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David Hostler
@outcastace.bsky.social
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Sometimes known as tirianjewel

Lead Data Reliability Engineer @bungie.net // Formerly Dev Lead @ Lids // Voidwalker Warlock in MathClassGG // I speak only for myself
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amandawtwong.bsky.social
Free digital version of The Art of KPop Demon Hunters!! theartofkpopdemonhunters.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
outcastace.bsky.social
I was in the market for a new Xbox Elite controller and was just about to order one when I discovered that Design Lab ones are also on sale for Black Friday/Cyber Monday. I've always wanted one of those and this seemed like the perfect time to get one.

So here's what will be arriving in early 2026!
A collage of four pictures of an Xbox Elite Series 2 controller. The top left shows the top of the controller. It is all blue, with metallic blue bumpers and triggers. Top right shows a metallic blue D pad against the white of the controller body and a black thumbstick with a blue ring set against the white of the controller body. The bottom left shows the face of the controller. It is white with black rubber grips. The sticks are black with blue rings. The face buttons are black with colored ABXY. The Menu, View, and controller profile buttons, and the D pad are all metallic blue. The bottom right shows the back of the controller. It is blue with metallic blue paddles. The black rubber grips can also be seen on the sides.
November 29, 2025 at 11:58 PM
outcastace.bsky.social
Ooo is what that immediately came to mind when I saw this category. I'm glad it's fixed now because that's definitely my vote!

If you all haven't played it yet, it takes a seemingly simple mechanic (remote bombs) and then uses it in increasingly creative ways.

I cannot recommend it highly enough!
namataka.bsky.social NamaTakahashi(生高橋) @namataka.bsky.social · 3d
We were hit by a strange issue that made it impossible to nominate Öoo for the Steam Awards… it was pretty disheartening 😢
But it looks like the problem has finally been fixed!
If you have a moment, I’d really appreciate your vote 👍

🔗 store.steampowered.com/steamawards/...
November 27, 2025 at 6:02 AM
outcastace.bsky.social
Well this is exciting! Unfortunately, I’m rearranging my home office over Thanksgiving weekend and won’t be able to actually set it up until after that. But I can’t wait to introduce my kid to the games I played when I was his age! I have a whole box of all of my old games just waiting for this!
The box for the Analogue 3D. It is solid matte black with the Analogue 3D logo in glossy black. The Analogue 3D in its box. There is the console itself, which looks very similar to an N64. There is also a power brick and USB power cable.
November 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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dekudeals.com
Shop responsibly this week with dekudeals.com 🦾

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All with complete price history 📉
4 by 4 grid of video game key art featuring these games (top to bottom, left to right) God of War Ragnarok Hogwarts Legacy Horizon Forbidden West Monster Hunter Rise The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Star Wars Jedi Survivor The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door The Last Campfire Dead Space Star Wars Outlaws Resident Evil 4 Metaphor: ReFantazio Final Fantasy XVI Super Mario Odyssey
November 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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justicar.xyz
Every parent whose career has to do with online safety also bans Roblox.
maxnichols.bsky.social Max Nichols @maxnichols.bsky.social · 8d
Every game designer parent I know bans Roblox for their kids
November 22, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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maxnichols.bsky.social
This one's a fun read

The OG Starcraft stuff they showed in 1996 always was shockingly unambitious for Blizzard, even back when I first saw those screenshots after the fact in like ~1999 or so, when I started frequenting Blizzard fansites.

As you'd expect, there's a story behind that!
November 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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valvesoftware.com
Announcing: New @steampowered.com Hardware, coming in 2026:

Steam Controller
Steam Machine
Steam Frame. 

Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: steampowered.com/hardware
Steam Hardware
The Steam Hardware family officially expands in early 2026.
steampowered.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
outcastace.bsky.social
I think I’m super behind most people, but I finally got to Rank A in
#PokemonZA !
November 12, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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devolverdigital.com
Everything about making video games is harder than you think.
November 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM
outcastace.bsky.social
For whatever reason, Bluesky decided to show the first post, skip this one and show ellipses instead, and then display the other two.

