join us 2/19 for our first ever lecture series event, featuring @ellaguro.bsky.social: "What Doth Videogame? A personal history of art and life in the age of collapse." following the talk will be a listening party for liz's new album, Saint Elizabeth! rsvp here: www.eventbrite.com/e/boshis-lec...

We’re soooo excited to make this announcement. Our end of year fundraiser has hit its goal!! There’s still time to contribute to the community and help us even further improve our programming for next year!! #games #newyorkcity #fundraiser #boshi #egg

after so many years on this earth using a keyboard-based computer i am still discovering new emoticons… i think that is beautiful U_U

tomorrow at 11am 👇 tea + snacks provided! make sure to RSVP!! boshis.place/events/25-11...

Recently I've been doing some work for @castle.xyz and for their halloween event I made this path-drawing high score game! You can play it in browser as well as in app, my best score is 28 and the current world record is 35 :O castle.xyz/d/gy-VNhDdGFvT

the way this country treats the unhoused and unwell is one of those things that genuinely makes me physically ill. every policy “solution” and every day structural cruelty is a million affronts to humanity. We’d consider this shit war crimes if another country did it to our citizens.

happy anniversary to my little fmv open world experiment 🌳🌸🪨🌿 marioparty.blog/posts/work/l...

for 8 weeks, we've been running a class on Games & Adaptations, discussing intertextuality in its many forms (adaptation, pastiche, parody, and more). and now, we've made our own adaptation games! join us friday, august 8, for an evening of games in dialog with other works :) hope to see you there!

spent my afternoon making a short little web game for New Yorkers called "Don't Rank Cuomo"... it has 10 levels. it's very realistic and challenging. can YOU don't rank Cuomo? play in browser (free): radiatoryang.itch.io/cuomo

It's 2005 and your brother is dead; nothing to do but game. 👾Loading... Coming 2025. Wishlist on Steam here: store.steampowered.com/app/2163660/...

It's SUMMER IN NYC, and that means it’s time for the boshi’s place summer sneak peek!! For your pleasure and planning, take a look at some of what we’ve got coming up in the next few months. See you soon, boshi sunnies on 😎

in pondlife: discone (a videogame), you can jump & surf on anything. there's no hard distinction between wall or ground. there's also no combo meter or trick button, you move your character (her name is icecream) and make it all up. #discone #jump #climbing #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #gamedev

Come to Screenshot Conf screenshot.arquipelago.org

We've implemented music and it feels like a whole new game. Check it out for yourself! store.steampowered.com/app/3172760/... #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #catfishgame #wideopensky

✈️🧳 My dad just moved to IL, so he’s looking for work! 💻 He’s looking for roles in IT like Software Developer, Programmer Analyst, and .NET Developer, or administrative or customer support roles outside of IT. If you have leads, let me know! Sharing is also appreciated!

Made some updates to my Make-10-like for our recent @boshis.place 2nd birthday. Combines make 10 and match 3 all in one!

i will be showing a game here ~~~ !!

Our birthday is TOMORROW NIGHT!!! And we've got some updates: - The first 72 people get a birthday hat :O - discone local multiplayer supports *eighteen* players - the game for six wii fit boards features boshi and woshi - we printed a bunch of photos from the last year of events see you tomorrow!

one more week to sign up for this! last day to apply is 4/15 :)

YOU’RE INVITED TO OUR 2ND BIRTHDAY!! ⚠️Warning⚠️ this is a be there ⬇️ or be square 🤓 situation. It’s a party 🥳 and we’re pulling out hot 🥵 exclusive 😎 in-person only games from us boshis and special guest barnyardia, as well as an itinerary of WORLD EXCLUSIVES 🌎‼️🤯 THIS SATURDAY! (more info below :)

showing my disco ball controller here on saturday!! along with a NEW prototype game for it

join us this Saturday 2-9pm for a showcase of local Alt Cntrl games! featuring games by Wenxiao Ding, Jonny Hopkins, plus more TBD!

Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.

for those who may have missed it, i'm running a class @boshis.place this summer on games & adaptation (looking mostly at movie tie-in games, and reading adaptation theory from people like jameson, hutcheon, baudrillard, etc) more info below! :)

the best 3d platformer (since at least a year ago), getting better every day. wishlist on steam #videogame #jumping #philosophy #platformer #cozy #mario64 #parkour

✨🖥️🪐 Would anyone in the SF area be interested in lending monitors for this on Thursday night? We could use up to 12 but any help! You would be treated like indie games royalty! Max said “There are more monitors than people in San Francisco” so I believe in us Message me! I can coordinate pickup :)

this summer i'll be running a class on games & adaptation @boshis.place! we'll be watching movies, playing their adaptation games, and exploring the theoretical underpinnings & modalities of adaptation through readings from Baudrillard, Jameson, Hutcheon, and more. joeyschutz.com/games-and-ad...

Stephen's games and writing that cost money from the last decade basically are on sale, and you should buy them bc he's a handsome intelligent genius itch.io/s/149509/the...

that the decision to single out, detain &persecute someone for their political speech was made by those at the highest levels is the purest distillation of fascism. so many dems are silent bc, by framing anti-genocide speech as antisemitic for over a year, they helped create the conditions for this

🥚🍳 boshi's place is in town with syzygy at GDC! 🥚🍳 We’re partnering with syzygy SF on thursday, march 20th for a night of free-range indie games from the east AND west coast! no GDC pass is required! (only 2.99) 6-11pm | Syzygy SF 395 S Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94103 Tickets and details ->

IT'S THE BOSHI'S PLACE SPRING SNEAK PEEK For your pleasure and planning, you can now take a look at what we're cooking up for this coming season. What a spread, what a lineup, it's the (non-exhaustive!) spring itinerary of boshi's place events. Find your fancy, and we'll see you soon :~)

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Tomorrow at Sabby! Games from New York in Melb! Games from Melb in New York! Play exciting games from the New York game dev scene! Connect with New York game makers via a portal! Soak in those cool NYC vibes!

New episode! 145: Addressing Memory with Plunderludics We chat w/ @mut.media, @jwhop.bsky.social, and @weapon2.bsky.social about their experimental game and emulator hacking practice, which they call "plunderludics". Feat. special guest host, @foddy.net eggplant.show/145-addressi...

🌟 CROSSOVER ALERT 🌟 on friday 2/21 join us for a collab event with @sabbygallery.bsky.social !! we’ll be showing their curation of games and zines from the melbourne indie scene, while they show our curation of games and zines from nyc (at the same time) (but in melbourne) (🤯!)

babe wake up... collab of the year just dropped poster design by @itsbibs.bsky.social

Jay and I are hosting a NYC Geoguesser party and tournament! Jay coded a custom NYC specific version of it just for the event! There will be prizes! Come bc it’s going to be so much fun! Sat 2/8 Doors: 7:00 Practice rounds: 7:30 Tournament: 8:00 @boshis.place 1002 Metropolitan

tomorrow, a send off to 2024's gaming 👀

went and wrote about gameplay loops :) blog.joeyschutz.com/the-case-aga...

W O W Grab a cal, support another rad non-profit doing cool stuff!!

📅 boshi's limited edition 2025 calendar is officially available!!! 📅 get yourself a cute 2-color riso-printed wall calendar for 2025, handcrafted by (almost) all the members of boshi's!

ever since my cat had several pee incidents at home i’ve been able to identify pee smell on the street so much more intensely than i ever did before. like i just stopped on the corner to fix my shoe and could immediately tell that someone had peed there. i’m like a pee detective…

Laura takes a stroll (@mariopartygod.bsky.social, Evan Tarrh) "a poem sketch where you are Laura taking a stroll." Free - Browser: warpdoor.com/2024/11/25/laura-takes-a-stroll/

do you want to: - use public space for play? - willfully discard valuable productivity time? - play games in the grass? - with others who feel the same? great! come to our outdoor games event on nov 21st from 1-5pm in cooper park. boshis.place/events/24-11... details below...

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the sun is shining, i am feeling excited about life, there's no way i'm "writing code" today......

i hate working a job i want to play games and lounge on a plush sofa and spend five hours every evening cooking a complicated and decadent dinner