Poissy right now, 5min away from my home

On my favorite games of 2025, in that weird meandering way I think about games and life and industry and everything. Thanks to @giantbomb.bsky.social for having me! giantbomb.com/articles/ram...

If you love video games and environments, follow that man 👇

Jan 1rst, 2026: my four boys beat me at arm wrestling. Soon I will watch‘em work the fields while I doze on the patio.

Ivre, il rouvre un blog en 2025, avec l'intention folle de l'alimenter plus d'une fois par an. boulapoil.bearblog.dev/gone-rogue/

Entre les jeux mobiles F2P et Fortnite/Roblox d'un côté, et les consoles premium au catalogue destiné aux ados/adulte, il y avait un ✨boulevard✨ pour une console peu chère, déconnectée, tournée vers le jeu multi en local et destinée aux familles avec jeunes enfants

This is making rounds on reddit. I know a few indiedevs who balk at the price of a french junior concept artist, and are « proud to pay 1/10 the price with fiverr ». Well it seems paying $15 for a 2D fully-rendered concept and base mesh will only get you a prompt artist WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT

COPILOT: Hello Stéphane. I hope you're doing great 😜 Do you want me to draw art, craft stories, give you parenting advices, imitate the voice of your dead loved ones or just suck the joy out of everything that makes you human ? ME: Fuck off, just format this word document. COPILOT: Sorry can't do.

What it feels like working in Paris. Went to see Sargent exhibition with our artists and my son. Grabbed Churros at Tuileries and ended up picking a couple of Christmas presents. This city is such an open-sky museum 🎨

We had an Overwhelmingly Positive score on Steam, then these two reviews rolled in Why does Valve allow this?

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I’ve been thinking about this interaction more than I should lol. Right now all CEOs who are thinking about replacing receptionists by AI have no idea how it helped me kickstart a difficult week and gave me a sense of belonging. It made me feel welcome and seen.

✅ Bucket-list #68 : being on a first-name basis with the receptionist at Arte headquarters.

We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.

Head of CNC (part of french ministry of culture in charge of cinema & game industries) raises a warning on private school selling expensive dreams (30 to 50k€) to wannabe gamedevs www.linkedin.com/posts/gaetan... (ping @erwancario.bsky.social)

Dread Delusion is an incredibly tight and dense open-world with splendid writing, haunting soundtrack and an otherworldly setting that made me feel like a teenager discovering Morrowind for the first time. It succeeds where most AAA fail, distilling fantasy/escapism to its unadulterated essence.

One of the first board games project we worked on last year is out ! Beautiful varnished cover 😍 Art Direction : @leamenardart.bsky.social Concept Art : Léa & @rappenem.bsky.social Thank you Studio H (Hachette) for their trust 🙏

People dislike synthetic content but it will likely be harder and harder to tell, leading to misleading purchases. Like social slop, at one point you start feeling icky and it becomes easier to just switch to a more « trustful » platform. I’m pretty sure my kids have this generational agility.

40k tracks per day on Deezer (more than a third) are IA generated. Volume tripled in less than a year. On Steam Nextfest, 507 out of 2900 games were disclosing AI, a likely under-reported floor. Current platforms don’t care about content production process as long as people consume and MAU go up.

Hey all you gamers claiming to "want shorter games made by fewer people who are paid more to work less" here's your chance to put your $15 where your mouth is: a spooky & elegiac exploration game made by ex-Bethesda & Ubi devs. It's excellent. Buy it & prove there's a market for games like this!

Hello ! On sous-loue un espace pro indépendant (+ espace commun cuisine / salle de réunion) à 5min d'Auber et St Lazare dans une chouette rue. Parfait pour un studio indé de 3-5 personnes. Deviendez coloc de Weirdloop et Humble Reeds ! Me contacter 🏠

Hello ! On sous-loue un espace pro indépendant (+ espace commun cuisine / salle de réunion) à 5min d'Auber et St Lazare dans une chouette rue. Parfait pour un studio indé de 3-5 personnes. Deviendez coloc de Weirdloop et Humble Reeds ! Me contacter 🏠

Mamdani’s victory is a rebuke to the failed strategies of the Democratic party | Moira Donegan

Self-checkout underperform humans but let's use AI to replace artists, teachers, researchers, shrinks and dead loved ones. www.journaldugeek.com/2025/11/03/l...

Our concept artist Gabrielle made this Steam Capsule for @hectiq.bsky.social ✨(temporary logo)

"Scale, finances, and tech dominance simply aren't enough to make it in what is, essentially, a creative industry that sometimes cosplays as a tech sector on weekends." 🤣 www.gamesindustry.biz/another-tech...

