Erik Robson
@erikrobson.net
Game Designer, Level Designer, and Artist | LFW | Designer/artist @ Valve | Lead Designer @ Double Fine | Psychonauts, Brutal Legend, Portal2, CSGO, DOTA 2, The Lab, Artifact
25+ years making games professionally. On Signal @ ErikRobson.47
25+ years making games professionally. On Signal @ ErikRobson.47
Pinned
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Look at this beautiful model Nao made, based on my interpretation of the Okka! ❤️ I'm so honoured!
February 4, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Look at this beautiful model Nao made, based on my interpretation of the Okka! ❤️ I'm so honoured!
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The layoffs at the Washington Post have begun, with newsroom leaders telling employees its sports and books sections will be 'eliminated in current forms' and its international coverage will be downsized
February 4, 2026 at 1:56 PM
The layoffs at the Washington Post have begun, with newsroom leaders telling employees its sports and books sections will be 'eliminated in current forms' and its international coverage will be downsized
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Mongolia's Winter Olympic kits are absolutely gorgeous, I'm obsessed!!
February 4, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Mongolia's Winter Olympic kits are absolutely gorgeous, I'm obsessed!!
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It's that time again, time for birds! 🪶
A couple of cedar waxwings with only mild incredulity in their bemasked eyes
A couple of cedar waxwings with only mild incredulity in their bemasked eyes
February 4, 2026 at 2:42 AM
It's that time again, time for birds! 🪶
A couple of cedar waxwings with only mild incredulity in their bemasked eyes
A couple of cedar waxwings with only mild incredulity in their bemasked eyes
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This is unreal. An AUSA talking like that in open court is about as close as you can come to a total breakdown. Never heard of anything like it.
February 3, 2026 at 8:46 PM
This is unreal. An AUSA talking like that in open court is about as close as you can come to a total breakdown. Never heard of anything like it.
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This feels like the texturing version of spinning around my model.
Playing with carve groups in @marmoset3d.bsky.social to get grey metalness values through intermediate oxidation.
Playing with carve groups in @marmoset3d.bsky.social to get grey metalness values through intermediate oxidation.
February 4, 2026 at 12:14 AM
This feels like the texturing version of spinning around my model.
Playing with carve groups in @marmoset3d.bsky.social to get grey metalness values through intermediate oxidation.
Playing with carve groups in @marmoset3d.bsky.social to get grey metalness values through intermediate oxidation.
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We are hiring at Robot Entertainment! We have three roles open right now!
✨UI/UX Artist
✨Tech Artist
✨ Narrative Designer
Apply here robotentertainment.com/careers
✨UI/UX Artist
✨Tech Artist
✨ Narrative Designer
Apply here robotentertainment.com/careers
February 3, 2026 at 8:27 PM
We are hiring at Robot Entertainment! We have three roles open right now!
✨UI/UX Artist
✨Tech Artist
✨ Narrative Designer
Apply here robotentertainment.com/careers
✨UI/UX Artist
✨Tech Artist
✨ Narrative Designer
Apply here robotentertainment.com/careers
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jeffrey epstein's apparent association with the likes of bobby kotick, steve bannon, and peter thiel – and his fascination with game design as a means of controlling others – paint an unsettling picture
![If you’re not already seeing the pattern, it’s clear that Epstein and his associates saw games as mechanisms for profit, coercion, and control, a throughline that persists in his association with two key figures in Gamergate and the surrounding bedlam: Peter Thiel and Steve Bannon.
Based on available files, Epstein expressed interest in Thiel and his surveillance company, Palantir, as early as 2012, but correspondence between the two began in 2014. Then, in May 2016, Epstein messaged Thiel saying that he "would have gladly share[d] your expenses for the gawker suit" and invited him to dinner with Noam Chomsky, of all people (it is unclear if this dinner ever took place). That suit, of course, led to the collapse of Gawker Media and the sale of its many sites – of which Kotaku, a major Gamergate target (and the former employer of all five members of Aftermath’s core staff), was one. This would send ripples through the worlds of media and journalism for years to come, leading to a press defanged by the threat of legal annihilation.
The next month, shortly after the June 2016 referendum that kicked off Brexit, Epstein emailed Thiel, saying "brexit, just the beginning" and then, in response to Thiel asking what he meant, "return to tribalism. counter to globalization. amazing new alliances. you and I both agreed zero interest rates were too high, and as i said in your office. finding things on their way to collapse, was much easier than finding the next bargain."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5gdejlhcswjbzraadoltdpps/bafkreiao37med33tdxi7743wqz627lyzzfpfl2istut75g64cl763k6xea@jpeg)
February 3, 2026 at 9:28 PM
jeffrey epstein's apparent association with the likes of bobby kotick, steve bannon, and peter thiel – and his fascination with game design as a means of controlling others – paint an unsettling picture
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A close look at the enchanted forest map for the upcoming Perils & Princesses TTRPG adventure “The Princess & The Dragon.” I love taking a simple point crawl and injecting it with atmosphere and style. Dropping an evocative world map on the table really entices players to explore.
February 2, 2026 at 3:57 PM
A close look at the enchanted forest map for the upcoming Perils & Princesses TTRPG adventure “The Princess & The Dragon.” I love taking a simple point crawl and injecting it with atmosphere and style. Dropping an evocative world map on the table really entices players to explore.
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42 Years Ago Today: February 3, 1984 Front Page
February 3, 2026 at 2:00 PM
42 Years Ago Today: February 3, 1984 Front Page
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Good morning!
February marks the 10th anniversary of Stardew Valley. I had the great pleasure of speaking to ConcernedApe ahead of the occasion about the last ten years and his plans for the future. It's a nice long one, please enjoy:
www.ign.com/articles/sta...
