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On this subject, @gameassistyt.bsky.social commentary is an absolute necessity, I swear. This video in particular helped me organize my thoughts about the endings so much 🦋 youtu.be/HdJY5Bc37ag?...

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when something so simple and pure at heart can change the whole world - let alone the whole world of just a single person like me - it gives me hope that what i make that can mean something like that to the humans (and monsters) who need it, too.

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🔥 Devil’s Liminal is joining the Indie Allies for Impact itch.io bundle — and we couldn’t be more excited! Every game in this bundle helps raise funds for @takethis.org and the IGDA Foundation, supporting developer mental health and career growth. Join the bundle today ➡️ buff.ly/DPIUwT2

🍁✨ It’s almost time for our first-ever Autumn Alumni Weekend! 🍂 Alumni: Got a talk or a new sizzle reel you want to share with a supportive crowd? Apply to be a speaker or submit your game trailer to be featured! 🎮 Everything you need—including the speaker + trailer forms—is here 👉 buff.ly/l0oGbin

What is Tech Design? An @igdafoundation.org talk. As a Tech Designer in #gamedev , I noticed what the role implies is hazy to most, so I gave a little talk about it, now available on youtube. I hope you find the info interesting or valuable! youtu.be/CtZovcz4hoQ

also you can download the files to your computer so you aren't forced into keeping an app forever. big fan!!!!!!!!

TROPE: Popular website built entirely on unpaid community labour dies after blocking content from community unwilling to submit to exploitative data collection monetization methods.

If you're a developer with game(s) on @itch.io, join the Indie Allies for Impact bundle! See below for details!

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as someone who's starting her journey with AAC after getting an autism diagnosis, YES

@sfdirewolf.bsky.social shared a nice book write up for Margeaux Feldman's TOUCH ME, I'M SICK, out now from @beaconpress.bsky.social. She's also doing a giveaway & 7 winners will receive copies, so check out her newsletter & sign up to win! disability-visibility-newsletter.ghost.io/touch-me-im-...

Brand-new International Journal of Role-Playing issue, this time on the topic of Consent in RPGs. @suzphdm.bsky.social served as Special Issue Editor on this one, and we are thrilled to see it in the world. journals.uu.se/IJRP/issue/v...

When we scramble for what we want, how many *little* compromises are needed to get it, and do those haunt us? Does publicly buying into the Grand Lie transform our inner worlds and relationships?

So necessary. Thanks to @sfdirewolf.bsky.social disabilityvisibilityproject.com/disabled-rage/

🐌📖🎊🥳 I’m thrilled my piece, Snail’s Pace: The Art of Cripping Time is featured in THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT, is available now! Edited by @theferocity.bsky.social & @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social, this anthology is filled with art, poems, and essays by so many amazing writers! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

This is where I show my unabashed Expressionism fandom, especially as it pertains to the TTRPG medium. Also: manifestoes are great!

Write something you yourself would run and give you joy. That's the main thing!

I just wanna add that the @goldencobra.bsky.social larps occupy the space of free, outsider art games, like zines. There's little "high art" about them, and they've been written all over the world. Expansion of the larp medium is the goal, in all directions.

What a smashing sstart point for #larp basics! Props to @jmstar.bsky.social for hiss work on those ssound basicss for gamers!

Ssssssss Reminder that *all* gamess from Golden Cobra sssince its founding in 2014 reside on the websssite and are available for free in perpetuity. All creatorsss retain their rightss and are welcome to make a way more polished version than what's on the sssite. Sssssss goldencobra.org

In last year's @goldencobra.bsky.social awards, I think there were a few games about parenting, because one of the categories was "Best game that lets children be present". We put that in to encourage games that let parents play, but parenting often became the subject. www.goldencobra.org

When people ask "How do you design a larp?" -- I have 3 responses: --Get together a group of adults to play costumed "Let's pretend" and let me know how it goes. --Peruse @goldencobra.bsky.social contest submissions. Now write your own. --Read our free textbook! trepo.tuni.fi/handle/10024...

