New collection announcement: We're live at GDC... 1989! We've digitized 21 hours of talks from the third ever Computer Game Developers' Conference, now available for free in our digital library 🔊 gamehistory.org/cgdc-1989-ta...

Leah Isobel [@humblepopstar.bsky.social] navigates the crushing mass of AI projects at GDC Festival of Gaming. "In the absence of a clearer arc, the game experience became defined by the presence of AI. The plain fact of the technology’s existence is the primary selling point."

reposting this for the afternoon people. i’m pretty proud of this piece! i was trying to get to the bottom of what the actual sell for an “ai-native” game is, and the kind of ideology it might lean towards. please read it, thank you, love you 😽

excellent article from Autumn and a sober reminder how many gaming publications are all-male and white and seem to have no motivation to, for example, follow a boycott or report on misogynistic trends in technology. Of course men can write about misogyny, but… where is it?

second gdc report for @48hills.bsky.social is up! this one is about “ai-native” games and the storytelling and gameplay limitations inherent to that design

The bit of severance I've had from Inverse (thank god for unions) is ending this week. I've got freelance work, but the walls are closing in just a little more. I'm actively looking for work, so please reach out if you need a talented writer, critic, or consultant with 15 years of experience.

withers (2015) water surface

Publishers say they’re blocking the Internet Archive because of AI scraping. But shutting out a nonprofit library won’t stop AI—it will damage the public’s best record of the web.

my first gdc piece for @48hills.bsky.social is up! wrote about the progress of the labor movement in games and how @videogameworkers.bsky.social is strategizing to meet the moment

elementary school was across the street from a local science center with a planetarium and a telescope, as well as a huge protected forest behind it. did not realize how special that was until i got older. especially because now the natural history museum turned the forest into a tourist attraction

going to start putting this together soon!

Moving is proving to be way more expensive than I thought so if anyone wants to help… cash.app/$prvtlyatk venmo.com/u/Privately_...

one day i will get to cover gdc without having a second job to go back to the following weekend. one day i will make a regular living off of my writing. one fuckin day!

#FREELUD BOOST REQUEST the official organizers and lud's family spoke with @therealnews.com on a podcast organizers are asking this story be boosted to increase awareness and visibility for lud's bond hearing tomorrow source: therealnews.com/ice-snatches...

there’s not going to be a console business by then but good luck babes!

he thinks he’s vegetables

i made a new game over the weekend, it's called Quest, i have no idea what it is like to experience it. sylvie.itch.io/quest

alright i'll do the popular thing, i love following trends

Fans of American genre cinema, check out the kickstarter for The Riverbend, a nearly-lost film about three black Vietnam vets who teach a small town how to defend themselves against a racist sheriff. A rare starring role for Steve James. There's a blu ray as well! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ree...

I was invited to participate in Women Writers Week at the Ebert website, and I wrote about Isabella Rossellini's performance in BLUE VELVET, and how she helped guide the film into its dark and mysteries places. www.rogerebert.com/women-writer...

BREAKING: We've freed Cookie. Following an investigation by VGHF, Ukie and Web Capio have suspended DMCA takedowns for Cookie's Bustle on behalf of Graceware, SL. More info:

H.R. 7661 is a national book banning bill which seeks to remove any book that "involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism" from all public schools in the US. This would ban all my books, & any other book with trans themes, from public schools. PLEASE call your House Reps & say: NO ON H.R. 7661!

I'm a game design genius

CD is 100 dollars or so short of sustainability. Incredibly valuable resource for anyone who cares about games, whether for research or just casual reading. Also like... look lmao, web's as fractured as it's ever been. Having the roundup gather a bunch of cool stuff you'd never see otherwise is good

A beloved member of the FGC in Baltimore has been detained by ICE. @adashtra.bsky.social talked to the friends and family trying to bring him home. aftermath.site/ice-ludovic-...

If you have the means, please donate to the Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate and they are overwhelmed with requests. Colorado borders Kansas, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out. tcpipeline.org

If you are not from Kansas but want to help the best way is to support: ACLU Kansas: action.aclu.org/give/support... Planned Parenthood Great Plains: www.weareplannedparenthoodaction.org/onlineaction... and Kansas Interfaith Action: actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...

My combo interview-review of Station to Station featuring @meredithgran.com is now up for non-subscribers:

We're officially fundraising for laid-off Vox workers. Please share and donate if you can! www.gofundme.com/f/support-la...

Our release date trailer is live! It's got a serious groove to it, so please check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvTC... (Music and sound design by the amazing Alex Doty at AlexDotyMusic.com) #indieGame #indieGames #puzzleGame #gameTrailer #trailer

ignore my eyeliner being extremely uneven please and thank you.

my therapist: prolapsing earth isn’t real. prolapsing earth can’t hurt you prolapsing earth:

ABIDE only has 30% left to go but time is running out! Please share and consider backing! We need grassroots support to support us truest of true indies! www.kickstarter.com/projects/637...

Happy Valentimes day! Back in 2019 I compiled a "Sylvie Collection" of all my past released games in one download. The collection is now updated to include all games up to the end of 2024, and they're packaged with a new launcher program. Enjoy your life - Sylvie sylvie.website/SylvieCollec...

album that was important when i was 19

extremely vivid memory of using this browser to read gay erotica, as god intended

[to the tune of mgmt’s ’me and michael‘] sleve mcdichaeeeeel

been awhile since i casperposted. it’s casper time. he is always in the closet (gay)

good morning!

this is how i know i was on a different side of social media than all of you because this is an adaptation of a stan twitter meme about halsey

Emma here. Massive turnout at SF Civic Center rn in support of UESF and the teachers strike. Teachers, principals, parents, students.

non english banger. i should really get back into this album

The No ICE in Minnesota Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED! There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota! Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...

🍄 Hermit and Pig is out now on Steam 👴🏽🐷 A story-rich, turn-based adventure RPG where you fend off wild assailants, forage mushrooms, survive social anxiety, and stumble into a corporate conspiracy with your trusty pig. ▶️ s.team/a/2408350 #indiegame #gamedev #gamingnews

paris hilton's diamond quest, screenshot, mobile (2006) www.mobygames.com/game/25043/p...

i had imposter syndrome trying to talk about fascism alongside Alberto Toscano, but i'm glad i did coz it was an incredibly generative conversation that helped distill & crystallize my own thoughts about fascism worldwide today & it's differentiations from the past. www.tni.org/en/article/l...

📍gay guy central (the jade concert)

describe a horror movie as if it were a hallmark movie: a lonely, middle-aged woman takes a job nannying two precocious children in the english countryside - and rekindles her capacity for romance

Thousands hit the streets & marched across San Francisco yesterday as part of this weekend's national protests against ICE—many of them students. Here are more photos from the day. 📸 Mariana Garcia