Still, even after months of reporting, @safety.bsky.app allows a genocide supporter to block me, and hide behind that block to harass my community & followers with bullshi pro-genocidal whataboutisms, and it is all set up in such a way that I nor the people harassed by them can do anything about it.

Israel is so deeply entrenched with evil that the minister of Finance is reacting to the International Criminal Court seeking an arrest warrant for his systemic destruction of Palestinian people by threatening to systemically destroy Palestinian people. www.theguardian.com/law/2026/may...

It's been almost 15 years since @chipzel.bsky.social did Super Hexagon's OST and I swear I still just have to start jumping around when I hear it. Incredible soundtracks, with availability right now!

You're not supposed to hear about @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social's Dreams on a Pillow according to some very influential forces - so how about we make sure that game happens. You can crowdfund the full development of the game here. www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/...

A "piece that was killed" is something we hear over and over again working with press promoting Dreams on a Pillow, not just now but across the years. In some cases the content had been fully written & was pulled right before or even after publishing. In others, it never was allowed past concept.

A "piece that was killed" is something we hear over and over again working with press promoting Dreams on a Pillow, not just now but across the years. In some cases the content had been fully written & was pulled right before or even after publishing. In others, it never was allowed past concept.

Just so happy with how this game feels by now. Was rewatching an older trailer and it's already so solid here - only getting better & better You could help out a bunch with a wishlist over on Steam and a repost! store.steampowered.com/app/2396130/...

This is 100% true but it's still a risk most studios outside of the US can't take. Tons of amazing culturally specific studios have to first find their audience, prove their ability, and do that with games palatable for an audience that generally knows very little culture outside US culture.

Just so happy with how this game feels by now. Was rewatching an older trailer and it's already so solid here - only getting better & better You could help out a bunch with a wishlist over on Steam and a repost! store.steampowered.com/app/2396130/...

I wonder how much of this (very fair) critique is that the creators are not from the US - they're (white?) Australians, and that means as kids they knew US culture only as an export. It's a weird unevenness stemming from how ubiquitous US storytelling is that I don't quite know is resolvable?

If your government is not making super rich people and those enabling them post alarmist gen AI slop then what's the point of your government really fortune.com/2026/05/16/n...

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Consultancy right now is pretty depressing but one of my favorite "genres" of consultancy calls is "developer doesn't know how to set up SteamPipe" so I set it up for them and then let them press "Play" in Steam for the first time. It's always great.

📀 It's GONG TIME 📀 Watch myself and @ramiismail.com answer questions from @cheesemastergames.bsky.social, @elschorscho.bsky.social, @phokal.bsky.social, @fabraz.bsky.social, @adriaan.games, @fishwithlasers.bsky.social, @limeyotoko.bsky.social, @downieseb.bsky.social and more! mikeandrami.com

One day I will make it through Mitsuha's Theme or Katawaredoki from the Your Name OST without cracking

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It's heartbreaking that games as a medium remain out of reach for people telling the stories worth telling most. www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfe...

This morning news I watched Israelis bludgeon a Palestinian's dog, the girl increasingly struggling to stand as each blow lands, unable to escape, until she collapses to more blows. Every morning, medics murdered, kids sniped, pets maimed, people raped, families massacred. It's what Israel does.

If you found yourself reading about the oppressed people of Palestine and went "But... what am i gonna do!" Well, you can support this game and help lift the dehumanization campaign been put on these people (and Arabs generally) by helping the game production. Change starts from within. Thanks.

I'll be taking down most of my available game dev blogs and resources for the future as LLMs keep crawling my content and I hate it. I'll spin up a simple account system that'll keep the AI out, but please rest assured free will always stay an option.

Rasheed is literally risking his life for this game. Israelis could decide to capture, torture, or murder him at any point for daring to share the truth of the Nakba or Palestinian culture. He truly believes in games and their power to tell these stories. Please help his courage not be in vain.

We are collaborating with Launchgood on Nakba Day. Help us raise an additional $20k before 12pm EST and they will give us an additional $5k to our campaign. 6.1K Achieved 13.9K to go. www.launchgood.com/1948

This morning news I watched Israelis bludgeon a Palestinian's dog, the girl increasingly struggling to stand as each blow lands, unable to escape, until she collapses to more blows. Every morning, medics murdered, kids sniped, pets maimed, people raped, families massacred. It's what Israel does.

