YIKES! Illinois folks, it took me 20 seconds to oppose this bill requiring age verification at the operating system level.

Group is departing now! Take the N metro train to Ocean Beach if you want to catch us!

three hours until we breath fresh ocean air and hear the chorus of water meeting ancient rock!

🌲 It’s going to be sunny on Saturday, so join us for a walk along the beach and through the woods with #GDCFeet ! We’ll be hanging out with @art.imitates.life and @lenagrrarrow.com for a radically inclusive experiment in game design and community! All welcome! 💖 No liability assumed or implied by us

i'm not at GDC this year, but if you (the person reading this, hello you) are, allow me to recommend this very nice hike that you could go on :

lets hike! a collective memory of GDC 2026, constructed by you 11am Saturday @ Powell Street Station #GDCFeet

i’m so ready for my annual sleepiest climbs of the year 🥱

easily both the most exciting game I've ever worked on AND the most mature, no-drama & high-empathy team I've ever worked with. if you've hit the qualifications below, come work with me and Make Some Noise!!!

In no particular order, here are my highlights from MDEV 2025! Such a great celebration of the talent and community hidden in the Midwest🧵

Longest-running diversity panel at @officialgdc.bsky.social #1ReasonToBe is looking for panelists for 2026 We are looking for underrepresented women in video games living in the U.S., or from abroad, who normally attend GDC, due to the challenges of entering the country forms.gle/QWSK8wPjLu5t...

SOS! The crew on 'Handala' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces. Chris Smalls is a citizen of the U.S. Tag the U.S. Department of State NOW: X: @StateDept and @SecRubio FB: @U.S. Department of State Instagram: @statedept @secrubio

this textuuuuuure

making it a tradition to screen The Fall (2006) the last friday of june because The Fall comes before Pride.

y’all ever hyperfixate and start custom designing furniture? a couple hours last night and i have everything from the 3D model to the shopping list and cut diagrams. i feel like this is the start of the engineer > woodworker/farmer/baker pipeline, but i’m not ready yet

Submissions are still open to Chicago Indie Game Showcase (CIGS) for one more month! Deadline July 11th! Give us your games!! They are like delightful snacks to us crunchrcrunchcrunch (please send us your games) CIGS will be held on September 6th! #indiedev #indiegame forms.gle/Z8HXBuH9hwMs...

Everyone’s gotta say “FUCK ICE” at least three times a day. Those are the rules, Chicago. See you out there!

Gardens had a great day today. Can’t wait to show off what the team has been up to more publicly

Our kickstarter for C.I.G.S. (Chicago Indie Game Showcase) is LIVE and we already blew past our both our goal and first stretch goal in... three hours. Help us build the future of Chicago indie dev and get tix to see a ton of amazing devs. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ind... #indiedev #indiegame

this conversation was such a lovely time! very grateful for the space to process what’s been on my mind lately wrt to how we do the work of play also “Lord Lena” is a pretty fun alliteration. 🗡️

kill gameplay

@mikesochill.bsky.social found a fun bug (????) in Blue Prince tonight!

happy 4/20, release nonviolent drug offenders and abolish for-profit prisons. smoke 'em if ya got 'em

TRANS RIGHTS 🏳️‍⚧️

Application period for the @igdafoundation.org VE has been extended! This 6-week online program supports game devs from underrepresented communities around the world 🌏 ✨ Curated panels & workshops 🤝🏻 1:1 mentorship 🕒 Light time commitment (~2–3 hours/week in Aug–Sept) 💫 Pls RT 💫

Evan has consistently been a ray of light and hub of community at GDC! If you’ve ever enjoyed a cup of freshly brewed tea or accordion serenade in Yerba Buena, please consider joining me and chipping in to help them rebuild. 🍂

Mysterious sidewalk tunnels in the middle of the city are like catnip for game devs

Our adventure begins! #GDCFeet is now departing Powell. A small group will hang behind for a later departure, otherwise DM me for location info!

 👣 👣 As @rich_lem , the creator of this experience, says: " #GDCFeet is a playful hike from Ocean Beach to China Beach, via Land's End, and a radically inclusive experiment in game design and community! " Meet at Powell Street Station at 11AM, Saturday March 22nd. All welcome.  👣 👣

If you, like myself, end GDC feeling somewhat wistful or melancholy, this is the event for you. Come walk, reflect, and reconnect with yourself!

Evan has consistently been a ray of light and hub of community at GDC! If you’ve ever enjoyed a cup of freshly brewed tea or accordion serenade in Yerba Buena, please consider joining me and chipping in to help them rebuild. 🍂

between this and the folks hosting a water balloon/gun fight on Saturday, it’s looking like it might be a muddy week in Yerba Buena

This feels like a major inflection point. If ICE can apparently unlawfully arrest & disappear a permanent resident and it is not immediately met with strong opposition from the public, officials, and courts, there is no going back.

If you're an REI member, you can vote to toss out the board that's endorsed Trump's candidate for Dept. of Interior and has worked to stop REI unions. Vote runs until May 2nd. Spread the word. vote.escvote.com/REI/

Okay, my turn again! Do you need a narrative designer or game writer? Lucky you, because I need a job! I’ve led narrative teams and worked on some of your favorite franchises! Based in LA and not looking to relocate, but happy to travel! Open to full time or contract!

ATTN: #GDC2025 folks - we'll be doing our annual bouldering meetups at Dogpatch Boulders again this year, so pack your climbing shoes! Monday March 17, 7am-9am Thursday March 20, 7am-9am Open to all skill levels, it's a very chill time. 🤙

This takes 3 minutes. Washington state people, get in here

For #BlackHistoryMonth we're offering 40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation

WE'RE HOSTING A GAME DEV VARIETY SHOW AT GDC!!! come and show off your talents!!!

this is what it feels like to prepare and eat trader joe’s tomato soup from the carton

Every family and child deserves to feel safe and secure in the place they call home. Every resident of Illinois should know their rights. I intend to protect those rights and ensure our state laws are followed.

come help us make stew!

We need to highlight Black people who have suffered loss during these LA fires. Please please share this "Displaced Black Families" document and donate if you can!!!!! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

This entire episode is great. Mr Rogers will always hold a special place in my heart 🥰 www.misterrogers.org/episodes/com...

I finally did it. i signed up for clown school

got to spend midnight running around frantically with a giant clock, 10/10. happy new year, y’all!

Going back to check on my favorite piece of public art today

Almost funded! As a kid, I would have been obsessed with this show. Let’s make it happen!✨ www.kickstarter.com/projects/kaw...

✨️Artists/Devs trying to break into the industry or affected by Layoffs!! Friendly reminder that Scholarships have OPENED to help folks get FREE🩷 FULL RIDES to the Game Developers Conference (i.e all or most expenses PAID travel, access to VIP events, etc.) - Doc in 🧵

evaporative humidifiers are the only exception! also they’re very rad and like a hug to the sinuses