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Robin Clarke

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Games producer, often found at Maraoke (@singmaraoke.bsky.social). He/him Words: http://www.citystate.co.uk I may put my frequently used hashtags here (tap and hold to filter): #NMS

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Robin Clarke @rclarke.bsky.social · Aug 22

#NMS

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Mike Okuda @mikeokuda.bsky.social · 1h

The Roddenberry Archive website is free for all to explore. Lots of cool starships, bridges, documentaries and interviews:
roddenberry.x.io

roddenberry.x.io

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"fart" @jonhendren.com · 1h

i know the dumb face computer is not a gamer device but its also $3500 usd so you shouldnt tout a 6 year old game as hot shit, tim cook, you ol stupid ass

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🎃maclunkie, spooky esquirrel @maclunkie.bsky.social · 3h

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Robin Clarke @rclarke.bsky.social · 3h

Zack Polanski refusing to pander to reactionary boomers may ultimately limit the Greens' electoral prospects but it's a *huge* problem for our dysfunctional news media, who repeatedly put him on TV to mock him and get made to look like apoplectic bigoted clowns

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 5h

Carole Malone, "Youu can't say what women's rights are because you're not a woman"

Zack Polanski, "You're not trans are you. We can all say you're not that thing so you can't have an opinion" 🔥

"You can still have an opinion from listening to people"

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AJ Jefferies @moonjam.com · 7h

So, I stumbled across this animation (left) that a professional studio made for a commercial client last year and a lot of it seems VERY familiar to my 2023 'PEAS' animation (right)...

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James Beckett @kickthebeckett.com · 17h

I cannot stress enough that Wes Craven did not have a single goddamned thing to do with Freddy's Nightmares, and I have no fucking clue what Polygon is smoking with this article

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 1d

I encourage you all to watch this amazing video which occupies a certain Venn Diagram of 'deeply satisfying answer to something I've always wondered' and 'content for very boring men'

10/10

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eL_...

Is the slippery road sign possible in real life?

YouTube video by Chris Spargo

www.youtube.com

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Newgrounds @newgrounds.com · 19h

A Halloween classic that still works in the browser, thanks to Ruffle! www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/...

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Robin Clarke @rclarke.bsky.social · 20h

You could, in an evening, cue up this podcast, pause at the spoiler mark, watch the entire series in pristine HD for free on YouTube, and resume for the analysis. I highly recommend this in fact.

World of Telly @world-of-telly.bsky.social · 22h

A very quick plug for our latest episode. Our next episode about A Very Peculiar Practice is out this Thursday. youtu.be/nmEqFSk2qzU?...

World of Telly Episode 12: The Strange World of Gurney Slade

YouTube video by World of Telly

youtu.be

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Robin Clarke @rclarke.bsky.social · 20h

Well this seems like an extremely dumb thing for a publication dependent on YouTube revenue to publish

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70s Sci-Fi Art @70sscifiart.bsky.social · 23h

RIP Drew Struzan

Star Trek TOS art, featuring floating heads of Kirk, Spock, and Bones.

Poster for Blade Runner, featuring floating heads of the characters.

Poster for Back to the Future Part II, with Doc and Marty both lifting shades to look at their watches with the Delorean nearby.

Poster for ET, with ET in the woods reaching for a floating UFO, with the lights of a city grid in the background.

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Robin Clarke @rclarke.bsky.social · 1d

"or at the very least, port it to iPad" is some masterful trolling

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Charlie Ashby @charlie-ashby.co.uk · 1d

RIP Drew Struzan - a man whose talent and imagination etched onto so many minds throughout the last 40+ years.

His art & posters are some of the first visuals I think of when I think about cinema - an invitation to watch these stories and worlds.

A massive loss 💔

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 1d

More exciting ways in which the UK is alienating itself from its closest neighbours & partners by just being really, really, brutally rightwing.

