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violet! 🐝 @vippori.bsky.social · 17h

I animated the video for 32ki's new song 'Wonberlanb' Please check it out!! 🫶💜

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 23h

it’s what the People WANT

3 panel comic

Panel 1 is titled “AI Bros:”
An Ai Bro is standing in front of a TV wearing his default expression (SMUG)

Behind him on the TV is the axe scene from American Psycho where Patrick Bateman is wearing the transparent raincoat and standing next to his ridiculous stereo. Except in this image Christian Bale has been replaced by the AI Bro.

AI bro annoyingly says “People want to put themselves in movies”

Panel 2 and 3 are titled “People:”

Panel 2:
A Blue Guy holds his phone up to a Yellow Guy and says “Hey! I’ve got a little video from that party”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy sees himself on the phone screen and almost cringes himself into a singularity. He is blushing and squeals “Ohh my Goddd. My FACE and VOICE”

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Joachim ✊️ UVW-CWA @jdespland.bsky.social · 22h

This is important: your boss wants to keep you insecure, afraid, and passive. Your boss benefits from you infantilizing and de-responsibilizing yourself. Your boss doesn't want you to know the power you have. Your entire life can pass you by while trapped in this kind of reality distortion field

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Rob (the floor one) @floorisbed.bsky.social · 23h

DOCTOR: have you been under any stress recently ME: come on

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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 22h

Sure Amazon, recommend me the $500 Roland x Minions synth collab with dedicated Minion patch buttons. Who gives a shit anymore.

A yellow synth with minions art over it and an bullet point for Minion Motogations as there is a dedicated button for 32 preprogrammed Minion voice patches

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wes @funnywes.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

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Kayin @kayin.moe · 09/10/2026

Someone just reblogged this on tumblr with this tag and I just fucking died I've been on this shit for over a decade and it's only getting worse

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written about this before but whatever.

Videogames as an artform have a problem with nostalgia. Not that people shouldn’t have nostalgia. Or that games shouldn’t draw from the past. But instead the weight we give to nostalgia.

When people go back to enjoy old games, we assume it’s a nostalgia thing. Do people assume that with books? Or movies? Or music? People certainly do go back in time with those mediums for nostalgia! It happens! I know when my sister is listening to certain cheesy old boyband pop or punk she’s often having a musical nostalgia trip! That’s cool! But we still don’t ASSUME, CONSTANTLY thats why people go back to stuff.

People like old stuff because it’s cool and interesting. It’s historic. People go watch Metropolis still, but how many people alive could even be nostalgic for a movie like that?

I almost want to see the word Nostalgia excised from discussions about video games – not because nostalgia is bad but because we over use it to the point where it’s actually harmful I think.

I mean I made IWBTG and am making an NES style game right now and even for me, the obsession with ‘nostalgia’ seems crazy.

Old stuff is cool. I know this because I see a lot of you kids on my tumblr feed talking about games I know you didn’t grow up with. It’s like finding your parents record or CD collection. Thinking the primary greatness of old games is bringing back memories of eating cereal and playing games on a saturday morning is a great injustice, even if those memories for some are perfectly worthwhile things.

#this post is 11 years old and still holds true

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The Onion @theonion.com · 08/10/2026

You Can Just Push Shit In Back Seat Out Of Way

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Catton Arthur @cattonarthur.net · 08/10/2026

The game I've been working on as the composer and audio lead, Dandelion Void, was featured in the III Showcase, and just launched it's first public demo! Check it out on Steam!!! store.steampowered.com/app/3582810/...

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Dandelion Void on Steam

Survive the jungle-choked halls of a derelict arkship adrift between the stars. Establish a refuge and forage resources from the skeletal remains of your ancestors. Explore solo or with your friends. ...

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dara ດາລາ ⭐️ @dinxie.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The day is HERE! Dandelion Void was featured in today's Triple-i Initiative Showcase, we dropped a new trailer and our FIRST PUBLIC DEMO!! So excited for everyone to play! Check it out on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3582810/...

