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stephenjoys 💗💜💙🍉 @stephenjoys.com · 14h

It's Hades 2 time again! Hopefully things will go better than last week 😅

Stream is live, tea is brewing. Cya soon! ----> twitch.tv/stephenjoys

Image for Hades 2, featuring a young woman in orange with a dagger and sickle, and in the corner a small emote icon of Stephen cheering.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

Three panel cartoon by Wawa wiwa comics

An octopus, a shark and a jellyfish are talking to each other

Octopus: I once saw a human and peed myself

Shark: a human saw and peed himself

Jellyfish: a human touched me once and his friend peed on him

Octopus: dude…

Shark: what?

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Nik @bleepnik.bsky.social · 2d

Sometimes when I spill seltzer on myself and it bubbles, I pretend it’s holy water and I’m a vampire. #JustNikThings

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stephenjoys 💗💜💙🍉 @stephenjoys.com · 3d

Starting off with Bytebond again today and then more Goblin Cleanup 🥳

Stream is live, tea is brewing. Cya soon! ----> twitch.tv/stephenjoys

Image of 2 games side by side. Bytebond featuring two cute ball robots inside a computer with electricity zapping about, and Goblin Cleanup featuring a goblin cleaner running from something down a dungeon corridor.

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Brian Gray 🪩🥂💖 @urbanbohemian.com · 3d

Good morning! I'm live on #Twitch. So much for sleeping in and that guaranteed rain today… 😒

Still, starting up with coffee, maybe more clip editing and then some games, demos, or just chatter, who knows?

twitch.tv/urbanbohemian 💖

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SUNDAY! Maybe more clip editing, then games? | !clip | @urbanbohemian 💖 🏳‍🌈 | !pronouns [CC]

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Nik @bleepnik.bsky.social · 4d

Just putting this out into the universe: If you’re a game dev, and your game has costumes, and dlc, and your game doesn’t already have it: inflatable frog costume.

Can you imagine? In every applicable game? That’d be brilliant.

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stephenjoys 💗💜💙🍉 @stephenjoys.com · 4d

More Sushi Ben & My Card Is Better Than Your Card today! 🥳

Stream is live, tea is brewing. Cya soon! ----> twitch.tv/stephenjoys

Image for 2 games: Sushi Ben, featuring several anime style characters including one holding a large fish and a sashimi knife, and My Card Is Better Than Your Card! featuring a kid holding up a card game card with lots of colourful stickers on it as other kids look on starry-eyed in wonder.

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Nik @bleepnik.bsky.social · 4d

Sorry ran out of characters. store.steampowered.com/app/1622910/...

Nik @bleepnik.bsky.social · 4d

Last night I tried Still Wakes the Deep. Story mode is forgiving and enjoyable. It’s pretty scary! I find it interesting that so far I have no weapon, there hasn’t been any combat. It’s different and intriguing and I love that. Despite first-person perspective, I was able to play for a good while.

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Brian Gray 🪩🥂💖 @urbanbohemian.com · 4d

Starting stream just a trifle late, but had to set things up pre-coffee, so can you blame me?

Speaking of coffee, the kettle is on, stream is up and hopefully see you in chat? Or lurk away. But lurk responsibly, don't have me and 10 other tabs up, now, come on. 😂

twitch.tv/urbanbohemian #Twitch 💖

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Casual gamer, love action/RPGs, indie games and puzzlers. Dilettante, gadabout, ne'er do well, etc… PhD in Brunch, Cancer Survivor, Classic Cocktails… with jokes. | [email protected]

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Nik @bleepnik.bsky.social · 5d

You know that little app-switching bar at the bottom of the screen? (iOS/iPadOS) I kinda thought it was a built-in thing that just worked, but it’s not. I have apps that require several stabby tries not to just scroll the view.

So shoutout to app devs who make the thing (rather, me) not stabby. 😊

Nik @bleepnik.bsky.social · 5d

I’ve found all base-game spirits in Spirit City: Lofi sessions. They’re all so lovely! My favourite animation is the Dustbunny one: the way they drop their button and pick it up and clasp it tightly and look around; it’s so cute, has such “ope! mine!” energy. 😂

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Nik @bleepnik.bsky.social · 5d

When I’m swiping to dismiss notifications and a new one comes in and I dismiss it without having a chance to see what it is.

This happens a few times a week, at least, and it’s highly engrumbling.

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Nik @bleepnik.bsky.social · 5d

Thing number 5274927 I love about e-books: being able to adjust the size of the text based on how well my eyes are working at that moment. #accessibility #DailyThanks

Nik @bleepnik.bsky.social · 6d

I bought it, but so far my lighting and activity have mirrored what I’m actually doing, so there’s a lot I haven’t seen. I gotta be okay with doing in-app something different from what I’m doing in reality, and where. 😂

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Nik @bleepnik.bsky.social · 7d

“A demo for a game on your Steam Wishlist is now available to Play!”