So here's the second post, which has some fun lens flair pictures.
outcastace.bsky.social David Hostler @outcastace.bsky.social · 29d
At some point, my wife said “Wouldn’t it be funny if I was his Ghost…but dressed as the wrong kind of ghost?” Then we asked “But what should David be?” The kid was like “What if you wear a dev shirt and be a Destiny dev?” The dev team shirts are pretty subtle, so I wore a Bungie logo shirt instead.
My kid dressed as a Destiny Warlock. He has a royal blue coat with tails, blue and black gloves with what looks like a wrist computer, a black spikey Warlock Bond (arm band), and a silver helmet with blue flames painted on it. A visor has been edited on to obscure his face. He is holding a nerf gun as a hand cannon. Next to him is my wife wearing a white sheet type ghost costume with a jack o lantern style face on the chest. She is holding the Destiny Ghost plush over his shoulder. My kid dressed as a Destiny Warlock. He has a royal blue coat with tails, blue and black gloves with what looks like a wrist computer, a black spikey Warlock Bond (arm band), and a silver helmet with blue flames painted on it. A visor has been edited on to obscure his face. He is holding a nerf gun as a hand cannon. Next to him is my wife wearing a white sheet type ghost costume with a jack o lantern style face on the chest. She is holding a flashlight to create a giant lens flare effect behind the kid. My kid dressed as a Destiny Warlock. He has a royal blue coat with tails, blue and black gloves with what looks like a wrist computer, a black spikey Warlock Bond (arm band), and a silver helmet with blue flames painted on it. A visor has been edited on to obscure his face. He is holding a nerf gun as an auto rifle. Next to him is my wife wearing a white sheet type ghost costume with a jack o lantern style face on the chest. She is holding a flashlight to create a giant lens flare effect behind the kid. My kid dressed as a Destiny Warlock. He has a royal blue coat with tails, blue and black gloves with what looks like a wrist computer, a black spikey Warlock Bond (arm band), and a silver helmet with blue flames painted on it. A visor has been edited on to obscure his face. He is holding a nerf gun as a hand cannon. Next to him is me, wearing jeans and a black t shirt with the Bungie text logo across the chest. I am also wearing a black Mozilla hat.
November 1, 2025 at 6:34 AM
outcastace.bsky.social
Literally all year, the kid has been saying “I want to be Destiny Warlock for Halloween!” We assumed he would change his mind at some point, but he was consistent!

So Happy Festival of the Lost from your friendly neighborhood Warlock, his mom as his Ghost, and a random Bungie dev for a dad!
My kid dressed as a Destiny Warlock. He has a royal blue coat with tails, blue and black gloves with what looks like a wrist computer, a black spikey Warlock Bond (arm band), and a silver helmet with blue flames painted on it. A visor has been edited on to obscure his face. My kid dressed as a Destiny Warlock. He has a royal blue coat with tails, blue and black gloves with what looks like a wrist computer, a black spikey Warlock Bond (arm band), and a silver helmet with blue flames painted on it. A visor has been edited on to obscure his face. He is holding a nerf gun as a had cannon. My kid dressed as a Destiny Warlock. He has a royal blue coat with tails, blue and black gloves with what looks like a wrist computer, a black spikey Warlock Bond (arm band), and a silver helmet with blue flames painted on it. A visor has been edited on to obscure his face. He is holding a Destiny ghost plushie. My kid dressed as a Destiny Warlock. He has a royal blue coat with tails, blue and black gloves with what looks like a wrist computer, a black spikey Warlock Bond (arm band), and a silver helmet with blue flames painted on it. A visor has been edited on to obscure his face. He is holding a nerf gun as an auto rifle. Next to him is my wife wearing a white sheet type ghost costume with a jack o lantern style face on the chest. She is holding the Destiny Ghost plush over his shoulder. On his other side, is me, wearing a black t shirt with the Bungie text logo across the chest, jeans, and a black Mozilla ball cap.
November 1, 2025 at 4:56 AM
outcastace.bsky.social
Continuing with this theme, the kid brought this home yesterday. His class made Halloween cards at school and he drew this.

So Happy Festival of the Lost!
A handmade holiday card made of orange construction paper. It has a black cat surrounded by a white circle. The inside of the card. It reads: “Happy Festival of the Lost” and has the Destiny tricorn and all three class logos drawn underneath it. There are a few spots that have been crossed out where he had made some mistakes.
October 30, 2025 at 9:13 PM
outcastace.bsky.social
Six years ago today, I started at @bungie.net . I won’t summarize everything like I did last year, but a lot has changed in the past year. The biggest thing, for me at least, is that I have a new role. As of July, I’m now the Engineering Lead for the Data Reliability Engineering team!

