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Arthur Shibaev

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General rules of thumb on how to approach people using SteamDB to legitimize some nonsense drama ("game dead" etc):
1. they lack full data (especially valid for multiplatform games);
2. 90% of them can't interpret data well;
3. they don't understand how people play.

To further emphasise point 1:

11.03.2026 08:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The utter joke of spending billions of $, firing countless talented people, while also heavily fucking up the environment, and STILL your "breakthrough tech's" measurement of success is generating shittier versions of "My Trade" topics from Morrowind.

And somehow with even less character or charm.

10.03.2026 08:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

weird how he didn’t express the sentiment about the school where 100 girls were killed

09.03.2026 00:58 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Me, right now. And it’s not even an action scene.

07.03.2026 04:35 πŸ‘ 1301 πŸ” 488 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 47

The US military is a cowardly, pompuous, and evil force.

06.03.2026 15:45 πŸ‘ 308 πŸ” 56 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

I am a bit late on this #My9games bit.

HoMM3 spot was actually a toss up between it and WC3 Frozen Throne mainly thanks to both of them pushing me into countless hours spent in campaign editors.

My9games.com

06.03.2026 05:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Images you can hear.

05.03.2026 07:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy 10th anniversary to Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight!🍁
To celebrate, we've prepared many merch pieces (posters, mini posters, keychains, and sticker sets) featuring art by myself, @koyorin.bsky.social and @fiopico.bsky.social! Preorders up here: official-store.playism.com/ja-en/collec...

04.03.2026 11:09 πŸ‘ 325 πŸ” 120 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 2

I just want to make games, man

04.03.2026 07:30 πŸ‘ 274 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

Speaking in retrospect, she seems more of a tool character, then again I felt even Leon had a surprisingly short weapon progression (only 1 other pistol variant outside of Matilda for CP).

More surprised that she didn't get to have a chance to go ham with Requiem in the climax.

03.03.2026 05:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There won't be any reporting on this in the US btw because the US / UK backs the monarchy in Bahrain and therefore their people don't need liberating and should not liberate themselves.

Only countries the US does not currently control, like Iran, deserve regime change that everyone cheers for.

03.03.2026 02:49 πŸ‘ 245 πŸ” 83 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Very interesting to see Expedition 33 analyzed in the context of French history & politics. Turn on those subtitles and listen to voices from all across the world - they'll expand your horizons and help you grow.

03.03.2026 00:25 πŸ‘ 827 πŸ” 260 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 24
02.03.2026 21:16 πŸ‘ 3205 πŸ” 1056 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 4

Oh and just remember - once you’ve decided a minority’s human rights are up for debate, you’ve decided HUMAN RIGHTS ARE UP FOR DEBATE.

To everybody who framed all of this as β€œThe Trans Debate,” well done! You’ve opened the door to The Anybody Debate.

01.03.2026 23:44 πŸ‘ 1649 πŸ” 544 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 3
A stat screen for a finished campaign of Resident Evil: Requiem.
The screen shows results for finishing campaign on Standard (Classic) difficulty in 14hr 20min

A stat screen for a finished campaign of Resident Evil: Requiem. The screen shows results for finishing campaign on Standard (Classic) difficulty in 14hr 20min

We do it.

Only complaint is that Leon's sections felt much weaker than Grace's (which are excellent).
There is one example of a superb (albeit short) encounter he has that calls back to RE4 style area gimmicks, but the rest I feel just don't reach the same level of excitement.

02.03.2026 11:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
some long-ass story like you’d see on a recipe website page

some long-ass story like you’d see on a recipe website page

Whenever I tell an AI bro I’m not interested in working with them they always write some long-ass story like you’d see on a recipe website page

02.03.2026 08:10 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0

Man, Endfield just can't leave my thoughts.

I am so frustrated at what that game could have been, it's actually making me upset. Bothers me almost to the point of obsession.

22.02.2026 06:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Alcohol molecule is a dog.

21.02.2026 20:41 πŸ‘ 4456 πŸ” 1306 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 23

"AI has long been part of gaming and will continue to be" is so heckin disingenuous. I've been a game AI engineer for almost 20 years, which has absolutely nothing to do with the current bubble of generative AI that is burning the world to solve no actual problems.

22.02.2026 02:10 πŸ‘ 358 πŸ” 117 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 3
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Tfw you still have some edge cases to fix in your procedural locomotion system #gamedev

21.02.2026 16:02 πŸ‘ 8881 πŸ” 2883 πŸ’¬ 74 πŸ“Œ 126

please can we have a day of good news for the game industry, as a treat

20.02.2026 22:06 πŸ‘ 98 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

Hey yall this is your chance to show the trans community you really are an ally and you're not just saying it for brownie points!!

-Do not support ANY of this
-JK Rowling has said on numerous occasions that her income goes DIRECTLY into anti-trans legislation in the UK
-Seriously. NONE. Of it.

11.02.2026 13:40 πŸ‘ 4577 πŸ” 3577 πŸ’¬ 59 πŸ“Œ 46
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18.02.2026 04:28 πŸ‘ 5502 πŸ” 1193 πŸ’¬ 53 πŸ“Œ 45
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New Kickstarter coming in hot!

GUN NOSE by Addy Valentine

Music arrangement by Scruffy, Written & Performed by Addy Valentine.

SUPPORT THE KICKSTARTER BELOW!

15.02.2026 00:09 πŸ‘ 760 πŸ” 288 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 10
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oh my god??

13.02.2026 03:00 πŸ‘ 6979 πŸ” 2204 πŸ’¬ 57 πŸ“Œ 70

"Why can't we have a calm discussion about AI?"

Cuz the data centers are being built carelessly and at speed, polluting poor neighborhoods, cuz it's drinking my fucking aquifer, and cuz all my art and writing have been plagisrized while the worst assholes crow about my impending obsolescense...

12.02.2026 01:37 πŸ‘ 3203 πŸ” 1044 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 17

Dang, now I feel even more like an impostor.

09.02.2026 09:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
norman rockwell's freedom of speech, but the standing guy has been edited to sit down

norman rockwell's freedom of speech, but the standing guy has been edited to sit down

couldn't sleep so i made him sit down

08.02.2026 09:26 πŸ‘ 3237 πŸ” 616 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 17
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Apparently Adobe popped to Bluesky like a flower in Spring.
And then ended like that.

12.04.2025 14:05 πŸ‘ 25478 πŸ” 6685 πŸ’¬ 210 πŸ“Œ 77

They're pushing Newsom super hard hoping you forget there is still plenty of time to find a good candidate that doesn't throw trans rights into the garbage, because fuck voting for that piece of shit. THERE'S EASILY TIME. We can do better. You don't get to throw people's human rights & dignity away.

03.02.2026 04:14 πŸ‘ 1988 πŸ” 581 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 7