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-Quest Designer @ BGS -He/Him ✡️ -Writing a TTRPG called SONDER -I dont speak for my employers -Previously, Area Design @ Obsidian (Avowed)

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Adam @acohen.bsky.social · 7h
I love when racing games have extreme rubber-banding but only for AI opponents!
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Adam @acohen.bsky.social · 20h
"Are you really going to avoid games made with AI at all? Concepts, temp textures, anything?" Yes, I am not entirely sure how you can buy games with confidence in their quality otherwise. The market is competitive, I am not wasting money on inferior products.
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Adam @acohen.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Going to my first actual Ren Faire today. Pretty stoked even if I don't have a costume and I'm worried I'll be too exhausted to move by mid afternoon
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Strange Scaffold @strangescaffold.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Gods With Badges. A narrative tactics game examining the systems of law enforcement as officer Harrow McLellan gradually becomes separated from the people she is supposed to serve and protect. This is one of our most ambitious projects yet. Wishlist today store.steampowered.com/app/4462400/...
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 02/10/2026
This is a better epilogue to my January story about the private equity firm profiting off of ICE's cruelest flights than I could have ever possibly hoped for. CHICAGO: You went to the mat and protected (at a minimum!) thousands of immigrants from torture. Take a bow. prospect.org/2026/10/02/i...
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The City That Brought Down an ICE Airline - The American Prospect
In Chicago, progressive alderpeople held up a contract until a private equity firm was forced to dispatch Omni Air International, protecting thousands of immigrants from deportation.
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Blue Seascape, Wave Effect - Georges Lacombe,1893
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Geoffrey Hoytsman @courtjezter84.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Adam @acohen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Well they basically destroyed its functionality these past few years to make space for their slop software but I was sad to see they finally got rid of the normal google assistant.
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FOX 5 DC | Local News, Weather, and Live Streams | WTTG [Unoffi… @fox5dc.com.web.brid.gy · 03/10/2026
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UMD student, 22, reported missing, last seen in campus parking garage
Police at the University of Maryland are looking for a student who's been missing since early Friday morning. Dilan Shaan Ashar, 22, was last seen on Oct. 2, according to the University of Maryland Police Department. Ashar's parents reported him missing to the Prince George's County Police Department, saying that they were worried about their son. Ashar was leaving his residence around 2 a.m. on Friday, and was captured on security camera at Terrapin Trail Garage on the UMD campus. He was last seen wearing a black University of Maryland hoodie, gray sweatpants and white shoes. Ashar is 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighs about 185 pounds. University and local authorities are continuing their investigation. Anyone with information about Ashar's whereabouts is asked to contact the UMPD.
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Freya Holmér @freya.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I think I've reached a point where I'm ready to just bite the bullet on the fact that, yes, we should gatekeep art, actually we do not owe you access to the sum total of every single professional creative skill that was extracted from humanity and put into the machine, without our consent
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“Keep Smiling, never mind the Bills” (1904) by Jaques Browne
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Adam @acohen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
As a lifelong DMC and fan of the direction of Capcom up until recently, Im disappointed by the decision to destroy the credibility of their work and their embrace of AI in their engine workflow. I am no longer comfortable purchasing or supporting Capcom products. It's been a fine run. Rest in piss.
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Adam @acohen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I imagine the way AI has destroyed and scraped dozens of websites and databases and quite literally slowed down the Internet will be remembered historically as a manmade destruction of an ecosystem in the same way that the Dust Bowl is now.
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amy brown 👻 @amybrown.xyz · 02/10/2026
gavin newsom you will never be president because your vibes are “stinky”
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Ashley Schofield is looking for work! 🐉 @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
it doesn't matter why i started writing. it only matters that i keep doing it
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Jessica Cogswell 🌸 @jessicogs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I feel like I have so much I want to say but it’s just this incoherent ramble. But do you know how much it weighs on me to be the one woman on staff at GameSpot? To be one of VERY few women in the industry? To be one of ever fewer moms? To walk into press events and be the *sole* woman?
