It hurts to read.

Learn about the making of Phantasy Star Online in this lengthy developer interview from 2002! It's a wide-ranging discussion that covers the game design, characters, story, and much more. shmuplations.com/pso/

One more week to apply to the Wondercab residency for Summer 2026! The selected game will be featured on our custom arcade cabinet from June 1 - September 1. Deadline to apply is April 30th at 11:59pm Apply here: wonderville.nyc/wondercab-ap...

FAR: Lone Sails is currently... 50% of the App Store 85% off on Nintendo Switch 90% off on Epic Games Store 90% off in the Humble Store 90% off in Steam's Earth Appreciation Festival Grab it, or tag someone who might not have played it yet 😇💖

I'm enjoying our recent short form videos, which tell stories using materials in our library. We're teaching people how to do real research and how to think critically about history. I genuinely think the best way to improve the world is to focus on what you do best and keep doing it, loudly.

Got sorta obsessed with mission patches a few weeks ago, so I made some for my game production students. Congrats to Cardinalis III on launching their games.

My favorite part of finishing a paper is closing like 100000 tabs.

Happy Earth Day! Announcing the theme for Climate Jam 2026... Plant a seed!🌱 Join us for our 6 week game jam exploring solutions to the changes facing our planet. Join today: itch.io/jam/climate-... #gamejam #gamedevelopment #indiegames #indiedevs #climatechange

Dark times call for reckless purchases. https://store.theonion.com/products/infowars-mashup-logo-hoodie?variant=44846864269381

For the first time in our 9-year history: WE ARE HIRING! We're seeking a full-time fundraising manager to establish and grow our non-profit's development department - in other words, to raise money and help us grow! Remote-hybrid in the SF Bay Area with benefits! www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...

As a former WaPo writer and vintage gamer I might suggest - hypothetically - playing the entire NeoGeo library on an FPGA core so as to not pay the Saudis a nostalgia tax

When I taught college courses a couple years ago two classes were adapted from my main work (DevPods.gg) the other two were on rapid prototyping for game design To establish everything I taught was my material, not the university's, before I started the job I put my prototyping curriculum up free 👇

Today marks the 20th anniversary of MOTHER3's release in Japan. A fantastic final entry in an already stellar series, the influence of MOTHER 3 can still be felt today. If you have never given this game a shot, I urge you to play it when you have a chance, regardless of method.

I want them all.

She may not look it, but she made the Strait of Hormuz in 12 hours.

Chinese DiGRA 2026 Call for Papers: Chinese Game Studies: Publishing, Platforms, and Player Cultures: 19–20 September, Wuhan; 15 May deadline. chinesedigra.org/call-for-pap...

We're very excited that Vol. 6 of the @vgmcon.bsky.social Charity Album Jam is now up on #streaming services! Featuring 17 tracks across a range of video games and musical genres! Listen here: lnk.to/vgmcon6 #vgmcon #vgmcon2026 #vgm #gaming

FWIW yes I was exploring turning Ludum Dare/Game Jams into something that could run on #atproto. It was a side project I hoped to build if BlueSky hired me, but alas. Personal roadmap was: Finish PDS Mastodon/ActivityPub support, get "game embedding" approved, scores/achievements, then finally jams.

After 20 years, influential game jam Ludum Dare will wind down: aftermath.site/after-20-years...

Incredibly excited for this one.

If you think legislation that targets “low enrollment degrees” only impacts the humanities please look at this list. Degrees in chemistry, math, physics, political science, data analytics, psychology and economics are being eliminated. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/04/16/o...

Its kind of funny that all the technical issues we thought were going to happen to Twitter are, instead, happening to bsky.

One of my favorite writing strategies I picked up is to have a "slush" document where I place cut words from something I am editing. It makes it feel like the words weren't worthless, even if they rarely make it back into the final piece.

