iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Andy Pressman @andypressman.itch.io · 16/10/2026

Hey! I’m speaking on this panel that I neglected to mention before! it’s in seven minutes at Worker’s Tap, come through www.aigapdx.org/events/joy-i...

A poster for the Design for Democracy event, which I would describe in detail were I not in a rush

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Andy Pressman @andypressman.itch.io · 13/05/2026

I decided, midway through illustrating a game, to use a different style than my usual scribbles + ink approach. I don't have much else to say on the matter, except that using scribbles is a good way to cheat through lackluster composition and awkward anatomy and I'll probably go back to it

A digital pen & ink drawing of a woman in a leather jacket swinging a baseball bat through a robotic dog. The art is a mix of thin, gestural lines, thick black inks, and loosely-filled shadows

A digital ink drawing of a woman in a leather jacket swinging a baseball bat through a robotic dog. The art is done with digital brush pens so that the lines are thick and fluid

A digital drawing depicting a humanoid figure flipping in the air high above a city that looks somewhat like Paris via Zaha Hadid. The art is done in thin, gestural lines with ink wash shading

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Andy Pressman @andypressman.itch.io · 23/04/2026

Add Milk Music's Cruise Your Illusion to the list

Cover of Milk Music's LP, "Cruise Your Illusion"

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Andy Pressman @andypressman.itch.io · 11/04/2026

Oceania has always been at war with Eurasia

Three packages of paper towels, each advertised as having more rolls than they actually contain. 8 double rolls = 16! 6 double rolls = 12! Lies!

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Andy Pressman @andypressman.itch.io · 07/04/2026

LITERALLY MY WIFE! is the best ad copy I’ve ever read

An ad for some junk photo filter. On the left is a pencil drawing of a woman with chin-length hair, and on the right is a photo of someone who looks uncannily similar to the illustration. Both are obviously AI generated. The caption on the drawing reads “soulmate sketch” and the caption on the photo reads “literally my wife!”

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Andy Pressman @andypressman.itch.io · 06/04/2026

Please, this dabbu table. I need it

A man playing dabbu on a pure blue tabletop that looks to be about five feet square.

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Andy Pressman @andypressman.itch.io · 05/04/2026

The approved cover is fine! Fine.

An approved cover for Dependence and Freedom. Red rings, each with a blue stroked outline, are interlocked in an overlapping graphic

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Andy Pressman @andypressman.itch.io · 05/04/2026

Rejected but loved :( Cover art for Martin Arboleda's Dependence and Freedom

A cover for the paperback book Dependence and Freedom by Martin Arboleda. Published by Verso Books, 2026. A sharp serif 'Dependence' is repeated over and over, with space cut out to trap the additional text 'and Freedom"

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Andy Pressman @andypressman.itch.io · 03/04/2026

If you know of any slept-on guitar rock albums as good as this you must let me know immediately

Record cover for The Men's 2014 album "Tomorrow's Hits". The album title is written in a light sky-blue neon, all caps, shot from an oblique angle so that the neon bends are clearly visible. It is encircled by three neon lines: yellow, red, and red.

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Andy Pressman @andypressman.itch.io · 21/03/2026

All gorgeous, but loses a bit in the render. The spot UV is doing a lot of work!

Tom Joye’s cover art to All These Worlds by Niall Harrison. A neon green chunky pixel cloud floats over a grey background. The background is spot coated glossy to nice effect

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Andy Pressman @andypressman.itch.io · 21/03/2026

I bought this shirt for my dad in 93 and now he has generously gifted it back in a time of need

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Andy Pressman @andypressman.itch.io · 20/03/2026

Drawings from two days spent in a room called “The Blender”

A colorful drawing of a bald person from a perspective behind and to the side. The person has been drawn with thick blue marker lines, with skin colored sky blue. The shirt they wear is coral with thin blue stripes

A black and white digital drawing of a figure standing on a small stage, speaking into a microphone. In the foreground are the backs of several audience members who face the stage

A loose, painterly drawing of a cartoonish figure. Their hands, eyes, mouth, and hair are drawn in orange. They push their fingertips together and tilt their head to speak, with a look familiar to any who have sat with a slightly annoying therapist

