technology that makes people more productive is inherently used to perpetuate capitalism, that’s why I make videogames, technology that makes people less productive

Jacken für Obdachlose "Die Berliner Stadtmission ruft angesichts der sinkenden Temperaturen zum Spenden von warmen Winterjacken und -mänteln auf. Jeweils zwischen 7 Uhr und 9 Uhr können diese an der Sammelstelle am Washingtonplatz am Hauptbahnhof an Ständen mit blau-roten Flaggen abgegeben werden."

"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk

It's done! Silly #oeufgame controller. (Thanks to @mrlucagames.bsky.social and @robinwobbles.bsky.social for help with construction).

Last one for this year!

📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms). It’s also concerning. 1/

Slots & Daggers is OUT NOW!! I've poured so much love into this game and had so much fun making it. From the music to the animations to all the silly little mechanics, really hope you can feel it 🖤 Give it a retweet if you wanna support me, link to the game below! Cheers 🥂

Talk & Play #53: showcase registrations are now open! The event will take place on Wednesday, November 12 from 18:30 at UE Campus Berlin 👾 Submit your game-related project here forms.gle/QuiJfgNfZDvf... #TalkAndPlay

Press START to build a new home with us! This week we want to achieve 80% of the goal. Would you help us? Do you know someone who is enthusiastic of #playfulart? Or someone who wants to see the #culturalsector flourish? Share our campaign with them! We are all part of this game ;) #crowdfunding

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

Very good news from the east of Germany, where the far-right (AfD) has its strongest base - the AfD got soundly defeated in two mayoral elections, in places where they were trying to use the presence of people seeking asylum as a decisive issue. Many voters rejected that outlook. That's hopeful.

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A pause from electronic music for an important call to action, especially for my colleagues here in Germany. The foundation of what we do depends on our speaking up for basic human rights.

Here is the advice I wish I'd had about running a pretty big game jam on itch davemakes.com/extremelyspe...

💛 TRACES OF PLAY 💛 is a participatory installation that celebrates the folk, playground, and street games we used to play. Created with @chadtoprak.bsky.social, come subvert these humble everyday objects into magnificent playthings of joy! 🪨🥜🥄✏️🪢

This is the Italy I like

For context: Steam pays out by the 30th of the month following sales. That means between 30 and 60 days from the moment your game was purchased by someone to that money reaching your bank account. Itch offers an option where you immediately get the money.

Experimental post: The Inevitable March of Time From the moment of this post, Super Mario Bros. is now closer to World War II than it is to the present day.

Grew up in bars surrounded by Trevisane so they will always be my favourites

The Berlin marathon is taking place today. I honestly don't understand why we allow public transport to be interrupted every year for this event, affecting a huge part of the city's population.

Palestinian Voices in Games announced - a network of more than 50 industry professionals supporting Palestinian video game creators, with 4 games currently receiving help. (Read more: Palestinian Voices in Games)

Thank you Julian for the flattering picture (yes that's a 868-HACK shirt I got printed a few years ago)

The bad news: the speaker that was supposed to give a presentation at Talk & Play tonight can't make it due to illness ☹️ The good news: we found a replacement! @ianjb.bsky.social will talk about naturalistic sound design in @despelote.game ⚽️ #TalkAndPlay ➡️ www.meetup.com/berlingamesc...

Reminds me of this incredible stat: "In 2012, 60 trans-related articles were published by Britain’s media. By 2022, it was more than 7,500." (Dysphorum via Trans Media Watch) 60 to 7,500. PDF link committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...

OPEN CALL VIDEO GAME CREATION ON OUR ALT CTRL 💸 2500€ PRIZE 📅 Deadline to submit: Sept 15, 2025 🛠️ Production: Nov–Dec 📦 Delivery: Jan 15, 2026 🎪 Exhibitions in Strasbourg & Amiens (Feb–Mar 2026) 👉 random-bazar.fr/open-calls-f... 🔎 Check out our technical sheet on the wonderful footpedals

Great performance but I'm mostly amazed by the desk jump and barrel roll during the last song, he didn't hit a single thing on the desk! youtu.be/ylL-SSRDyJc?...

