jake rodkin
@rodkin.online
Designer at Valve. Helped make Half-Life Alyx, Firewatch, The Walking Dead, Sam & Max, Tales of Monkey Island, Idle Thumbs 🐘 idlethumbs.social/@ja2ke 🕸️ rodkin.online Avatar by @michaelfirman.bsky.social
🔴🟡🔵 BIG WALK 🔴🟡🔵 Out now on Steam, Nintendo Switch 2, and PlayStation 5. Hooray!
This is as good an excuse as any to re-share the Quadrilateral Cowboy trailer I got to help make with @derek-lieu.com @chrisremo.bsky.social and @erinyvette.bsky.social a decade ago. Still proud of it! youtu.be/S_IVvhSX2tY
Quadrilateral Cowboy release trailer
YouTube video by Blendo Games
youtu.be
Brendon Chung@blendogames.bsky.social · 2d agoQuadrilateral Cowboy & Invisible Inc are in a cyberpunk bundle together! store.steampowered.com/bundle/82990... I'm a big fan of Invisible Inc, what a joy to be bundled together🙏
two of my favorite games ever. two of the best games of the last 11~ years. what an absolute steal of a deal.
Brendon Chung@blendogames.bsky.social · 2d agoQuadrilateral Cowboy & Invisible Inc are in a cyberpunk bundle together! store.steampowered.com/bundle/82990... I'm a big fan of Invisible Inc, what a joy to be bundled together🙏
Collecting all the Trial Separation of Monkey Island™ pieces in one place. You can purchase them as prints here: www.inprnt.com/gallery/gora... I'm all fan arted out after this.
Rest in peace, awesome Myst prototype
Cyan Worlds@cyan.com · last wk.Over a year ago, we built a prototype for a new Myst Universe game meant for publisher eyes only. This project is NOT in active development, but we're proud of the work the team did, and wanted to share it with you all. Presenting: Project Anglerfish. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvNGt02yZNc
This is your LAST CHANCE to play Big Walk early! We've just opened up 4 FINAL weeks of our Big Walk Preview!! Come to the Panic office, bring some friends, and play an hour of Big Walk. It's very fun. Book now: forms.panic.com/big-walk-pre... Here's a special behind-the-scenes peek at the room:
In a very Indy-like move, we've unearthed a never-before-seen Lucasfilm Games Indiana Jones adventure! Note that we said "adventure," not "game." For possibly the first time ever, here's Indiana Jones and the Quest for Paradise VGA, the best ten-minute commercial you'll see this week.
Lost Indiana Jones Adventure Discovered
YouTube video by The Video Game History Foundation
youtube.com
I was tricked by a very nice person into talking about my career, and a bunch of the amazing things I’ve been able to make with my friends over the last 25 years. If you want to hear someone ramble about LucasArts fan sites, the early years of Telltale, and Firewatch, this chat with Ron is for you:
Ron’s Computer Videos 🧍♂️🖥️📼@ronscompvids.bsky.social · 2mo agoLet's Chat with @rodkin.online - Designer of Firewatch! youtu.be/9hLDHQBpGI8
News from Mojo: Adventure Gamers forum archive lives – on Mojo
Adventure Gamers forum archive lives – on Mojo
Was there ever any doubt we’d come to the rescue? Apart from me, that is.
mixnmojo.com
Last summer, without any warning Adventure Gamers wiped its decades-old forum overnight and flipped to a site promoting gambling content. (kotaku.com/adventure-ga...) Fortunately the guys at Mixnmojo were sent a forum archive by the site’s prior owner and are preserving it:
Beloved 27-Year-Old Gaming Site Wipes Forums, Relaunches As A Gambling Affiliate Cash-Grab - Kotaku
We speak to the former editors of the site to find out how it all went wrong
kotaku.com
The International House of Mojo@mixnmojo.com · 2mo agoNews from Mojo: Adventure Gamers forum archive lives – on Mojo
When I die I want to be digitized into a inconveniently oversized email attachment.
🏞️ Hot tip! If you live near Portland OR (or want to come visit us), we've JUST opened up more slots for our Big Walk Preview experience! Come place the latest game from House House early with your friends. It's a very fun hour. Now booking May 20th to June 14th: forms.panic.com/big-walk-pre...
Big Walk Preview Invite
Come play a little bit of Big Walk early, here at the Panic office in Portland.
forms.panic.com
This quit screen from the quite obscure 1996 DOS 3D shooter Cylindrix is quite perfect as an endnote to basically anything.
20 years ago we knew who we were and we don’t anymore youtu.be/H6d1dR2170o?...
Who Da Man? Yo Da Man!
YouTube video by ManaByte
youtu.be
Matt Johnson Plays Himself: a piece dedicated to Matt Johnson, director, and his troika of fictional Matt Johnsons from The Dirties (2013), Operation Avalanche (2016), and Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie. #ntbts
REALIS, the science fantasy TTRPG I’ve been working on for the last five years, is now live on Kickstarter! 55 Player Classes 150+ NPC Classes 29 Factions 20 Example Moons of Realis GMing and Prep Guidance Over 100 incredible illustrations from 17 artists! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...
Realis
A new tabletop roleplaying game by Austin Walker
kickstarter.com
Watching The Long Goodbye and I have completely forgotten why I was feeling bad tonight before Elliott Gould started talking
finally learning to draw the Nirvanna the Band boys after fifteen-odd years of staring at their faces #ntbts
Soon!!!
Possible Worlds Games@possibleworlds.bsky.social · 5mo agoRealis—the moon-hopping TTRPG by @austinwalker.bsky.social—lands on Kickstarter April 2026! Featuring 55 classes, 150+ NPCs, 100+ illustrations, expanded GM & homebrew guidance, and much more, bookmark the campaign today at: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru... | teaser art: @decassette.bsky.social
