Jameson Thatcher
@sireel.bsky.social
Unemployed professional gamedev, dad of two. Vegetarian, jazz fan, MTG player. I like thinking about a positive eco friendly future, and learning about technology of the past
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Jameson Thatcher
@sireel.bsky.social
· Oct 1
Lunch Rush by SirEel
Make burgers, as fast as you can
sireel.itch.io
Lunch Rush is out now: sireel.itch.io/lunch-rush
Make burgers, as fast as you can!
Free to play, in your browser. PC, and mobile browsers are both supported
Make burgers, as fast as you can!
Free to play, in your browser. PC, and mobile browsers are both supported
Super important, if you're in the UK industry.
Not clear how to answer if you're unemployed, which seems like it might be a problem this year 😞
Not clear how to answer if you're unemployed, which seems like it might be a problem this year 😞
🚨 The UK Video Games Industry Census closes 19 Dec.
Run by Ukie & Dr Mark Taylor, it’s the most comprehensive survey of the UK games workforce, exploring:
🔹 Industry mood & outlook
🔹 Layoffs, visas & training
🔹 Careers of women in games
Open to all UK games workers. Take part: zurl.co/yfMwu
Run by Ukie & Dr Mark Taylor, it’s the most comprehensive survey of the UK games workforce, exploring:
🔹 Industry mood & outlook
🔹 Layoffs, visas & training
🔹 Careers of women in games
Open to all UK games workers. Take part: zurl.co/yfMwu
December 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Super important, if you're in the UK industry.
Not clear how to answer if you're unemployed, which seems like it might be a problem this year 😞
Not clear how to answer if you're unemployed, which seems like it might be a problem this year 😞
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Smol.
December 11, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Smol.
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I'm hoping for more articles on this situation, because we cannot stay quiet: www.gamesradar.com/games/simula...
Publisher says Valve rejected complaint about hateful Steam review: "'Has Muslims, not recommended' is literal racism, so there should be no conversation needed"
"I just don't know what to do about this"
www.gamesradar.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I'm hoping for more articles on this situation, because we cannot stay quiet: www.gamesradar.com/games/simula...
@gameswithmorgan.bsky.social I just got spontaneously recommended your channel on youtube, I had no idea you were streaming now!
Hope you and your family are doing well etc
Hope you and your family are doing well etc
December 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
@gameswithmorgan.bsky.social I just got spontaneously recommended your channel on youtube, I had no idea you were streaming now!
Hope you and your family are doing well etc
Hope you and your family are doing well etc
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
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I still think a lot about the fact that Gamergate did essentially win. Not that it made the culture significantly more misogynistic or anything, but it succeeded in making a lot of the people who played games eventually casually much more anti-intellectual and incurious.
December 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I still think a lot about the fact that Gamergate did essentially win. Not that it made the culture significantly more misogynistic or anything, but it succeeded in making a lot of the people who played games eventually casually much more anti-intellectual and incurious.
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I get sad when I see sun dried tomatoes on examples of cringe "dated" food trends because it's got to be one of the best tomato innovations in tomato history.
December 4, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I get sad when I see sun dried tomatoes on examples of cringe "dated" food trends because it's got to be one of the best tomato innovations in tomato history.
Fwiw, I'm happy to hear either about my work. Even the negative comments (within reason, if polite) are fine: I just like knowing people gave my games a go
I’ve sometimes fallen into the trap of thinking that complementing a creative person for their work is less sophisticated or desired than discussion or debate about it but very often the best thing you can say to them is hell yeah and that doesn’t make you dumb it just makes you nice
December 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Fwiw, I'm happy to hear either about my work. Even the negative comments (within reason, if polite) are fine: I just like knowing people gave my games a go
Huge day - a crow followed few round the park. They appeared the second I entered cawwing at me, so I think maybe it has learned I am the guy with the nuts.
Two crows and two magpies fed!
Two crows and two magpies fed!
December 4, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Huge day - a crow followed few round the park. They appeared the second I entered cawwing at me, so I think maybe it has learned I am the guy with the nuts.
Two crows and two magpies fed!
Two crows and two magpies fed!
Gotta love a furnicular
This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.