I've been bedridden for the last 9 months, unable to work as I try to get a surgeon and insurance lined up for my operation to let me work again. If you could send a couple dollars, it'd really help. Time isn't on my side here, and waiting is very expensive. ko-fi.com/fooneturing/

i like Silksong in a lot of ways, but one huge failing of the game is that with all the resources they have and all the time they had to make the game, they choose to have no accessibility options at all. i hope they can improve on this. i have a lot of concrete ideas for easy to implement options.

This Wednesday at panke.gallery: Hostile Platforms / Beloved Margins – solo show by Everest Pipkin; opening: 10 Sep 2025, 7 PM panke.gallery/exhibition/h... This is a retrospective of browser-based works from the last decade, from the lens of (or lack of) stability practices on corporate platforms.

Trans people have been around your whole life. You’ve been sharing bathrooms with them your whole life. They’ve been in your communities your whole life. They’ve even been playing sport your whole life. And you didn’t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should

Registrations to attend Talk & Play #52 are now open! ➡️ www.meetup.com/berlingamesc... (we still have a handful of spots available for the showcase 😯) #TalkAndPlay

I'm excited to announce I'm going to be running a four-week remote workshop on creating interactive fiction with #bitsy starting at the end of September! Games created in the workshop will be featured in an exhibition at Accent Sisters in New York, with whom I'm partnering on this project!

The first ever Sokpop Direct is starting in a few minutes... Tune in now! 🧦🧦 youtu.be/88l9l3m5Vyw

While defending the luddite argument in Discord, I stumbled into this IMO succinct explanation for opposing generative AI: At every step in the process, it impoverishes us.

❌ Solar power is ‘a serious threat to agriculture and food security’ ✅ Ultimately, solar panels take up relatively little land…less than golf courses in many countries. Some farmers may not like them – but others see them as a welcome source of revenue...

Talk & Play #52: showcase registrations are now open! The event will take place on Wednesday, September 17 from 18:30 at UE Campus Berlin 👾 Submit your game-related project here forms.gle/HwNTQ4K158YY... #TalkAndPlay

Possible causes of your problems. It’s a diagram that (sadly) still seems relevant in 2025, so reposting a year and a bit on.

And continuing the analogy, that doesn’t mean zero driving, because cars will always have some purpose, it means not single-mindedly pursuing the impossible goal of everyone driving a car everywhere as fast as possible and destroying everything that makes being alive in a place worth it.

Focusing only on the “efficiency” of AI is like focusing on driving time in cities. The cost of building to save a few minutes is social services not provided, reinforced economic stratification, and the mental and physical effects of cars having more right to exist in public than people.

I never thought I would see this in my life, and that they’re making it immediately generic so it’s affordable is making me want to cry

For the EU, this should be a very urgent matter of national security. All EU member states should build on Denmark's wise strategy to phase out Microsoft products

Beautiful short film about Karel Martens, one of the most influential graphic designers in the world www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvn_...

Before the 2008 crash a few people rang the alarm, but most of us didn’t see it coming. It took years for normies like me to grasp the subprime mess. The coming crisis, compounded by tariffs, deportations, and public divestment, is so transparent it almost feels planned.

Every day brings new analyses of the AI bubble: the overinvestment in data centers, the lack of profits, the unreliability of LLMs, the impact on energy and the environment… Yet nothing and nobody can hit the brakes. The financial market is a runaway train and we are all passengers.

Come join the coolest Berlin Gamedev Office. Desks are available from September 1st already!

Definitely wasn’t expecting this: @fernantastic.bsky.social showing a new version of Panoramical (!) integrating Doodle Studio 95 (!!) at Show Us Your Screens in Berlin tonight

This is exactly--and I mean exactly--how Holocaust deniers have long discredited the Final Solution being a concerted effort & high-level order. "The Jews in the camps all died of typhoid outbreaks"

this is not to say that they've been doing a perfect job. frankly, they're a mess. but they are certainly doing more for me than steam is

just got a payout from itch that i requested a week ago. there's a lot of misinformation going around about itch, so i want to be clear that itch is currently allowing me to: - sell my porn work - display it on my profile page - receive money for it