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Alex Darby // darbotron 🛹 @darbotron.bsky.social · 1h

I think that's a given

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Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 1h

For Americans: Reuters utterly fucked this up, this election was a landslide for Plaid Cymru, the Welsh nationalist party. Labour collapsed, Reform was barely in the frame, but Reform is popular with English gammon-faced flag-shaggers (not Welsh folks), so that's what the lede has to be.

Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 1h

Amazing

Reuters: Britain's ruling Labour Party suffered a heavy electoral defeat in Wales, a traditional stronghold, in a result that highlights the threat posed by the Reform UK party, as the government struggles to revive the economy and ease fears about immigration

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Alex Darby // darbotron 🛹 @darbotron.bsky.social · 14h

let's organise our own thing

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Andrew Fray Helps Automate Video Games @andrewfray.dev · 14h

I know I'm mostly preaching to the choir here, but QA _is_ part of your team, and you should treat them like it.

the same way you'd focus on the workflow of your level designers so they can do their best work, you should focus on your QA and make sure they have all the tools they need to succeed.🧵

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Alex Darby // darbotron 🛹 @darbotron.bsky.social · 14h

Nostalgia isn't as good as I remember it being.

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Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 16h

It's the No More Robots 8th Anniversary!!

So fun to see @gamesetsatch.bsky.social's art evolve through the years. Latest one is the best yet

store.steampowered.com/sale/NMRPubl...

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Alex Darby // darbotron 🛹 @darbotron.bsky.social · 14h

it's so soul destroying. who wants to make f2p games you have to support live for months just to find out if they make money & if they do then you have to keep making them forever? 💩

I miss the old days where you put it on a disc (ideally bug free) and started on the next thing 😢

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Alex Darby // darbotron 🛹 @darbotron.bsky.social · 1d

If you like puzzle games and have never played a draknek / draknek friends game you reeeeeally ought to consider changing that...

This game is really really fun - and spooooooky!

Alan Hazelden / Draknek & Friends @draknek.bsky.social · 1d

Reminder: Spooky Express is OUT NOW!

🚂🧟🧛
Take charge of the only rail service willing to carry the undead passengers of deepest, darkest Trainsylvania.

Steam: s.team/a/3352310
itch: draknek.itch.io/spooky-express
iOS: apps.apple.com/app/id673842...
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...

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Tom Forsyth @tomforsyth.bsky.social · 1d

Just discovered that there's a whole pile of Toaplan shoot-em-ups that have been ported to Windows really nicely, including a bunch of helper features for those of us who don't have teenage reflexes any more. I'm having a blast playing through them.
store.steampowered.com/search/?deve...

Steam Search

store.steampowered.com

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Alex Darby // darbotron 🛹 @darbotron.bsky.social · 1d

truth

Tom Betts @tomnullpointer.bsky.social · 1d

This is very true. Even with the best games and the best marketing, the hit rate/reality will still leave you feeling wasted and abandoned more times than not.

Adriaan @adriaan.games · 1d

disappointing game launch grief.

very real among game devs, rarely public. i’m seeing one unfold publicly now, but don’t wanna draw attention to it. it’s sad. i want to say it’ll be ok, but in truth it won’t.

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No More Robots @nomorerobots.io · 1d

HEY

WE MADE A GAME!!

Introducing: Cruise Control 🚢🚢🚢

COMING 2026

store.steampowered.com/app/3973220/...

(everyone who shares is invited on the No More Robots cruise, date very pending)

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Alex Darby // darbotron 🛹 @darbotron.bsky.social · 1d

I followed the link. Found a "game". it was shit. They're doomed. I imagine they've already siphoned off most of the investment cash.

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Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 1d

🚢🚢🚢 GAME ANNOUNCEMENT!! 🚢🚢🚢

Introducing ☀️CRUISE CONTROL☀️, our take on the management tycoon genre

- Deck out your cruise liner fleet
- Entertain and relax your guests with various facilities
- Hire staff, and keep building to meet the demand

WISHLIST NOW: store.steampowered.com/app/3973220/...

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Chella Ramanan 🇬🇩 @chellaramanan.bsky.social · 1d

It's BHM but at this point I think white ppl should host Black History Month so THEY do the research & THEY do the talks & presentations to each other & maybe THEY'd actually fix something.
Then Black people could just have cake & rum go dancing or watch Basketball Diaries & have a nice time...

a man in a green shirt with a microphone on his neck is making a funny face .

ALT: a man in a green shirt with a microphone on his neck is making a funny face .

media.tenor.com

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Alex Darby // darbotron 🛹 @darbotron.bsky.social · 1d

movie poster of Labyrinth starring David Bowie, Jennifer Connolly, & a billion puppets

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Alex Darby // darbotron 🛹 @darbotron.bsky.social · 1d

You still can with a single F

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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 1d

I have been traveling and today I present to you...the thing I saw in the Frankfurt airport.

Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably?

But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.

A hotdog and pretzel stand with large hanging bottles of mustard, ketchup, and mayonnaise. The bottoms contain squeeze tubes to dispense the condiments.

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Chella Ramanan 🇬🇩 @chellaramanan.bsky.social · 1d

"Make hope normal again" - words to live by. Join the @greenparty.org.uk 💚

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Join.greenparty.org.uk

The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 1d

"We intend to replace Labour at the ballot box."

@zackpolanski.bsky.social speaks to Sky News following the defection of three former Labour councillors to the Green Party in Swindon.

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Alex Darby // darbotron 🛹 @darbotron.bsky.social · 1d

the dream: curved sunken sofa pointed at a wall sized TV which appears from behind motorised bookshelves

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Alex Darby // darbotron 🛹 @darbotron.bsky.social · 2d

at this point, I think it's fair to say that the images are well and truly in charge of the asylum

🎃Bushybritches🎃 @bushybritches.bsky.social · 3d

The best fiction writer could not make this shit up.

🐸LONG LIVE THE FROGS 🐸

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Dennis Detwiller @drgonzo123.bsky.social · 2d

Here is a summary in a handy diagram.

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Alex Darby // darbotron 🛹 @darbotron.bsky.social · 2d

one of the best covers of all time

Kaye Elling @k000.bsky.social · 2d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lqM...

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Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 2d

Tomorrow, we're revealing the first No More Robots developed game

But actually, it's our *third* game. You just didn't hear about the first two.

It turns out that making games is really hard??? Who knew honestly, someone should talk about this really

Hopefully somebody cares! We love it a lot <3

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Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 2d

🎉NO MORE ROBOTS 8TH ANNIVERSARY SHOWCASE🎉

- Two brand new game announcements including the first internal No More Robots game
- Huge update news for Spirittea, Little Rocket Lab and Descenders
- 2026 details

See you in 24 hours
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9j9...

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Alan Hazelden / Draknek & Friends @draknek.bsky.social · 2d

Spooky Express is OUT NOW on PC and Mobile! 🚂🎃

All the passengers are dying to ride the Spooky Express! Don’t let them miss their stops: they may be monsters, but they still have places to be and people to eat – er, we mean meet!

spooky.express

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