Rob "Wear A Spooky Mask" Rich
@robsteinone.bsky.social
(he/him) Designer, amateur toy art critic, goofball. Writer for Slashgear, Columnist and Exploits Games Editor at Unwinnable.
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Please support @santaragione.com today and pick up HORSES.
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Epic Games Store Has Denied Distribution of Horror Game HORSES After Previous Approval — Six One Indie
HORSES is a first person horror game that has been banned on both Steam and Epic Games Store putting the studio at risk of closure.
www.sixoneindie.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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1725: Why the fuck did I lose my left hand for the same wages I earned while being 10x more productive than last year? Who the fuck is benefiting here?
2025: Why am I losing my job to a machine that encourages kids to kill themselves and can't actually do my job? Who the fuck is benefiting here?
2025: Why am I losing my job to a machine that encourages kids to kill themselves and can't actually do my job? Who the fuck is benefiting here?
December 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
1725: Why the fuck did I lose my left hand for the same wages I earned while being 10x more productive than last year? Who the fuck is benefiting here?
2025: Why am I losing my job to a machine that encourages kids to kill themselves and can't actually do my job? Who the fuck is benefiting here?
2025: Why am I losing my job to a machine that encourages kids to kill themselves and can't actually do my job? Who the fuck is benefiting here?
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An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
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White House ratio'd by the smallest possible pop star.
December 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
White House ratio'd by the smallest possible pop star.
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So, hey. If you're in a giving mood today, my income is essentially zero this month and I'd appreciate anything you can spare www.gofundme.com/f/keep-kris-...
Donate to Keep Kris Alive Long Enough to Find Work, organized by Kris Lorischild
Hey there! I'm Kris Lorischild, co-writer of Spry Fox's Cozy Grove, creator o… Kris Lorischild needs your support for Keep Kris Alive Long Enough to Find Work
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December 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
So, hey. If you're in a giving mood today, my income is essentially zero this month and I'd appreciate anything you can spare www.gofundme.com/f/keep-kris-...
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Oh @rianjohnson.bsky.social played all innocent "I'm not doing a muppet thing with Knives Out" he knew HE KNEW
'Forks Out': A Benoit Blanc Sesame Street Mystery | Wake Up Dead Man | Netflix
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December 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Oh @rianjohnson.bsky.social played all innocent "I'm not doing a muppet thing with Knives Out" he knew HE KNEW
I might actually be *more* bothered by the game-of-telephone bullshit I've been seeing about the Steam (and now Epic) ban on Horses than the actual bans.
Way too many people are parroting (false) details about the what and the why.
Way too many people are parroting (false) details about the what and the why.
December 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I might actually be *more* bothered by the game-of-telephone bullshit I've been seeing about the Steam (and now Epic) ban on Horses than the actual bans.
Way too many people are parroting (false) details about the what and the why.
Way too many people are parroting (false) details about the what and the why.
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It's cool that some online marketplaces are stepping up after Steam decided to be awful (again), but imo GOG is going to have to do *a lot* more than that to make up for the g*merg*te rhetoric and transphobia. 🤷♂️
November 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
It's cool that some online marketplaces are stepping up after Steam decided to be awful (again), but imo GOG is going to have to do *a lot* more than that to make up for the g*merg*te rhetoric and transphobia. 🤷♂️
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Imagining a video game store moderation adjudicator seeing a Buñuel or Fellini and shielding their eyes in terror
Yesterday, the Epic Games Store decided at the last minute not to distribute the game, after having previously approved a release build. HORSES is otherwise now available on GOG, Itch, and Humble for $4.99. www.horses.wtf
December 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Imagining a video game store moderation adjudicator seeing a Buñuel or Fellini and shielding their eyes in terror
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SIGN OUR BOYCOTT XBOX PLEDGE: We are asking gamers, game workers, streamers & journalists to join us in boycotting & divesting from Xbox, to force Microsoft to end its complicity in the genocide of Palestinians.
We’ve provided concrete actions everyone can take. Sign here: nogamesforgenocide.com
We’ve provided concrete actions everyone can take. Sign here: nogamesforgenocide.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
SIGN OUR BOYCOTT XBOX PLEDGE: We are asking gamers, game workers, streamers & journalists to join us in boycotting & divesting from Xbox, to force Microsoft to end its complicity in the genocide of Palestinians.
