Just adding up the layoffs from today is putting collective centuries of experience in AAA dev out on the street. It's not just one person's career, but teams who've worked well together. A lot of this experience can't be copied by hiring different people. None of it can be copied using GenAI.

My heart breaks for the hundreds of Bungie devs who lost their job today, in large part because of C-Suite greed (3.6 billion?! Really, Pete? Seriously, Jim?!) and poor studio management. All of you deserve better.

Hey fyi @gracklehq.com is run by one extremely good hearted guy, and it’s still the best site for games industry job listings. It has a patreon that he doesn’t advertise because he’s that selfless. You can support it on patreon and/or kofi

Confused Gabe Newell Buys Yacht Club Games ggtribune.com/2026/06/11/c...

If you follow me and you haven’t read Children of Time you should bump it up to the top of your reading list

TIL my kink is “competence porn”

$1 gets you access to Video Game Journalism 101. I adapted my NYU course into a 5-part video series. You'll learn the history of games media from the '80s to today. And you'll learn about writing, editing, and how the biz actually works. Plus, the rest of Post Games! Sale ends Monday at midnight.

That’s Smee in the corner

I'm almost finished with People of Note, a new musical (!) turn-based RPG with heavy Final Fantasy vibes. Very strong combat, good puzzles, and way too many puns. It's out today - if you're into turn-based RPGs you'll probably enjoy it store.steampowered.com/app/1626170/...

My last writeup from GDC! @alexaray.bsky.social and @adamdolin.bsky.social gave a great talk on how complex narrative systems can increase engagement and help your game compete in our overloaded media environment.

Epic Games layoffs serve as a timely reminder that accountability is dead

Notes towards a "Woke 2" aftermath.site/woke-2-wokenes...

For those of you who didn't make it (or waited patiently in standby), the slides for @adamdolin.bsky.social and my GDC talk "Write Between the Lines: Writing Games for a Polarized, Distracted, Media-Illiterate World," are up on his website! Thank you for your interest! gamedevdolin.com/gdc2026/

Nominations for Game Dev Heroes are open! This is a great time to nominate a writer doing the kind of work you want to celebrate (there are lotsa categories outside of leadership) gamedevheroes.co/nominations/

Hot damn. Actual justice being served? In this economy?? You love to see it.

So @adamdolin.bsky.social created a little thoughtful self-evaluation quiz to ponder your core values. I decided to be a multitasker during the Q&A and take it. Honestly yeah... this sounds right.

The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive

Wise words

ME: (taking my wife to the airport, RE4 merchant voice) "What're ya flying?" HER: "Delta." ME: "...Got a collection of GOOD thing on sale, stranger." HER: "........what?" Happy #ResidentEvilRequiem release day!

I'm using my daily allowance of being gently annoying to remind you to please add this game we made to your wishlist on Steam!

"name and shame them" so yeah the number of times I've seen multiple women come together with binders of evidence about a single man and essentially nothing happened to him kiiiinda discourages that approach

Do you dream of revenge on billionaires? THEN WE HAVE THE GAME FOR YOU. Back our indie game made with rage + love on Kickstarter NOW and play our BRAND NEW DEMO on Steam www.kickstarter.com/projects/spe...

i'm not scared of AI taking my job. i'm scared my parents won't be able to tell whats real or not anymore.

Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

If anyone else suddenly runs into a weird google slides bug where your speaker notes suddenly disappear, this convo with @alexaray.bsky.social should help.

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