Community Support Manager @ Double Fine Sometimes Video Games Maker and Composer Little Scamp He/Him. This is a personal account with personal opinions and/or bad jokes. Profile pic by Michael Firmanhttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelpi.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelpi.bsky.social/post/3mm5dj5sa622fThere's this really good bit early on in FFXIV (relatively, by which I mean just before the first major expansion) where one of the major characters has a moment of 'oh no I've been a massive prick and messed everything up' which I think about a lot18 May 2026 16:51 +0000at://did:plc:rcq5ojej62mjomvrrjdmlnx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5dj5sa622fhttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelpi.bsky.social/post/3mlvpoi3rxk2yCurrent Status: what is wrong with me? How do you lose a *cup of coffee* you were in the middle of?15 May 2026 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:rcq5ojej62mjomvrrjdmlnx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvpoi3rxk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelpi.bsky.social/post/3mlnqzjvg322yI mean christ, he can't even resign properly12 May 2026 12:10 +0000at://did:plc:rcq5ojej62mjomvrrjdmlnx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnqzjvg322yhttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelpi.bsky.social/post/3mllqdazfgs2tKier Starmer, with his face, like he's eaten a wasp casserole11 May 2026 16:52 +0000at://did:plc:rcq5ojej62mjomvrrjdmlnx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllqdazfgs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelpi.bsky.social/post/3mldnt5j2a226What the last few decades has taught me is that the Labour Party will, with uncanny precision, learn exactly the wrong lesson from any given situation. If they fell down a manhole they'd make it bigger and cover it with leaves and twigs. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 May 2026 11:46 +0000at://did:plc:rcq5ojej62mjomvrrjdmlnx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldnt5j2a226https://bsky.app/profile/kestrelpi.bsky.social/post/3mlbi3oocmk2sWhen you look at a wolf there is something different going on behind the eyes there which isn't really in most dogs, like wolves can be legitimately scary in ways dogs aren't. But when you look at a lion you see 'oh that's just a cat but very big' which is kinda scary too but in a different way [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2026 14:58 +0000at://did:plc:rcq5ojej62mjomvrrjdmlnx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbi3oocmk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelpi.bsky.social/post/3mlb5pa5jyc2wI think it's funny that Fox McCloud's dad is called James because that means Fox McCloud was named like if I was called Human. Human Silk. Which sounds like something shirts aren't allowed to be made of.07 May 2026 11:52 +0000at://did:plc:rcq5ojej62mjomvrrjdmlnx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlb5pa5jyc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelpi.bsky.social/post/3mlb562x36c2wThere's been a bit of a trend of reporting that their mate Dave heard that someone else said furries don't like the new StarFox designs. And like, funny, but also you could just ask them. They don't... Okay, many of them don't bite. Below is far more the prevailing opinion I've seen. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2026 11:42 +0000at://did:plc:rcq5ojej62mjomvrrjdmlnx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlb562x36c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelpi.bsky.social/post/3mlb4jheb7c2wHonestly #monkey-island had it together much more [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2026 11:31 +0000at://did:plc:rcq5ojej62mjomvrrjdmlnx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlb4jheb7c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelpi.bsky.social/post/3mlb4f3ovoc2wSlept on it and I still think the Starfox characters look fine and I'm not sure what people are going on about07 May 2026 11:28 +0000at://did:plc:rcq5ojej62mjomvrrjdmlnx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlb4f3ovoc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelpi.bsky.social/post/3mlb3u2zfjs2wWhoever has been doing the playlist at my local cafe has my dad's taste in music and I don't mind it honestly. I feel like I'm in the backseat of the car driving to our holiday spot.07 May 2026 11:19 +0000at://did:plc:rcq5ojej62mjomvrrjdmlnx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlb3u2zfjs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelpi.bsky.social/post/3ml7qg3uwuc2fI thought the game looked fine. Sorry I'm not spicy.06 May 2026 22:22 +0000at://did:plc:rcq5ojej62mjomvrrjdmlnx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7qg3uwuc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelpi.bsky.social/post/3ml6p4zmgms2cSitting in a cafe next to the most tedious people in the world planning their AI startup06 May 2026 12:26 +0000at://did:plc:rcq5ojej62mjomvrrjdmlnx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6p4zmgms2chttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelpi.bsky.social/post/3mkpjwerj2k26Mike Oldfield: anything Me: big words for someone whose name sounds like someone talking about their farmland that isn't very warm ayyy gottem30 Apr 2026 11:43 +0000at://did:plc:rcq5ojej62mjomvrrjdmlnx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpjwerj2k26https://bsky.app/profile/kestrelpi.bsky.social/post/3mkphvsqnq226Thick of Thieves? Sounds like what Daffy Duck would say if he was tired of strainers [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Apr 2026 11:07 +0000at://did:plc:rcq5ojej62mjomvrrjdmlnx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkphvsqnq226https://bsky.app/profile/kestrelpi.bsky.social/post/3mkkvqdh36s2iGetting back into FFXIV after a lot of months away feels like going back to Animal Crossing except that instead of the house getting a bit cobwebby and everyone wondering where you'd been, it's completely self-inflicted junk you left half-finished and problems you left for future-you.28 Apr 2026 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:rcq5ojej62mjomvrrjdmlnx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkvqdh36s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelpi.bsky.social/post/3mkklgflce22oI like it when people have nicknames like "So I'm Tony Potts which is T. Potts which became t-bag and which became b-bag which became ballsac which honestly I did NOT enjoy and that's why people now call me Balzac. Lately that's been shortened to Zac..."28 Apr 2026 12:26 +0000at://did:plc:rcq5ojej62mjomvrrjdmlnx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkklgflce22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelpi.bsky.social/post/3mkkgoi3fis2oChatGPT, probably [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Apr 2026 11:01 +0000at://did:plc:rcq5ojej62mjomvrrjdmlnx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkgoi3fis2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelpi.bsky.social/post/3mkcxfw3xt22vFor a while I've been thinking the only thing that could get me excited about an FF MMO again is a brand new one. It's not that 14 is bad now, it's just it's felt very stuck on one idea of how to do things and that idea was getting less and less interesting to me with every release25 Apr 2026 11:40 +0000at://did:plc:rcq5ojej62mjomvrrjdmlnx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkcxfw3xt22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelpi.bsky.social/post/3mk6bj6355s24Aloe vera, the only plant that sounds like something you might say to your neighbour, Vera23 Apr 2026 14:57 +0000at://did:plc:rcq5ojej62mjomvrrjdmlnx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6bj6355s24https://bsky.app/profile/kestrelpi.bsky.social/post/3mk3uztaqcc24You can sort of see the lineage from Lovely Rita to Temporary Secretary. Paul gets excited or amused by a particular rhyme, nobody else seems quite as excited by it.22 Apr 2026 16:08 +0000at://did:plc:rcq5ojej62mjomvrrjdmlnx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3uztaqcc24https://bsky.app/profile/kestrelpi.bsky.social/post/3mk3ftzhrfc2pMy main worry about the Stop Killing Games thing is that it *means* well but the law has time and time again proven to be a blunt instrument when it comes to tech - just look at all the issues with age verification laws coming in in California for just one example of that.22 Apr 2026 11:37 +0000at://did:plc:rcq5ojej62mjomvrrjdmlnx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3ftzhrfc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelpi.bsky.social/post/3mk24hshwbk24Every year a game comes out that does particularly well which is in some way seen as a sort of throwback. E33, Pragmata, etc. And loads of people go 'wow, they don't make 'em like this anymore' except obviously they do, they just did and they keep doing it. And that's just the very successful ones.21 Apr 2026 23:16 +0000at://did:plc:rcq5ojej62mjomvrrjdmlnx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk24hshwbk24https://bsky.app/profile/kestrelpi.bsky.social/post/3mk23khv5xs24They do, they literally did. Like JUST now.21 Apr 2026 23:00 +0000at://did:plc:rcq5ojej62mjomvrrjdmlnx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk23khv5xs24https://bsky.app/profile/kestrelpi.bsky.social/post/3mjyywkflu22tThat's a bit unfair. I think it's a perfectly reasonable video on demand streaming service.21 Apr 2026 12:40 +0000at://did:plc:rcq5ojej62mjomvrrjdmlnx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjyywkflu22thttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelpi.bsky.social/post/3mjx2fl62is2sTo the tune of When I'm 64: Would you still love me 6 feet above me If I were a worm20 Apr 2026 18:01 +0000at://did:plc:rcq5ojej62mjomvrrjdmlnx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjx2fl62is2shttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelpi.bsky.social/post/3mjpk5wez222sMy legs are wet noodles of hatred17 Apr 2026 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:rcq5ojej62mjomvrrjdmlnx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpk5wez222shttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelpi.bsky.social/post/3mjlw4qvuks2gSome stations have a short platform. Passengers are advised not to make fun of them.16 Apr 2026 07:45 +0000at://did:plc:rcq5ojej62mjomvrrjdmlnx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjlw4qvuks2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/kestrelpi.bsky.social/post/3mjklaiwck22pWe have Keeper at New Game Plus tomorrow at @londongamesfest.bsky.social see you theeeeeeeere.15 Apr 2026 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:rcq5ojej62mjomvrrjdmlnx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjklaiwck22p