Stu
@stuwert.bsky.social
Software Engineer with way too many thoughts about games.
You can find my writing at: https://curate.games
You can find my writing at: https://curate.games
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Thinky Dailies 1-24
Testing a New Model
Solved in 2:26
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Thinky Dailies 1-24
Testing a New Model
Solved in 2:26
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Thinky Dailies, a daily puzzle adventure!
Join our thinky friend on an adventure through handcrafted daily puzzles - every day, a new puzzle, new rules, new surprises.
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December 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Continue to love the success animation on these
Thinky Dailies 1-24
Testing a New Model
Solved in 2:26
thinkygames.com/dailies/puzz...
Thinky Dailies 1-24
Testing a New Model
Solved in 2:26
thinkygames.com/dailies/puzz...
Petition for the next president to impound/eminent domain any illegally obtained funds and just give them to Rick Steves/Michael Sheen to do with as they see fit.
December 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Petition for the next president to impound/eminent domain any illegally obtained funds and just give them to Rick Steves/Michael Sheen to do with as they see fit.
Everyone else: Wow Plur1bus is an incredible allegory for LLMs.
Me: Wild someone made a drama satirizing LinkedIn. (Laudatory)
Me: Wild someone made a drama satirizing LinkedIn. (Laudatory)
December 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Everyone else: Wow Plur1bus is an incredible allegory for LLMs.
Me: Wild someone made a drama satirizing LinkedIn. (Laudatory)
Me: Wild someone made a drama satirizing LinkedIn. (Laudatory)
Me, playing 868-Hack after having the app so long I have no clue about the tutorial. Flailing.
Me after downloading on my iPad and getting a tutorial refresher… Ahhh that makes so much sense
Me after downloading on my iPad and getting a tutorial refresher… Ahhh that makes so much sense
December 20, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Me, playing 868-Hack after having the app so long I have no clue about the tutorial. Flailing.
Me after downloading on my iPad and getting a tutorial refresher… Ahhh that makes so much sense
Me after downloading on my iPad and getting a tutorial refresher… Ahhh that makes so much sense
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WSJ reinventing “fashion sense” as a unique problem for Gen Z absolutely cracks me up.
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/re...
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/re...
December 20, 2025 at 11:12 PM
WSJ reinventing “fashion sense” as a unique problem for Gen Z absolutely cracks me up.
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/re...
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/re...
There was another post on Bluesky (unrelated) that talked about how bleak it’s become in the world of human relationships and how much we yearn from. And it’s hard not to see these as connected.
In some sense art is about that friction. Unlike with human relationships art promises us if we invest…
In some sense art is about that friction. Unlike with human relationships art promises us if we invest…
Keep thinking about this term "pre-digested" that Kojima used to describe art that's instantly gratifying. And how it's better when people grow to love something instead.
I've gravitated, as player and designer, toward the latter, but that term "pre-digested" is new and feels very strong.
I've gravitated, as player and designer, toward the latter, but that term "pre-digested" is new and feels very strong.
December 20, 2025 at 7:46 AM
There was another post on Bluesky (unrelated) that talked about how bleak it’s become in the world of human relationships and how much we yearn from. And it’s hard not to see these as connected.
In some sense art is about that friction. Unlike with human relationships art promises us if we invest…
In some sense art is about that friction. Unlike with human relationships art promises us if we invest…
It certainly doesn’t feel incorrect to play Inscryption for the first time on such a dark weekend…
December 15, 2025 at 5:35 AM
It certainly doesn’t feel incorrect to play Inscryption for the first time on such a dark weekend…
Ah yes my favorite part about reading. Skipping to the end.
Amazon rolls out Ask This Book to the Kindle iOS app, letting readers ask questions about plot or characters; authors can't opt out (Will McCurdy/PCMag)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
December 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Ah yes my favorite part about reading. Skipping to the end.
Listening to Alton Brown’s memoir, Food for Thought, reminds me how much I equate game design with cooking and baking. Playing games are like the act of cooking and books and movies. I love eating as much as I love cooking but the alchemy for each is different.
December 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Listening to Alton Brown’s memoir, Food for Thought, reminds me how much I equate game design with cooking and baking. Playing games are like the act of cooking and books and movies. I love eating as much as I love cooking but the alchemy for each is different.
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I'VE PLAYED BACKYARD BASEBALL AND I SEE THE LIGHT
I SEE THE FUCKIN' LIGHT
SPORTS GAMES - ALL GAMES
WE COULD BE SO MUCH MORE
I SEE THE FUCKIN' LIGHT
SPORTS GAMES - ALL GAMES
WE COULD BE SO MUCH MORE
December 13, 2025 at 4:32 AM
I'VE PLAYED BACKYARD BASEBALL AND I SEE THE LIGHT
I SEE THE FUCKIN' LIGHT
SPORTS GAMES - ALL GAMES
WE COULD BE SO MUCH MORE
I SEE THE FUCKIN' LIGHT
SPORTS GAMES - ALL GAMES
WE COULD BE SO MUCH MORE
@dannyheifetz.bsky.social @dannybkelly.bsky.social
I left Kyle Pitts in my lineup. Cannot believe that happened lmao.
I left Kyle Pitts in my lineup. Cannot believe that happened lmao.
December 12, 2025 at 5:35 AM
@dannyheifetz.bsky.social @dannybkelly.bsky.social
I left Kyle Pitts in my lineup. Cannot believe that happened lmao.
