Our newest episode is out on YouTube! This week we have a great conversation with @jessiegender.bsky.social about the ethics swirling around consuming the Harry Potter HBO reboot and why it feels like folks are more receptive to a boycott now than with Hogwart's Legacy youtu.be/foppBBy2NJU

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I've wished for Arab-made games about Arab mythology for so long, and despite assisting on the project I still can't believe there's one swinging for the fences this hard. House of Hikmah is something very needed in a time where the world would rather erase us. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZTu...

GenAI isn't a useful placeholder when making video games. It doesn't save time, and it actively stifles the creative process. Here's what local devs think: @untitledlucegame.bsky.social @mickey.ghoulish.com.au @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social @theboyofcheese.bsky.social @tdogextreme.bsky.social + more.

If an Iranian soldier was stuck in the mountains in the US, the UK, Israel, or Germany, & every American or British or Israeli or German boy or man from 16 to 60 walking within 3km of him was killed by drones, would any politician or media call it anything other than murder?

Just want to add to this that a Canadian man I met who’d fought in Afghanistan said while there they defined FAMs (“fighting age male”) as any boy over the age of 12

esquire decided to interview an AI homunculus of a one piece star instead of the real guy. this might be my breaking point

Every day is a new day to try. Did you know that Palestinians still rely on eSIMs to connect with the world? Did you know that Crips for eSIMs is still providing that connectivity? A five keeps someone connected for a month. Make it monthly? bit.ly/esimsUK

Wow this sucks www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

No, fuck you. You don’t get to suddenly decide that copyright matters when folks suddenly have access to the source code of your spicy autocomplete due to your own incompetence.

Mary Wollstonecraft warned you that women who are only objects of pity and love, due to their “fascinating graces,” their “soft phrases, susceptibility of heart, [and] delicacy of sentiment” — in a word, due to their weakness (and not strength) — “will soon become objects of contempt.”

Don't take the words, images, and news from Gaza for granted. The duty to help Palestinians connect to the internet—an inherent right, and a crucial connection to the world—persists. Help Crips for eSIMs continue to connect people! A 5 sponsors one eSIM! Make it monthly! bit.ly/esimsUK

She spoke out about Gaza. Now she can't use a credit card. The UN investigator for Palestinian territories is facing U.S. sanctions and accused of antisemitism by the State Department.

my analysis is tilted by my view that video games will stagnate unless we are able to capture new audiences, bc imo there are currently more games than we have players who have the time, inclination and money to play them -- great for current players, but not sustainable for most devs and studios

Been using Steam since orange box, so yeah I have completely forgotten that Steam is extremely unintuitive, my nephew actively asked me not to get him games on steam for years (he's 13 now and finally sort of starting to use it). Extremely accurate doomerism IMO. Too many games, not enough buyers.

Israel has passed the death penalty solely for Palestinians, enforced through military courts with a 96% conviction rate. Israeli Minister Ben Gvir popped champagne. The Israeli government is raising a toast to genocidal apartheid. The UK government is arming and funding it.

i'd say, ask someone who has never played a game to download + navigate steam, EVEN IF they're interested in a specific game -- it's such a high barrier to entry! i had this experience with Thirsty Suitors over and over again -- people would love the concept & trailer but Steam was a huge impediment

jesus fucking christ man

Meanwhile from today’s Telegraph…

Full network of clitoral nerves mapped out for first time Anatomy of one of least studied human organs could improve outcomes for women who have pelvic surgery

Eurogamer on 'The Game Narrative Kaleidoscope' book, and all the amazing pieces you can find in it. 📘 www.eurogamer.net/inkle-kaleid...

"This is fixable. We just haven’t got people who care enough about other people to make the changes." Such a wonderful interview with Hannah Spencer. Really captures both my brilliant friend and colleague. 👇🏼 www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Hundreds of thousands of disabled people will have their benefit almost halved if the government assesses their condition might one day improve. Charities warn the move could cause large-scale hardship, including “destitution.” My report in tomorrow’s Guardian: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Ministers are reportedly exploring how to cancel dangerous spy-tech firm Palantir's contract to handle NHS data after over 150k people joined me in calling on them to break the contract. Join us - together we can kick out Palantir out of our NHS: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

Gambling and AI slop for the plebs. Cinematic handcrafted AAAAAA experiences at 12K a pop for the 1%. (This time quoting the correct post…)

An absolutely deranged conspiracy theory, here. Get ready to hear it over and over again, both at full xenomorph-blood strength and as a watered down but still highly corrosive version.

