A fantastic column from @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social today, on marginalized devs navigating the hellfire that is the current indie funding environment www.gamedeveloper.com/production/t...

We travel to the past to uncover Leliana's backstory. Along the way we talk about the aesthetics of 2009, the different paths Dragon Age could have taken, pursuing romance in hopes of narrative relevance, manipulating people through approval systems, toxic yuri, and terrible Orlesian accents.

*furiously editing my tattoo in real time with a sharpee* How could I possibly be fash? My totenkopf has a smiley face!

"While they have questions about healthcare and retirement plans, the number-one issue employees ask about during the collective bargaining process is whether the silk-lined, crew-neck jackets will come in royal blue and have snaps." theonion.com/report-sugge...

Le Guin on the idea that there is a secret to getting good at writing.

Our bonus episode for July is out! Part one of the Codex Entries Summer Book Club! This month we read the first nine chapters of Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne by David Gaider. If you support us on ko-fi you’ll get access to this episode + past and future bonus episodes! ko-fi.com/post/July-20...

Not in anyway important, but I just don't think you should be allowed to dress as a teenager if you're actually the grim reaper

The Left(s) should get onboard with a massive expansion of public libraries across the country over the next 25 years. This is an affirmative project.

Just a reminder that Playstation is the same company that, less than a week ago, removed 551 movie titles from people's accounts even if they were "purchased" and gave no refunds. They've already signaled they are not to be trusted with digital only products. blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/p...

Closing the Chicago NARA location should have much more news articles and should be a very big deal. I have not seen much reporting at all. 📜https://www.kqed.org/news/12088904/exclusive-the-bay-areas-national-archives-office-is-closing-researchers-are-worried

Proud to announce our HARDSHIP FUND: uvw-cwa.org/hardship-fun... If you've been recently laid off and need support, we got you.

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this cannot stand.

We traveled to Haven. But first, some romance talk: Ivy and Leliana made out, while Chalice and Morrigan jumped straight to having sex three times for the very first time. We also discuss being pure of heart, making up religious visions for attention, and Alistair's stupid chungus life. Out now!

It is with a heavy heart that @espressocat.bsky.social and I announce the first of several endings to the podcast. We had a good run and look forward to bringing things to a close at least 4 more times in the future. Also, Metal Gear Solid as a tale of alienation: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...

the offer still stands! hit me up!

it's really hard to be a person who like. believes in things , and thinks they're worth doing. because what we're watching pretty universally here is the people in charge of everything close up the doors and say "yeah we're done with doing, now is the time of rot". but like .... i like doing!

everyone i follow thinking to themselves "how could we take all the people getting laid off today and make a new game studio"

"It is with profound sadness that I find myself in the difficult position of having to make everyone else pay for my shitty management decisions. We hope to share with you our plans for the future, which will certainly involve more layoffs to please investors."

Me: It was the best of times, it was the better of times— truly but with that we must say ….. wait what we’re going to do another one?!?! Phantom Pain. Multiple endings. The clash of themes. And who hurt you, Kojima?

It is with a heavy heart that @espressocat.bsky.social and I announce the first of several endings to the podcast. We had a good run and look forward to bringing things to a close at least 4 more times in the future. Also, Metal Gear Solid as a tale of alienation: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...

I think it's fine for games not to really have economies

Rockstar answering the most important question in modern games: is it possible to make a game so expensive it literally can't make money?

When you're bored at work:

Last month two library workers reached out to Public Collectors to ask about making a booklet version of Fobazi Ettarh's essay "Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves" for a Celebration of Life event. We did, and it is now available for all: halfletterpress.com/vocational-a...

Dear mod makers, I don't care about shaders or big honkers or cheats. I want outfits. So. Many. Outfits.

Damn. Really recorded a good episode for our podcast for the final final ending of MGSV (or was it?!) LOL

I'm fully willing to admit that this build is more than a little silly.

Not sure you can make a serious claim to "a new era of cyberpunk," when you're going out of your way to mimic the style of a 37 year old comic. There are millennials who are younger than that. youtu.be/nnRcKC4Rgsc?...

It’s already time for part 2?! This went by too fast; I feel we barely dipped into my love for brevity and the art of a description. ✨ Check it out!

Satire is impossible when reality is already a parody of itself.

This week on the Book Faire Podcast: Anarchist Libraries are stepping up in communities where public libraries are being targeted. #childrensbooks #library #kidlit #freedomtoread bookfairepod.riverside.com/e/anarchest-...

I see we have once again rediscovered the shocking reality that the same word can mean different things in different languages. The horror.

*screaming in classicist*

imagine being the company that owns the money faucet and instead of doing anything useful with it you just directed the flow of money directly into the garbage. that's microsoft.

Not taking credit in any way, but the creator is a former student of mine and is amazing. Get it now!

We encountered a hallmark of the early 3D RPG: a bunch of quests where all you do is kill people. It wasn't enough to make a whole episode out of! So instead we spent our time talking about how to maintain a swimming pool, who we're going to romance, flipping off Zuckerberg's yacht, and more!

This might be one of the most insane scandals in game history When Pokemon Go players scan PokeStops, theyve been unknowingly building a detailed visual model of the world which is being sold to a military contractor to build a no-GPS positioning for the new generation of unmanned killing machines

Every other Zelda game: civilization has fallen. You must restore order or live life in the shadow of its absence Wind Waker: I have a talking boat 🙂 and he loves me 😀

My thesis “Archaeological Game Design: Video Game Archaeology as Interpretive Play and Play Preservation” is now online and open access! You can access the official version here, however this has some figures redacted: qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle...

The games industry cannot say Stop Killing Games makes things unworkable while the games industry keeps making games unplayable. This is literally just Square Enix going "ah, we'll make them buy it again". support.na.square-enix.com/news.php?id=...

we're reaching a point with remakes where eventually the remakes will overtake the development of the original. soon enough we'll have remakes for games that have never been realized, remakes for things still in the conceptualizing phase. the originals, if they ever come out, will never compare.

no no you don’t understand, we only used AI for the part of the production pipeline where we didn’t want to pay employees, it’s different

L - Silent G - Ironclad B - Regent T - Necrobinder Q - Defect

New podcast episode! I spoke with @espressocat.bsky.social (Writer/Narrative Designer: State of Decay 3, Marvel's Avengers) about theater, level design, and... COFFEE! Yeah, finally, on Make Games, Drink Coffee, I actually went deep on coffee with someone! www.makegamesdrinkcoffee.com

Ah yes, the "Thdpsssps"

💭 🎬 L'artiste franco-iranienne Marjane Satrapi, qui s'est fait mondialement connaître avec la bande dessinée et le film "Persepolis", est décédée à l'âge de 56 ans, a annoncé son entourage jeudi à l'AFP.

Visionary developer Hideo Kojima is adding an unexpected franchise to his storied development history. paletteswap.site/dif...

You, an absolute idiot, might be under the impression that a story has a beginning, middle, and end, but THE GENIUS KOJIMA is here to inform you that it actually has a beginning, an middle that's an end, an end, and a third end.