Reposted by Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummitDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026So uhhhhhh… Apparently meta's muse "AI" is just straight up doxxing people to strangers on FB marketplace??? This has the potential to hurt so so many people, and I genuinely wonder how long before they roll out a fix for it. 11141651434
Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummit @celiahodent.com · 27/09/2026Happy #DollyDay y’all. Let’s spread the love 💕 110
Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummit @celiahodent.com · 26/09/2026I got the covid and flu vaccines a few days ago. If you can, get yours soon! Stay healthy and keep others safe 🤙🏼 064
Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummit @celiahodent.com · 26/09/2026What does he thinks “competence” even means? Because it’s sure as hell MUCH harder to do good in this world than evil. And you can’t even become a billionaire doing good, unlike evil, thus making it even easier to keep spreading crap rather than good deeds 🤷🏻♀️ 2122
Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummit @celiahodent.com · 26/09/2026Surprise and energetic @pearljam.com show tonight at #OhanaFest, on this harvest moon. Introducing Abe Laboriel Jr as the new drummer 🤟🏼. I hope that Glen Hansard watched from above and felt all the love. What a beautiful night. 🤙🏼 020
Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummit @celiahodent.com · 24/09/2026“Per Gibney, Musk declined to be interviewed for the film, so the director created an AI version of Musk uttering verbatim public quotes as a stand-in for a real interview. That, too, is likely to draw some controversy.” Er— yeah.. wth? 130
Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummit @celiahodent.com · 24/09/2026His work deeply impacted my childhood and thereafter. We need more Jim Hensons in this world. 0152
Reposted by Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummitGamesIndustry.biz @gibiz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The proposed EU KIDS Act would impose significant restrictions to common features in online games, such as login bonuses: here's what game developers need to know bit.ly/4AraVYS 0131
Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummit @celiahodent.com · 22/09/2026Just catching up on the news and oh boy… what a disaster at Microsoft. Again. I feel so sorry for the teams decimated / swooshed around, and for everyone who’s going to be laid off. I hope that you can all land on your feet soon. Words don’t mean much but we are all with you. ❤️ 070
Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummit @celiahodent.com · 22/09/2026Call for papers #ACM Games: Research & Practice special issue seeks empirical & practice-based research examining #gamedesign & #gamedev in practice, how games are actually made & what these practices reveal about games & those who make them. Deadline: Nov 15 More info: dl.acm.org/pb-assets/st... 0123
Reposted by Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummitchloe 🟄°⋆ 🔜 game UX summit @chloehodgson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I’ll be speaking at this! About the playtesting, accessibility and iteration on @denshattack.bsky.social 🚋🔎⭐️🛹 183
Reposted by Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummitCelia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummit @celiahodent.com · 22/09/2026I can't believe the @gameuxsummit.com '26 is in 3 weeks already! For its 10-year anniversary (TEN years 👀 ), the summit comes to Asia for the first time 😍 (and gets an amazing re-branding by no other than Alex Townsend). This is such an incredible milestone 🧵 (1/6) 1187
Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummit @celiahodent.com · 22/09/2026I can't believe the @gameuxsummit.com '26 is in 3 weeks already! For its 10-year anniversary (TEN years 👀 ), the summit comes to Asia for the first time 😍 (and gets an amazing re-branding by no other than Alex Townsend). This is such an incredible milestone 🧵 (1/6) 1187
Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummit @celiahodent.com · 15/09/2026I guess I found my favorite store in Seattle 😜💜 260
Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummit @celiahodent.com · 15/09/2026Oh no… Les Rita Mitsouko was the most creative French rock band and she had such an amazing voice… 030
Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummit @celiahodent.com · 15/09/2026Feeling a big FOMO for this one! Would love to go to see my NY friends and promote the code of ethics @ethicalgames.org but I’ll be heading for the @gameuxsummit.com at that time… Hopefully someone will be the voice of ethics there, as there are many many folks/orgs interested in the topic in NYC! 010
Reposted by Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummitRoutledge Books @routledgebooks.bsky.social · 12/09/2026🎮Happy National Video Games Day!🎮 We’re celebrating today with 5 essential titles ever game developer should have on their shelf: Featuring books by: @fawzi.zone, @hannahnicklin.bsky.social, @celiahodent.com, @seriallabsound.bsky.social, and Spencer Bambrick 095
Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummit @celiahodent.com · 07/09/2026I’m coming to Seattle next week and I’m available for game #ux consultation and training Monday through Wednesday (Sept 14-16) . Also happy to talk about #ethics and #ux in schools/universities or have casual discussions. Don’t hesitate to ping me! 095
Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummit @celiahodent.com · 06/09/2026Protection of #gamedev workers is also part of the @ethicalgames.org code of ethics. There should be a plan to protect employees from harassment. Regardless of what we think of Sony’s decision, its employees deserve respect and safety. ethicalgames.org 0154
Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummit @celiahodent.com · 04/09/2026We don’t have infinite scrolling in video games, but certain games have autoplay and punish disengagement (by capitalizing on FOMO or loss aversion with cumulative loots). We urgently need to define the lines we should not cross, especially for games rated under 18. 1/3 182
Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummit @celiahodent.com · 02/09/2026@dukope.bsky.social hi Lucas! I would like to tell you about the @gameuxsummit.com if you don’t mind my reaching. Could we DM please? 000
Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummit @celiahodent.com · 28/08/2026Ugh… that’s bad… in terms of #a11y and #ux… 😞 #ethics #gamedev 1142
Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummit @celiahodent.com · 27/08/2026I mean… this *could* be an interesting approach but without a strong #ux strategy & tight trust & safety framework, it can quickly become a nightmare for the #gamedev team (e.g. harassment, design by committee, weaponization by executives…). 0204
Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummit @celiahodent.com · 26/08/2026As Parisians often say, you get the most beautiful views of Paris from the top of the Tour Montparnasse because it’s the only place from where you don’t see it… 🙃 030
Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummit @celiahodent.com · 26/08/2026If you’re at #gamescom, go check out my friend Christian Hübel’s game Herdles, in which you play a dog 🐶 running around a beautiful landscape and overcoming challenges. As a dog person and a ux expert, I can only cheer for this game! 😍 store.steampowered.com/app/2429600/... #indiegame #indiedev 292
Reposted by Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummitAftermath @aftermath.site · 25/08/2026All the biggest announcements from Gamescom Opening Night Live aftermath.site/gamescom-openi... 321554506
Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummit @celiahodent.com · 25/08/2026It’s that simple. What an amazing role model she was. She literally made the world a better place. Let’s honor Dolly by continuing her work of cultivating kindness. This is the way. 050
Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummit @celiahodent.com · 25/08/2026Oh no!!! What a beautiful soul and great artist we just lost 😢. Such an amazing human being… www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...theguardian.comDolly Parton, country star, actor and philanthropist, dies aged 80Songwriter of I Will Always Love You, Jolene and 9 to 5 also invested millions in child literacy, Covid-19 vaccine development and other causes 060
Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummit @celiahodent.com · 25/08/2026This afternoon at #gamescom I’m running 2 workshops on player engagement & psychology: 1h30 on motivation and another 1h30 on emotion & gameflow. It’s the 3rd year in a row that I’m doing these workshops at gamescom because they are always packed. So arrive early if you’re interested 😉 #ux #gamedev 0155
Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummit @celiahodent.com · 24/08/2026If you weren’t able to attend my #ethics talk at #gamescom dev, here’s a link to the slides. I hope you’ll join the @EthicalGames.org initiative because we need your help! If only to share & make the project more visible (or provide feedback). Thx! 🙏🏼 #ux #gamedev drive.google.com/file/d/19hVn...drive.google.com2026_GamescomDev_CH_ethics.pdf 1208
Reposted by Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummitCelia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummit @celiahodent.com · 23/08/2026Who’s going to #Gamescom Dev? See you there? My talk on #ethics is on Monday afternoon if you wanna join but otherwise always happy to chat about #gameUX strategy for your studio or project 😉 0115
Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummit @celiahodent.com · 23/08/2026Who’s going to #Gamescom Dev? See you there? My talk on #ethics is on Monday afternoon if you wanna join but otherwise always happy to chat about #gameUX strategy for your studio or project 😉 0115
Reposted by Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummitRobin-Yann Storm @rystorm.com · 11/08/2026Holy shit: Deutsche Bahn has made the insane decision to stop all train traffic between Düsseldorf and Cologne... during the week of Gamescom. 2517472
Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummit @celiahodent.com · 17/08/2026Merci pour la mention de mon livre dans cette liste ! ☺️ #ux #gamedev #frenchtech 081
Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummit @celiahodent.com · 13/08/2026Pre-order no brainer. If you’re interested in gen AI’s limitations and the motives of AI’s enablers, you should get acquainted with Gebru’s work. If you use gen AI, you must. 163
Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummit @celiahodent.com · 11/08/2026Weird… I thought I subscriber to @wired.com yesterday but now I’m receiving emails from them saying “unlock full access to WIRED” so whatever I did yesterday didn’t work. And since there’s no easy way to ask them a question, I guess I’ll give up. No time to figure this out. #UXfail 020
Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummit @celiahodent.com · 07/08/2026Don’t forget to submit your talk for #GDC27! Deadline is tomorrow Aug 7. Make sure to clearly write “ux” somewhere in your description if your talk from the perspective of the player experience, since we don’t have specific summits anymore (and not yet tags…) #ux #gamedev gdconf.com/call-for-sub...gdconf.comCall for Submissions | GDC Festival of GamingSpeak at GDC Festival of Gaming! Submit a presentation and share your game industry knowledge with the entire games ecosystem. 0141
Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummit @celiahodent.com · 06/08/2026This is a story about shareholders unhappy that children aren’t exploited enough. Children are particularly vulnerable to psychological pressures because their brain is immature and monetizing them more “efficiently” is likely to rely on exploitative patterns. #ethics 1134
Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummit @celiahodent.com · 06/08/2026Saw The Odyssey & I’m confused by Wilson’s take in this article. Bc I didn’t find Odysseus complicated at all in her translation. He’s evenly annoying the WHOLE time. I surely missed nuances in Homer but I found Nolan’s Odysseus less of a prick toward the end. Thoughts? www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukEmily Wilson · An Uncomplicated ManThe representation of Odysseus as a reluctant warlord makes a nonsense of the movie’s imagined world. We are not shown... 450
Reposted by Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummitEMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 04/08/2026I wrote about the Trojan horse, and what we can learn from her mouth about different cultural attitudes towards deception and violence. As someone comments below, the phrase GIFT ARTICLE is pretty scary in this context. 48980216
Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummit @celiahodent.com · 03/08/2026I’m really glad to see raising awareness about ethical design, both for users and workers. Now let’s do video games! 🤓 👉🏼 ethicalgames.org #ethics #gamedev #uxethicalgames.orgHome - Ethical GamesCode of Ethics for the Game Industry (Note: this code of ethics is still in development. Draft updated on March 10, 2026) Read the draft Join our newsletter Check out our 1st Ethical Games Conference!... 1183
Reposted by Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummitBrandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 30/07/2026In response to the unprecedented number of game developers laid off this year, we have created a bundle on itch to benefit a Game Industry Hardship Fund, managed by @videogameworkers.bsky.social. More than 100 games for 10+ bucks! Please share widely and donate generously! itch.io/b/3802/game-... 2037243073
Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummit @celiahodent.com · 01/08/2026Finally an article who talks about the Ceuta “migrants” as human beings… www.lemonde.fr/en/le-monde-...lemonde.fr'It was the chance of our lives': After short exile in Ceuta, tens of thousands of young people return to MoroccoSpurred by messages on social media, around 50,000 people illegally crossed into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta since Thursday, July 30, in an unprecedented influx. But most have already been forced to ... 1113
Reposted by Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummitCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 21/07/20261. We—@eduede.bsky.social, @mjcrockett.bsky.social, Kevin Gross, and I—have a new preprint on the arXiv today, based on ideas that emerged during an @sfiscience.bsky.social workshop in November 2024: The unintended consequences of large language models as a labor-augmenting technology in science.arxiv.orgThe unintended consequences of large language models as a labor-augmenting technology in scienceAs a labor-augmenting technology, large language models (LLMs) have the potential to accelerate scientific activity across the research pipeline. But even if LLMs perform on par with human experts at ... 10838338
Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummit @celiahodent.com · 31/07/2026“Things are getting crowded up there” www.theguardian.com/science/2026...theguardian.comDrifting SpaceX rocket heading for accidental collision with moonScientists and sky gazers will watch intently as rocket’s upper stage slams into lunar surface on Wednesday 020
Reposted by Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummitFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 31/07/2026Google has also decided to effectively kill the desktop version of Google Earth Pro - which has been a genuinely useful mapping tool for many years. They’ve apparently decided those resources are better spent allowing users to burn AI credits on creating satellite imagery disinformation.theverge.comGet Google Earth Pro while you still can.In an update on Tuesday, Google says it will block users from downloading its Google Earth Pro desktop app starting June 25th, 2027. People can continue to use the app after that date, which offers ac... 1236886