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@alireder.bsky.social
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ali reder @alireder.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
It’s been a minute since I went to a #TalkandPlay, was very glad to be back today. ☺️
Photo of a projected slide saying “Talk & Play” on a pink backgrounds.
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DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 13/11/2025
A new 2D anime show ‘DEATH STRANDING: ISOLATIONS’ is in the works at Disney+ for 2027. Hideo Kojima will exec produce.
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ali reder @alireder.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
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a baby wearing a penguins jersey holds up his fist in the air
ALT: a baby wearing a penguins jersey holds up his fist in the air
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ali reder @alireder.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
To anyone using the Libby app: this is my favorite gacha game.
A tag saying “skip the line 🍀 “.
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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 24/08/2025
Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
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Humble Book Bundle: Martha Wells' Murderbot and More by TOR
Fall in love with Martha Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries series—the engine behind the hit AppleTV adaptation—and help support World Central Kitchen.
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Game Oracle @game-oracle.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Part 2 of our favourite #ddc2025 talks; Jennie enthuses about a session by @alireder.bsky.social titled "Story is not a Verb: An Invitation to Rethink How We Tell Stories in Games" 😍 The study: The Heider-Simmel Illusion pioneered by Fritz Heider & Marianne Simmel in 1944 #gamedev #indiegamedev
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ali reder @alireder.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Hey, I’m back at devcom giving a talk about my favourite topic: Storytelling through System Design. We’ll dig into narrative psychology and neuroscience to unpack how our brains find meaning in patterns, consequences, and choices—and how we can design for that.
Screenshot of the devcom talk. Title: Story is not a Verb: An Invitation to Rethink How We Tell Stories in Games. Time and Location: Monday, August 18, 2025 5:45 PM to 6:45 PM, Stage 10.
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Thrifty Business OUT NOW! ⭐ @spellgardengames.com · 07/08/2025
Ritual of Raven is OUT NOW! 🔮✨🌱 🌿Grow a magical herb garden & automate your farming 💌Befriend a cute bunch of weirdos 💫Perform powerful rituals & find the portal keepers 10% launch discount 💸 RTs greatly appreciated! 💜 #indiedev #indiegame
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DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 09/07/2025
First photo for ‘DUNE: PART 3’ from Denis Villeneuve Filming has now begun.
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cécile @haraiva.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
making a cool loading screen is what video games are really about and dont you forget that
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ali reder @alireder.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Excited to announce that I will be giving a new talk at devcom this year! Will share more details soon. #ddc2025
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ali reder @alireder.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Randomly encountered posters for @amazefest.bsky.social out in the concrete jungle! Already very excited for it. ✨🦩
Photo of two posters for the AMAZE 2025 festival in Berlin.
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ali reder @alireder.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Guess it’s time for my yearly reread. #murderbot
Photo of me holding the book “All Systems Red” by Martha Wells.
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ali reder @alireder.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Can’t wait! The first one was already so freaking charming, so happy to see a sequel. 🦆🔍✨
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da share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
YOU HAVE PRONONS??? - dashare.zone ADMIN
A ROTTIG SKELITON SAYS "YOU HAVE PRONOUN'S? YOU BETTER FUCKEN TELL ME WHAT THEY ARE SO I CAN USE THEM " AND IF YOUR JUST TUNNING INTO THIS CHANNEL DA SHARE Z0NE SUPORTS ALL PEOPLES GENDERS AND SEXUALITY AND FUCK OFF IF YOU DONT , YOU MUST UNDERSTAND A CULTURE WAR HAS BEEN HAPPENNING TO TRY TO FURTHER OPRESS ANY ONE WHOS NOT A RICH STRAIGHT WHITE MAN , IMAGINE BEING BORN ON THIRD BASE AND COMPLAINING THAT YOU CANT REACH HOME PLATE BECAUSE OF 1 TRANS PERSON LMAO,,, BORN ON THE 2 YARD LINE AND CANT MAKE A TOUCH DOWN BECUASE SOMEONE YOU DONT KNOW SAID TO CALL THEM "THEY" LMAOOOO, (YOU HAVE TO SAY IT IN  SPORTS ANALAGIES SO AMERICANS UNDERSTAND WHY THEIR WRONG) IMAGINE IF YOU STARTED MONOPOLEY THE BOAR GAME WITH 10,000 AND EVERYONE ELSE JUST GET'S 500 , AND YOU PANIC WHEN THEY BUY 1 PROPERTEY, YOU GET THE PICTURE, WE LIVE IN A NATION RULED BY THE WORST AND DULLEST PEOPLE WHO ARE IMPOTENTLY ANGRY THAT ANY ONE ELSE HAS EVER DONE ANY THING COOL , AND ALSO IMPOTENT , BECUASE THERS NO WAY THERE DICKS WORK, SORRY BUT THATS WHAT I HEARD ABOUT ELLON, ITS SHAPED LIKE AN EGG AND ITS THE SIZE OF AN EGG. HE SPENT $1000000 ON FIXING IT AND ALL THEY DID WAS INSTALL A LED LIGHT THAT CHANGES COLOR. ALLEGEDLY. THATS WHAT I HEARD - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN
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ali reder @alireder.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
This was by far the funniest run I had. #BluePrince
Screenshot of an in-game computer screen describing a lab experiment. The experiment says “When you draft a Red Room, lose 5 steps and then, add 3 Aquariums to today’s draft pool.”
