Eggplant Presents: A Year of UFO 50 - Pilot Quest We're joined by Eileen Hollinger (from @capygames.bsky.social), @chouxsalad.bsky.social, and @alt254.bsky.social. "The Campanella has crashed! Fix it by harvesting resources and exploring the wild zone." eggplant.show/ep-a-year-of...

Eggplant Presents: A Year of UFO 50 - Mortol II We're joined by @alt254.bsky.social + @chouxsalad.bsky.social (UC Davis) + @aaronak.bsky.social (Speedrunner) to discuss UFO50's first sequel. “How many will have to sacrifice their lives to save Mortolia yet again?” eggplant.show/ep-a-year-of...

This is tomorrow! Come out and play some web games, watch talks, hang out, eat snacks, talk websites. withfriends.co/event/231764... Project talks will also be streaming 6 - 7pm EST on twitch at www.twitch.tv/evereverest!

Podcast! At the Dino -- we are back with an all-new episode on UFO50's 30th game, Rock On! Island. A prehistoric riff on tower defense with ~dev drama~ hidden in a secret level. Thanks to @chouxsalad.bsky.social @alt254.bsky.social @ghosttime.bsky.social for joining us! eggplant.show/ep-a-year-of...

come hang with us in SF!!:)

We’ve been using this and it works really well! (Also if you want a Deadlock invite lmk :))

🌈Hello, friends! <3 QGCon 2025 will take place on September 26-28 in Montreal! If you are a gamemaker, researcher, or activist at the intersection of queerness and games, we want you there!✨ 🦄QGCon 2025 is a COVID-cautious event. Join our mailing list for updates! www.qgcon.org/blog/announc...

the "games against the empire" panel tuesday may cap! if you're interested in coming to our upcoming events this week, please rsvp! panel: eventbrite.com/e/games-agai... zine jam: eventbrite.com/e/zine-jam-b... outdoor games: eventbrite.com/e/outdoor-ga... show: eventbrite.com/e/games-agai...

This was one of the most fun online escape roomesque experiences I had the pleasure of playing during lockdown

Eggplant Presents: A Year of UFO 50 - Mortol We're joined by @chouxsalad.bsky.social, @alt254.bsky.social, and @aaronak.bsky.social to discuss Mortol (1984), the 6th game in the UFO 50 collection. "How many people will lay down their lives to save Mortolia?" eggplant.show/ep-a-year-of...

One of the things I've discovered while working on this class is that a lot of my friends and colleagues have written brilliant things about FFVII. If you are someone who I may have missed, please send me links so I can read and share it with my students!

Way to go Hannah and Ben! I think the implications here about WFH footprints go far beyond games since much larger corps than indies devs could easily use employee home energy usage as a way of cooking their books

Hey! This is today! Come hear us talk about the future of video game preservation in libraries and archives! nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Does anybody know of games out there that have a tipping system similar to the one in Dota 2?

I really can’t think of anything that feels like the modern equivalent of the Sesame Street song where a shifty guy sells a hot vowel to Ernie from out of his trench coat.

Still thinking about the English translation of Genshin Impact where an NPC named “Lessig Lawrence” is thwarted by the mysterious and powerful “Eula.”