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Cel Davison

@celdavison.bsky.social
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writer/artist/musician part of story telling workers’ co-op @humblegrove.bsky.social they/them UK, Calderdale based

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Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️ @shoshana.bsky.social · 18h
"When I first saw the lead concentrations, they were so high I thought our instrument was broken" 😬 Disposable vapes are also horrible for the environment, throwing away so much plastic, batteries, and electronics.
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Fellow Traveller @fellowtraveller.games · 29/09/2026
If you're a journalist/creator, there's still time to register for the Fellow Traveller backstage! 🎭 Get access to: 📰 Early info on announcements, reveals, and trailers 🎞️ Event/game assets 🗣️ Opportunities with this year's devs Sign up below 👇 📝 www.fellowtraveller.games/backstage
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Everest Pipkin @everest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm very please to announce a public release of my drag-and-drop bookmarking, game-making, and wandering tool Scrubjay! Scrubjay is a weird website builder that lets you cobble together web elements, images, links, text fragments, etc into a series of nested rooms...
"SCRUBJAY" sits over a bunch of images of frogs, birds, doors. it's a very 90s look
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hmblgrv @humblegrove.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
incredibly excited for A Line Held Tight to be part of LudoNarraCon’s official selection! we can’t wait to see what panels are on this year
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Jamathan @jamathandev.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I'm very excited to reveal my new platforming adventure game TALON TOWERS, that I've been working on in collaboration with @quinnkdev.bsky.social and @hyphinett.bsky.social! Full Gameplay Showcase: youtu.be/nJUOSt1bgyE Wishlist TALON TOWERS on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/5272510/...
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Andy Kelly @ultrabrilliant.xyz · 24/09/2026
It's really refreshing seeing shitey normal working class life depicted like this in a game, and a Silent Hill game no less. Pebble-dashed council flats, three-bar fires, Post Office counters, concrete shopping precincts. This must be how posh people felt playing Everybody's Gone to the Rapture.
The inside of a council flat.A brutalist concrete shopping precinct.A block of council flats.A Post Office (well, 'Post Service') counter.
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Markus Montola @montola.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
”Israeli military officers describe hacking into young girls' phones and listening, waiting for them to exclaim with happiness that their father has returned. That moment, amid the pure and innocent joy of a child reunited with their parent after a long day, is when the airstrike happens.”
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"NAZA" could be the tipping point in the public perception of Gaza
As Gaza support builds, the film presents testimony Israel can't easily deny.
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Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In recent years, the media has quietly begun to change the way in which it writes about Bobby Kotick, the former CEO of Activision Blizzard. PMG investigates how Kotick used the threat of defamation to reshape his legacy in the games business, one article at a time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwp...
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Inside Bobby Kotick's Campaign Against the Press
YouTube video by People Make Games
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot
Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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No Games For Genocide @nogamesforgenocide.com · 23/09/2026
To build the boycott of COD: Modern Warfare 4, join us for our first political education & action session! ‘Modern Warfare: Understanding & Strategically Boycotting Militarism in Games’ ONLINE, Sat 10 October, 10am-12pm PDT/6-8pm BST. topaz-hovercraft-d43.notion.site/3dbe13486e5a...
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No Games for Genocide: ‘Modern Warfare: Understanding & Strategically Boycotting Militarism in Games’ (Online Workshop) - 10 October 2026, 10am-12pm PDT / 1-3pm EDT / 6-8pm BST | Notion
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Dr. Emily Price @emilyprice.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Masks are a medical device and it’s really gauche to make fun of medical devices, even if the people wearing them are annoying :)
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Cel Davison @celdavison.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
there’s been a huge and worrying shift among certain leftist towards the centre and away from intersectionality abandoning your morals and principles because some people on your side are annoying is utter weakness
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Mairi Spaceship Nolan 🚀✨ (she/her) @mairispaceship.com · 23/09/2026
Heads up: The New Voices Puzzle Grant applications close at the end of this week! If you're planning to apply - get your applications in soon :) grants.draknek.org
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Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant
The Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant is a grant opportunity for game developers from traditionally underrepresented groups and backgrounds who are interested in designing and developing puzzle games.
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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Becoming a co-op though.... now THERE's an option...
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Jay Gunn/Wilson @gunnwriter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Crazy that drawings that I did literally miles underground ‘down the pit’ in pencil/charcoal in my sketchbook in February 1987 are now coming in useful as reference in the future year of 2026! For the industrial monster Videogame that I currently working on. Young teenage me would be amazed! 😄
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Beck. @artifixor.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Fall of Eagles is a good show
What if Prince Frederick had WhatsApp? You know Otto von Bismark would be sending angry voice notes
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Cel Davison @celdavison.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
i thought the original Control had a few cool ideas, but mostly i thought it was boring
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Draknek & Friends @draknek.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A reminder that the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant is still open to applicants! The deadline is Sunday 27th September 2026! You can read more about the grant here: grants.draknek.org
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IGN Creators Guild @ignunion.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We are tired of posting statements like these.
Today was an awful day at IGN. We were blindsided by the layoff of four union members and many more people across the organization who contributed years of their careers to making IGN an unparalleled voice in games and entertainment. 

