Shana Tova to everyone observing. Here’s a free game nullandvoidgames.itch.io/hevel-eccles...

Chocolate Rain slowed down by 25%. It’s the sound of the summer.

Been really into this one lately

"Focus on the Family" try focusing on being dead you dead bitch

I read The Iliad this week and want to play Agon more than ever.

This interview was great -- Hendrik is really good at outlining the inspiration & lineage of mechanics in their game. Got emotional more than once just hearing about the moves and structure!! So excited for the girls of the genziana hotel to crowdfund later this year

I just cracked 4000 views on my itch page today, and I’m at just under a 1000 downloads. It’s a nice milestone to hit when I haven’t been getting much game design work done in the last couple months.

ever since i was a little girl i knew i wanted to be a discursive object trotted out for the sake of ontological internet debates

That’s it. That’s the whole game.

Great episode!

I should watch Mouse Hunt (1997) again.

I’ve been having a shit month and would like to work on some games now

21. Games don't *have to* say something profound, they can be easygoing/lighthearted/just there to pass the time. But a game *must* be aware of what it is actually saying, and make sure it's not accidentally advocating for some bad shit, including through its mechanics.

“Think about how far you’ve come” Download Distance, a headphone-assisted self-reflection for 1 player. Pay what you want.

“In the criminalization of our pleasures, we've found the pleasure to be found in crime!" From Criminal Intimacy -"a gang of criminal queers" Published in Total Destroy, 2009

How does one know if their games have been de-indexed on a storefront like itch?

My game Processing is getting a little attention on tumblr this morning, which is cool because I often forget about it. nullandvoidgames.itch.io/processing

I’m gonna need one of these

I have the opportunity to give a series of three artist’s talks/ workshops next year at UCSC under the working title of “Deviant Scaffolds”. I’m really excited about it.

Doing a full relisten of the Backstory podcast and it is so good.

I forgot to share this! I was chosen by my professors for an award! 🥳

“Does this thing have a soul, or is this some kind of weird death twitch?” *slide whistle noises*

I joined!

When I was in highschool, I thought that it’d be a good idea to go to my small rural town’s July 4th celebration to burn American flags in front of the crowd that was gathered to see the fireworks. Spoiler: it didn’t go well, but last year a friend from back home sent me this. Times change.

I made a shorter highlights video of our session of The Sentient Severed Arm at the UCSC Lighting Studio. Give it a watch and send it to your friends!

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Mother and baby otters. Santa Cruz, CA

Osprey. Santa Cruz, CA

I’m really excited about so many of my upcoming projects!

In a time of immense repression, Play creates space to experiment with ideas and possibilities that may be dangerous to engage directly. Play offers the opportunity to practice that which we hope to enact while also allowing us to form intimacies and allegiances that aren’t easy to map or surveil.

Everyone saying "make weird art!" you better fucking mean it. There better not be an unspoken "but not too weird" tacked on at the end.

Now that I’ve finished school, it really feels like it’s time to make a v2 of Critical Mass, my map-drawing game about riots and critical reflection.

I have graduated, which frees me up to collaborate with you on a creative project. Yes, you. Send me a message!

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one of the more endearing human behaviors imo is "tell 'em i say hi." even with ppl we don't know sometimes, if they make ppl we care about happy and you know they're on the line you just give a quick little "hi". we're like birds, just constantly making little companion calls to each other

Literally every single cop is a bastard.

LED headlice

I will miss Santa Cruz

I’m always in favor of making a game your own, but if a game has a Director, Keeper, Facilitator, or some other role and you call them the DM or GM out of laziness, you’re doing that game a disservice.

Practice makes perfect.

The house will bequeath to the girl comfort, if she will only leave.