The sad violins documentary about how sad it made Israeli soldiers to do genocidal war crimes for more than two years straight because "an order is an order" will of course be prohibited by Israeli censors. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

As much as I absolutely loved the environments and catching in Arceus, agreed. I'm going to be so disappointed when this battle system never gets used again for a single thing.

A reminder that "centrist left" means "in favour of the people at the expense of the rich, unless it benefits the rich not to be" and "centrist right" means "in favour of the rich at the expense of the people, but eloquently".

Listen, the internet seemed pretty anti but I think Pokémon Legends: Z-A did pretty much what I hoped for. Super-dense location, plenty of stuff to do, strong focus on battles to complete out the Arceus experiment, and a full-on Persona ending as a bonus. Had a good time!

Happy to support @apwot.bsky.social now and forever. Turning to the first page and getting blasted with a jaw-droppingly gorgeous illustration, followed by 8 pages of @ramiismail.com waxing poetic about the beauty of flight is exactly the kind of thing I’m more than willing to pay for.

Just received APWOT5 and god @apwot.bsky.social is genuinely and consistently incredible. This edition is extra special to me: I am super honored to have my short essay on how games as a medium and flying as an activity connect in my brain.

Game design is simple, actually. Except when it isn't. Here are the 12 things you need to know.

If you're tired of hearing about Israeli terrorism and war crimes and human rights violations and apartheid and genocide, imagine how tired the Palestinians are of suffering them. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

EXCLUSIVE on @gamedeveloper.bsky.social: not only has The Game Awards not nominated a Future Class for 2025, it's told alumni it "does not have any active programming plans" for the award. The Future Class page was taken down sometime this year—eliminating a definitive archive of honorees.

This is genuinely one of the most fun, most weird, most sincere little game I've gotten to assist on in a very long time. Give it a go - it'll click in minutes and not let go for weeks!

I thought I was burnt out on roguelike but I went to play a round of this last night and somehow several hours went by. Dog Witch has got it!

Two years ago, I played a much earlier build of DOG WITCH, and I just really haven't stopped playing or talking about it since. Incredibly excited for @heckmouse.bsky.social to see this clever little masterwork announced properly.

oh I love this

This is genuinely one of the most fun, most weird, most sincere little game I've gotten to assist on in a very long time. Give it a go - it'll click in minutes and not let go for weeks!

Mamdani Mubarak, NYC!

I truly can't stress this enough: No one's art is good enough to justify them being miserable to work with. Almost everyone I've worked with has been wonderful, but the handful of folks that weren't brought the whole team down by being egotistical, sexist, condescending, etc.

I have between 5 and 10 games before reaching retirement age, and given that I'm an indie I'm going to make damn sure that if I'm going into the hamster wheel for it, each one of them is something I care about.

UPDATE: Got many great pitches already, most from Latin America & Eastern Europe (which makes sense given my history & previous work lol) I really want more stories from north of Africa, Middle-East & SEA. I'm reaching out to researchers & journos there, any suggestions & connections are welcome 🙏

I agree

Before I embark on another adventure in another big world, I'm going to try out a completely different game. I've had a little sneak peek, and I'm really curious if I do have the patience for it. So if you like to watch my efforts you can watch me play Detroit: Become Human on twitch.tv/momvsffxv 🎮

Very important factor to this

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Just to be 100% clear: do not *trust* your employers - that's super silly. The relationship is economical, not based in loyalty, trust, or kindness. There's no judgement in forming a union, just understanding that capitalism requires a risk of financial loss to get companies to do the right thing.

The big news in the Netherlands at the moment is peary ridiculous: turns out trains and pears do not P2P well. Luckily most people made it out with pearily a scratch, but it was not a fruitful delivery. Or pearhaps it was. youtu.be/ZuvL46VjXEU?...

It is not misconduct to unionize, and I hope that Rockstar and Take-Two face serious legal challenges for what seems to be a very clear-cut case of union-busting.

Diversity remains a critical part of any healthy and thriving organisation - even if an extremist supremacist dictatorship tries to taboo the phrase. Good on Python for standing by what makes it so powerful - not money, but people. www.pcgamer.com/hardware/pyt...

I am such a huge fan of @myperfectconsole.bsky.social, because I'm such a huge fan of @simonparkin.bsky.social. Getting to be on the show was a delight, and folks are telling me it was good - I'm glad to hear.

I've reposted many posts made by folks who were recently laid off from Heart Machine, but here is a thread that highlights them all. I am also including folks who were previously laid off & are still looking for work. I will be linking their Bsky posts, as well as LinkedIn. Please, share this. 🖤

It's not perfect but as a Dutch person can I just say fuck the VVD and good on the Netherlands for FINALLY punishing them for destroying so much of the country. Would be nice if the Dutch reject the PVV too but I'll take "massive losses" for them in the elections.

I spent the first hour-and-a-half of my 37th birthday desperately scrambling around beautiful Asturias, Spain in my first electric car rental (a Polestar 4, which it turns out I deeply dislike) finding a functional charger while the battery percentage dropped from 7% to 6% to 5%.

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I am such a huge fan of @myperfectconsole.bsky.social, because I'm such a huge fan of @simonparkin.bsky.social. Getting to be on the show was a delight, and folks are telling me it was good - I'm glad to hear.

Playing some Pokémon Z-A on my sole day off from travel and development these three weeks, and gotta say some of these Pokémon sound made up

I think it shows that GDC just isn't competitive anymore with far more accessible, affordable, reachable events everywhere. There's no one front door anymore - and even if there was one single door, GDC'd be the fancy expensive door with the racist bouncer. www.thegamebusiness.com/p/skipping-g...

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I was out of Israeli prison in five days. They’ve been holding Dr Hussam Abu Safiya for nearly a year without charge, along with thousands more Palestinians. A ceasefire without an end to occupation and accountability for Israel will just be a slower continuation of the genocide

Who at new GDC keeps making trailers with the worst things from day-to-day news? The first trailer was about an abduction, now we're doing a missile? Y'all a for-profit making millions off of ripping of game devs through sheer inertia from when the show was relevant, come on, sheesh.

Two quick random fixes after hours tonight, dopresskit.com properly serves files again and the @thehabibis.show handle got revalidated. I also got the little music box tinkering project mostly working & my soldering is back up to par. I think I've earned 30 minutes of Destiny.

I encourage you all to watch this amazing video which occupies a certain Venn Diagram of 'deeply satisfying answer to something I've always wondered' and 'content for very boring men' 10/10 www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eL_...

I'm castpixel, a senior illustrator and art director with more than 20 years of experience (ok, it's 21 years). One of the best pixelartists working today. I'm looking for a project. Clients: WB Games, Minecraft, SEGA, HASBRO Hire me! I make your game look good. [ #portfolioday ]

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

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Israeli ceasefire means it will massacre the emaciated maimed shell of a body they left you in for entering your own home, then claim Israeli terrorists were feeling unsafe near your house while they were destroying what was left of your life and family. www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

I have never seen my childhood get hoisted up the side of a house so precariously, nor have I ever seen someone hang out of my 3rd floor window to hold it steady

Through life choices I now own my favorite childhood arcade cabinet Through other life choices it currently sits outside in my backyard covered in a ground tarp and bubble wrap as I'm desperately trying to figure out how to get it upstairs or at least indoors before it starts raining

Mom wrapped on Dragon Age Veilguard before I did, and sounds like she had a good time :)

I will say that nothing is more baffling to me than the industry standard that we teach developers about publishing by having them listen to talks and panels by publishers. It's like fiscal responsibility taught by a loan shark, privacy taught by Google, or human rights taught by Israel.

a thing that's always really bothered me about indie game world from the beginning is it's entirely dependent on connections and you have no idea if what anyone is telling you is true or not because there are very few people who care about your interests. cold take: unions and co-ops are necessary!

"I played this game last weekend"