I’ve counted exactly two man buns in tonight’s showcase. Which is two too many.

actual writing from me! Since JoJo: Steel Ball Run doesnt have a theme yet, fans have fallen in love with a fan-created one www.ign.com/articles/ste...

🚨 FINAL DAY TO SUBMIT 🚨 Okay friends, this time for real: Today is the 👏VERY👏LAST👏DAY to submit your game to be part of the IAB lineup at gamescom 2026. No more extensions after this point! We're so excited to see what you managed to cram in last minute! ❤️‍🔥 Apply here 👉️ home.indiearenabooth.de

It’s finally time! Our submissions for gamescom 2026 are officially open! ✨ We have a bunch of free and discounted showcasing options available for you 👀 Check out our website for all relevant information: home.indiearenabooth.de/submission ⌛ Submissions are open until April 13

I promise I didn’t write this myself.... Hugest of thanks to Brian @escapistmag.bsky.social, for writing about It Takes A Village with so much kindness and appreciation. Amazed by how much it resonates with folk! Intrigued? All episodes here: www.YouTube.com/@samantha_be...

Kenny Omega performed some of the motion capture footage for Alex in Street Fighter 6, including the Omega Wing Buster Super Art.

Heyhi! <3 I'm Kaye Galaxia (K or Kaye, either's good!), and I'm back with a brand new showreel! I'm a freelance video producer that *you* can hire to make vids for ya! Do you need edits, scripts, footage, MGFX or voiceover? Then hey, I'm open! Gimme a shout if you want the full portfolio! <3

last piece of the year: dug into the origins of “6-7” &what the co-opting says about america open.substack.com/pub/andrejge...

i normally stop watching/playing/reading everything when i'm prepping for a big hosting gig. but my nearly completed ball x pit playthrough is calling my name so hard

🚨Stream Announcement!🚨 We'll be playing the upcoming game from @newtales.bsky.social, @fadingechogame.bsky.social joined by the wonderful @samanthabeart.bsky.social! 2pm BST this Tuesday 21st October This is our first ever Twitch/YouTube stream, in aid of @mndassoc.bsky.social #GameOver! 🎮♥️

Black History Month in the UK is largely ignored by the games industry anyway but this has to be the quietest I’ve ever seen it. No panels, no events, nothing. Damn.

I can’t believe I get to say this but I’m going to be interviewing Michaela Jae Rodriguez on the Charlotte Tilbury twitch channel 🥹 We’ll be chatting all things Pose, gaming and make up ✨ twitch.tv/charlottetilbury

I had the pleasure of hosting & streaming with @indiearenabooth.de at #gamescom this year, and I got to share my top 10 picks from the entire line-up at 2025 IAB. Here they are, and here's me attempting to quickly describe them to @shay-thompson.bsky.social😍 www.twitch.tv/videos/25528... #indiegames

I'm gobsmacked at how awful this reporting of Guild Esports' closing is No mention of the exploited and unpaid players, presenters and talent. Instead, the writer decides to focus on a conversation they had with the *former* CEO for some reason? www.forbes.com/sites/mattga...

So good to see Arkane's workers push for this! Also a great example of one of the core benefits of unionization, which is just "creating a structure for discussion and systems to make collective decisions." Always much harder to get action at scale like this if there isn't already organization.

New trailer from me! For the critically acclaimed, cool as hell, Neurocracy. Making a trailer for a game about delving through fictional wiki pages and making conspiracy boards was an interesting challenge, so hopefully I've done justice to a supremely interesting, compelling game

For this week's VGIM, do video games have an auteur problem? I sweated buckets at the Death Stranding 2 launch event to find out.

🌶️🧑‍🍳 Feast your eyes - the Indie Arena Booth 2025 lineup trailer is served! 🌶️🍽️ Our Theme? “Watch us cook.” We’re bringing 200+ blazing-hot indie games to gamescom 2025! You will want a taste 😋 🍽️ Full lineup here: indiearenabooth.de #IndieGame #GameDev #IAB25

Wrote about SGF, ICE, and covering the event as first-generation US born person.

