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"Michael" · game dev since '12 · June's Journey, SelfCare, Ghost Detective, others · freelance design/code · 💜 purple, boardgames, cats · @derElbi elsewhere

he/him or they/them
Berlin 🇩🇪 & Vienna 🇦🇹
Berlin 🤝 London
(Wednesday last week, dev team is from Berlin)
November 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I love to scavenge the net for recordings of a week-long run of a theatre production limited to one tiny stage in Japan, to learn who one of the protagonists of one of the main games is! But hey, the anime -which is a diff timeline- shares a lot, but also introduces new concepts, cause ha ha ha.
November 22, 2025 at 10:24 AM
When I moved to Berlin in 2012 I couchsurfed at some tech folk's. They were all mining on their old PCs. A (decent) burger place down the road gave you a cheese b + fries for a bitcoin, free money! It all seemed insane to me. (Still does, but now those burgers are $70k.)
November 22, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Because cars in North America must be BIG to protect the driver from other, increasingly deadly, cars!

(tbh 45kmh max speed, so baby car is limited to city roads only because it's not fast enough for highways etc. Maybe a slightly less baby is more viable? Still, death to SUVs.)
November 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Yea, it should find a spot aaanywhere! Otoh, max speed 45kmh, so you can't really get out of the city - highway requires more speed. Imho ideal for company cars for any job that doesn't need a lot of storage space? 🤷‍♀️
November 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
If I may, as someone using the shortcut? Nuance takes time + effort. If we had a single case each month? Worth it! But we had three major cases this week alone, and probably dozen small ones each day on Steam. I CAN have a nuanced take, but for the majority of titles a single glance must be enough 🫤
November 21, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I assume you've seen these stickers somewhere? "nice here, but have you been to Baden Württemberg", a corner of Germany I've never been to before and have no opinion on. Feels like "... but it ain't Scotland" could be on yours!
November 21, 2025 at 10:42 AM
CEOs who used chatgpt to get out of payments, settlements, avoid being spotted committing fraud,...
a stuffed monkey wearing a green shirt and overalls is standing in front of a body of water .
Alt: a stuffed monkey doing a panicking side eye .
media.tenor.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:58 PM
May this messenger pigeon find you well. (It carries the receipt for your recent steam purchase.)
November 20, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Proton's also working gen AI into their services, see "Lumo".
November 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
For a second I remembered you're not full-time in games anymore, was confused, but then realized Desert Bus is on. Hang in there! 🙌
November 20, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Panicking for a few seconds before remembering you're far up north. RIP your fall outfits, time for the thick jackets 😩
November 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Classic "anarchist" as in "I watched an Italo-Western once and everyone should solve disagreements with a quick duel", rather than "the state only supports itself and its friends, we must help each other as best as we can to grow in spirit and power".
November 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM