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Lance Icarus

@lanceicarus.bsky.social

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One half of the twitch channel Lance and Gin. Lover of indie games. Loyal Mariners and Seahawks fan. He/Him. USA. https://linktr.ee/lanceicarus Business email: [email protected]

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Lance Icarus @lanceicarus.bsky.social · Nov 13

Hello new people! I'm Lance, a Seattle based Twitch affiliate streamer who loves streaming indie games with his wife.

If you're a smaller game dev making an interesting new game, let me know! I want to support you!

Bluesky @bsky.app · Nov 13

15M people on Bluesky!!! 💫

The Verge beat us to our own announcement — that's the beauty of an open network with public stats!

The Verge @theverge.com · Nov 13

Bluesky crosses the 15 million user mark

Lance Icarus @lanceicarus.bsky.social · 15h

Three games away!!!

Lance Icarus @lanceicarus.bsky.social · 16h

I'm sorry your eyes were subjected to that.

Lance Icarus @lanceicarus.bsky.social · 21h

Yes.

Lance Icarus @lanceicarus.bsky.social · 21h

Fun fact: She's originally a Spawn character that Marvel acquired a long time ago. This is what she originally looked like.

Definitely some choice changes made for Rivals.

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OverClocked ReMix (We ♥ video game music!) 🎮🎵 @ocremix.org · 1d

25 years in, we are NOT allowing genAI music onto OC ReMix, full stop.

We're 100% against genAI music and are a community geared toward authentic creativity and artistic development. You don't get that by doing text prompts.

ocremix.org/remix/OCR04918
youtube.com/watch?v=fUsg...

Recent comment: "This A.I. music is as fake as 🏈 🦇."

In this case, this is human-made. (3 of our judges panel are also involved as collaborators on it: jnWake, pixelseph, and paradiddlesjosh.)

We explicitly do NOT accept any music made with generative A.I. There are tools out there that help identify genAI music. If music involving genAI is ever unknowingly let on, it will be removed if it's discovered.

We're 100% against genAI music and are a community geared toward authentic creativity and artistic development. You don't get that by doing text prompts.

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Lance Icarus @lanceicarus.bsky.social · 23h

Also every game is a miracle.

Lance Icarus @lanceicarus.bsky.social · 23h

The more and more you see the game dev process the more you realize 90% of criticism people have for "the devs" was a decision made three pay levels above anyone physically working on the game.

And a majority of the time made by someone from a different company than the devs.

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Lance Icarus @lanceicarus.bsky.social · 1d

People might think this is way too much of a stretch, but when the Mariners were rallying in the 15th with victory in sight, who did they keep cutting to on the big screen? Humpy the salmon jumping up and down with the fans.

He was our representative that inning, the fish that assured victory.

Lance Icarus @lanceicarus.bsky.social · 1d

Bryan Woo: So invested in the Salmon Run he's ready to hop over the rail.

Josh Naylor: Absolutely refuses to acknowledge the humanoid fish people in the outfield for fear that he is the only one that can see them.

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Lance Icarus @lanceicarus.bsky.social · 1d

So hard Sudo. So hard.

Lance Icarus @lanceicarus.bsky.social · 1d

Good afternoon. My body is broken and my voice is gone but the Seattle Mariners are going to play for the American League Championship so it's all worth it.

Two excited Mariners fans right after the team won ALDS Game 5.

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Lance Icarus @lanceicarus.bsky.social · 2d

HUMPY POWER WE DID IT

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Lance Icarus @lanceicarus.bsky.social · 2d

OH MY GOD HUMPY WON!!!

HUMPY of the Mariners Salmon Run wins for the first time!

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Lance Icarus @lanceicarus.bsky.social · 2d

WE STILL HERE WE STILL CLAPPING! GO MARINERS!

Selfie during the 14th inning of the ALDS between the Mariners and the Tigers.

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Lance Icarus @lanceicarus.bsky.social · 2d

CRAP

Lance Icarus @lanceicarus.bsky.social · 2d

I SWEAR TO CHRIST IF I CALLED THIS GAME BACK ON WEDNESDAY! #Mariners #MLB

Prediction that the Seattle Mariners will win Game 5 of the ALDS in the bottom of the 12th inning.

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Lance Icarus @lanceicarus.bsky.social · 2d

Kirby was so ready for today. Locked. In.

George Kirby walking out of the bullpen to start Game 5 of the ALDS.

Lance Icarus @lanceicarus.bsky.social · 2d

IT'S TIME FOR PLAYOFF BASEBALL! DO OR DIE LET'S DO IT MARINERS!!!!

Lance Icarus @lanceicarus.bsky.social · 2d

Don't worry, Kirby's got us.

George Kirby leaving the bullpen to start game 5 of the MLB ALDS.

Lance Icarus @lanceicarus.bsky.social · 2d

SIIIIIIICK!

a baseball player is getting ready to swing at the ball

ALT: a baseball player is getting ready to swing at the ball

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Natalie Spitzel | Looking for work!! @nat-the-dev.bsky.social · 2d

Didn't they say they had an artist now for their "human-made" logo?
This just reads as petty and vindictive. If they had done this in the first place joking that they're looking for artists, it would have been endearing.
Honestly just terrible move after terrible move.

Kate Gray @hownottodraw.bsky.social · 3d

so, uh, I guess the studio responded to this by replacing their website art!

(not gonna lie, I'm torn between "lol, lmao" and "hm, that's a bit of an immature response from a professional game studio")

A screenshot of the Sackbird website that shows their social media icons replaced with intentionally bad MS Paint-style art

A screenshot of the Sackbird website which used to have an AI-generated skyline of Baltimore, and now has an intentionally shitty bunch of brown boxes labelled as "Fort McHenry" and "Sackbird Studios" in Comic Sans. It has clearly been drawn in MS Paint in about 5 minutes

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Lance Icarus @lanceicarus.bsky.social · 2d

Right? Why is he not adorably carrying the bindle in his break?

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Lance Icarus @lanceicarus.bsky.social · 2d

Heading to T-Mobile Park for Game 5 tonight! I'm bringing a good luck charm from my wife to cheer Kirby on the mound. LET'S WIN THIS ONE MARINERS!!

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Lance Icarus @lanceicarus.bsky.social · 3d

If they can pull out three straight wins including two against the Eagles we'd be seeing the biggest change in team fortunes in what feels like forever.

Lance Icarus @lanceicarus.bsky.social · 3d

Be gay do outreach.