"We skim past the volutes of corals and fleshed-out cataracts of narwhals, the fleets of trilobites and subarctic naves as the forge of the earth buckles and groans." From Expedition (The Angler's Promise) @blacksaltgames.com #Dredgetober #record

Why is Labour cutting vaccines? Why aren’t you protecting clinically vulnerable people as a basic. France is protecting its whole population with vaccines. Lives will be lost! Please show compassion. @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social

Three times in one week. These are dark times, my friends.

Oh, hey, I wrote an essay about resisting the rhetoric and logic of apocalypse. It’s about weather, and Texas and lettuce and blue bonnets and poetry and stars, too. kenyonreview.org/piece/alyssa...

Know any women, nonbinary folks, or trans people (around Montreal) who want to make their first video game? Applications for the Pixelles Make Games program are open! It's free! And no experience required 🙌 More info: pixelles.ca

Billionaires chasing profit, despots chasing power, without ever bothering to look up. Is this all that humanity was meant to know? Every time I play #Starfield to explore, I'm reminded of Carl Sagan's wisdom and philosophy. Evolution built us into explorers, not to enrich or enslave one another. 🌌

One of the astonishing aspects of our times is that once-progressive parties are rushing us towards dystopia almost as fast as the far right is. This week's column is about what we might now face and how to contest it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"I’m not giving up on the immediate years, but the focus on politics, economics, and law are all destined to fail because they are based around humans."

A game of hope and healing - a much-needed reminder in these times:

Fragments from the Vault #040: The Catfish Cabaret "The lunge of the lunar couldn't contain me, Nor the husk of the char had a song to sustain me: What the wild weave of haunts left astray..." #SouthOfMidnight

Narrative folks, especially game devs! Narrascope is next week and they have a great lineup of speakers ✨️ narrascope.org

Fragments from the Vault #039: Clockwork Cut-Outs "Carousels and wishing wells And picnics in the park, Star maps twinkling through a lens Like lanterns in the dark..." #LuminoCity

Sockrates wishes y'all a happy #pridemonth We hope y'all find your matching pair, whichever sock it may be 🌈 #sockdatingsim #indiegame #art

Fragments from the Vault #038: Hymn to the Boreal Star "Dreams are mirrors to alternate universes... In longing, threads of our being stretch across the dimensions Calling us home in communal song." #TheMooseman

My interactive poetry chapbook "Ruminations" is now available to play! I'm really proud of this one ♥️💜 litchi-lovers.itch.io/ruminations

Want to be a better ally but not sure where to start? Here are 4 things you could start doing right now: 1.) Speak up for trans rights. If you are a games studio, use your social platforms to support your trans employees. Visibility and allyship from cis people is more important than ever.

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

Fragments from the Vault #037: The Feldspar of Seasons "The rub of autumn lures a cascade..." #Morphopolis

Oh this sounds amazing

TOO ALL MONTREALERS: We're doing a GAMING NIGHT for the SOCK DATING SIMULATOR on SATURDAY MAY 31st at 5pm at the MELTDOWN ESPORTS BAR on 2035 ST-DENIS STREET. Come dressed solely in funky socks! BOOZE AND FUN GUARANTEED 🧦 ✨ #montreal #quebec #canada #indiegame #gamedev #videogames #gamenight

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

deadline.com/2025/05/sout... Got to talk to Destiny Jackson about South of Midnight a bit, my first video game, and some of my inspirations as we wrote the game. :)

Fragments from the Vault #036: The Book of Hours (Officium Divinum) "The pious shepherd thus divines Which flock to field while tending Prime, Their solace roused by holy verse When breaking fast to feast at Terce." #Pentiment

Picking up the pieces of my heart and soul... What a phenomenal experience #SouthOfMidnight

Fascinating read on the psychology of flow and what game design reveals about the deliberate tensions of great writing www.themarginalian.org/2014/12/05/p...

@jesawyer.bsky.social I have finished playing Pentiment for the first time - what a beautiful and impactful experience! I wanted to know about the pronunciation of the Liturgy of the Hours (Matins, Lauds, etc.) Would these be pronounced in-game in their true Latin form or the more modernised form?

