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Our daily tarot card draws for the past few days have been Judgment, Tower, Tower, Judgment, Judgment. Universe, do you have something to say…?

submitted 13 hours ago • 2 comments

Man, really Apple? Really? It literally says “Image Creation” and “Chat GPT Extension”. Hidden under SCREEN TIME. Gah!!! These tech bros are literally trying to shove this junk down our throats. Keep resisting it. It’s so dumb.

submitted 2 days ago • 19 comments

Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality

submitted 2 days ago • 55 comments

Been a while since I had a party scene in one of my games. And there's reason to celebrate: ROSEWATER comes out in exactly 5 WEEKS! #RosewaterGame

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

Tried to organize some thoughts on the current generative AI push in video game development. What bugs me is how much executives seem to think that the human touch has no bearing on why people like games, and that players will just play ANYTHING. www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/why-w...

submitted 5 days ago • 9 comments

Brilliantly insightful & painfully true. Many 'good guy' protagonists are stuck in a neo liberal labyrinth. Having the conviction to enact lasting positive change requires a push back that much of the audience finds difficult to stomach when they see the truths it opens up and the work it requires.

submitted 6 days ago • 6 comments

Game designers, writers, and publishers: Polygon Treehouse made a sleek and convenient "No GenAI" seal PNG for those of us who still refrain from using Midjourney, ChatGPT, DallE, and all the rest of that sludge at any stage of our process! Link is here www.polygon-treehouse.com/no-gen-ai-seal

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

This is exactly what I was looking for! A step-by-step method to dig up the RSS feed link for any Mailchimp newsletter so I can unsubscribe from everything and read them on my own time. Get out of my inbox and into my RSS reader! 🙌

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Not sure if this is something I’ve posted before.. but I love how AI works as a competency test. You can tell how skilled you are at a thing by how unimpressed you are by the slop generated equivalent. I’m not a photographer, so AI photos fool me outside obvious tells.

submitted 7 days ago • 14 comments

Make weird stuff to make the world feel bigger is such a beautiful, elegant and electrifying way to put it.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

I've started streaming some Valheim on Sunday afternoons. Currently roaming the Mistlands. Feel free to pop in and say hi!

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

I found myself starting to doomscroll, but instead of doing that I have decided to stop scrolling and tell you about communal shower traditions in Iceland and why I love them. And no, it‘s not sexual. It‘s because of mental health. Yes, this will be a 🧵 1/?

submitted 18 days ago • 40 comments

For reference: Procedural generation is shuffling a deck and dealing from it. genAI is feeding every card deck you can find, including ones not for the game, into a wood chipper, slapping a handful of the bits on some glue, and pretending its a playable hand.

submitted 9 days ago • 18 comments

Spanish experimental sound artist and sculptor Bichopalo

submitted 11 days ago • 12 comments

Video Game History Foundation: We need more 'internal champions' within studio structures 'You need to be the curator of your own story' www.gamedeveloper.com/production/v...

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

I see people saying this sort of thing often, and quite frankly it makes me sad. The truth is, more people are making good adventure games now than were ever made during the “golden age” of the 90s. For example: 🧵

submitted 10 days ago • 140 comments

*SOME of the game's choice points...

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

I figure it's about time to tell more people I have a Twitch channel. I have a Twitch channel! Mostly GTA RP, but today we're playing some Valheim:

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Doing some weekend sketching for Rosewater.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

How to grow re-enchanted with the world – a salve for the sense of existential meaninglessness and burnout

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Devs of color—if you've been impacted by industry layoffs, the Game Devs of Color Hardship Fund is here to help. Our fundraiser offers financial support to those facing hardship. Apply now! 👐🏾 🔗 forms.gle/6ZhXAF5wNQ54... #GameDev #IndieDev

submitted 18 days ago • 2 comments

This is my monthly low-key social for NYC-area indie game devs and friends, happening tomorrow night! We've got a fantastic new location and are set for a great evening out.

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

I've just announced the February NYC Indie Games Social for this Wednesday, 2/5, at our new location at Tavern 29! I was holding off on publishing the event until I confirmed the arrangements, so please help spread the word and invite a friend. See you there? https://partiful.com/e/jWI9a5kQT8dd9W8N…

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

I was enjoying this Aftermath interview with Fran Warner about what narrative designers actually do, then I got to the very end and it made me a little sad. (It doesn’t have to be this way…you could have an editor!) https://aftermath.site/narrative-designer-job-description-video-games

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

Current book/music pairing: The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells, illustrated by Edward Gorey The War Of The Worlds by Kosmodrom https://kosmodrom7.bandcamp.com/album/the-war-of-the-worlds

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

WKLB 🪨✨

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

After all these years, Rosewater has a release date! And it's about to be revealed...starting NOW!

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

Stimulation Clicker is a delightfully horrible game. I played it until it crashed my phone's browser, which seems like the perfect ending to me.

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

I've never been to MAGFest, but @grundislavgames.bsky.social goes every year. This time, he brought me back many presents!

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

All becomes clear TODAY at 3pm EST/8pm GMT: www.youtube.com/live/bgIltAa...

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

I keep coming back to Rosie Spinks' article How to build a village. It's full of sensible attitudes and behaviors to adopt if you want to show up more in community and surround yourself with people who will be there for you—like "be the person who asks [extends invitations] twice." Or more.

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

Delighted to get my box set of @jumpovertheage.com 's brilliant Heterotopias zine exploring game landscapes and architecture. The printing and binding is really stunning. A wonderful addition to my shelf of virtual world–themed crowdfunded books and box sets. https://www.heterotopiaszine.com/

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

The TikTok ban, the Musk Twitter takeover, the Facebook moderation policy changes, the Republicans’ rapidly intensifying crackdowns on speech... let these be the proof you needed to move anything you care about online to a space you control. Digital sovereignty is more important than ever.

submitted 37 days ago • 66 comments

I want to share my experience today with Google support, trying to get Gemini (their AI/plagiarism machine) turned off in my Google workspace account. That account is where I personally do all my work communication—I am an editor, and most of my work contracts explicitly ban any use of Generative AI

submitted 40 days ago • 88 comments

Just spent 10 minutes in a chat with Google support to get the new Gemini "AI" features disabled on our workspace account. For some reason they have a hidden config menu you need them to turn on if you want to disable it. No warning, they just defaulted this nonsense to on on the 15th.

submitted 39 days ago • 24 comments

Last night we scouted a new venue for the NYC Indie Games social, since the sidewalk shed at Smithfield Hall got taken down. I am committed so I will do what it takes, even if it means gathering friends and going to a bunch of bars in the middle of the week. (It was cold out!) Full report follows.

submitted 39 days ago • 1 comment

Honor his memory by doing something strange, unraveling a riddle within yourself, and working on your favorite projects.

submitted 40 days ago • 34 comments

What better time than the present to rediscover this? rhinostew.itch.io/david-lynch-...

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments