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Phenry Ewing

@hoverbird.bsky.social

Game designer/developer. Creative Director on Neo Cab (Chance Agency), Design Lead on Cat Burglar (Netflix) and developer/designer on Firewatch (Campo Santo). He/him.

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Today is the 62nd anniversary of JFK being assassinated by a trained marksman firing a close and unobstructed volley of shots at a slow-moving and unprotected car, hitting a target who could not physically move. RIP, President Kennedy.

23.11.2025 00:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 474    ๐Ÿ” 73    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 34    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

One quick note tho- we are currently investigating a bug where the story gets stuck when the iOS system language isnโ€™t English, Korean, Chinese, or Arabic. This should be fixed soon and youโ€™ll be able to play in all 15 localizations we crafted for you; we appreciate your patience!

19.11.2025 17:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Neo Cab is the App Storeโ€™s Game of the Day today- and the entire first act of our anti-capitalist cyberpunk adventure is now free to try:
apps.apple.com/us/app/neo-c...

19.11.2025 17:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
chinchinizilla tweet from November 16, 2022: "Delivered the chili. they seemed happy and said they had just been about to order food. they also asked permission to come over and nail the fence back up."

chinchinizilla tweet from November 16, 2022: "Delivered the chili. they seemed happy and said they had just been about to order food. they also asked permission to come over and nail the fence back up."

Two years and two days ago, a woman delivered some chili to her new neighbors. Everyone was very happy and normal and there were no lasting effects.

18.11.2025 23:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1687    ๐Ÿ” 159    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 53
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It's finally coming!!
On December 8th... I'm releasing my next game, Angeline Era!!!
It's a vast, 3D action-adventure where you travel across a country's unmarked overworld, with every level hidden in plain sight.
Please look forward to it!!
store.steampowered.com/app/2393920

17.11.2025 20:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 824    ๐Ÿ” 314    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30    ๐Ÿ“Œ 26
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a drawing of a man with a blue eye and the website chaptertwo-thepacnw.tumblr.com in the corner Alt: Dr Manhattan

Itโ€™s 2010, AAA is chasing bullshit trends, leaving behind opportunities for small indies with good new tools and respect for the medium

Itโ€™s 2025, AAA is chasing bullshit trends, leaving behind opportunities for small indies with good new tools and respect for the medium

15.11.2025 09:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 327    ๐Ÿ” 47    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

There, but for the go of birds, go I

15.11.2025 14:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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DOCTYPE magazine ๐Ÿš€โŒจ๏ธ โ€™80s BASIC type-in mags are back, but this time for HTML!

๐Ÿš€ NEW MAGAZINE โŒจ๏ธ
Back in the โ€™80s there were printed mags of BASIC programs to type in, weโ€™ve brought that back but for web pages!
10 amazing games, toys, puzzles and utilities, no coding knowledge needed
vole.wtf/doctype/

11.11.2025 12:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 123    ๐Ÿ” 68    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 22

okay, seriously: if we were to corral this, would anyone be interested in contributing? Here is the google form:

forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...

10.11.2025 17:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 184    ๐Ÿ” 131    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 44    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

Yusss canโ€™t wait!

09.11.2025 20:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"To some degree, I have been able to leverage my experience, reputation, or resume -- which is like maybe 10% deserved and 90% circumstantial -- to create opportunities for other people."

@joelburgess.bsky.social on the eve of Ambrosia Sky's release.

www.patreon.com/posts/what-i...

07.11.2025 19:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 65    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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The Hornet has logged on #silksong

01.11.2025 11:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I worked on the Torment Nexus for five years. Hereโ€™s why the project has lost its way. | New York Times (Gift Link)

28.10.2025 12:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 441    ๐Ÿ” 84    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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my pumkin
he is everything

27.10.2025 00:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11683    ๐Ÿ” 2690    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 175    ๐Ÿ“Œ 65
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AI of a Thousand Faces What happens now that AI is everywhere and in everything? WIRED canโ€™t tell the future, but we can try to make sense of it. Behold: 17 readings from the furthest reaches of the AI age.

A @wired.com AI package needs to clear an impossibly high bar.

And by god, I think we've done it. Hours of sensational, thought-provoking, fun reading, and the design is simply dazzling.

WIRED can't predict the future, but we can try to make sense of it. And that's exactly what we're doing here:

27.10.2025 13:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 140    ๐Ÿ” 32    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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The thousand year old sport is kicking it in front the thousand some year old monument. #londonsumo #stonehenge

18.10.2025 03:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 836    ๐Ÿ” 207    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 38
Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu." 

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu." Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. ๐Ÿงต

12.10.2025 21:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14369    ๐Ÿ” 2823    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 257    ๐Ÿ“Œ 337
An image of the ED-209 on set of RoboCop

An image of the ED-209 on set of RoboCop

#BehindTheScenes RoboCop (1987)

27.09.2025 14:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 90    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

damn would not have expected a post on poetic meter to do numbers like this

09.10.2025 12:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

05.10.2025 09:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 38220    ๐Ÿ” 17085    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 820    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2411

Wracking my brain and coming up blank- but if anyone comes to mind Iโ€™ll let you know!! Unfortunately I just donโ€™t know a lot of folks in MA anymore :(

05.10.2025 11:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Kristi Noem: "We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city."

Sen. Alex Padilla is then forcibly removed!

12.06.2025 18:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8356    ๐Ÿ” 3122    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2876    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3699
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Many English placenames contain 'mere', a word that's not often used anymore. It means "body of standing water".

'Mere' is closely related to German 'Meer', whose meaning is now "sea" but used include "lake". Conversely, Dutch 'meer' now only means "lake".

Read more in the graphic and the thread:

25.09.2025 14:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 141    ๐Ÿ” 33    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
A wizard ponders five blue crystal orbs labeled WIP

A wizard ponders five blue crystal orbs labeled WIP

Them: So what have y'all been up to?
Me: Haha, you know. The usual.

The Usual:

25.09.2025 11:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7222    ๐Ÿ” 2715    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 46    ๐Ÿ“Œ 117
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Kimmel reinstatement preempted Disney+ price increase The Handbasket reported first Monday evening on Bluesky

"More than a million people had canceled Disney streaming subscriptions as of Monday, the Disney source told me, and the company likely knew that trend would only continue the longer they kept Kimmel silenced."

@marisakabas.bsky.social w/ a doozy. ๐Ÿ‘€

23.09.2025 18:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1920    ๐Ÿ” 551    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 77    ๐Ÿ“Œ 107

Entering my โ€œDO judge a book by its coverโ€ era I guess ๐Ÿ˜

24.09.2025 17:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Now THAT is cover design. Preordered!

24.09.2025 16:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The anime turn-based RPG Wander Stars is OUT NOW!

Buy the game on Steam to claim the digital sketchbook and original soundtrack for FREEโ€ผ๏ธ

๐Ÿ’ฅ Steam: bit.ly/WanderStars
๐Ÿ’ฅ Nintendo Switch: bit.ly/WS-Switch
๐Ÿ’ฅ PlayStation 5: bit.ly/WS-PlayStation
๐Ÿ’ฅ Xbox Series X|S: bit.ly/WS-Xbox

19.09.2025 16:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 104    ๐Ÿ” 50    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

Too late, Batman. Once this Tylenol floods the city's water supply, my wiki won't run out of editors ever again

22.09.2025 21:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19183    ๐Ÿ” 5555    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 49    ๐Ÿ“Œ 54
A color portrait of NBA superstar Patrick Ewing, the 7-foot tall center who helped the Knicks dominate professional basketball in the 1990s. Something most biographies of Ewing omit is that during his 17-year NBA career, Ewing wore the same shoes for every game. Not just the same brand or make of shoe, but the exact same pair of shoes. Whenever he was asked how this single pair of shoes could last so long Ewing would only smile, with a twinkle in his eyes. Sportswriters assumed Ewing was being coy. But in fact, Ewing could not say. Literally. He could not form the words to explain. In his darker moments, Ewing thought of the deal heโ€™d made with the strange slender man in a green tunic as a curse. But then heโ€™d look down at the shoes and tell himself that it was not a curse. It was a charm.

A color portrait of NBA superstar Patrick Ewing, the 7-foot tall center who helped the Knicks dominate professional basketball in the 1990s. Something most biographies of Ewing omit is that during his 17-year NBA career, Ewing wore the same shoes for every game. Not just the same brand or make of shoe, but the exact same pair of shoes. Whenever he was asked how this single pair of shoes could last so long Ewing would only smile, with a twinkle in his eyes. Sportswriters assumed Ewing was being coy. But in fact, Ewing could not say. Literally. He could not form the words to explain. In his darker moments, Ewing thought of the deal heโ€™d made with the strange slender man in a green tunic as a curse. But then heโ€™d look down at the shoes and tell himself that it was not a curse. It was a charm.

EWING1.BMF

23.09.2025 04:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 68    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

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