NarraScope 2026 talks are online, free to view, in record time! Here's the playlist, starting with the second keynote speech from @sharangbiswas.bsky.social. The other keynote was given by @meredithgran.com. I'll add thoughts on my favorite talks after I get a chance to view the ones I missed.

Game developers neither surprised nor delighted to learn that Unreal Engine 6 will be filled with AI garbage aftermath.site/unreal-engine-...

"Game dev is one of those jobs you only do when you really want to. It's not going to make your parents proud, you're unlikely to get rich in an industry that lays off people for making superhits, and its a demanding & confrontative job. Why would you let a machine do the thing you're here to do?"

There’s a lot going on with the August 4th 2026 amendment. Who is behind it, what do they want, how do billionaires and abortion connect to it? We broke all of that down for you in our amendment explainer video 😎. Research with links can be found on our website! youtu.be/f4f5ZJU5Dq8 #kansas

I know Calvin’s dad is already having a moment, but every terrible “outsource precious and fleeting moments with your children to tech so that you can spend more time on your work” pitch makes me think of that one strip I never really cared about as a kid, but care a lot about as an adult.

I always thought that "listen, it doesn't matter how famous you are, you got literally be Scorsese - AI will tank your reputation and your career" would remain a hypothetical but here we are

If you're involved in training/teaching, or a student, this is worth a read – "The Anatomy of a Learning Stall": tagide.com/blog/llm/the...

Gonna be honest - if after all that happened & continues to happen in the US, you still spend money to go to the US for anything but the most urgent of travel, this outcome is on you. Be grateful, it's far from the worst outcome. You should not travel to the US. www.bbc.com/news/article...

"This reality [the cost and harm of genAI] is fundamentally at odds with the spirit of game development: to delight the player, the human being on the other side of the screen." Well said.

Gee I wonder why women and girls are less inclined to use tools that were popularized via their ability to create fake nude photos of women and girls

NEW: A group of activists have built an awesome new tool to help immigration attorneys and the general public know when an ICE flight is headed to their area. gillianbrockell.com/habeas-fligh...

I’m driving 7 hours to St. Louis for a Between the Buried and Me concert with my buddy James. We’re listening to Trophy Scars and driving one-lane roads in an immortal Honda Accord. The vibes are so good.

American Academy of Pediatrics has a more useful response with several resources for parents, teens, educators, and others 🔗 👇 Their bottom line: "we recommend considering the quality of interactions with digital media and not just the quantity, or amount of time."

Hi! I’m music producer and composer Chipzel ✨ Hire me to make music for your video game project, installation, artwork and more 🎵 #opencommissions #indiegames

My only weakness! Stairs!

@officialgdc.bsky.social you mentioned a limited time of availability for GDC 2026 videos - what is the time length and what videos are going to be unavailable later? Thanks.

I wonder if stereoscopic vision would help with object recognition for machine vision. Being able to get a “slightly different view” of something, or being able to look around it a little, I would expect that to help.

Dreams on a Pillow is the game that the establishment doesn't want you to play. A game made by Palestinians about Palestine. This game needs to exist, and we can make it happen. Please back, share, and talk about this game. We must amplify the voices that they're trying so hard to silence.

200,000 wishlists and 480k demo downloads later, How Many Dudes will be launching on July 30th! Our roguelike-strategy riff on the "how many men to defeat a gorilla?" meme surprised us, so here's a few surprises for you! 👇 store.steampowered.com/news/app/393... #indiegame #gamedev #steam

Most institutions try to fix people. We redesign environments. The Stimpunks Design Method turns neurodivergent lived experience into practical tools for building spaces where different minds can thrive. stimpunks.org/design/

@koobazaur.bsky.social My son and I loved Just Crow Things as part of the @thegameclub.bsky.social this month! He is concerned that there is not a way to wear the sunglasses after you've beaten the game - did we miss something? "The Camp" was his favorite level, "The Big Apple" was mine.

This was a good post! Not too long, full of interesting stuff, and it comes at just the right moment, where I've finally gotten into the groove of 2026 (to the degree that it is possible) that I can look for something new.

For #NoKings I am downloading and deleting Github repositories. I saw an awesome bsky post a month or so ago that talked about all of the ways that you can divest from Msoft, but I haven't been able to find it again. Anyway, I'm currently looking into Codeberg/Forgejo or self-hosting. #BDS

I was asked to give my thoughts on generative AI usage in games - here they are!