✨ ChatGPT Sauve La Terre !✨ La suite tant attendue de Bernard Arnault Sauve La France est jouable en un clic sur PC ou smartphone. C'est de l'espoir en barre ! pierrec.itch.io/chatgpt-sauv...

Told it last year but game market is ripe for disruption in distribution & finance. Bytedance is reportedly working on a game digital store 😱 technode.com/2025/10/26/b...

The many faces of the INSANE concert from Clair Obscur : Expedition 33 at one of the most prestigious classical hall of Paris, #Pleyel. What a wild ride it has been.

The many faces of the INSANE concert from Clair Obscur : Expedition 33 at one of the most prestigious classical hall of Paris, #Pleyel. What a wild ride it has been.

It’s World Artists Day! Let’s celebrate the amazing illustrators whose art brings our merch to life. 🧵

'We don't believe in it:' Palworld maker Pocketpair won't publish games that use generative AI

I’ve been playing the Invincible and my jaw has dropped literally every frame. Composition, color, it’s stunningly beautiful. As a lover of polish SciFi movies, in particular classics such as O-bi O-ba, or Sexmission, I wished there had been a polish voice over. But hey, still a great trip ! 🌑

A part of me thinks we actually NEED a major franchise to 100% commit to GenAI, ends up costing more than previous installment anyway, and then bombs spectacularly. Halo might as well be this industrial failure benchmark.

The September Devlog is finally here! 🐐 See the news on Steam to know what we've been cooking (pun intended!) store.steampowered.com/news/app/358... #IndieGame #CozyGames #ScreenshotSaturday

This is exactly what I mean when I say Internet has become actively hostile. Also in EUR you need 3 additional clicks to get to any website 🥲 “We use cookies to enhance your experience, analyze site traffic, and personalize content. By continuing, you agree to our use of cookies.”

My morning routine ☕A warm cup of coffee 🪑Adjust my chair armrests ✨Disable copilot

Dear followers I'm soon going back from family break and I'll start to write my new book: a glossary of videogame jobs. This is where I'll need your help, by sending me a private message with the following informations ⬇️

My morning routine ☕A warm cup of coffee 🪑Adjust my chair armrests ✨Disable copilot

NoMoreRobots spent $50k in user acquisition & influencers for their latest (good) game. I still think self-publishing makes sense for established indie studios, but in absence of dedicated UA financing, I fear having lots of capital to grab a minimum of attention will soon be a hard-gate for indies.

I’ve been in charge of setting up a full AI-powered VA pipeline. While result was good enough for daily-game builds placeholders, I suspect even bad voice acting would have been incomparably better. So far, GenAI is good for CEOs who see their employees as meat-LLM, little else.

GenAI art is still EASY to spot in 2025 and behind each « SORRY WE MISSED IT OOPS » there’s likely a lack of time, attention and budget for what is -DUH- your main marketing asset. Hire artists, art directors, pay them decently and I can guarantee you won’t have to issue sorry-ass press communicates

GenAI art is still EASY to spot in 2025 and behind each « SORRY WE MISSED IT OOPS » there’s likely a lack of time, attention and budget for what is -DUH- your main marketing asset. Hire artists, art directors, pay them decently and I can guarantee you won’t have to issue sorry-ass press communicates

On peut trouver la forme du communiqué propre mais alors sachez que derrière c’était pas la même. Les artistes qui ont pointé du doigt le problème et qui se sont fait intimidés et accusés de propager de fausses infos en DM (et appelés sur insta on est oú? 🤡) n’ont tjr pas reçu d’excuses, sachez-le.

A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Netanyahu prepares to speak.

Poly Fighter’s Steam page is LIVE! Our Alpha Playtest starts this Friday, September 26 for 1 week only. 👉 Request access on Steam now: store.steampowered.com/app/3977340/... #Playtest #IndieGame #Roguelike #FightingGame #Steam

Consume Me is finally out! This game blew me away when I looked at it for IGF. It deals with the real pressures of growing up as a teenage girl while telling that story through a whirlwind of delightful QWOP-like minigames. It’s charming and fun and smart and I hope everyone checks it out.

I’ve tried Magic the Gathering with all of my kids, but my 2nd son is the only one who got the virus. Each friday we play at the studio, and each birthday I give him one of my spare Reserve List card, not unlike of bottle of beautifully preserved red wine. Happy birthday son ! 🎂