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i went to a hardcore show last night and the frontwoman from a band, the daughter of an el salvador immigrant, taught the crowd spanish questions to ask people detained by ICE (as well as a colorful phrase for ICE agents 🤭) and what to do with that info. here’s her band: linktr.ee/payasa?utm_s...

allies are useless without action just saying

i held Matthew Poretta’s badge for him while backstage dissociating from my IGF hosting duties

yep! unpaywalled:

New Exhibit:Play Collection 🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQ+ focused game narratives that use the artstyle and mechanics of a retro Game Boy game. All of these can be found on @itch.io and most are made with @gbstudio.dev which means you can even play them on a physical Game Boy.

going to niche skeet but the intro horns in “Dreams” by turnstile is giving Revachol, Disco Elysium ass vibes

One element of the Dragon Age story that I want to emphasize: If the team had known in 2021 (after the single-player pivot) that they'd ship in Oct 2024, it'd be a much different game. Instead they were always under the impression they had to finish in 6-12 months, which led to all sorts of problems

Mass Effect got me to play more RPGs, leading me on my path to becoming a dev. My “dream” job was to work at Bioware and learn from skilled people who made something that changed my life. Now they’re all gone, because EA couldn’t let an RPG focused studio (that they bought!) cook

Wrote about SGF, ICE, and covering the event as first-generation US born person.

yall wanna see something cool

making myself take 5 weeks off, please clap 😭

The reason we make games about immigrant food is because food is is the first step in connecting with culture. People will accept immigrant food before they accept the people that make it. You can’t separate the two. We got to celebrate our game in LA this week despite the anti-immigrant assholes.

finally some good news 😩

it's been a year since we announced our game fund @outersloth.com!!! wrote a lil transparent reflection, including tidbits like: ✨ signing rate is 1.4% ✨ majority of our games are <$500k ✨ total games funded so far: 22!! in my feels! chuffed! happy! emotional! 🥺 www.innersloth.com/1-year-of-ou...

jesus christ it’s a two iced coffee kinda monday

i’ve been waiting for this to be announced 😩 🪐

complimented my cashier’s outer wilds tattoo, his face lit up and he said it was the first time anyone mentioned it and that i made his day 🥺😩 video games rule happy pride

It's 2005 and your brother is dead; nothing to do but game. 👾Loading... Coming 2025. Wishlist on Steam here: store.steampowered.com/app/2163660/...

LET ME INTO THAT WRITERS ROOM