December 4, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Gotta love a furnicular
December 4, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Printing some bootleg brio tracks at my local library 👌🚂
What a time to be alive
What a time to be alive
December 4, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Printing some bootleg brio tracks at my local library 👌🚂
What a time to be alive
What a time to be alive
I started playing Neo Scavenger recently. It's a fantastic post apocalyptic game, incredible atmospheric art and graphics, having a lot of fun*
(*I am so, so incredibly bad at it. I have, in eight hours, gone from 'died of sepsis' in three hours to 'accidentally fought three dogs at once on day 4')
(*I am so, so incredibly bad at it. I have, in eight hours, gone from 'died of sepsis' in three hours to 'accidentally fought three dogs at once on day 4')
December 3, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I started playing Neo Scavenger recently. It's a fantastic post apocalyptic game, incredible atmospheric art and graphics, having a lot of fun*
(*I am so, so incredibly bad at it. I have, in eight hours, gone from 'died of sepsis' in three hours to 'accidentally fought three dogs at once on day 4')
(*I am so, so incredibly bad at it. I have, in eight hours, gone from 'died of sepsis' in three hours to 'accidentally fought three dogs at once on day 4')
@mattround.com I was wondering who did the art for Avocado n Toast? it looks like an artist I'm familiar with, but I can't find an artist credit on it anywhere
December 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
@mattround.com I was wondering who did the art for Avocado n Toast? it looks like an artist I'm familiar with, but I can't find an artist credit on it anywhere
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for ceo clicker i pixeled all the major arcana tarot cards. (it took forever, so i don't know if i'm up for doing minor arcana ever)
i might make some revisions on cards that miiight have missed some of the mark in terms of symbology but i'm happy with how it came out! #pixelart
i might make some revisions on cards that miiight have missed some of the mark in terms of symbology but i'm happy with how it came out! #pixelart
December 2, 2025 at 4:21 AM
for ceo clicker i pixeled all the major arcana tarot cards. (it took forever, so i don't know if i'm up for doing minor arcana ever)
i might make some revisions on cards that miiight have missed some of the mark in terms of symbology but i'm happy with how it came out! #pixelart
i might make some revisions on cards that miiight have missed some of the mark in terms of symbology but i'm happy with how it came out! #pixelart
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Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.
I'm so tired of measles.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
Gallatin Co. reports 2nd measles case, warns of exposure sites nbcmontana.com/news/local/g...
December 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.
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I wrote a short writeup on miscellaneous game release gotchas & pitfalls... enjoy!
blendogames.com/news/post/20...
blendogames.com/news/post/20...
December 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I wrote a short writeup on miscellaneous game release gotchas & pitfalls... enjoy!
blendogames.com/news/post/20...
blendogames.com/news/post/20...
This time of year is the worst for me, mentally. I'm struggling to make progress on my game (a sort of match 3 town defense thing)
But today I made the goblins able to torch certain tiles, and have the fire spread and even with shoddy temp graphics I can't help enjoy watching their tiny rampage
But today I made the goblins able to torch certain tiles, and have the fire spread and even with shoddy temp graphics I can't help enjoy watching their tiny rampage
December 1, 2025 at 8:04 PM
This time of year is the worst for me, mentally. I'm struggling to make progress on my game (a sort of match 3 town defense thing)
But today I made the goblins able to torch certain tiles, and have the fire spread and even with shoddy temp graphics I can't help enjoy watching their tiny rampage
But today I made the goblins able to torch certain tiles, and have the fire spread and even with shoddy temp graphics I can't help enjoy watching their tiny rampage
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I have made this helpful flowchart to help people understand if the indie game they've heard of is a small indie game or not.
If you are not in the indie world, and you have heard of a game, it is enormous. It is an absolute massive smash success that 99% of indie game devs could only dream of.
If you are not in the indie world, and you have heard of a game, it is enormous. It is an absolute massive smash success that 99% of indie game devs could only dream of.
December 1, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I have made this helpful flowchart to help people understand if the indie game they've heard of is a small indie game or not.
If you are not in the indie world, and you have heard of a game, it is enormous. It is an absolute massive smash success that 99% of indie game devs could only dream of.
If you are not in the indie world, and you have heard of a game, it is enormous. It is an absolute massive smash success that 99% of indie game devs could only dream of.
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hear me out we need another muppets movie
November 23, 2025 at 5:36 AM
hear me out we need another muppets movie
I got a C64 in the mid-late nineties and I read the manual
November 23, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I got a C64 in the mid-late nineties and I read the manual