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James Bareham

@happicamp

Helping humans make great things for other humans linktr.ee/happicamp

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The pro account was genuinely useful for copyediting for a few years but not anymore. And certainly not after this.

10.03.2026 23:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm no lawyer, but I think "we're going to keep stealing your stuff until you tell us you don't want us to steal your stuff" isn't quite the defense Grammarly thinks it isβ€”at least not in the court of public opinion. I hope this company is sued into oblivion. I canceled my pro account today.

10.03.2026 22:57 πŸ‘ 118 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

No, no, thank YOU!

09.03.2026 16:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The outer box for Outer Wilds: Design Works. A sandy kraft-coloured rigid box with the Outer Wilds logo printed at the top in black.

The outer box for Outer Wilds: Design Works. A sandy kraft-coloured rigid box with the Outer Wilds logo printed at the top in black.

The cover for Outer Wilds: Design Works. A metallic silver-grey case dominated by a large black circleβ€”a black holeβ€”at its center.

The cover for Outer Wilds: Design Works. A metallic silver-grey case dominated by a large black circleβ€”a black holeβ€”at its center.

A double-page spread from Outer Wilds: Design Works. The left page has a vivid orange background and shows two line-art sketches of the scout ship in varying stages of design.

A double-page spread from Outer Wilds: Design Works. The left page has a vivid orange background and shows two line-art sketches of the scout ship in varying stages of design.

A set of art prints fanned out on a wooden surface. Each is styled as a retro travel poster for a different planet from Outer Wilds, under the banner "Outer Wilds Ventures."

A set of art prints fanned out on a wooden surface. Each is styled as a retro travel poster for a different planet from Outer Wilds, under the banner "Outer Wilds Ventures."

My deluxe copy of Outer Wilds: Design Works arrived from @lostincult.co.uk over the weekend and, damn, it's lovelyβ€”which seems only fitting, as Outer Wilds is one of the most creative and beautiful games I've ever played.

09.03.2026 15:33 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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AI companies are openly gaslighting the creative industry Move fast and take things.

Also astonishing to me that my 'Move Fast and Take Things' essay will be two years old this June, and many AI companies still seem to think any creative work inherently belongs to them, free for the taking mbh4h.substack.com/p/openai-per...

07.03.2026 18:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The latest episode in the ongoing series 'Move Fast and Take Things' just dropped, and it's utterly brazen

07.03.2026 18:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bullet Train is loud, funny, violent, beautifully crafted, and utterly bonkers. I adore it Sometimes you just want to watch a great dumb fun movie over and over, and that's totally OK.

I'm glad @happicamp.bsky.social makes time to write about his favorite books and movies. I always come away from them with a new wrinkle in my opinion of the work. It doesn't hurt that his art is always killer, too.

06.03.2026 06:42 πŸ‘ 104 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

The whole movie is so beautifully crafted. Everything seems so deliberate and considered.

06.03.2026 11:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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What Is Fictosexuality? (Tanja VΓ€lisalo)

If you've been meaning to catch up on the many Roblox controversies (child predators, AI-moderation, lawsuits), skip to the the 49-minute mark of the latest Post Games

The brilliant
@nicolecarpenter.bsky.social
crams years of info into 15 minutes.

open.spotify.com/episode/3zWm...

02.03.2026 19:46 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Thanks (as always) to @ohnorosco.bsky.social for the edits and for his editor's note: Bullet Train is the perfect 'Saturday afternoon basic cable movie.' Damn right

03.03.2026 14:15 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bullet Train is loud, funny, violent, beautifully crafted, and utterly bonkers. I adore it Sometimes you just want to watch a great dumb fun movie over and over, and that's totally OK.

Sometimes you need a little escapism. And sometimes you just want to watch a great dumb fun movie over and over, and that's totally OK mbh4h.substack.com/p/bullet-tra...

03.03.2026 14:13 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
A gritty, high-contrast red and black graphic for the "Post Games" podcast. The image features a woman dual-wielding handguns, surrounded by reaching zombie hands and distressed white typography.

A gritty, high-contrast red and black graphic for the "Post Games" podcast. The image features a woman dual-wielding handguns, surrounded by reaching zombie hands and distressed white typography.