Desert Angels is available now on Steam for PC, Mac, and Steam Deck! Traverse the scrapyard, get lost in its trash, and maybe blow it all up. It's been a long journey through the game's creation, and I'm glad I can share it with you all now. store.steampowered.com/app/3048770/...

Thousands show solidarity at #TransRightsAreHumanRights Demo in Parliament Square.

Delightful and heart-warming ✨

Fragments from the Vault #035: Chaos Theory (Palimpsest) "Sometimes," I tell my friend over coffee, "I travel in my sleep. It's late August, 1984. The heat should be shimmering off the canyon, but today is different. Today is the day the oasis comes alive." #PhoenixSprings

praemunio #super's #FFXV #GladiolusAmicitia #fanart

A long time ago (pre pandemic) I wrote something about moon-sighting and Islam for a zine. It was republished for another zine in 2021. Either way, I think it’s been long enough that I can share it for anyone curious 🌙

first issue of The Bathysphere, a new newsletter about games. some nice reflections on resting in games, and also a nice plug for the last Now Play This (on in April, tickets still available) buttondown.com/Bathysphere/...

Fragments from the Vault #034: On the Banks of the Wild Dordogne "Roughly aged her mystic secrets, past and present wrought with sorrow, The restless river stirs beneath her, and saps the knowledge of the morrow." #Dordogne

📢 'Future Ghost' demo announcement trailer! On Steam and Itch in 2-3 months (no date set yet) Also planning a CONTENT CREATOR PREVIEW; pls say hi if interested! 🔊 Audio ON recommended! Not gonna lie, music's pretty fire. YT link below to watch more than this <1min Bsky version... #indiegame

One question I keep getting asked by readers is: Which book of yours should I read first?🤔📖 So, I made a short game to help you answer that question! Check it out: clarislamauthor.itch.io/which-books-... Happy playing (and reading)! #booksky #writesky #indieauthor #bookrecs #books

Fragments from the Vault #033: Homecoming "Yet amidst the chaos and the grief Is that one day when, you told me, You would lay beside me in the grass for as long as it took for the pain to fade – And this is how I remember you." #Apotheon

”Two great poets in conversation”: Lorna Goodison's translation of Dante’s The Inferno is “spellbinding.” To be published by Signal Editions/Véhicule Press in April. bit.ly/41Ke0Tx lpgcanada.bsky.social‬ ‪#canli#canpoetryry

Fragments from the Vault #032: Meditations (The Worlds We Dream) "The golden age of space travel has been and gone," your memory echoes, "For even the enigmatic scramble of a nebula cannot reach the poetry of our imagination." #MystVEndofAges

#Omamori, a MP100 fangame, is a kinetic visual novel where you are a spirit tasked with helping Reigen navigate his romantic endeavors! (Or really, his lack of endeavors..) Learn about him & the people in his life to help him find the courage to confess! #gamedev quiet-cabin.itch.io/omamori-a-mp...

The beautiful world of Japan 📸 | @subject72.bsky.social #AssassinsCreedShadows #VPSupport #VPRepost

Fragments from the Vault #031: My Name is Irenka "you did not know that our names meant compassion, or that we harboured a love for a world whose beauty lay in defiance of a raging inner monologue that will, one day, become our anthem..." #DeusExMankindDivided

A few people have shared this here today, so I thought I’d post it.

My Culture Consumption for February is up, with all the books, movies, TV shows, and games I enjoyed last month andrea-blythe.beehiiv.com/p/culture-co...

Here's a location from my narrative adventure #indiegame Future Ghost, finally set up as a traversable space with proper z-order and all, ready for some story and interactivity to be injected into it. The PC skips about on a longer stride due to the lower gravity on Mars, where the game is set.

St. Pat's, Dublin in black & white. #blackandwhite #monochrome #photography #Dublin #stpats #st.patrick's #ireland #church #urban

“If that’s all there is, my friends. Then let’s keep dancing.” No words for the passionate whirlwind of delights celebrating Sleep No More’s final farewell. 💌 The Love Letter 🌙 The Celestial Fever Dream 🎭 The Final Masque