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It always comes back to this for me; if AI was so good, such a disclosure would be a selling point. If AI was everything these slop jockeys said it was, they should be proud to let people know their game was AI made. But the proof is in the pudding, and they can't stand that people don't want it.

For #SteamNextFest this week, relying on unenforced AI disclosure reqs is just not going to cut it anymore. LOOKING FOR demos from developers who have proactively disavowed GenAI use for their games. Tell me about your games!? Or share a list if you're keeping one?! #IndieGames #Gamersky #RealArt

Sunday morning means some chill gaming time. Going live right now to continue OPUS: Prism Peak, a beautiful game about memory and mythology and nature. Come by at twitch.tv/javaconleche #indiegame #smallstream #gamersky #NOAIstream

Now that Steam Next Fest is coming, I'm seeing an increasing number of emails from games made with genAI. At some point, a guy sent me 14 GAMES. Let me be clear, I will not cover your game if your art was generated or if it was vibe coded. PAY ARTISTS.

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My second #Tetris99 small team win!! It's absurdly rare to even get a chance at these... and this 97* was not going easy on me at all... #Tetris #RetroGaming #Gamersky

Got invited to playtest Echograph by @sach-indie.bsky.social and have to say... this #IndieGame is gorgeous! Fantastic art, chilling music/soundscape, and 'combat' that really gets the heartrate up! #Horror & #RetroGame fans, this needs to be on your radar! store.steampowered.com/app/3460960/...

We support workers' rights on this stream, even in the small silly ways 🤣 Sound on 📣 for the clip below, from Laser Guy by @pointnsheep.bsky.social and part of the @lagshowcase.bsky.social Creator Fest this weekend. #LAGSCreatorFest #Gamersky #SteamDemo

Second stream for our #LAGSCreatorFest weekend is live now! The games in the queue today-- Quantum Quartz @tastystudios.bsky.social 🇦🇷 Untarctica @untarctica.bsky.social 🇧🇷 Mariachi Legends @halberdstudios.bsky.social 🇲🇽 Come by at twitch.tv/javaconleche! #gamersky #smallstream #indiegame

When the developers of Frog Knight say that one slip can cost you all your progress... they're really not kidding! 😅 📣 Great time streaming this and others this morning for the #LAGSCreatorFest Definitely keeping this one on the wishlist! @lagshowcase.bsky.social #gamersky #indiegame #steamdemo

Starting in about 30 min! So excited to be part of the @lagshowcase.bsky.social Creator Fest, we kick off with Project Timi, and Frog Knight! Come by at twitch.tv/javaconleche Then find all the LAGS featured games (and sales!) at store.steampowered.com/curator/4496... #indiegames #LAGSCreatorFest

Hey hey that's me! So happy to return as a featured Streamer for the Latin American Games Showcase ( @lagshowcase.bsky.social ) ! What new and exciting things will we find this year? You'll have to tune in to find out!

Sweater season is upon us again, so we got the hoodies out! Each wearing our favorite Reds respectively ☺️ 👻 ⚽️ #gamersky #YNWA #Pacman #LiverpoolFC

Solo live today with another indie game we love! OPUS: Prism Peak is a game about finding lost memories and learning to see people as they are, through photography! Come say hello at twitch.tv/javaconleche #indiegame #smallstream #gamersky

Hola! I am honored to participate in this year's #LAGSCreatorFest , hosted by the wonderful @lagshowcase.bsky.social 🩵 Now, more than ever, we must celebrate Latines and what they do in the gaming industry and beyond! 📅 Event: Oct 9th - 11th (2026) 👀 My stream: Details TBD

👻Get your spooky blankets ready👻 I'm so excited to be a featured streamer for #LAGSCreatorsFest Seeing all Latin American games will be coming out!! Thank you @LAGShowcase for doing this again Boogeyman and i will see you on Oct.9th

Del 9 al 11 de octubre, llega una nueva edición de #LAGSCreatorFest, un evento donde se conectan los videojuegos independientes de América Latina con creadores de contenido, streamers y la prensa. Agradecido la @LAGShowcase por la invitacion para participar este año, nos vemos muy pronto!

SO excited to be a Featured Streamer for the @LAGShowcase Creator Fest again this year! 🎉 be sure to tune in with me and check out some AMAZING Latin American made games! 🖤 #LAGSCreatorFest

One of our FAVORITE gaming events of the year is the @lagshowcase.bsky.social Creator Fest & we're thrilled to be featured for a second time! Oct 9th - 11th we'll showcase some amazing #indiegames from Latine developers. Look out for more info soon! More: lagshowcase.com #gamersky #LAGSCreatorFest

We're live tonight playing Caravan Sandwitch again! A lovely sci-fi adventure with vans, lost sisters, mysterious witches, nomads, and froggies! Come by at twitch.tv/javaconleche #indiegames #scifigames #smallstream @sandwitchdev.bsky.social

First "small team" win point!!! Nearly 800 matches and I've only ever had 4 opportunities for a small team win... so this was pretty exciting. And yea that makes no sense to those not familiar with #Tetris99 but 🤷🏾‍♂️ not enough characters to explain sorry 🤣 #Tetris #RetroGaming #Gamersky

We're back on stream! As always, we're featuring #indiegames we love, and up today is Caravan SandWitch - @sandwitchdev.bsky.social - an interplanetary adventure that somehow involves an awesome van 🤣 Come by at twitch.tv/javaconleche #gamersky #smallstream

I still see so many fellow streamers using "Frosty Tools" the bot that uses GenAI writing to give summaries of raiders channels and like... you see that right? Do we stop caring about the implications of GenAI when it's a kooky addon for our own content?

