In no order, my indie gaming Mt Rushmore (aka, dudes who have never missed a day in their lives) is
Edmund McMillen
Derek Yu
Lucas Pope
Eric Barone
@benjaminfrew.bsky.social
speedrunner. 31 he/him humanitarian, digital creator, gamedev posts are my own
In no order, my indie gaming Mt Rushmore (aka, dudes who have never missed a day in their lives) is
Edmund McMillen
Derek Yu
Lucas Pope
Eric Barone
5 hours in, E33 is great. Sometimes there's like four or five different fonts on the screen at once. Still great
10.02.2026 03:04 β π 10 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I'm frankly tired of having to tolerate open displays of cruelty for cruelty's sake - aided and abetted by our media - and I pray the pendulum continues to swing towards compassion for compassion's sake, and that we crush the institutions that led us here & chose this life for us
09.02.2026 13:38 β π 10 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0For a French game, E33 sure loves Dutch angles
09.02.2026 03:37 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0asshole leaving a negative review for a game they love, acting as some sort of arbiter of truth rather than genuinely offering their position as to why they love it
Hey, don't do this. I can't stand motherfuckers that do this. You're doing such a disservice to a game and a developer by doing this. Knock it the fuck off!!
08.02.2026 16:38 β π 15 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0If you can't get this stuff right, you come off as uncaring at best (and stupid at worst), and I'm going to click away and remember you as a lazy creator!
03.02.2026 14:23 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I am begging youtubers to verify basic facts such as pronunciations, or (for example) which currency is represented by the pound sign (Β£). I promise you it is painless to do a quick search and re-record a line.
03.02.2026 14:21 β π 11 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1I had an alright January. I usually do
01.02.2026 13:41 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0bobby kotick is in the files just in case you needed another reason to hate activision
31.01.2026 15:37 β π 14 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Another horrid iOS autocorrect hijacking: βwhich isβ corrected to βwhip isβ
25.01.2026 14:58 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0People are casting doubt on this (reasonably) but half of retail spending is now done by the top 10% of earners so I find it plausible, and indeed worrying β I know nothing about anything, but Iβm pretty sure concentrated wealth is a problem
22.01.2026 23:26 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0They think lactose tolerance is more predominant in white Europeans, so itβs a dog whistle for racial supremacy and all that
19.01.2026 16:52 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I was typing βringingβ and iOS autocorrect decided to entirely change my text, because obviously I wanted to type βto noβ instead. I hold billions of dollars of ingenuity in my hand and I am not impressed.
19.01.2026 14:43 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1big plans this weekend. mostly I'll be rotating a fish in my mind. do some laundry at some point too, I guess
16.01.2026 19:26 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Horrible, absolutely upset for you. Your are too kind of a soul to suffer in this way. Cruel world. So sorry brother
15.01.2026 16:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0How do you feel about nuking brand accounts from social media
12.01.2026 17:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0When Iβm in power in 2036 (at the latest), Iβm deleting every brandβs social media account. Theyβre not people, theyβre not social, leave us alone!
12.01.2026 10:39 β π 13 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I used to have dreams
11.01.2026 10:24 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Itβs safer to hide. I choose ambient suffering and loneliness over the possibility of getting hurt in the very humiliating and cruel fashion that Iβve been hurt. To those responsible, I hope your happiness is worth my pain. You know who you are.
11.01.2026 10:23 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Iβve internalized a lot of cruelty and abuse and Iβve learned to just leave everyone alone because I feel my basic wants are too much of an imposition
11.01.2026 10:21 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0All I sincerely want from life at this point is affection
11.01.2026 10:19 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 1 π 1The world is very small and we are all connected
08.01.2026 23:32 β π 16 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0He heard too much Spanish in high school
06.01.2026 00:09 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Sovereignty for me, not for thee
05.01.2026 23:45 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The extent to which Games Done Quick has helped to steer the larger speedrunning community - one of the most hardcore video game enthusiast subcultures there is - into becoming something so welcoming, inclusive and supportive astonishes me
04.01.2026 20:35 β π 3242 π 649 π¬ 15 π 35Best wishes to all traveling to GDQ. I will be onsite briefly during the early afternoon on Monday, 5 January, but otherwise I am not attending. GL & HF all :))
03.01.2026 21:45 β π 12 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1Dropped an airpod in the snow today and it dug a little hole for itself. I had to dig through the snow with my bare hands like the desperate man I am looking for a white headphone buried in the white snow. rest assured I did find it. then I dropped it again (and found it again)
02.01.2026 16:42 β π 11 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Whiffed the first wordle of the year. Do you guys mind if we start over
01.01.2026 15:17 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0the kids must be so excited for 2026-7
01.01.2026 05:05 β π 21 π 5 π¬ 3 π 0me smiling and giving the finger
this one goes out to all the shit that sucked this year
01.01.2026 03:09 β π 371 π 21 π¬ 15 π 0