I love video games.

It is possible to lament the decline of authored environment art while simultaneously acknowledging the realities of modern commercial game development.

GDC talk on the professional importance of keeping it in the group chat

reshare if you agree wall adapters with a single USB C port have a surface area differential ratio that looks weird

We can’t afford a $1M trailer slot 😔 But reposts on Bluesky cost $0 - and they really help tiny teams like ours ❤️ If cozy medieval creativity is your thing, here’s our Scriptorium trailer!

Closed captioning has a good take on Arc Raiders

also if you were ever like "I loved Bojack but what if instead of being about talking animals it was about Jews and maybe a bit less sad", his new show "long story short" rules

GDC scholarship opportunity here! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Also! If anyone knows anybody who has helped organize these kinds of events (in gaming and otherwise), please reach out! Trying to get a story done this week!

UFO 50 has been shortlisted for Best Game at the 2025 #GameMaker Awards! Fantastic group of games we're a part of - it's an honor. Our team members have been using GameMaker to make games for a long time. Big thanks to everyone at @gamemaker.io! 🗳️You can vote for us here: opr.as/GMA25-Vote

This was really, really difficult. It was a stellar year for games. Would love to hear your hot takes, tell me why I'm wrong.

And BY THE WAY... @adamdolin.bsky.social and I are giving a lecture about EXACTLY THIS PROBLEM at GDC 2026: schedule.gdconf.com/session/writ...

Hi! this is a reminder to people who would like to be considered for an award for the AIAS narrative award for their game, especially if it is a deep, hours long, reactive RPG with branching!!!!! please allow us time to play your game and submit it here: www.interactive.org/awards/29th_...

Folks who make video games! @officialgdc.bsky.social is running the annual State of the Industry survey again. You should take the chance to weigh in! The survey's gone through a major overhaul this year and your voice will matter even more: gdconf.typeform.com/SOTI26

I’ve never owned a printer that worked for longer than two months.

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and let me know if you have any questions! 🤗

If you're going to MDev this year, I'm excited to share @tomeandblade.bsky.social will be bringing an early look of our upcoming game, Archon. We'll be there on Saturday if you'd like to check us out!

Game writers (or anyone who wants more writing practice): Consider signing up for the 100-word microfiction challenge from @nycmidnight.bsky.social I love doing these. Solid feedback and excellent practice writing under strict constraints. Learn more at nycmidnight.com/100

"Studios build teams; teams build games" That's it, that's the skeet. I'm gonna be yelling this for years.

Hey, so another piece of advice for people who are S-Corps: there is a company called Opolis that acts as your employer of record and will provide health insurance and other benefits.

Chigurh: what is the most you ever lost on a coin toss 17 year old mall boba stand cashier: card only

Maybe someone more talented than me could do the frog in the correct style

I’m not a business guy, but my take on this: Seems bad!

Indie director Barbara Marques has been kidnapped by ICE. She is legally married to a U.S. citizen & was at a green card mtg when she was abducted and prevented from seeing her lawyer. Her husband Tucker May does not know where she is. Please spread the word so he can find her /1

How I spent my lunch break

You simply cannot make me spend my time on this stuff. Oh the president said Tylenol causes autism? Well it doesn't. No I'm not going to pore through research papers to prove it to you. That's not what my time is for. My time is for playing videogames and gazing lovingly at my wife.

Imagine it's 2002 and you're sitting around watching the Man Show and a time traveler appears in the room and tells you about the past 48 hours

on a scale of ★ to ★★★★★, what's a ★★ food? or ★★★★★ weather? do you and your friends even agree on what "★★★★" means? announcing STARFRIENDS, a new social card game that melds these questions into the best kind of loosely competitive experience. physical decks coming soon, follow our KS page today!

A lot of new followers in the past few days. Hello! This is Lily.

I'll be on this panel next monday. If you're in LA, check it out! If you're not on LA, it'll be livestreamed. You should still check it out! www.wgfoundation.org/events/all/2...

Waiting for that Tormented Trobbio patch... any day now...

Since 2016, I’ve wrestled with finding the right balance between staying informed and prioritizing my mental health; managing my ADHD in a way that keeps me productive as a professional creative. Hard to gauge success with intangible metrics, but I’d like to think I’ve found success. However…

Sometimes it's nice to remember that even Marcus Aurelius was like "you don't have to comment on everything bro"

Gonna make a brief appearance on this; if you enjoyed UFO50, or like watching me talk about UFO50, check it out!

(trying to explain "fuck, marry, kill" to a black widow spider) no it's *three different* guys

Layoffs wreck studios. Institutional knowledge is SO valuable in the games industry. When you eventually replace that laid off employee, I don’t care if they’ve got 30 years of experience and dozens of games under their belt. They still have to learn the pipeline, the software, the systems.

If 6pm rolls around and I still haven't been able to download Silksong, watch this space to see a grown man absolutely lose his shit!

I'm going to set something on fire.

The cruelest joke ever played: Releasing Silksong and then not letting me buy it 💀

genuinely and unbelievably delighted by how silksong just took so long because they were having fun, staying offline, and going at their own pace. human beings need more opportunities to work like this.

@jasonschreier.bsky.social Let out an audible guffaw as I read this:

It's been 15 years since my last sketch comedy group disbanded, but I'd like to think I've still got the juice. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne4Q...

Sending massive gratitude to @jesawyer.bsky.social and @writnelson.bsky.social for talking to my students last night, as well as my sincere apologies for this slide:

Make sure your RPG battle transitions, scene composition, and attack animations are at least as cool as this Taiwanese DOS RPG from 1995

TFW u open BlueSky and a bunch of ppl are vaguely posting about the same shit

Hyperion, 1989

TOXIC THOUGHT: “I could fix him…”