Let's do this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9...

feel like this is one of the bigger labor stories of Our Current Regrettable Age variety.com/2026/gaming/...

"Our standing rule is: If one of us brings up using GenAI in any of our work, then it's safe to assume we've been assimilated by The Thing and should be burned alive by Kurt Russell," said a game design consultant in the US.

What I’m hearing: large open source projects are being absolutely hammered by AI-generated security reports. To the point of not being able to handle them. Feeling is lots of ppl want an easy way to put a CVE on their CV and collect $$ for bug bounty. Super bad for maintainers

At this point it genuinely feels like they are trying to ruin as many things as possible before the consequences catch up with them

Sometimes I think it'd be a good idea for CEOs to be scored, Metacritic-style, based on how others evaluate how they run a company. I like to imagine it would encourage more restraint. Their incompetence does real damage. You shouldn't have to suffer executives just because you want to be a gamedev.

Mewgenics contest is live! info in the comments!

man, what a season

This climate catastrophe proudly brought to you by the Murdoch Media, the LNP and the ALP.

every return to office mandate is the death throes of the old world looking to do as much damage as possible on the way out

It is so incredibly disappointing to see Schell Games pump out AI slop.

This shows up in everyday dynamics too. Whose ideas get heard, who’s assumed competent, who has to “prove” themselves, and who gets grace when they mess up.

my only sappy thing to say about GDQ is that the last however many years have tried their best to convince the world that ppl like me should not exist and sometimes you wonder if we really are on a downfall but GDQ comes around saying trans rights all day all week raising millions and millions

GDQ not only heals me every year, it overcharges me. every donation saying trans rights, the minority event-to-main stage pipeline, the unbridled joy and wide open arms of the community and everyone watching — this is what _my_ gaming community looks like and this is who i make games for

Gamedevs in 2026 trying to develop games for $6000 potato PCs with 256MB of RAM

I am on the lookout for a contract games designer for paid work. Preferably with experience in Unreal and at least 1 shipped game (due to the responsibilities). Remote Australia, VIC preference but not required. Send them my way for a chat!

The Academic Work Tracker spreadsheet is now updated with 2026 dates! If you don't already, 2026 is a great time to start treating your academic work like the wage job where you are paid to work a certain amount of hours that it actually is: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Experimental evidence that students are more likely to contest grades when they are delivered by an evaluator with a female-sounding name. "These findings suggest that women in evaluative positions face disproportionate resistance when delivering negative assessments."

Show me how your 2025 went

Squeakross is currently on sale on ALL platforms for the holidays! -Made by Picross lovers for Picross lovers -Beginner friendly tutorial & infinite hints -TONS of gameplay customization for pro-players -100% optional house decoration -Night Mode -650 puzzles (+230 soon👀) -Free demo -Rodents pics🐭

I decided to remaster this one and I made it just in time!

save FIFTY PERCENT on the game i put out late last year that didn't do well but people do think it is good!!! this is what we call "honest marketing" store.steampowered.com/app/867150/I...

Generative AI is also causing me more work as a college professor, in teaching, research, and admin work.

Cast n Chill is now available on Nintendo Switch & Switch 2. Yep whether you’re sittin’ on the couch or in the outhouse, you can drop a line anywhere, anytime. Oh and don’t forget to tell a bud because Cast n Chill now has co-op! www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro... #nintendoswitch2 #nintendoswitch

Pretty disappointed in both @humblebundle.com and especially in @girlswhocode.bsky.social. Please teach girls how to code, don't push them into generative AI. That won't build their skills. Prioritize foundational programming skills and awaken their interest. "Tired of long days writing code"???

Can anyone name me one thing GenAI has truly made better? Like fundamentally better? Not slightly easier to do, but actually, final end product better?

Cis people really have no idea how it feels to watch a regime hold a press conference to admit, on camera, the pogrom against trans people they've been waging for 11 months is not only real, but they're going to double down on genocide and try to wipe out all the children first.

This is possibly the most significant attack on trans rights in this country yet, and I can count the number of posts on my timeline about this on my hands. If you're trying to dismiss this thinking "It'll die in the senate," DON'T! Sound the alarms now!

I want to talk about this, because it's relevant, and terrifying. This is fascism. Education is, literally, the enemy of fascism. Not just official education. Just any education. Any discussion or discourse. Even arguments. The growth of the people toward togetherness.

It's reaching that time of year again where I update the Academic Workload Tracker so people can use it in 2026. If you used it in 2025, please let me know any bugs you encountered, things you wanted that weren't there, or just nice things about how valuable it was. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

I guarantee you, Person Who Is Somehow Still A Harry Potter Fan In 2025, that there are so many books by trans authors that are better and not fueling hate. Go read them instead.

£22.50 on Steam, NOW!

Informa truly are the most soulless moneyghoul parasites. Let's finally do a GDC outside the US, where minorities and LGBTQ people aren't safe and in danger of jail/death... in a country where minorities and LGBTQ people aren't safe and in danger of jail/death. Fuck you. bsky.app/profile/gibi...

“i can’t leave twitter, i need it, it’s where my audience is”

Soar as an albatross embarking on an epic journey to reunite with their family in this relaxing, story-driven flight game grounded in the Māori world. Toroa: Skycall by @atawhaigames.bsky.social is out now!

I've played 133 escape rooms, and this may be my favorite thing out of any of them. It's an accessibility panel that gives players direct control over sound volume and flashing lights. (Plus it directs them to other accessibility options elsewhere in the room.) Bravo to 60 Out Hollywood!

New blog post: "interest sources", contextual NPC interactions, as deployed by me in @sleightofhand.game and other things. Here is one way that you, too, can keep your code from ballooning while actively encouraging your design aspirations to balloon www.joewintergreen.com/interest-sou...

In case you were wondering what it’s like to boot a free to play mobile game in 2025

Girl Guides Australia is lovely and inclusive! qnews.com.au/all-girls-we...

This really is a must read for anyone in academia.

Woodside are expanding fossil fuels during the climate crisis. They have chosen to be the bad guys. We shouldn't let them launder their reputations through our community institutions. Student & staff members of @stopwoodsidemonash campaigned fearlessly against Woodside's partnership at Monash Uni.

THIS

At about $60K that's about 128 million graduate team indie games, at $150K about 500,000 small indie games, at $300K about 250,000 mid-size debut indie games, or at around $950K about 110,000 indie games by a team of more experienced devs. There are a total of 110,000 indie games on Steam.

Yet another prime case of Potemkin AI. I hate seeing an “AI notetaker” in a zoom call recording everything. In some cases, these notetakers were literally just a guy writing everything down. We too often see vaporous hype leading to the credulous embrace of fraudulent systems.

Gonna highlight some quotes from the actual paper here because they hit so fucking hard and because they highlight the ways that Epistemic Exploitation serves to maintain the oppressive status quo. Privileged people preserve existing inequalities by denying the lived experiences of oppressed people.

This is such a useful concept that applies in so many places. I feel like it's doubly so as those in power just "can't understand" why people aren't rushing out to use generative AI for everything.