Yaaay more #DesiGames! Looking forward to trying Durga: The Lionhearted. store.steampowered.com/app/3598280/...

Durga : The Lionhearted on Steam

Play as Durga, 🦁 a fearless village girl on a journey of survival and self-discovery. A story driven RPG blends puzzles with adventure into the Indian forest.📜 Unravel ancient Indian tales, face wild beasts, and embrace a legacy that transforms her from a brave villager to a guardian of culture.✨

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Nik @bleepnik.bsky.social · 7d

Since yesterday, I’ve been using Spirit City: Lofi Sessions to help me focus. It’s easy to set up and really great. I forget all the folks who made me aware of it, but top of mind are @spacevalkyries.bsky.social and @cypheroftyr.bsky.social—thanks so very much! store.steampowered.com/app/2113850/...

Save 40% on Spirit City: Lofi Sessions on Steam

Spirit City: Lofi Sessions is a gamified focus tool, set to a soothing lofi soundtrack. Discover and collect Spirits, customize your cozy virtual space, and facilitate your real-life tasks with a collection of handy features designed to improve concentration and ease stress.

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Jess/Fawn (they/them) 🍉 @faunandgames.bsky.social · 7d

Little kitty. Big city. Medium box? 😁

Thank you to @littlekittybigcity.bsky.social for sending me this special @fangamer.com collection box for their game! Come hang out for an unboxing and let's see what's inside!!

Twitch.tv/FaunAndGames

Nonbinary streamer FaunAndGames, a tan skin femme perceived person with brown, blue, and purple hair, is wearing gaming headphones with antlers on them. Fawn is smiling and holding up a special promo box for the indie game Little Kitty, Big City! Around them are Twitch stream decorations and a ton of nerdy video game and Pokemon memorabilia.

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Nik @bleepnik.bsky.social · 9d

Eeeee have you seen the teaser for the next @walkaboutminigolf.bsky.social DLC? It’s an abandoned amusement park. So delightfully eerie! Out 9 October. youtu.be/N2MHnfuUKK8

Forgotten Fairyland Teaser Trailer

YouTube video by Mighty Coconut

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stephenjoys 💗💜💙🍉 @stephenjoys.com · 10d

Starting off with the Escape Sim 2 demo today and then more Goblin Cleanup!

Stream is live, tea is brewing. Cya soon! ----> twitch.tv/stephenjoys

Image of two games side by side. Escape Simulator 2, featuring a young woman holding up a key as two other people search the room behind her, and Goblin Cleanup featuring a goblin cleaner running from something down a dungeon corridor.

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Brian Gray 🪩🥂💖 @urbanbohemian.com · 10d

Ok, so it wasn't threaded, but pretty soon after. I'm live over on #Twitch and there's a silly #Borderlands4 mission ahead along with some game demos after that!

Come on by, I'm making coffee, sorting meds and getting started.

twitch.tv/urbanbohemian 💖

urbanbohemian - Twitch

Casual gamer, love action/RPGs, indie games and puzzlers. Dilettante, gadabout, ne'er do well, etc… PhD in Brunch, Cancer Survivor, Classic Cocktails… with jokes. | [email protected]

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Brian Gray 🪩🥂💖 @urbanbohemian.com · 11d

See? Told ya. I've gone live over on #Twitch with some chatting, some demos, some games and definitely some nonsense.

Start the weekend off right… mostly by staying in bed! But you can listen to my stream too. 😂

twitch.tv/urbanbohemian 🎮

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Happy Saturday! Games, Demos, Chat, Nonsense? I got it all! | !clip | @urbanbohemian 💖 🏳‍🌈 | !pronouns [CC]

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Cassie aka Lamia @intersectionscch.bsky.social · 14d

GOOD NEWS! the PAX Together Demo Days Program has found funding and is returning to PAX Unplugged 2025!

Are you a BIPOC Indie Game Dev (analog) with a game kickstarting or coming out? Would you like space and support to demo and market your game on the expo floor?
Apply tinyurl.com/PAXDemoDays25

PAX Unplugged 2025 :: Leap Conventions

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 14d

In a city of world-class artists and production crew hunting for the next gig, Andrew Cuomo made a TV ad the same way he wrote his housing policy: with AI.

Then again, maybe a fake Cuomo is better than the real one?

An AI generated image of Andrew Cuomo driving a train.

An AI generated image of Andrew Cuomo working on the outside of a building.

An AI generated image of Andrew Cuomo on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 14d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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