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Brandon Wolff

@defjamforcutie.bsky.social

Senior Quality Analyst at Failbetter Games Writer in my free time South African living in Dublin He/him

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Game: Final Fantasy VII
Developer: Squaresoft
Platform: Playstation
πŸ“Ί: Sanyo DS24425

Game: Final Fantasy VII Developer: Squaresoft Platform: Playstation πŸ“Ί: Sanyo DS24425

LET'S MOSEY

21.11.2025 13:18 β€” πŸ‘ 87    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Zork is now open source Two years ago, I wrote: Microsoft-the-company does not care about Infocom. But a lot of people in Microsoft must care. Microsoft is heavily populated by greying GenX nerds just like me. Folks who grew...

Hey, I bet you didn't hear that Zork 1, 2, and 3 were open-sourced today!

…Oh, you have heard. Yeah. Way ahead of me. :)

Here's my comments, and some details that you might not have seen.

blog.zarfhome.com/2025/11/zork...

21.11.2025 03:19 β€” πŸ‘ 304    πŸ” 156    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 16
Preview
TR-49 on Steam Narrative deduction meets audio drama, from the creators of Heaven’s Vault, Overboard! and A Highland Song.

We don't know. What we do know is the wiring diagram works. We built it, virtually, in @godotengine.org. We fed it scans of the books we found.

And the books are very, very strange. The "game" that resulted is also strange.

We're hoping people can make sense of it for us.

20.11.2025 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 301    πŸ” 85    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 42
Testing Branching Narrative at Scale: Lessons from Mask of the Rose | Develop:Brighton 2024
YouTube video by Develop:Brighton Testing Branching Narrative at Scale: Lessons from Mask of the Rose | Develop:Brighton 2024

At Develop 2024 I gave a talk on how we tested the narrative logic in Mask of the Rose, now up on YouTube. If you're interested in testing branching narratives with millions of possible states, but you also love dumb jokes delivered in a monotone, then hold onto your hat: youtu.be/7nxGsml1DUY?...

20.11.2025 08:33 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We need a National Book Awards-style game award: every year a committee of five freaks is handed the keys to all the prestige, they pick stuff no one's heard of, readers (players) get mad, the committee members get defensive, no one is truly happy, and then next year we do it all again

17.11.2025 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 92    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 6
Cate Blanchett shaking hands with the Pope

Cate Blanchett shaking hands with the Pope

People say Cancel Culture is real and then you see Lydia TΓ‘r being invited to meet the Pope. πŸ™„

15.11.2025 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2159    πŸ” 409    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 21
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This shit is exactly why placeholders are commonly pink/black checkerboxes with PLACEHOLDER in giant text on it so that shit doesn't get missed and go to fucking retail

16.11.2025 12:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1744    πŸ” 542    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 9

Cannot recommend modules by @kharrak.bsky.social highly enough. He is a skilled adventuresmith and we've had some extremely fun times playtesting his modules. Without fail they have all had those "OH SHIT" horror moments.

16.11.2025 07:13 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
November 14th: A Partially Muscled Skeleton Stands by the Perimeter Fence and Screams for Thirty Seconds Before Vanishing

November 14th: A Partially Muscled Skeleton Stands by the Perimeter Fence and Screams for Thirty Seconds Before Vanishing

happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Stands by the Perimeter Fence and Screams for Thirty Seconds Before Vanishing day

14.11.2025 06:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1774    πŸ” 859    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 53

I am not much for post apocalyptic games these days, but the Bakers could put out a new edition every year and I would buy it.

Apocalypse World is responsible for fostering curiosity and inspiring confidence in so many designers. It helped build an era for games incredibly rich with creativity.

12.11.2025 04:34 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Every time someone’s like β€œput that in the louvre,” my head now goes β€œand then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”

11.11.2025 03:33 β€” πŸ‘ 9032    πŸ” 1620    πŸ’¬ 74    πŸ“Œ 38
Scott Steiner's infamous "Steiner Math" promo in the Zohran Mamdani mayoral campaign graphic design style.

