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@winkwinkerson.bsky.social

Making the new Gameboy Color game Wink & the Broken Robot. Playable on Mac, PC, Gameboy, and Mobile here: https://maxoakland.itch.io/wink-gameboy

created December 30, 2023

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Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

Absolutely should face criminal charges. We need to be tough on crime

28/8/2025, 4:58:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

Damn that’s a real shame

28/8/2025, 4:57:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social)

I love that. What a cool idea

28/8/2025, 4:57:05 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

I love that. What a cool idea

28/8/2025, 4:56:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

Looks great

28/8/2025, 4:56:17 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you! I’m in the process of setting it up

28/8/2025, 4:53:17 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

Doesn’t sound like you have any evidence to support your claim

28/8/2025, 2:38:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm gonna start mine!

28/8/2025, 5:29:11 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social)

Check out this funny bootleg description of Wink and the Broken Robot. Someone came up with this completely original and inaccurate description of the game for a bootleg site! #funny #bootlegs #jokes #videogames #gamer #gaming #gameboy #gameboygame #gameboycolor #gameboyadvance #90s #retrogames #

28/8/2025, 5:21:54 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social)

This is a big deal and I support them

28/8/2025, 5:18:29 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

Let's not let them get away with it this time

28/8/2025, 5:17:53 AM | 31 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

Can you give me some examples of racist hate democrats have spewed?

28/8/2025, 5:17:35 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

Where has science proved that?

28/8/2025, 5:17:02 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social)

Anyone else use Odysee?

28/8/2025, 5:16:38 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

That sounds like exactly what we need. Thanks for telling me

28/8/2025, 5:16:30 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

Let's lobby for eachother

28/8/2025, 5:15:55 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

And they never will. Because they're the bad guys

28/8/2025, 5:15:17 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

We need to actually do a reconstruction. The fact that we didn’t is the reason we have the current regime in power We need de-nazification that goes much further than Germany after WWII There must never again be any semblance of moving forward and forgetting the past and letting it happen again

28/8/2025, 1:15:49 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

How’d that come about?

28/8/2025, 1:11:33 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

Reconstruction didn’t even scratch the surface. That’s the reason we still have this problem today. Reconstruction should’ve required back pay for every freed slave and their ancestors from the slaveowners. It should’ve completely reversed the economic status of slaves and slaveowners

28/8/2025, 1:11:00 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social)

They get us every time

28/8/2025, 1:05:09 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

Good. Time to stand up for ourselves

28/8/2025, 1:04:10 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

Good. How can we support it?

28/8/2025, 1:03:25 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

This is kinda amazing

28/8/2025, 1:02:41 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

It works on Mac? I couldn’t figure it out

28/8/2025, 1:02:16 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social)

If you know anyone whose LGBT content was affected by Itch.io censorship, this is how to fight back!

28/8/2025, 12:58:02 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

Great graphics

28/8/2025, 12:56:01 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

That’s cool. What’s Odysee?

28/8/2025, 12:55:09 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

You sidestepped my question

28/8/2025, 12:54:22 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

But trans women are women so there’s no one saying men should play in women’s sports

28/8/2025, 12:53:36 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

Why don’t you apply the same logic to Democrats?

28/8/2025, 12:52:33 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

She said: “Look I'm just a person trying to have a conversation here. I need you to assume for a second that I'm not a psycho and that I actually value love and peace and want for all people to be able to live good lives.” Where’s the hatred for humanity in that?

28/8/2025, 12:50:38 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

What racist slurs exist for white conservatives?

28/8/2025, 12:49:42 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

You have Trump Derangement Syndrome and can’t even recognize a reasonable normal human interaction. Get help.

27/8/2025, 10:20:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

No one is falling for “democrats are openly antisemitic and racist”

27/8/2025, 10:19:01 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

Thanks for telling me about it!