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San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance @sandiegozoo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Just a lil guy and his mulberry branch 🪾
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GENC @genc.newgrounds.com · 10/08/2026
REM Deadlock sketch
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Quest 64 Official @quest64official.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tony hawk's pro racer
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Dawn" and "Night" by Detroit-based artist Micah Ulrich
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Jaws Slayer 🎃 @jesawyer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Re: relevance in the design: I think it's important that if a player invests in a skill or ability in character creation, the first hour should give you a rewarding way to use it. It's sort of the promise we're making to the player. I think Eric Fenstermaker did a great job in Goodsprings w/ this.
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
rip annie dillard
One of the things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book or for another book; give it, give it all, give it now. The impulse to save something good for a better place later is the signal to spend it now. Something more will arise for later, something better. These things fill from behind, from beneath, like well water. Similarly, the impulse to keep to yourself what you have learned is not only shameful, it is destructive. Anything you do not give freely and abundantly becomes lost to you. You open your safe and find ashes.
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Simon S. Andersen @snakepixel.art · 21/09/2026
Anyway! #pixelart #ドット絵
A pixel-art scene from Street Fighter 3 Third Strike with Lottie the calico cat fighting the character Ruy. She's already cleared the first round with a no-hit perfect. Good job.
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puddinglovelyy.bsky.social @puddinglovelyy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
May i entertain you with coquette gengar #pokemon
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
My latest newsletter is a friendly bit of political advice for Democrats.
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Don't Surrender On Trans Rights
Many Democrats are running scared on trans issues. They shouldn't be.
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Cassie 💜 @d20love.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Stop, criminell!
A plush Kirby wearing a yellow cowboy hat and belt, holding a gun (also plush), standing in a small bookshelf full of board games
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Kayin @kayin.moe · 11/09/2026
not to do the 'repost stuff from other sites' thing but a friend sent this to me like YES we need uncosiness in games
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pangur-and-grim

disco elysium does a good job of filtering out the 'alpine witch' cozy crowd by showing us, before anything else, a mostly nude bloated alcoholic man groaning to himself on the floor. and also you have to be him, and also if you do a bad job of grabbing your necktie off the ceiling fan then your heart gives out and you get a game over. like it's such a beautiful and intelligent game, but I wonder if part of the universal praise it gets is from that highly vocal section of the populace getting yucked out at the start. or maybe I'm just stupid and overthinking things
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this is why Dream Daddy got cancelled for having a canned halloween plotline, while in Disco Elysium you get to walk around in a jacket with piss f*ggot sprayed on the back and everyone loves it (rightfully, it's a really good jacket)
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Dave 💾 Powerhoof @dave.powerhoof.com · 11/09/2026
I collabbed with ReBoxy to get a classic PC Big Box physical edition of The Drifter made! As a collector of old DOS game big boxes this is the coolest :D Contains a CD-ROM, manual I helped write, a poster, digital codes, the lot! You can get your hands on it here- store.reboxy.net/p/the-drifter
Front of The Drifter Big Box.Box and contents shot- including front/back of box, CD-ROM, manual, and poster.Manual included in the box!
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Leonard Pierce @leonardpierce.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Look diesel going up to six bucks a gallon isn't ideal but it would only be a big deal if we were a huge country where the vast majority of our consumer goods, commodities, building materials, and food were transported almost entirely by vehicles that run on it
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe.
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Hackers Had A Live Feed Of Every ID This Verification Company Scanned. For Over A Year.
From the very beginning of this recent obsession with identifying everyone online (yes, they like to call it "age" verification, but it always ends up as identity verification), we've been pointing out that it was a huge privacy nightmare waiting to happen. Or maybe it wasn't waiting. Maybe it was already happening. This week a...
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Robert Simmon @rsimmon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I am having a particularly frustrating week, so here’s one of the best things I’ve ever done. The eruption of Sarychev Peak in the Aleutian Islands, seen by the crew of the space station. www.nasa.gov/image-articl...
