Incredible looking game about an incredibly important topic and being made in incredibly difficult circumstances. launchgood.com/1948 Even talking about it is suppressed on social media so any support you can give is vital. If games are art, if games matter, then none more so than this

Neurocracy features a story from @leighalexander.bsky.social about the Latent Space Church, a cult that asks its members to train digital avatars on their neural data so those avatars can take over their lives upon their deaths 👀

Not sure if I'm the only one, or if it's just because I'm a gamedev in addition to being a gamer, but— I never follow game accounts. I always follow studio accounts.

as the self-appointed cow game consultant and absolutely uncertified video game cow expert, send me a cow from any game and I'll rate it

there is no portion of mrbeast’s soul that is not broken

"Oedipa stood in the living room, stared at by the greenish dead eye of the TV tube, spoke the name of God, tried to feel as drunk as possible. But this did not work."

women's healthcare is barbaric, but trans healthcare is inhuman. no one HAS to suffer. we've developed so many ways for people to not have to suffer! but the suffering is the point.

My batshit crazy brain:

That "isekai window" at the bottom of the screen is one of the coolest flexes we've done as a studio--and has made our lives hell as a development team for nearly a full year

it’s so fucking good. the game world feels right at the intersection of “horny (mostly subtextual)” and “will kill you”

good morning this is a real texture in Marathon

My essay from The Narrative Kaleidoscope is now on my blog. 1. Read it. 2. Think 'wow I wish there was a book with a 100 more cool essays about game writing'. 3. Buy a book with a 100 more cool essays about game writing (link in the post). www.narramblings.com/narramblings...

Seeing a lot of people criticising this, but remember: there have only been fifteen movies, fourteen live action TV shows, and four animated TV shows in the MCU since Endgame came out.

my tip that I'm sure many writers will find objectionable: TV Tropes is a great resource. It's just a catalogue/dictionary! Tropes are not bad, they are human creative tools; relatable story hooks. If you're stuck writing something, find other examples of similar tropes, and see what they did!

🎉IT'S FINALLY DONE🎉 Here's an up-to-date, complete timeline of the Krafton x Subnautica founders legal dispute and what's happening with Subnautica 2's development. (also available Spotify/Apple Podcasts) youtu.be/V8NnHHZ2uUA

This bundle has so many good books in it. Lesbian knights, sapphic magical girls, lesbian goddesses, sapphic dragon moms, lesbian androids, sapphics being isekai'd... Just a few more hours!

Just found out about "Mega Man: Rock N Roll", and I might have to play it. Approximately 72% of my time on this earth from 1990–1994 was spent playing Mega Man games on the NES in my Mammy's basement. youtu.be/DprgyOskiJk

Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005)

Gamers! My friend Jodi Black of Pinnacle Entertainment Group and Legacy Game Tables is in a hospital ICU, on the list for a lung transplant, and she could use your help. gofund.me/85df234bb

I really keep forgetting how much crying all day dehydrates you

if i buy it, i actually own it. when i pop in a cd i listen to the whole thing top to bottom rather than hear an algorithm vomit good value facsimiles of songs i actually like. oh! and they don’t sell me out to data brokers who help the government engage in mass surveillance. hope that helps.

"They're liquifying Spirit next week" is in financial news and would also make for an ominous RPG plot

I've been thinking about it. And I think there might only be three types of narrative game 1. Explore the Psyche of Man 2. Stuff Already Happened, And Now You're Here 3. Lesbian Bartender

this also means that, if you ever get lucky enough to be a woman who gets to pitch a game, the pressure to make it be about underrepresented stories is immense, even if that's not the *only* story you want to tell

Hey y'all, I was recently hit by layoffs at Respawn/EA: I'm a veteran #LevelDesigner with 17+yrs of exp in the AAA space (MP + SP, 3rd person + FPS). I'm seeking a Principal Level Design or Lead LD/Design Manager role (I've worked in both IC + management) if y'all are hiring/know connections!

