It is hilariously pathetic that they have to do this because gigantic scalper manbabies wont let kids have fun

The news about Harlequin translators getting fired en masse? You should care about that. They're doing it there because they think nobody gives a shit about romance and so it's fine to experiment with it first.

Tonight, @brisaac.bsky.social and I started Anthem T Minus 20 days to shutdown

10 games I want to MAKE in 2026 - RatCatchers - SkateSword - Advanced DNGN + DRGN - Fight Knights: World Tour - Recon:Recon - SmorgasBorg - Defective Detectives - Punkass Supers - Broken Fixer - The Puppets Variety Hour with Hermit the Crab And yes I WILL be taking questions at this time...

Immediately pre-ordered.

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Fuck it. EVERY VILLAIN IS A LOSER available now! If you didn't pick it up during the kickstarter campaign, now is your chance. Happy Holidays, goons. afterthought-committee.itch.io/evil

Folks!!! Remember all that stuff I said about commissioning art cards for use as eidolons in Swords Without Master? bsky.app/profile/epid... Here's a little sneak preview!

❄️ happening now!! ❄️ this is my final TTRPG fundraising oneshot for the yeaaar! we're playing Under the Floorboards—and I get to play a little trinket gatherer named Treasure (they/them). I'm sure they won't get distracted by every shiny on the big pretty tree in the home 🎄

To truly combat GenAI in games we need journalists that are critical and inquisitive of it in games! *looks at all the year end lists* Yeah, okay we need to work on this…

🧵 i have been dealing with an unbelievably shitty situation on Marvel Snap, wherein Marvel Snap's reporting system is being hijacked by bigots who report any LGBTQiA+ usernames and the system AUTOMATICALLY removes the person's username whether or not its actually violated any TOS (1/x)

Political and corporate spokespeople now regularly treat a request for comment from the mainstream media as an opportunity to drop a free ad into the middle of the story. Bad faith non-responses should just be discarded, with a note that they declined to respond to the substance of the question.

Fellow indie game devs, I am bored. As such, I will be adding games to my wishlist on Steam. Link your Steam page, and I will wishlist it. Preferably people I like, usually interact with, but sure anyone why not. And maybe I'll buy it when it's on sale and I forget why I added it!

There is no ethical use of AI because the continued existence of the AI industry is directly harmful to (alongside everyone else) the interests of everyone whose labour makes books exist—writers of fiction & nonfiction, illustrators, translators, researchers, editors, everyone.

This holiday we've got a special Patreon reward for those who sign up in December and there is still time to get this limited edition Stumptmas 2025 enamel pin. Check out our Patreon and sign up at the $10 level before the ball drops on New Years Eve (Dec 31st)! www.patreon.com/c/stumpt

I'm begging someone to make a proper Playnite plug-in for @backloggd.com

✨My Games Of The Year 2025!!!✨ EARLY for all paying Patreon people! Happy Holidays! There's some bonus videos afoot/upcoming as well 👀 www.patreon.com/posts/my-gam...

To truly combat GenAI in games we need journalists that are critical and inquisitive of it in games! *looks at all the year end lists* Yeah, okay we need to work on this…

Aw the AI chat recently, CEOs going off about how they need to embrace that shit, and I'm just like. Dude. We had the technology to do THIS twenty years ago

How did they do this on a PS2. It felt like the future at the time and in so many ways it still does now

A number of responses to this wishing they would make a sequel?? I dunno how to tell you this lads but they did. They made it ten years ago. It's called The Last Guardian. Also a technical and artistic marvel. Also one of the best games ever made. Anyway Sony killed the studio that made it.

Get goth Jumanji'd in DIE: the RPG, now on offer in the Bundle of Holding! Grab the corebook and all three horrible scenario books for the low low price of $15 USD. Offer's only open until January 26th so best do it now before you forget x bundleofholding.com/presents/DIE...

ustwo (the parent company of ustwo games, makers of Monument Valley) is apparently into AI now ustwo.com/ai/

We had a really lovely time with @jkgames.bsky.social talking about our favorite indies from the past year 🥰 💜 Your wishlists will grow three sizes this Christmas (give or take) 😁 Go check it out!!

they didn't need AI to make Silksong, it just needed some deeply insane guys to have a blank check for living expenses until their next thing was done, I think we should try doing more of that instead

Something that's so popular now that I wish I had thought of it at the time I wish I had gotten artwork commissioned of my characters in games like WoW and Destiny. I think what I miss about playing those games is the connection to my character in that space and all the silly lore bits I dreamed up

One hundred more Kickstarter followers for Gallows Corner -- to bring us to 1376, the year the game is set -- and we'll release the trailer for the first Gallows Corner Actual Play, put together by @samsighs.bsky.social and an AMAZING cast. Get on it: www.kickstarter.com/projects/thr...

