I told you we’d be back

RIP Brian Wilson. @bigfifi.bsky.social & I walked down the aisle to God Only Knows, & back up it to Good Vibrations. Legend not enough 😭

Finally beat Balatro after 14 hours, made it to round 31 in endless.
Now I can get my life back 😅
Expertly balanced, one more shot crazily compulsive game.
Would like to go back to Blue Prince but need a break from roguelike deck builders... At least until Slay the Spire 2 😬😁

Rolled credits on @blueprincegame.bsky.social. Superb. Took me 40 days but had a lot of bad luck. Ran out of footsteps 2 rooms from 46 one run 😅 Reminded me of Echoes of the Eye, which also took lots of runs to beat. Now to unlock all the rooms... 🤔

One second from every episode of Twin Peaks.

Younger people may not realise this but before Twin Peaks there wasn't really any quality Serial drama on US TV. There were soap operas and some adaptations & limited series but very few original serials.

Now it is the dominant form on TV. Every HBO & streaming series owes it a debt. #davidlynch

RIP David Lynch. Deeply saddened by this. Unique genius.

Wrote my Film & TV Studies dissertation in 1992 about how Twin Peaks revolutionised and changed US TV forever and it's only become more evident since.

The Return is his masterpiece. Unequalled.

With Hogmanay it seemed like a good time to signal boost to the gamedevs of my adopted home, Scotland.

If you're a Scotland-based or Scotland-born gamedev drop your name in the replies to be added (only self-nominations thanks folks).

Reposts welcome & HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🙌🏻

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This year I spoke to a retro games journalist about a game I started designing 25 years ago. If you are one of the (few) people who remember Brave The Search for Spirit Dancer from their childhood, some nostalgia here- #ps2 #retrogames
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Game devs, post your first shipped game and your latest shipped game.
Left: Earthworm Jim 3D, N64 (1999). Right: JoJo & Gran Gran: A Day With JoJo, BBC Little Learners App IOS/Android (2024)
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Caught up with TGA trailers. Most interesting game for me that no-one is talking about was Warren Spector's multiplayer ImSim Thick as Thieves. Going to be hard to pull this off I feel, but I have hope!

🦋 Competition time 🦋

To celebrate our near-4000(!) new followers this month, we're running a Bsky-exclusive giveaway.

Three random winners will win a £100 voucher to spend at lostincult.co.uk

To enter, follow + like & repost this lil guy.

Winners announced Thur 28th November @ 1pm GMT

Intro post.

Hi, I'm a Video Game Designer & Producer based in Glasgow, Scotland. Been making games professionally for 27 years and have shipped 38 games in that time - from N64 through a few generations of consoles & PC, mobile and web. Currently Project Manager at Chunk.