I think to make art you have to keep believing life is worth living

this goes right along with my theory that the AI obsession in *users* is often bc… 1. they were never educated (esp "ipad generation") & don't know how computers work 2. our tools and services are all SO AWFUL NOW, degraded at best, actively user-hostile at worst

Forcefemme? I dont think femmes should be forced to do anything

It’s so fun to see the gaming community be excited about the @indiegameawards.gg 💜 these are definitely the good vibes we need and it’s great to look back and celebrate some incredible artistry in every way!

Gonna write some anti-etudes. Music that absolutely nobody learns anything from

But hey the good news is I got to learn a legal term I had never encountered before: “promissory estoppel”

I’m *still* feeling the effects, financial especially, of that decision some asshole suits made. They should legit count themselves blessed that by month 9 of unemployment I had not self-immolated on Riot’s front steps. But the studio made an enemy for life and I will die spitting venom about them.

I could not get my old job back. Riot had forced me into unemployment in what we now know to be the worst job market in industry history. I finally found Riot’s Head of People on LinkedIn and sent her a 2000-word message explaining in detail how badly they had fucked me and asked them to explain.

Toad shouted and waved, but it was no use. Frog sat on the island. He did not see or hear Toad.

"What if James Bond was a 5-pixel-tall cowboy? Could that cowboy escape FORT FREEZE?" a cinematic and very serious PuzzleScript game for the ThinkyCon Jam! had lots of fun doing the puzzle design for this one! vaidap.itch.io/splinter-cow...

I think it's okay if players who don't pay attention get lost.

hot take(?): the way many dedicated QA companies emphasize this problem by using AI to tag and make searchable ANYTHING interpreted as negative makes this problem even worse than it already is doubly so because AI is useless and will tag potentially desirable confusion/surprise as negative

Then why do I keep talking to devs in the US whose salary is suddenly $0

Executive in charge of the GDC salary report: "when we report how much less women and POC make than their white-male counterparts, be sure to use the Fortnite font so people know that the Festival of Gaming™ is all about the Gamers *dabs*"

Some of our members in Game Workers Unite Ireland were in Paris for a union summit today and joined the STJV and other European game worker unions for a solidarity protest outside Take Two offices. The blatant union busting firing of the Rockstar 31 workers can not stand. Reinstate them now!

Jesus Christ.

In the middle of tng S3 and I feel like it's losing steam. preferred the ropier but more philosophical first two seasons to this over abundance of fine political ones. maybe it's more that the "bad" episodes are just v forgettable now. still some classics tho

day 50! no i lied. i still track how long it takes me to work on things but i guess it’s more of a rough estimate and not down to the minute anymore. #gamedev #indiegamedev #unity #indiegames #rpg #roguelike #lifesim

It's always been my contention that the curator system is actually extremely good, if used well, and is a crying shame Valve let it get overrun with bad actors and scammers. If you want to see how a good curator page can be helpful, take a look at some replies here:

I hope the game does great, so so much talent worked on it, but this a good exampe of why you need writers and as more than just "punching up lines" a writer or director may know that if you're gonna give people a twist (ie, something not what they're expecting), it has to EXCEED what they expected

it's worth placing any opinion you see on "the curve". ahead of the curve = "ai is a bubble" a year ago. (turned out right) on the curve = "ai is a bubble" this summer. behind the curve = "ai is a bubble" now. a hundred million miles after the curve = "this bubble isn't ever gonna pop baby"

Again it’s not good that the most prominent leaders of the party keep insisting it’s a trap to talk about “identity” when the Trump administration is pushing white supremacy.

we need to recognize that corporate media is nothing more than the propaganda arm for the oligarchy

And one of the first survivors to step forward to try to stop Epstein? A trans woman, who was promptly mocked and villified by the New York Post, New York Magazine, the courts and law enforcement.

Republicans are going to try to distance themselves from this, and the media is going to do their best to let them. It's gonna feel like Bush II remixes, everyone pretending they've never heard of this Trump guy and if they did they were always against him, everyone was. History repeats.

As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.

For my newsletter, I talked about the proposed teenage phone restrictions in the name of a murdered teenage trans girl. (Noted this twice in the piece but again, I have no issue with Esther Ghey) www.burnsnotice.com/brianna-ghey...

We've just rolled out a minor patch for Spooky Express which fixes a number of reported audio bugs, and some iteration on the initial onboarding. Thanks so much to everyone who has played and given feedback (or left us a review) so far! spooky.express

A nice short video on @blakemanorgame.bsky.social

They've won against Uber. They've won against JustEat. And now they're gonna win against Rockstar. Fuckin get em. 🌱

mario trailer looks great lol. I'm such a shill. my gut vibe with the amount of stuff in it though (inc tostarena) is that it might be a trilogy/two-parter? galaxy = last part, and it will end with Bowser coming back to life in a big way Just not sure what they'd call the next one, Mario Galaxy 2?

"I see the game as the guest. I want to make sure I do everything I can to show off every part of this guest." I spoke with Shinya Arino, host and faithful "employee" of GameCenter CX about his philosophy, career highlights, and the secrets behind the trailblazing show. He was a delight.

listening on loop this morning. ☺️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=W24g...

The Séance of Blake Manor is 97% Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam! It took just a little over two weeks from launch. Thank you to everyone who has left a review! #indiegames

Kinda terrifying that the distance from the first toy story to the latest is the same as the first one to Mary Poppins

Request access to basic gender-affirming healthcare via an archaic, harmful and invasive assessment. Feel how this affects peoples hearts. Maybe see a world where it doesn't need to hurt. Tightrtope by @malinazhnita.bsky.social, EVERYPLANET, Siabhr, Damegev​ pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-70

ion post here much but game ty malinazhnita.itch.io/hairy-eyeballs

first time playing around with particle effects and its kinda tuff

This is so cooked bsky.app/profile/aust...

my new game DUCK TAPE is out now, playable in browser!! bazyleeshek.itch.io/duck-tape #horror #gamedev #indiedev #godot

obviously this will do absolutely nothing to protect children, but once you get a good censorship run going, it's hard to stop

The thing that strikes me about replacing voice actors with AI slop is that, in the scope of a big AA/AAA production it barely saves money? These people aren't even full time. It's immizerating people because immizerating people is your goal, nothing more.

I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct. That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...

have you ever actually heard the full liveline theme?? it does not have any reason to go as fucking hard as it does www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3tL...

This is a truly disturbing moment

Hey @hyphinett.bsky.social you finish the walking animation? "Sure thing, real fucking sassy, just like you asked"

Scary... but in Irish. CROWDED. FOLLOWED. 🔻🔻🔻 store.steampowered.com/app/2948790/... #irishhorror #irishlanguage #horrorgame #irishgames

sure, but also why is GI Joe dutch and how has no one ever mentioned this before