27/8/2025, 9:31:00 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

Who could’ve seen that coming? 🤷

27/8/2025, 9:30:30 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

Are you joking? Thats not my read on what he said at all It means we have to find ways to counter those emotional appeals that actually work. What we’re doing has not worked. It’s time to find better strategies

27/8/2025, 9:26:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

So you’re exactly the person I want to talk to! Do you have any ideas how to counter these emotional appeals? Are there any studies or examples from history? This is so important but I feel uninformed

27/8/2025, 9:24:31 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

And if anything, it seems like it drives them further into racism and right wing insanity. That’s why I’m asking a lot of people their ideas. I tried a bunch of things that didn’t work and I’m not sure what to do next

27/8/2025, 9:22:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

How does that work? Especially in families and areas where the good ones are in the minority or about even I’ve seen this play out and DONE this myself. It doesn’t work because that’s not an effective way to change people’s minds. They can easily find supporters and an echo chamber to validate them

27/8/2025, 9:22:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s definitely a huge challenge but I do think now is probably one of the easiest times to do it in human history thanks to the internet. And we could even turn AI against the powerful who love AI by spamming constant leftist propaganda made in it. I hate AI but it might be a good way to subvert it

27/8/2025, 9:19:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

That’s why we need to take power no matter how hard or slow it is

27/8/2025, 9:18:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social)

Jammie Thomas had to pay $220,000 for pirating 24 songs. That’s over $9,000 per song How many books did the AI industry pirate? Doesn’t a book feel worth more than a song? If justice exists, these authors will all become millionaires

27/8/2025, 9:12:03 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

Jammie Thomas had to pay $220,000 for pirating 24 songs. That’s over $9,000 per song How many books did the AI industry pirate? Doesn’t a book feel worth more than a song? If justice exists, these authors will all become millionaires

27/8/2025, 9:11:41 PM | 57 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

I ask myself that all the time, but for some reason no one cared until the rich thought they could benefit

27/8/2025, 9:09:01 PM | 18 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

A business model that doesn’t work

27/8/2025, 9:08:25 PM | 80 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

Unforced error. They didn’t have to commit the most piracy in history, but they did choose to We can’t rewrite our laws just to prop up an industry that doesn’t provide anything close to what authors provide AI couldn’t exist without the work of these writers. They are owed money.

27/8/2025, 9:07:36 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

Wtf

27/8/2025, 9:05:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

Sucks this is the first time it’s a trans person but you know conservatives are gonna have a field day and use it to demonize trans women. Even though it’s usually conservative men killing kids. It doesn’t matter because they don’t care about the truth and they have powerful propaganda networks

27/8/2025, 9:03:59 PM | 22 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

Ohhh!

26/8/2025, 8:21:55 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

I agree! I think we have to figure that out. We’ve tried logic, we’ve learned it’s not working. Now what can we do? I know there are solutions. We just have to try things til we find something that works

26/8/2025, 8:21:24 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

And a great one

26/8/2025, 8:17:52 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s possible we could redefine dealing with crime to mean that

26/8/2025, 8:17:39 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

But why is that? Because of the propaganda We can’t throw up our hands. We have to find solutions

26/8/2025, 8:17:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

Those Dems must be primaried and replaced. Neoliberalism has left a huge vacuum for fascism and we have to fix that

26/8/2025, 8:16:41 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

Broken windows and broken bridges

26/8/2025, 8:15:39 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

Great point. I think we need to talk to people about that

26/8/2025, 8:15:13 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

I like that idea

26/8/2025, 8:14:38 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah we definitely don’t need the electoral college and we should get rid of that but it’s gonna be hard. That’s a long term goal

26/8/2025, 8:14:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

Nope! No matter how far right democrats go, republicans will always go further right and call democrats weak on crime socialists The solution is figure out how to communicate with people who are 1. Gaslight by propaganda 2. Emotionally activated because of it And how to disrupt the propaganda

26/8/2025, 8:13:37 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

Logic matters but it doesn’t matter in this specific context because these people are in an emotional state What we need to do is use our logical skills to figure out how to bridge that gap and communicate the truth to people who are out of touch because of propaganda

26/8/2025, 8:10:52 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

You’re so right. So what do we do about it? There is a solution to this problem, we just haven’t found it yet. Let’s fix that.

26/8/2025, 8:09:38 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

Doesn’t seem like it worked

26/8/2025, 8:08:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

Totally. Want to brainstorm some ideas for what we can do instead? I’m kinda at a loss and I’d love some ideas

26/8/2025, 8:08:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

If democrats want to deal with crime they’re going to have to target red states, which are the ones with the highest crime Maybe that’s why conservatives want junk crime is so high. They see it all the time and the media tells them it’s even worse in big cities, even though it’s not

26/8/2025, 8:06:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

Nice to hear some good news!

