Ben Ward

@timegentleman.bsky.social

video game writer & designer | he/him | https://benward.xyz avatar by @michaelfirman.bsky.social header by @2dforever.com

@avivor.com making my way through PIBE, got halfway thru Animal Style & had to do an image search for "whoops wops widdly wops" to find fan art. Of course there was one by you and *of course* it was amazing! I'm not on the hellsite any more so just wanted to let you know that piece is fantastic :)

Calm down, language nerds. You don't see maths nerds begging Hollywood to employ someone who understands that numbers aren't letters and actually it would be pronounced Se-seven-en or Muh-three-gan Two Point Zero.

A social media post from some joyless pedant who thinks that movie poster designers don't realise they're using the Greek alphabet incorrectly, and that audiences give a shit. It reads: "I am once again begging Hollywood to stop using the Greek alphabet for an Ancient World movie, if they can't afford to even throw a couple of quid at anyone with an inkling of the language. Unless they really think audiences are dying to see THS THDPSSSSPS."

Firstly: rude. Secondly: I'm on season 7, which means I've got one or two seasons of rapidly diminishing returns and then like thirty seasons of junk left, so no, Disney, I will not "finish watching The Simpsons".

An abrupt-to-the-point-of-threatening email from Disney Plus with the subject line "Finish watching The Simpsons".

Earth Must Die isn't on sale any more but it's still an UTTER bargain and I found another nice review, thanks to a sale round-up post: "packed with dry observations, absurd escalations, and the occasional line that lands with the quiet confidence of a joke that knows exactly what it’s doing" [1/2]

cowboystatedaily.com/2026/07/11/t... "The biological explanation for what happened is the annual bison rut, which runs from June to September. During that time, bull bison surge with energy and aggression as they compete for dominance and females." So, pon farr, basically.

Tourist Seriously Injured After Yellowstone Bison Launches Man 8 Feet In The Air

A tourist was seriously injured Friday evening after being thrown 8 feet into the air by a bull bison in Yellowstone National Park. Professional…

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Just found a review I never posted, good excuse to remind you all that Earth Must Die is 40% off right now! "If you enjoy absurd science-fiction humor, this is a title you don’t want to miss!" - Nice Game Hints (full quote and link in reply) store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...

Save 40% on Earth Must Die on Steam

These moronic Terranoids think they can just roll in here and take over my beautiful Tyrythian kingdom? The kingdom that I built from the ground up with my bare hands, and only sort of inherited from ...

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Just found a review I never posted, good excuse to remind you all that Earth Must Die is 40% off right now! "If you enjoy absurd science-fiction humor, this is a title you don’t want to miss!" - Nice Game Hints (full quote and link in reply) store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...

Save 40% on Earth Must Die on Steam

These moronic Terranoids think they can just roll in here and take over my beautiful Tyrythian kingdom? The kingdom that I built from the ground up with my bare hands, and only sort of inherited from ...

store.steampowered.com

Now on sale! store.steampowered.com/search/?deve... (Thanks for the rec, @misterabk.bsky.social ❤️)

Shaun Jex@shaunjexauthor.bsky.social · last mo.

Thanks to Alasdair Beckett King, I discovered Lair of the Clockwork God by @danthat.bsky.social & @timegentleman.bsky.social , a game in the best tradition of games like Monkey Island, I just completed Ben There, Dan That. I'm now starting the sequel Time, Gentleman Please! These games are brilliant

Two green aliens stand in front of two pop culture addled blokes in their apartment

40% off! Remember to check out the 9 bundles with games like Old Skies or Lair Of The Clockwork God, they get you an extra 10% off both games' sale prices! "EMD revels in its comedic, over-the-top adult sci-fi insanity while delivering a genuinely great adventure game experience" - 93%, AGH

Dan Marshall@danthat.bsky.social · last mo.

Earth Must Die is an unbelievable 4️⃣0️⃣ percent off in the #steamsummersale! 8 hours of high quality rude cartoon comedy for a bargain price! QUICK, get on it, please. store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...

40% off! Remember to check out the 9 bundles with games like Old Skies or Lair Of The Clockwork God, they get you an extra 10% off both games' sale prices! "EMD revels in its comedic, over-the-top adult sci-fi insanity while delivering a genuinely great adventure game experience" - 93%, AGH

Dan Marshall@danthat.bsky.social · last mo.

Earth Must Die is an unbelievable 4️⃣0️⃣ percent off in the #steamsummersale! 8 hours of high quality rude cartoon comedy for a bargain price! QUICK, get on it, please. store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...

To fully celebrate 20 years of Klei & the players who made that possible, we’ve worked to get Eets, the very first game Klei ever made, working again! It's also absolutely FREE (forever) on Steam now. We hope you enjoy this slice of Klei history. 🎂 store.steampowered.com/app/6100/Eets/

Save 100% on Eets on Steam

Eets may have a cute outer-shell, but its Lemmings meets The Incredible Machine gameplay, crazy characters and over 100 increasingly tricky puzzles quickly sucks in even the most seasoned player.

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First episode of The Vampire Lestat (Interview With A Vampire S3) was excellent! Fun, intriguing, cool. Not afraid to go with a different tone that makes sense with the show name change. If you haven't watched IWAV yet, now's the perfect time to do so one ep a night and then roll right into TVL 🦇

Fucking unbelievable, they've taken it away again. It was deshittified for LESS THAN A DAY! I think Travis in the replies was right, they're just getting me hooked on reasonable UI design so they can start to charge me extra for it. £1 per month per working widget. DYSTOPIA NOW, BABY :(

Ben Ward@timegentleman.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Holy fuck, Prime Video improved their volume controls! They DESHITTIFIED SOMETHING! Is this it? Is this the moment it all turns around and enshittification ends?! Will Amazon start improving other things like their carbon footprint and politics and treatment of workers?!?! UTOPIA BY 2030, BABY!

Holy fuck, Prime Video improved their volume controls! They DESHITTIFIED SOMETHING! Is this it? Is this the moment it all turns around and enshittification ends?! Will Amazon start improving other things like their carbon footprint and politics and treatment of workers?!?! UTOPIA BY 2030, BABY!