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Dandelion Void on Steam

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Moth (Comms Open!) @bloodcrisis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

in case anyone was curious: acid chainsaw coffin greatsword

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Megan Fox @glassbottommeg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"I think it's cool that you and your LLM supposedly got this to work. It has no place in my world." is now my favorite AI bro brush-off.

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rj @rj.dcellgames.com · 06/10/2026

I actually literally do not think they realize what they've done here. Sonic isn't just a game with fans. It's basically embedded in the fabric of the internet. Since I clicked the link ten minutes ago, two THOUSAND more people joined. And it only has five channels to post in and four moderators.

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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 04/10/2026

I love too eat three times a day 8AM: Breakfast (400 calories) 5PM: Largemeal (600 calories) 11PM: Extremely Stoned Munchies Hour (3000 calories)

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orinoco boo @nocontroller.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Say what you will about Julie, she has a sense of humor

Julie bot with a swole sonic pfp and bald vegeta header pic

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Bits @bitshammer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

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Pixel Butts @pixelbutts.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

movement feels real good now! also made a particle using my lighting system #gamedev #noai

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Jason Miletta @jasonmiletta.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Still in leveldesign land with the time I get, but I wanted to see how far I could get leveraging the portals I did way back when to also work as mirrors. Theres plenty of little details still not covered but it largely works with some handwaving! #ScreenshotSaturday #GameDev #3DPlatformer

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Olivia Just Wants Tech To Be Fun Again @kingdomfantasy6.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This is what I'm talking about when I bring up that genAI bots are making it impossible for an open web to actually exist. It becomes expensive, a pain, and domain providers like cloudflare are profiting off both the people making bots and the people who don't have the tech skills to fight them off

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Noppy @thomasnoppers.com · 02/10/2026

All dogs are angels.

a drawing of a dog sleeping on the stone tiles of what seems to be a mossy ruin. The broken wing of a nearby statue lays in line so that it looks like it's a wing of the dog. Sunlit kisses the dog. It sleeps contently in its warmth.

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Alec S // Renegade Sector Games @renegadesector.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

By the way, this is a "Complete Your Collection" bundle so if you already own some of my games on Steam you can still get the bundle discount on the remaining games if you buy them together in the bundle

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Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik @hatethathedgehog.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

you arent a burden. you are a human being with wants and needs. having desires does not make you selfish. unless you are sonic, in which case you are not human and everything you do sickens me.

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N a i t e l v e n i @naitelveni.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Quake Rooftops is out now! Download below and go gib some shamblers! www.slipseer.com/index.php?re...

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Anna 🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Are you a cis man feeling disgusted at the news? Good. Use that. Talk to your fellow men about what you're going to do to make our industry and our world safer. And then actually do it. You may lose friends or opportunities, but a better and safer industry and world starts with you.

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Z3 Studio | Working on EXOGEAR @z3studio.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The external factory area is part 3 of the Crystal stage Game is Exogear! Link to wishlist in bio Some audios are temporary #gamedev #indiedev #gaming #lowpoly

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Failbetter Games | Wishlist Mandrake on Steam! @failbettergames.com · 30/09/2026

We're hiring! We're looking for a Writer and Narrative Designer to join the Fallen London team at a senior or mid level. This position is permanent, remote, and full time, which for us means 35 hours a week. #GamesJobs

Night. The House of Chimes - a tower which you might immediately think of as Big Ben - is adrift in the River Thames. It still seems to be keeping time. In the background, a large, alien building looms over the city of London.

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Sean Seanson @seanseanson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

cha cha slide ass controls

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2dchaos - WISHLIST NECHROMIA!!! @2dchaos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Battle system with temp art for #nechromia!