World's shit, am feeling like shit, so if you could take a minute to cheer me up by checking out ma comic I am working very hard on, that would be cool. There's a new page today and it's even got a robot in it ➡️ iteatsplanets.com/page/29

If you're in the UK, appalled by the supreme court's decision and would like to MATERIALLY help trans women TODAY, consider literally donating to helping my girlfriend to get gender affirming care: www.gofundme.com/f/help-ishaa...

regardless of today’s outcome, it is morally indefensible to have a court ruling on something that affects a population, using evidence and findings that did not consult a single member of that population.

the BDS requests on microsoft are extremely clear and also targeted. they aren't "uninstall windows now and change your entire life," they aren't even a huge ask for games media outside of like exclusive world of warcraft streamers. there is no reason for the near total silence other than shame

did they just slide in silksong really casually

Great thread about ROMchip and why it’s so important! I will be part of that fundraiser stream on Saturday, playing Dragon Age: Origins with @shay-thompson.bsky.social and talking about history, worldbuilding, narrative design, and which characters we fancy the most 🫡

This may be the end of the fighting. It certainly won't be the end of the genocide. Palestinians will need massive amounts of aid as they begin to recover and rebuild. Gazans will still be living in the world's largest open air prison.

My queer sci-fi comic IT EATS PLANETS will launch publicly in just two weeks(!), on the 28th of January

The walls are closing in for trans folk. Really feels great how little of a shit most cis folk give. I couldn't even persuade my own friends to join trans pride this year, don't think there's much hope of widespread action against any of this shit

Sharing this thread again as March just keeps getting closer

the ridiculousness of this question is only matched by the jumpscare of the two people it's being asked to

The cruelty of this is hard to fathom. Children deserve so, so much better. Section 28 days are back More cis people need to be vocal & hardline on trans issues, this is undoubtedly another step towards legislating all trans people out of existence. This is happening. People are going to die

Nikki Giovanni staunchly supported trans folks, especially trans youth. Her encouragement is a balm. “I think the transgender kids are the bravest kids right now that we see; they're as brave as my generation was in breaking down segregation.”

Tributes are pouring in for Nikki Giovanni, a world-renowned poet and key figure of the Black Arts Movement

There's a WHOLE NEW episode of Press X to Continue up now, with guests @thenewsatglenn.bsky.social and @shay-thompson.bsky.social Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b... #pressxtocontinue #gaming #pod

I think it’s really great and important that the Stalker 2 devs were invited to BAFTA to talk about their experiences making the game under such dire conditions. But I can’t help but feel a way considering the wider industry’s silence on the ongoing Palestinian genocide.

Hi Bluesky! My name's Cas and I'm an art director and designer who works in the videogames space. I'm the founder and creative director of A Profound Waste of Time @apwot.bsky.social and when I'm not doing that I'm usually freelancing. Please reach out if you want to make cool things together! 🤘💫

After years away from game dev, I couldn’t stay silent about my people’s dehumanization. I made Dreams on a Pillow 🍉a game inspired by a famous Palestinian folktale about the 1948 Nakba. I’m crowdfunding it now—please back & share! 🔗 launchgood.com/1948

Oh! I was wondering why my 100kg warm up hip thrust felt so heavy 🥴

i think Drake’s only option at this point is try to appeal to Liz Cheney

I’m happy to have played a small part in this important project 🇵🇸 Thank you to @hippolyte.bsky.social & @pyrofoux.bsky.social for asking me to give some historical context to orientalism and othering in games, and how both militaries and the games industry profit from the blurring of war and play.

Got back from Helsinki at midnight but still managed to get a lift in this morning and I feel better for it. I fear the fitness bros ate a bit when they said you won’t regret making exercise a big part of your life.

Bumped into a friend in the changing room at my spin studio, proceeded to die a thousand deaths in the class itself and then got a matcha afterwards. Yeah, I was absolutely born in the right generation

It's a Flat Bed Friday, and check this out! I found the Dom Depot's favourite business partner. I wonder what they deal in here 🤔 Let's ponder on that thing tonight at 8PM UK with our favourite spacefaring pal @stickyhunter.bsky.social as we welcome in the weekend @ twitch.tv/kgalaxia

I don’t be streaming much these days but every now and then, I get The Urge™️ I’m going be chatting about some news stories and then I’ll be making my Rook in Dragon Age Veilguard. Going live at 2:30pm. Come hang 🙂‍↔️ www.youtube.com/@shay_thompson

This is a great piece and a necessary reminder: Barret’s depiction in the remade final fantasy VII games is still a problem. noescapevg.com/barret-and-t...

I’m playing through Wilmot Works It Out atm (and loving it!) and it reminded me that I never posted my Hear Me Out cake outside of TikTok

Thinking about metal gear solid 2 hallways

Today's work soundtrack open.spotify.com/album/0JefTw...