I find the old British shipping forecasts to be similarly disconcerting, especially if you come into them in the middle of them. (Shout out to Still Wakes the Deep and @thechineseroom.co.uk for introducing me to them.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL8d...

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Dorothea Lange, Tractored Out, Childress County, Texas, 1938, US photographer #womensart

My mate @andyshoebox.bsky.social wants to identify what was on his telly when he took this photo in the mid-80s. Can anyone help? @scarredforlife.bsky.social? I wondered about Live Aid, as it looks a lot like the illustration of Africa in the Live Aid logo - was it incorporated into an animation?

The MERL posts a cool thing, we repost the cool thing. Them are the rules.

BETWEEN THE TIDES (1958) | https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-between-the-tides-1958-online

Shirley Baker, UK photographer, best known for her street photography and street portraits in working class areas of Greater Manchester in the 1960s #WomensArt

Sophie Ryder, English sculptor who developed her hybrid hare women sculptures as a counterpart to the Minotaur of Ancient Greek mythology #womensart #MadMarchHares

What a phenomenal show it was. I can see the influence in SWtD too. Wonderful weird.

Sapphire & Steel was a formative watch for me as a child. Cannot recommend highly enough.

"Sapphire and Steel" TV series strongly inspired "Still Wakes the Deep". We just noticed the episodes are now on Youtubes for free. An enormous recommend, also lends a clear insight into TCR's DNA - somehow sci-fi, somehow horror, but also eerily ordinary. Enjoy. 🖤 www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

The GAME NARRATIVE KALEIDOSCOPE is now available in ebook format! www.lulu.com/shop/jon-ing...

This image is giving me full on Yaughton vibes and these kids are about to go to the Rapture @thechineseroom.co.uk

We know many have enjoyed the character of Fabien in Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2. Enjoy this great extended interview with the immensely talented voice actor Ronan Summers aka our Fabien discussing his craft and the experience working on the game. 🕵🏼🩸 www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYOG...

📖 THE GAME NARRATIVE KALEIDOSCOPE ❄️ is out NOW! www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope 100+ essays on writing & narrative design, with articles from the writers of Baldur's Gate 3, Control, Call of Duty, Prince of Persia, Tomb Raider, Sam and Max... ALSO the Kaleidoscope Podcast with 2 full eps!

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It's #WorldBookDay so please enjoy some 17th century surgical instruments from ‘Mellificium chirurgiæ: or, the Marrow of Chirurgery' by James Cooke. This was first published in 1648, and became the standard surgical text of the late 1600s #earlymodernsurgery

📢 And as a reminder, tomorrow is the closing date for our joint 'Writer in Residence' vacancy with the University of St. Andrews. Come use our archives! Link here (and a picture of our reading room to tempt you) www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

When we stopped on the way to the New Forest a pony came up to us and nicked two packets of crisps out of our car boot.

In the past few days many talented Writers + Narrative Designers from across our industry have been sharing their involvement in The Game Narrative Kaleidoscope project - 100+ essays all exploring the art and craft of game narrative, organised by Jon Ingold. 1/4

Community members on Discord are flirting with Phyre🔥 with our new Valentine's cosmetics in Bloodlines 2. 🌹 Feast your eyes on our new looks pdxint.at/4ax10VQ Then show us yours 😏 http://pdxint.at/49YeACj

Friday is that you? Dick Powell stars in #filmnoir To the Ends of the Earth (1948) directed by Robert Stevenson. The film opened on February 12, 1948, and was the number-one film at the US box office for the week.

Up there with the nicest type of email to receive - folk showing us art they made inspired by our games. Issa created a self-described "cozy dark sci-fi thing", in which "Still Wakes the Deep" influenced it being darker and with some Lovecraftian elements added. 💙 www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8sN...

Beyond thrilled to recommend this. 🖤 Graham has been so generous to us throughout the years, citing our titles as an inspiration, so brilliant to see this incredibly talented artist thrive. And just look how original this imagery is!!

A ‘fame is fleeting’ moment ~ from the storage room of Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum in 1979, disembodied heads of figures ranging from Jackie Kennedy to WG Grace to Richard Nixon, plus Elizabeth Taylor’s feet as an added bonus www.reddit.com/r/HistoryPor...

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OUR CANTEENS (1951)

Yesterday I went home to Yaughton and replayed Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture in its entirety. Forever in love with this game and its beautiful OST 💫 #gaming #digitalphotography #photomode #ps5

Dolls, masks, mirrors... certain objects give me the heebie-jeebies. A big one for me is rocking chairs. And looking at these Scarred For Life-era examples, is it any wonder? What inanimate objects give you the fear?

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Today we can reveal… that late in 2025 we formed a partnership with @lyricalgames.bsky.social to publish our new original title. It's happening. ✨ More news to come. www.thechineseroom.co.uk/games/unanno...

Native American Acoma pottery, vase, by ceramics artist Paula Estevan #WomensArt

The temptation to buy loads of books is too great.

2026 Dear Esther replay She's a beaut

Baw, shout-outs to a Still Wakes the Deep fan Brodie (even sharing a name with one of our characters) who marked their 18th birthday with a Beira D oil rig cake. 🖤 Immensely proud that our creations end up being a part of such milestones for folk. So cool. ✨

Today we can reveal… that late in 2025 we formed a partnership with @lyricalgames.bsky.social to publish our new original title. It's happening. ✨ More news to come. www.thechineseroom.co.uk/games/unanno...

This is my irregular reminder about the Brighton Games Industry starter pack. Let me know if you want to be added to it, or if you have friends or game companies you feel are missing in it. And do share around. bsky.app/starter-pack...

Jane Perry is unrivaled. Every performance is a 💎

Jane Perry has been nominated for NAVGTR’s award for Supporting Performance in a Drama for her role as Lou Graham in "Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2"! We're just so proud. Jane has been an incredible collaborator, bringing that sass to our Lou.✨ Fingers crossed for that March 11th ceremony!

❣️ New Cosmetics ❣️ Facial Hair ❣️ Enemy Loot 🐜 Bug Fixes Realise your vampire fantasy - a free Valentine's Update for "Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2" is out now⚡ www.paradoxinteractive.com/games/vampir... Be sure to show us your Phyres! 💅🔥

I do not write much but there is not a day goes by that I do not think of you.

THE VICTORIA LINE REPORT NO 1: OVER AND UNDER (1965)

Last tuesday we went to Brighton for the day and I spent all of my money on clothes. Dad bought me a portable typewriter. On the pavements there, there were millions of LADYBIRDS.

Just warms our hearts SO much, this. Roebi discovered "Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture" after playing "Still Wakes the Deep" and shared this beautiful quadriptych they painted in their bullet journal on TikTok. Being tagged in creations inspired by our games - ah, just the best feeling for any dev.💙

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We’ve got some seriously talented fans.⚡ Someone built this amazing actual physical Beira D oil rig model from "Still Wakes the Deep"! 💙🌊 "Echo Range Models" used custom CAD + Thingiverse models, all 3D printed, painted and weathered. It even has a 1/72 Sea King helicopter! echorangemodels.co.uk