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If the only thing that wins is the runaway viral hit, if all that the media can talk about, if all the streamers can play is that one viral game. Then passion , art and experimentation dies.... because all that is left to survive...... is to gamble and become that game. That is 2025...

The winner takes all-instant hit-meme-flywheel mentality that has completely overtaken the games industry and even #indiedev is poison. It deteriorates the space for risk and sustainable growth, until all that's left is to to either make slot-machines or slop-machines.

3 years ago today, Riot Games offered me a job making more money than I ever thought I’d make in my life. I had 19 interviews over 2.5 months to get it. Partner and I were moving to LA for it. I put in notice at my job and apartment. 2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.

Hold up

Insulting to the players, insulting to the IP, insulting to the medium, the developers. And the craft itself. Fuck you executives who pushed this garbage. frvr.com/blog/call-of...

Mochi sat in the bowl for the first time ✋( ﾉ ͜ʖヽ)👌 Also, it’s her birthday today! 🥳❤️ #DailyMoch

I think it's okay if players who don't pay attention get lost.

See ya, losers! I’m going to the one place uncorrupted by capitalism…MYST

As someone who wrote for an ARPG where players consider dialog an obstacle to maximum efficiency I have FEELINGS.

You wanna know why we're having nag line discourse in 2025? Because developers know we're fighting an attention economy war we'll lose no matter what. Players don't read, have TikTok open next to them, god forbid we are scared you miss something and then blame us for not giving you all the info.

Just fucking insane to see the absolute (intentional) collapse of full remote jobs available for AAA studios in so short a time. Why would I EVER move for a job again when I could be laid off weeks after moving my entire life across the globe??

A note about the TGAs worth remembering as this Future Class story unfolds: it’s a marketing beat, consumer-facing, and voted on by media/influencers. Developers are, by design, not included or considered in the structure. Which feels bad! www.polygon.com/explained/49...

Bob's Burgers ass store name (complimentary)

WOMEN ARE MY FAVOURITE GUY 🗣️🗣️🗣️ #jetsetradio #segadreamcast #fanart #planetofthebass #kylegordon #parodyart #digitalart

absolutely heartbroken to announce that i was part of the crystal layoffs today 💔 if y’all spot any openings for a soft, dedicated, smiley games writer — please send them my way 💫 i was on the most perfect narrative team on an exciting, ambitious project. i will cherish it all forever. 💖

here’s my info for any job leads: linkedin.com/in/bgmaguid belindabwriting (at) gmail dot com bgmaguid.com (website will be back online later today)

History needs to be put on pause. No more events until we figure out what the fuck is going on.

i followed valve p religiously when i was younger and for a while they'd always harp on "building" and "engaging with" your "community", which felt like it really got in everyone's head, though valve mostly stopped doing that stuff. today i really hate to be in a community someone's trying to engage

Computers were a skill. They were taught in classrooms as a skill. Skills give you power over your tools because you work them as an expert and that is leverage to multiply externally. And then computers became an A/B tested telemetry-based advertising conduit to brains for SaaS recurring revenue.

Please continue making calls to Visa and Mastercard, because they are working alongside conservative legislators to crack down on free speech and expression! A dual pronged offense requires a dual pronged defense!

BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike. Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year. Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.

Today's the day where we can finally let the world know what we've been working on at Seeker! I'm SO PROUD to announce KinForge! The trailer just went live on YouTube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKOQ...

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

gamers, ima hold your hand when i say this toss that switch2 box the fuck out

Hey so, today is my last day at Crystal Dynamics apparently. I joined the company in 2018 to work on Marvel's Avengers and it's been the longest (and best) job I've ever had. It now means I'm looking for work, so if you know of any senior writer/narrative designer positions please send them my way.

Sadly, my contract with Blizzard ended in September. That means I'm looking for fulltime or contract work as a senior writer or narrative designer. If you need someone who can write sharp characters, poetic prose, and emotional stories, I'm available! www.hazelmonforton.com

i spoke to LOADS of people about this very recently, and the only people using it regularly were the dipshits in charge

Fangamer is hiring a Graphic Designer! (remote work OK) 🙌 Rare opportunity for a creative position at the kindest, coolest company there is 💚 www.fangamer.com/pages/job-li...

Counterpoint: Absolutely fucking not.

If your game has voice acting, then working with the voice actors is half of your writing process. It's not complete until you've heard it interpreted and reimagined by a voice actor. And they always reimagine it in ways that elevate the writing, in ways you never would have imagined yourself.

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Over the years, few items have been more requested for purchase than the Myst 25th Anniversary Linking Books. We've heard you loud and clear, so we're opening the Cyan Vault to offer our remaining stock to you until December 10th 2025 at 10AM PT! https://store.cyan.com/s/relink25soc

Rewatching X-Files and absolutely lost my shit at the Jersey Devil episode, where a homeless guy demands money from Mulder for his proof which ends up just being this fuckass drawing.

Rewatching X-Files and absolutely lost my shit at the Jersey Devil episode, where a homeless guy demands money from Mulder for his proof which ends up just being this fuckass drawing.

Before I go further, I'll put a link to the game here and it'll also go at the end to make a tasty lil' video game sandwich: store.steampowered.com/app/2963240/...

okay, seriously: if we were to corral this, would anyone be interested in contributing? Here is the google form: forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...

Ambrosia Sky: Act One is available now!! 15% off on both Steam & Epic!! store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/... store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/ambr...

Democrats, coming off a historic national protest against fascism and a country-wide electoral sweep:

Oh for the love of Sharing, since I just googled these so I could leave angry voicemails telling these motherfuckers to hold the line Schumer's DC office number: 202-224-6542 Gillibrand's DC office number: (202) 224-4451

RIP Baudrillard you would have loved this shit

Here’s my breakdown of EA’s pending sale… to Saudi Arabia… and why this is much, much bigger than video games. I’m late to this from a ‘news’ perspective obviously, but it’s because I worked on this video for about a month. youtu.be/yOzFyrRH_sw

AI bubble this, crypto bubble that. The only bubble I wanna talk about is this:

Rediscovered this electric article from 2020 by the great @duncanfyfe.net about the death of Sierra, a studio that was so so important to my childhood.

Not to be the fun police but I do hope people know that Arc Raiders does use generative AI for voice acting, and by supporting the game you're letting higher-ups know that this is an okay practice. They try to downplay this on the Steam store page by describing the AI usage as vaguely as possible.