Inspired by some great discussion on Q-UP from @austinwalker.bsky.social, @notquitereal.bsky.social, @sylvibullet.bsky.social, @molleindustria.org and other folks, I wrote a short piece on the design inspiration for Q-UP and what developing the game meant to me stiknork.substack.com/p/qing-up-in...

Anybody can recommend a hosting service that runs on renewable energy; is outside of the US, the UK, or similar countries with a curious disregard for privacy; and it's affordable? I need to host a number of small things, mostly a static site and maybe some interactive-ish javascript things. Thanks!

new horror story about men, women, animals and appetites please read and repost medium.com/@leighalexan...

Friends! On November 19th at 16:00, in Auditorium 3 at the ITU, we are hosting a talk by Florence Smith Nicholls. The talk is titled How to be a video game archaeologist. You can read about it here: digitalplay.itu.dk/event/floren...

Friends! On November 11th at 16:00, in Auditorium 3 at the ITU, we are hosting a talk by Kevin Marín-Rubio. The talk is titled Play Utopia - Videogames for Critical Imagination in a Barcelona Youth Club. You can read about it here: digitalplay.itu.dk/event/kevin-...

For the past decade, I've been slowly cooking a small and humble book. Part (alternative) history, part analysis, and part social critique, this is a look at what games also are and have always been. ZEN AND SLOW GAMES Out 20/1/2026 by MIT Press mitpress.mit.edu/978026255356...

have you read my new story? 🔪 Part 2 releases next week medium.com/@leighalexan...

I’m going through airports all day and already running out of mobile data, so I’m missing all @roguelike.club. If you like games and play, don’t be like me! Tune in!

Recordatorio de que de hoy al viernes hay DiGRA España. Las charlas se pueden ver online: digraes2025.wordpress.com/programa/ Si andan por aquí, nos vemos! (Y sí, las charlas son en español. Como dijo Benito, you have now four months to learn it 😉

Just putting out into the aether that despite coming out in December 2024, Caves of Qud is eligible for a number of this year's awards that have November cutoffs, like the Game Awards

Amigos! La semana que viene estaré en Pontevedra participando en DiGRAES! (digraes2025.wordpress.com ). Tengo muchas ganas de conocer a más gente trabajando en game studies, y de presentar algo del trabajo nuevo que desarrollé durante mi año sabático. Nos vemos en Pontevedra la semana que viene!

Nuevo proyecto: los amigos de Arsgames me han invitado a reflexionar sobre derechos digitales y juego, y lo he hecho creado un jueguito (analógico y digital), y un ensayo. Lo podéis encontrar aquí: decidim.derechoaljuego.digital/processes/en... (english version follows)

Sending this #CfP out into the ether again #othernetworks Looking for #videogames #gamestudies #retrogames #artists #gamedev folks who would like to contribute a chapter for a book on "Games and Nostalgia for the Future" 📍 750 words abstract by Nov 3 Find the call and form here: shorturl.at/ValXq

2026 internships available in my team at The LEGO Group! Internships in Story, Ideation, Concept Model Design (ie, building with bricks), Prototyping (3D printing etc), Hardware (soldering and weird sensors!) Physical (springs and spinny things) Digital (code for doing stuff with bricks)

We made a new game. It’s called Q-UP. It’s a coin flipping eSport. There’s a free demo! store.steampowered.com/app/3730790/...

I'm starting a newsletter where I'll share my thoughts on game design and genre conventions, mostly from an ecocritical perspective. The first article, on why I think The Sims 2 makes for a great city building game, is up now: hugging-pixel-trees.ghost.io/levels-of-ab... #gamedesign #sims2

Currently liiiiiiive on Twitch playing @alphachar.bsky.social and @martinpi.bsky.social's Sparrow Warfare (badly) www.twitch.tv/yunitex

Dammit Zuckerberg! I thought I was the only one making ridiculous software!

After 4 years, Mind Diver @minddivergame.bsky.social , our deduction game set inside a mind, is launching in TWELVE DAYS! Each day before launch, I will share reflections about making and releasing a game in 2025! If you see this, plz repost, so I can join bsky for real 🙏 #gamedev #indiedev

We are making a game. It’s about rebellion. And birds.

Two of the best game makers out there are making a very cool game, and you should wishlist it and then buy it: store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/... (Sparrow Warfare, by Neon Aurelius)

New work! In Ridiculous Software, we want to make people feel better, one app at a time. That's why we've developed Chimney of Wisdom, our first mediation and breathing app. Control your breathing, and burn your worries away! Available on iOS right now: ridiculous.software/apps/chimney...

Time Flies, game of the year. Because existentialist poetry is actually really funny when it wants to. timeflies.buzz

As we all know the game industry is going through very turbulent times, unfortunately this has also affected several members of our collective. The silver lining is that one of the largest rooms in our coworking space in Berlin will be available from September 1st. More info in thread...

