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Alivia Mantel @aliviamantel.com · 25/09/2026

SO proud of @jackknobel.com and all my Remedy pals for making this phenomenal game!! 🤩❤️ Go play it!!!!

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Jack Knobel @jackknobel.com · 24/09/2026

Today’s the day, Resonant is available now! Poured my whole heart into this thing to make the tech for folks working on AND playing the game as best as they could be Really hope the game resonates with our existing fans and we capture a whole bunch more! 🙏 youtu.be/SqvAvOAd1VA

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CONTROL Resonant - Launch Trailer

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Alivia Mantel @aliviamantel.com · 23/09/2026

Super stoked to be back in Melbourne for Games Week this year!!! 🥹 (And in Sydney for Constellations!) Jack and I haven’t been back to Aus since moving to Finland so I do anticipate many happy tears 🙂‍↕️

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Aysha U. Farah @ayshaufarah.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

You should have to eat pussy in a minigame

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Micah @rincewind.run · 25/08/2026

dolly parton taught millions of children to read dolly parton raised millions of dollars for cancer research and disaster relief dolly parton stood by the lgbtq community her entire life dolly parton personally helped fund the moderna vaccine if there was a right side of something she was on it

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Alivia Mantel @aliviamantel.com · 20/06/2026

This photo was taken at 10:17pm!! Finnish summers are truly glorious (do not ask me about winter I will start convulsing)

A photo of the seaside, taken from a ferry leaving the dock. The sky is clear blue with a tinge of orange on the horizon.

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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

the phrase "lipstick on a pig" has always inspired a deep sadness in me. I think of the pig, looking forward to her big night out, and I bring myself to the verge of tears.

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Alivia Mantel @aliviamantel.com · 08/05/2026

Go play Mixtape!!!! 2 minutes in and I was already squealing “THIS IS WHY I LOVE VIDEO GAMES” 🫶

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Freeplay @free-play.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Announcing: Freeplay is here to stay. Parallels 2026 is coming and we're advocating for games to be funded as art. Read more and get involved: freeplay.net.au/posts/freepl...

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Freeplay | The Shape of Games to Come

talks and games and friends

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Alivia Mantel @aliviamantel.com · 17/04/2026

She’s a ✨supermodel✨ It might be the best photo I’ve ever taken, period

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Cameron Blevins @cblevins.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

This is so, so well-articulated.

People call this friction "grunt work." Schwartz uses exactly that phrase, and he's right that LLMs can remove it. What he doesn't say, because he already has decades of hard-won intuition and doesn't need the grunt work anymore, is that for someone who doesn't yet have that intuition, the grunt work is the work. The boring parts and the important parts are tangled together in a way that you can't separate in advance. You don't know which afternoon of debugging was the one that taught you something fundamental about your data until three years later, when you're working on a completely different problem and the insight surfaces. Serendipity doesn't come from efficiency. It comes from spending time in the space where the problem lives, getting your hands dirty, making mistakes that nobody asked you to make and learning things nobody assigned you to learn.

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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

I don't think it's a coincidence that this got announced within months of twitter letting grok remove people's clothes and otherwise sexualize them. tech companies have become enamored with the idea of users personalizing everything, heedless of original intent or potential harm

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meghna jayanth @meghna.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

all will rise is handing back Microsoft money & pledging @nogamesforgenocide.com — it’s a difficult thing to do when funding and attention are scarce commodities for indies like us, but we hope more of our fellow devs and indie studios will join us in taking a stand 🔥 www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...

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Indie deckbuilder All Will Rise's dev joins No Games For Genocide boycott and plans to hand back funding it received from Microsoft

"We encourage others in the industry to join us and take a stand."

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Serrels @serrels.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

I want to introduce you all to something myself and @jacksonwryan.com have been working on. A PRINT MAGAZINE about video games and video game culture. We know things have been bad for games writing recently. We're asking, "do you want to Continue?" www.kickstarter.com/projects/con...

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CONTINUE: A Defiant, New Videogames Magazine

Bringing together journalists, devs and artists, CONTINUE celebrates and interrogates videogame culture, creativity and community

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Alivia Mantel @aliviamantel.com · 11/03/2026

I’m not at GDC but this is #WhatAGameDevLooksLike! (when she’s in festival mode) ✨ Indie narrative designer, game writer and former community manager who loves to rave on the weekends ✍️🎮🪩

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Alivia Mantel @aliviamantel.com · 28/02/2026

I wrote a TTRPG adventure and it’s out now!! ✨ ‘Neon Supernova’ is a glam rock sci-fi one-shot for the Cypher System 👩‍🎤🎸💫💅 Had an absolute blast writing this and GMing my first games. Huge shoutout to @storytellingco.bsky.social for their ‘Write Your First Adventure’ course! Links below 🔗

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stephen fowler @stphnfwlr.com · 24/02/2026

EXCLUSIVE: An @npr.org investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump. Other documents that mention Trump have been taken down (and some restored). More:

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Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump

An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.

