Elissa

making a detective game about investigating alien abductions in an outback town #indiegame #gamedev

Couldn't resist making my own version

my solution has become a simple one: don't read the internet. don't go on the internet. don't follow links. don't open your web browser. do not internet.

Don’t know how to say it other than, creatives are currently enduring an Era of Punishment from rich people who just despise people with functioning brains.

Preparing my GTA VI area for November 19 in the correct way - with a vintage Vice City Masonite poster.

The whole "the laid off devs can start indie studios" thing is bullshit not just because money, but because the state of affairs for indie devs has never been worse in terms of being able to support yourself financially. Even many "successful" games on steam can rarely support even a single dev.

please stop replying to game devs saying things like "well look on the bright side those laid off devs can start their own indie studios now" because eventually one of us is going to snap and "WITH WHAT FUCKING MONEY" would be a shitty last thing to hear before you die

This is private equity, this is what it does. Buy up businesses, run them into the ground, and rip them apart for short-term profit. www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...

It's genuinely very hard to see game development culture ever being the same again after the last few years. I don't think that's catastrophising, either, I think if anything that's downplaying how bad this is. The shedding of talent and institutional knowledge is disastrous.

RIP Richard Riehle. He deals with the god damn customers so the engineers don't have to. He has people skills; he is good at dealing with people. Can't you understand that? What the hell is wrong with you people?

While I’m recommending underrated things, I can never give enough shout outs to Mr Inbetween. An Aussie series about a hitman that features incredible writing, acting, directing and cinematography. A truly great drama that deserves to be spoken about in the same breath as Breaking Bad in my opinion.

Happy "More games have now been released on Steam in 2026 so far than in all of 2025" day for those who celebrate

Look at you, hacker: a pathetic creature of meat and bone, panting and sweating as you run through my corridors.

Y'all should be watching this. Best longer-form videos on currently-relevant topics around.

Awww yesss. Went to pick up some stuff I got delivered from Kmart, nothing special, and when the guy scanned the package and handed it to me, the exposed part of the sticky bit of the package picked up his pen. Free low-quality BIC disposable pen! Picayune win of the day.

Sound clips from DOS games that have never left my head, 30 years on: - "Don't have time to play with myself." - "Xatrix Entertainment! Yup." - "Under my guidance, Britannia will *flourish*!" - [Monkey Island theme on PC Speaker] - "From God to Cain to Seth... I am his right hand."

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

idk, I see what I see thanks to popular media infecting my brain

ultimately these days im largely seeing AI through a lens of "does this move us further towards or away from climate catastrophe", and the answer isn't even hard

Engaging in the traditional nerdy sapphic dating ritual on Friday: She's teaching me how to pick locks and I'm showing her my collection of 8-bit retro consoles.

...but absolutely nothing beats this one. Absolutely blown away by how lucky I was with this shot. One of my favourite photos I've ever taken. I can't wait to do some prints of this. #Leica #FilmPhotography #BelieveInFilm

Daylight savings fucking sucks. I do not want more daylight in the evening. Make the sun go away faster please. The less the better.

OH AND THIS ONE TOO!! GET THIS ONE TOO! If only for the very shapely pixelated butts that bsky tags. You wont regret it for the butts

If I had the ability to monitor two independent timelines after making a change, I'd love to A/B test the cinematic success of the upcoming Miami Vice '85, in one universe as is and in the other where GTA VI either wasn't coming out or wasn't set in Miami, see how much impact it has.

Deck & Conn and Dungeons of Freeport are part of the October sale! 20% off, and they're also bundled together if you've not gotten either of them and want to.

David Shoebridge is about 20 years too early...

Fun fact: you can just have a coffee, if you want one.

Hi, I'm looking to speak to people who have left games journalism in the last few years and have gone onto do something else. DMs are open, or luke@aftermath.site, thanks!

Finally wrote about it, driving in Mafia III rules hard exalclaw.com/mafia-iii-fa...

Deck & Conn v1.2 is out! Lots of new features and fixes in this update, details below!

The "Adults Only" ranking has been removed from Nighthawks! Everything is set for launch on the 22nd! Phew. What a roller coaster. Thank you everyone for your amazing support while we got this sorted. If you weren't able to wishlist before, now you can! store.steampowered.com/app/1221950/...

You know, in retrospect, I really am glad I bought the number of NFTs I did (zero).

THE UFOs FROM OUTER SPACE! The only science fiction film which DARES ask the question... what if Martians were Aussies? Watch it now! youtu.be/XA_1cjceSDk

Me, watching a Scream movie: "Wow, there's, like, SOOOO many stabbings in this movie."