Fragments from the Vault #020: Signal Jammer "'CAN YOU IMAGINE,' she smiles as ozone percolates our lungs in the tepid glare of the galley - 'A HELIOSPHERE OF SATELLITES GAZING AT OUR STAR?'" #Observation

I just reread the poem "Home" by Warsan Shire and I'm posting it here in its entirety because a reminder is warranted. no one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark you only run for the border when you see the whole city running as well

"Ditching their identities with the hopes of crossing the Canadian border is just the beginning for the intrepid runaways, but it's not without its caveats." - Two Rock's Most Wanted: Journey Alone or With Vanessa in #AsDuskFalls (Paradise Found)

When you find out the bar was set, met and never surpassed 1700 years ago.

Welcome to Stories from My Craft, a collection of visual art inspired by videogames. We journey the wild frontier with influences from #Firewatch, #KentuckyRouteZero, and #TheLongDark.

Those poor little girls just trying to learn

the stars as your guide #super's #FFXV #fanart #comic

Welcome to Stories from My Craft: A gallery of artworks inspired by videogames and other media.

In collaboration with Clyde Henry Productions and music reimagined by Kid Koala, we’re excited to present an original South of Midnight stop-motion piece created with real puppets and handcrafted maquettes using traditional stop-motion animation techniques. Watch now: youtu.be/hl6J7JHiXE4

Fragments from the Vault #019: Storm Song "I could not fathom the acuteness of your being, Or the seismic quell of your love As you dreamt in the elemental forage of our season, Cracking my chest to traverse your dimensions With an awe that the sea, in its wake, couldn't match." #LifeIsStrange

"We're all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." - Oscar Wilde @polyarmorygame.bsky.social #polyarmory

Alan Wake 2 #ThePhotoMode #VirtualPhotography #AlanWake2 @remedygames.com @samlakewrites.bsky.social

Revisiting moments of light amidst the darkness: A Celebration of #Pride Featuring guest writers and virtual photographers Craig (Jacob) and Elvira (Judy, Kassandra, Lady Dimitrescu) #LGBTQA+

Are you ready for a challenge? For this year’s FathomNet Kaggle Competition, we’re tackling one of the biggest challenges in computer vision for marine imagery: incomplete labels. Dive in today: www.kaggle.com/competitions... 🤖🌊🧪🐙

Fragments from the Vault #018: The Long Con "Evenings like this hang by a thread of mutability: When fate plays trickster, you just never know who's gonna step through that door." #TheWolfAmongUs

“Sadie Rowe And The Missing Necklace” OFFICIALLY PUBLISHED TODAY! Happy Publication Day, Readers! Sadie Rowe & The Missing Necklace, my fantasy kidlit chapter book, is OFFICIALLY PUBLISHED TODAY! 🧚 Sadie Rowe And The Missing Necklace is officially published today! Thank you to everyone who…

"'Remember this silence,' the echoes of INLAND EMPIRE leech out a sinister warning to him. 'The lady is dangerous. People suffer around her.'" - When Mercy is Futile: Klaasje's Fate in #DiscoElysium

The first Steam Next Fest of 2026 will kick off in a few hours, and while I'll have a list of demos to check out coming tomorrow, one game I got to play ahead of the festival is ZA/UM's Zero Parades: For Dead Spies. wccftech.com/zero-parades...

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Fragments from the Vault #017: Dream Sequence No. 2 "I was swimming in a sky speckled and concave... The clouds had dilated to release the rain so I invoked the long walk home." #Papo&Yo

I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.

"What Shepard embodies transcends the mantle of leadership, evolving the construct of the epic hero from the traditional singular figurehead into a unity of beliefs, convictions, and revelations of which she becomes a living symbol." - Fetch Quest Journeys Special: The Paragon (#MassEffect)

Folk horror is a subgenre of horror fiction that uses elements of folklore to invoke fear and foreboding. Typical elements include a rural setting, isolation, and themes of superstition, folk religion, paganism, sacrifice and the dark aspects of nature.

Hey, Canada. A queer indigenous Albertan, here. Alberta is Canada’s punchline. I get it, believe me. The UCP has 100% earned it. But my trans relatives here are having a tough time, particularly our youth. The UCP has enabled discrimination for those so inclined. That’s taking a toll. 1/2

Fragments from the Vault #016: The Shepard's Lament (from Song of the Rachni) "And it was then when our joy became vassals of mourning, As though the magnitude of your love became so fierce It shook the lost vaults of Ilos itself..." #MassEffect

Interested in poetry in games / games in poetry - including in historical games? Check out the call for papers for our annual conference (Multiplatform) below, which will take place in Manchester in mid-June. manchestergamecentre.org/events/2026/...

