My job search has not been the best and I'm going on 8 months unemployed. I need a bit of help making ends meet. So if you can help support that would really go a long way. All donations will be going towards my rent! Shares are also really appreciated! ko-fi.com/blerdyotome

I've always wanted to do one of these threads talking about some of the stuff I worked on at Bungie! Before I start: none of my work is done in a vacuum. We are a team, with multiple NDs, editors, activity designers, world artists, VAs, audio, lighting, composers, QA, and more.

So for this Juneteenth, I went back and updated my feature on the need to incorporate more Blackness into your gaming perspective, more relevant now than when I wrote it years ago. Check it out on @pcmag.com www.pcmag.com/opinions/cel...

"Game dev is one of those jobs you only do when you really want to. It's not going to make your parents proud, you're unlikely to get rich in an industry that lays off people for making superhits, and its a demanding & confrontative job. Why would you let a machine do the thing you're here to do?"

If anyone is looking to hire a Peabody and BAFTA winning senior writer, I am looking for work. I’ve got six years experience in games. Everything from indie to AAA. I am not married to staying in games. I am hoping to relocate to the Bay Area. I am keeping my ears to the ground.

Okay, so this is massive and we're terrified. Partnering with @play.breakthrought1d.org in the fight against diabetes, the ENTIRE inkle catalogue is on Humble Bundle right now for $20 -- including TR-49, all four novels, both Overboard! games, 80 Days, all four parts of Sorcery! ... everything.

We Know the Devil is part of the Humble Pride bundle “We Will Always Be Here” with a really nice lineup of other games btw!! Go check it out 🫶 www.humblebundle.com/games/we-wil...

To our dismay, the artist and author Marjane Satrapi has passed away. As she wrote, ordinary Americans and Iranians have more in common with each other than we do with either of our governments, which have far too much in common with each other. We honor her memory and oppose the war.

Kickstarter has reverted their policy changes on Adult Content! They issued an apology, siting Stripe as the reason. The pressure we put on them worked. This is a step in the right direction. But the threat of Stripe remains. It’d be great to see KS end ties with them & process payments elsewhere.

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CIS PEOPLE TIME TO STEP UP it’s once again time to yell at our bad government via online comment form the FCC is trying to make trans and nonbinary content require special ratings on shows GLAAD has a good writeup on it below TELL ‘EM NO direct link to comment form: www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings...

as someone who worked on bg3, I fully agree - it's so utterly hypocritical how these platforms treat sex and eroticism - they want to make bank off big releases (and payment processors conveniently look the other way when this happens!) but strangle entire swathes of content from indies

Leander, the big titty man [ #digitalart #fanart #touchstarvedgame #leander #illustration #art ]

📢 CALLING ALL NONBINARY GAME DEVS! 📢 i'm helping run a steam sale event to showcase games made by nonbinary devs during the week of international nonbinary day! if you fit this description, fill out the form by may 18 👉 forms.gle/cx9AqFfPqzF9... please share & send to all your nb dev friends!!

good morning this is a real texture in Marathon

been watching a bunch of old man leon-- i mean #re9 😮‍💨

Many area residents in Southaven, Mississippi, and nearby Memphis, Tennessee, oppose xAI’s growing presence in their backyards, fearing what Elon Musk’s data centers’ operations could mean for their health and the surrounding environment. www.mississippifreepress.org/xai-faces-fi...

Hello! I'm opening up one or two commission slots at this time for FULL COLOR commissions only 🥺 if you'd like to grab some of my traditionally colored and painted works on a nice shikishi board, my form is here! ✨🙏 forms.gle/U8ygGUxZvpkA... #commission #wolcomm #wolcommission #ffxiv #fanfest

I’m transgender, I live in Kansas, if you want to help rn donate to either the ACLU of Kansas or the ACE foundation in Wichita - the ACE foundation especially is the organization that will help people with money for groceries, rent, etc. More orgs also included in attached img acefoundationict.org

Why apply to the GDoCExpo Direct or Steam Sale? - developer-first, mission-driven - Steam frontpage visibility - 1M showcase visitors annually - tickets to GDoCExpo conference - no submission/exhibition fees ever - secret alumni network of indie studios - no-strings dev grants (we've awarded $450K+)

getting really sick of my friends telling me the cursed blade is warping my mind. it's LITERALLY fine. i can stop fucking using it whenever i want. i think they're just jealous. like they know it'd corrupt them but i'm clearly stronger than its influence. in fact, i'm stronger than all of them...

