Short story. Me sitting poolside. Woman next to me starts watching a video on her phone with the sound on. Me: please no video. Her: I’m just watching it. Me: please please. She stops. The end.

Always happy to give a rec for stuff by @timhutchings.bsky.social - especially #ThousandYearOldVampire

Some friends of ours have a really fun little hidden role micro cardgame on Backerkit right now called, The Cure that people should check out. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...

True for tabletop games as well 💕

Emojis can be such a strange way to communicate but I wish I could convey, and they could be seen as the most genuine messages— because most times they really are ❤️‍🩹

Time for a little vacation after the last four months of very hard things (that aren’t really over but taking a break from them??) is making my jaw tense up in pain so time to breathe I guess??

Let me tell you about this ridiculous book I made for @xoxofest.com.

Two coffees is too many for meeeeee so hellllllloooo Tuesdaaaay

We are SO STOKED to once again collab with @coyoteandcrow.bsky.social, and to host this fab creepy indigenerd #TTRPG release party! 😍

We also wrote a little about the work that went into building our final website, some of our favorite details and considerations, more details on the merch sale, and a final farewell. xoxofest.com/blog/2026-la...

To mark the occasion, we worked with our friends Jen and Richard at Skinny Ships to design a logo representing all eight years of the festival that blends the primary colors from each year into a new variant of the XOXO logo.

One last thing before we go. Today, after 2+ (or 10+??) years of work, we’re launching XOXO Explore, a complete archive of all eight years of the festival. xoxofest.com

Our amazing Professor @nicolejgeorges has a new book: Emotional Support Animals! Enjoy 160 pages of adorably drawn animals telling us what we need to hear! There’s worksheets and stickers, too! Find Nicole’s book at your favorite local bookstore! She’s on tour now, come see her on the west coast!

You can now preview tickets for the Portland Indie Game Convention & sign up for a notification to pick yours up when they go live this Thursday, April 16th at 9am PT! Take a look at ti.to/pigsquad/pig... Here we go! 🤩

More context on this #Artemis II image: * This is the night side, lit by moonlight. You can see city lights in Spain & Portugal, & a sliver of day at lower right * The Sun is entirely behind Earth, which makes it a kind of solar eclipse, but w/ Earth doing the eclipsing instead of the Moon: ☀️🌍🚀🌕

Jason Faulkner's power pop cover of Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now" might as well be my favorite cover. This guy gets it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=82L-...

End of an era 💔

The world is upside down and I need to know how far in advance you wanna hear about games I’m making (not running kickstarters this year! 😳) tell me tell me when you want to know the details? Do you like a surprise? Do I tease it out? (Is this teasing right now??) I don’t know!!

SUBMISSIONS FOR TALKS AND SHOWCASE GAMES FOR PIGCON ARE OPEN. THIS IS NOT A DRILL but it *is* a very fun convention for indie game devs you don't want to miss :)

Anyone else experience flights ✈️ where they say— ohhh we don’t know if we can bring out the service cart because of possible turbulence! — and then there’s like a very smooth flight and no drinks and snacks?

Reviewers: if something doesn't seem right about a game, please take a moment to re-read the rules or even reach out to the publisher or designer for clarification before publishing a review. That extra step can save heartache and damaged reputation on both sides.

ANNOUNCING: PIGCON, the Portland Indie Game Convention A weekend for indie devs of all kinds to learn, share, and connect May 30-31 at Norse Hall, Portland, OR pigcon.pigsquad.com See you this spring 😉🌟

I’ll be at gama but won’t be on this panel! I’m sorry! ILY! See you all soon!

The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive

Winning the Emerging Designer Award last year was such an enormous honor, and a peak for my career thus far. I never imagined or expected to win—so I just want to offer similar words that @stoichamster.bsky.social offered last year: Don’t count yourself out before giving yourself the chance. ✂️🎲

Except for the loft, I would love to retire in a tiny home. This one makes my fairy tale loving heart happy... youtu.be/Pt-r8D6AziI?...

The video of our performance with Rebecca Sugar is out!! My work with @Rebecca, Aivi & Surasshu @aivisura.com, and the Steven Universe team stands as some of the proudest work of my career.

Funny, I don’t feel any stability at all. Like I truly wish I felt anything was “stable” right now 🫠

The pro-AI, anti-game-designer nonsense Suz is quoting below is on LinkedIn, in the comments on a post by the SAME PERSON about how AI told him to *walk* to the car wash. (The cognitive dissonance is killing me!) Here's what I replied over there:

We do this work because it’s meaningful to play in a world that shouts at us to stop and settle down, be adults. We do this work because of the joy it brings to people. Play is a tradition older than the concept of time itself. If this work lets us survive, that’s something to be proud of.

Reposting with ALT because this kind of phenomenal disdain and disrespect from within the industry literally against two of their own titles and the designer who made them is important to recognize.

We're live folks! #TTRPG #NativeSky #RPG #Gaming #tabletop #roleplaying #IndigenousFuturism www.kickstarter.com/projects/coy...

Wow. More info via Instagram:

Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous

best. wedding. story. EVAR.

Hey, Texas! Very, very important. Please spread the word!

How magical is your Rescue? Barkane the RPG you play with your dog is coming! #dogrescue #adoptdontshop #dog #barkane #ttrpg

Re-read the fantastic Katamari Damacy book from @lauraehall.bsky.social and this reading, at this time in my career, hit like a ton of bricks

Astronomers have discovered an “almost-galaxy” called Cloud-9 (no, really), a failed galaxy that contains no stars. “There’s nothing like this that we’ve found so far in the universe.” [nytimes.com]

You have to make a game about the last food you ate. What’s your game?

Punk Rock Xmas this Saturday 12/27 in LA at The Three Clubs Come out if you’re in town!! www.eventbrite.com/e/punk-rock-...

Miranda July walked by me today and I didn’t freak out or say hi or anything!! Christmas miracle ✨✨✨

something I learned this year is you should invite people to things even if you know they can’t come. instead of it making them feel bad it actually makes them feel good

Lazy Sunday debuted 20 years ago tonight.

Am I the only one who bursts into tears when a dream artist for a game I’ve been working on for yearssssssss says yes to every ask, plus has some ideas I love? 😭🫠🥹😭

I don’t remember the last time I shared a list of things I love (sort of a gift guide/wish list adjacent thing) so let’s see if I can start here and add stuff. First up is dark chocolate and right now I am obsessed with Manoa Chocolate- specifically their mango and guava flavors. Incredible. 🍫

For my third birthday my mom bought me a Mickey Mouse tracksuit and I promptly put it on and went out for a run, my mom worried when she couldn’t find me went out driving to find me (I’ve heard this story my whole life) and when she spotted me asked me what I was doing, I responded, going for a jog

Highly recommend Grant's show! Michelle and I have seen it twice and it's hilarious. Best of all, you get to play a game at a comedy show!

One of my favorite things we have been able to create at the show.