👋 I'm heading back across the pond to be at #GAConf once more in Redmond, WA later this month. I'm reserving a day free after the conference to catch up with familiar faces and meet new ones - hit me up if you're around and want to chat on the 31st 🙂

Saucony London 10K ✅ @specialeffect.org.uk

This game rocked. And it took me until adulthood to realise it was made by Virgin despite the main character basically being the logo.

1 person going through redundancy is bad. 9,000 is just mismanagement - pure and simple. Heart goes out to all MS/AKB folks who, even if they kept their job, must be feeling pretty broken right now.

I promise I’ve been working and not just sitting on the beach the whole time I’ve been in LA.

RIP to one of the greatest to ever do it: Brian Wilson youtu.be/216YJKbber8?...

Sooooo proud of our team's work in supporting Funcom's vision for Arrakis 💙🪱

Truly brilliant exhibition at the Tate Modern - ‘Electric Dreams’. Digital art before it was digital, where artists pushed the boundaries of early computers and consumer tech to produce audio visual experiences that challenge how art is made and displayed. Right up my street.

Happy #GAAD today and forever

My bank holiday weekend has involved a fair amount of chores but now I’m going to treat myself with a new adventure…

Somewhat related story time... On day 3 of a week long play test, I noticed one of my participants brought a book into the lab. At one point he got it out of his jacket pocket and started reading it whilst 'playing'. I went to ask him what was up, assuming he was getting bored and about to churn...

Oh weird I suddenly feel very ill... I need some time off work, about 2 weeks? See you later.

Had a blast at #GAConf and was proud to deliver my first talk there. Great to see old friends and meet some new ones. Until next time…

"Include, Learn, Iterate" by @johndickens.bsky.social teaches what accessible user research looks like, & how to adapt to fit different needs! It's an incredibly useful skill! If you want to learn about what user research is & why you should be playtesting your games, check out John Dickens' talk!

Elden Ring for Switch 2 basically just means a higher risk of me launching this console out of a window than ever before. I shall buy it.

The Barbican, London, on the gorgeous Kodak Tri X 400 #35mm film. Taken with a trusty Olympus XA.

www.gamedeveloper.com/production/a... Hell yes ✊

The ESA and industry partners announced the Accessible Games Initiative at GDC today. This industry-wide initiative provides a unified collection of accessibility tags, intended to help players more easily find out if a game is accessible to them. caniplaythat.com/2025/03/20/a...

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Happy Monday

Yes, yes I will! Excited about my first GAConf talk 👨🏻‍🔬

Excited to hear about UKIE’s Raise The Game relaunch today! @ukieofficial.bsky.social

Small thing in the grand scheme of things but I'm really happy that Tencent are sponsoring @gaconf.bsky.social this year. Sponsorships of course help these events happen but also show a commitment to aligning the business with important values. Glad we made it happen! www.gaconf.com/sponsors/

I was unfortunately impacted by the studio closure today. I appreciate any support or leads and am open to new work.

Rediscovering old favourites today... #BlackMothSuperRainbow

Agreed that this is a helpful feature — I asked Avowed’s Production Director, Ryan Warden, about it last year! The in-conversation lore system came from early playtesting, and then the team borrowed the technology used in Pentiment. www.gadgetguy.com.au/avowed-previ...

Don't miss the GAconf Awards today! They premiere 3 hours after this post goes out, you can watch them on the IGDA GASIG YouTube channel, including versions with Audio Descriptions, ASL and BSL. They will also be co-streamed by IGN. Good luck to all the nominees, who are all winners in our book!

okay run it by me one more time

#SaveThePCC Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease. For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below; you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...

Today sucked. Get you some games for free and relax. Here's ~150 picks and another 50 on the second tab waiting for details.

Today’s Nazi salute brought to you in part by

Tips for avoiding the come down after returning to work in cold, grey London from a week and a half in the balmy, breezy beaches of the Caribbean? Anyone? 💀

So, this is the life…

Season’s Greetings to you and yours.

So proud to have played a part in this game. Team Asobi is one of the best out there 💙

This is a great opportunity, please share with any content creators/streamers you know.

It's almost as if the game was play-tested with children before it released! 😉

www.rnib.org.uk/living-with-... RNIB have launched a player testing panel. Massive for studios and games user researchers running studies focusing on vision accessibility. RNIB are smashing it out of the park recently with their services for the games industry! @sightlesskombat.bsky.social

www.gamesindustry.biz/handheld-con... ...or, 'Another Reason to Check Your Text Size When Making Games'.

Sunk sooooo many hours into the demo of this ‘game’. Probably should have purchased the full thing but 7/8 y.o. me was quite content with it.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... It can be easy to forget these extreme, but common, cases of people with disabilities being treated without dignity. Personally it puts it in perspective the sort of work I try to do. I help design for inclusion but some are not given the chance to even be included.

Another great year for accessibility exemplified in the sheer range of talented studios and individuals up for these awards. It's so good to have a dedicated, regular awards ceremony for this field too. Some tough votes to make!

My Gladiator 2 experience: “Sharks in a coliseum? What the fuck?” Then: “Sharks in a coliseum! Fuck yes!”

Thank you to all who attended our event, and #RaiseTheGame for their partnership to make this happen. More to come next year.

Today is the day! It's the first time we're hosting something like this and we've managed to get such a good line up of speakers so I am superrrrr excited. Still some spaces left, sign up at the link below: lu.ma/c6szl9ed

Four games I've worked on

Super busy Monday powered by some epic down tempo synth pop.

Next Tuesday in London, Tencent Games and UKIE present the UK Game Accessibility Symposium 2024. It's free, and features an amazing set of speakers across academia, charity and industry as well as a not to be missed panel discussion. lu.ma/c6szl9ed