Commissioner for Human Rights @commissionerhr.coe.int · 1d

Read my two letters to the #UK:
1. Protests: I call for a review of the legal framework and the reconsideration of provisions in the Crime & Policing Bill that could restrict freedom of assembly.
2. Trans people: I warn against exclusion&zero-sum approaches
👇#HumanRights
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...

United Kingdom: Commissioner addresses human rights issues in policing of protests and the situation of trans people - Commissioner for Human Rights - www.coe.int

Strasbourg 14/10/2025

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George E. Osborn @georgeosborn.bsky.social · 1d

I think I’ve just received the simultaneously best and worst press release in history

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Open Rights Group @openrightsgroup.org · 1d

Don't let activism blink out of sight!

Ofcom wants all social posts to be scanned for 'illegal' content before they appear in our feeds.

And the AI doing it will go OTT. Posts about protest could get removed or suppressed.

Say no to more censorship ⬇️

action.openrightsgroup.org/online-safet...

Online Safety Act consultation : Threat to protest and political content

The Online Safety Act The Online Safety Act (OSA) has given Ofcom powers over what we say, see and do online. Services have to comply with a large set of complicated rules and regulations. They risk…

action.openrightsgroup.org

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Robin Clarke @rclarke.bsky.social · 1d

"Let's spread around this picture!" (it's a picture of the cover of TIME magazine)
I... I think they have people to do that buddy

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puzzling.com @puzzling.com · 4d

PICTURE CROSS:

The "Haunted House" event continues!

Grab the Event Pass to unlock all 225 puzzle sections before Halloween! #PictureCross

www.puzzling.com/picture-cross

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Kenny Goblins @kennylogins.bsky.social · Oct 13

Tom Joad The Wet Sprocket @Adequate_Scott
FUN'S OVER: Enjoyable Semi-Linear Action Game Would Like To Direct Your Attention To The Crafting Screen
1:42 PM • 2022-09-23

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Avó chinesa muito católica @acexaman.bsky.social · 3d

Meowfeggio 528hz Healing Frequencies ✨️🌌

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 1d

On the centenary of Thatcher's birth, there have been predictable calls for a memorial to her memory. But Britain's 2300 food banks serve that purpose already.

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Pita @pita-m.bsky.social · 1d

A few last minute edits, and my little 32x32px Doom sprite collection is complete. ✌️

(mostly) 32x32px fan sprites of the classic Doom monsters. The Cyberdemon is 40x40px; the Spider Mastermind is 64x40px.

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Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 2d

Unbelievable response to a negative Steam review haha

The reviewer was so embarrassed, they literally deleted the review

Kyle Schmitz @kyleschmitz.bsky.social · 2d

Now these morons are suggesting that @nomorerobots.io *forced* me to put represention in the game. Bitch I came up with the characters myself! And Noor is a treasure!

A section of a Steam review that reads: "A Game Marred by External Decisions

This adventure is also, and most importantly, spoiled by the publisher, No More Robots. Their forced DEI, seemingly to collect more money, comes at the expense of narrative coherence and the original developer's vision. The inexplicable presence of a character wearing an Islamic headscarf in a universe where it doesn't fit is a glaring example that shatters immersion."

The developer response to the review that reads: Hello! It's me, the dev! Like the actual person that wrote the code, almost all 97,000 lines of it, as well as all the characters, dialog, cutscenes, and storyline. The publisher did in fact make a singular character suggestion to me. You know which character it was?

The dog.

The rest? All me! You are making up completely unfounded conspiracy theories.

Oh, and that "surveillance"? It's called a log file. Unity makes them by default. Scary stuff, I know.

Take a hike man.

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Dan McPainInTheKnees @danmckee.bsky.social · 2d

“What’s the charge? Eating a seal?”

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Alan White @aljwhite.bsky.social · 2d

I ❤️ Viz

A letter to viz on why we should be removing British objects from people’s rectums, not foreign ones

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