We’ve provided concrete actions everyone can take. Sign here: nogamesforgenocide.com
We’ve provided concrete actions everyone can take. Sign here: nogamesforgenocide.com
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This. But also, remember that passion alone doesn't pay the bills. Most indies underprice their games, are ignored by algorithms, undersold, some even unfairly blocked from selling... So check that your money actually moves in the direction you want people surviving and making things.
December 2, 2025 at 6:37 AM
This. But also, remember that passion alone doesn't pay the bills. Most indies underprice their games, are ignored by algorithms, undersold, some even unfairly blocked from selling... So check that your money actually moves in the direction you want people surviving and making things.
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I understand why people stay on services that suck but not Spotify. There’s so many other platforms that are 1-to-1 the same but with less garbage if not objectively better.
December 2, 2025 at 6:15 AM
I understand why people stay on services that suck but not Spotify. There’s so many other platforms that are 1-to-1 the same but with less garbage if not objectively better.
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Hen egg roast
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This is a stack of 32 hen egg roast. The ingredients are well-minced hen egg, minced hen egg, minced hen egg and minced hen egg.
#dwarffortress #food #fantasy #drawing #illustration
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This is a stack of 32 hen egg roast. The ingredients are well-minced hen egg, minced hen egg, minced hen egg and minced hen egg.
#dwarffortress #food #fantasy #drawing #illustration
December 2, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Hen egg roast
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This is a stack of 32 hen egg roast. The ingredients are well-minced hen egg, minced hen egg, minced hen egg and minced hen egg.
#dwarffortress #food #fantasy #drawing #illustration
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This is a stack of 32 hen egg roast. The ingredients are well-minced hen egg, minced hen egg, minced hen egg and minced hen egg.
#dwarffortress #food #fantasy #drawing #illustration
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Good job, guys. See if you can't make similar results happen for No Game, No Life and Vinland Saga.
Getting close to time to start asking for the same kind of fervor for AI generated closed captions as well. You can fight this, it CAN work.
Getting close to time to start asking for the same kind of fervor for AI generated closed captions as well. You can fight this, it CAN work.
BANANA FISH no longer has an English dub on Amazon
December 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Good job, guys. See if you can't make similar results happen for No Game, No Life and Vinland Saga.
Getting close to time to start asking for the same kind of fervor for AI generated closed captions as well. You can fight this, it CAN work.
Getting close to time to start asking for the same kind of fervor for AI generated closed captions as well. You can fight this, it CAN work.
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Either you understand that there is an organized campaign to push trans people out of public life with the explicit end goal of "morally mandating us out of existence" that is backed by some of the wealthiest individuals to have ever lived, or you're simply not equipped to grasp what's happening.
December 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Either you understand that there is an organized campaign to push trans people out of public life with the explicit end goal of "morally mandating us out of existence" that is backed by some of the wealthiest individuals to have ever lived, or you're simply not equipped to grasp what's happening.
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Heya! Dec proves to be yet another slow month (work-wise), so I'm sharing a couple of indies that I would have loved to review this month but couldn't. Editors, let me know if you still have slots open for reviews this month.
Otherwise, these are the upcoming games I'm eager to check out:
Otherwise, these are the upcoming games I'm eager to check out:
December 1, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Heya! Dec proves to be yet another slow month (work-wise), so I'm sharing a couple of indies that I would have loved to review this month but couldn't. Editors, let me know if you still have slots open for reviews this month.
Otherwise, these are the upcoming games I'm eager to check out:
Otherwise, these are the upcoming games I'm eager to check out:
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The ghost of Exploits present is here, and boy, do we have presents. This issue includes writing on topics like the future of music and House of the Long Shadows.
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Read @saraclemens.com's essay on A Muppet Family Christmas: buff.ly/9DttOrr
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Read @saraclemens.com's essay on A Muppet Family Christmas: buff.ly/9DttOrr
December 1, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The ghost of Exploits present is here, and boy, do we have presents. This issue includes writing on topics like the future of music and House of the Long Shadows.
Buy: buff.ly/IBhA57B
Subscribe: buff.ly/BrHZcDu
Read @saraclemens.com's essay on A Muppet Family Christmas: buff.ly/9DttOrr
Buy: buff.ly/IBhA57B
Subscribe: buff.ly/BrHZcDu
Read @saraclemens.com's essay on A Muppet Family Christmas: buff.ly/9DttOrr
After, what, like almost a year? of seeing mutuals yell into the void about how more people should play 1000xRESIST, I grabbed it on Switch when it went on sale a little while back & just finished it last night.