Check out Reclaim! it's an indigenous-made point and click adventure sharing space with 4 Penny Coffins at booth #15111 store.steampowered.com/app/4200480/...

JK Rowling and the anti-trans movement is just straight-up evil. How can you read this story and be like, "This is good, actually"? www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Gambling and AI slop for the plebs. Cinematic handcrafted AAAAAA experiences at 12K a pop for the 1%.

so this is part of why i'm doomerish about video games as a viable broadly mainstream industry: the console space is becoming a luxury pastime, which also means the barrier for new entrants becomes almost impassable - what person who isn't confident they'll play games will buy this to try one out?

am i incredibly naive / uninformed?? bc is this the first i'm hearing about ukraine providing anti-drone tech to the gulf states in support of the US/Israeli war of aggression against Iran? i mean i know where ukraine's bread is buttered but this is news to me www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

the skate story vibes are immaculate even if I’m shit at it mechanically

🦩🌴Meet Meghna Jayanth (She/Her, UK) 🦩🌴 She's one of our jury members and will take part to determine the categories and their winners!🏆  To read more about her head over here 🍉:  https://2026.amaze-berlin.de/jury/ #amaze2026 #amazeawards #mbbgefördert #arthousegames

tbqh I'm not even sure what people mean when they say "indie will save us". save who. save what. do you just mean "well interesting indie games will continue to come out"? sure. do you mean "indie games can absorb the tens of thousands of workers laid off from AAA studios"? that's insane

We (alongside @michaelhobbes.bsky.social) have come to a consensus: Fallout: New Vegas is the ultimate woke 2 video game

relatedly, finally found the karen o quote about debbie harry that had been on my mind

THANK YOU EVERYONE who has backed us, shared, played the demo, given us feedback. We're so energised to make Muziris come to life. Just to let you know, we're still open for LATE PLEDGES. It's never too late to make your billionaire revenge dreams come true 🔥 www.kickstarter.com/projects/spe...

uhh this looks so cool. the pitch is star wars x xcom x mass effect which is already delightful but having watched the video i think it's important to say it's also x FIRE EMBLEM

Look around you, folks. Who’s running wild here, who’s fucking up the planet? It’s not blue haired lesbians who want to talk about feelings and kindness, is it.

Summary from my essay "The Third Sex". You can also consult Vaibhav Saria's paper "Begging for change", which I referred to.

India: Interview: ‘My gender, your choice?’, transmasc writer Radz on the 2026 Transgender Persons Amendment Bill thesouthfirst.com/be... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

India: Architecture of Erasure: How the Trans Amendment Bill 2026 erases those it claims to protect theleaflet.in/leafle... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

This is incredibly cool.

THANK YOU EVERYONE who has backed us, shared, played the demo, given us feedback. We're so energised to make Muziris come to life. Just to let you know, we're still open for LATE PLEDGES. It's never too late to make your billionaire revenge dreams come true 🔥 www.kickstarter.com/projects/spe...

A U.S. lawsuit takes aim at “addictive design.” Regulators from Brazil to Southeast Asia are following with their own rules. The push to rein in Big Tech is going global https://restofworld.org/collection/the-global-push-to-rein-in-big-tech/?utm_campaign=row-social

Hey everyone! You have until MARCH 30, 2026 to file a claim in the Anthropic Settlement. If you have questions about filing--or if you aren't sure if you've filed correctly--call the settlement administrator at 1 877-206-2314.

Microsoft is the priority target for @nogamesforgenocide.com given the tech corp's ties to the IDF, & small indie developer @allwillrise.bsky.social recently broke contract with Xbox to support the campaign. I spoke to them about their decision & why progressives must take up more space in games.

I know I’m not supposed to have favourites among my children but the Babymols — the three formidable leaders of the Washerwomen’s Union — are up there 🔥