With each successive layoff, core parts of IGN’s operation continue to be stripped away. Today, IGN has decided to do away with many of our talented producers, editors, hosts, and other crucial roles, both within and out of the union. How many layoffs will occur before we no longer recognize the company we work for and the content that we make? 


While we recognize the challenges the media industry is facing as a whole, it is difficult to understand how laying off valuable employees better positions us to meet those challenges. In turn, remaining employees bear additional workloads worsened by anxiety over the ever-looming threat of another layoff.

We are devastated, angry, and heartbroken for our colleagues.
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No Games For Genocide @nogamesforgenocide.com · 15/09/2026
We're at 3,159 individual signatures on our pledge to boycott Xbox in solidarity with Palestine. Do you think you can help us get to 5,000 pledges by the end of the year? Message your friends, family, Discord community, online gamer friends - everyone you can think of! ❤️🖤🤍💚
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Eric @mokkograd.net · 13/09/2026
It's been a week since I published the Steam page for Eswahr Eternal. I can't see the game's numbers, so I just assume that it is, as the people might say: "trending". Have you visited said steam page? You should go there and do what needs to be done: store.steampowered.com/app/5198420/...
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nina matsumoto 🌸 @spacecoyote.com · 13/09/2026
I know many of you are skilled at layout design. Would you like to do it full-time?
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Cel Davison @celdavison.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
applying to IGF but waiting on our payment code. does anyone know what the protocol is. will we miss the deadline on sunday?
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Jack Saint @lackingsaint.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Almost every video I've made in the past year has been demonetised. YouTube is getting much worse, and it has now made it impossible for me (and most video essayists) to earn a living. Please share.
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YouTube just killed my channel.
YouTube video by Jack Saint
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Julián Palacios @yulelepalacios.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com · 10/09/2026
It’s newsletter day once again,! This time I’m diving into the visual inspirations for the “ink and grain” aesthetic of Signet City. 📷 Read here: jumpovertheage.substack.com/p/signet-cit...
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SIGNET CITY: Visualizing the City
Drowned in ink and grain.
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Point-and-Click Showcase @pointclickshowcase.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
📣 Announcing the Point-and-Click Showcase 🎉 Together @amanita-design.net and @rustylake.com are hosting a showcase packed with new game trailers, a dedicated Steam sale, and much more to be revealed. 👀 🔗 Apply NOW: forms.gle/z6e1QQFP9xwT... Follow us for future updates! 🖱️
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Digital Poppy Poppy Zone @poppyzone.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Get hype
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Scott Fitzgerald Gray @scottfgray.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The number of people still seemingly unaware that Substack has a Nazi problem means it’s apparently worth mentioning yet again that Substack has a fucking Nazi problem.
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Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
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Eric @mokkograd.net · 06/09/2026
"Eswahr Eternal" is a fantasy role-playing game about becoming a King. You will travel an empty land, slay Giants, sacrifice your principles for power and then you will rule. For Eternity. Go and wishlist it on Steam, or else: store.steampowered.com/app/5198420/...
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Eswahr Eternal on Steam
Eswahr Eternal wants you to become a King. You will wander across an eternal Kingdom. You will slay the four Giants of the Land. You will sacrifice your Principles for Power. You will take the Throne....
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onlycans @onlycans.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
just stop oil protesters got five years in jail for *planning* to do this to the M25.
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Carter @carterlodwick.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I made a new portfolio site in anticipation of applying for work! There's illustrations, various 3D, and documentation of all my game projects. I think it's pretty fun to peruse! www.carterlodwick.com/3D.html
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HK @hkesvani.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Are we going to get the 200 articles on James Orr then? Maybe read and interrogate the footnotes of his doctoral thesis? Is Cambridge going to have to issue out statements about its hiring standards?
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Dr. Emily Price @emilyprice.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
My planned columns about women and the games industry return; this time I’d like to talk to women who review video games about their experiences landing and writing reviews, especially recently. If this is you, reach out via DM or eaprice.work@gmail.com
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hmblgrv @humblegrove.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
its da long freakin weekend. time for a nice pint at da pub
Drawing of a troubled man griping a pint and a cigarette
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hmblgrv @humblegrove.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
concept art vs the game
Hand drawn concept art for the game A Line Held TightScreenshot of the game A Line Held Tight
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hmblgrv @humblegrove.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Beck drew a lot of fun bits and bobs to trail out the panels idea
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USER WAS BLOCKED FOR THIS POST @blockedforthispost.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Oh yeah, the headache that makes you wrong about Gundam
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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
heyyyyy IGF submissions for this year are open! If you're making a cool indie game I would love it if you would submit it! If you're thinking about it but not sure, I outline some reasons why you might (or might not) in detail here auratriolo.com/blog/2024/09...
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Aura’s IGF Submissions Advice – AURAMBLES
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Clever Mia @readvesna.com · 20/08/2026
if you have mentally issues go for it
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Eric @mokkograd.net · 19/08/2026
New Blogpost: The Threat of Organic Videogames Why I hate AI, and why I will equally hate the idea of labeling my work as "AI-free" mokkograd.net/posts/2026-0...
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Blog Post
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Digital Poppy Poppy Zone @poppyzone.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
SOON. lovelyladyverse.com/waterhead/
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
huge news! TEN BEAUTIFUL POSTCARDS by thecatamites (Anthology Of The Killer) is now on steam the first game that made me realise ‘wait- maybe I could make a game’ it expresses so much without challenge or even collision 💫 store.steampowered.com/app/4916370/...
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404 Media @404media.co · 17/08/2026
SCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:
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We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
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autumn wright 🍂 @autumn-wright.com · 14/08/2026
I emailed Compulsion Games.
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An attempt at freelance fact-checking
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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 13/08/2026
The premise of this piece only makes sense because people have been boycotting Microsoft games through BDS It says people don't want to line Xbox's pockets then rewrites the reason as layoffs. Using the boycott as your hook but erasing its politics is quite gross www.gamespot.com/articles/ign...
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Ignore Your Growing Backlog--It's Time To Play South Of Midnight On Steam
Take this opportunity to play one of 2025's best games.
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Brady Soglin @bradysoglin.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
i'm hiring a part-time 3D artist to help define the look of a new game! if this sounds like your jam, please apply! :)
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Fellow Traveller @fellowtraveller.games · 12/08/2026
Hey fellow travellers, ICYMI, we're looking for a Product Manager! If you or someone you know would be a great fit for the marketing role, you can apply here! 💼 bit.ly/FTPMJob
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Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Three indie horror publishers faced sexual harassment claims – what comes next?
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Three indie horror publishers faced sexual harassment claims – what comes next?
'If no one protects indie developers or calls out bad behavior... who is going to save the indies?'
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