An illustration of a cartoonish figure, not unlike the Michelin Man but with a spooky ghost head. The figure is leaping out of a window shattering small pieces of glass everywhere. In one hand they clutch someone who looks displeased. Most of the drawing is solid grey, save the cartoonish figure who is stark white and black, and the many shards of glass which are given shadows and highlights

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Andy Pressman @andypressman.itch.io · 14/03/2026

I can’t believe it took until my mid-40s, browsing instagram, to discover Dabbu, my life’s true calling

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Andy Pressman @andypressman.itch.io · 27/02/2026

This is?: A) one shallot B) two shallots

A presumably single shallot, still in the skin

With the skin off, revealing two separate shallot bulbs

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Andy Pressman @andypressman.itch.io · 25/02/2026

Among other things, I was asked to give advice to young designers www.softlabor.biz/the-soft-lab...

Other than that eternally-relevant advice: we’re entering a period of standardization, where AI-generated outcomes mostly just reinforce existing creative norms. To develop a career that subverts this it’s in your interest to be a sicko, making work for other sickos.

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Andy Pressman @andypressman.itch.io · 24/02/2026

There's a Q&A with me in the latest Soft Labor, a newsletter on creative labor. It covers some thoughts on AI, advice for young designers, and only a tangential mention of games because that's not actually what I'm known for, even if it's all I want to talk about www.softlabor.biz/the-soft-lab...

What is the most rewarding aspect of working in your industry? The most challenging?

The most rewarding aspect of working in my industry is learning about everyone else’s, because you can’t design something you don’t understand. The most challenging aspect is that sometimes those industries are dreadful.

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Andy Pressman @andypressman.itch.io · 20/02/2026

Sheri's Ranch is demanding total ownership of their workers IP, including the right to generate AI content based on photos and videos. Support there union efforts here unitedbrothelworkers.org but while you're at it CHECK OUT THIS UNION BADGE hell yes full solidarity

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Andy Pressman @andypressman.itch.io · 19/02/2026

Incredible ad for PIL's Flowers of Romance, sort of dials the LP art up to 11. There's no way John Lydon had anything to do with it, he is a man without taste, but somebody else knew what they were doing.

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Andy Pressman @andypressman.itch.io · 18/02/2026

I’ll be honest I think these fellows deserved more love

Clouds with faces floating over a barren hill. The clouds look surprised to see you

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Andy Pressman @andypressman.itch.io · 16/02/2026

Doodles done while playing trophy dark

Tablet drawing of a bug eyed goblin-like fella

A four panel comic. A man approaches a jagged black obelisk in awe. Goes “oh wow,” “oh fuck,” “oh fuck” as he sees someone frozen in the obelisk

Funny looking fella with a hat shaped like a squid tail

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Andy Pressman @andypressman.itch.io · 11/02/2026

Then, having cracked it, I struggled to finish the last 10%. Had to put it down, had to stop staying up late not getting any progress made. BUT ok I just absolutely solved it, resolved it, tied a whole bunch of mechanical and diegetic and narrative things together in a way that I'm so satisfied with

Comic book-sized ttrpg cover for a game called Gun Magic Techno Pop. The illustration features three silhouetted figures inked black. Within each silhouette is another figure, as if peering out

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Andy Pressman @andypressman.itch.io · 06/02/2026

What was the old way of accounting????

"While the timing of this information is difficult, I do not believe these were hidden maliciously, but are instead a relic of the old government system of accounting," Dunphy said in the press release.

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Andy Pressman @andypressman.itch.io · 24/12/2025

Anyway ever since I read the ashcan I've been thinking nonstop about it — also Burning Wheel in comparison. And also this image

The final page of Grant Morrison's Invisibles, in which the central character addresses both Barbelith (appearing here as a warm sphere glowing amid flat bubbles, like seltzer water made from collapsing word balloons) and the reader. The final three panels close in microscopically on a thread of text in all caps reading: "See! Now! Our sentence is up."

Art by Frank Quitely

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Andy Pressman @andypressman.itch.io · 11/12/2025

I get occasional updates on Leo's computer use at school and while I admit that there's some privacy issues at play I like the feeling of security it offers me

Screenshot of an activity update from an email reading:
"Leo did research over at… login.title
"Securly [sic] Verified Educational Website

It includes an image labeled "Image Not Found

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Andy Pressman @andypressman.itch.io · 07/11/2025

'made a loss' is a fascinating turn of phrase

Screenshot of a Wall Street Journal article, headlined "OpenAI Made a $12 Billion Loss Last Quarter, Microsoft Results Indicate"

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Andy Pressman @andypressman.itch.io · 04/11/2025

What if writing games is as much fun as playing them oh no

1.6 JUST HOW SEXY IS ‘SEXY’?
1 Cute
2 Like French New Wave
3 Like Steve McQueen
4 Like the dance floor
5 Like the shock of the new
6 Like it’s literally a sex game with a veneer of derring–do

2.2 WHAT’S ABOUT TO HAPPEN?
Roll twice. One disaster gives cover for the second, much more
dangerous disaster
1 Sexy is banned! Who punishes you if you’re caught?
2 Your future selves have arrived to end your timeline! What are
they trying to prevent?
3 Someone hacked your floating loft apartment! Who are they,
and why did they take control of your shit?
4 Those sexy robots you used to know have been reprogrammed!
To what terrible purpose?
5 The tournament begins! What will you be competing in?
6 Some gods appear! What do they think you’ve taken from
them?

3.1 WHAT MAKES ME SEXY?
1 Your physical presence
2 Your innate style
3 Your sense of humor
4 The way you battle
5 The way you wizard
6 Nothing but confidence

3.2 HOW DO I BATTLE?
1 Vogue
2 Parkour
3 Three punch combos
4 One weapon, oversized
5 Two weapons, dual–wielded
6 From the top rope!

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Andy Pressman @andypressman.itch.io · 30/10/2025

Dungeon Raid, a match-3 roguelike that hasn’t been playable for almost a decade due to iOS upgrades. An all time favorite with a name so forgettable I had to google it

Screenshot of a mobile game featuring an interspersed grid of swords, shields, and health potions, along with various character stats

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Andy Pressman @andypressman.itch.io · 29/10/2025

EVERYTHING SEXY BATTLE WIZARD

7.2 I USE MAGIC
1 Roll 7.3 OOPS
2 It doesn’t seem to do much
3–5 It goes as planned
6 You’re a SEXY BATTLE WIZARD

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Andy Pressman @andypressman.itch.io · 14/10/2025

WIP for @gshowitt.bsky.social's kitbash game jam

WHAT’S THIS RPG ABOUT?
1–5: In a world where everyone is a battle wizard, you are a Sexy Battle Wizard. Everyone lives in magical flying castles but yours is fucking brilliant. You float from city to city looking for sexy times with other Sexy Battle Wizards, but no matter where you go you find yourself entangled in trouble of one kind or another.
6: Two hours long, if you run a game like I do

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Andy Pressman @andypressman.itch.io · 10/10/2025

My new magic system is donezo

A screenshot of a table. It reads:
4. Wizards
4.1 I know just the thing
4.2 I cast the spell
4.2.1 Oops

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Andy Pressman @andypressman.itch.io · 26/09/2025

Started to do the math and discovered that I've designed over 100 books in this series? www.versobooks.com/collections/... That's too much book! Nobody should make that many of a thing.

Cover selections from volumes 4 through … 11? 12? of the Radical Thinkers series from Verso Books

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Andy Pressman @andypressman.itch.io · 26/09/2025

If you only follow me on bsky it may surprise you to learn that I am not only a designer of games that you will not play, but for many years also a designer of books!

A photograph of World Ending Game by Everest Pipkin

A photograph of the Radical Thinkers series, volume 4, from Verso Books

A photograph of 1941: The Year That Keeps Returning, by Slavko Goldstein. Published by The New Press.

A photograph of The Ministry of Nostalgia (hardcover), by Owen Hatherley. Published by Verso Books.

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Andy Pressman @andypressman.itch.io · 16/09/2025

Not me, though. I keep that shit sloppy and trust that your brain will fill in the rest

A digital ink drawing of a woman close to the viewer flashing a peace sign. Behind her is a car crash involving a police car. It’s nighttime in a city, probably New York

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Andy Pressman @andypressman.itch.io · 28/08/2025

Oh sorry, I meant p4 of the Peregrine preview

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