26/8/2025, 8:05:14 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

What’s a fear biter?

26/8/2025, 8:04:43 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

What do you mean?

26/8/2025, 8:02:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

I love that game! Super cool to see it’s being ported to Gameboy

26/8/2025, 7:54:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

Let’s see more of it! People need to run for office, even small ones. No more letting right wingers have power

26/8/2025, 7:54:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social)

Last day to preorder at Beta pricing (pay what you want on itch.io)

26/8/2025, 7:52:46 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

Never heard of it! Tell me more

26/8/2025, 7:51:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

I love this kind of thing. Community gardens are the best kept secret

26/8/2025, 7:50:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social)

Have you heard of peertube or bitchute? I’m gonna check them out

26/8/2025, 7:49:26 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah the fact that we’re having a conversation about this is part of it! I didn’t know about those and now I do. I’ll look into posting my videos on there and that’s one more creator added

26/8/2025, 7:48:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reposted

Taking a walk (or run) always makes me feel a ton better. Why do I resist it?

25/8/2025, 5:53:45 PM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah I haven’t seen that type of tree in other games. I love it when people have a fresh take like this

26/8/2025, 7:47:38 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

Did you do one for your "worst" (most hated) episode of Murder, She Wrote yet?

25/8/2025, 6:30:17 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

I love those trees

25/8/2025, 5:56:30 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social)

Taking a walk (or run) always makes me feel a ton better. Why do I resist it?

25/8/2025, 5:53:45 PM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social)

Web 4.0 is open source & federated social media. It can't be bough or controlled by a corporation. They can't force their algorithm on us. That's the future of information

21/8/2025, 4:02:48 AM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

THANK YOU for saying t his

17/8/2025, 2:45:52 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm a musician and I'd love to talk to you

17/8/2025, 2:45:24 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social)

We need an alternative to Youtube that uses peer to peer technology so it doesn't cost the servers a ton of money

17/8/2025, 2:45:04 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

We need an alternative to Youtube that uses peer to peer technology so it doesn't cost the creator a ton of money

17/8/2025, 2:44:58 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

Sounds like we need independent payments processors so this kind of thing can't be used to censor people

14/8/2025, 10:28:35 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

Fair enough

14/8/2025, 10:28:12 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Lizzie Hill (@lizziehill.bsky.social) reposted

Um.... Hi @fallontonight.bsky.social , Hi Anthony Mackie... WOW. Amazing to wake up to find my website, thecosmiccircus.com ( @thecosmiccircus.com ) was mentioned on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon last night. 😲

The cosmic circus .com rumor mentions on Jimmy Fallon Tonight Show
24/7/2025, 11:37:34 AM | 7 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

That must be so exciting

14/8/2025, 4:46:41 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm very surprised it's actually good

14/8/2025, 4:45:30 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social)

@thecosmiccircus.com I'm really happy you have RSS! It's a much better way to keep updated than social media these days

14/8/2025, 4:44:50 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

Definitely should be and should be regulated like one

14/8/2025, 4:41:51 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

Such a great and impressive NES game. That would be considered a classic if it came out in the 80s or 90s

14/8/2025, 4:41:27 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

Makes sense! It's kinda frustrating that Itch didn't make those decisions themselves and just waited until it all blew up. But if they learn from their mistakes, I think forgiveness is worthwhile

14/8/2025, 4:40:49 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Anthony Michael Kreis (@anthonymkreis.bsky.social) reposted

The President cannot commandeer any local law enforcement. The President does not run the Smithsonian. The monthly BLS jobs report is required by law. Release the Epstein files. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

13/8/2025, 2:09:38 PM | 33246 10627 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

They grow up so fast

14/8/2025, 4:39:26 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

Wow, 155 episodes is a huge achievement

14/8/2025, 4:22:32 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reply parent

Wow Stripe must have the best work to life ratio on the planet

14/8/2025, 4:21:51 AM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wink! (@winkwinkerson.bsky.social) reposted

OK I made a landing page for pre orders. And it has a link to the Steam page to make it easy to wishlist it. There's also a link to play the game demo! 👁️ >>> bio.site/WinkAndTheBr... <<< #preorder #wishlistwednesday #pixelart #gameboy #indiegames #gameboy #gamedev

13/8/2025, 11:47:02 PM | 17 9 | View on Bluesky | view