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Grant Stoner @supercrip1994.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI – For my first original Access Granted report, I spoke with disabled players unable to afford the continuous rising prices of games, systems, and tech. If these trends continue, they say the disabled community will undoubtably be alienated from gaming. Read more here:

Grant Stoner @supercrip1994.bsky.social · 2d

With the continuous rise of prices for games, systems, and tech, and as companies like Xbox announce further increases for services like Game Pass, some disabled individuals are choosing to forgo AAA gaming altogether. Read my latest Access Granted report here:
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As Prices Increase, Disabled Players Feel Left Behind

Rising costs of games, systems, and tech forces some disabled players to leave behind their favorite accessible hobby.

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thelxr @thelxr.bsky.social · 4h

Good luck, your whole YouTube feed will be variations on Big Iron for like two weeks now :3

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thelxr @thelxr.bsky.social · 16h

О, кайфовый вогнутый дизайн, не видел раньше таких. :3

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thelxr @thelxr.bsky.social · 21h

Guten abend!

thelxr @thelxr.bsky.social · 21h

Mushroom in the Wild Playing Keyboard

YouTube video by BionicandtheWires

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Steve Lee @stevelee.bsky.social · 1d

Rich was a level designer on Bioshock 2, then Senior LD on Dishonored 1, then Lead LD on Prey. Hire him you fools

Rich Wilson @richwilson.bsky.social · 8d

Looks like I'm looking for work. If anyone out there happens to have a lead or principal level design gig in Austin or remote, I'm all ears.

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b @the-letter-b.federatedfandom.net.ap.brid.gy · 2d

curly rat! charlie again #rattober #rattober2025

a watercolor painting of a pink and gray rat wearing a blue wizard hat and cape

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thelxr @thelxr.bsky.social · 1d

But for the first 1-2 years that was not the case, a lot of developers physically moved to avoid mobilisation and affiliation. Basically Russian gamedev is now split between Serbia, Cyprus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Georgia, Poland, etc... Which is a good indication of these devs moral stance on the war.

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thelxr @thelxr.bsky.social · 1d

The case was Valve's payment processor (Xsolla, I thiiink?) shut down the payments for all banks to avoid accidental breach of sanctions, as by mid-2022 I think only Raiffaisenbank was safe to work with. I just googled and currently there are indeed legal workarounds setup for buyers and devs.

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thelxr @thelxr.bsky.social · 1d

Ух, ну тогда дай тебе сил пережить brain zaps и прочие спецэффекты и назад в продуктивность!

thelxr @thelxr.bsky.social · 1d

Слушай, а он вообще с концентрацией помогает-то в итоге? А то у кого не услышу - все ругаются в итоге.

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thelxr @thelxr.bsky.social · 1d

(There are probably workarounds by now, but for gods sake, I usually see these comments under indie games made by like 5 person teams fueled by instant ramen and enthusiasm, that totaly can't afford the workarounds...)

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thelxr @thelxr.bsky.social · 1d

All of that is especially annoying, knowing that Steam blocks widthdrawing profits to Russia since 2022, and all the taxes go to Kazakhstan / Georgia / Armenia or something in many-many cases.

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thelxr @thelxr.bsky.social · 1d

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thelxr @thelxr.bsky.social · 1d

bsky.app/profile/icep... - in all seriousness, go play the Pathologic 3 demo. It's good!

Ice-Pick Lodge @icepicklodge.bsky.social · 2d

Pathologic 3 launches on January 9, 2026.

A new free demo — an introduction to the full game — is out now on Steam!

We’re also unveiling the first of three trailers, each offering a different perspective on Pathologic 3.

youtu.be/XcgH-s7vgAY

Pathologic 3: Release Date Announcement

YouTube video by IcePickLodge

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thelxr @thelxr.bsky.social · 1d

Завезли таки шушпанчиков :3

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thelxr @thelxr.bsky.social · 2d

🫂

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Ice-Pick Lodge @icepicklodge.bsky.social · 2d

Pathologic 3 launches on January 9, 2026.

A new free demo — an introduction to the full game — is out now on Steam!

We’re also unveiling the first of three trailers, each offering a different perspective on Pathologic 3.

youtu.be/XcgH-s7vgAY

Pathologic 3: Release Date Announcement

YouTube video by IcePickLodge

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doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 4d

GUESS WHO'S BACK

BACK AGAIN

DOC'S BACK

TELL A FRIEND

That's right. It's time for part 3 of the FPS series; this time, a lot of assorted thoughts on what makes for good enemy design. This one was fun as hell to write.

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building a better first person shooter part 3: enemy mine

So! First, we talked about a specific subgenre of first person shooter, loosely starting with Unreal and Half-Life and dying off around…

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thelxr @thelxr.bsky.social · 4d

Пупырчик? :3

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doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 5d

...

Okay.

The state of Kansas wants me to file my 2023 taxes.

So I file. I'm on a payment plan because I'm poor.

Then the state of Kansas wants me to file my 2024 taxes.

So I file.

I'm told I 'broke your promise' by... filing my taxes, which changed my tax load due to time going forward.

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thelxr @thelxr.bsky.social · 5d

That's just so fucked up man... Hang in there, lemme check something.

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AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 6d

sherman, for the love of god!

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thelxr @thelxr.bsky.social · 6d

На самом деле да - это они про всякие хаги-ваги...

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