Underrated Next Gen moment is when the creep telepath is trying to goad Riker about "taking" Troi and Riker is like, "Hey bud I'm secure in my friendship with her and if you make her happy then I'm happy and she could probably make your life so good if you weren't such a weasely little shithead. :)"

You can do whatever you want forever

It's 11PM What if I made peanut butter cookies

Videogames are art. And I think I peaked.

Wrote nine pages over about four hours and I feel good but also my brain hurts

Had a friend who was scornful of ereaders and insisted on physical books, and like, I get it, I love physical books But there are so. MANY. amazing books out there by small/self-published authors that will never be released anywhere but digital, and you are limiting yourself for arbitrary reasons.

I gotta take another run at Pathologic. I love the concept and setting, but it's so overwhelming to my brain, especially with the ticking clock, that it was always way too stressful to enjoy. I'll have to be brave I guess. 😔

Can't believe the game's finally releasing in a few weeks...

By the way, take this as proof: if you ever made and shared something online once - game, art, fanfic, whatever - and you think it didn't matter or was silly or nobody cared, you're wrong. What you made is caught in someone, somewhere, like a fish hook, and it has stayed with them ever since.

It's been almost 14 years but I still sometimes think of Snowdrift, which was a free Flash survival horror game by Placeable about an old man trying to survive alone after the end of the world and scavenging dwindling supplies. Short and janky but impeccable atmosphere. Wish they'd expanded it.

ICYMI my interview on the #podcast Save Point Stories got published! Some more insights include: + The origin of my love for #gamesoundtrack (s) (including a classic hidden #soundtrack on this disc! + Why I approach every project as a player first and a #videogamecomposer 2nd #gamedev #vgm

Every now and again I come across a Tumblr community called something like "pretend to be ants in a colony" and all the posts are stuff like "just brought back a huge crumb there's enough for everyone 🐜🐜🐜🐜" and I just feel like these people have got something figured out about social media

it’s come to my attention that my tumblr post has been crossposted to bluesky, so I’m posting it on my account here #AntiAI #GenAI

Ziva encapsulating the end of the week

finally updated this pay-what-you-want Grimoire bundle to contain the latest template... more tools and assets in the works this year

hi! i'm co-founding a new gaming website with my former polygon colleague @zoehhannah.com. it's called mothership.blog. i made it for someone like me... the kind of website i always wished we had in our space. watch the video to learn more :D

It's a lot of doom and gloom these couple of first days of the year, yet seeing the Arab League of Misfits prototype getting close to the finish line with draft music, voiceover and effects gave me so much hope. I'm so thankful for the people behind our project.

It's been a heck of a journey, but the Greenhearth co-op is almost ready for you to move in! 📦 From mock-ups to prototypes, take a peek at the evolution of Greenhearth Necromancer... Every wishlist & demo download supports us! 💚 store.steampowered.com/app/2127570/...

Man c'mon

I want to 100% agree with this reply. If your goal is to make something just because you want to make it, make whatever - take as long as you need, work 20 minutes a day if that's what you have, it doesn't matter. Please don't let commercialization get in the way of making art.

Working in game dev is annoying, because as a player you can be like, "It would be so cool if they did (feature/thing) in this game," and when you work in games, you know there's a damn good and smart reason why they DIDN'T do the thing, but it doesn't stop you from pining for it

Don't forget; artists, writers, composers, anyone in game dev... you can also put a "no AI" clause in your work contracts! Protect yourself and the work you do while taking a stance.

Really want there to be more movies available to rent at home when they hit theaters. I'll pay the premium, but not months after theatrical release. Let me pay ticket prices to stream at home day one, and set it up like Bookshop.org so I can like, designate a local theater to get a cut. Please.

alright let's do this bimbo beta is now available on itch. check it out and tell me if this shit works at all iznaut.itch.io/bimbo

you too can own a sif ball

We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.

Passed a playground that was sort of run down the other day and got randomly wistful for "The Ugly Park", which is what I called the busted up, rusting, all metal playground I insisted on going to instead of the nice, modern, upkept one that was actually closer to my house when I was six

💵 MONEY for GAME? In 2026??? 💵 There have been more and more successful-game-devs-turned-game-funders popping up, so here's a lil' thread of some of the more recent ones I've seen. Hopefully this helps you get some $$$! 🔽

realized i never posted the In Stars And Time merch policy on there. there ya go i even made it look nice for you

The No ICE in Minnesota charity bundle submission period is now open: itch.io/jam/no-ice-i... All games, free and paid, TTRPG and browser based-alike are welcome Submissions are open until January 26 & the charity bundle supporting a Minnesota based Immigrants' rights org will go live in February

I still remember having an argument with a former friend about a police shooting years ago, and she said, "Well cameras showed him yelling at a convenience store clerk, so he was no angel." I said, "So does that mean he deserved to be shot?" She looked startled, then embarrassed, before saying no.

I think it's good for indies to have more publishing options, especially because not every publisher is a fit for every game and it's competitive out there, but I also think many new publishers vastly underestimate how easy indie game publishing is, and the amount of work involved beyond financing.

[PAID CASTING CALL] Looking for a black queer voice actor to voice Kie in my visual novel, Doce Fim. This is a PAID role! Kie is a whimsical lil fella and his voice requires a versatile range. Open 'till January 20th! docs.google.com/document/d/1... #voiceactor #VNDev #castingcall #voiceacting

friends! acquaintances! help! i'm looking to hire a game designer (living in the Netherlands) to help build games in The Hidden Folks Universe, starting with a sequel to the indie hit game Hidden Folks. know someone who's a good fit? pls forward this, ty! hiddenfolks.com/job-opening/...

Minneapolis.

If you're feeling helpless and don't know what to do, support those in your community most vulnerable to ICE! Buy them groceries, look out for your neighbors!!! Donate to legal centers and food banks, be angry be sad but don't do NOTHING.

if you do not want to watch the video, go to settings > content and media and uncheck the "autoplay videos and gifs" box right now

There's a fucking video of ICE mercing a driver on the timeline, turn off auto play NOW (and seriously do not share that, come on, you do not need to boil yourself in trauma to feel like you're doing something) If you do see it? IMMEDIATELY play Tetris for about 5 minutes. Research proves it out.

First week of 2026 💖

Laptop is dead, I’m in panic mode, any help is appreciated.

Game devs who say they're bad at estimating how long things take: - Give a rough estimate - Track how long it actually takes - If wrong: is that the time it actually takes, or did something happen? (Life, distraction, etc) - Revise old estimate - Keep tabs going forward to revise as necessary

➡️ CHOOSE YOUR CULPRIT ➡️ 💚 A stressed stone golem? 📚 A vampire business prodigy? 💀 A dramatic skeletal rival? 📱 A siren social media star? 😾 Your grumpy cat boss? Check out our cozy and chaotic crime simulator, Spill the Beans! ➡️ bit.ly/spill-the-be... ☕🔎 #wishlistwednesday #indiedev #indiegame

accidentally introduced a bug to the game where all the text got replaced with "you"

I need games to get weirder. It’s 2026, hyper clean minimalist UI design is boring- I want more bleeps and bip bip bip sounds when I’m in my menus. I want stylized text and elaborate window frames.

The Sucker Punch employee should get a bag too

It's been a while since I rewatched Next Generation but I had forgotten the way Worf delivers the line to Wesley when talking about Klingon women. "They throw HEAVY OBJECTS. 😏 And. CLAW at you. 🥵😍" "... what do the men do." "They recite LOVE POETRY. 🥴"

She held me prisoner for nearly TWO HOURS. I would think she was getting up and she'd just change positions. It did allow me to finish the book I was reading. 🤷‍♀️

The regime has announced two proposed rules intended to make it extremely difficult, if not impossible, for trans youth to receive the healthcare they need. Your public comments probably won't sway this transphobic regime, but they will be very important for future lawsuits: