868-BACK is out TOMORROW at 1PM EST! 👾 Here's what Finji Co-founder & Director @adamatomic.bsky.social has to say about the matter. (spoiler: he's really into it)

Thank you to everyone who tuned into our first ever Game Workers Conference! Onto next year! Conference streams are still freely available Day 1: www.youtube.com/live/CFF97Oj... Day 2: www.youtube.com/live/3e1yOhV... And please fill out our feedback form: gameworkersconference.org/feedback-form

"Homeland security," like DHS itself, was very obviously about xenophobia, bellicosity, paranoia, and cowardly scapegoating from day one. Literally no one was "reassured" by it. (I was in high school at the time. We were walking out of class and such to protest the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan).

We need your support Launchgood.com/1948

Did you know? @videogameworkers.bsky.social is holding a ✨Healthcare Townhall✨ June 8th at 5PM PT / 8PM ET! Game workers deserve healthcare. UVW is working on solutions and we need your input. Join us: actionnetwork.org/events/healt...

We are back from break with United Videogame Workers Freelancing Committee! Come join the stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e1y...

Hard to keep up with how fast the decomp/recomp port scene is moving right now. Just updated with stuff from the last monthish that's now playable: - Twlight Princess - Bomberman Hero - Kameo With a bunch either imminent or alpha/pre-release: Ace Combat 6, Minish Cap, Mario Party 4, and more

I’m NOT excited and I’m NOT thrilled. I’m honestly scared to share this, but I’m not a coward. I have to show you what you helped us create. None of this would have been possible without your help, and we can’t finish it without your support www.launchgood.com/1948 youtu.be/D4qh1FAPEUo

Gabe's Baby Steps GDC level design talk just got set to free - obviously I'm biased but the session feedback scores were also off the charts. Recommended: gdcvault.com/play/1035806...

Mythic and dream-like in ways you'll appreciate if you're like, genuinely into myths and dreams.

It's heartbreaking that games as a medium remain out of reach for people telling the stories worth telling most. www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfe...

My memory of what it was like to browse the Xbox Live Indie Games store page in 2010

Clearly this, from @radiatoryang.bsky.social.

Are you a 2D game artist looking for a new job? Do you live in the Redmond, WA area? Do you think that UI is the most exciting part of a video game? Were you sad when skeuomorphic design went out of style? Consider joining the Coincidence team! coincidence.games/artist/

U.V.S. Nirmana is now available on Steam! Set off on a journey of uncountable eons toward the edge of the universe. Stop by distant worlds and ancient civilizations, helping them as part of your pilgrimage with your companions, the Renunciants. store.steampowered.com/app/2536720/...

hat tip to @nedraggett.bsky.social for this SMOKING set that will realign yr whole energy picture. highest recommendation

it's so fucked up that 'roguelike' now means you get three random upgrades at the end of a level instead of "occasionally the game will generate a gnome with a wand of death and obliterate you (in the event that you havent already died accidentally falling down a set of stairs while overencumbered)"

The Kickstarter for The Crane Rider's Tale is now live! Fly passengers around a fantasy town inspired by Chinese folktales and unravel a mindbending mystery with multiple endings. Zero Escape meets Disco Elysium 🗡️🎲 LINK: www.kickstarter.com/projects/psy...

New game, available next week! U.V.S. NIRMANA Set off on a journey of uncountable eons toward the edge of the universe. Stop by distant worlds and ancient civilizations, helping them as part of your pilgrimage with your companions, the Renunciants. store.steampowered.com/app/2536720

Dreams on a Pillow is doing some crowdfunding to get the project finished and released. I interviewed @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social and @ramiismail.com a while back about why this game so deserves to exist, and the genuinely absurd obstacles involved in making that happen. So, let's make that happen!

Okay so you might see this video with the audio muted. Now imagine how the music must sound like. I urge you to unmute and listen to what it's actually like because I guarantee you you're not prepared for it.

HOW TO USE TINTS IN SILENT MOVIES First of all, is your tinting literal or metaphorical? Both were used in the silent era. Literal is like: RED FOR FIRE

Solidarity with @propublicaguild.org members on strike today. Don’t cross the digital picket line! 🚫

i take back every single nice thing i have ever said about marathon 2026 developed by bungie inc.

YOU CAN SEE TWO DIFFERENT AURORA IN THIS PHOTO OF EARTH THAT'S CRAZY OH MY GOD

Chag Pesach Sameach and Gut Yontif. A better world is possible.

In the spirit of trans visibility, lemme just plug my ongoing project to document as many pre-2010 games as possible that had a trans person on the dev team. You might be surprised by what's on there. There's games going right back to the sixties! dotmaetrix.neocities.org/classictranslist

The core thing about Tristan Harris' shtick is that he issues urgent warnings about "eight people" controlling the world, but he ultimately wants to protect the specific people in question and stay in their orbit. It presents all the same problems as access journalism. It's like, access philosophy.

Happy Trans Day of Visibility ❤️🏳️‍⚧️❤️

i love the small print “because the regulators won’t let us :(“

Added a couple new free tools to my comprehensive REAPER extensions guide for #gameaudio 👾 #sounddesign #reaperdaw bolttracks.com/reaper-tools/

Did something weird and joyful for this year's edition of the ever weird and joyful Charity EP Jam! Thanks as always to @chelwongaudio.bsky.social for making this thing a thing!

banger

HEY PEOPLE I'm proud to say I've been working on the art of this year's charity EP Jam's album! Once more it's an album packed with cool jams and incredible music put together by an incredible bunch 💜 Wanna get a copy of your own? Keep your eyes peeled as it drops Feb 22!! That's THIS SUNDAY

Esse é o futuro dos videogames com o DLSS 5

Chartreuse: It’s More Yellow Than You Think—No, Even More Than That™️

I don't know: Halo's PvP is certainly a huge part of people's warm-and-fuzzies about the series, and Halo's co-op was kinda magic, wasn't it? Multiplayer doesn't have to be synonymous with these mushy forevergames that feel more invested in keeping you playing than in what they're like to play.

key moment in this talk

The criticisms here are on point: Graeber doesn't draw sharp enough distinctions between pointless jobs, harmful jobs, and jobs that would become unnecessary if we solved solvable upstream problems. However, the episode didn't get around to the book's self-described "smoking gun," outlined here:

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:

New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

Copaganda is actually pretty thin on the ground in the silent era. Cops were often treated as brutal or ridiculous. Secret Service agents, on the other hand...

Our next game is Verminsteel! You're a bird with a broadsword, kicking thousands of fascists so hard they fly into the sun PLEASE go wishlist it, it'll make me really happy and help me stop low-key panicking and stuff: store.steampowered.com/app/4352280/... #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev

*Bangs pots and pans *

This is still going strong! Proud to have a little TTRPG system in among the many, many rad games in this bundle.

We made a game! I think it's a pretty good game! You can buy it now, for less than a Hamilton! Or wishlist it for later! Both of those things help! And after you've played it, would you be a dear and leave a review? store.steampowered.com/app/2781470/...

You're right, BlueSky: I *should* probably use BlueSky a lot less. (You know it's bleak when giving them your credit card is the least invasive option by far).

🌼My new game is here!🥀 "She danced in the wind like a holographic dream before the world died." alienmelon.itch.io/flower A game poem and interactive fiction about The End. You play the very last flower left on Earth, bringing peace to long dead soil. #IndieGame #VideoGame #GamePoem #Game

*rings dinner bell* yall come eat Can't wait till you read the non social headline

“Please enjoy the museum”: Relooted is OUT NOW! Please share!