Aaron Amendola
@turbohoodie.com
Game Designer | Currently working on Curtain Call RPG | Community Manager | Co-host of GWJ CC | He/Him
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Aaron Amendola
@turbohoodie.com
· Oct 21
The #GameDev scene here seems rad, I’m so reintroducing myself: I’m Aaron Amendola, proud game designer and podcaster. I’ve successfully crowdfunded multiple projects, including my first tabletop game: Earworm! (Praised by Polygon.com!)
Last photo is just cool. I was a board game character model.
Last photo is just cool. I was a board game character model.
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I wonder if I’ll ever stop being angry all of the time.
January 24, 2026 at 10:48 PM
I wonder if I’ll ever stop being angry all of the time.
I’ve been transforming my rage and anger from the last year into a new project, a counterweight to all the sadness and hurt this administration has given me/us. If nothing else I hope it gives folks 45 mins of happiness each week.
January 24, 2026 at 6:45 PM
I’ve been transforming my rage and anger from the last year into a new project, a counterweight to all the sadness and hurt this administration has given me/us. If nothing else I hope it gives folks 45 mins of happiness each week.
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Anyone who is part of the federal government who is not doing everything in their power to stop this administration, regardless of the assumed cost to normalcy or career, is a coward and a collaborator.
January 24, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Anyone who is part of the federal government who is not doing everything in their power to stop this administration, regardless of the assumed cost to normalcy or career, is a coward and a collaborator.
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Hear me out: For the Super Mario Movie sequel, Wario and Waluigi, two guys who show up to claim credit for Mario & Luigi saving Brooklyn while M&L run off to the Mushroom Kingdom
September 12, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Hear me out: For the Super Mario Movie sequel, Wario and Waluigi, two guys who show up to claim credit for Mario & Luigi saving Brooklyn while M&L run off to the Mushroom Kingdom
It feels so good to be working in community management again. Sincerely.
January 23, 2026 at 9:41 PM
It feels so good to be working in community management again. Sincerely.
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I assure you, we’re open.
Cold can’t stop Comics!
Comics will warm your soul!
Open normal hours all weekend.
Cold can’t stop Comics!
Comics will warm your soul!
Open normal hours all weekend.
January 23, 2026 at 6:03 PM
I assure you, we’re open.
Cold can’t stop Comics!
Comics will warm your soul!
Open normal hours all weekend.
Cold can’t stop Comics!
Comics will warm your soul!
Open normal hours all weekend.
This weather is what Crock Pots were made for.
January 23, 2026 at 4:15 PM
This weather is what Crock Pots were made for.
This quote from the end really resonated with me:
"I choose to spend my limited time on this planet engaging with art made by people where I don’t have to feel morally conflicted about how much I’m implicitly supporting them and their beliefs and their actions,” Hazelden said."
"I choose to spend my limited time on this planet engaging with art made by people where I don’t have to feel morally conflicted about how much I’m implicitly supporting them and their beliefs and their actions,” Hazelden said."
NEW: I spoke to Jonathan Blow about his ambitious new puzzle game and why it took ten years to make. Then, days after the announcement, three designers came out denouncing Blow for his views on Trump (pro), vaccines (anti), and more. Here's the whole messy story: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
A Controversial Video-Game Designer Returns With a New Game and More Controversy
The announcement of ‘Order of the Sinking Star’ was met with criticism over the political views of its creator Jonathan Blow
www.bloomberg.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:56 PM
This quote from the end really resonated with me:
"I choose to spend my limited time on this planet engaging with art made by people where I don’t have to feel morally conflicted about how much I’m implicitly supporting them and their beliefs and their actions,” Hazelden said."
"I choose to spend my limited time on this planet engaging with art made by people where I don’t have to feel morally conflicted about how much I’m implicitly supporting them and their beliefs and their actions,” Hazelden said."
Me, age 7: The new game I wanna play has Mario *AND* Yoshi! It looks so fun!
Me, age 40: The new game I wanna play has psychological terror, multiple bad endings, and a real-time Depression Meter! It looks so fun!
Me, age 40: The new game I wanna play has psychological terror, multiple bad endings, and a real-time Depression Meter! It looks so fun!
January 22, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Me, age 7: The new game I wanna play has Mario *AND* Yoshi! It looks so fun!
Me, age 40: The new game I wanna play has psychological terror, multiple bad endings, and a real-time Depression Meter! It looks so fun!
Me, age 40: The new game I wanna play has psychological terror, multiple bad endings, and a real-time Depression Meter! It looks so fun!
This is the best pitch I've seen on the new ST show.
I unironically love Star Trek Gossip Girl, the new Starfleet Academy show.
January 22, 2026 at 6:39 PM
This is the best pitch I've seen on the new ST show.
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His name is literally "HE-MAN". The most pronoun name ever.
I constantly play this game of "are grifters really this dense, or do they just expect their audience to be?" The answer is both obviously but it still hurts my brain seeing the endless feedback loop of asshole to asshole reinforcement.
I constantly play this game of "are grifters really this dense, or do they just expect their audience to be?" The answer is both obviously but it still hurts my brain seeing the endless feedback loop of asshole to asshole reinforcement.
January 22, 2026 at 6:07 PM
His name is literally "HE-MAN". The most pronoun name ever.
I constantly play this game of "are grifters really this dense, or do they just expect their audience to be?" The answer is both obviously but it still hurts my brain seeing the endless feedback loop of asshole to asshole reinforcement.
I constantly play this game of "are grifters really this dense, or do they just expect their audience to be?" The answer is both obviously but it still hurts my brain seeing the endless feedback loop of asshole to asshole reinforcement.
