It's the weekend and our matching donation week is nearing its end! we are currently 53% funded for the event! . #videogames #lgbtq #gaymer #gamestudies #queergamer #queerstudies #genderstudies #gaming #montreal #gamingcon #queercommunity #ttrpgcommunity #gamedev #quebec #2slgbtqia #indiegame

I can confirm Yurivania 3 and Paige's other project this year are both back online. We believe this was a user side mistake at some point, but if you notice other projects that are offline -- broken download page, broken project page, with itchio's classic frog art -- PLEASE let us know, thank you!

www.wired.com/story/gamers... The definition of pornography according to fascists inevitably includes queer and trans people. Call the companies and be polite to the workers. They're not the ones in power. My plan is to get some calls in after dinner so I have that post-prandial chill going.

Literally we were up to $2460 in potential matched donations and I promised $40 to make it a pleasingly round number. Support my finicky taste in figures / help fund travel grants for QGCon 2025 presenters and exhibitors here.

Today is the first day of our week long #fundraiser and the matching donors' pledge has increased! Please help us reach our goal by sharing this post! . #boardgames #videogames #lgbtq #gaymer #gamestudies #mutualaid #queerstudies #genderstudies #gaming #indiedev #montreal #gamingcon #ttrpg

Wednesday begins our anonymous donor's week-long matching funds campaign! Please help us keep this con pay-what-you-can and welcome as many attendees as possible! Thank you! . #games #gaming #queerstudies #gamestudies #matchingdonation #fundraiser #lgbtq #indiegames #rpg #gamedev #gamer

So stoked to say be participating in @qgcon.bsky.social's online liveplay of Oracles After Hours, an interactive poker reading featuring myself, @temporalhiccup.bsky.social, and @mariabumby.bsky.social, produced by @paddington.bsky.social !! Stay tuned for more details 👁️🪙🪙🃏✨

Historiographies of Game Studies: What It Has Been, What It Could Be, Edited by Alisha Karabinus, Carly A. Kocurek, Cody Mejeur, Emma Vossen... punctumbooks.com/titles/histo...

Yes! @prairieeyes.bsky.social is back with an interview with Elissa! "I used to do a lot of fandom RP, and a lot of my old RPs are just gone forever. I wish I could go back and read them [...] So in some ways this is like getting to have a piece of that memory back." comradery.co/softchaos/po...

Are you or someone you know interested in becoming a sponsor of #QGCON2025? Please find more details below! We appreciate any and all support to keep this a pay-what-you-can event for attendees! #indiegames #ttrpg #gamedevs #boardgames #lgbtq #gamers #gaming #queergames

I'll be attending @qgcon.bsky.social this September! I'll be showing off my artgame about recovery from bottom surgery and checking out all other other artistic and commercial games made by awesome queer folks www.qgcon.org/2025/arcade

QGCon is the conference where I felt safe discussing bi/queerphobia I experienced in game studies as a grad student. It's the only time I've discussed it publicly. QGCon's a special community: please consider sharing this request so we can keep helping folks share their ideas and experiences.

@analoggamestudies.bsky.social has been VERY quick, so if you missed the live panels and keynotes, all of the conference recordings are now live! Peruse the "PUNK" playlist now:

We are excited to introduce a first round of presenters this weekend! Stay tuned to learn more about our wonderful presenters in the coming weeks! #queer #qgcon #gamedev #gaming #ttrpg #lgbtq #videogames

My partner proposed a discussion of philosophers and whether their names are better suited to dogs or cats. Spivak: cat. Socrates: cat. Locke: dog. This eventually leads to the statement "This is my cat, Walter Cronkite" after a debate on Walter Benjamin because ADHD rules this house.

✨ MY BOOK IS OUT NOW ✨ "Mastering Community Management" is finally here! 😭 Learn what goes into community management for video games from pre- to post-production. ❤️ Get my step-by-step strategy for creating meaningful online spaces! Shares appreciated. AHH!! Buy: www.victoriatran.com/book

One piece of advice I wish I could give every trans gal is the same I give to writers Stop calling yourself "aspiring" or "hopefully" or "eventually a ___" Do you write stories? Congrats, you're a writer. Are you a woman, is that the identity you hold true to your core? Congrats, you're girl.

Posting this again for my half of the world. Morning! Wanna play an Indigenous cybernoir point and click detective game (for free) and talk about it? @achimogames.bsky.social is offering an opportunity to anyone no matter the size of your platform.

7 years later and I still whisper, “We’re disabled, Daniel, not werewolves” to myself like a sacred mantra whenever I see a non-disabled person discover ableism like it’s the latest hipster indie band.

goodrobotbrewing.ca/drinks/themb... When we were in Halifax, my partner excitedly pointed out Good Robot's Thembot Sour. I adored the concept, but was reluctant about the flavouring. I was wrong! It's actually pretty gentle. Queerly tasty and sour enough to merit attention but not alarm.

Gaming is Rezilience is excited to announce the inaugural Rez Summer Games, a virtual gaming event created to celebrate Indigenous gamers, highlight Indigenous-made video games, and build a space where community and culture meet gaming. redpopnews.com/rez-summer-g...

