iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Dakota @dakotaburgin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

ESPECIALLY when the game is already built and balanced for multiplayer. Give me splitscreen. I'm limited to old consoles or fussing with emulators.

000

Dakota @dakotaburgin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I'm genuinely incensed by the lack of local multiplayer in gaming today. The Gears of War remake doesn't have couch co-op on Steam. GEARS OF WAR ffs. Star Wars Galactic Racer doesn't. Back 4 Blood doesn't. Halo MC clCollection doesn't. Seems like it's only Mario Kart, party games, or fighters.

100

Reposted by Dakota

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

seeing conservative men debate how to dress online is very funny. can't dress up or wear interesting casualwear bc you've made any visible interest in dress to be a sign of homosexuality. but you feel the need to dress better bc you've linked dress to respectability. a prison of your own making.

11888171014

Reposted by Dakota

Chris Plante @plante.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Why @mothership.blog matters podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

18718

Reposted by Dakota

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Metroid Ravenous announced out Jan 28th

432910961

Dakota @dakotaburgin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Not having to wait 10 years for a new 2D Metroid game is frankly way more exciting than the Ocarina remake. Hell yeah.

000

Dakota @dakotaburgin.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Big fan of the music behind the introduction, not sure how new it is but has me bopping around while I clean my office. Hope it stays!

000

Reposted by Dakota

Chris Plante @plante.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

As PlayStation and Xbox raise prices on generic consoles that do more of the same, the "retro" handhelds offer an exciting (and cheaper) alternative. ... if you can find one.

postgame.substack.com

How Retro Handhelds Hijacked Your Algorithm

I recently bought my dream video game console.

1111610

Dakota @dakotaburgin.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I'm headed to OFFF+Forum design conference in Montréal this week if anyone wants to hook up for coffee! Not really connected to the design world on here but maybe this is how it starts?! Pumped to connect with fellow designers & digital storytellers. #OFFF

000

Dakota @dakotaburgin.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Stoked to see you cover this; been really interested in the liberalization of the hardware market that's been forming over the last few years. Niche market feels like it's solidifying into a serious competitor market.

110

Reposted by Dakota

Chris Plante @plante.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Games media publications big and small have been working overtime to show the full scale of fuckery happening at Microsoft. I get that shit sucks. And the media can always do better. But this “nobody is as smart and bold as me and my Bluesky pals” posturing is so tired and unhelpful

2471691

Reposted by Dakota

Brian Shea @brianpshea.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

When I visited IO Interactive last December for Game Informer's 007 First Light cover story, there was a palpable excitement around the Copenhagen-based studio every time they even mentioned Project Fantasy, even if they couldn't say anything about it. IO is such a talented studio, and I hate this.

1364

Reposted by Dakota

Rob Manuel @robmanuel.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

To tack onto this, I'm adding "recent titles that should go into your best of the year consideration, and I know it's hard to cover so many so that's why this system is broken but you need to keep them in mind or simply find a new system which you should but here are more games to play"

141

Reposted by Dakota

🎃Autopsy of Ashley Lynch 🔪🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

And then the comments below are just people talking about how much they enjoyed the movie. Maybe, just maybe, the problem is crap like this that has an vested interest in telling us we don't like movies with women and will never in a billion years focus that lens on male led films.

Variety: Supergirl Sticks. Why Does Hollywood keep failing female superheroes?

4145798

Dakota @dakotaburgin.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Not all advertising is bad--but I wanna pick my own advertising! So here's an article from my favourite blog for turning any eBay search into an RSS feed, that I just found: putthison.com/turn-any-eba...

putthison.com

Turn Any eBay Search Into an RSS Feed

We’ve written in our guide to menswear eBay shopping about using RSS feeds to keep track of your favorite eBay...

000

Dakota @dakotaburgin.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Hell yeah. Taking back my screen time. RSS feeds rule (print magazines also go hard). App is Feeder. (Pictured: feeds from @mothership.blog and @plante.bsky.social. read em!!)

160

Dakota @dakotaburgin.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I've removed all social media from my phone and after a few weeks of my phone being for text, maps, and music, I'm setting up an RSS feed for the first time to take back my devices from tech company algorithms. I miss the days when technology served us.

151

Reposted by Dakota

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Dylan, on life in your 80’s, is incredible. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/o...

229119653096

Reposted by Dakota

Chris Plante @plante.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

This morning, I've seen - Kotaku hire @adashtra.bsky.social - A huge, high-touch new video from People Make Games - @mothership.blog in a partnership with The Flytrap and Autonomy News - More new stories than I have time to read - And (selfishly) I launched EGOTY Games media refuses to die

625629

Dakota @dakotaburgin.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

🫡 P4 Royal has been languishing in my library since launch.

120

Reposted by Dakota

Biollante @bivouacchillin.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Razorbills have the slickest design in the animal kingdom. They look like they were made by Yves Saint Laurent

233192983002

Dakota @dakotaburgin.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Plante where exactly are you getting Fox's saliva

130

Reposted by Dakota

Chris Plante @plante.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

With Paste Games/AVClub, @garrettmartin.bsky.social gave dozens of writers their first paid bylines and (just as importantly) their first thorough and professional edits. So much talent has entered this space with his help

18017

Reposted by Dakota

Chris Plante @plante.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Games journalism is... A. Dead B. More vibrant than ever C. Complicated and requires an hour-long explanation with dozens of historical comparisons + insights from journalists and critics across the media landscape D. All of the above Here's my recent NYU lecture, remastered for audio!

patreon.com

The Nine Lives of Games Journalism | Post Games

The Nine Lives of Games Journalism by Post Games on Patreon. Join Post Games's community for exclusive content and updates.