I’ve been having a blast making art for Post Games, but this week’s episode was an unbridled opportunity to dial it up to 11: @plante.bsky.social’s interview with Resident Evil director, Paul W.S. Anderson. Listen to show on patreon.com/cw/PostGames

20.02.2026 19:20 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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I mocked it up, and I was right: this gorgeous design looks so much more Porsche than Ferrari. A Jony Ive / LoveFrom ultra-limited edition Taycan would be sicker than a sick thing that’s really sick

10.02.2026 20:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ferrari’s first EV will have an interior designed by Jony Ive Is this the real Apple car?

I’m a huge Jony Ive fan, but I’m sorry, this interior belongs in a Porsche or a Merc, not a Ferrari www.theverge.com/transportati...

09.02.2026 22:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Mistook this for an Onion headline

08.02.2026 16:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the wind chill is -28 F. That's it, that's the tweet

08.02.2026 15:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A History of Dragon Quest (and Why To Try It Now) How the creators of Dragon Quest spent decades building to this moment

I blogged about the decades-long push to make Dragon Quest a mega-hit in the US and Europe, from Nintendo giving away 500k copies of the original to the *multiple* remakes of Dragon Quest 7.

Plus: where to start.

02.02.2026 17:04 πŸ‘ 153 πŸ” 34 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 3
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two men are standing next to each other with one wearing a wonder hat . ALT: two men are standing next to each other with one wearing a wonder hat .
30.01.2026 19:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
David Bowie - I'm Afraid of Americans (Official Video) [4K]
David Bowie - I'm Afraid of Americans (Official Video) [4K] YouTube video by David Bowie

Posted without comment youtu.be/LT3cERVRoQo?...

29.01.2026 00:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Brilliance and the Badness of β€œThe Sun Also Rises” Although Ernest Hemingway’s novel makes positive claims about what one should beβ€”brave, admiring of nature and graceβ€”its architecture is held up primarily by hatred.

OMG this art! www.newyorker.com/books/second...

29.01.2026 00:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tesla discontinuing Model S and Model X to make room for robots So long!

JFC. Pitching that β€˜now's the time to buy these cars because we’re going to stop making them to make robots’ is the most blatantly desperate marketing initiative I have ever heard www.theverge.com/transportati...

28.01.2026 23:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sony announces its first turntables in years Options for new and existing vinyl fans.

The great vinylfication continues... www.theverge.com/news/865333/...

23.01.2026 16:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Board the Mothership. You're just in time. A couple weeks from now, on January 26, 2026, we'll be launching the full version of our new gaming website, Mothership, which aims to analyze games specifically through the...

less than a week left to get a lifetime 15% off your subscription price for mothership.blog! what is mothership.blog, you may very well be asking? well go to the URL and find out. if you follow me here, you will like it

21.01.2026 16:26 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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Reading, Writing And Arithmetic by The Sundays on Apple Music Album Β· 1990 Β· 10 Songs

Listening to more albums in their entirety rather than just playlists. This afternoon's album: 'Reading, Writing and Arithmetic' by The Sundays (fun fact: I was friends with Harriet Wheeler at school. Last time we met in Bristol, she told me she was starting a band) music.apple.com/us/album/rea...

21.01.2026 21:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Adapting Life into a Video Game (Meredith Gran) Perfect Tides: Station to Station recaptures life in New York in 2003

This week, you'll finally be able to play the magnificent Perfect Tides: Station to Station.

But first, you should listen to this interview with the game's creator @meredithgran.com about the rise of memoir games, recreating the lost NYC of 2003, and, of course, Ecks vs. Sever.

Spoiler-free!

19.01.2026 18:55 πŸ‘ 64 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3

So sorry Ash

16.01.2026 21:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A staged group photo of actors on a theater set for "Sunset Boulevard." Faith Brown and the cast are captured in a single frame, holding dramatic positions under theatrical lighting.

A staged group photo of actors on a theater set for "Sunset Boulevard." Faith Brown and the cast are captured in a single frame, holding dramatic positions under theatrical lighting.

Inspired by "The Mincefluencer" essay in the NYTimes, I’ve been diving down the rabbit hole of my theater photography days in London. I think this is my favorite: Sunset Boulevard starring Faith Brown. This is a single frameβ€”no compositing; just the actors holding their positions for the camera.

13.01.2026 16:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So glad to see more ex-Polygon peeps building their own media brands. Huge congrats to @midimyers.com and @zoehhannah.com on the launch of Mothership

11.01.2026 15:38 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Why on Earth Have I Seen the Same Broadway Show 13 Times? An Investigation.

Confessions of a Mincefluencer. Absolutely superb essay by Taffy Brodesser-Akner in today's @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/m...

11.01.2026 15:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0