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SUGAR @sugarcopperblue.bsky.social · 1d

Sugar is back! New music at sugarcopperblue.com PLUS May 2026 live shows in NYC and London. All the info is here!

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mark wood @thelatemarkwood.bsky.social · 2d

hands down, greatest game ever made.

Design Room @designroom.bsky.social · 2d

For the Shadow of the Colossus story, we interviewed 14 people including project leads Fumito Ueda and Kenji Kaido, hired Gravity Rush concept artist Takeshi Oga to illustrate the cover, and put together a 10,000-word story with help from @milkman.bsky.social @shmuplations.bsky.social and others.

Shadow of the Colossus: An oral history

Celebrate the 20th anniversary of Team Ico’s masterpiece by looking back with 11 people who worked on it (and three who didn’t).

www.designroom.site

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 4d

Three indie games, three different takes on a digital nightmare. While Proximate, Without a Dawn, and Dead Letter Dept. differ in their approaches, the takeaway is the same: our very perception of the world has been warped by systems outside our control. youtu.be/0zxQ9YAzy00

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 5d

NEW VIDEO on spooks and indie horror games and computers distorting our understanding of the world, available right now on Nebula! nebula.tv/videos/jacob...

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mark wood @thelatemarkwood.bsky.social · 5d

play this demo. holy shit.

Devolver Digital @devolverdigital.com · 7d

SKATE STORY
DECEMBER 8
PS5 | SWITCH 2 | PC
🔥🔥🔥 🛹 🔥🔥🔥
PLAY THE DEMO ON STEAM

store.steampowered.com/app/1263240/...

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 6d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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mark wood @thelatemarkwood.bsky.social · 6d

CAN A RECORD KILL YOU IN YOUR SLEEP? ONE WAY TO FIND OUT.

(disclaimer: belief engine does not endorse these statements in the event of actual consumer death)

𝐒𝐊𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐓𝐇𝐔𝐆 ✉ [ DEAD LETTER DEPT. ] @skullthug.bsky.social · 6d

▌The DEAD LETTER DEPT OST VINYL
▌is -NOW AVAILABLE- ▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌

www.veryokvinyl.com/products/dea...

Float and melt into paranormal drones & sizzling industrial rhythmic sounds

Analogue horror &̵̠͘ moo̵͓̜̻͎̗̔d soundtrack to sp̶̧̻̟͂in fo̶r yó̸͉̳̑ͅur October Halloween season, available NOW at @veryokvinyl.com
#indiedev

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 7d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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mark wood @thelatemarkwood.bsky.social · 6d

i randomly saw shotmaker at a show in cambridge once. had no idea who they were going in but left enamored. amazing energy live.

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Alexa Ray Corriea @alexaray.bsky.social · 9d

It’s boiling in October because you’re using ChatGPT to write your emails, Janice.

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STARSEEKER: Astroneer Expeditions @starseekergame.systemera.net · 13d

Learn all about how you can use Gear to modify your tools during STARSEEKER Direct on October 7th. 🚿🚀🌬️🥕

*carrotlings were only slightly harmed during the filming of this video*

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BrooklynVegan @brooklynvegan.bsky.social · 14d

Ink & Dagger are back again! They're playing 3 shows at the Church in Philly Halloween weekend, and reissuing their entire catalog

www.brooklynvegan.com/ink-dagger-a...

Ink & Dagger announce reunion shows & full catalog reissues

Ink &amp; Dagger will return (lineup TBA) for three Halloween weekend shows at Philly's First Unitarian Church, with Paint It Black, Deadguy, and Soul Glo.

www.brooklynvegan.com

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scott⚡️mccloud @scottmccloud.bsky.social · 14d

Written 55 years ago, Schulz's heartfelt clarity cuts through the noise, even today.

h/t @tisserand.bsky.social

Scan of a typed letter from 1970, from Peanuts creator Charles Schulz, addressed to "Joel Lipton, 622 N. Foothill Road, Beverly Hills, Calif. 90210"

It reads:

"Dear Joel:

I think it is more difficult these days to define what makes a good citizen than it has ever been before. Certainly all any of us can do is follow our own conscience and retain faith in our democracy. Sometimes it is the very people who cry out the loudest in favor of getting back to what they call "American Virtues" who lack this faith in our country.

I believe that our greatest strength lies always in the protection of our smallest minorities.

Sincerely yours,

Charles M. Schulz"

At bottom is an illustration of Charlie Brown and Snoopy, a kite wrapped around the dog house.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16d

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

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𝐒𝐊𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐓𝐇𝐔𝐆 ✉ [ DEAD LETTER DEPT. ] @skullthug.bsky.social · 15d

DEAD LETTER DEPT. is in the Steam Autumn Sale
Can I get to 1,000 reviews bef̵͙͗o̴͓̒re Hallowee̵n̶ ̴ ̸░?▀̸̺̼͉̯͕̉̊̃̕░̵̰̩̈́͒͗́͜▐▒̴̰̕▒̶̥́̇͒▀̸̰̬̹̦̆̓̾
store.steampowered.com/app/1627350/...

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Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · 19d

from the latest print edition of ‘The Onion’

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mark wood @thelatemarkwood.bsky.social · 21d

i was real close to booking you a meeting for this crime.

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 22d

Playing FF Tactics for the first time? Here’s a tip. Go to Mandalia Plain. You’re gonna spend 5 miserable hours having all your characters power up like goku next to a terrified bird or have them throw rocks at each other until they’re max level. This is the best game ever made btw.

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𝐒𝐊𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐓𝐇𝐔𝐆 ✉ [ DEAD LETTER DEPT. ] @skullthug.bsky.social · 23d

I got a DEAD LETTER DEPT. shirt made awhile back to wear to events for yuks. But enough folks have asked about it I opened it up to nab

So if you'd like a DLD shirt / hoodie, there's now a distant machine somewhere on the Earth that will whirr wheeze & dispense it at you.

beliefengine.printful.me

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slick nik @coleskiiiiii.bsky.social · 24d

shit ain’t over til it’s over

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mark wood @thelatemarkwood.bsky.social · 26d

got my covid jab this afternoon and now just playing Silksong and waiting for the fever shakes to kick in (vax boosters always knock me on my ass), because fuck bobby kennedy; the only bugs and worms i'm letting into my system are these little weirdos on my screen