jasmine james 🔜 Barcelona Game Fest

Hello! I'm now the Account Director of Two Frogs in a Trenchcoat, doing marketing for indie games! We work on PR, creators, community, and connections - helping indies make a bigger splash in a crowded pond. 🐸 email us at ribbit@twofrogs.biz Here's me with a Bordallo Pinheiro ceramic frog 😄

Also in the last week (+1 day!) we supported the launch of Burn With Me. Already at 10K sold! 🎉 A fierce, concise game about obsession that bucks deckbuilder trends. Another banger by a small team, succeeding in the face of This Industry.

As always -- support independent games media! The indies can do things the massive corporate owned media can't, and your support can help stop outlets being sold to ghouls who do shit like this. Direct support is best, but you can do other stuff: adblock whitelist, visit often, promote & link...

at the library to work and there's a student here who rented a computer just to watch Jackie Chan's masterpiece The Tuxedo (2002), so i'm in excellent company

If the mic is that small, pin it the fuck on. I cannot take this tiny mic holding phase one bit longer. Y'all look ridiculous.

Hello! I'm looking to speak to a game developer/programmer with a strong understanding of asset streaming. How it works, how it can be applied, what it means for games etc. If you're that person, get in touch at rick@ricklane.co.uk. Shares appreciated.

Working with Australians is so fun because what do you mean we're on a call and a kangaroo just strolled through my colleague's back garden?

Fighting Nazis in space is exactly the kind of game we need right now.

gift your friends Titanium Court so they too can say "what the fuck" and also "AP is a genius" at a record-breaking speed of like 3 times an hour (probably much more)

the general public are frequently loud and wrong and sometimes critics are, too the point is not to be agreeable, all opinions are subjective if you see a review you disagree with, just ignore it and move on, don't be a loser pissbaby about it

did so much walking at gamescom that i've had cramp in my left hamstring for four days (i had the best time!!!!!)

god, you guys, just buy the indie game that looks kinda cool. don't play the demo, don't agonize over the reviews or wishlist, JUST BUY THE INDIE GAME!! if you didn't like it, oh well, whatever, maybe next time, meanwhile you supported an artist, thanks for coming to the gig, want a t-shirt?

have a good Gamescom day 1 everyone, and a good Gamescom day "who the heck even remembers my feet already hurt" for everyone else who's been here for Gamescom Dev already too

bad news oomf. they just announced a new remake of you at the latest game conference. yeah you got that unreal engine 5 sheen and everything. they changed your entire voice direction and its flat and quirky now. they updated your mechanics. theyre gonna kill you if it doesnt sell one billion copies

gamescom (dev) is popping but the announcements ain't stoppin - we just announced this with @playziggurat.bsky.social!

Ziggurat's upcoming reveals are so good that it's....scary, terrifying even

A deck-builder where you burn your cards - Burn With Me releases October 12 #Godot #IndieGames #BurnWithMe

This week's VGIM has a simple pitch. Like video game journalism? Then read the work of all these journalists *gestures openly*. Top tips for @kerrblimey.bsky.social, @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social, @mattreyn.games, @leadergrev.bsky.social and Isa Muhammad. videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/five-video...

A cozy dark occult deck-burner 🃏🔥 If you like mystery, creepy, and hand-made art (literally, it involves the devs' hands!), then Burn With Me is going to be your thing. @twofrogs.biz and I are working on this so please get in touch for interviews and review code!

Reminder that writers are typically not responsible for the headlines that accompany their work nor the copy used to promote it on social media

@grubb.wtf @janochoa.bsky.social psst, I have sent you both Sensory Overload codes! Making sure you see them so it can take up even more of your free time

Appreciate Gareth investigating this after it was raised. Don't get scammed, y'all!

Conglomerate games media owners, like plenty of studio executives, failing to understand time and time again that people do not want the same thing, ad nauseam. Trust your talent to serve the needs of your audience - even if it's purely for "revenue diversification" - or watch as others benefit.

not to be dramatic but can the games journalism industry fucking uhhhhh do something being doing these jobs threads for a year and i think this is the longest i've gone without having a reason to start one (eds, if you have a full-time, freelance, mock review or related opp, please let me know 😓)

If you were someone recently laid off in the last few weeks' rounds of games media cuts & had something in the oven half-finished (or GC plans), please get in touch. Especially if it's suitable for @rpgsite.net, but I may be able to move some money around on @respec.net also.

when I tell you that Deutsche Bahn is part of my supervillain origin story (Ask me about the time I had to take a 20 hour bus ride from France to Portugal because of DB fuck ups)

If you've ever been bullied by your friends in Catan, enjoyed the numbers go up of Balatro, or wanted to feed a dragon instead of fight one, Feed the Scorchpot is for you. Stoked to say that the frogs (@twofrogs.biz) and I are working on this and we have review codes now if you'd like one 🐉💛