Yeah exactly - I figured that for every month I don't pay for Spotify anymore, I can basically buy one or two albums with the money I save π
05.12.2025 18:51 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@stevelee.bsky.social
Lead Level Designer on @halfmermaid.co's next weird horror thing Previously on Dishonored 2, Tactical Breach Wizards, etc: doublefunction.co.uk Level / game design youtube vids: youtube.com/@stevelee_gamedev
Yeah exactly - I figured that for every month I don't pay for Spotify anymore, I can basically buy one or two albums with the money I save π
05.12.2025 18:51 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Another key factor was watching this youtube vid: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EKV...
Just the opening fact about how 12 years of Spotify equates to roughly Β£1400 spent - resulting in owning zero music, and barely supporting the artists at all - had me making my mind up before the video finished:
This year's Spotify Wrapped thing made me realise that I spend most of my music listening time enjoying tracks from albums I already own, and was the last step in convincing myself to finally cancel my subscription and never look back at music streaming services again - hooray
04.12.2025 14:49 β π 13 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I love the story of the making of Rocky - well played, Stallone
04.12.2025 10:04 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Yes, yes it does
03.12.2025 02:00 β π 31 π 8 π¬ 2 π 0A screenshot of a search for "itch horses" on the duckduckgo search engine, illustrating a failed attempt to search for a videogame called "Horses" on the Itch website, and instead getting pictures and articles relating to real-life horses being itchy
My failed, rushed, ill-considered first attempt to go buy Horses on Itch:
02.12.2025 17:24 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Ohhh go on then:
(letterboxd.com/essell2)
(Obligatory Bobson Dugnutt post)
16.11.2025 19:54 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0In Dishonored 2, (Howler faction leader) Paolo has the (magical) ability to resurrect once a day. This allows the player to kill him in an earlier mission, then be surprised by his appearance in a 2nd one later, at their HQ - in which they can then kill him twice / properly
15.11.2025 22:07 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0She was someone who sucked, trying to lead a party that sucked, replacing someone else who sucked, in a stupid situation that sucked
14.11.2025 14:40 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Lol Liz Truss
12.11.2025 10:04 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0We launched GenExile, our solarpunk city-builder, in Early Access last week. We had ~35k wishlists before launch (not a barnburner but not nothin').
And they said, "Well, there's no way you'll convert literally 0% of your wishlists to sales."
I looked them dead in the eyes and said, "Watch me."
lol
06.11.2025 04:47 β π 14164 π 4354 π¬ 105 π 82tl;dr - down with yellow paint
02.11.2025 22:33 β π 15 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0As an apparently freakishly fast touch-typer, I'm now addicted to the demo of Final Sentence, a hardcore competitive battle royale typing game: store.steampowered.com/app/4021860/...
29.10.2025 20:19 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1Whenever I read a new headline about the dickhead's new ballroom, all I can think about is Mike's Marbleopolis: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWGP...
23.10.2025 17:07 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0You know how billionaires end up with severe cognitive deficits as a result of becoming surrounded by yes men who constantly tell them their every idea is genius? What if we made a bot that just does that to everyone. I think that would be a good idea.
17.10.2025 05:00 β π 4639 π 1131 π¬ 50 π 33Life tip: do not be a man who likes the vehicle
16.10.2025 12:24 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Great character model!
16.10.2025 08:08 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Rich was a level designer on Bioshock 2, then Senior LD on Dishonored 1, then Lead LD on Prey. Hire him you fools
14.10.2025 17:17 β π 177 π 60 π¬ 3 π 0www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAlB...
12.10.2025 18:18 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Haha yeah, was about to say the same!
12.10.2025 12:45 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I DRINK YOUR NONLINEAR KALEIDOSCOPIC HORROR NARRATIVE I DRINK IT UP
09.10.2025 13:07 β π 84 π 4 π¬ 4 π 1this is the funniest thing the internet has produced in a long time, but only for the small group of us millennials who came of age around south london. amazing that an american has nailed this so perfectly
youtube.com/shorts/NZtfn...
With the collapse or enshittification of practically every website in 2025, my heart skipped a beat when it occurred to me that zombo.com might no longer be around. But thankfully, zombo.com is still zombo com:
06.10.2025 17:06 β π 30 π 4 π¬ 2 π 1Play all these games, go back and play Silent Hill Shattered Memories, watch Brandon Cronenbergβs movies then take a look at the state of the world and you can start to imagine what is in the oven over here
30.09.2025 20:11 β π 74 π 6 π¬ 2 π 1I was always all about Ralph, but this is great :)
28.09.2025 18:24 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Jesus, my eyes
24.09.2025 13:26 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0So curious what morning mohawk looks like
21.09.2025 17:22 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Or just "bollocks"
21.09.2025 13:40 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0