behold, my bounty of riches

this is genuinely so good :) what a gem. i'm honoured to have contributed an article. pick it up, it's deeply worth your time if you work in the industry at all. this book is full of thoughts not just for writers but for people who create interactive dream|fiction spaces <3

any boston mutuals around this week? :)

Mamoru Oshii’s landmark 1985 anime film, Angel’s Egg, is streaming on HBO. www.hbomax.com/movies/angel...

if there was a criterion for games this would be in it go play it !!

📻NEW on the Panic Podcast: Creators @theuniverse.bsky.social and @mrsambarlow.bsky.social talk about the alchemy that combines movie magic with the interactivity of video games, and what (if anything) makes a “good” FMV. 🎧Listen now: podcast.panic.com/episodes/s02e02/ or wherever you catch pods!

sometimes I feel like such a flop I wonder how I will ever make it all happen... and yet in flopping I affirm the gift of life... I flop because I am not yet done....

finally got @mrsambarlow.bsky.social and co’s lovely tome and goodies from the awesome folks @lostincult.co.uk

Incredible

This is who runs this account :)

ahh this is absolutely going to collapse

Playing Perfect Tides: Station to Station? Listen to this (SPOILER-FREE!) interview with the game's creator about the rise of memoir games, recreating the lost NYC of 2003, and... Ecks vs. Sever. postgame.substack.com/p/adapting-l...

Anyone who is part of the federal government who is not doing everything in their power to stop this administration, regardless of the assumed cost to normalcy or career, is a coward and a collaborator.

We need an awards catagory for key art for games because wowza!

Blippo+ won the Best Writing award at the New York Game Awards! Thank you @nyvgcc.bsky.social for the honor! Our hearts are full after seeing all the incredible work you do. Congratulations to Blippo+ writer @theuniverse.bsky.social and all the Blippians who riffed Planet Blip into being.

This is an all time favorite quote, I think about it frequently.

Shout out to everyone currently experiencing everything

that’s right

occasionally I remember that Half Mermaid's Immortality exists and I ask myself, "how????"

babe wake up, another Design Room oral history just dropped.

RIP History, you would have loved the Riven remake.

If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula.

Breaking: Zohran announced today that he will be fixing that one thing that has ambiently pissed you off for like 14 years.

banger incoming to kick off the year

so, my post was not completely aware of this.

We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.

great piece by @emilyprice.bsky.social about one of my all time favorites.

introduce yourself with four indie games

everyone should read the article linked below :)

I think mystery games are good actually

just saw a billionaire pack all his things in a bindle and start leaving new york city on foot. he turned and looked at me with tears in his eyes and said “maybe one day when this city is safe we’ll return” before walking away

hmmmm

Happy New Year to them 🎊

tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1999 (i’m scared of computer)

2025 taking no prisoners with less than a week to go (Got slashed in the leg by a guy at the train station today, I AM OK, but ready for this year to be over.)

4 games that defined my 2025 :)

He’s right.

You’ve probably noticed Blippo+ appearing on GotY lists. The story of how the game was made is as incredible as the game itself and a reminder that there are better, healthier alternatives for creating art! postgame.substack.com/p/can-you-fi...

Buried in this article are FIVE DIFFERENT WIP versions of Begin Again. Unbelievably cool.

“the medium is the message” is the convention but imo, the person is the medium. We are all prisms! When making art we gather knowledge, memory and intentionality and filter it through ourselves while engaging in creation. It’s why LLMs could never do what we do, because we are of the world, in it.

But when a direction is chosen freely and followed wholeheartedly, it may seem that all things further the going.

starting to feel good about this draft. like it doesnt totally feel like pinball

I worry that people see autobiographical games and immediately assume they’re going to be relentlessly hard and heavy. and sure Consume Me deals with big questions but it’s also incredibly fun. the yoga minigame is screamingly funny. you can walk a pom

the good that you do persists in this world

crazy price for an excellent game.

wonderful piece, had similar thoughts while playing through E33 (a game who's combat system I really vibe with).

DICK VAN DYKE HAS REACHED AGE 100 HAPPY BIRTHDAY DICK VAN DYKE!!!

Average experience transferring at 14th and 6th

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one of the best games to release this year, and that’d be true in any year. Go play it!!