I'll just leave these here

I had to

Wednesdays is ✨ free ✨ for World Children's Day in order to raise awareness about child sexual abuse. Grab it on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2747770/... or Itch: artefrance.itch.io/wednesdays before November 21th 9PM CET!

This is bullshit. "absolutely no genAI in games" is the middle ground. "how many years in jail should Sam Altman get for knowingly stealing all data ever" is the somewhat more extreme stance I personally adopt.

Last stand at Ganhilda's Keep

your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️

Just want you to know that when I asked Geoff why he gave the silent treatment to an open letter written by his own "future of games" program (& co-signed by 3000+ industry peers), he replied: "Because that's my show and nobody gets to tell me how I should use my platform". 💀💀💀

maybe we could use another splash screen.

We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA. Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.

Rich PvE combat and an unusually friendly community make Arc Raiders a more approachable extraction shooter than most, but Embark Studios' continued use of AI voice generation is a black mark against its reputation. Our review: www.eurogamer.net/arc-raiders-...

La hausse continue depuis Macron du nombre de privés de logement et des morts sous les coups de la police devrait nous préoccuper bien plus que le vol des bijoux de la couronne. C'est là dessus qu'on devrait interpeller chaque macroniste dans les matinales.

Incredibly exchange where Leonard Boyarsky says Microsoft has never told Obsidian what to do right before a Microsoft rep tells him not to talk about Israeli apartheid www.theverge.com/entertainmen...

The Existential Horror Of Being Left Alone Looking At Your Own Camera Feed Once A Video Call Has Concluded (: The Video Game?)

Not commenting is commenting. aftermath.site/microsoft-halo...

On November the 13th, if you're lucky enough to have a PS5 or a Nintendo Switch, you might get even luckier and treat yourself with a PHYSICAL VERSION OF THE WRECK!!! This amazingly cool piece of news would have never happened without @redartgames.bsky.social and @raccoonbiz.bsky.social, so: 💖💖💖

absolute workhorse of a reaction image from over 100 years ago

Did a new one

WHEN THERE’S TREASURE BEHIND THE WATERFALL: Oh wow. Yes, very clever! Waterfall treasure! No one’s ever done that before. Lazy jackass WHEN THERE’S NO TREASURE BEHIND THE WATERFALL: Wow. Too stuck-up to put treasure there huh? Too much of a fucking ICONOCLAST for that? Piece of shit. FUCK you

You would not believe how many stories like this have been popping up over the last ~5 years Not just full games cancelled—entire characters and plot lines removed or changed, leaving less time for making the *rest of the game better*, to try avoiding a small and malicious contingent of voices.

Proud to announce Deviant Legal’s Game Developer’s Guide to Publishing Agreements: a free resource for developers wanting to learn about publishing deals. Publicly accessible, without requiring to provide your data: deviantlegal.com/guide/game-d...

The Japanese Mario 64 official strategy guide is an incredible thing. "Can we make little hand-made dioramas of all the levels?" "Sure, why the hell not."

Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing. These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.

Death to Chronos!

posting this Classic over here in honor of the big man himself. adios bitch

Hopefully Steam will survive the onslaught, good think I’m only planning on playing later this evening 😄

Silksong silksong ! Silksong ? Silksong silksong silksong… Silksong!

Happy 5th Anniversary to Paradise Killer! Only the best games release on September 4th! We're preparing a patch to celebrate with bug fixes, typo fixes and NO NEW CONTENT. We're also working on some new Paradise Killer goodies to be revealed soon, please stay tuned! 💗💜💙 #paradisekiller

Hey Bluesky! I’m back! I need a favor! This is the last week you can play TWENTY-FOUR SEVEN! It’ll take you 2 hours! It’s great! It has a questionnaire you’ll want to answer at the end for it to matter! It helps research! Did I mention it’s great? Do it today? Pretty please? 🥺😘 #indiegame #indedev

Hey Bluesky! I’m back! I need a favor! This is the last week you can play TWENTY-FOUR SEVEN! It’ll take you 2 hours! It’s great! It has a questionnaire you’ll want to answer at the end for it to matter! It helps research! Did I mention it’s great? Do it today? Pretty please? 🥺😘 #indiegame #indedev

It's Sunday! You have free time! You feel good and want to do something cool! So... Please play this short game! Answer the questionnaire! Help research! @stormnebulae.bsky.social really needs more respondents! 🫶

It's Sunday! You have free time! You feel good and want to do something cool! So... Please play this short game! Answer the questionnaire! Help research! @stormnebulae.bsky.social really needs more respondents! 🫶

On an island that arose between the UK, Norway, and Denmark, where people easily modify their bodies, a mysterious killer known as the Ghost hunts media figures. You play as Detective August Carrel, who is tasked with catching him. stormnebulae.itch.io/twenty-four-...

Cette semaine sortent trois jeux par trois studios indés historiquement très cotés (Sword of the Sea, Rogue Prince of Persia, Herdling). Les trois risquent de finir éclipsés par la hype autour d’un quatrième jeu annoncé il y a sept ans.

Please give this a try! It's a really cool project, you'd be supporting research, and @stormnebulae.bsky.social really needs the questionnaire to be filled by more player! (plus she's awesome!) #indiedev #indiegame

Please give this a try! It's a really cool project, you'd be supporting research, and @stormnebulae.bsky.social really needs the questionnaire to be filled by more player! (plus she's awesome!) #indiedev #indiegame

Hi! I'd like to share with you an interactive fiction game I created on my own. This is a project I made for my thesis, and I would appreciate your help with my research (approximate deadline is on August 25), there is a link to a questionnaire on the same page. Thanks for your attention! Links 👇

In case this isn't your special interest: Boardgame reviewers of all sizes react strongly negative to a new Harry Potter game. Remember when Hogwarts Legacy released and at best videogames media had "JK was not involved in development" paragraphs. Meanwhile boardgames boycott *the entire publisher*

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The Wavering Blade ⚔️🌹 #FFIX25FanArt

A friend of mine often says “Everyone becomes disabled at some point in their life, it’s just when it happens varies.” Take some time this month to learn about disabled rights and accessibility! To my fellow disabled friends, be PROUD of yourself and your accomplishments! 🩷

There's no anomaly here. People, globally, volunteer their time to powerful public goods the moment they're not actively terrified that they'll lose their home, their food, and their freedom. Which means that capitalism requires us all to live in fear, always - because it can't compete with free.

i’m not going to accept any statement on the “steep environmental cost” of air conditioning while countries are backtracking on their climate goals to keep powering AI

And also a reminder that even if you've not got a penny left, videogames are still fucking awesome and you don't have to spend anything to have fun. I need to spend some time adding to this - my big list of cool free PC games, and move stuff from the Awaiting Details tab to the main page.

Vivi is all of us.

And so on with more than 120 upgrade cards. #indiegames #gamedev

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Went to see Superman First thing the dude behind me said when the movie ended: "To think Man of Steel was such a masterpiece..." ... Soooo I think it's fair to say I enjoyed the movie way more than he did 😅

To my dearest Final Fantasy IX 🌹 Happy 25th Anniversary! #FFIX25FanArt