I left Kyle Pitts in my lineup. Cannot believe that happened lmao.
Easiest board game purchase I’ve made all year.
Herd is now finally out.
Available as a physical game and as print files. Physical version is also part of the Letibus Bundle for 10% off. There are 100 free community copies of print files on Itch.io.
blazgracar.com/herd
Available as a physical game and as print files. Physical version is also part of the Letibus Bundle for 10% off. There are 100 free community copies of print files on Itch.io.
blazgracar.com/herd
December 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Easiest board game purchase I’ve made all year.
This is also my pitch.
If you're trying to ditch NYT Games, which you should be since their games singlehandedly prop up the entire dogshit rag financially, you should switch to Puzzmo. An annual sub is 50% off today for a crazy $19 and as a bonus doesn't enable the genocides of Palestinians and trans people
Puzzmo — The (new) place for thoughtful puzzles.
Re-imagined mainstays like the daily Crossword Puzzle, modern classics like Really Bad Chess and SpellTower, and even a few brand new puzzles.
www.puzzmo.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:14 AM
This is also my pitch.
Today's #Wildfrost Daily run was a wild one. First time I've had two competing builds (sacrifice or the blue flame) that both felt equally relevant and possible at various points. I chose the flame (and died by the flame).
November 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Today's #Wildfrost Daily run was a wild one. First time I've had two competing builds (sacrifice or the blue flame) that both felt equally relevant and possible at various points. I chose the flame (and died by the flame).
The best part of #WildFrost is that every single turn of the game feels like a Magic the Puzzling puzzle you have to work out.
The worst part of it is that every single turn of the game feels like a grindy puzzle.
Anyway I love the WildFrost dailies. Super fun.
The worst part of it is that every single turn of the game feels like a grindy puzzle.
Anyway I love the WildFrost dailies. Super fun.
November 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The best part of #WildFrost is that every single turn of the game feels like a Magic the Puzzling puzzle you have to work out.
The worst part of it is that every single turn of the game feels like a grindy puzzle.
Anyway I love the WildFrost dailies. Super fun.
The worst part of it is that every single turn of the game feels like a grindy puzzle.
Anyway I love the WildFrost dailies. Super fun.
Patrick Starr has a cute buttcrack. According to my mother in law
November 28, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Patrick Starr has a cute buttcrack. According to my mother in law
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Today's indie game: Dogpile (store.steampowered.com/app/3839300/...). Look I don't know what to tell you, if "core gameplay of Suika Game but with Roguelite-deckbuilder elements and where the things you're dropping onto the playfield are dogs" sounds good to you, then do I have a game for you. Woof.
Dogpile on Steam
Dogpile is a roguelike deck builder about merging cute dogs into bigger dogs. Play dogs, get money, customize your dogs with special Traits, refine your deck, PLAY MORE DOGS! DOGS!
store.steampowered.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Today's indie game: Dogpile (store.steampowered.com/app/3839300/...). Look I don't know what to tell you, if "core gameplay of Suika Game but with Roguelite-deckbuilder elements and where the things you're dropping onto the playfield are dogs" sounds good to you, then do I have a game for you. Woof.
Genuinely forgot that the concept of a “Word Search” game existed
November 22, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Genuinely forgot that the concept of a “Word Search” game existed
Starting my #Yugioh rewatch. On episode 2. You're telling me Pegasus uses a VHS to start a live game in the shadow realm? Yeah this still rips.
November 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Starting my #Yugioh rewatch. On episode 2. You're telling me Pegasus uses a VHS to start a live game in the shadow realm? Yeah this still rips.
Can’t stop thinking about @rianjohnson.bsky.social’s new Knives Out… (Wake Up Dead Man) we got to see it last night at the Denver Film Festival.
The best type of art that makes you want to create something yourself.
The best type of art that makes you want to create something yourself.
November 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Can’t stop thinking about @rianjohnson.bsky.social’s new Knives Out… (Wake Up Dead Man) we got to see it last night at the Denver Film Festival.
The best type of art that makes you want to create something yourself.
The best type of art that makes you want to create something yourself.
I miss reading #magicthegathering tournament reports. It feels like one of those artifacts from the old internet that's never coming back but boy oh boy were they a fun genre.
October 30, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I miss reading #magicthegathering tournament reports. It feels like one of those artifacts from the old internet that's never coming back but boy oh boy were they a fun genre.
I could probably spend the rest of my life only playing card games, instead of other types, and be happy.
October 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I could probably spend the rest of my life only playing card games, instead of other types, and be happy.
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Every day I hope that the game that is perfect for me releases out of nowhere
October 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Every day I hope that the game that is perfect for me releases out of nowhere
With all the uh... turmoil happening in Magic: The Gathering. It's heartwarming to see #OnceUponAGalaxy hit it out of the park with its first big set release. Brings me back to the days of ripping packs on prerelease night to figure out how the cards fit together:
curate.games/p/rekindling...
curate.games/p/rekindling...
Rekindling New Magic
Opening up Once Upon a Galaxy's new set feels like the best parts of my early experiences Magic: The Gathering
curate.games
October 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
With all the uh... turmoil happening in Magic: The Gathering. It's heartwarming to see #OnceUponAGalaxy hit it out of the park with its first big set release. Brings me back to the days of ripping packs on prerelease night to figure out how the cards fit together:
curate.games/p/rekindling...
curate.games/p/rekindling...