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so a movie called 'SINNERS' gets 16 oscar nominations while a movie called 'FRIENDSHIP' gets none. trump's america
January 22, 2026 at 3:35 PM
so a movie called 'SINNERS' gets 16 oscar nominations while a movie called 'FRIENDSHIP' gets none. trump's america
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hey guys, just to confirm this is my fundraiser. i didn't want to ask for help, but i do need it.
my cancer is back. i am going through a lobectomy next week, the same surgery Walter White undergoes. i can't express how grateful i am. thank you so much everyone.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ge...
my cancer is back. i am going through a lobectomy next week, the same surgery Walter White undergoes. i can't express how grateful i am. thank you so much everyone.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ge...
Donate to Support Gene Park's Cancer Surgery and Treatment, organized by Gene Park
Hi, my name is Gene Park. I’m a games critic at The Washington Post, and I’… Gene Park needs your support for Support Gene Park's Cancer Surgery and Treatment
www.gofundme.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:44 AM
hey guys, just to confirm this is my fundraiser. i didn't want to ask for help, but i do need it.
my cancer is back. i am going through a lobectomy next week, the same surgery Walter White undergoes. i can't express how grateful i am. thank you so much everyone.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ge...
my cancer is back. i am going through a lobectomy next week, the same surgery Walter White undergoes. i can't express how grateful i am. thank you so much everyone.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ge...
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If the company that shipped Skull & Bones is telling you that they canceled a game for quality reasons, it's easy to assume that that game must've been pretty fucking bad.
January 21, 2026 at 5:35 PM
If the company that shipped Skull & Bones is telling you that they canceled a game for quality reasons, it's easy to assume that that game must've been pretty fucking bad.
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Wade Boggs was my favorite member of Raven's Flock.
January 20, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Wade Boggs was my favorite member of Raven's Flock.
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“We know the old order is not coming back. We shouldn’t mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy… The powerful have their power. But we have something, too: the capacity to stop pretending.”
— Canadian PM Mark Carney at Davos, basically announcing divorce from America and receiving a standing ovation
— Canadian PM Mark Carney at Davos, basically announcing divorce from America and receiving a standing ovation
January 20, 2026 at 11:41 PM
“We know the old order is not coming back. We shouldn’t mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy… The powerful have their power. But we have something, too: the capacity to stop pretending.”
— Canadian PM Mark Carney at Davos, basically announcing divorce from America and receiving a standing ovation
— Canadian PM Mark Carney at Davos, basically announcing divorce from America and receiving a standing ovation
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Just a reminder that @mikemcmahan.bsky.social had the right of it. Though, you should NOT print out a sheet of these and slap tag them. You totally should not do that even though 6 fit nicely on an A4 sheet and are nice and readable from 20 feet away. Definitely don't put them over Flock lenses.
January 20, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Just a reminder that @mikemcmahan.bsky.social had the right of it. Though, you should NOT print out a sheet of these and slap tag them. You totally should not do that even though 6 fit nicely on an A4 sheet and are nice and readable from 20 feet away. Definitely don't put them over Flock lenses.
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You cannot overstate how startling it is to see a politician just say the thing with clarity and poise. No fearful hemming. No overwrought qualifying down til it’s meaningless. No lingering sense that there is a loyalty to a donor class or an ideology of stasis that they’d never admit to.
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 20, 2026 at 6:17 PM
You cannot overstate how startling it is to see a politician just say the thing with clarity and poise. No fearful hemming. No overwrought qualifying down til it’s meaningless. No lingering sense that there is a loyalty to a donor class or an ideology of stasis that they’d never admit to.
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Life is Strange: Reunion announced, releasing on March 26th news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...
"By and for fans of the original, Life is Strange: Reunion finally brings Max and Chloe’s saga to a definitive close."
"By and for fans of the original, Life is Strange: Reunion finally brings Max and Chloe’s saga to a definitive close."
January 20, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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I’ll never get tired of this ad at our local indie theater 😂
January 19, 2026 at 1:45 AM
I’ll never get tired of this ad at our local indie theater 😂
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GOP: We are sending armed perverts to assault families. Even babies. We are in open warfare against all things good.
Schumer: People call him TACO, but these days it's getting hard to afford one! Can you chip in $5 today to help us hold Mr. Trump accountable for these soft shell economic policies?
Schumer: People call him TACO, but these days it's getting hard to afford one! Can you chip in $5 today to help us hold Mr. Trump accountable for these soft shell economic policies?
January 15, 2026 at 11:35 PM
GOP: We are sending armed perverts to assault families. Even babies. We are in open warfare against all things good.
Schumer: People call him TACO, but these days it's getting hard to afford one! Can you chip in $5 today to help us hold Mr. Trump accountable for these soft shell economic policies?
Schumer: People call him TACO, but these days it's getting hard to afford one! Can you chip in $5 today to help us hold Mr. Trump accountable for these soft shell economic policies?
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New exagerration added to my lexicon: "I sufferered internal bleeding from it."
Used when something annoyed you but you 100% did not have any internal bleeding. E.g. "There wasn't enough cheese in my burrito, I suffered internal bleeding from it."
Used when something annoyed you but you 100% did not have any internal bleeding. E.g. "There wasn't enough cheese in my burrito, I suffered internal bleeding from it."
January 14, 2026 at 6:03 PM
New exagerration added to my lexicon: "I sufferered internal bleeding from it."
Used when something annoyed you but you 100% did not have any internal bleeding. E.g. "There wasn't enough cheese in my burrito, I suffered internal bleeding from it."
Used when something annoyed you but you 100% did not have any internal bleeding. E.g. "There wasn't enough cheese in my burrito, I suffered internal bleeding from it."
Feeling pretty good about my Fantasy Critic this year.
January 13, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Feeling pretty good about my Fantasy Critic this year.