I've been helping @backyardzoo.bsky.social with some marketing bits for his first game, Mayfly. It’s a quiet horror with a wicked retro art style. If you want to feel unsettled on a barge, this is right up your canal. Demo out now. Give it a look: store.steampowered.com/app/4554960/...

I've been helping @backyardzoo.bsky.social with some marketing bits for his first game, Mayfly. It’s a quiet horror with a wicked retro art style. If you want to feel unsettled on a barge, this is right up your canal. Demo out now. Give it a look: store.steampowered.com/app/4554960/...

With the #demo of Mayfly finally live on #steam: buff.ly/R9Nh6FL I am free to focus on ACTUALLY FINISHING THE GAME!! 🥳 The boat gets a little darker in the second scene, so you’ll need one of these 🔦 #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #horror #ukcanals #indiegame #quiethorror #unity3d

As it turns out: 15 April is the date the Titanic sank. Maybe not the best omen, so.... I released the Mayfly #steam #demo today! store.steampowered.com/app/4554960/... #gamedev #indiegame #solodev #horror #storybased You've all been amazing so far so please leave a review if you can. ❤️🙏 #anxiety

I've been helping out with a few bits for Mayfly. Super exciting to see Ian play it yesterday! If quiet horror and walking sims are your thing, give it a little wishlist. store.steampowered.com/app/4057470/...

Right, I've got it set up to skeet about game releases every day there is one. I'll probably set up a weekly rundown or something too but right now I wanna eat pizza. Feel free to share and follow, if you want!

🔴LIVE FROM 11:15AM BST🔴 It's time for another cosy, lunchtime Pokemon Pokopia stream in which I try not to let those chirpy little bastards wind me up and make me swear. Watch here: www.youtube.com/live/cAYt0ED... or on twitch.tv/platform32

what being alive currently feels like

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TRUMP: I told you about a present. Steve, can I reveal the present? WITKOFF: You can do anything you want, sir TRUMP: They said to show you the fact that we're real and solid and we're there, we're gonna let you have eight boats of oil. Eight big boats of oil. I think they were Pakistani flagged

Its been a long time since I dabbled in game dev, and I've no plans to go back currently, so I've made (nearly) everything on my itch page free. So if you want to play some tiny, amateur as fuck PC and ZX Spectrum games that I made then have at it: beebush.itch.io

📢 There will be a Mayfly demo on Steam in the next few weeks ⏰ Demo should be around 10 mins ⏱️ Full game will be roughly 60-90 mins 🤔 *Technically* set entirely on the boat, but also sort of…not 🙏Wishlist here… store.steampowered.com/app/4057470/... #gamedev #steamdemo #indiegame #storybased

We're looking for someone to work with us! Reposts appreciated <3

Fuck you, your spatulas, and your fucking trash dick motocross jackets, you raggedy bitch. www.tomshardware.com/pc-component...

I was asked to give my thoughts on generative AI usage in games - here they are!

Thrilled to announce the indie game marketing/biz event – IMPACT! Indie Games – is back for 2026! May 21st, StrangeBrew, Bristol The first talks are live, below! And tickets are now available! luma.com/ky59amg7 #gamedev #events

Had a dream that Christopher Walken lived near me and I was in his flat. He needed help with his brother, who was a master tailor but too sad to get out of bed and had to do all his tailoring while horizontal. I tried to help, but after a while, I had to leave, which made Christopher Walken cry.

Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now

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This is fantastic.

Tax exiles stuck in London desperately trying to get *back* to Dubai to avoid becoming tax resident in the UK? Just great stuff. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Cartoon by Jesse Duquette

Mayfly is a story-rich quiet horror set aboard a narrowboat in Northern England Coming Q3 2026 🤞 Wishlist now if you haven’t already: store.steampowered.com/app/4057470/... #gamedev #indiegame #solodev #unity3d #horrorgame #quiethorror #wishlistwednesday #gametrailer #promosky #storybased

And to all 750k Eurogamer YouTube fans, thank you so much, you made the last 13 years of my life the best I've had so far! I'd be honoured if you'd follow me to Platform32 where all the good stuff will continue, starting today with an epic 6 hour (!) Requiem stream! www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVTW...

Made an annotated version of "Something Big Is Coming" for all of you to enjoy. I hate this guy's writing so much www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qw6k5...

Keep being sent this completely nonsensical hogslop. It has multiple egregious lies, which is appropriate because he’s a fraud. Back in September 2024 he falsified a bunch of benchmarks to hype up his open source model. Article is total dogshit. I should annotate it venturebeat.com/ai/reflectio...

Microsoft, Google, Meta and Amazon paying influencers $400k-$600k to post months of AI hype content. Absolutely busted, failed industry, embarrassing era www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/g...

We've done a new game! If you like one or more of: * Tower defence * Scottish Space Dwarves * Retro vibes You should check this out right now!

The hometown newspaper that I read as a teenager through Watergate and Vietnam and made me crave the life of a reporter is now being butchered by a billionaire who had $75 million to bribe and flatter a president and his wife but nothing to save journalism, an bulwark of the republic itself. Got it.

My “the NVIDIA-OpenAI deal has zero impact on our financial relationship with OpenAI” shirt has people asking me a lot of questions answered by the shirt

I have successfully sprayed WD 40 onto something. My DIY work for the year is complete.

Remote work 2. Exact same people exact same problem

NEWS! Native Americans intrigued by Trump's claim that 'landing boats' doesn’t grant you ownership of the entire country newsthump.com/2026/01/19/n...

[sombrely, with tears in eyes] "truly the people of Iran embody the great spirit of Flumpo The Fart Wizard" - author of Flumpo The Fart Wizard

Opened bluesky and immediately found ten things that made me simultaneously sad, angry and terrified. What a world.

This is the conclusion, which I'm pulling out from behind the paywall because it'll probably be a free newsletter or podcast one day. I think the AI era is a reckoning for the tech industry, one where consumers finally realize they're being abused.

Translation: "If you don't use AI then the guys using our chips can't pretend to make money and can't pay the loans they took out to pay for the original loans they took out for all the money they're not making and it all falls apart and we can't sell chips to fuel the money they're not making."

Sainsbury's viennese whirl mince pies are an early POTY contender.

They’re doing this because it’s so successful

Valnet unfortunately let go of the entire TheGamer features team today alongside several other staff members. Many incredibly talented and hard working writers I've had the pleasure of working with over the past several years.

New sleeping position just dropped.

New Steam feature has been rolled out:

Big day for people who eat paint

My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

Looking at one of the Luton forums, I'm pleased our fans aren't responsible for choosing a new manager. Good grief.

I have a upcoming demo that I need help playtesting. If anyone can help out, lmk! #indiegame #demo #roguelike

My daughter says that when I sweat I smell like baked beans. 🙃

Italian photographer Ray Giubilo with a one-in-a-million shot of Jasmine Paolini at the US Open