(1/4)
Me at my interview at the Bungie studio in 2019. I am standing in front of a picture of Queen Mara Soc and a statue of a Fallen Captain, both from Destiny 1. I am wearing a black ball cap, a burgundy 2019 Moments of Triumph t shirt, and jeans. Me, on a walk today. My beard is much more scraggly and in need of a trim, and has a few more gray hairs than the other picture. I’m wearing a light gray Firefox 20th Anniversary ball cap and the Salvation’s Edge raid jacket.
October 29, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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destiny2team.bungie.net
Festival of the Lost begins today! We have one quick update regarding rewards before our spooky event kicks off. Last week, we noted that players could earn up to two bonus Eerie Engrams per day from Portal Activities. To get more treats in your hands, we're increasing the cap.
October 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
outcastace.bsky.social
When I pick the kid up from after school care, he usually shows me stuff he’s drawn while there. Lately it’s been a lot of K Pop Demon Hunters stuff.

On Wednesday, he showed me this. He was trying to draw my Starfire Protocol Warlock from memory! And he did a remarkably good job too!
A drawing my kid made of my Warlock. It has a white and black jacket, flaming black gloves, and a white helmet with a dark V shaped visor and more flames coming out the top. The character select screen of Destiny 2 showing my Warlock. He is wearing white robes with a black bird shaped filigree on the chest. He is holding a white rocket assisted pulse rifle and a ball of fire. His gauntlets and shins have decorative flames. His helmet is white with a dark V shaped visor and flames coming out of the top.
October 3, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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merriam-webster.com
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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makesomenoiseshow.bsky.social
📷: Kate Elliott
September 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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makesomenoiseshow.bsky.social
🎶The band is getting back together

📢 Make Some Noise season 4, coming exclusively to @dropout.tv, starting October 13th
September 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Reposted by David Hostler
justicar.xyz
Smith has Ice Cream Royale back in stock. Their partnership with Salt and Straw is this amazing oolong tea that tastes like vanilla ice cream.

Definitely worth grabbing some if that's your deal.

www.smithtea.com/collections/...
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September 20, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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steamdb.info
Steam is dropping Windows 32-bit support in 2026.
As of January 1 2026, Steam will stop supporting systems running 32-bit versions of Windows. Windows 10 32-bit is the only 32-bit version that is currently supported by Steam and is only in use on 0.01% of systems reported through the Steam Hardware Survey. Windows 10 64-bit will still be supported and 32-bit games will still run. Existing Steam Client installations will continue to function for the near term on Windows 10 32-bit but will no longer receive updates of any kind including security updates. Steam Support will be unable to offer users technical support for issues related to the old operating systems, and Steam will be unable to guarantee continued functionality of Steam on the unsupported operating system versions. To ensure continued updates and compatibility, users should update to a 64-bit version of Windows. This change is required as core features in Steam rely on system drivers and other libraries that are not supported on 32-bit versions of Windows.
September 18, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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enikofox.com
Oh, Kitsune Tails, our overwhelming positive rated and award winning queer Super Mario Bros 3-like is 30% off on Steam this week store.steampowered.com/app/1325260/...
Save 30% on Kitsune Tails on Steam
Run, jump, and dash across a land inspired by Japanese mythology and untangle the love triangle between three young women on a journey of self discovery. Explore the complicated relationships between ...
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September 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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destinythegame.bungie.net
Join us today at 9 AM PT as our development team previews Destiny 2: Renegades, the new Ash & Iron Major Update, and more.

💜 twitch.tv/bungie
❤️ youtube.com/@destinytheg...
🖤 tiktok.com/@Destinytheg...
Developer livestream: Destiny 2 renegades + Major Update Ash and Iron. Tune in September 9 at 9am PT.
September 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
outcastace.bsky.social
Ten years ago today, I married my best friend! We did some math earlier. We’ve been…
- parents for seven years
- married for ten
- together for 13
- friends for 18

Also, we asked Felwinter to do his best Abby impression to recreate our wedding photo. This is what he came up with.
My wife and I snuggling our yorkie, Abby, on our wedding day. We are sitting on the steps in the church. My wife is wearing a flowy, white wedding dress and I’m in a black tux. Abby was an all brown yorkie. She is laying on her back on our laps, smiling with her tongue out. My wife and I holding Felwinter. We’re wearing casual clothes and I have a black Mozilla Foundation hat on. Felwinter is a black cat and he has a very surprised looking expression on his face.
September 6, 2025 at 5:19 AM
outcastace.bsky.social
I wasn't expecting @destinythememe.bsky.social to make a post about me!

#BornToNovaBomb #ForcedToWell
destinythememe.bsky.social D2 Postin' ⬛️⬜️🟪 @destinythememe.bsky.social · Aug 31
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67. Born to Nova forced to Well
September 3, 2025 at 11:27 PM