@davetheallthing.bsky.social
I am your old god and I'm pissed that you have moved on.
Lead writer @spookydoorway.bsky.social - The Darkside Detective, The Séance of Blake Manor.
Lead writer @spookydoorway.bsky.social - The Darkside Detective, The Séance of Blake Manor.
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The nominations for The Steam Awards close tomorrow, 1 December 2025.
This is your chance to vote for your favourite games in a number of categories.
store.steampowered.com/steamawards/...
This is your chance to vote for your favourite games in a number of categories.
store.steampowered.com/steamawards/...
November 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The nominations for The Steam Awards close tomorrow, 1 December 2025.
This is your chance to vote for your favourite games in a number of categories.
store.steampowered.com/steamawards/...
This is your chance to vote for your favourite games in a number of categories.
store.steampowered.com/steamawards/...
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They're small. Muddy knees. Higher voices than adults. Easy.
November 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
They're small. Muddy knees. Higher voices than adults. Easy.
I should go to bed but somebody (me) refilled my wine so I could try and make notes from my "what next" conversations with Treasa.
November 30, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I should go to bed but somebody (me) refilled my wine so I could try and make notes from my "what next" conversations with Treasa.
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Downloaded Winter Burrow on a whim because it was on sale and I got access to my Switch back and MAN is it fun!
It's cozy yet demanding enough if you want to kill some time yet feel like you're making progress via engaging game mechanics. Think Konami's Survivor Kids meets Minecraft.
It's cozy yet demanding enough if you want to kill some time yet feel like you're making progress via engaging game mechanics. Think Konami's Survivor Kids meets Minecraft.
November 29, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Downloaded Winter Burrow on a whim because it was on sale and I got access to my Switch back and MAN is it fun!
It's cozy yet demanding enough if you want to kill some time yet feel like you're making progress via engaging game mechanics. Think Konami's Survivor Kids meets Minecraft.
It's cozy yet demanding enough if you want to kill some time yet feel like you're making progress via engaging game mechanics. Think Konami's Survivor Kids meets Minecraft.
Love seeing this popping up again.
November 28, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Love seeing this popping up again.
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This week's character spotlight is Declan Ward, the man tasked with finding Evelyn Deane & perhaps saving everyone at Blake Manor?
In our latest devlog we take a deeper look at Declan & James Farrelly who brought him to life. store.steampowered.com/news/app/139...
In our latest devlog we take a deeper look at Declan & James Farrelly who brought him to life. store.steampowered.com/news/app/139...
November 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This week's character spotlight is Declan Ward, the man tasked with finding Evelyn Deane & perhaps saving everyone at Blake Manor?
In our latest devlog we take a deeper look at Declan & James Farrelly who brought him to life. store.steampowered.com/news/app/139...
In our latest devlog we take a deeper look at Declan & James Farrelly who brought him to life. store.steampowered.com/news/app/139...
Ace O'Torney.
The Séance of Blake Manor = Irish Ace Attorney
November 28, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Ace O'Torney.
What a rollercoaster! Ups, downs, sideways bits, lots of unexpected stuff, and some vomit. Quite the journey and we've been thrilled with the reception so far. Thanks to everyone who's given it a whirl!
It's now officially one month since we launched The Séance of Blake Manor. What a month!
November 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
What a rollercoaster! Ups, downs, sideways bits, lots of unexpected stuff, and some vomit. Quite the journey and we've been thrilled with the reception so far. Thanks to everyone who's given it a whirl!
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Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
www.404media.co
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
I've spent a lot of this last month considering everything that came together to make the game work and I think Nicholas has done a good job of exploring many of the key reasons.
As promised...!
Here's a bit of a longer blog post about why I think the narrative of The Seance of Blake Manor works so well:
www.essay-games.com/blog/why-bla...
Again, can't recommend this game enough!
Here's a bit of a longer blog post about why I think the narrative of The Seance of Blake Manor works so well:
www.essay-games.com/blog/why-bla...
Again, can't recommend this game enough!
November 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I've spent a lot of this last month considering everything that came together to make the game work and I think Nicholas has done a good job of exploring many of the key reasons.
Amazing to be on a GOTY top 10 list. Some achievement for a small team with a tiny *tiny* fraction of the budget of everything else on there.
We're thrilled to see The Séance of Blake Manor listed at number 6 on the AP's list of 2025's top video games! 🤩
It "digs deep into Irish folklore and history, adding an urgent element of class struggle to a very effective ghost story."
Read the full article here: apnews.com/article/top1...
It "digs deep into Irish folklore and history, adding an urgent element of class struggle to a very effective ghost story."
Read the full article here: apnews.com/article/top1...
Clair Obscur leads the AP's list of 2025's top video games
In a year in which technology news was dominated by artificial intelligence, the outstanding video games were still being designed by human beings.
apnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Amazing to be on a GOTY top 10 list. Some achievement for a small team with a tiny *tiny* fraction of the budget of everything else on there.
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Capitalism is incredible. Sorry, former teacher, your retirement fund is gone because 5 guys who've collectively never worked a full hour told the banks to put all the money in the country into virtual girlfriend futures
WSJ: “.. If the AI market blows up, the blast radius would be wide, hitting not only Wall Street firms, but also pensions, mutual and exchange-traded funds and individual investors, because of how debt is often sliced and resold across the financial landscape.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
November 18, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Capitalism is incredible. Sorry, former teacher, your retirement fund is gone because 5 guys who've collectively never worked a full hour told the banks to put all the money in the country into virtual girlfriend futures
This is one of those "this person really gets it" threads that's always lovely to read.
the seance of blake manor.
that's it, that's the skeet
that's it, that's the skeet
November 26, 2025 at 2:02 AM
This is one of those "this person really gets it" threads that's always lovely to read.
