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Liam Robertson

@liamrobertson.bsky.social

Video game historian who uncovers lost video games and other curiosities. Makes videos for DYKG. Freelance writer. Autism/ADHD. I was @doctor_cupcakes on Twitter. Links to my stuff: https://linktr.ee/liamrobertson

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Partner in a venture capital firm that backs various AI companies. Not great.

09.03.2026 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well, this is the only first party game to do it so far.

09.03.2026 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I personally find it hard to believe that any of that is genuine. It strikes me as cynical, bottom-of-the barrel content production to me because I struggle to comprehend people legitimately being that pathetic over video game marketing.

09.03.2026 11:24 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

This should have been a huge physical release for the UK. Instead, they print a small amount of game key cards and call it a day. I genuinely think that Nintendo and other companies are leaving a huge amount of money on the table by tiptoeing away from the physical market here.

09.03.2026 10:28 β€” πŸ‘ 120    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 2

Pokopia is like the perfect ADHD game. No matter what I get distracted by it is equally important as everything else I could be doing

08.03.2026 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 231    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

Peak peak peak peak

09.03.2026 01:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"I think the LLM is conscious" makes a lot more sense when you realize a lot of people don't grasp the interiority of other people.

If you view other people as a series of inputs and utilities, it makes a lot of sense that you would see inert code awaiting your prompt as conscious.

07.03.2026 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2079    πŸ” 587    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 25
The chart asks "what type of gamer are you"?
New school : Highguard
Old school: Concord 
Retro: LawBreakers
Ancient: Evolve
Pre Historic: Battleborn

The chart asks "what type of gamer are you"? New school : Highguard Old school: Concord Retro: LawBreakers Ancient: Evolve Pre Historic: Battleborn

07.03.2026 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 4014    πŸ” 1198    πŸ’¬ 192    πŸ“Œ 124
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F-Zero reference???

07.03.2026 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

It would be insane if they couldn’t find a home for potentially the next Yakuza but almost every big publisher seems like it’s on fire right now and laying people off left and right.

07.03.2026 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 68    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

"NetEase allegedly made the decision after discovering that the project needed an additional Β₯7 billion ($44.4 million) in funding to reach completion."

turns out it's expensive to make a Yakuza game from scratch when you're at a new company and don't have access to all the old assets anymore, huh

07.03.2026 12:26 β€” πŸ‘ 342    πŸ” 93    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 5

what the fuck

07.03.2026 01:09 β€” πŸ‘ 297    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nintendo sent me a box of Pokopia stuff this week. Cute!

06.03.2026 13:52 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Modern as in the word modern.

05.03.2026 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I did try put in a word for you guys. Maybe one day

05.03.2026 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I wish I could have gotten the one WorkBoy prototype into a museum. Alas, I did try...

05.03.2026 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

People are surprised about this? Modern Call of Duty has always been a tool of the military industrial complex. It's known that the US military has vetoed entire plots proposed for past games and that they have had a lot of influence on how those campaigns were done.

05.03.2026 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 104    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Saddened to announce I was affected by the recent Polygon layoffs. Though my time there was short, it was an incredible experience with a truly lovely bunch of people.

If you’re looking for a games/entertainment nerd for writing, presenting, PR, or any other opps, hit me up!

04.03.2026 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 167    πŸ” 49    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 5

I am working on something that will be so fucking cool for the oldschool SEGA and especially ToeJam & Earl fans. Unearthing some interesting things.

05.03.2026 00:01 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't know how anyone can read this article and think that this technology should be allowed to exist.

04.03.2026 21:05 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Well, they were right about that

04.03.2026 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 89    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My wife is from the town the final level of the demo is based on so it was very fun guy us. Level starts in the neighbouring big city and evokes the vibe of the local tram system, goes to the amusement park that overlooks the town, before steamroling her town on the way to Sakurajima volcano.

03.03.2026 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That's really cool, Chris!

04.03.2026 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It has been discussed endlessly, but at what point do governments actually talk about the power of the Google monopoly, and do something to protect industries and jobs?

04.03.2026 10:10 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Koei Tecmo is investing in conversational AI for characters/dialog with the intent to use it in their games. Disappointing.

04.03.2026 07:40 β€” πŸ‘ 188    πŸ” 72    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 11
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I have now played Denshattack and it’s even more fun than I expected. Holy crap.

03.03.2026 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Finally, more people are discovering how cool Denshattack looks

03.03.2026 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We really do need Indie World writers to stop talking about indie games like we're babies

03.03.2026 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 564    πŸ” 69    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 5

Happy birthday!

03.03.2026 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Another Robotnik perhaps?

03.03.2026 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0