Here's an opportunity to support the other journalist arrested today; Georgia Fort, who will have far fewer resources available to her than Don Lemon.

of the Devil - Episode 1 is on-sale as part of the Steam Detective Fest! That discount STACKS with the Episode 1 and 2 bundle, so tell a friend!

i, too, would need a night of drinking to accept my fate as Vere’s handler

if you can donate to keith porter's gfm for his daughters, i would appreciate it tremendously. keith was killed by an ice agent on new years eve.

This is a vetted fundraiser for the family of Renee Good, the woman who was killed by ICE in Minneapolis. www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

The voluptuous, Vamp Fatale 💋 Happy Week 1 everyone! I'm going to be eagerly watching world's first for the new tier eeee. Made this print of Vamp Fatale for Magfest this weekend! Hope we see yall there! #ffxiv #finalfantasyxiv

Happy Birthday Kuras! Today you’ll find Kuras in his clinic, lost in a mystery novel. He’s known to stay up all night turning pages instead of sleeping… 🕯️📖 #touchstarvedgame #indiegame #visualnovel

perfect group photo <3 #TouchstarvedGame #k3nsart

To celebrate Enshrined's release, we've got a special piece by my dear friend @zarahartist.bsky.social... BECAUSE THE GAME IS OUT NOW!! Buckle up, it's time for some acknowledgments and EMOTIONS!!! BUT FIRST, THE GAME IS AVAILABLE HERE NOW: store.steampowered.com/app/3835610/...

We are recruiting game makers affected by the 'NSFW' policy changes on Steam and itch.io for a survey. This survey is part of a broader project on the factors that shape the production, distribution, and consumption of porn games. More info about the project and survey at www.pppproject.com

Hi there!!!! I am looking to talk to super fans of Love and Deepspace for a very fun article I'm writing for GameSpot. If this is you and you'd be down to answer a few questions via DMs please get in touch!! ❤️❤️‍🔥😍💜💙✨💖

Our Artist Fellowship applications are officially open! 🌟🎬✨ We are looking to fund 2-3 eager BNA members to create their original short films and provide the professional support they need to bring their visions to life. Apply today at blacknanimated.com/programs! (Apps close Wed, Jan 7)

Birthday boy’s got zoomies 🦊🎉 Let’s give Vere all the ear scratches and head pats he wants! 🫳

Hey all you gamers claiming to "want shorter games made by fewer people who are paid more to work less" here's your chance to put your $15 where your mouth is: a spooky & elegiac exploration game made by ex-Bethesda & Ubi devs. It's excellent. Buy it & prove there's a market for games like this!

Happy Halloween! 👻 enjoy demon Kuras’s tricks 🦇🍷 and cupid Leander’s treats 💘🍬

“ヽ(🔴▽🔴)ノ” 🦑 #TouchstarvedGame

we’re hiring at sunset visitor!! YIPPEEEEE i will be sitting in the interviews — excited to meet our applicants!! if you have any questions, feel free to DM :)

Here it is!! So happy to finally be able to share that #codename BFR (or best friends race) is in fact Enshrined: Sword of Fates! 💕 your fate lies in the hands of one of the three worst men you’ve ever met… which one will it be? 👀🗡️

I haven’t seen a lot of cis people I usually see pushing for calls, etc. doing so about these rules provisions, which would devastate trans people nationally. Calls need to be made to all electeds and a firm stance taken ASAP, with ten times the fervor of the Kimmel/D+ event

382 lovely indie games for $8! All proceeds support UNRWA USA’s humanitarian aid in Palestine. ♥️🖤🤍💚

You can "honor" Kirk's memory by doing the thing he'd hate and donating to an organization that wants to help low-income trans adults receive gender affirming care: www.transincomeproject.org/donate (also read my interview with TIPs executive director in the original post)

one time I accidentally shreked Leander

thank you everyone who came to hear us talk 🥹 it was so wonderful getting to meet so many of y’all

Hey hey, I'm gonna be on this panel too! :^) come learn about creating VNs with some of my favorite folks!!! ( @disrevel.bsky.social @arden.rip @overquailified.bsky.social )