I understand why everyone keeps yelling about 1000xRESIST now.
I understand why everyone keeps yelling about 1000xRESIST now.
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December 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
After, what, like almost a year? of seeing mutuals yell into the void about how more people should play 1000xRESIST, I grabbed it on Switch when it went on sale a little while back & just finished it last night.
I understand why everyone keeps yelling about 1000xRESIST now.
I understand why everyone keeps yelling about 1000xRESIST now.
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*evil dipshit deliberately engineers an essay to get a failing grade with the end goal of harming the trans TA grading said essay and trans people in general*
Useful idiots: Well maybe the TA shouldn't have given the essay a zero! I am very intelligent.
Useful idiots: Well maybe the TA shouldn't have given the essay a zero! I am very intelligent.
December 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM
*evil dipshit deliberately engineers an essay to get a failing grade with the end goal of harming the trans TA grading said essay and trans people in general*
Useful idiots: Well maybe the TA shouldn't have given the essay a zero! I am very intelligent.
Useful idiots: Well maybe the TA shouldn't have given the essay a zero! I am very intelligent.
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in my experience, like 90% of indie game coverage at Bigger Sites comes from the heart and any "data-driven decision making" would kill it immediately so it baffles me when people think we're not passionate about this stuff
yeah the harsh reality is that we do take a chance on small games no one's heard of a lot more often than anyone thinks we do. but literally no one reads the articles, which then reinforces to the powers that be that they're not worth doing. I don't know how to solve that problem!
I've been doing this all year but indie journalists have the same issues as indie games. Unless it's a big name, nobody cares.
December 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
in my experience, like 90% of indie game coverage at Bigger Sites comes from the heart and any "data-driven decision making" would kill it immediately so it baffles me when people think we're not passionate about this stuff
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Though keep in mind that the Marty McFly piece was created by an actual artist.
That's one of the other issues with the use of genAI: actual hard working artists get caught in the crossfire.
That's one of the other issues with the use of genAI: actual hard working artists get caught in the crossfire.
I appreciate everyone who calls out AI art but the Marty McFly piece is not AI. Sean Dove the artist posted this on his instagram.
December 1, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Though keep in mind that the Marty McFly piece was created by an actual artist.
That's one of the other issues with the use of genAI: actual hard working artists get caught in the crossfire.
That's one of the other issues with the use of genAI: actual hard working artists get caught in the crossfire.
Last repost: Speaking as a former Lyme Disease haver from back when it wasn't a thing people (even doctors) were very familiar with, this is excellent news!
December 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Last repost: Speaking as a former Lyme Disease haver from back when it wasn't a thing people (even doctors) were very familiar with, this is excellent news!
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Remarkable story of a Georgia high school team who used CRISPR to make a rapid diagnostic test strip for Lyme disease, speeding dx from 2 weeks to days
www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
Teens may have come up with a new way to detect, treat Lyme disease using CRISPR gene editing
To compete at iGEM, a sort of science Olympics, teens at a Georgia high school set their sights on finding a better way to detect and treat Lyme disease. Their approach uses CRISPR gene editing.
www.cbsnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Remarkable story of a Georgia high school team who used CRISPR to make a rapid diagnostic test strip for Lyme disease, speeding dx from 2 weeks to days
www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
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This describes the anti-woke D&D crowd quite well. Nobody has or can change the way they play the game, but the addition of more options for other people who want them threatens them with feelings of being out of touch and less popular because they’re giant god damn babies.
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM
This describes the anti-woke D&D crowd quite well. Nobody has or can change the way they play the game, but the addition of more options for other people who want them threatens them with feelings of being out of touch and less popular because they’re giant god damn babies.
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More than once I've been told to do YT shorts for the sake of channel growth. I'm real skeptical about if it would work, but I came to realize I have a lot of ideas that will likely never become long form videos.
So here's me trying something different.
youtube.com/shorts/1Z1W-...
So here's me trying something different.
youtube.com/shorts/1Z1W-...
Mini Essay: Metal Garden is MASSIVE!
YouTube video by Pim's Crypt
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December 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
More than once I've been told to do YT shorts for the sake of channel growth. I'm real skeptical about if it would work, but I came to realize I have a lot of ideas that will likely never become long form videos.
So here's me trying something different.
youtube.com/shorts/1Z1W-...
So here's me trying something different.
youtube.com/shorts/1Z1W-...