Thomas gets taken to a black ops site

legend

europeans want you to believe they live virtuous lifestyles but this is their version of bed, bath & beyond

The Phoenix is great for a load of reasons but last year's (brick-themed) April Fool issue nailed AI far better than most of our prominent satirists. Excuse the state of my kid's copy.

CLOSING SOON! Particularly looking for applicants of colour! Last chance to sign up for a class caper - a daring raid on an auction house awaits in Midnight Heist, a Campfire adventure with @wojtekborowicz.bsky.social. tally.so/r/J9R1vJ

'Someone decided to build a system that produces 1,000 targeting decisions an hour and call them high-quality.' Very, very good and important read. www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma...

POV: you hold a dual citizenship

Video games don't belong on the stock market. Giving shareholders the right to have a say as co-owners, and granting them the freedom to decide the life and death of a studio in a game based on an unrealistic, capitalist dream, the illusion of constant growth, is negligent and should be prohibited.

Ahead of the single most important thing that has ever happened in my entire life, I wrote about what happens when a nation holds its breath for so long that it turns blue. www.balls.ie/football/cze...

Well folks, this is it, @seamas.bsky.social setting the mood very nicely here www.balls.ie/football/cze...

Seven-word death punch

If JFK had BlueSky.

Now casting! @wojtekborowicz.bsky.social brings us Campfire, a no-prep one-shot based RPG for beginner GMs! Join a notorious group of thieves targeting shady billionaires and corrupt institutions, whose latest job involves to a prestigious auction house in the heart of London. tally.so/r/J9R1vJ

I think I spent more time in Football Manager than in any one of my jobs so, uh, yeah.

Hi folks. I'd appreciate any signatures for this petition that you can. This is my home, and we've been fighting different mining companies for years. Please and thank you. #SpéirGhorm my.uplift.ie/petitions/en...

Get 15% off on the Narrative Kaleidoscope today (or all this week? we honestly don't know) with the code NARRATIVE15 www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope (Discount on print costs; authors still get full royalties)

I’m linesman at my son’s U16 game in Balbriggan. If the ball goes out there’s a 30 meter cliff about 10m away from the sideline. We’ve just lost one ball so far! (And we haven’t lost any linesmen)

Sunny Saturday! Celebrate the spring equinox with comix! Shop got hit with a €1500 bill from one of my distributors this week so please tell friends and strangers about littledeercomics.ie

Incredible reporting

In Polish, when you're surprised, you exclaim ALE JAJA which basically means 'These eggs!'. Now, in Polish 'jaja' (eggs) is also a term for balls (as in testicles). So effectively, when Polish people see something surprising, they say DEEZ NUTS. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

Bundle of Joy is 50% off as part of the Steam Spring Sale from now until March 26th! This coincidentally lines up with BoJ turning 1! As part of the celebration, I updated the game to v1.2! If you liked this game, buy it for a friend or expecting parent! store.steampowered.com/app/3138370/...

Web 1.0: The web is for information Web 2.0: The web is for ads Web 3.0: The web is for scams

the question on everyone's lips today

They made them take down the videos because they would cause "reputational damage" to people like this young man, Nathan Cavanuagh, so definitely don't post this all over the internet with the name Nathan Cavanaugh attached, or this guy might suffer reputational damage. This guy, Nathan Cavanaugh.

wait. wait. everyone hold on. i've solved it

The Game From Ireland Steam Event is now live!! Go to the Steam Page and join us for the Games From Ireland Showcase which starts at 5.15pm!! store.steampowered.com/sale/Gamesfr... #GamesFromIreland #IrishGames #Imirt #SteamEvent

Can this be a solution?

Basic income is the way to go. I only wish the expansion of the basic income for artists scheme in Ireland was more ambitious. The programme has already proven itself incredibly successful and in the scope of a country's budget it costs peanuts

Hey there, Delil—oh!

CASTING CALL! Seeking players for two upcoming oneshots this April/May. Nibiru, GMd by @wasitum.bsky.social and Campfire, GMd by @wojtekborowicz.bsky.social. Seeking players from geographical Europe and outside the US! BIPOC are always given first priority! #ttrpgcastingcall

The barriers to UBI are 100% political. It's good economic policy, it's cheaper than mitigating the results of poverty, it's better by almost every measurable metric than any means tested support. But it completely shifts the balance of power from owners to workers.

"By the power of Greyskull"

Applications for Sparks: Game Changers are open!🎮 Free 6-week online career programme for marginalised genders in the Irish games industry (Ardán, Code Coven & @screenireland.bsky.social ). Apply: tally.so/r/NpWKO0 📅 Info: 25 Mar, 6pm GMT luma.com/ggorgqz3

Checked my game's Interactive Fiction Database page only to see this. Guess who is an 'award-winning game designer' now! Anyway, go and check it out if you have 2 minutes and enjoy historical fiction and experimental storytelling. ifdb.org/viewgame?id=...

I want a unique experience crafted by weirdos, not a sycophant robot

Halfway to rent and our rent is due TOMORROW! Jittery time lapse representing the state of my mind. €1000 over two days is highly unlikely but very sale saves us from accumulating more debt!

Hey, any games press want to cover our big upcoming steam event with Irish games?!? www.imirt.ie/news/2026/3/... Reach out via dm or [email protected]

Yes, hello, is that God? Yeah, hi. I have a complaint. You gave me this brain that’s designed for finding berries and avoiding lions and now people are ‘just circling back’ to see if we can ‘move the needle’ on ‘key initiatives’? NONE of those things are berries.

PSA: a lot of people asked for an ebook edition — and we’ve been able to put one together! And with hyperlinks, of course.

Ever wanted to climb the entire history of ideas… but as a pinball? Well now you can. The Fallosophy demo is live on Steam. A physics rage game where you ascend a towering world of philosophy using only two buttons, as Plato intended. Try not to fall. bit.ly/4iMXRoy

Do try this if you're at Dublin Comicon, top tier stuff

Meta has a history of torturing their moderators and providing NOTHING in the way of mental health care. How do I know? Because I used to be a moderator for Meta and I got a $3,500 settlement for the PTSD they gave me. When we tried to unionize, they moved their moderation to the Philippines.

This project is fascinating to me—an excellent book and it began with an open call, not an exclusive curation mandate. A grab bag of tons of writers from different backgrounds who saw the call and responded with whatever insight was meaningful to them. And it works! I like the essay I wrote for it.

📖 THE GAME NARRATIVE KALEIDOSCOPE ❄️ is out NOW! www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope 100+ essays on writing & narrative design, with articles from the writers of Baldur's Gate 3, Control, Call of Duty, Prince of Persia, Tomb Raider, Sam and Max... ALSO the Kaleidoscope Podcast with 2 full eps!