Scott Steiner's infamous "Steiner Math" promo in the Zohran Mamdani mayoral campaign graphic design style.

Am I doing this right?

09.11.2025 12:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
man wearing a wrestler mask, they are wearing a hat and smoking a pipe

man wearing a wrestler mask, they are wearing a hat and smoking a pipe

HuracΓ‘n RamΓ­rez

08.11.2025 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 107    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

SAVOIR FAIRE [Challenging: Failure]

08.11.2025 07:34 β€” πŸ‘ 324    πŸ” 105    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Found socks featuring Snoopy with that shit on and practically sprinted to the till to buy them

08.11.2025 10:07 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Apocalypse World: Burned Over The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.

And away we go.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...

06.11.2025 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 323    πŸ” 165    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 27

If Sensodyne wasn't a toothpaste it'd be a move in Shin Megami Tensei for revealing all the enemy weaknesses or something

05.11.2025 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 446    πŸ” 96    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 4

Rest now, brother. We have the watch. And I will see you in Valhalla. 🫑

03.11.2025 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1833    πŸ” 270    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 4
graphic of a bunch of running skeletons like the meme that only had one 

Headline:

NEWS
Hormone secreted by bones may help us escape danger

graphic of a bunch of running skeletons like the meme that only had one Headline: NEWS Hormone secreted by bones may help us escape danger

hit da bricks

02.11.2025 05:10 β€” πŸ‘ 949    πŸ” 264    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 24
a comic book panel from the godzilla comic with charles barkley that includes the phrase "godzilla got busy" while godzilla attempts to throw a basketball into a hoop. it is not a slam dunk and we cannot be sure if the ball is falling out or about to go in, as there are no motion lines. godzilla is wearing special godzilla nike shoes for his godzilla feet

a comic book panel from the godzilla comic with charles barkley that includes the phrase "godzilla got busy" while godzilla attempts to throw a basketball into a hoop. it is not a slam dunk and we cannot be sure if the ball is falling out or about to go in, as there are no motion lines. godzilla is wearing special godzilla nike shoes for his godzilla feet

godzilla got busy

01.11.2025 08:03 β€” πŸ‘ 460    πŸ” 184    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 4

To anyone not into baseball I’m sorry but also get into baseball

01.11.2025 03:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3925    πŸ” 452    πŸ’¬ 168    πŸ“Œ 46

There was a time we backed every #pbta #ttrpg project. Then folk's creative drive outpaced our capacity, as well as our shelf-space. It was a wicked cool moment. In 6 days, we're hoping you'll back #AW3rd, and keep the momentum rolling!

28.10.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 172    πŸ” 59    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
the cover for tactics ogre let us cling together, a man and a woman both hold swords in front of a blue dragon

the cover for tactics ogre let us cling together, a man and a woman both hold swords in front of a blue dragon

Just remembering how good this cover is.

31.10.2025 05:06 β€” πŸ‘ 310    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 5
twitter user @uckersket 

They need to invent the opposite of a gym. You go there and you just get more frail and sickly. Maybe instead of lifting you just sit in a cold dark room and starve

twitter user @uckersket They need to invent the opposite of a gym. You go there and you just get more frail and sickly. Maybe instead of lifting you just sit in a cold dark room and starve

gamedev

29.10.2025 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2020    πŸ” 380    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 17

Thanks for the nudge! I don't always look that closely at new followers so no vibe tests were administered, let alone failed.

27.10.2025 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

can someone explain to me why toronto is even allowed to play in the world series? since when is canada in the world

25.10.2025 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2997    πŸ” 288    πŸ’¬ 68    πŸ“Œ 12

I'm at the graveyard
I'm at the cafΓ©
I'm at the combination graveyard and cafΓ©

25.10.2025 09:35 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Oxford commas are a sign you write with ai" I will find such a unique way to rip out your spine that they'll make a movie about it

23.10.2025 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 8815    πŸ” 3384    πŸ’¬ 145    πŸ“Œ 316

All points bulletin out for Bobsun Dugnutt

23.10.2025 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

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