Okay hear me out, we get a bunch of Flock cameras, but we tape really nasty or misleading images in front of them. Just several goatse cameras on 24/7. A bunch of Call of Duty or GTA streams. Rorschach tests?

Wonder if it'd be more effective than protesting the Met Gala to just like, Amazon Prime a single pack of AA batteries every day so they rack up costs without the margins to justify? Would be interesting to know if it's still net positive for them to have to deliver a tiny low cost item.

in 'Bringing Clarity To Your Audio Mix' @caiojacomini from thatgamecompany talks about using the audio mix to aid to player awareness within a games soundscape, and gives some helpful vocab for communicating about the topic! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqf6...

We also have Christian Gabbianelli with 'Visceral Combat Design for 3rd Person Melee Combat', with Christian talking about how he learned from other titles to iterate on combat in his game Crazy Arena Chaos christiangabbianelli.itch.io/crazy-arena-... www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxpI...

First up is @chrisdeleon.bsky.social with '15 Principles for Project-Based Game Development Learning', some strategies for helping folks learn by doing that Chris applies in the game dev club he runs at devpods.gg www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8rE...

Talks from the Boston Gamedev Week Minicon are starting to go up on YouTube! Here's the playlist they'll all end up on: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Last week we wrapped up another incredible Boston Gamedev Week! This wouldn't have been possible without the tireless work of our wonderful organizers and YOU, all the people who came and brought the party! Vid from Make Games Make Friends, more highlights below 🧵 #gamedev #indiedev

That's right, BGD will be on the show floor at #PAXEast in booth 13085! In addition to these glorious pins, you can also play these great locally made games: Of the Devil @nthcircle.bsky.social Never’s End @hypersect.com Nocternum @normalhorsegames.bsky.social Wilderbard @respite-dev.bsky.social

Pleas clap boston-gamedev-con-pretix.onrender.com/bostongamede...

See you Tuesday and Wednesday at our MiniCon! Lots of good talks and roundtables. boston-gamedev-con-pretix.onrender.com/bostongamede...

HI I MEANT NEXT WEEK. fill out this form, ok? docs.google.com/forms/d/1z5r...

Considering today a win. I didn't reply, "You too" when the cashier told me to enjoy and that's about as much I'm good for today.

Go get your tickets!

"AI is not a magical tool built by people in San Francisco making millions of dollars a year and pushing their companies to insane valuations. Artificial intelligence is an extractive technology that relies on the brutal labor of underpaid workers around the world" www.404media.co/ai-is-africa...

Wait a minute, what in the heck is going with Yerba Buena. I'm not at GDC this year. Is the nicest part of the con gone!?

GodotCon Amsterdam here we go! 📅 23-24 of April 🎟️ Get your tickets: tickets.godotengine.org/foundation/g... 📣 Submit your proposals: talks.godotengine.org/godotcon-ams...

Meta is putting a "Name Tag" feature in Ray-Bans - facial recognition through the glasses' camera. You look at someone, AI tells you who they are. In an internal document, the company wrote that the timing is good because civil society groups are busy with politics and won't cause problems.

Boston Game Dev is excited to be partnering with PAX East to bring some Massachusetts indie games to the PAX show floor!! We're looking for FOUR great teams to join us in our booth and represent the local scene; more info on the form below Apply here by midnight on 2/14 ➡️ forms.gle/qJNjrD1MKX3u...

You've heard of hair of the dog, but have you heard of dog of the hair?

Coming to PAX East from out of town? Please hit me up so I can pester you with offers of networking, coffee/drinks, and give you a platform to speak.

Can't we just Australia? Imagine doing something about gun violence? www.bbc.com/news/article...

Post a game you remember playing that nobody else remembers

The holiday season is finally here.

Hello indies! It's almost Thanksgaming 2025! If you have an unknown indie project in dev or just released, please could you email me at [email protected] with the subject "THANKSGAMING 2025", and a store page and YouTube link? I'll put as many as I can on Kotaku. Rules next. Reposts appreciated!

Me the last three weeks: Surely Hunter Henry will be worth it this week. Me this week: Fine, I'll start Kittle instead. 🤦

Boy, sure would be a shame if the GOP proposed reforming health care and not giving health insurance companies all the money in an effort to beat Obamacare. "Own the libs."

Well, hope they figure out getting AI to buy and play their game too!

I've been judiciously unsubscribing, deleting, and marking things read and have finally achieved Inbox 32,000.

Well, shit. Guess @microsoft.com is finally convincing me to install Linux.

Surely Kristi Noem went to Portland in person because the conditions were so bad, right?

The year is 2003. 17-year-old Stephen Miller is sitting in the back of a school bus talking about torture, as in “Torture is a celebration of human life and dignity." Miller looks directly into the camera and describes the torturing Iraqis in gruesome detail, as his peers laugh uncomfortably.

One of the organizers of GodotCon 2025 in Boston, @chad.binarysolo.com, shared his reflections on the event in our latest blog post: godotengine.org/article/godo...

If you are at the US Open and in the audience while Trump is there: 1. Please BOO him. Boo him like you're from NY, even if you're not. 2. Record it. Record all of it. 3. Post it to every social media platform you can think of.

TL:DR; AI training requires so many computers, your electric bill is going up. Even if you don't use or don't like GPT or the like.

Did you just read about how traditional Medicare is about to require prior approval - and they’re going to hire **AI companies** to dole out those approvals? Then you need to learn about Dr. Gary Bent.

Pairs well with @chad.binarysolo.com "I Make Games on My Phone" www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoCW...

Would be awfully cool if you left a positive review on this game I worked on. store.steampowered.com/app/757940/R...

Trump Administration trying to get rid of the bad guys? www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

When you strip away humanity

Collective Moan?

A minimalist logic game. Can you solve for 𝒙? ❓ Infer the rules of each glyph without hints 🧠 Over 300 handcrafted across evolving lands 🎶 Chill, reactive soundtrack as you play CIPHER ZERO. Out Now. zpdt.co/playcz #PlayCipherZero #GameDev #IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX

Just read about Daniel Ek and his AI Battle Tech. Is there a good replacement for @spotify.bsky.social that isn't just downloading music?

Want a gravity defying, space faring, Metroidvania? I did a little programming and advising on this one and you can go play the demo in Next Fest right now! (This very moment!)

Going to tell my kids this is Greg Abbott.

When you hear that a company has replaced people with AI, just cancel subscriptions and stop using them. Sucks, but good-bye @xbox.com Game Pass.

That's a wrap on the very first Boston Gamedev Week! We were totally blown away by how many people showed up to every single event, wore our pins and embraced BGW enthusiastically. Thank you to everyone who took this leap with us, and to all of our incredible organizers. Let's do this again!

Where you'll find me next week! (And mostly running around like a madman at the NERD for GodotCon.)

A friend of Neri Alvarado, the young Venezuelan man with an autism awareness tattoo sent to El Salvador, shared this video from members of the swim club where he worked with neurodiverse children. More about Neri from @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social and I here: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

@braceyourselfgames.com please tell me you at least internally considered "Riff of the Necrodancer" instead.