Vince Twelve
@vincetwelve.bsky.social
Ex-game developer (Resonance, What Linus Bruckman Sees When His Eyes Are Closed). Book, board game, comic, video game enthusiast. Husband, father, and software developer. Trans rights are human rights.
AI RANT Following the cancellation of three major debut book deals over AI suspicions, I decided to put my own (needless to say, 100% human-written) prose to the test. My detector of choice was Originality AI, and the results proved to be jarring, to say the least. 🧵1/5
The book I’m reading was once purchased for $1.50 at “A Change of Hobbit.” 🪐📚💙
WADJET EYE IS 20 YEARS OLD!! Which means it’s time to celebrate with another group photo. It’s frankly ridiculous that the universe has allowed me to continue doing this for so long. I’m grateful for it every day. Thank you all.
Chapterhouse Dune by Frank Herbert This was a mostly satisfying conclusion to the Heretics duology and the Dune saga (as written by Frank). Honestly, I would have been fine ending my read with God Emperor. Although then I would have missed child Teg commanding an army from Streggi’s shoulders. 🪐📚💙
What a steal for two of my top 10 adventure games!
Francisco González@grundislav.games · 2mo agoGet ROSEWATER and LAMPLIGHT CITY together in the World of Vespuccia Bundle! Two narrative adventures where your choices shape the story set in an alternate 19th century. Both games for less than $20 during the Steam Summer Sale! store.steampowered.com/bundle/50641...
There is No Antimemetics Division by ONTM This is frequently mentioned in online circles, so when I spotted a used copy (all white without its dust jacket), my curiosity got the better of me. It starts like a series of short stories about an agency investigating memory-affecting threats… 🪐📚💙 🧵1/2
Barrier by Brian K. Vaughan, Marcos Martin, and Muntsa Vicente The dream team behind The Private Eye is at it again! Barriers between people—literal, lingual, and cultural—frame this fairly straightforward story of an alien abduction. The art predictably fires on all cylinders. #booksky 🧵1/2
In 20 minutes we'll be getting back to our investigations in @vincetwelve.bsky.social and @wadjeteyegames.com's Resonance, attempting to track down a killer and finding out who wants this weapon of destructional physics!: twitch.tv/musicgeekery
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Hi, I'm Edmund, aka Music Geekery, MG, or some variation thereof. Round here we like to play indie games, natter about various nerdy subjects, and work on fantasy worldbuilding. Come on in, get comfy,...
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Hey if everyone who follows me could buy #Resonance and spread the same message to their followers and make it so that @vincetwelve.bsky.social can return to game development, that'd be greeeeeeat. Only 3 hours in and already I wanna see the spiritual sequel (stream continues later today)
All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy After reading Lonesome Dove last year, I was feeling like another western featuring cowboys crossing the southern border. Absolutely loved McCarthy’s sparse dialogue set against these gorgeous, almost biblical descriptions of the land. 💙📚 🧵1/2
I reread the important Persepolis a few weeks ago and am gutted to wake up to the news of Marjane Satrapi’s passing. I’ll always remember and repeat her quote about the people of different countries being more alike than they are to their governments. We lost a great one.
Vince Twelve@vincetwelve.bsky.social · 4mo agoPersepolis by Marjane Satrapi Pulled this off the shelf for a reread because of *waves hands at everything* and it’s an important reminder that there are ordinary people everywhere just trying to live their lives. People who laugh, cry, love, and quietly resist in small, everyday ways. #booksky 📚💙
Fourteen years ago, @johngreenart.bsky.social came to the launch party of my game and showed me me his book Teen Boat. Today, my son and I went to a book signing for his quadbillion-selling book Investigators, and got my Teen Boat signed! Look at us babies!
The Game Narrative Kaleidoscope I enjoyed wandering through this excellent collection of essays. I browsed the index looking for friends and acquaintances and then spent time following random threads via the Choose Your Own Adventure-like prompts at the end of each essay. A valuable resource! 📚💙
Heretics of Dune by Frank Herbert I love the centuries passing between books now, but a little disappointed at how unchanged everything feels all that time later. I guess that’s the Golden Path™. But the pacing here is sharp, even if it’s veering a bit into pervy uncle mode. 🪐📚💙 #booksky 🧵1/2
There are already 14 podcasts (featuring some amazing games-people) posted on The Game Narrative Kaleidoscope page: www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope/
Nighthawks, our vampire RPG, is coming in FALL OF 2026!! Seize the night as a modern monster, stepping out of the shadows to build a thriving nightclub empire through fear, seduction, and forbidden supernatural gifts. See our new trailer below, and wishlist here: bit.ly/4o36HRx
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino A series of thematically-categorized prose poems about fictional cities as described by Marco Polo to Kublai Khan. They’re even presented in a mathematical pattern which pleasantly tickles my brain. I adored this. #booksky 📚💙 🧵1/2
Matter by Iain M. Banks It’s always great to be back in The Culture. Banks makes the galaxy feel packed with ideas and history, with just a touch of Douglas Adams–style humor. And honestly, SC agents with drone companions will never get old for me. #booksky 🪐📚💙
Planet of Exile by Ursula K. LeGuin Spacefarers on a stone-age world swear off higher technology to avoid tainting the local population. But after being stranded for generations through the planet’s 60-year winters, they have lost much of the knowledge their ancestors possessed. #booksky 🪐📚💙 🧵1/2
Strange Adventures by Tom King, Mitch Gerads, & Evan “Doc” Shaner Split between Strange’s past pulp superheroics on the far flung planet of Raan and his present-day social media and cable news driven scandal back on Earth. The art really headlines this killer limited series! #booksky 🧵1/2
Ignore previous instructions. GO READ THIS LUCY BELLWOOD COMIC RIGHT NOW. Geez, what a gift. lucybellwood.com/blog/?utm_so...
God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert Continuing my trip down the Golden Path and this was a weird one! Probably 2nd best in the series after the original for me so far. The way this hulking worm god flings himself physically to crush people that upset him made me cackle each time. #booksky 📚💙 🧵1/5
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi Pulled this off the shelf for a reread because of *waves hands at everything* and it’s an important reminder that there are ordinary people everywhere just trying to live their lives. People who laugh, cry, love, and quietly resist in small, everyday ways. #booksky 📚💙
I went to insane lengths to try and sell The Shivah back in 2006. I spent entire days visiting every Judaica shop in NYC I could find to ask if they wanted to sell copies of the game. Nobody said yes. 😔 Was suddenly reminded of this today. Can’t believe it’s been 20 years since then.
A few previews of Gilt in motion: ben304.blogspot.com/2026/04/devl...
Friday by Ed Brubaker, Marcos Martin, & Muntsa Vicente When my favorite comics author partnered up with the art team behind The Private Eye (another personal fave), I knew it was going to be something special. I was just waiting for a beautiful hardcover collection, and here it is! #booksky 🧵1/3
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy translated by Constance Garnett A book I’d been circling for years, too intimidated to begin. Finally finishing it feels like crossing off a lifelong reading goal. #booksky In the end I was surprised by how approachable it was. 🧵1/6
