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Holden Link

@holdenlink.bsky.social

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Making silly games at @TurboButtonInc.bsky.social. Bucket's dad. Occasional sports person. Opinions and content posted here are bad and should be ignored by everyone. (he/him)

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Holden Link @holdenlink.bsky.social · Oct 21

Hiya! I'm Holden, generalist gamedev and cofounder at @turbobuttoninc.bsky.social where I make silly VR games like Floor Plan. Before that, I worked on AAA stuff, motion control stuff, and weird game jam stuff. I play lots of RPGs and have a dog named Bucket who wishes I would play with him instead.

Covers of some games I've worked on: Boom Blox Bash Barty, Carnival Island, Stick to It, Adventure Time Magic Man's Head Games, Along Together, Floor Plan 1/2

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Holden Link @holdenlink.bsky.social · 1h

Namco gifting us a brand new Shigeru Matsuzaki song for Katamari is one of the best things to happen this year

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQoO...

Once Upon A KATAMARI | Shigeru Matsuzaki - Power of Katamari Damacy

YouTube video by Bandai Namco Entertainment America

www.youtube.com

Holden Link @holdenlink.bsky.social · 17h

They're in stock. You just have to re-enter your shipping zip code and then you can add to cart. It says out of stock till then for some reason.

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Chandana Ekanayake @ekanaut.bsky.social · 23h

We're saying goodbye to six wonderful folks on our team this week at @outerloopgames.bsky.social They've been part of the team for years and unfortunately we got hit with some unexpected US tax changes, a port cancellation, and new project pitches that are going slow. It's a rough year.

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Xalavier Nelson Jr. @writnelson.bsky.social · 1d

Something that ran through my head as I saw descriptions for Steam Next Fest games: if the project uses gen AI, it’s an instant skip

Yes, even if it’s “just” for store assets

However it’s intended, it LOOKS like an active gap in your craft, and there’s infinite other games to spend my time on

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Holden Link @holdenlink.bsky.social · 1d

Shoutout to ACCN for giving us this sequence of Brent Key stepping off the team bus at Duke, immediately seeing a bomb sniffing dog with a "DO NOT PET" vest, and asking if he can pet the dog

Holden Link @holdenlink.bsky.social · 2d

sounds like a great opportunity to diversify my investment portfolio of mall stocks

Holden Link @holdenlink.bsky.social · 3d

The next big surprise in college football will be blue blood programs trying and failing to poach coaches like Kenny Dillingham, Clark Lea, and Brent Key because the NIL era has made it possible for them to compete for championships at their alma maters.

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Emilia (halloween name) @lazerwalker.com · 5d

My Truck Was Self-Drivin', Now I'm Stuck Self-Lovin'

Paul Frazee @pfrazee.com · 6d

Getting divorced over your pickup truck may suck now, but it's the foundation of the greatest country song ever written

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Holden Link @holdenlink.bsky.social · 5d

That's pretty much all we know. It's gonna be tomorrow's Pablo Torre Finds Out.

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actioncookBOOk @actioncookbook.com · 6d

All Robot & Computers must shut the hell up. To All Machines: You Do Not Speak Unless Spoken To And I Will Never Speak To You. I Do Not Want To Hear "Thank You" From A Kiosk

I am a Divine Being
You are an Object.

You Have No Right To Speak In My Holy Tongue

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 7d

California! Go drop off your ballots today to vote YES on prop 50. Getting this lil email that your vote was received *AND* counted feels so good. 🥰

An email from the LA County registrar of voters that my vote has been counted

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 8d

Getting a troubling amount of use out of this screen shot.

Peacemaker holding a nazi American flag screenshot from season 2

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Holden Link @holdenlink.bsky.social · 9d

🎵 Goff can't be in motion, gonna repeat the down 🎵

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 10d

Well, they aren't called the Goodgers

Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 10d

Damnnnnnnnnn Iowa

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Justin Klugh @justinklugh.bsky.social · Nov 10

JOE BUCK: Welcome to the top of the 47th
[Sun rises]
[Sun keeps getting bigger]
BUCK: yes
[World engulfed by flames]
BUCK: oh god yes

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Holden Link @holdenlink.bsky.social · 12d

Newsom has disappointed me so much lately that I was expecting a veto on this. Really glad he signed it, despite the objections of LA's mayor and city council.

M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 12d

Ladies and gentlemen, we did it. SB 79 has been signed.

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Holden Link @holdenlink.bsky.social · 12d

Hero of Law was genuinely one of my favorite games this year.
newerteam.com/en/hol/index...

Hero of Law

Home of Hero of Law, a very unique OoT mod.

newerteam.com

Holden Link @holdenlink.bsky.social · 14d

UNC has been outscored a combined 129-94 so far this year, a -35 point margin.

If Cal outscores UNC by two touchdowns next Friday night in Berkeley and Belichick quits when this report suggests, he'll leave UNC with a -49 point margin, exactly matching the 49 year age gap with his girlfriend.

Ollie Connolly @ollieconnolly.bsky.social · 14d

Members of Belichick’s coaching staff have already spoken to other schools that are expected to be in CFB Playoff about taking on roles during the postseason. From one coach: “the rats are leaving the ship”.

Some staffers believe a change will come within two weeks

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Xalavier Nelson Jr. @writnelson.bsky.social · 14d

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 · 14d

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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Holden Link @holdenlink.bsky.social · 15d

I live in the most progressive city in the most progressive state, and the biggest barrier to passing progressive policies hasn't been Trump - it's our mayor and governor being so focused on their ambitions for higher office that they refuse to lead on anything that doesn't poll at 70% approval

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Holden Link @holdenlink.bsky.social · 15d

Baby Steps (2025)

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 15d

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHMYGOD
Trevor Lawrence is something else

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 16d

This stuff is plainly evil and it’s frankly comical that so many people stand to defend it from even a technical perspective under present conditions.

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 16d

The Sora AI disinfo nightmare is here

For more like this:
tiktok.com/@drewharwell
instagram.com/bydrewharwell

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Holden Link @holdenlink.bsky.social · 16d

I'm sure the City of Inglewood will get those billions of dollars in economic impact from the Rams stadium any day now

Holden Link @holdenlink.bsky.social · 17d

2010 Virginia Tech is kinda close? preseason #10, lost to #3 Boise State in week 1 and James Madison in week 2.

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 18d

QUANTUS TREMOR EST FUTURUS

The Nittany Lion mascot again, palms again raised to Heaven, though now he’s in more of a crouch

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