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Adam @acohen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I decided to use some leftover hair dye and now I've entered my messy purple era.
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
...And Stay Down! By Charles Keegan
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Adam @acohen.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Every day until Persona 6 drops is tedious.
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Rural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Dots Poca, WV
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Joe Wintergreen @joewintergreen.com · 02/05/2026
hot tip: when someone says something nice to or about you screenshot it or write it down and put it in a note on your telephone and then one day you can find out about it again as if for the first time
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Steven Pumpkin Spice 🦇🎃 @silent0siris.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
You have to make your King’s Field before you get to make your Elden Ring.
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OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios Union @bethesdaunion.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
When you get lay off devs who care about the games they make, you tear out a studio's heart. Stephanie was part of that heart, loving the Elder Scrolls and Fallout franchises. We won't let corporations destroy us from the inside out. Join us to #SaveGameWorkers by going to the link in our bio!
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 20/08/2026
I've never seen such an effort to censor a document as I have the Amnesty International report on gender critical groups because of JK Rowling. They removed the report from the Wayback Machine and now I got a DMCA strike on my Google Drive for having it. It was deleted and removed from my account.
A screenshot of an email viewed in dark mode with the subject line "Google DMCA Violation." The email from Google informs the recipient that they have received a notification under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that some of their materials allegedly infringe on copyrights. It explains the removal process, mentions that notice details will be posted on Lumen, warns against repeated violations, and lists one affected Google Drive URL at the bottomA nearly identical mobile browser screenshot of the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. It shows a search for the same Amnesty International UK resources URL, resulting in the same message: "This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine."A mobile browser screenshot of the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. A URL for an Amnesty International UK resources page is entered in the search bar, but the page displays the message: "This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine."
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Adam @acohen.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Tried brewing a super funky mango fermented coffee this morning. Worked great as an espresso but genuinely too funky as a pourover. Significantly more hyped that the newer bus was on my route this morning.
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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 19/08/2026
The @igda.org is using their referral fee to buy more courses for those members who cannot afford them - so if you're looking to buy a Levelling The Playing Field course, consider using their link for a nice discount and to help devs in need to get free courses!
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Raj Patel @rajio.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
They haven't posted about it yet but this year's GDC State of the Game Industry Survey is available to fill out should any of you desire. You've seen all the articles and that the results end up driving, so may as well make them reflective of your contributions too. gdconf.typeform.com/SOTI26eoy
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2026 State of the Game Industry
The gaming industry's most comprehensive annual survey is back, and we're casting a wider net than ever before. Whether you're a developer, executive, investor, marketer, educator, or any other profes...
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more mr. spice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
CNN ANCHOR: As President Trump's approval ratings drop, how can Democrats harness the protest movements we see today? HAKEEM JEFFRIES: Well I call him President Parachute Pants ok? Too much ballroom. Yet he's fumbling the ball of protecting healthcare. So I urge all Americans to obey federal agents.
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Adam @acohen.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I've never been a person of practiced faith, nor have I ever preached my faith but I feel pretty strongly that we have entered an era of false idols and golden calves in a severe affront to the divinity of our species and nature itself.
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Emmurder Killwell えま @emmakidwell.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
games don't get made without us, and we deserve better. if you were laid off, please check out the hardship fund by @videogameworkers.bsky.social: uvw-cwa.org/hardship-fun...
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Game Worker Hardship Fund
Who is eligible to apply for this fund?This fund is for game workers in the US and Canada impacted by record layoffs & other hardships in the games industry within the timeframe of January 2024 to the...
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OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios Union @bethesdaunion.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Xbox layoffs did not remove "14 layers of management"; they removed talented on-the-ground developers like Griffin who were hard at work on Bethesda's next great title. Join us and #SaveGameWorkers by telling Microsoft leadership to stop downsizing development teams (link in bio)
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