This sounds amazing. "The project will “contain no sponsorships, product placement, or generative AI, and it will be free to listen, with no predatory pay scheme and no login required.” " They do have a Patreon if you want to show support.

Cogito Ergot Sum Make meaning with Muscle Mommy - and enjoy some very apt satirical artistry from the wonderful writer, va, and dear friend @litchilovers.bsky.social !

Kassandra 🦅 "If I was your punishment, you'd already be dead" 📸 @azurearkangel829.bsky.social 🐍 #SisterhoodSaturday #VPRepost #VPSupport #AssassinsCreed

"If the mission is successful the Inquisition will secure an alliance with Thedas' most formidable fleet: The Qun." - In the Name of Sacrifice: Save the Chargers or the Dreadnought in #DragonAgeInquisition (Demands of the Qun)

different views of the orion nebula from hubble 🌌

I don't know if I can be more obvious...

Fragments from the Vault #015: Midnight Chambers "Her mouth on the cleft of The dew in the heaves of our curves, Frothing and lacerated With the throb of the switch." #ResidentEvilVillage

And obviously, this year again keep in your hearts and minds the people suffering under Israeli-caused war crimes and starvation in Gaza, who will commit to the fast despite daily hunger and uncertainty. The Palestinians truly are the best among us. www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfe...

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#1979RevolutionBlackFriday is an interactive story which documents the lives of young protestors in Iran. It takes on a different approach from the Western narrative, and understanding the series of events presented is critical to understanding what is happening today.

🚨 HUGE NEWS! 🚨 All Will Rise is now LIVE on Kickstarter! Fundraising has begun to bring our revenge fantasy against the powerful to life. Want to try before you fund? All Will Rise currently has a demo on Steam too! Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/spe... #IndieGame #GameDev #IndieDev

A spectacular googly-eyed octopus does battle with a lobster in this 2,000 year-old Roman mosaic from Pompeii 🐙 🦞 Some fantastic fishy onlookers too! House of the Geometric Mosaics. On display Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples. 📷 by me #MosaicMonday #Archaeology

Fragments from the Vault #014: Invitation to A Winter's Tale "And let us call upon Our hale-hewn hero of Akatosh On the wind-swept sails of Kyne's reverie, Unravelling our meagre thread Of season unending." #Skyrim

Super excited to have joined my friends at Autoscopia Interactive! We’re working on a game called Forgotten, a family drama seen through the eyes of a woman with Alzheimer's disease. We just made a Steam page and it would mean a lot if you could wishlist & share the game to help us gain visibility!

"We ask 'What is consciousness?' debating the nature of the soul and straddling the distinctions and similarities between the two." - Turning Out the Lights: Consciousness and Existential Grief in #SOMA (Simon of Omicron)

My very belated 2025 #artsummary!

Fragments from the Vault #013: It All Goes to Hell at Prospector Saloon "And should I rise from the swell of the corrugated fortress To the quake of a Death Claw you'll know that I've found The tall gates of reckoning..." #FalloutNewVegas

Hey y'all, I'm a Black narrative designer, writer, editor & consultant who was impacted by layoffs last year. I'm available for immediate work in comics, books and games! Website: www.jayjustice.net LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jay-justi... Direct Support: ko-fi.com/thatjayjustice

"Felix is a fraudster, after all - what if Fiona and Sasha were his long-con? Time for the student to usurp the master and let the pyrotechnics work their magic." - Honour Among Thieves: The Felix Dilemma in #TalesFromTheBorderlands (Zer0 Sum)

#ACVPThursday . Assassin’s Creed Shadows #AssassinsCreedShadows #VirtualPhotography #ThePhotoMode

Happy Friday the 13th to those who celebrate 💥🦾

Fragments from the Vault #012: Of Moonlit Glade in Fever'd Nocturne's Throes (Sonnet VII) "The winsome wraith hath never so bewitch'd One afear'd as I within yonder shade, Yet I thirst for sweet death upon your lips Of which the orchid and the bee doth crave..." #TheWitcher3

Can climate grief and imagination co-exist? After spending time with We Were Here Once, one of Roberto Bisceglie's journaling games, I wrote about how solo journaling games can help us work with challenging emotions. notesfromtheinflectionpoint.substack.com/p/games-grie... #climate #grief #ttrpg