Also the fact you can just remove the "2" from this URL and get the Concord closure sure is something. Can't even be empathetically original in your subject about ruining people's lives: sonyinteractive.com/en/news/blog...

Governments are chasing AI investment, even as their publics turn against the technology and the data centers that power it. Canada’s Mark Carney has chosen a shameless approach: to cast the opposition as a lack of “literacy” as he sets out to (re)educate Canadians about the benefits of AI.

Just feels insane that Epic is moving to kill Blueprints just to replace it with a Fortnite-oriented coding language. A real "everyone hated that" move.

The Lands Between Fundraiser Stream is Live! youtube.com/live/3ETgCSF... Direct donations can be made here: www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...

for the best part of this year, I've been speaking to former Maxis developers to put together this: a near-6000 word oral history of Spore 🦠 www.designroom.site/spore-an-ora...

🐦‍⬛announcing Bad Magpie 🐦‍⬛ play as a magpie with one wing, a missing flock, and an unhealthy obsession with a fallen star… - steal shiny trinkets - cause chaos - stick your beak where it doesn’t belong coming day one to XBOX Game Pass and Steam in 2027 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixtw...

Building Relationships is coming to PC & consoles this year!!!! MOVE like a real building pick between TWO hot structures & go on 3 DATES with them WISHLIST or I'll add depression to the game Steam: s.team/a/2666920 PS5: store.playstation.com/concept/1001... Xbox: www.xbox.com/games/store/...

yes of course i will play the atmospheric lonely rock em sock em robots game from the shadow of the colossus man. obviously

Hello anonymous void! I'm Daniel, one of the co-creators of Sable. I've been hiding in a cave for a few years now working on something new, and if you give me a follow there's a chance you might see something very soon... 👀👀👀

Thanks for doing this Casey and happy pride!! My name is Geneva and I'm a black queer/trans gamedev that made a lesbian roller derby rhythm game called Skate & Date! It's out on Mac/Windows (and Android on itch!!) store.steampowered.com/app/1033380/...

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Possibly the game of the year (possibly the decade?) if the PS2 demo I played 50+ times as a kid is anything to go by

Happy [Adult Content] Month everyone!

The US has been monstrous to Cuba for generations, and yet somehow American depravity has found new hidden depths. There's not even a full handful of people in power here that don't deserve to be dragged before a tribunal at this point.

"please read our official guidance on how to erase a minority from public spaces" you're going to the kind of hell the devil fears.

The thing that always spooked me about Marathon as a move for Bungie was that, even in that game's *best* case scenario, Extraction Shooter money != MMO money.

Wow, Destiny, what more can I say…I was always incredibly depressed when I played you

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So so grateful to have been a part of this. The absolute highlight of my week.

hello, we're milktooth! our secret project is part of the official selection in the 2026 tribeca games program from june 10-14. watch this space, something shiny coming soon 👀 tribecafilm.com/films/milkto...

Behold… our beautiful line up of croupiers who will be gracing the Car Boot Casino floor this Saturday 16 May at @amazefest.bsky.social … & pls especially enjoy my bootleg Horse Race Tests character art. 🐎 🦩 🎰

We wouldn't have to reinvent games criticism discourse from first principles on social media every other month if more of y'all blogged instead. Only You can bring back the era of blogs sniping at each other about Bioshock Infinite

SCOOP: double fine is unionizing

Also, from the secret files of the review embargo...

🌆 Amberspire is OUT NOW 🌖 A dice driven science-fantasy city builder. Grow your city atop a mausoleum moon, interact with strange weather and ecology, gain influence and make deals with powerful off-world factions. Experience the history of a future city. PC, Mac, Steam Deck s.team/a/3350750

if scraping through an english lit degree taught me anything, it's that everything is about death if you squint hard enough delighted to be cohosting this writing workshop with the wonderful @tanatb.housefuckinggame.com at A MAZE next week. see you in workshop room 2

I will be here showing off a funky little card-based fighting game! It will be good and/or interesting i promise.

Games criticism owes so much to Garrett Martin. Quietly one of the most influential people in the space, a guy who was happy to publish anyone that had something interesting to say. A shame AV Club is shuttering its games coverage. End of an era, long live Paste Games

the first op-ed on why mps are uniquely impoverished self-sacrificing heroes who simply must have their subsidised on the job drink or they will literally die has landed

while my thoughts are with those who were present at the correspondents dinner, i can’t help but think that becoming an active shooter represents an innovative new discovery strategy for indies navigating a difficult and crowded marketplace

In Moves of the Diamond Hand, sequel to the IGF award-winning Betrayal at Club Low from cult-favourite Cosmo D, the vibes so far are transcendent. Our early access thoughts: www.eurogamer.net/moves-of-the...

I love being part of and continuing to write for Bullet Points. Keeps my dreams of what games criticism could be alive. Please support us on Patreon if you can: www.patreon.com/bulletpoints

It's out!!!! You too can make Henry go outside and plant a tree for less than the cost of a cup of coffee! With this one handy link... store.steampowered.com/app/3531490/...

Moves of the Diamond Hand - out now! store.steampowered.com/app/2778210/...

I've had the pleasure of working with Henry on the code side of Treeplanter for the past year, and I'm delighted to hear folks are having a meditative time with the demo! Plays, wishlist, reviews, reposts, etc. appreciated! Full game releases in ONE WEEK!!! store.steampowered.com/app/3531490/...

God help us.

New Blog: Let Games Die "Let Code Die is rooted in a trust that if we have code that we like and we lose it, we can write it again. What would it mean to trust ourselves as game developers, designers, critics and players in the same way?" www.possibilityspace.org/blog/posts/l...

which is perhaps unfair. not much can compete with gay sex. not even half-life. definitely not skyrim. but every modder has to make this choice somehow, every day. really it's a miracle any mods get made when you could be having gay sex instead

REALIS, the science fantasy TTRPG I’ve been working on for the last five years, is now live on Kickstarter! 55 Player Classes 150+ NPC Classes 29 Factions 20 Example Moons of Realis GMing and Prep Guidance Over 100 incredible illustrations from 17 artists! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...

Israel has passed the death penalty solely for Palestinians, enforced through military courts with a 96% conviction rate. Israeli Minister Ben Gvir popped champagne. The Israeli government is raising a toast to genocidal apartheid. The UK government is arming and funding it.

I think about "Barack Obama remains the President of the United States. He has clearly abolished Constitutional term limits, and God knows what else with it." far too often.

Gamer Mom x Gamer Son

Today is my birthday! It's a good time to get Children of the Sun while it's also 60% off right now! store.steampowered.com/app/1309950/...

Fortunately, wargaming has given me extensive experience of situations where wars spiral out of control to the point your war aims are just to return to the status quo ante. That's how I know what these guys need to do now is load from an old autosave.

Its v. v. possible that this will be one of the best games ever made and won't YOU sound cool when you're the first one to tell your friends about it

every negative review of marathon is like ah the narrative doesnt work and the treadmill of the extraction shooter feels empty. but every positive review of marathon is like i hate myself and what i have become. i feel my tolerance for hate growing with every round. i hate you for making me kill you

I've written a book! Next Level: Making Games That Make Themselves is the story of procedural generation - the tech behind games like Minecraft and Dwarf Fortress. It's about how it works, the games that use it, and the art and magic behind it. Out May 7th, in bookshops: linktr.ee/next_level 🎲🔮

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