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Darrell Blake

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Principal Games Programmer for Sumo Digital in Sheffield, England. Obsessed with games and dev, learning Japanese (poorly) and astronomy. Views my own etc.

38 Followers  |  43 Following  |  24 Posts  |  Joined: 07.08.2024  |  2.0773

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Let's try again in 2026, shall we?

01.01.2026 02:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Looks like the local school kids have been peeling numbers off our bin this morning 😂

18.12.2025 09:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

FFS. Just had the NBA Cup Final spoiled for me by a notification.

17.12.2025 09:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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ZX Spectrum Next Issue 3 The Sinclair ZX Spectrum Next: the evolution of the Speccy computer, now expanded into the world of the Sinclair QL, C64 and... More!

I succumbed... @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/spe... #ZXSpectrumNext

16.08.2025 09:33 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

It's only taken me 42 years but I've finally learnt how to do Magic Eyes. I thought my eyes were broken because they always appeared inverted.

28.07.2025 18:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
BLACK SABBATH - "Black Sabbath" (Official Video)
YouTube video by Black Sabbath BLACK SABBATH - "Black Sabbath" (Official Video)

Thanks for the metal, Ozzy.

22.07.2025 18:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Let's go! #Eurovision

17.05.2025 19:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Wine is very much required after this week.

07.02.2025 21:30 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Saturday night Hero Quest.

01.02.2025 17:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Alice In Chains - Nutshell (MTV Unplugged - HD Video)
YouTube video by AliceInChainsVEVO Alice In Chains - Nutshell (MTV Unplugged - HD Video)

I was reminded of this performance earlier. So haunting, given what Layne was going through.

24.01.2025 20:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Here's hoping things start looking up for the games industry this year!

01.01.2025 00:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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We've got a serious Screwball Scramble setup now.

26.12.2024 15:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Sonic 3 might be the best video game movie... Absolutely brilliant.

21.12.2024 15:03 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Every triangle is a love triangle when you love triangles.

29.11.2024 09:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My impression was that Thatcher was a giver, rather than a receiver. She certainly gave it the miners up the arse.

22.11.2024 12:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Bassline/mix aside, Metallica's ...And Justice For All is almost a masterpiece for me. Thrash with almost prog elements is entirely my bag \m/

21.11.2024 10:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

As an Oxford Comma advocate, this is brilliant.

20.11.2024 11:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Took the big one bridge spotting.

17.11.2024 15:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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One of the biggest henges in the world!

18.08.2024 13:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Don.

17.08.2024 16:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I had to go and check that this wasn't photoshopped... This was the tweet that made me remove Twitter from my phone.

11.08.2024 08:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Working on my son's education. #RetroGaming

09.08.2024 18:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Writing code and listening to Cattle Decapitation.

08.08.2024 14:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I think I've finally had enough of Twitter. Hopefully this place or Threads become real viable alternatives.

08.08.2024 09:05 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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