I appreciate Life Is Strange: Reunion's commitment to realism. For instance, one of the characters is a university president who has purchased an AI chatbot so he doesn't have to reply to emails anymore.

L to the M to the A to the O

we're hosting a watch party for @gameworkerscon.bsky.social may 22-23! it's a free, online conference by & for workers organized by @videogameworkers.bsky.social. please use the qr code to rsvp! there will be snacks, swag, park hangs during breaks, & we can learn how to build worker power together.

Practicing bass for my one gig per year and looking like an idiot dancing around in this room (there is no dancing space with the band)

Raise your hand if you’re submitting to #AdvX26! Exhibitor & speaker submissions are open at adventurexpo.org. Whether professional or hobbyist, apply to be a part of the UK’s only convention dedicated to narrative games. Details on our website. Follow for updates! #AdvX

For folks who watch indie game industry news, Slay the Spire 2, in early access, outsold the *lifetime earnings* of Hades 2 AND Silksong in its first two weeks alone. Soft estimates suggest they are on track to make $250M over the next 12 months; a new record high for the Godot engine.

Me, have a bunch of weird physical symptoms. Look up the causes: its stress. Its just stress.

Let us do without soldiers. The joy built upon successful slaughter is not the right kind of joy; it will not do; it is fearful and it is trivial.

My students will be talking about their senior games in 15 minutes on www.twitch.tv/ballstateuni...

LIVE NOW, our bundle to celebrate Earth Month with Fanatical! Pick up 11 awesome titles, and most importantly, all purchases support WDC 🐋 Build your perfect theme park, explore the ocean, CARE FOR FROGS! 👉 https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/whale-and-dolphin-conservation-charity-bundle

Sorry guys, I started playing this last night, its my fault.

Debugging this Android app I am making, and my phone is like "Wow this app is crashing a lot, you should probably uninstall it."

So, a reminder: If you like a game on Steam, please leave a user review, because it remains half-buried (intentionally so) until it breaks that 50 review threshold. And it requires 500 reviews to be eligible for the Overwhelmingly Positive rating, as well as other algorithm-stacking perks.

Always exciting to see the Avignon Papacy in the news

My students shipped a game today :)

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...

trans colors, name has tora in both english and japanese. yup shes one of the girls alright

On April 1, 2026, Dr. Travis Faas @meanderingleaf.bsky.social heroically stepped onto the @ballstate.bsky.social pool deck to represent the department in the 2026 #OneBallState Day Splash n Dash Challenge. This video documents that event. youtu.be/hpavIa_iZ6Y

I present to you.. the expedition 33 patch. www.nasa.gov/image-detail...

Hey if you're a young adult in the US pay very close attention to the moment because in shockingly few years the popular account of who did or said or supported what right now will be at times unrecognizable. Don't let that break your brain or just you, as a person.

Doubly true in academia.

I wonder how many pro-communism jokes were put into western media only to be cut out to make an MPAA rating or to sate some dipshit producer. Anyway here's Iggy and Spike rapping about how they've realized communism is the way forward in the Super Mario Brothers Movie.

#Artemis II - We have the first image from yesterdays Lunar flyby captured by the crew on Orion EARTHSET. April 6, 2026. Humanity, from the other side. First photo from the far side of the Moon. Captured from Orion as Earth dips beyond the lunar horizon. 🚀🌕🌍

Submissions for Tiny Teams 2026 are now OPEN! 🎉 If you’re a solo or small team dev and want to get your game seen by millions, then you’ve got from now til April 30th to show it to us. For all the details and to apply: www.yogscast.games/tiny-teams-d... #gamedev #tinyteams #gaming #indiegame

"We are spending insane amounts of money and drying lakes up for a silly lil' toy" is a fun take.

We're starting a new Game Studies Master's program at Charles University, Prague, and the applications are now open. It's a 2-year Master's that was designed by our team at the Prague Game Production Studies research group. study.fsv.cuni.cz/study-progra... 1/2