It's out early next year, I believe. I've been real nervous about how it was going to be received but so far all our reviewers have been real generous and positive and I'm really proud of what the three of us have created. www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...

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This convo I had highlights the difference in what "respect your time" means in games. A lot of players want to trade time for in-game progress. It's purely transactional: 1 hour = 1 progress But I want to feel like my actions matter i.e. what I do with time creates progress, not time itself.

in stars and time got treated this way a LOT

Open Call for Papers 2025🥰📢 Press Start is currently seeking full-length game studies papers from current grad students/recent grads. Submit by November 10, 2025, for a potential spot in our 2026 issue! More details below in this thread👇 #CallForPapers #GameStudies

The website is restored and up! Go read your fave article and maybe a new one? analoggamestudies.org

I think about care work & longterm infrastructure & what labor "counts" SO MUCH -- as @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social and I were talking about with @rowanzeoli.bsky.social for @rascal.news just yesterday. I feel very lucky to have been in so many cultures of care to try to live up to.

Thanks so much to all those who have already been kind enough to donate! If you are still interested, and are financially able, please consider helping fund this year's QGCon (link and details below)

The games industry is complicit in genocide and imperialism. It’s time to divest. If you're a game worker, journalist, streamer, or gamer, and feel like you want to get more involved, you can head to our website for more: nogamesforgenocide.com

Come watch the videos of this year's Generation Analog, and stay to watch those of the previous 4 years! It's great podcast listening for those interested in games scholarship. #GenerationAnalog2025 #StayAnalog www.youtube.com/@analoggames...

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We congratulate Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast on its 2025 Origins award for Best RPG Core Product. Check out Jay Dragon's keynote speech for Generation Analog 2024: youtu.be/7k4_xVZpSBc?...

Our Queer Analog Game Studies Special Issue is now LIVE. Kaelan Doyle-Myerscough on PbtA as queer platform, Brandon Blackburn on solo journaling games, Susan Haarman on queer domesticity in Yazeba's, and PB Berge & Percy Hornak on lyric games and trans life. Check it out! analoggamestudies.org

Happy #FourthofJuly! Happy belated #Pride special issue of @analoggamestudies.bsky.social: "Queer Analog Game Studies" -- analoggamestudies.org -- feat. four amazing essays & my introduction "Be Queer, Do Games: An Introduction to #QueerAnalogGameStudies" #analoggamestudies #queergames

We love to see an @aabria.bsky.social citation by the splendid @edmondchang.bsky.social :

#GenerationAnalog 2025 Bingo Card by PB Berge, featuring citations of: @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social @edmondchang.bsky.social @saraahmedfav.bsky.social @megueyb.bsky.social @lumpley.bsky.social @analoggamestudies.bsky.social #StayAnalog

Now we are learning about Play, Punk, and Pedagogy on this remarkable panel! #GenerationAnalog2025 #StayAnalog

📣DISABILITY PRIDE STREAM SCHEDULE📣 The first of our Disability Pride events is THIS SATURDAY! See you there, and make sure to follow our Twitch channel to tune in! ✨ twitch.tv/NothingWitho...

📢TALK ANNOUNCEMENT📢 We’re so excited to welcome Nina Kiel and Mara Shulze this SATURDAY to deliver their talk all about open resources for game development to make it more accessible! Tune in here at 5:30pm Saturday: twitch.tv/NothingWitho...

🥳TALK ANNOUNCEMENT🥳 An amazing talk from @LaurakBuzz "The Past, Present and Future of Autistic Gaming Accessibility"! Tune in at 5:30pm BST on our Twitch channel to check it out: twitch.tv/NothingWitho...

👁️ A few random things about Fade we've unveiled during our recent Q&A: - she's a cat person - she's asexual, biromantic and clueless about any of that - she likes springtime - she doesn't know her age, but it's ~21-25 - she is 61 pixels tall Read full Q&A here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/sis...

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The committee of the Diana Jones Award is pleased to announce the finalists for its 2025 award, which it believes best exemplified “excellence” in the field of gaming for the past year. They are: