Then why do I keep talking to devs in the US whose salary is suddenly $0

May every games industry team have a Myriame

Screen Australia is doing a massive research project on the current state of the screen and games industries in Australia. Local devs, please consider taking the time to complete their survey survey.alchemer.com/s3/8573365/S...

Code is Just, all three seasons, as heavily requested, is finally out in a compiled PDF and ePub for easy reading. Price is whatever is reasonable for you, including zero. 1720541891659.gumroad.com/l/qkali

The US straight up saying that fascism is a foundation of Western civilisation wasn't on my bingo card but OK

Oh hell yeah youtu.be/uG0lbP_I7iY?...

I am in Berlin. Someone please help me. I want a Coca Cola. Save me from Fritz.

Valve 201X Hardware 2.0 looks good. I am basically only in the market for the Frame, but I'm going to guess almost everyone not entirely covered in gaming gear and peripherals will have interest in at least one of these devices.

Rabbits will present their projects to an expert jury on the @gamesground.bsky.social: @ramiismail.com Rami Ismail, Lauren Hunter and Jan Halwe! Don't miss out! #indiegames #gamedev

Your hourly portion of Israeli war crimes. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Learning To Fly ✈️ An exploration of one of humanity’s oldest and most universal dreams: flight. Game developer and pilot @ramiismail.com shares the reflections and revelations that surface only when you’re 14,000 feet above the ground. Art by @alariko.bsky.social ☁️

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.