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Dugan

@tikipodltd.bsky.social

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Bafta nominated game developer and owner of Tikipod. Co-Dev and Publisher of Astro Aqua Kitty, Iron Crypticle, Aqua Kitty, Rock Boshers. Currently based in VIC region, AUS.

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Dugan @tikipodltd.bsky.social · Nov 8

Hi new followers!

Here is a project I hope we can get moving again (was put on ice a year ago), and finish off sometime in 2025.
It's a Super CDrom System game for PC Engine!

Vid below shows a test level with temp artwork.

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Byron Atkinson-Jones @xiotex.bsky.social · 12h

Come and join us at PlayStation! We’re looking for a technical account manager. You’ll get to work with me - depending on your point of view a bonus or a downside 😂

careers.playstation.com/technical-ac...

Careers at Sony Interactive Entertainment I Technical Account Manager

Join Sony Interactive Entertainment in London England! Apply for the role today and start your journey with us.

careers.playstation.com

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Retro Gamer @retrogamermag.bsky.social · 1d

Do you own the original Fire Emblem on GBA? How much did it cost and where did you buy it? Some answers will appear in the magazine.

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Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social · 1d

Another day, another ai enthusiast warning me I’ll get ‘left behind’ if I’m not careful. He makes the future of entertainment sound delightful

An ai arsehole tries to defend his use of ai

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Dugan @tikipodltd.bsky.social · 2d

They better not be trying to flog any Ai bs...

"Let the ai take over and play the game for you..."

"Tell the ai the art style you want the game to look like..."

"Your console is now your ai buddy, no need for human friends..."

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2d

All perfectly normal

Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 2d

www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/t...

Tommy Robinson told police ‘not a chance bruv’ when asked for mobile pin. He had more than £13,000 and 1,900 euros in cash with him, told officers he was driving his silver Bentley to Benidorm for a couple of days when he was stopped. As you do!

Tommy Robinson told police ‘not a chance bruv’ when asked for mobile pin, court told

Tommy Robinson, 42, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is standing trial after being charged under the terrorism act

www.standard.co.uk

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Jemaine Clement @jemaineclement.bsky.social · 3d

Shh, don't wake them up.

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

Scientists unearth a 112-million-year-old time capsule filled with ancient insects

Researchers have unearthed South America’s first amber deposits containing ancient insects in an Ecuadorian quarry, offering a rare 112-million-year-old glimpse into life on the supercontinent Gondwan...

www.sciencedaily.com

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Eddie Deezenuts @32mbit.bsky.social · 4d

thread of Mega Drive h-scroll raster effects

Alien Solder flapping wings

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Dugan @tikipodltd.bsky.social · 4d

Kirbyyyyyyyyyyy

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s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 5d

A little something to take the edge off as you head into the weekend @erinbiba.bsky.social

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Goldborough Studio @goldboroughstudio.bsky.social · 5d

Laputa...
#sketch

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VGDensetsu @vgdensetsu.bsky.social · 8d

I thought something seemed off about the the image posted below: it's a photo that's been edited and colorized by AI. Please don't do that.

Black and white photo showing people around a Darius cabinet at the October 1986 AM Show.

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Dugan @tikipodltd.bsky.social · 6d

which covid shot did you get? I think have been lucky so far, as only the 1st cov shot gave a reaction (a night of shakes/shivers)

Dugan @tikipodltd.bsky.social · 6d

New woody Asus pc case is giving off ye olde Atari 2600 vibes

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ミルキージェームズ (Remastered) @milkman.bsky.social · 6d

This story is one of my favorite ever features I got to out together on one of my favorite games. My mission is to get #PSO (OG version) onto something modern. Follow @designroom.bsky.social for more shenanigans. www.polygon.com/interviews/2...

Phantasy Star Online devs on the story, the graphics, and the angry fans that used to call the office

We continue our retrospective interview series for the game’s 20th anniversary

www.polygon.com

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Dugan @tikipodltd.bsky.social · 6d

Think the cake pic is for newts stunt double, she has an older looking face

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 7d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 6d

Indie game coverage is tough because games media has been gutted so the major publishers can control the message via PR-friendly influencers. No freelancer can fix this, obviously, but I can assure I (and other freelancers like me) are excited to cover indie games and pitch like crazy.

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Robert Llewellyn @bobbyllew.bsky.social · 7d

Useful comparison

A graphic showing the enormous improvements since the launch of the original Nissan Leaf 14 years ago the new one goes four times further charges three times faster has two times more power and is 36% cheaper than the original

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Dugan @tikipodltd.bsky.social · 7d

Guessing the brochure has an envelope of cash taped underneath

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Dugan @tikipodltd.bsky.social · 7d

just spotted a modern cd drive with pop up lid!

Shame Pioneer are getting out of the optical biz - this sort of drive lid would have been fab for the Analogue Duo

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Dugan @tikipodltd.bsky.social · 7d

why are they betting so hard on this Ai dross?
Just think how all that money could be being spent instead

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 7d

I think that's not good, but I'm no expert. 🫠

Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 7d

My latest animation of the global surface temperature anomaly, 1851 - 2025 (current through September).

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Barnaby Edwards @barnabyedwards.bsky.social · 7d

On his first day there, he makes friends with a funny student with a monosyllabic name and creates an enemy of a posh boy from a noble family.

Sound familiar?

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K Le Guin, written in 1968.

Funny where some authors get their ideas from, isn't it?

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Dugan @tikipodltd.bsky.social · 7d

when a terrible pun pops into your head, and you just have to follow through...

screenshot of the game robocop rogue city, renamed to robocop brogue city, with an image of robocop wearing brogues whilst petting a cat

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Dugan @tikipodltd.bsky.social · 7d

David Lynch's Straight Story is on TV again, damn it's good