"In this house to-do lists are wallpaper" This game is a gorgeous lil snack of coming to terms with the never ending list of things one wants to do, and never being able to do them all.. Jill's lil' poem of a game can be played in 5 minutes, and will sit in your soul forever ✨ Thanks Jill 🙏

I took a Bitsy game I never finished, about a maple syrup heist, and turned it into a poetic memoir about finishing things, for a @gamepoems.bsky.social submission. I'm told it will be shared this weekend at the Winchester Poetry Festival in the UK, which I'm excited about. Takes ~5 mins to play.

New paper on potential impacts of deep sea mining on sharks, rays & chimaeras

I’m quoted in here, talking about hiring scams. I hope it can help job seekers be more aware of scams, so they can protect themselves.

Cool! I feel like I’ve *arrived.* But shouldn’t I at least get to work with them ONCE? I’ve never done even as much as a brainstorm meeting with the babies.

Some extremely specific reading for my MFA project, this morning.

I'm a total OED-ite when it comes to dictionary fandoms, but I respect the Merriam-Webster social media game so much

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

Geez... CAQ in Quebec trying to claim that inclusive pronouns and word endings make the language too difficult is rich. We require 8 year olds to memorize like 10 verb tenses, QC French generally is full of portmanteaux and neologisms, and everyday people use pretty creative grammar and spelling.

Reminder! Book to Film Book Club that I’m starting at DeStiil Books

MAKE CLIMATE COOL AGAIN

The humility required to just chill out and be bad at something I used to be good at almost took me out again. Glad I winced through it and kept going.

Finally getting my rollerblading strength back. Just back from a skate that started out like Baby Steps and ended like Rollergirl.

Heidi is one of my closest friends. She's been an ally, a confidant and a co-conspirator for well over a decade. Life has been so fucking unfair to her and I'm hoping that we as an industry can rally to help ease her suffering ❤️ www.gofundme.com/f/ease-the-t...

Boy, those Geico ads sure are something.

Bullshit. www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...

@gofundme.com while donating to a campaign, your captcha image showed me nazi imagery. The contact button on your web site isn’t working, and you can’t be messaged directly here.

Again, tremendously BIASED but, these two games are actual 🔥 and you should wishlist them NOW.

Canada Post is on strike again, so reminder:

My emotional support animal is just a cat who needs a lot of emotional support. She works in reverse.

“…the super-advanced Xerox 914 photocopier—an exciting new voice that wrote Gatsby after being trained on a data set comprising a paperback copy of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby.”

I've already used up all my feelings for the week and now I'm tired.

Protest is effective!

Officially at the age where they recommend power training “to avoid falls” 👵🏋️‍♂️

Just remember that behind every pearl is a deeply irritated oyster.

How is this game not on sale today? store.steampowered.com/app/417880/E...

I noticed I had a warm, positive reaction to the old logo, which made it seem extra hostile when literal extra terrestrials swooped in and ground it up. Big "we built a parking lot where you used to go to camp" vibes.

Gotta give props to GDC for solving the issue of fomo for ppl outside the US who can't go anymore.

ALSO, if you're interested in a city-wide gamedev festival full of unique, inspiring, fun, accessible and affordable events where you can hangout and make friends with fellow gamedevs, may I introduce you to @torontogamesweek.com??? It's got it all!!!

Also totally random timing but here's my GDC talk about making money with your game's soundtrack 💸 There's lotsa potential of money with your OST! 💰 docs.google.com/presentation...

The first thing I get from it (slide 3- connections not content, deals, networking, b2b) is that they very much want people to do their bizdev on site, not in hotels and the park.

Momtreal, is there continuous honking everywhere this am or just within earshot of Decairie?

Old enough to remember when leggings weren't pants.

Definitely picking up the audiobook

Looking for someone based in Ontario, Canada to provide some QA on a visual novel! Shoot me a line if that's you or someone you know. Note: This is a paid, remote opportunity, but it is not full time employment, and will likely be on an intermittent part-time basis. #indiegame #gamedev

godot is now the greatest game engine that has ever been built

A neighbour outside is doing yoga to the prompts of a very southern-US-sounding instructor, and every time he says "daown dawg," I want to giggle.

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impressive that this is possible but moreover it’s bonkers we’re pumping out chips like this that might get disposed of after a very short usage cycle

Y'ALL THEY MADE A COMMEMORATIVE HAT

I’ve noticed lately I’m generally less inclined to respond to ppls posts here because I can’t tell if they’re just working a brand and don’t want a conversation. We used to tell ppl that responding was the best way to do social media, but it seems much leas conversational in this era.

Love the simplicity of “who now?”

On philosophical and practical grounds, this is the last straw.

💯 I get so tired all of a sudden, all at once— sometimes just from thinking. It’s taken a super long time to outgrow the “just try harder” training and let myself potato until I come back online in 12-24 hours. Much healthier now.

I’m so pumped to participate on this @bkbookfest.bsky.social panel this Sunday alongside fellow debut novelists @jinwoo-park.com, Aurora Stewart de Peña, and Ella Alexander. Moderated by Adam Vitcavage of @debutiful.bsky.social.

I'm doing this very cool course in November! Writing short stories to prototype game narrative!

im going to be so real with y’all these do not look like good numbers for zohran if the right wing learns how to consolidate around cuomo. please come out and canvass if you can because the general election is still as losable as it is winnable.

Falling Block Jam is now open for sign-ups! In September, let's put our own spin on this classic genre combining blocks and gravity in games. #FallingBlockJam itch.io/jam/falling-...

I would go to the next council meeting but I think I’m still *at* the last council meeting where the one guy is complaining about bike lanes,on a loop. I think we’ve opened up a time paradox.