Independent Designer and full stack web developer from South Wales. Serial language botherer. Made Synthwave '84. 日本語ＯＫ https://robbowen.digital ※写真はイメージですhttps://bsky.app/profile/robbowen.digitalhttps://bsky.app/profile/robbowen.digital/post/3mv74ou7twc2eIf you have a Switch 2 and someone to play with, I can't recommend Orbitals highly enough. @evadage.co.uk and I are making our way through it and it's chaotic good fun (Also worth pointing out that with only one copy of the game you can still play online co-op or share it locally with a Switch 1) https://youtu.be/sAaJmrRIQrA10 Sep 2026 22:41 +0000at://did:plc:aw5m5n4fdsgfldtaibyvgrp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv74ou7twc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/robbowen.digital/post/3mulwph3cfs22[intense choral music starts] Gentle Bean Patch Sentinel ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2026 07:33 +0000at://did:plc:aw5m5n4fdsgfldtaibyvgrp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mulwph3cfs22https://bsky.app/profile/robbowen.digital/post/3muergv2qec27The recent revival of interest in retro gaming, particularly hardware-emulated stuff like the Analogue consoles is so cool to see Really makes me regret selling off my entire collection in 2011 to fund [checks notes] an iPad 2, about six months before it was made obsolete by the retina iPad 🤦31 Aug 2026 11:10 +0000at://did:plc:aw5m5n4fdsgfldtaibyvgrp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3muergv2qec27https://bsky.app/profile/robbowen.digital/post/3mu7jx62oqc2aQuiet man cleans toilets and tends plants [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Aug 2026 09:13 +0000at://did:plc:aw5m5n4fdsgfldtaibyvgrp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu7jx62oqc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/robbowen.digital/post/3mt7iqzvq2224Heading home from London after a weekend spending quality offline time with some dear online friends. Reminds me that the internet can be very good sometimes16 Aug 2026 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:aw5m5n4fdsgfldtaibyvgrp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt7iqzvq2224https://bsky.app/profile/robbowen.digital/post/3mt2rhcwrs22iNot content to simultaneously scare the shit out of me / make me laugh with an emergency alert that was only in Welsh, they got me again ten minutes later with the English alert 🤦14 Aug 2026 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:aw5m5n4fdsgfldtaibyvgrp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2rhcwrs22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/robbowen.digital/post/3msoi5tqd4c2dTonight my town is smoked out with the second major wildfire in the last four weeks. I've never known Wales to suffer like this. It's normally so damp and verdant but it can't hold out against this heat. Honestly, it makes me so angry to hear local people still dismissing it as "just a hot summer"09 Aug 2026 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:aw5m5n4fdsgfldtaibyvgrp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3msoi5tqd4c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/robbowen.digital/post/3ms5zfbvr3s2tThe way some folks post on LinkedIn reminds me of a client I once had who would very confidently (and unironically) pronounce it as "Linkydink", and how nobody else in the room ever tried to correct him03 Aug 2026 07:53 +0000at://did:plc:aw5m5n4fdsgfldtaibyvgrp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms5zfbvr3s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/robbowen.digital/post/3mqzdhfmamc2aSpent the last hour in holiday traffic, behind an imported Mazda Bongo Friendee mini-camper It was enough time that, likely by the name alone, I have convinced myself I now need to own one19 Jul 2026 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:aw5m5n4fdsgfldtaibyvgrp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzdhfmamc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/robbowen.digital/post/3mqut7n7ivk23Have to wonder if there's a greater sign that the industry's haunted than a system bugging out so badly that it invoices billions of dollars, whilst at the same time being believable enough that people are pausing to check their usage. Truly cursed business models17 Jul 2026 22:44 +0000at://did:plc:aw5m5n4fdsgfldtaibyvgrp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqut7n7ivk23https://bsky.app/profile/robbowen.digital/post/3mqrnfvcdl224Gotta say that some of the UI design in this game is really fun. I love how this little sketchy train icon next to the score looks like 点, the kanji for points [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jul 2026 16:22 +0000at://did:plc:aw5m5n4fdsgfldtaibyvgrp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrnfvcdl224https://bsky.app/profile/robbowen.digital/post/3mqr2p5ri422zTook a punt on Denshattack for Switch 2 last night. It's intensely weird and feels like it belongs on the Dreamcast (very complimentary)16 Jul 2026 10:47 +0000at://did:plc:aw5m5n4fdsgfldtaibyvgrp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqr2p5ri422zhttps://bsky.app/profile/robbowen.digital/post/3mqqxzjuync2zThis reminds me of the time that, in an effort to stop people signing out of the game, typing /pizza in Everquest 2's chat would take you directly to Pizza Hut's website [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jul 2026 09:59 +0000at://did:plc:aw5m5n4fdsgfldtaibyvgrp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqqxzjuync2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/robbowen.digital/post/3mqqwkcrvec2zMade a little time to work through this and I have two things to share: @scott.is's writing remains undefeated and @arielsalminen.com has made an absolute banger of a library. If you haven't tried using Elena yet, I can't recommend it highly enough and this post is the perfect intro [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jul 2026 09:33 +0000at://did:plc:aw5m5n4fdsgfldtaibyvgrp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqqwkcrvec2z