Another TV is Possible. Blippo+ arrives on Steam and Switch on September 23rd! Wishlist: blippo.plus/steam youtu.be/3f69DgOfBCU

Esta cosa bonita que recoge 5 años de trabajo saldrá, de acceso libre, dentro de poco tanto en castellano como en català. También habrá un número pequeñito de copias físicas que intentaremos hacer llegar a lugares en los que pueda ser útil como objeto de consulta <3

We’re proud to announce that Guntouchables is now available on Steam, and for 24 hours, it is FREE TO KEEP! For the next 24 hours, you can grab Guntouchables for the low amount of ZERO CURRENCY. It’s almost like money has no value once the apocalypse hits! store.steampowered.com/app/2543510/...

GenAI texts, music, and art are effortless to gobble up and consume. They need no reflection or interpretation; they are just a nihilist capitalist transaction. They're the perfect tasteless product for tasteless people. They're the perfect fascist entertainment - confirming, never challenging.

CHULETA PARA LA SITUACIÓN CON ITCH.IO Y STEAM He visto varias en inglés pero ninguna en español. Se agradece la difusión (¡y mucho más el llamar de verdad!) Podéis ver la petición para firmar o toda la historia en detalle en stopcollectiveshout.com ¡Esto nos afecta a *todos*!

Friends! Publication alert, the Seventh Game Studies Notebook is out: dspace.palermo.edu/ojs/index.ph...

Amigos! Aviso de publicación, ha salido el Séptimo Cuaderno de Game Studies: dspace.palermo.edu/ojs/index.ph... (English version of this thread will follow)

🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 After 4 years of work, my solarpunk game finally has a title, a trailer, and a Steam page! Wishlist... Future? No Thanks! 👉 futurenothanks.com

hey what's up. we are actually hiring a Whole Bunch of writers now www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Amigos hispanohablantes: ¿hay alguna revista de cultura/artes/sociedad que se edite también en papel y que merezca la pena leerse? Estoy buscando una manera de mantener el idioma en casa vivo y los periódicos ya no hacen ediciones internacionales en papel. Gracias!

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Apple is delisting Wheels of Aurelia from the App Store, because it's... "obsolete". Our statement:

ATUEL is out NOW on Steam & Google Play for free! 🙌✨ 🌄 Explore dreamlike landscapes 🦊 Shapeshift into different animals 📻 Listen to real testimonies Atuel is an award-winning surrealist documentary game about the climate crisis. Help us out with a RT! 🙏 store.steampowered.com/app/2794330/...

Hi everyone! I'm in the very early stages of developing my #archaeogaming game for my research. I've heard about Game Design Documents (GDDs), but I have no idea how to start the writing process. Any templates or tips to follow? Thanks in advance!

Hi new folks! I'm Sarah Brin. I'm a freelance executive producer and advisor for creative tech & immersive environments. You might have seen my work with Meow Wolf, PlayStation, Autodesk/Pier 9 or elsewhere. I live in London & you can learn more about my work at www.sarahbrin.com.

Is ATUEL on sale? YES! But not on Steam, on itch, where it's 100% OFF its original price of COMPLETELY FREE! ✨ Atuel is a surrealist documentary game about the climate crisis and it just received a huge update. It's short, it's poetic, it's impactful. You can play it now!🎉 matajuegos.itch.io/atuel

If we're in the era of remaking horror games then we should be revisiting the scariest game concept of all: A straight couple invites you over for dinner and then puts you in the middle of their failing marriage and expects you to pick sides

Amigos en Barcelona y alrededores: el día 4 de Junio Óliver Pérez y yo hablaremos sobre un libro que estoy escribiendo sobre el juego en el contexto de la catástrofe climática: eventum.upf.edu/135505/detai...

DL just around the corner! Apply by May 15 if you're interested in advancing research on theory translation and games

i hate to do this, but unfortunately i saw an expensive romper that i want, so... i'm available for new consulting work! creative direction, narrative design & documentation, writing, copywriting & pitch development support for teams of all sizes in games and storytelling. linktr.ee/leighalexander

Rift Riff is OUT NOW!! Jump a rift, fight off monsters, plunder their world. store.steampowered.com/app/2800900/... Buy it Try it Review it Repost the heck outa’ this!!1! … and here's a feature trailer explaining what I think is noteworthy about our tower defense game! youtu.be/ePCOuvXU-t0

Are you ready? The 3rd edition of the @rainfilmfest.bsky.social is almost here. #RAIN2025

Man with no friends wishes the same for everybody. bsky.app/profile/drew...

New article! We can understand a lot about the current administration by looking at powerful reality stars xleighalexanderx.substack.com/p/what-makes...

Just read this www.truthdig.com/articles/the... excellent summary/overview of the dangerous fools and buffoons currently shaping technological futures. Here's an idea: why don't we let these people upload themselves to the cloud, and then we unplug it?

📖My book is out! My book Mytholudics: Games and Myth is now available. In it, I propose a way of understanding and analysing games as and through myth. @degruyterbrill.bsky.social doi.org/10.1515/9783...