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Just because it's not spooky month anymore doesn't mean you can't play Seance of Blake Manor (you should play Seance of Blake Manor)
November 25, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Just because it's not spooky month anymore doesn't mean you can't play Seance of Blake Manor (you should play Seance of Blake Manor)
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The nominations for The Steam Awards are now open.
We have been blown away by the reception to the story of The Séance of Blake Manor and would be grateful for nominations in the Outstanding Story-Rich Game category: store.steampowered.com/news/app/139...
We have been blown away by the reception to the story of The Séance of Blake Manor and would be grateful for nominations in the Outstanding Story-Rich Game category: store.steampowered.com/news/app/139...
November 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The nominations for The Steam Awards are now open.
We have been blown away by the reception to the story of The Séance of Blake Manor and would be grateful for nominations in the Outstanding Story-Rich Game category: store.steampowered.com/news/app/139...
We have been blown away by the reception to the story of The Séance of Blake Manor and would be grateful for nominations in the Outstanding Story-Rich Game category: store.steampowered.com/news/app/139...
@cressup.bsky.social dear Google did mister Smith from year 6 English recognize me down bean aisle of asda last Saturday thank you send
November 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
@cressup.bsky.social dear Google did mister Smith from year 6 English recognize me down bean aisle of asda last Saturday thank you send
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..and that's game 43 of 2025 completed - The Seance of Blake Manor
Easily one of the best detective mystery games I've ever played. It's clever, complex, well written, well acted and has a great time based mechanic that pushes you on without being overly stressful. Go play it and thank me later! 😉
Easily one of the best detective mystery games I've ever played. It's clever, complex, well written, well acted and has a great time based mechanic that pushes you on without being overly stressful. Go play it and thank me later! 😉
November 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
..and that's game 43 of 2025 completed - The Seance of Blake Manor
Easily one of the best detective mystery games I've ever played. It's clever, complex, well written, well acted and has a great time based mechanic that pushes you on without being overly stressful. Go play it and thank me later! 😉
Easily one of the best detective mystery games I've ever played. It's clever, complex, well written, well acted and has a great time based mechanic that pushes you on without being overly stressful. Go play it and thank me later! 😉
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In case you missed it, we have a recent article about The Séance of Blake Manor, which you can get in a bundle with Blue Prince now!
Stick to the shadows, look for clues, and try not to get too creeped out in Gothic detective game The Séance of Blake Manor · Thinky Games
Who is Evelyn Deane? What happened to her? And why would someone want to harm her? It's your job to find out and you're up against the clock.
thinkygames.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
In case you missed it, we have a recent article about The Séance of Blake Manor, which you can get in a bundle with Blue Prince now!
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Design, Tech & Production Lead, Treasa McCabe, chatted about The Séance of Blake Manor, Ogham readings & inspirations for Blake Manor itself with Tarot DMs.
"Without her, the team admits they’d probably just be making graphic novels."
Read/listen to the full chat here: bit.ly/4prGhsg
"Without her, the team admits they’d probably just be making graphic novels."
Read/listen to the full chat here: bit.ly/4prGhsg
Chat #12 - Treasa McCabe
"Magic comes out when people put their minds together"
www.tarotdms.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Design, Tech & Production Lead, Treasa McCabe, chatted about The Séance of Blake Manor, Ogham readings & inspirations for Blake Manor itself with Tarot DMs.
"Without her, the team admits they’d probably just be making graphic novels."
Read/listen to the full chat here: bit.ly/4prGhsg
"Without her, the team admits they’d probably just be making graphic novels."
Read/listen to the full chat here: bit.ly/4prGhsg
Trust Keza, they're looking out for you.
Two of the best puzzle games you'll ever play
We are delighted to team up with the genre-defying atmospheric adventure @blueprincegame.bsky.social to introduce The Blake & Blue Bundle available now: store.steampowered.com/bundle/63704...
November 21, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Trust Keza, they're looking out for you.
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We're excited to bring together the genre-defying atmospheric adventure @blueprincegame.bsky.social with the supernatural detective mystery @blakemanorgame.bsky.social to create The Blake and Blue Bundle available on Steam now: store.steampowered.com/bundle/63704...
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
We're excited to bring together the genre-defying atmospheric adventure @blueprincegame.bsky.social with the supernatural detective mystery @blakemanorgame.bsky.social to create The Blake and Blue Bundle available on Steam now: store.steampowered.com/bundle/63704...
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I was reading a post over on lawyer Reddit about issues with translators in court and this comment cracked me up
![A comment from redditor isla_inchoate saying
"MY favorite interpreter story is [when] I was a clerk we had to get an interpreter for a really unique dialect. Turns out it was so unique that the party and the interpreter had beef from back in their hometown and they started fighting".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3ahy6f34453trpbtcbcschas/bafkreiem5dki544c6wl5gimoczql5phi7qpo7howgx37rfjftx5roqjdrm@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 3:46 AM
I was reading a post over on lawyer Reddit about issues with translators in court and this comment cracked me up
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The Séance of Blake Manor won 2 NYX Game Awards. Best Art Direction and Puzzle. Well done to the @spookydoorway.bsky.social team!
November 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The Séance of Blake Manor won 2 NYX Game Awards. Best Art Direction and Puzzle. Well done to the @spookydoorway.bsky.social team!
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The Séance is being conducted by Carmela Mantovani, an Italian magician whom all the other guest appear to hold in great regard for her talents but it seems not everyone is pleased with her presence...
November 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The Séance is being conducted by Carmela Mantovani, an Italian magician whom all the other guest appear to hold in great regard for her talents but it seems not everyone is pleased with her presence...