Die Bundesregierung baut gerade in Windeseile den #Sozialstaat ab, zentrale Errungenschaften der letzten Jahrzehnte sollen einfach gestrichen werden, das Gesundheitssystem wird kaputt gespart. Und trotzdem waren nicht einmal 500 Menschen beim Auftakt der #Sozialproteste in Köln.

When I referred to the industry as being “crashier” now than it was in 1983, I meant how it feels to live and work in this industry as a developer, not in terms of industry revenue. A🧵...

»Es wird kein Vollkaskostudium geben, jeder muss seinen Teil dazu beitragen« ist schon ein beeindruckend ekliger Satz in einer Gesellschaft mit deutlich ausgeprägter Ungleichheit. www.spiegel.de/panorama/min...

Am kommenden Montag von 9 bis 11 Uhr findet ein Online-Seminar statt, dessen Zielgruppe Lehrkräfte an Schulen und Hochschulen sind: "Widerständige Lehrer*innenbildung gegen den erstarkenden Faschismus" wissenschaft-gegen-faschismus.de/index.php/ev...

Our entire economy is being artificially propped up by astrology for men: AI, crypto, sports betting, and prediction markets. It's an economy shaped entirely by male insecurity and lack of impulse control, and we'll all pay the price.

"In our human experiments, even a single interaction with sycophantic #AI reduced participants’ willingness to take responsibility and repair interpersonal conflicts, while increasing their own conviction that they were right."

📣 To celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day, we’ve released a FREE Wheelchair Pack for Unity, Unreal and Godot ♿ Get 6 mobility aids for your projects - wheelchair, mobility scooter, electric wheelchair, walking frame, racing wheelchair & sports wheelchair. link.syntystore.com/gaad-2026-bsky

It's #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay! If you are a game developer and want to learn more about making games accessible, check out this archive with free educational resources I've helped create: www.twillo.de/edu-sharing/...

Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day! There's a lot of nice game accessibility content, events and announcements today, so much that it's easy to miss things. So here's a handy cheat-sheet, I'll be keeping it updated throughout the day - ian-hamilton.com/games-indust... #gaad #gamedev

This is one of the biggest accessibility blunders in recent years by Sony.

A big heartfelt thank you to everyone who came by yesterday to play the prototype. We were overwhelmed by the positive feedback and the many ideas you had to improve future iterations. I can't wait to continue working on this game!

A visual novel in development all about being a sex worker, taking a considered & experienced perspective and humanising everyone involved? Heck yeah this is my kind of game! And something I'm always excited to see in a society that should respect sex workers more Watching this one closely 🪢👀

Dear @amazefest.bsky.social people! On Friday from 5 to 8 pm, you'll have the opportunity to be the very first players of a game I'm currently working on. We're going to showcase the new prototype of "Learning the Ropes" in the open screens area and would love to see you there! #amaze2026

i have so, so many furious things to say about this but just to scream about one: when corporations declare themselves able to decide what art is or not made specifically for getting off, they are absolutely going to use that power to target even the tamest of queer art first.

these guidelines are completely contradictory and arbitrary on purpose, more platforms allowing payment processors to become unchallenged arbiters of acceptable sexuality. what is the difference between "suggestive but clothed imagery" (allowed) and "scenarios presented for sexual arousal" (banned)

Working on this for several days straight may have had a *slightly* detrimental effect on my sanity.

I'm currently in the process of reviving a five-year-old game jam prototype with my team and spend almost as much time creating new assets as on my day job, so... yeah.

Visual Novels? Sind bei uns an der Tagesordnung. Match-3-Spiele? Öde. „Heartspell“, das ausgerechnet diese beiden Genres kombiniert, hat uns aber hellauf begeistert. Warum? Das erfahrt ihr in der neuen Folge von "Random Encounters"! insertmoin.de/random-encou...

I'm an initial signer of this petition about democracy promotion and would like to invite you to sign it, as well: fairplaydemocracy.de/index_en.html

YouTube has removed The Ship of Theseus for containing "violent graphic content," with the offending images including a screenshot from the music video for "California" by Wax and a drawing is Charon, the ferryman of the River Styx.

Wenn's mal Hausdrama gibt, wird das auch ordentlich zelebriert. ✨

Games journalism has to undergo major changes, for sure, but what it does NOT need is the return of all-male, all-white editorial teams. I'm sure these are capable people, but with a lack of diversity inevitably comes a lacking variety of perspectives on games.