February marks the 10th anniversary of Stardew Valley. I had the great pleasure of speaking to ConcernedApe ahead of the occasion about the last ten years and his plans for the future. It's a nice long one, please enjoy:
www.ign.com/articles/sta...
February 3, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Good morning!
February marks the 10th anniversary of Stardew Valley. I had the great pleasure of speaking to ConcernedApe ahead of the occasion about the last ten years and his plans for the future. It's a nice long one, please enjoy:
www.ign.com/articles/sta...
February marks the 10th anniversary of Stardew Valley. I had the great pleasure of speaking to ConcernedApe ahead of the occasion about the last ten years and his plans for the future. It's a nice long one, please enjoy:
www.ign.com/articles/sta...
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FYI: the great comics artist Tom Mandrake is on here and his timeline is a nice mix of wild, intensely rendered pen & ink drawings and photos of the fox that hangs out on his porch.
I'll post some Swamp Thing teasers tomorrow. Today, just know foxy can nap comfortably in zero degrees. She loves our deck regardless.
February 1, 2026 at 2:13 AM
FYI: the great comics artist Tom Mandrake is on here and his timeline is a nice mix of wild, intensely rendered pen & ink drawings and photos of the fox that hangs out on his porch.
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Hello I'm Anine!
I am an illustrator based in Scotland, and I'm available for work!
#Portfolioday
💻https://www.anineillustration.com/
💌[email protected]
I am an illustrator based in Scotland, and I'm available for work!
#Portfolioday
💻https://www.anineillustration.com/
💌[email protected]
January 13, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Hello I'm Anine!
I am an illustrator based in Scotland, and I'm available for work!
#Portfolioday
💻https://www.anineillustration.com/
💌[email protected]
I am an illustrator based in Scotland, and I'm available for work!
#Portfolioday
💻https://www.anineillustration.com/
💌[email protected]
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All the choices I didn't make. All the things I lost and spent and wasted. I can give them back to the world. To the lives that haven't been lived yet. That will be my gift back to the world that gave me the life I did live, the love I loved, the breath I breathed.
February 3, 2026 at 9:30 AM
All the choices I didn't make. All the things I lost and spent and wasted. I can give them back to the world. To the lives that haven't been lived yet. That will be my gift back to the world that gave me the life I did live, the love I loved, the breath I breathed.
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ok I will stop fiddling with this now
February 2, 2026 at 6:26 PM
ok I will stop fiddling with this now
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fighter maker, screenshot, playstation (1999) www.destructoid.com/weekly-kusog...
November 1, 2025 at 6:48 AM
fighter maker, screenshot, playstation (1999) www.destructoid.com/weekly-kusog...
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Not ICE, but CBP.
ICE is terrible, but CBP is orders of magnitude worse. In many ways, abolishing or radically overhauling CBP is of greater urgency than ICE, but likely tougher to do.
One can argue that ~all of ICE's duties can be reallocated. Harder to say that with CBP.
ICE is terrible, but CBP is orders of magnitude worse. In many ways, abolishing or radically overhauling CBP is of greater urgency than ICE, but likely tougher to do.
One can argue that ~all of ICE's duties can be reallocated. Harder to say that with CBP.
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 2, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Not ICE, but CBP.
ICE is terrible, but CBP is orders of magnitude worse. In many ways, abolishing or radically overhauling CBP is of greater urgency than ICE, but likely tougher to do.
One can argue that ~all of ICE's duties can be reallocated. Harder to say that with CBP.
ICE is terrible, but CBP is orders of magnitude worse. In many ways, abolishing or radically overhauling CBP is of greater urgency than ICE, but likely tougher to do.
One can argue that ~all of ICE's duties can be reallocated. Harder to say that with CBP.
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DOCTOR: I told him he needed to get out to a show, that was how he would cure his depression.
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
February 2, 2026 at 3:58 AM
DOCTOR: I told him he needed to get out to a show, that was how he would cure his depression.
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
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beginning to feel that we are just starting the rebuilding of a sense of “society” that fractured in the pandemic—a society that will by necessity feel and look and act differently since it is kind of being assembled ad hoc from the broken pieces, but which is starting to come together nonetheless
February 2, 2026 at 3:14 AM
beginning to feel that we are just starting the rebuilding of a sense of “society” that fractured in the pandemic—a society that will by necessity feel and look and act differently since it is kind of being assembled ad hoc from the broken pieces, but which is starting to come together nonetheless
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there’s no way we get through a Super Bowl halftime show with Bad Bunny and Green Day without a total crashout from the president
Bad Bunny: Before I say thanks to God, I'm going to say, ICE out. We're not savages, we're not animals, we're not aliens. We are humans, and we are Americans.
February 2, 2026 at 3:15 AM
there’s no way we get through a Super Bowl halftime show with Bad Bunny and Green Day without a total crashout from the president
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Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
February 1, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
They should have even smaller dudes to ride the dogs and dog races.
February 1, 2026 at 5:17 AM
They should have even smaller dudes to ride the dogs and dog races.
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/6 Most of the people who normalized Jeffrey Epstein after his conviction are not legally liable for child rape.
But I submit they are morally culpable to some degree.
But I submit they are morally culpable to some degree.
February 1, 2026 at 3:40 AM
/6 Most of the people who normalized Jeffrey Epstein after his conviction are not legally liable for child rape.
But I submit they are morally culpable to some degree.
But I submit they are morally culpable to some degree.
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I can officially confirm that the snow in NC is roughly one (1) corgi deep
January 31, 2026 at 9:46 PM
I can officially confirm that the snow in NC is roughly one (1) corgi deep
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Are you fucking serious?
February 1, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Are you fucking serious?