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ANNAPURNA @annapurna.com · 18/02/2026

People of Note is coming to PC and consoles on April 7, 2026!

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Alivia Mantel @aliviamantel.com · 17/02/2026

Such an intriguing premise, and the demo did not disappoint! Engaging storytelling, satisfying mechanics, and much-needed catharsis in current times. Super keen for the full game! 🔥

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Lucy✨ @untitledlucegame.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

FRIENDS! I’m hoping to make 2026 the year I find a long term or permanent team! If you’re after 💌 An art lead with management and admin XP 🎨An artist who has done everything from UI to art direction to graphic design 🔥An Artist who is un-afraid to get her hands dirty in engine Plz reach out💖

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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

I cannot emphasize enough that what he's singing here, obscured by beeps, is "If your boyfriend doesn't eat your ass, he'd better fuck off"

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Alivia Mantel @aliviamantel.com · 07/02/2026

Important question!! You're out on a walk and you come across this pristine patch of snow. What do you do? 1. Admire from a careful distance 2. Protect at all costs 3. Place a few artful hand/footprints 4. Absolutely obliterate with all extremities

A square sandpit that has been covered perfectly with snow. The surface is immaculately smooth.

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inkle @inkle.co · 04/02/2026

❄️ Update: The GAME NARRATIVE KALEIDOSCOPE ❄️ will be published soon - we just sent a proof to the authors. 400 pages - 100k+ words - 118 authors - including the writers from several well-beloved games and major franchises. If you want to be notified when it releases, you can add your name below!

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In early 2026 we’ll be publishing The Game Narrative Kaleidoscope, a collection of over 100 short essays by game writers about writing. Featuring some very famous names, some highly experienced free...

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Don’t Stop, Girlypop! - ✩𝓙𝓪𝓷𝓾𝓪𝓻𝔂 29 2026✩ @girlypop.net · 29/01/2026

It’s finally time to… Unleash the ✦⁺₊✩GIRL POWER✩⁺₊✦ Don’t Stop, Girlypop! is officially OUT NOW!!!! You better be ready, because this sh❤t is serious 👇 bit.ly/45CRvme

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

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Alivia Mantel @aliviamantel.com · 29/01/2026

Five jobs I’ve had: 1. Fast food worker (cried a lot) 2. Dental assistant (no training, they should not have hired me) 3. Merchandiser (pretty chill!) 4. Ukulele teacher (if I hear Riptide one more time, I’ll crash out) 5. English tutor (pretty fun!)

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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 24/01/2026

Me and my wife have been creating Burn With Me, a narrative deckbuilder, for a year already. After work, during weekends, slowly shaping the cozy but eerie world of personal desires and forbidden rituals. Next week, January 29th, we open first public playtest! #ScreenshotSaturday #GodotEngine

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Mothership @mothership.blog · 16/01/2026

We can't believe it's only been a week since we announced Mothership on Post Games. All week, we've been watching our lives change before our eyes as we realize just how many people have been longing for a site like Mothership. We're so excited you found us! Only 10 more days til take-off...

Zoë, left, wears a collared shirt and smiles. Maddy, right, wears a flannel and smiles.

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Karla Ortiz @kortizart.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Been thinking on the use of GenAi for mood boards. Ethics and legal risks aside, I truly believe using GenAi as references deprives one of many pivotal things. Here’s a blurb on what I mean:

Some thoughts:
When using GenAi as a mood board you don't get sources. This means you deprive yourself from knowledge.
You generated a location? You deprived yourself of knowing more about the interesting parts of the world and why things came to be.
Generate an armor or costume? You deprived yourself on real world techniques, function, form and history.
You generated art inspirations? You deprive yourself of learning about artists from history or lock out living ones from potentially being hired.
Ethical issues of using GenAi models aside, one ends up making visuals mood boards devoid of reality and history. With it one deprives themselves from learning about our world and who is living in it, inadvertently making your work weaker, because of how detached it is from our shared human reality and history.