212231

Reposted by Dakota

Maddy Myers 🏳️‍🌈 @midimyers.com · 01/05/2026

today is the one-year anniversary of the polygon layoff which already had me wistful for a past life so hearing the news about the AV Club's games section is really shaking me. every day i'm grateful for anyone who can afford to support @mothership.blog and all the other worker-owned sites out there

320928

Reposted by Dakota

Maddy Myers 🏳️‍🌈 @midimyers.com · 30/04/2026

hell YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAH

2395

Reposted by Dakota

alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

when we mourn le guin, we mourn one of our greatest writers & thinkers. but we also mourn one of our all-time greatest haters

All you do is take all the sex out, and use little short words, and little dumb ideas, and don't be too scary, and be sure there's a happy ending. Right? Nothing to it. Write down. Right on.

If you do all that, you might even write Jonathan Livingston Seagull and make twenty billion dollars and have every adult in America reading your book.

But you won't have every kid in America reading your book. They will look at it, and they will see straight through it, with their clear, cold, beady little eyes, and they will put it down, and they will go away. Kids will devour vast amounts of garbage (and it is good for them) but they are not like adults: they have not yet learned to eat plastic.

163184355682

Reposted by Dakota

Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

it felt trivial at times to be writing about video games at rikers, which is so notoriously dangerous for incarcerated people. still, play and, specifically, video games are a meaningful piece of the lives of the ~12 young men i met and played with at rikers. read: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/a...

nytimes.com

A Virtual Escape for Rikers Inmates

16528133

Dakota @dakotaburgin.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

The "characters don't believe in the UI," line, followed by this, absolutely killed me.

120

Dakota @dakotaburgin.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Titanium Court is so good. The music is excellent, and I'm so hyped on the premise of a Match-Three / Autochess / Visual Novel ??? After listening to the developer, AP, interviewed on @plante.bsky.social's podcast I was like, "How is Match-Three an untapped genre?" I was blind but now I see, AP.

2253

Reposted by Dakota

Chris Plante @plante.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

The Post Games 1-year anniversary is about a month away! One goal I'd love to hit is 500 reviews on Apple Podcast. If you like the show and have 60 seconds to spare, a short review would be a tremendous help. 🥰 (Thank you for amplifying my work for more folks to hear!)

podcasts.apple.com

Post Games

Video Games Podcast · Updated Weekly · Post Games is an audio magazine about how and why we love video games. Each week, host Chris Plante reports on a new, overlooked, or underappreciated topic in ga...

1327

Reposted by Dakota

KrisWB 🌱 @kriswbennett.co.uk · 17/04/2026

🌱For every copy sold, 1 real tree gets planted🌱 🌳Treeplanter is out now on Steam!🌳 There are no goals or objectives in this peaceful, interactive woodland Piece together a tiny grove and watch as birds, plants and animals move in over the changing seasons store.steampowered.com/app/3531490/...

32511

Reposted by Dakota

Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

GODDAMN I love making comics. Okay. So we did a story very dear to my heart in Uncanny X-Men, about mutants during the Jim Crow era, called THE DARK ARTERY. It featured a new character named LADY HENRIETTA, and people just took to her in a beautiful way. They asked for more. 1/

Lady Henriettta, an obsidian-wielding mutant, on the cover of Uncanny X-Men 14.

362089372

Reposted by Dakota

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 11/02/2026

Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground

photo of Pam Bondi testifying in the foreground as a group of 7 women and 1 men raise their hands

13474018113642

Dakota @dakotaburgin.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

One of my favourite buildings in Ottawa. Built in 1936 by Henry Blackburn, who was reportedly obsessed with it and its construction.

Black & white photograph of a 1930's apartment building with the word "Blackburn" on the front."

010

Dakota @dakotaburgin.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Babe wake up, Derek Guy noticed Canada. (The Supreme Court revealed their new, modern robes yesterday.)

160

Reposted by Dakota

Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Something I didn't mention in my story yesterday: one of the reasons that Team Cherry had such an enjoyable time making Silksong is that it's 2D. Nice and flat. Don't have to worry about 3D art pipelines. In other words, all video games should be 2D

821911163

Dakota @dakotaburgin.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Much love to @evolvepr.bsky.social @evolvetom.bsky.social & Candace. Everyday these two choose kindness as the first reason for running a company + uplifting dev teams around the 🌎. They buck trends to see the humanity in their staff; the industry should know there's no better, no kinder team.

140

Dakota @dakotaburgin.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

It's so hard to say, I almost chose to stay silent, but I'm leaving @evolvepr.bsky.social & #gamedev next week. I'm going back to 🍁Canadian politics. My ink's not dry yet--I've a few more things to say. “Farewells can be shattering, but returns are surely worse." I'll be back in games someday!

1194

Dakota @dakotaburgin.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Alien: Earth broke tradition with the cat and for that I give it one star (It's actually very good but still)

020

Reposted by Dakota

Rob Manuel @robmanuel.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

I am back on the job hunt. Please let me know if you are looking for: Events Management Content Strategy Scouting / Biz Dev Producer for Live or Taped Segments Someone to talk about indie games for hours Please let me know and please share with others. Contact cthuloops at gmail.com. Thank you!

15240

Dakota @dakotaburgin.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Calabogie cliffs on medium format film. Ektar 100.

010

Reposted by Dakota

ScrawlFox @scrawlpixel.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Showcasing the first rooms of the game. What do you think? #gbdev #gbstudio #gamedev #indiedev #gameboy #retrogaming #retrodev #metroidvania

813229