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Mike Crassweller

@zoomba.bsky.social

Director of Production at ForwardXP. Been doing this game thing over 18 years. Made games for everything from embedded web browsers to VR and latest gen consoles. He/Him All views posted are my own.

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Thank god for Flute Guy

12.12.2025 04:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m also super jazzed for Total War 40k

12.12.2025 03:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Why do the say Invoke is a new Wizards Studio? They are Tuque Games renewed. They made the most recent Dark Alliance game in 2021

12.12.2025 01:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Pour one out for Juanito

06.12.2025 15:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Judging my library at least, quite a few still run

30.11.2025 13:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sometimes we need toโ€obviousโ€ things to be verified with research. Otherwise anyone objecting to AI is just labeled a Luddite or whatever. Now we have statistically significant data that reenforces what was otherwise disregarded as opinion.

30.11.2025 11:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

At this point Steam has inertia on its side. People have built up decades worth of games on their accounts. Itโ€™s where their friends are. Thatโ€™s why no one can compete. It doesnโ€™t matter if the deal is better for devs elsewhere. The players arenโ€™t there.

30.11.2025 11:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Alsoโ€ฆ I guess seasoning is โ€œwokeโ€ now as I donโ€™t think anything on that table has more than a whisper of salt added

29.11.2025 21:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thatโ€™s a spicy hot take against hot take culture!

29.11.2025 21:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What is going on with that tub of macaroni?

29.11.2025 20:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I never do this, but my partner always makes a point of it when we travel. Sends them to friends and family of all ages.

29.11.2025 20:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Now we simmer for 6 hours

29.11.2025 16:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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9 cups of onions

29.11.2025 16:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™ll just be sipping off a thermos of sauce for the rest of the year

29.11.2025 16:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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One of my favorite bits of the holiday seasonโ€ฆ Sauce Day! Making 12qt of my Great Grandmaโ€™s spaghetti sauce

29.11.2025 15:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Done

28.11.2025 22:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes, thatโ€™s a gingerbread Darth Vader

28.11.2025 20:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Putting together our annual Christmas LEGO set

28.11.2025 20:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

While I lived in the Netherlands every year Iโ€™d have the same conversation with my parents and in-laws about why I was working on Thanksgiving. Every. Single. Year.

27.11.2025 16:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The sides are the best part of the meal.

26.11.2025 22:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is there a good alternative to Wirecutter for product reviews? Iโ€™m never giving NYT a dime and they aggressively limit how may free pageviews I get a month.

25.11.2025 22:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ok. Season 2 of Dispatch when?

23.11.2025 18:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I meanโ€ฆ thereโ€™s a radioactive, glowing dick on screen in the first 5 minutes. 10/10 GotY.

22.11.2025 17:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m a few weeks late to the party but holy crapโ€ฆ Dispatch is good

22.11.2025 17:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So, I totally understood calling ranch "American Flavor" since ranch dressing is one of the few properly American food items.

What I still don't understand though is if I order "American Sauce" on my fries it's not ranch. It's shitty US mayo.

21.11.2025 13:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I always found it hilarious what food was labeled "American" in Dutch stores. Along with whatever weird random stuff they'd stock in the "American" section.

Out of curiosity I tried the pizza once... it wasn't half-bad for freezer pizza.

21.11.2025 12:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Share a tv series youโ€™ve watched all the way through more than once or something.

19.11.2025 15:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

So long as I have an nvidia card, Linux is largely off the table for me as they have terrible driver support.

19.11.2025 15:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fun fact: The PA Dutch are not Dutch. They're German. We're just really bad at foreign words and really mangled "Deutsche"

19.11.2025 13:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I've used TurboTax for most of my adult life. That may be changing when it comes time to do next year's taxes...

18.11.2025 19:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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