InterfaceX26 starts today! a Steam event of games featuring fake and fictional OS. "Everything is going to be ok" is part of it. interfacex.net "More than 150 developers and publishers have come together to launch InterfaceX26, a week-long Steam sale and livestream running from April 27 to May 4."

Dosa Divas, our cooking themed turn-based RPG is out now on Steam, Switch, Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and Xbox S|X Two sisters and their upgradable spirit-mech cook delicious meals, fight corpos, build up your reputation with local communities, and reconcile with loved ones. outerloopgames.com/dosa

games that ask you to play as a mother, to parent as a mother, that complicates and interrogates the experience of being a mother. i mean the material reason those games don't exist is because women do not often make it that high up in the hierarchy of game dev compared to men.

Raise your hand if you’re submitting to #AdvX26! Exhibitor & speaker submissions are open at adventurexpo.org. Whether professional or hobbyist, apply to be a part of the UK’s only convention dedicated to narrative games. Details on our website. Follow for updates! #AdvX

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Yeah sorry buddy, if you want to be catholic, the pope is infallible. You think that’s stupid? Well, wait until you hear about all the other stuff

Can a knowledgable person tell me why, despite having great speeds from the modem, our wifi speeds to devices (in this instance my iPhone) is really slow? We have att fiber and a netgear nighthawk two satellite mesh system.

I'm this [ ] close to automating some kind of workflow to subscribe to something with an email address that sends everything it receives to a garbage pile and a limited-shelf-life disposable credit card number

UNIFIED THEORY OF NARRATIVE: it's good

Today @alphachromeyayo.com put the finishing touches to the soundtrack for our next (currently top secret) indie game. Almost 45 minutes of magnificent music and I am SUPER FUCKING CHUFFED™. It's been a dream collaboration so if you're looking for a composer, you know where to find him.

It's been 23 hours since we and @sunsetvisitor.studio announced Prove You're Human, and it already has over 40,000 wishlists. People *want* narrative games that tackle difficult and human subject matter, and both of our studios will keep bringing them to you. Thank you for making this possible!

It's been over a decade since i interviewed John Baizley of Baroness. I returned to this piece to find some hope in the darkness: "You can pick your pieces back up, stuff ‘em back into shape, and fuckin’ soldier on. That’s what we do. That’s life, you know?" www.smilepolitely.com/music/a_year...

English/French/Japanese-language Jazz singer/guitarist Mei Semones has a new EP out today and gosh it's a delight. Three tracks, each with a different collaborator, including the last one where she plays a duet with her chemical engineer father on the Euphonium?? meisemones.bandcamp.com/album/kurage

My workshop on how to prototype game narrative with short stories is starting next week. Check out the details here: www.d6learning.com/course/how-t... and join us. It’s a fun and creative workshop dedicated to game writers, narrative designers, and more!

I am proud to have been raised by strong women. Their mother—our matriarch—turned 98 today. Then, at 8:20AM central time, she died. My mammy loved birds, hugs, and her senior citizen discount. She knew every plant's Latin name & how to make food taste magical. I'll miss her forever. MAO 1928-2026

i wrote FOR polygon during my journalism days... surreal to see my words quoted IN a polygon article about the first game i'm working on 🥹 thank you austin for the wonderful interview!!

Had a fantastic time talking to @remysiu.com about Prove You're Human which then turned into a ramble about video codecs??? One minute you're talking about "Semiotic Angst" and another you're ranting about h.264 and other bullshit. I love video games.

I am a sucker for this style

no one person or publisher can change the industry; but we can normalize ways forward that lift more boats, and this is one of those imo

Oh hey look, a new game by the people who made one of the best games of 2024 and one of the most thought-provoking, affecting game narratives ever (I'm talking about 1000xRESIST and more of you need to play it)

I don't know how many folks on here consider me a real friend, but to everybody else I apologize for sincereposting on main, but it would be really nice to have a couple of folks reach out to me today with a little comfort.

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