@coil.bsky.social good having lunch with you today, with Pat and Zach! Hit me up any time!

I’m not at GDC but my book is! Grab a copy while they still have them 🫶

This is #WhatAGameDevLooksLike! I’m JC, I’ve been a gamedev for 10+ years in AAA/indie, and I am currently lead producer and (NEWLY MINTED) COO at my studio, @twirlbound.com! I love making cool stuff with cool people, developing sustainable career paths, and of course yelling (lovingly) about Jira ✨

Mo’z Cafe is my favorite breakfast spot in SF.

Wheels down in SF for #GDC26. Indie game meetup today? Day of the devs later. GiG party tomorrow. Very excited to be here and make friends.

GDC attendees (and others in the Bay!) @digitaleclipse.bsky.social will be showing some of our interactive documentary games at SFMOMA on Thursday and Friday, the 12th and 13th! Requires museum admission, which I believe is discounted if you have a GDC badge. www.sfmoma.org/event/playsf...

The (excellent) Secret Lives of Games podcast hosted @kissakolme.bsky.social, @jukio.bsky.social & @jwaaaap.com to have a big long chat about Nuclear Throne Update 100! Tune in and find out why bandits can't aim right here:

I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

Good thing to remember online right now is that everyone here is very emotionally dysregulated and dealing with that by posting

Discord was going to use age verification that literally pipes your information straight to the fascist US government, until hackers exposed it. “The state wants to see everything. The corporations want to see everything. And they've learned to work together.” www.therage.co/persona-age-...

Here is some of the common feedback I've been giving about CV/resumes and portfolios. Note that these are just my opinions, feel free to disagree. These tips are aimed at gamedev programmers. Very strong UK/US/Canada bias for CV/resume. layout. (( Keep your CV 2 pages at most))((. Even if you've

@ramiismail.com I’ve been showing your GDC Talk “Pulling Together a Business Case” to my uni students - I wondered if you ever gave the talk again that let you take all the time you needed to finish the talk? It gets so rushed at the end, it’s fantastic, but I’m always hoping for more. Thank you

Welcome to v4 of the Blue Sky Game Dev orientation 🧵! Let's get you started with the basics of Bluesky, finding other devs, and posting about your games! Btw, this is based on the artist orientation thread from @purlane.ink; make sure to check it out if you’re also on the art side of game dev!

People on Reddit are getting Amazon to refund their Ring products because of their partnership with Flock and that creepy Super Bowl ad www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...

Wow. Microslop are really getting desperate, aren't they? Killing a well-known (and maybe hated) brand, to replace it with something even more hated? It's gotta be to pump the numbers right? Maybe that bubble is getting closer to bursting after all if they're doing such nonsensical things?

I’m worried. I don’t want to live in the US. I don’t want my boys growing up here. What future is there for them? Not a good one.

The march is now parked in front of Trump Tower. Still very taken aback by the number of people out tonight, given it's below freezing, dark and the last weekend of the Christmas season.

@kenney.nl did you mean to put this on sale for several years?

"Retro Textures 1" will be released on January 15th, it'll include 100 textures ✨ The package will be completely free to download, and use in any sort of project (attribution not required) #gamedev #gameassets

we have not "apprehended" the president of venezuela. we have invaded a foreign country and kidnapped its leader. what the fuck are we doing here, i am going to lose my mind

“catastrophic nostalgia and delusions of freedom i think we ate the last apple in the garden eden”

When you get the reputation of being the guy with the encouraging words on New Year's Eve, it can start to come through as a little pressure -- what if the situation on the ground is worse than usual? what if people are more scared than they usually are, and with cause? what use are good vibes then?

You can easily do 80-90% of contemporary gamedev on Linux. It's not perfect, but that 10x less time having to deal with Windows.

I just desperately need a “history” for social media - I saw this cool thing, tabbed away to answer a text, and now it’s gone forever! I also would really love a log of notifications for my iPhone - “it slipped away before I saw it”, or, “how many times, actually, have I gotten this notification?”

I didn’t know this existed. I didn’t know I needed it - timelines exist. But they’re clunky and I use them all the time.