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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm immensely proud to announce that my texture library that's been in the making for nearly a decade is now available on my itchio store for indie devs to purchase commercial licenses. makkon.itch.io

screenshot of my itchio store, showing several texture packs available for purchse

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The Onion @theonion.com · 29/09/2026

Creatively Tapped-Out Peter Thiel Launches Startup Called ‘Frodo, But Evil’ theonion.com/creatively-tapped-out-…

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Chibig | Elusive & Bel's Fanfare @chibigstudio.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Let your community define your game: "This genuinely looks as tho zelda and kingdom hearts had a baby"

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Mom @milph.mom · 27/09/2026

Metal Gear Solid V(isual Concepts)

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Cherub @polygoncherub.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Overly simplifying what I'm doing, but you can see some of the steps to the final render. #CherubDev #UE5

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TESTAMENTERROR✙ENJOYMENTERROR @testamentenjoyment.net · 27/09/2026

For a paltry $??? in token costs, you too can experience what decades of romhackers have for free: failing to get people in your servers to play your fighting game balance patch romhack more than once

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passivestar @passivestar.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I'm not super excited about blurry 50 fps gaming where it takes your $3000 gpu several frames to converge light into a discernible picture. I love how great games got to look but the tradeoffs we took aren't very good imo We need nice baked GI again that runs on a laptop you found behind a dumpster

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Most riveting thing I've seen all week

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D.W.A.P. (Ben) @andwap.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

When your gamedev friend shows you progress on their new engine.

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Alice Bottino @bottino.games · 25/09/2026

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

As workers, our strength comes from our solidarity and our labor... and the right and threat of withholding it. Games don't get made without us. The bosses know this, too. As CWA says: when we fight, we win.

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Majima Drinking a Forty in the Death Basket @fingerguns9mm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It's gonna be so funny watching all that shit just pass over him as he goes "okay man whatever, anyway my Fantasy League is PISSIN ME OFF"

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Micah @rincewind.run · 23/09/2026

video games as a whole make hundreds of billions of dollars a year and apparently somehow nobody can make any money on them or pay anyone to make them

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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

in a week that saw microsoft give activision the reins to halo and bungie pivot back to destiny, one thing has become abundantly clear: the people in charge do not have a long-term, overriding plan. they’re just reacting. the result, when times are bad, is chaos

"Things are still very chaotic," a current id Software employee who was granted anonymity because they are not authorized to speak publicly told Aftermath. "While there has been an attempt to communicate to the studios, it is still entirely in bullshit corporate speak. I still don't believe they have a clear vision for the future. The only concrete thing they have communicated is they want higher profits, and they want it now. Aggressive goals are being set that would have been unrealistic even before the layoffs. ... To say the workers within Xbox have a dim view of the future is putting it mildly. We keep thinking morale can't sink lower but the obvious incompetence of Xbox management somehow keeps driving it down worse."
This mirrors shifts in strategy that have come to dominate the still-new Sharma era, including others outlined Tuesday. Rare is joining Activision, Turn 10 and Playground are fusing, and—most gallingly, considering their history—Obsidian is being folded into Bethesda to work on Fallout instead of its own original series. As with the previous round of layoffs, details betray Microsoft's haphazard approach: A Halo developer got promoted and laid off in the same week. Gears of War: E-Day's story director is out of a job days after celebrating that the game had gone gold. Hellblade developer Ninja Theory, now without a buyer after a brief glimmer of hope, is once again on the chopping block.
All of this betrays a simplistic mindset that does not accurately reflect the reality of game development: People are disposable, studios are interchangeable, and series can be traded like sports teams. Nothing matters more than franchises and their money-printing prowess. Unless, evidently, you are Hideo Kojima, in which case Microsoft suddenly has money to burn.

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

if you want shit to get better you HAVE to look for opportunities to leverage what little power you have towards that goal. you must. the world will not improve if people simply sigh and do nothing.

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

the most depressing person to argue with about AI is the doomer types who're like "AI is bad and ruining everything but also it's never going away so there's no point in getting upset when ppl use it". Like.... you have pre-emptively chosen to be a person who will not fight for a better world

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Dandelion Void @dandelionvoid.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Stumbling across an abandoned hideout on The Pergola is a bittersweet moment. It’s a shame the previous owner didn't make it, but on the bright side... free supplies!

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