They're going after horror, we said this would happen

I'm incredibly happy to announce that something me and my (former) team worked on for the past two years is now available: An archive of Open Educational Resources focusing on games and #accessibility! www.twillo.de/edu-sharing/... www.youtube.com/@InclusiveGa... #GameDevelopment #OER

I'm incredibly happy to announce that something me and my (former) team worked on for the past two years is now available: An archive of Open Educational Resources focusing on games and #accessibility! www.twillo.de/edu-sharing/... www.youtube.com/@InclusiveGa... #GameDevelopment #OER

Junior: I'm excited to start working on *real* features! Intermediate: I'm excited for this meeting to be over Senior: I'm dreaming of becoming a pickle farmer

I don't often push for financial support for the work I do, but if you enjoy my work and can spare a little financial support, it would mean the world to me. Patreon: www.patreon.com/c/LauraKBuzz One Off Donations: www.paypal.com/paypalme/lau...

Happy Trans Day of Visibilty, we've always existed and we will continue to exist. #TDoV

Shirley Manson continues to rock (in many ways): "I just find this the most astoundingly weird, cruel and nonsensical drive by any government in about a billion years. [W]ell done picking on the most marginalised, most beautiful, most vulnerable community that we have here in the UK." #TransRights

If you use GitHub (especially if you pay for it!!) consider doing this *immediately* Settings -> Privacy -> Disallow GitHub to train their models on your code. GitHub opted *everyone* into training. No matter if you pay for the service (like I do). WTH github.com/settings/cop...

RNIB is looking for thoughts on #accessibility tags and their effectiveness and accuracy! If you are interested in sharing your experiences, please fill out the below survey: forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon... #RNIB #A11Y

Wir schreiben das Jahr 2026 und es ist immer noch üblich, Errungenschaften von Frauen sowie die toxischen Verhaltensweisen ihrer berühmteren (Ehe-)Partner unsichtbar zu machen. Ein besonders anschauliches und kurioses Beispiel: Eine Retrospektive zum 40. Jubiläum der "The Legend of Zelda"-Reihe.

You don't need to watch this. The trailer, the show, none of it. You are not a child anymore. There are other stories. Potter may have once been a well of inspiration or joy, but that well is poisoned by the venom of its creator who sees every engagement as endorsement of her war on trans people.

I started playing #BluePrince a few wheeks ago on a whim and it turned out to be one of the most engaging games I've experienced in years. I love it to bits. Still, I hesitate to recommend it. Why? It's an #accessibility nightmare. Let me explain.

Everybody's trying to be Fortnite and if you don't make a Fortnite then everybody gets laid off, but it ends up even if you do make a Fortnite then everybody gets laid off

I can confirm this is exactly how it works (or should work). During my time as Head of Diversity & Inclusion at Flying Sheep, I tackled a wide range of tasks, from supporting HR to giving regular talks to writing and narrative design for our biggest project. It was a challenging, but fulfilling job.

Having to spend valuable life time creating PowerPoint slides doesn't seem fair, especially with a looming apocalypse, but: here we are. ✨️

This. There are SO many free high-quality images on the Internet, published with public domain or Creative Commons licenses that you can use for projects - whether it's a game, presentation slides, or a sign for a public protest.

Only two weeks after finishing the previous one, my partner and I just started another Baldur's Gate 3 run, because the game is so much fun and perfect for our long-distance relationship. This time we're both playing drow. So I'd like to formally introduce you to: Tristelda Obsidiania. 😄

The double whammy of overwhelming endless fascist bullshit and increasing financial pressure that just exhausts and terrifies so they react instead of think combined with Gen AI I really think has damaged an entire generations cognitive ability. This is not ubiquitous of course, but it’s concerning.

While my current research project has an interesting thematic focus I'm looking forward to explore (cooperative gaming to foster connectedness at work), honestly the part I'm most excited about is being able to throw lots of money at game devs.

Oh, neat! Researchers have developed a "Living Framework for Understanding Cooperative Games", providing not only useful (sub)categories to analyse such games, but also plenty of game examples: www.lfcooperativegames.com This is an incredibly useful tool for my current research focus.

One of the things I cherish the most is a willingness to self-reflect, admit mistakes, and apologise. I had a good, healing conversation with someone today, and we've both demonstrated personal growth.

One addendum to the last post I've shared: The term "AI art" inherently wrong and misleading, I wish we'd do away with it. AI is able to produce CONTENT, but not art. Art implies intent, a creative vision, and emotional impact (whether on the artist, their audience, or both).

Angry middle aged woman yells about shit that pisses her off at GDC, an article: www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...

LinkedIn is full of bad takes, but this is the worst one I've seen in a while. "Sometimes the best path is the one fewer people are on" is a really, really troubling statement considering that a major reason for these empty halls was... fascism. #GDC #GDC2026 #GamesIndustry

I'm home and I've written a bit on my blog about post-GDC feelings: meredithgran.com/gdc-thoughts...