A thing that I wanna say as I’m watching @remapradio.bsky.social recap the Larian AI thing: I don’t want a game that’s BIGGER than BG3! That game was absolutely fucking massive and this is half of the problem with games rn STOP MAKING THEM SO FUCKING BIG

As someone who’s probably on Bluesky blocklists for saying something other than "burn it all down" about AI, it also seems clear that asking for more nuance in these discussions in Dec 2025 is like asking for more nuanced discussion of immigration as masked ICE agents toss people in unmarked vans+

Fuck Green Peace, what a bunch of sellout idiots. 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ campaignsoftheworld.com/creative-pri...

This Friday!!! So excited to be joining Silver and a bunch of new friends in a CBR+PNK adventure

This is the cover art I did for NOVA, a manga zine from the 1980's. I was a huge fan of Patalliro, and had the albums, laser disc film, and most of the manga. I don't keep up with it anymore, but I really loved the unique art style.

Apparently Paypal is now asking those who commissioned artists through invoices for feedback on the experience, Please never type anything, Its a trap. Just putting both yours and their accounts at risk of bans.

Not much for rankings, so here's what I enjoyed this year. Congratulations to Awarded of Game.

I highly recommend watching this segment, not just because the CBS News execs and the White House didn’t want you to, but because these men were tortured and they deserved to have their voices heard.

Friendly reminder that I'm selling a rather uncommon (for us) Russian release of Psychonauts to raise funds for @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social because I'm a bit nuts like that. One day to go! www.ebay.com/itm/32691470...

2011: roblox is the website where you can play a knock-off version of halo if your parents won't buy you an xbox 2025: roblox, the child predator app, has donated money to the president's new ballroom

Squeakross is currently on sale on ALL platforms for the holidays! -Made by Picross lovers for Picross lovers -Beginner friendly tutorial & infinite hints -TONS of gameplay customization for pro-players -100% optional house decoration -Night Mode -650 puzzles (+230 soon👀) -Free demo -Rodents pics🐭

cozy holiday deduction gaming twitch.tv/katbamkapow

I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:

You know, I really hate that for YEARS I wanted Level 5 to return to making games in English. And this is what we fucking get. AI Slop garbage instead of their incredible art

Ending the year by time-capsuling 2025 in a way through a starter pack. General thought of this was who I enjoyed this year following, interacting, and vibing with on Bluesky. Of all social media I've used, this place has "it." I feel happy to be in this space heading to 2026. 🖤🩷

The Dice Exploder 2025 year end bonanza is here! This year I got together with @lincodega.com and @diogooldskull.bsky.social to go over a whole bunch of game mechanics that we think represent where rpgs were at in 2025 and where they might be going in the future.

Oh, hey, I’m making my @giantbomb.bsky.social debut with my Top 10 games of the year! From Blue Prince to Clair Obscur, Cast n Chill, Consume Me, and Lost Records: Bloom and Rage, I cover a LOT of ground. (But, of course, you already know my top pick for Game of the Year.)

My longtime love of physical media is only increasing as algorithms & AI seep into everything online like toxic runoff in groundwater, so I love this @coyotemedia.org story about a librarian in SF starting a vinyl collection for middle schoolers: www.coyotemedia.org/a-bay-area-l...

INSTANT buy

Offloading some more #ttrpg core rulebooks (opp edition) to make room for new books. These are all in excellent condition, well loved. Selling legendlore, cavaliers of mars, scion: book one, werewolf: the forsaken + st screen, vampire: the Requiem + st screen. Dm for interest. Might trade.

a heads up to my friends who knew Vince: the reporting was updated to mention a video of the crash was recorded by a witness-- I'd hate for people not to know that in advance if the footage does get released or posted.