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J. Kyle Pittman @piratehearts.com · 16/04/2025
A variation of a recently popular meme image. The top row says "Born to:" followed by a picture of the drafting choices from Blue Prince. The bottom row says "Forced to:" followed by pictures of a woman biting her laptop in anger, the Excel icon, a person holding a hilariously oversized cup of coffee, and a screenshot of the iPhone clock app showing five alarms set from 6am through 9am.
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ali reder @alireder.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Went to watch Sinners today. People rising from the dead is what Easter is all about. 🌅
Movie poster header of Sinner. It’s the German version, titled “Blood & Sinners”. You got Michael B. Jordan twice on it and in the middle is a sun that says “Tanz mit dem Teufel”, which means dance with the devil.
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JRT GRN @jarrettjawn.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Counter-argument: You should use Sinners to springboard yourself into some other Black American horror like the following
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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Your periodic reminder that one way to think about privilege is: who's allowed to make mistakes?
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sara .) @sighsra.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
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ali reder @alireder.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Blue Prince is a good game to decompress after Reboot Develop.🫐🫖✨
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lizzywanders @lizzywanders.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
i’d follow them into the desert
Doodle of the desert mouse from Dune as a derpy muppet. The word muad’dib is scribbled below it.
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Leah Gardner @leahgardner.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
café au lait
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ali reder @alireder.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Recently watched American Psycho, yesterday Taxi Driver, today Nightcrawler. I think I’m going through something. 😀✨
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Eka | Dosa Divas @ekanaut.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Also true for narrative design, level design, storytelling, and many other creative pursuits. Specificity is a great way to connect with your audience. So many great nuggets of wisdom.
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Robert Herzig - Deadbyxmas @deadbyxmas.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
The first train home
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ali reder @alireder.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
The excitement is immeasurable. I have no words, this is beautiful.
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Morgan Lockhart @mizdoomcookie.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
*cracks knuckles* Okay, ready for Morgan to muse on this? Too bad, I'm gonna do it anyway. Theater breeds game devs because it's collaborative, dynamic, wholistic storytelling that requires an understanding of how story is told cohesively, in many discrete choices, by many people.
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ali reder @alireder.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Played this years ago at release and still think about it. Don’t miss out!
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ali reder @alireder.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Museums are for the soul.
A display case containing various small historical artifacts, including ornate gold and silver items against a red backdrop. (Museum of Decorative Arts Berlin)Two ornate metal flasks with chain handles on display.
Metallic sculpture of a winged figure with outstretched that look a bit like a spider web.A blue and green ornamental vase with an intricate metal design from the art deco era.
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ali reder @alireder.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Environmental puzzles in AAA games are less about finding the solution and more about finding the UI indicator.
The front of a weathered hangar with closed gray roll down doors, a fence, a window and ledges. Above a ledge it says “press x to climb”.
