a wear a mask iteration

#in.lieu.of.Bookmarks www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyG5...

Creatures Like Us by @circlea.co.uk - which showcased at Brilliant Indie Treasures - was previewed for @bigbossbattle.com: #indiegame #videogame #narrativegame bigbossbattle.com/creatures-li...

I'll never get back the time I spent in dissociology classes

The first element here is what made #Pentiment such a tremendous game.

ai bubble popping in china www.reuters.com/world/china/...

get in the mood, Shinji

finally, someone's doing the TTRPG adaptation of Before Your Eyes (2021)

Brazilians recommending not to amplify right-wing talking points by dunking and quoting, as a winning strategy Next day, my tl is full of people dunking on rfk jr I literally would not have seen the bigotry if it wasn't for y'all repeating it. That's exactly what the Brazilians were on about!

these disco successors are looking more and more untenable

One day I will list my critiques of Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy (2026). But at least they understood the role of the colon in a title, unlike Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (2025).

Happy 25th Birthday Wayback Machine! On October 24, 2001, The Internet Archive organization launched a free digital archive of websites for the general public called the Wayback Machine. The oldest pages stored in the archive date back to 1996.

Grab TR-49 and a bunch of other thinky games in this puzzling bundle! www.humblebundle.com/games/puzzle...

A thing I will definitely not miss once all AAA games die is that goddamn leather jacket collar. Pipeline this, committee that, it has been 6 years since Cyberpunk. Go expense some fashion albums.

What is Zohran Mamdani's plan to save BioWare?

Every once in a while someone opens a random door in this thing we call games industry, and and an as-yet-undiscovered stench of rot hits you in the face. What the fuck do you mean that AMERICAN MCGEE'S ALICE and SID MEIER'S ALPHA CENTAURI are EA properties?!?

If you're using Chrome (I have to for work), make sure to deactivate the On-Device-AI in the system setting under "AI innovations"🤢 It made my browser run like ass, not that that's a tall order

HURMPH

from 1982, before I was born. Why I like reading old things. He's not talking about AI, or NFTs, or whatever. He's talking about a continual cycle of anxious misdirection. Don't be distracted Rainer Maria Rilke, Appendix to the Sonnets of Orpheus

I feel every time anyone writes "developed with a core team of XX" about a game, they have a responsibility to write "developed by YY developers with only XX developers being employed"

in light of #RoguelikeCelebration, I'm eager to check out Peglin Colony by @origamedigital.bsky.social

we've seen archaeologists sweating bullets not to call thousand-year-old jade dildos what they are, we know they are not to be trusted

PENGUIN COLONY - THE FIELD NOTES, the official zine-journal to @origamedigital.bsky.social Penguin Colony, is OUT NOW! 40 Pages of hand-written notes chronicling the last days of a previous expedition, available in full color and print-ready black and white! [ datasparrow.itch.io/penguin-colo... ]

Palestinian skateboarder in Gaza doing a kickflip over an unexploded US-made (in Garland, Texas) Mk. 84 2000lb aerial bomb, provided to Israel as one of many tens of thousands of aerial bombs in the 1,000 and 2,000lb class included in US military assistance.

I sat down to write a little thread about Penguin Colony. At post 4 I decided I should probably just write something a little longer. www.clockworkworlds.com/digging-at-t...

outdependent developer

it’s worth underlining that the amount which a modern live game is not this is directly the result of devs fighting inch by inch, for months if not years, against the guy at every corporation who demands an explanation for why you aren’t doing this at all times

An explanation on why Big Walk isn't available on Xbox. bigwalk.game/xbox

An account with this avatar was just blocked.

The Washerwoman’s Potlatch is in a month. Come write about indie games in the shadow of AAA excess! itch.io/jam/the-wash...

I’m at the Pizza Hut. I’m at the house of leaves. I’m at the combi s n e a v t a i e o l n fo esuoh & tuh azzip

Less than 48 hours for 1 to 1 Match by LaunchGood Your support makes a Difference and now its the best time, it will be Matched by LaunchGood launchgood.com/1948

Burn With Me is out now!! store.steampowered.com/app/2954010/... I can say a lot about our eerie narrative deckbuilder, but this release trailer speaks louder than words.

We are very close to achive the next milestone.✌️🍉 launchgood.com/1948

joblessthursday is a world class poster for hunting down a picture of Cunk in the Vatican

New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854

LudoNarraCon, the festival organized by @fellowtraveller.games, starts TODAY! And to celebrate, we just published a new open playtest for Ithaca. So if you've ever dreamed of wandering around in a gas station where ALL THE SNACKS ARE FREE, now's the time: store.steampowered.com/app/2156800/...

I'm wrapping up my time with Cardboard Computer on their unannounced game in early November, & I have some capacity again! If you're looking for consultation or longer term support from an expert game director, narrative designer & writer, drop me a line 💖 contact [at] hannahnicklin.com

⏰ATTENTION BLUESKY⏰ Are you working on an indie project you to show off? or just have something that you really wanna shout about to a room full of people?? Are you based in South East england or willing to travel there this November??? Down 2 Play are still looking for exhibitors & speakers (1/2)

the best thing about writing is that it is essentially a waste processing organ. kidneys for all of life's toxins

Kentucky Route Zero: Act IV (2016)

Anyways, if you haven’t go listen to Wendy Carlos’ “Beauty in the Beast” or “Digital Moonscapes” right now. There’s no way to do it while supporting her unfortunately, but you can at least celebrate her genius and dream of a better tomorrow

We recreated a completely destroyed village. For more store.steampowered.com/app/4438850/... For support launchgood.com/1948