier Nelson Jr. @writnelson.bsky.social · 11h

You would not believe how many stories like this have been popping up over the last ~5 years

Not just full games cancelled—entire characters and plot lines removed or changed, leaving less time for making the *rest of the game better*, to try avoiding a small and malicious contingent of voices.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 12h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Ralph Barbagallo @flarb.com · 11h

The trouble with AI companies as potential clients is they place no value at all on human effort, hence it's impossible to negotiate any kind of reasonable rate with them. Go away.

Ralph Barbagallo @flarb.com · 14h

I’m not sure if they test on Switch 2 during Lotcheck, but they didn’t flag any issues. And it’s running on a way newer engine than DT—so I suspect it runs fine on S2.

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Ralph Barbagallo @flarb.com · 14h

I have no way of knowing without a devkit. We’ll see when it launches.

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Ralph Barbagallo @flarb.com · 1d

One Battle After Another would probably be doing way better at the box office if they weren’t too scared to show what the movie is actually about in the trailers.

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Ralph Barbagallo @flarb.com · 2d

So I don't get why @unity.com hub doesn't patch the currently installed editors for you? There doesn't seem to be an option for this--you have to hunt around for the matching patched editor version and install it over the old one?

Ralph Barbagallo @flarb.com · 2d

The Saturn version has an exclusive 3D animated intro movie. It’s also way smoother than the PS one I think.

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devils blush @devilsblush.bsky.social · 3d

night strikers / psx
taito, 1995

flying car dodging projectiles above a neon-drenched city with mountains in the distance

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Ralph Barbagallo @flarb.com · 2d

I can’t reminder if I’ve played Crusader of Centy before. Been playing it on Switch today. I have a vague memory of trying to play it via emulation decades ago. Didn’t the designer of this game vanish without a trace after its release?

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John Ricciardi @johntv.bsky.social · 4d

Somehow our little company turns 20 years old today. Time is weird! Thanks and <3 to everyone who has supported us over the years~

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XENOTILT: HOSTILE PINBALL ACTION @xenotilt.bsky.social · 3d

GameCritics digs it! gamecritics.com/brad-gallawa...

So Videogames Episode 456 - Gamecritics.com

The So... Videogames! Podcast · So Videogames Episode 456

gamecritics.com

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Garfield and Friends Screens @garfieldscreens.bsky.social · 9d

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Alex Kraus @alexfkraus.bsky.social · 4d

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Matthew Castle @mrbasilpesto.bsky.social · 4d

As good a pinball videogame as I've played. This properly melted my brain last year.

XENOTILT: HOSTILE PINBALL ACTION @xenotilt.bsky.social · 16d

XENOTILT IS NOW OUT FOR PLAYSTATION 5! store.playstation.com/en-us/produc...

XENOTILT

HOSTILE PINBALL ACTION

store.playstation.com

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Ralph Barbagallo @flarb.com · 5d

I love the look of ‘80s optical effects.

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XENOTILT: HOSTILE PINBALL ACTION @xenotilt.bsky.social · 5d

www.famitsu.com/article/2025... Coverage in @famitsucom.bsky.social !!

サイバーでオカルティックな悪魔的ピンボール『XENOTILT』Switch版が10月9日より配信。PS5版も国内配信中 | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com

悪魔的ピンボールゲーム『XENOTILT』のNintendo Switch版が2025年10月9日に配信決定。

www.famitsu.com

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Ralph Barbagallo @flarb.com · 5d

Yep. I need to figure out how to upload a pre launch patch before I can give it a date. Soon though. I’ve put the bug fixes from the PS5 patch into it.

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Ralph Barbagallo @flarb.com · 8d

I kind of want to play the Yakuza 3 remake because the US version on PS3 was heavily censored for no good reason--but I also think I'm kind of done with the whole series.

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That Tom Hall @thattomhall.bsky.social · 11d

Today, I celebrate 38 years as a professional Game Developer!

It's been a crazy roller coaster, but what a ride it has been.

This summer also marks the 40th anniversary of our family getting an Apple ][+, which started my game dev journey.

Thanks for playing and/or working alongside me, folks!

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Ralph Barbagallo @flarb.com · 11d

At this point I think they could replace the Supreme Court with AI.

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 12d

Since Charlie Kirk’s assassination, HBCUs received terroristic threats. Black students have been expelled or forced to withdraw. Black professors and teachers have been fired and placed on leave. A Black firefighter was placed on leave. A Black journalist was fired

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