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Murray Somerwolff

@patattiemurray.bsky.social

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He/Him 1/2 of Patattie Games (art/design/writing) Making Wax Heads: cosy punk record store sim! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2769240/Wax_Heads/?beta=1 Father of Twins https://murraysomerwolff.com

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Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social · Apr 24

Announcing: Wax heads! (DEMO OUT NOW!😱)

A cosy-punk slice-of-life narrative sim about managing a struggling record store!

🥸 Chat to customers with unique tastes
💿 Explore handcrafted records
❤️ Fall in love with bands (and their drama!)
🕹️ Or just slack off!

store.steampowered.com/app/2769240/...

Wax Heads on Steam

A cosy-punk slice-of-life narrative sim about managing a struggling record store. Chat to quirky customers with unique tastes, explore a handcrafted record collection, fall in love with bands (and the...

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Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah I've moved from the UK to Copenhagen and then back again and easily the most awkward, cursed, expensive thing was bringing my records 😬 no regrets tho!

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Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah I mean it was magical cause I had no idea and discovered it organically but the anxiety of going "but how do I get it out" was on the edge 😂

Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social · 1d

OR Kamasi Washington's Heaven and Earth record for hiding a secret EP in the middle which made me damage the cover to get too 😅🤣

Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social · 1d

Obnoxious is tricky, maybe Arab Strap's Philophobia?

Photograph of the cover of Philophobia by Arab Strap showing Aiden Moffat painted naked on it

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Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social · 1d

This is just giving me aspiration to achieve that same volume of records 👀

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Moo Yu (Mythmatch) @oneofmoo.bsky.social · 1d

Mythmatch is getting to the point where some folks are wrapping up their tasks and also, others wrapped long ago, but I'm only realizing now. So I'm going to quote tweet this post to talk about them.

But if you see this, you can see their work in action here:
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Mythmatch on Steam

A Greek mythology anti-capitalist merge game about the power of community over authority. Challenge the Gods. Inspire the Mortals. Rebuild Ithaca.

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Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social · 2d

Yes 😊

a cartoon character from adventure time is holding a slipper

ALT: a cartoon character from adventure time is holding a slipper

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Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social · 2d

👀🚨spoilers for how many characters are in Wax Heads now out in the wild... 🚨🫣👀😆

Rocío Tomé ➡️ BCN Game Fest @rothiotome.bsky.social · 3d

Wax Heads World Tour!

Jordi Santonja @jordsa.bsky.social · 4d

Fíjate @rothiotome.bsky.social
El póster que me diste de @waxheads.bsky.social ha llegado perfecto a Oslo. ¡Muchas gracias!

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Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social · 2d

D'Angelo dying is sad, only 51, highly recommend checking out his music, it's really beautiful. I got into him on "Black Messiah" - but it's all amazing

Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social · 2d

That illustration is G O R G E O U S😶

Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social · 2d

This is sick, got my FF7 oral history book sitting proudly on my book shelf and now a story on SoTC? 😭❤️🙏

Design Room @designroom.bsky.social · 2d

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We are live! Welcome to Design Room, a new independent games media site.

• We specialize in oral histories like the Final Fantasy 7 and Street Fighter 2 ones I (@mattleone.bsky.social) did at Polygon
• Our first big story is on Shadow of the Colossus: bit.ly/4hjwz8n
• See more: designroom.site

Design Room

Video game oral histories

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Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social · 5d

Hmmmm I wish that were true 😅🫠

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gina 🐸 @ginaloughlin.com · 7d

everyone: wax heads is a punk game!!! 🤘😈🔥
me: ............

#gameaudio #indiedev

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Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social · 5d

How did i miss this 😂❤️

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Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social · 5d

Anyone else get their submission ready for IGF last night, pay in time but still waiting for a payment code?

There's a backlog right, like if you paid in time and emailed then you still qualify submitting right?👀👀👀👀

Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social · 7d

It was always wild to me like how fully formed and confident your style was so young - this stuff looks as incredible as ever 🔥

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 8d

SO bookshop.org is doing free shipping and you should buy some of my books from bookshop.org <3

bookshop.org/beta-search?...

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Victor Breum (REVIEW MIND DIVER) @breum.bsky.social · 9d

Japanese singer Daichi Miura who made a song for Death Stranding 2 (www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJq0...) just played Mind Diver. I watched along with live texting and auto-translated chat. So wild!!! Greatest thing was how extremely nice the whole chat is, so wholesome www.youtube.com/live/9yUruwK...

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Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social · 9d

Yeah with Wax Heads one of my marketing notes from the beginning has been:

"NOTHING TO DO WITH SPOTIFY!!!!!"

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 10d

Spotify is partnering with ChatGPT

• Will personalize music and podcast recommendations

• Available on an opt-in basis

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Alicia @pinapali.bsky.social · 9d

Don’t opt-out. CANCEL YOUR ACCOUNT!!

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 10d

Spotify is partnering with ChatGPT

• Will personalize music and podcast recommendations

• Available on an opt-in basis

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Ludipe @ludipe.bsky.social · 10d

I have cool news to share today! 🎉🍣🤖

Sushi For Robots is releasing on consoles later this month (October 23rd). This wouldn't have happened without @mameshibagames.com, who basically remade the game to port it over and is handling its publication. It's very exciting to see this happen!

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Chris Schilling @schillingc.bsky.social · 10d

Played Consume Me. Loved Consume Me. www.theguardian.com/games/2025/o...

Consume Me review - anything but empty calories

A teenage slice-of-life tale, an energy-management challenge and a satire of diet culture – this indie award-winner is a flavoursome treat

www.theguardian.com

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Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social · 10d

Oh cool! That is handy!

(and hahaha okay my bad! 😅)

Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social · 10d

Yeaahhhhhhhhhhh!

After Wax Heads development wraps up I wanna try and attend some local meet ups in the new year! 👀

(I'm laughing to myself realising the gif I've attached you might have no idea what it is... 😅🫣)

a picture of the hulk with instacart in the bottom right corner

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Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social · 10d

I did it, I've joined the Green Party.

I've voted for them pretty consistently for years, but remained cautious in fully embracing them, but the recent direction of how energised the new Green leadership is and the messaging has pushed me to take the plunge!

Wanna go from passive to active 💚🔥🙌

screenshot of Mothin Ali, deputy leader of the Green party alongside other green members holding placards as a welcoming message, with the including text thanking me for joining the green party

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