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ali reder @alireder.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
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a man in a suit and tie is drinking from a blue cup while reading a book
Alt: a man in a suit and tie is drinking from a blue cup while reading a book (it’s Colin Firth in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
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Mary Kenney @marykgames.com · 06/02/2025
The idea that story-driven games aren’t replayable is so strange to me. I eventually bounce off every multiplayer game because I get bored, but I go back to story games again and again just like rewatching a favorite movie, or to experience something new
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Katie Chironis @kchironis.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
every milestone i have ever been a part of on any video game team ever:
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Jane Ng @janeng.com · 01/02/2025
In gamedev, we joke about how we shouldn't care so much because "we ain't curing cancer" so chill, right? But you know what? These last few weeks reminded me that the Arts, esp accessible Art like videogames is incredibly important because games have a big place in sculpting cultural norms.
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ali reder @alireder.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Some food for thought. ☁️
Photo of a desk with the book “The Science of Storytelling” by Will Storr on top of it.
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ali reder @alireder.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
The joy the physicality of this CD brings me makes me want to own games that I loved physically as well. It is like a little tangible memory.
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Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
What we found was one of the very worst examples of workplace abuse in the history of this industry. That may sound hyperbolic. I really don't think it is. Here's our investigation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR9H... (5/7)
PMG's video thumbnail for the most recent investigation, showing an illustrated representation of Christa Sydney slapping her own face.
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Bruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 06/01/2025
You do not, in fact, gotta hand it to MiHoYo azhdarchid.com/you-do-not-g...
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You do not gotta hand it to MiHoYo
I'm someone from the Global South (a flattening, vaguely fluffy term I'm unfond of using); and I'm a game developer with a history of working on mobile and f...
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ali reder @alireder.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Finished some deep lore.
An ebook showing the cover of “Masters of Doom” by David Kushner.
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Jasozz @jasozzgames.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
hmmmmmmmmff 🍷
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Stigmata 🤟🐰 @jonathanvair.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Christina's World (after Wyeth), 2020 Kid Pix 3 Deluxe
Digital painting framed on the bottom and left side by child friendly art program user interface. Art is a digital painting depicting a woman in an incline position on the ground in a treeless, mostly tawny field, looking up at a gray house on the horizon, a barn, and various other small outbuildings are adjacent to the house.[
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ali reder @alireder.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
I spent the holidays diving deeper into my research topic. I ended up with more questions and the feeling that I actually know nothing about it. Guess I pack my bags and go back to the absolute beginning. 🧳😔✊
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ali reder @alireder.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Definitely one of my most prized possessions. ✨💖✨ #ojamajodoremi
The CD cover of the German OST of the Anime “Magical Doremi/Ojamajo Doremi”. The back cover of the German OST of the anime “Magical Doremi/Ojamajo Doremi”, listing all the songs included on the CD.The CD of the German OST of the anime “Magical Doremi/Ojamajo Doremi”. It’s pink and purple and holographic and very magical and pretty! The sticker sheet included in the German OST of the anime “Magical Doremi/Ojamajo Doremi”.
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ali reder @alireder.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Spontaneously visited a Banksy gallery.
Banksy Art installation: a cctv turned to a sign saying “what are you looking at?”.Banksy art piece: a black and white picture of a maid raising a curtain from the floor to throw away dust from a dusting pan. Behind the curtain a red brick wall is uncovered. Postcard of a Banksy art piece: a Greek-looking bust of a man, whose face is half covered by cloth to protect himself from a cloud that is spiralling around him.A dark stone slate with the words “The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal.” The name “Pablo Picasso” is scratched out beneath that quote, and instead it says “Banksy.
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Tristan 🏗️🏰 @tristanld.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
"It's crucial to know and understand your (game's) target group!" Hayao Miyazaki understood the assignment:
A page from the book "Turning Point: 1997-2008", the text reads:
"..., but we must never forget that first of all it is a cartoon movie for tired, middle-aged men whose brain cells have turned to tofu."
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key-lime pie @keymonster.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
If you are an artist struggling with a nagging discomfort or pain when you work. Stop. Go and get that shit checked out and start doing recommended, corrective exercises. It will not get better if you just push through. It will get worse and harder to correct. Please take care of yourself.
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ali reder @alireder.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Just finished Minami Lane by @blibloop.bsky.social and @dodoot.bsky.social. What a darling snack of a game. Not every game needs to be an experience of at least 40 hours to create joy. 💕
A screenshot of the ending credits of the game Minami Lane.
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