I suck at doing anything that kind of timely challenge, but I kinda want to do this one… only, starting right now, as a thread, whenever I wish to, perhaps all at once, perhaps just whenever. Anyway. 30 day Final Fantasy Challenge!

Incroyable take

I might die a lot in Hades II, but he is always there for me. #art #hadesII #comic

Time for more Menu Cube posting 😌

I've been running an indie games studio for 15 years now, and it felt like a good time to boil down what I've learned into 4 pieces of advice: www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-1... I hope it's of use, not least because goddamn I forgot how long blog posts take to write.

Not every game company is hopping onboard the AI hype train. Manor Lords publisher Hooded Horse bans gen AI art in its contracts. "If I sound frustrated, it's because, like, honestly, all this thing has done is made our... https://kotaku.com/hooded-horse-gen-ai-art-ban-4x-strategy-steam-2000658179

@littleproblems.bsky.social Hi! Small bug report! In case 9, all the names on this card, except Clara, only add "Ethan" to the words list. Luckily the other words are available elsewhere :) Cheers!

Thread for games played in 2026 CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs Very nice tiny game with a mystery that takes it away with its eerie atmosphere (and because I’m really easily scared I was quite happy it was over after an hour :’))

So… is it reasonable to hope one of them is a killer android?

HERO | ヒーロー

[Official Art] Impact frame I pitched during KPDH production :)

"Don't overengineer your game prototypes" Noooo I'm just prototyping a localization system! And some pretty transitions! I also prototyped refactoring everything so it'll be easier to make another level! And also...) (3 months on a teeny tiny proto level later) LOOK I'M HAVING FUN OKAY?!

It's time.

May 2026 be better, safer, and fairer. May all that was good in 2025 be better in 2026. May all that was bad in 2025 be things we put our efforts towards improving.

last day you can use this image yall

2026: Time to stop lurking and start posting again? Pretty strong start for the year tonight!

'Kei' and 'Midi' are much more interesting video game definitions than 'AAA' or 'indie' aftermath.site/video-game-gen...

Vous vous souvenez du gars qui avait fait un mod pour jouer Dio Brando dans Dragon Ball FighterZ ? Bah il a fait un mod pour jouer Yami Yugi. Et c'est incroyable ! youtu.be/TaqmUXzipyg

Even if the two of us are ever torn apart ... Take my revolution #rgu

Goddess of Absolute Tomfoolery™️ #ryuunart

For further context twitter added a button that allows users to generate ai images using existing art posts from artists. It removes glaze and it basically reskins the artwork by using the existing work as a base. Twitter is no longer a safe space for art

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Do Your Part t-shirt is $20 at The Yetee (today only) buff.ly/MPV1yjz #ad

Koda Kumi performed Real Emotion live on Fuji TV during the weekly Ninety Nine Music presents FNS Late Night Festival. It was her first time singing the Final Fantasy X-2 theme on the network. Credit to whoever recorded the broadcast. Here is the performance in case you missed it.

Valve: The company that takes 30% of your revenue in order to let their customers say horribly racist things about your game

Again, apologizing to all videogame environment artists who knocked up satirical posters for their games, I should not have rolled my eyes, yes, even you Cyberpunk billboard team, I am sorry

Valve has now rejected my complaint, confirming that "I don't like muslims" is a valid reason to leave a negative review on a game on Steam This is where we're at now.

“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.” Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻

At about $60K that's about 128 million graduate team indie games, at $150K about 500,000 small indie games, at $300K about 250,000 mid-size debut indie games, or at around $950K about 110,000 indie games by a team of more experienced devs. There are a total of 110,000 indie games on Steam.

The Wreck is Game of the day on the App Store today. It's "free to start" there, which means you can try it for almost 2 hours before deciding whether it's your jam. We'd love to hear what you think! apps.apple.com/us/story/id1...

Marvel Tokkon is the most fun I’ve had in a VS fighting game since Dragon Ball FighterZ, yay :)

Yesterday, the Epic Games Store decided at the last minute not to distribute the game, after having previously approved a release build. HORSES is otherwise now available on GOG, Itch, and Humble for $4.99. www.horses.wtf

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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