Rasheed is literally risking his life for this game. Israelis could decide to capture, torture, or murder him at any point for daring to share the truth of the Nakba or Palestinian culture. He truly believes in games and their power to tell these stories. Please help his courage not be in vain.

It's heartbreaking that games as a medium remain out of reach for people telling the stories worth telling most. www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfe...

This is why I continue to recommend ending your subscription to The Guardian, and why my sub remains lapsed: not one mention of genocide, war crimes, apartheid, or the International Court case. That's not news, that's laundering Israel as if a democracy. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Genuinely think the 10 Empty Slides talk I gave today is one of the best iterations of it I've ever done. It remains hilarious to me that this turned into my most requested talks, but it also makes sense - not many people can pull that one off and it does mean the talk is always audience-relevant.

lembrei do @ramiismail.com

The only discourse on Mixtape that's interesting is seeing how asymmetrical the conflict between press & influencers plays out - many influencers individually take shots at "the press" for clickbait & to solidify their own commercial relevance - while the press writes critique about the actual game.

Love the vibe of this one

The position that billionaires “provide” for workers is misaligned. Billionaires -take from- workers. Labor creates; capital extracts. If billionaires disappeared tomorrow workers would self-organize and continue to produce. If workers all vanished, billionaires would have no labor value to steal.

I'm looking for work. 21 years of experience. • any game art, isometric, top-down, side-scroll • stylized or realistic • characters, icons, key art, animation • Can build a style from zero or match yours • Big projects don't scare me • ex Minecraft DM here or email [email protected]

Firing the people isn't good enough, these services needs to be structurally unavailable to genocidal Israel's government and any dual-use companies, and any military contractors. A win nevertheless. Let's keep making Israel a liability for any company. www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...

"We won't fix this because there's no time/resources or there are higher priority fixes" is one thing, but "players won't find it" - yes they will and if your game is even somewhat successful, they probably will within 24 hours

We made a pretty good coming of age story game but most players won’t even give it a chance because it’s got too much color. We’re not all that different in love, relationships, and generational issues. I promise you can relate to these characters. store.steampowered.com/app/1617220/...

got a new pull quote for Derelict Star courtesy of Jonathan Blow. thank you so much for playing my game!

If the games industry had the power to make certain games a cultural phenomena with global hit sales, it would so all the time. However, the games industry cannot even agree on what "alpha" means

In line with Israel's continued adherence to international law, it took the opportunity of the ceasefire with Lebanon to bomb Lebanese emergency response centers, killing two medics and a civilian. The Guardian rep-oh wait no it doesn. BBC repor-wait no that's on Eurovision. CNN re-nope.

A sneak peak into the development of indie games:

British public broadcaster completely seriously reports on an Austrian complaining in a German publication that he really doesn't deserve the protests going from just being funny background noise to him personally being yelled at just for supporting a genocide.

For those of us having a pleasant Sunday, may I interrupt your pleasant Sunday with a reminder that Israel today, too, murders, maims, tortures, kidnaps, holds hostage, starves, dispossessed, and rapes Palestinians, Lebanese, and others as they please in a Western-backed genocide.

There's a similar story that @ramiismail.com tells about the development of Nuclear Throne. (It made it into my first book.) You have to balance your existing audience (the base) while casting the net as wide as is reasonable without sacrificing your vision.

Wardrummers, your time has come. Rally your Warband and confront the dark sorcery sweeping the lands. 🥁 Wardrum, our tactical, turn-based, rhythm-driven roguelite, is out now on Steam! ⚔️ 🔗 bit.ly/X-Wardrum

The Netherlands upholds a functional separation of the judicial, the executive, and the legislative - so color me surprised when all three fucked every citizen in country by handing all of our data to a hostile genocidal country that doesn't even uphold its own privacy laws for its own citizens.

Made it to page 21 before the first "we oughta really just kill all the Muslims" so Florida is really living up to Florida's reputation here

More unprecedented "fuck the law" from the people supposed to uphold the law in Britain, to ensure a smoothly continued Israeli genocide.

oh COME ON you didn't have to call me out like that

The best time to leave Substack is when the Nazis showed up, which was years ago. Every day after is a bit worse, so the best time still available to Substack publishers is right now. There's countless not-openly-welcoming-to-Nazis options, including Ghost, beehiiv, Kit, Keila, and many more.

I think people know I love gadgets, little thingies that make life better. What is by far my favorite gadget -not even close- broke today, after years & years of dutiful & continuous use. I immediately ordered a new one. It's this reusable bag. I never leave the house without it. everless.com