Industrial heat is one of the hardest parts of the energy transition. This sand battery is now delivering fossil-free heat for industry, storing renewable electricity as high-temperature heat and releasing it when needed. Simple idea, big impact.

the thing i'm waiting for with the ai romance novel lady is for another scammer to figure out that purely ai-generated material w no human authorship is generally not considered to be protected by copyright in the US rn, and saving themselves the 45 mins per book by reselling hers

ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.” What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.

This is tonight, 8pm Central! I'll be there to answer question about Quarterstaff, indie game development, game design, and maybe a rant or two about how accessibility and challenge are not mutually exclusive. There will be codes to give away, and there's a FREE DEMO if you want to follow along.

Law firms are going to be adding this sign to their fee schedules.

Man, it’s wild that normal people just go to work every day while the people who run everything meticulously document their sex crimes

Begging AI dude bros to learn even 1% of IP law or even just google copyright at this point to understand why this is such an utterly fatuous horse to place your bets on jesus christ. It’s NFTs all over again. Trend jumpers who cosplay zuckerberg flip flop hoodie realness.

This was posted in the new Epstein files release and removed about 20 mins later. Wonder why that is.

GO TRADE SOME BABIES, BABES

“It’s rare to find a tactics game this simple that stays compelling, which this has accomplished in spades. Honestly, the best compliment I can give it is that I’m going to go right back to playing it after I finish this review.” -IndieGameReviewer #SteamSale #IndieGame #Strategy #TurnBased #NoAI

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"You raise your voice, I erase your voice." ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights. Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY

MinnMax is teaming up with @giantbomb.bsky.social this Friday at 5pm Central for an ICE Out charity stream from our studio in Minneapolis. It'll be simulcast on all channels... www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshow www.youtube.com/minnmax www.twitch.tv/giantbomb www.youtube.com/giantbomb

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Small, free act you can do to bring some good in this world: add positive reviews to ALL you Steam games, especially the small indies. You don't need to write anything smart, just "game good" is enough. Every positive steam review tips the algorithm and helps your fav artists get more sales

Currently taking all the smallest indie games in my Steam library and letting them run for a few minutes (if I haven't played them) so I can leave a positive review. Review your indie games! Even if it doesn't say much. I'm just copying and pasting.

-[2nd amendment freaks spend 50 years insisting everyone should be allowed to carry guns to resist tyranny] -ah, well, no, not like that

I had 3 friends explaining Warhammer 40K to me and I still hear it like

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.

Wonder if the new Fable will continue using the morality system that flags you as evil for eating meat, good for eating veggies, but has absolutely nothing to say when you buy up every house in a village and become a slumlord. Homeless and forced to hunt = evil, but rent-seeking parasite = ok.

"B-But if we don't use AI, how will we storyboard cutscenes--" MOTHERFUCKER MY WIFE LET ME USE HER CROCHET PLUSHIES, WHAT'S YOUR EXCUSE

I've posted about what Quarterstaff offers, let's talk about what it DOESN'T have... No generative AI slop No tracking your activity or data No quick time simon-says tedium 'gameplay' No unskippable cutscenes No Jared Leto Check out the FREE DEMO on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2134060/...

empathy is toxic, bro

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greatest steam update of all time, because of one unnecessary detail

This is how they played The First of Us

hi! i'm co-founding a new gaming website with my former polygon colleague @zoehhannah.com. it's called mothership.blog. i made it for someone like me... the kind of website i always wished we had in our space. watch the video to learn more :D

A preview of our upcoming update and beta test for using custom assets in our Sprite Sheet Creator! #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #godot sleeping-robot-games.itch.io/sprite-sheet...

There's less than one day left to nab Quarterstaff while it's on sale! store.steampowered.com/app/2134060?... Quarterstaff combines strategy, puzzle, and RPG elements into one accessible-yet-challenging game. Check out the FREE DEMO to learn more! #gamedev #indiedev #strategy #puzzle #indiegames

Taken from the slides in the graduate class i built and taught in autonomous vehicles, chapter Human-Robot Interaction. The ethical board of global robotics. The human is responsible.

A reminder! No Escape is devoted to covering anything *but* AAA games this year! noescapevg.com/content-note...

Knowledge is power #usps

I remember seeing this Gracie Films logo at the end of most TV show closing credits and it was generally my signal that it was bedtime. Where do you remember it from? 📺 #nostalgia #tvshow #synthwave

Waiting for Churu #Cats #CatsofBluesky #Caturday #Gompers

1/2 OFF 1/4 STAFF! I'm just a simple country game developer and no expert on the maths, but I'm fairly certain that's 8 times the staff for your dollar.

It's been a year since Quarterstaff launched! To celebrate, Quarterstaff is on sale! Check out this easy-to-learn & hard-to-master tactics extravaganza today! store.steampowered.com/app/2134060/... #IndieGameDev #SteamSale #StrategyGames

Dear gamers, how do you critique the classics? With a game like #FinalFantasyTactics there's so much love, from us & the devs alike. You see it in how Square brought FFT forward for 2025 But could they have gone even further? Help us talk this out: www.deargamers.net/blog/dear-ga...

"A lot of really good decisions for overall gameplay happened to be good accessibility decisions..." We asked @hurlgreytea.bsky.social from @genericlakemonster.bsky.social, the team behind Quarterstaff, about game dev, indies, and accessibility Check it out here: www.deargamers.net/features/qua...

Here's a strategic turn-based indie for your radar: Quarterstaff from @genericlakemonster.bsky.social Easy to learn, tough to master - built with accessibility so anyone can try to conquer the challenge Check out Jason's full review, his 1st for accessibility! www.deargamers.net/reviews/quar...

We’re happy to be the official host for this #TurnBasedThursday! The expedition is set, your heroes are ready! #GameDev, it’s time to show off your turn-based projects! Don’t forget to share this thread and have fun exploring new projects ❤️ and wishlist the games you liked!

Sunday Sunday Sunday! A martial-&-magical-arts fantasy epic epic epic! No quick time events, no randomness, no save scumming required - just bespoke strategies & stories, art & anims made by real people people people! www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R3Q... #NoAISlop #Steam #PC #IndieGames #IndieGaming

Gompers enjoying himself on this fine #Caturday #Cats #Gompers

Since this famous Michelangelo painting is on a ceiling, clearly it's incomplete without ceiling cat(s). I showed @aileenholmes.bsky.social my redo of the classic with Gompers on the right, and she completed the masterpiece with Oscar on the left. #Caturday #Cats #ClassicArt #Gompers #Oscar

Every American should read this ACLU lawsuit about what is happening in Los Angeles and California. It is the stuff of dystopian nightmares. This is not immigration enforcement. It is positively stuffed with videos and articles documenting racial profiling on a scale unseen since Jim Crow.

I will never forgive myself for bringing this monstrosity into existence. The fabled man skeleton used to animate the horses in the first Assassins Creed #AssassinsCreed #Gaming #gamedev #gaming #3DModeling

Alright, Missile Command Delta comes out tomorrow, probably one of the biggest projects of my career (in one of the shittiest years of my career too). Share it, wishlist it, I think its incredibly special, and the work we got to do on it alongside 13AM Games was some of the best both us have done.

This game is amazing, but Reading Rainbow rules apply: don't take my word for it. "It’s rare to find a tactics game this simple that stays compelling." -Indiegamereviewer.com Just a few days left to save during the #SteamSummerSale! #IndieGames #TurnBased store.steampowered.com/app/2134060/...

Gompers helping* me get work done. *not actually helping #Caturday #Cats #CatsOfBlueSky #Gompers