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Alivia Mantel @aliviamantel.com · 18/11/2025

Writing for Barrow was a blast! It’s a shame we won’t be able to release it in all its glory, but the team did such amazing work on this game and I’m super proud to have been a part of it 💚🪴

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eric stirpē @stirpicus.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

@jackknobel.bsky.social and @aliviamantel.bsky.social looking straight out of 2002 in this shot

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Alivia Mantel @aliviamantel.com · 19/10/2025

My second single ‘Lose My Grip’ is out now everywhere!! I’m really proud of this one 🥹 It’s a song I’ve been trying to write for a long time. If you’ve ever struggled with anxiety, or you just like liquid dnb, it might be your jam 🫶 distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...

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Lose My Grip by LIV.

Stream and Save Lose My Grip - Distributed by DistroKid

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Jadzia Axelrod 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @planetx.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

There is not a single reason to outsource your creativity to a computer. Not one. To do so removes the very point of being creative in the first place.

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Don’t Stop, Girlypop! - ✩𝓙𝓪𝓷𝓾𝓪𝓻𝔂 29 2026✩ @girlypop.net · 06/10/2025

💖❣️BIG NEWS❣️💖 We just revealed through IGN that our first public demo for Don't Stop, Girlypop! is OUT NOW ✨ Check out the brand new trailer here 👇 bit.ly/46G0FiI

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Don't Stop Girlypop! – Official Demo Announcement Trailer

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Alivia Mantel @aliviamantel.com · 17/09/2025

The search history of a writer is a beautiful thing

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Alivia Mantel @aliviamantel.com · 09/09/2025

1 out of 10 times I’m in a bad mood, something is actually wrong. The other 9 times I just need to listen to Shake It by Metro Station and chill tf out

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Alivia Mantel @aliviamantel.com · 26/08/2025

I loved Amsterdam but clearly the feeling was not mutual

A takeaway coffee cup with “leave” written on it.

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Adele 🪲🥀🗡️ @adeletwingart.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

get a library card get a library card get a library card get a library card get a LIBRARY CARD

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Landfall Games @landfall.se · 12/06/2025

PEAK IS COMING!!!

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Micah @rincewind.run · 07/05/2025

the fundamental disconnect between the manosphere and reality is that they are incapable of understanding that this is - according to every woman I’ve ever met - the sexiest thing a man has ever done

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Alivia Mantel @aliviamantel.com · 17/04/2025

Every time a player reaches out to a game team and addresses the devs with “hey dudes” or “thanks lads” a fairy loses her wings

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Alivia Mantel @aliviamantel.com · 08/04/2025

My first single ‘Breathe’ is out now everywhere!! 🥹 Would really love if you gave it a listen 💖

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Breathe by LIV.

Stream and Save Breathe - Distributed by DistroKid

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Alivia Mantel @aliviamantel.com · 01/04/2025

HASTE is out!!! ❤️ Go and play this wonderful game! The team absolutely smashed it ✨

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Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

There’s a great interview with Nick Park about Wallace And Gromit in last month’s Empire, and this bit in particular stood out. It sums up what artists have been trying to say about AI. The mistakes and the learning aren’t things to be bypassed, but a vital part of the process 🤟

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Victoria Tran ✨ @victoriatran.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

✨ PRE-ORDER MY BOOK ✨ My book Mastering Community Management is finally ready!!! ➡️ Learn how to create long-term, sustainable, and intentional game spaces online ➡️ Pre to post-launch community guide ➡️ Case studies, engagement, and infrastructure tips Shares appreciated. ❤️ www.victoriatran.com/book

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Mastering Community Management Book — Victoria Tran

Learn how to do community management for video games right. This book covers the fundamental concepts of designing an online community from the core basics of what it is, and then the journey from pre...

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ashley bardhan @ashleybardhan.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

IN A WORLD... where gamers are online, in the comments, in the white house refusing to play games in which a female character dares to rock a B-cup, a burgeoning trend of tooth-achingly pink, girly games says STOP THE MADNESS. BOYS DROOL. my expert analysis: www.gamesradar.com/games/rpg/in...

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Infinity Nikki and The Sims' return are only the start of a retro gaming renaissance for Y2K girlies

Opinion | Watch out, because girl games are on their way

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Landfall Games @landfall.se · 28/02/2025

You all know what to do! 🏃💨 store.steampowered.com/app/2940200/...

Zoe from HASTE pointing at a download button for the HASTE demo

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Alivia Mantel @aliviamantel.com · 27/02/2025

Every time I post a voiceover on the Landfall socials someone comments on my Aussie accent and it makes me CACKLE I refuse to tone it down!!!! You can pry those unnecessary “R” sounds from my cold dead lips!!!!!!

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Alivia Mantel @aliviamantel.com · 25/02/2025

It’s time!! Go run fast!!! 🥳✨

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