A week visiting family in the Maritimes yielded, among other things, one lobster kissed and about three eaten (some in rolls), one geological finding apparently unusual at the Joggins Fossil Cliffs, one dinosaur made of two cars followed on the road, and photographic evidence of most of the above.

If you happen to speak french, check out this incredibly nice initiative by Doot, offering 2k€ and mentorship for each of 5 selected small game projects! But they have to be small!! 🤏 I'll be part of the mentors for this and I can't wait to see what cool things get submitted! 👀

Hi friends! My team is casting 5 voice actors for contract roles in our combat-focused video game! Ideally remote voice talent with home recording setups. We’re seeking authentic representation for the following roles:

Best headline. There. I said it.

The walls of this hotel are decorated with the viscera and bones of a piano they defeated in single combat: pedals under the suggestion box, hammers on the wall.

Was told this helped someone out, so... Here's an editable Game Design Document template for narrative games, intended for visual novels, interactive fiction, etc Includes some bonus sections for pitching a game too meiri.itch.io/game-design-... #VNDev #indiedev #gamedev #interactivefiction

Due to popular demand, I re-uploaded my YouTube video about labor history in the USA and what it has to do with the modern games industry, now with no sudden volume increases! :) youtu.be/g1rlCfaRT1I

You should be writing and editing your own work and then having it be edited by another person or at least looked over or else you are robbing yourself of the improvement of your work.

hey so. i'm going to this con, i was not able to contribute much with my financial situation, so i'm gonna take the time to explain why this con matters to me for those who are interested in it or have the money to contribute instead of just being like. "hey go donate." 🧵

Watching the extremely puckish exchanges between my uncle and my tiny Nana sometimes makes me wonder if my grandfather set out a pail of milk and brokered marriage thereby.

Today is the last day of the Steam summer sale, which means you have less than 24hours to pick up Spirit Swap! It's a trans, Brown and Black, dating/friendship VN with a Match-3 central mechanic (swapping spirits!)! 94% positive reviews🎉 store.steampowered.com/app/1592170/...

Almost halfway there! www.zeffy.com/en-CA/donati...

Folks writing about Dad games are once again forced to point at the sign.

Really excited for this next episode of Intrapology! @softchaos.games has helped with some worldbuilding exercises and @squinky.me plays the role of Paris!

"I take the idea that PbtA is a game engine [that] embodies feminist principles of platform design and provokes digital game engines to incorporate human input and computation in new and different ways." This is a truly fascinating piece! Read more at: @analoggamestudies.bsky.social

Our biggest annual videogame arts festival, Super FESTival, is coming up, and we want YOU to submit! Showcase your work to a global audience, and get paid for it💸 We want games, talks, workshops, alt controllers & more! Deadline: July 20 Submit 👉 filmfreeway.com/HES-SF25

Our Queer Analog Game Studies Special Issue is now LIVE. Kaelan Doyle-Myerscough on PbtA as queer platform, Brandon Blackburn on solo journaling games, Susan Haarman on queer domesticity in Yazeba's, and PB Berge & Percy Hornak on lyric games and trans life. Check it out! analoggamestudies.org

QGCon directs as much funding as possible to travel grants, on top of keeping cost of access low, including no-cost tickets for attendees who need them. Like a lot of non-profits, we are having a rough year. Please consider sharing and /or contributing to keep the Queerness and Games Con going!

Game writing tip of the day: Your text should not repeat what the player can already discern from the visuals So if the player sees a dead body, your char does not have to say 'ohno dead body'. Instead use that space to add more info the player can't see, like 'what am I going to tell his wife?'

We are so excited to announce our second keynote for QGCon 2025: TreaAndrea Russworm! TreaAndrea is an academic powerhouse who demonstrates her values through her actions and her work. We can't wait to welcome her to Montreal!

I am *so* excited to have Avery Alder as one of our keynotes this year! I so admire her design work and I play her games all the time! 💖💖💖💖💖

Some long planned updates/projects are coming to the LGBTQ Game Archive. Follow on BlueSky for those updates, and take a look at the new design and logo refresh: lgbtqgamearchive.com

I am so excited for QGCon 2025 in Montreal! Tickets are pay what you want, and ticket options for folks with institutional funding help us make that possible.

Ticket sales for QGCon 2025 are LIVE!! Register now! www.eventbrite.com/e/the-queern...

Happy #makeaterriblecomicday2025! It’s mandatory that you create some piece of sequential art — what it is and how you make it is up to you! Have fun! You might as well!

Gamedev juniors: The sad truth is, the industry is weird right now. Breaking into AAA games is hard. I don't even know how to do it, other than being asked. It's sheer luck. However, AA and indie is still hiring! Have you tried www.workwithindies.com ? Also, I'll gladly review your art portfolio

Thrilled that my talk about writing asexual romances in video games (using my game Redjackets as a case study) was accepted to the QGCon (The Queerness and Games Conference) happening in Montreal later this fall (though I'll be speaking virtually). HAPPY PRIDE. 💜🤍🖤