Aniimo Pawprint Studios. NO disclosure, claimed they didn't use any and you wouldn't find any in their game. Players found it and have been calling it out since 2025, "sketch art", promotional material and in-game. -y

We're live now at twitch.tv/javaconleche for the Latine Heritage Month raid train! #gamersky

Tomorrow morning! We'll be up early and excited for our turn onn the Latine Heritage Month raid train, organized by Twitch Latin Guild creators to kick off the celebratory month and highlight Latine streamers. We'll be playing @twirlbound.com The Knightling! twitch.tv/javaconleche #indiegame

Travelin' with my Traveler's Notebook passport size. Love this little thing. We had a nice time sketching this lovely Hudson Valley old lighthouse scene. 🙂 #journal #watercolor #touchedgrass #hudsonvalley #sketching

It’s not a Latino party until you get your invite 3 hours before the event 😅 Hyped to be part of the Latine Heritage Raid Train today at 7 PM EST! We’ll be playing Imp of the Sun, a game inspired by Peruvian culture 🇵🇪 ¡Los veo pronto! 🫶

She is completely unimpressed by the hatred of Zemus. 🤷🏾‍♂️ #Switch2 #FinalFantasy #RetroGaming #BossFight #CatsofBluesky

Somehow landed on the smaller side of a 75 vs 25 #Tetris99 team match and the resulting KO rate was absolutely wild. Yes many of those KO were just CPU opponents, still felt chaotic and hilarious though! The sound was the best part 😅 #Tetris #Gamersky #RetroGaming

Rolled credits on MIO: Memories in Orbit. Truly a work of art! Amazing that this one didnt get more attention. It belongs alongside Hollow Knight in any conversation. Flawless mechanics, breathtaking art, and a very deep and well developed sci-fi story. #indiegame #metroidvania

Game-a-Palooza by @igdanyc.bsky.social is coming up soon. Sadly our schedule prevents us going this time, but for #indiegames fans it's a wonderful event to meet super creative small dev teams. Re-posting thread of some faves last year. Several are released or have substantial demos on Steam now!

Labor Day off means more gaming time! Come on by for some Tetris 99 battles at twitch.tv/javaconleche #retrogaming #gamersky #Tetris

So is anyone going to tell them that building a wall is actually how you LOSE in Tetris? Keeping the wall down is actually the entire point of the game...

"I already boycott The New York Times/don't have a subscription, what can I do?" A lot! You can: * Share our call for boycott. Tell others about the NYT's role in trans genocide * Stop sharing NYT links, even to dunk on them * Pressure the pension/retirement funds invested in the NYT to divest

Saying you'll pirate it instead misses the point that keeping the IP relevant is part of the issue. How about you simply pirate it quietly and keep it to yourself? Why do you feel so compelled to share that your enjoyment of the franchise is more important than the harm it does to trans folks?

Okay, after all the new cycles about GTA6 I've been trying to avoid commenting on, I've watched the latest trailers and I kinda feel I have to say something, so I've been collecting some thoughts while out walking about the state of gaming generally. This might be a long thread so bare with me.

I wish I did not have to be as online to have a career as a games critic, but the truth of the matter is that I need a big following to be considered for certain opportunities. So, if you do enjoy learning about cool video games, please follow me!

Me, from this moment until February 2027, now that @fangamer.com has preorders open for a physical edition of @sunsetvisitor.studio 1000xResist! #indiegame #physicalgames #switch2

I cannot stress enough: the AI bubble has already popped it is just being kept on life support by corporations trying to squeeze even a dollar more out of their shit investment, and tech bros doing the same before abandoning their shit company startups. keep hating on AI, you're winning

Already have this book! But one of my old faves was the Jurassic Park nyuk nyuk code 😅 #gamersky #retrogaming #readinglist

Heyo #indiegame lovers what are you all trying out from @sixoneindie.com Steam Demo Days event? Two that have really grabbed my attention so far: Draftfula (@josepacio.bsky.social) Road of Dust and Sorrow (@trodas.bsky.social) Let us know what else you've tried and loved so far! #gamersky

Any of you using the ios version of Patreon to support me, switch to the browser version instead, cuz the apple fees have actually taken over 3000 usd from me in the course of a year

🚨 Weekly schedule is BACK! 🚨 It's been a hot minute since I've posted one😅 Come hang out with me this week as we raise money for @projecthopeorg.bsky.social to support the folks affected by the earthquakes in Venezuela 💙✨ See you tomorrow!

Kinda sounds like the premise for a new @nightmargin.bsky.social game though? 😅 (jk... but one can always hope though)

Hey fellow #NYC #worldcup stamp collectors! We just need three more for the whole set! Does anyone know where to find the three circled here?? And if you're looking for any of the ones we already collected, let us know and we can share where we got ours! #stamprally #nycworldcup

Just a few days left to get my games on a big ole discount for itch and steam summer sales! They both star a cute chipmunk 🐿️ one is a top-down puzzle platformer with a unique giant walnut mechanic, the other is a hybrid block breaker and puzzle dungeon! Both labors of love and fun! #indiegames

Some more cool physical games! #gamersky #retrogames