Dr. Travis Faas

Dr. Travis Faas

@meanderingleaf.bsky.social

Game dev professor @ Ball State University | IGDA Indianapolis chair | opinions my own | and so on.

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The wikipedia page for wearable tech is funny because its like: 2013 Google Glass was released - 1970 wristwatches are a thing - 2008 one lady glued a microphone to her earrings - 2013 tech company reinvents the wristwatch - 2012 step counters finally exist

Proposed usage of wearables include: sticking them on folks who are regularly abducted by UFOs to finally prove they're full of lies. Or prove the existence of aliens? I would welcome human-alien computation

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Excited as always to celebrate great games while raising money for a great local cause. Come through if you’re in town! It’s a fun time!

The New York Game Awards return Jan 19 at 7PM at SVA Theatre with two new hosts! Please welcome Lara Lunardi and @ardaocal.bsky.social to the stage! Get Tickets: events.humanitix.com/nygameawards16

Based on this response, illegally voting will be an automatic 5-star offense GTA 6.

Amanda Carpenter@amandacarpenter.bsky.social

They were using their BS lists based on proven bad data to target people. They were using helicopters and armed agents to swarm peoples homes in pre-dawn raids. Dragging people out in their pajamas. So, not ICE at the polls like ppl have feared. DHS at your door.

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🍕🕹️ HELLO HELLO, it's time for an ALT CTRL GAMEJAM 🕹️🍕 itch.io/jam/get-tilted Join us this year and make a game for our motion-based tiltbox controller! This is our 3rd annual jam, and a great way to get started in alternative controller game design! No hardware experience required so COME ON IN

itch.ioGet Tilted! - an Alt Ctrl Game JamA game jam from 2026-12-04 to 2026-12-08 hosted by Matt!, josephalopod & AndyMakes. Welcome to Get Tilted , the build-your-own-alt-control jam from the MAGFest Indie Arcade and Arcade Commons ! This f...

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it’s my birthday today 😌 if you want to do something nice for me today please consider giving a dollar to The Base Mesh: www.thebasemesh.com base 3D models for games, professionally made… it’s an invaluable resource to me and i tell all my students about it! support & love for asset creators 🎉🎂🍰❤️

thebasemesh.comThe Base Mesh | 100% Free CC0 Assets- 3D Models - TheBaseMesh - Every model adheres to real-world scale and comes with basic UVs, so you can get to making those all-important creative decisions faster.

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Last I'll post about this, but Elon Musk disagrees with me. This means I am onto something, and I feel more valid in my opinion than ever.

Seems good.

Jake Grumbach@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social

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

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I've been pretty quiet lately, but I need to come out of my shell now because we have lots of exciting things happening in the next 6 weeks or so!! First up: our game is part of GAMES AS ART festival tomorrow in Finland! I'll be talking about how I make our bird art 🐣

NEON AURELIUS@neonaurelius.bsky.social

We're super honoured that our little bird game SPARROW WARFARE has been selected to be part of tomorrow's GAMES AS ART festival in Finland! Come join online: gamesasartcenter.com/festival/

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It’ll become easier for students to fall through the cracks. Options for discovery in a vast curriculum will diminish. We will still be able to train people for the careers, jobs and vocations of yesterday, but not so much for tomorrow.

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Are you from the Greater Cinci Area? Statistically, you are not. HOWEVER, if you ARE & would like to join us in 1 week on Oct 4th in downtown Hamilton, OH, we will be doing our annual community cleanup event, Un-Junk the Block! Join us to help make the city cleaner (and grab some free food)!

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Study: ~350 students were surveyed on why they game and how they feel after: 64% use gaming to cope with stress. Playing for story, social connection, or escapism predicted more positive feelings. Playing for autonomy/exploration cut negative emotions the most. doi.org/10.3389/fcom...

doi.orgFrontiers | Motivations for the use of games in coping and emotional regulationIntroductionThis study explores motivations for the use of video games in coping, using the twin theoretical lenses of mood management and stress response th...

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A very Happy Hobbit Day to all those who observe. According to Middle Earth historian J.R.R. Tolkien, Bilbo and Frodo Baggins were both born on this date 78 years apart. In the lands of Gondor, to honor Frodo, the day was made a festival called Cormare, or Ringday.

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It's TIME! TO! GET! HYPE! Today, I get to proudly unveil Steam Hype, the project I've been working on with the help of @hookshot.media for the past two and a half months. A new PC gaming site which aims to demystify PC gaming, cut through the 100+ daily releases and spotlight indies as much as AAA

steamhype.comSteam HypeSteam Hype is your go-to destination for discovering the latest, greatest, and most talked-about games on Steam.