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Saoirse “Ghost of a Victorian Child” Stone 🏳️‍⚧️ @saoirsestone.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I cannot emphasize enough that financially supporting Mothership is legitimate praxis. You are funding a games site that is doing it right. They’re supporting women, queer folks, writers from all kinds of diverse backgrounds, and they’re doing it with strong professional ethics.

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Alexei Pepers @apepers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The schedule for @roguelike.club is up! We’ve got yet another stunning lineup with multiple people who are such a good fit I had assumed they’d spoken already 🤣 Time is fake and it’s just over two weeks until the con so check it out, buy a ticket, come hang out! www.roguelike.club/event2026.html

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Roguelike Celebration - Event 2026

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deptofmeteors @deptofmeteors.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

this is an excellent book about how using classification and quantification to stake out a world risks fencing in what is possible. highly recommended for any TTRPG or MLIS folks, came a few days early and absolutely tore through it.

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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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nic tringali @nictringali.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I'm speaking at Roguelike Celebration this year! Come see me talk about the only three games that matter: Blackjack, Skull, and Can't Stop

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deptofmeteors @deptofmeteors.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

thrilled to be speaking at @roguelike.club this year with so many other great folks. this is a weird idea that has been kicking around in my head for a bit and so appreciative for how immediately excited and supportive they were. www.roguelike.club/event2026.html

Screenshot showing the talk title “Some Quite Fantastic Shapes: Procedural Narrative & Terry Riley’s In C

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If you are a graduate student in the humanities (construed as broadly as possible), what is the MOST EXCITING book published in the last five years to you? Please repost if you’re not a graduate student!

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deptofmeteors @deptofmeteors.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

had always heard how elegantly Pathologic 2 makes you feel like an outsider through Artemy Burakh's connection to the town, culture, and community, but I didn't realize that it also just tells you "you're hated here" over and over, which is another effective way to make you feel like an outsider

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Meredith Gran @meredithgran.com · 25/09/2026

Perfect Tides: Station to Station has been nominated for a Golden Joystick award in the "Best Indie Game - Self Published" category! You can vote for it along with all the other categories here: www.gamesradar.com/goldenjoysti...

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Anne Carson, Short Talks

Early one morning words were
missing. Before that, words were not.
Facts were, faces were. In a good story,
Aristotle tells us, everything that happens is pushed by something else. One day someone noticed there were stars but no words, why? I've asked a lot of people, I think it is a good question. Three old women were bending in the fields.
What use is it to question us? They said. Well, it shortly became clear that they knew everything there is to know about the snowy fields and the blue- green shoots and the plant called "audacity" that poets mistake for violets. I began to copy out everything that was said. The marks construct an instant of nature gradually, without the boredom of a story. I emphasize this. I will do anything to avoid boredom. It is the task of a lifetime. You can never know enough, never work enough, never use the infinitives and participles oddly enough, never impede the movement harshly enough, never leave the mind quickly enough.

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deptofmeteors @deptofmeteors.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

incredible to see The Creation of Wonder by the brilliant @evegoldenwoods.bsky.social get this sort of spotlight. it was a dream of a first TTRPG to edit and beautifully continues to be a unique artifact all of its own.

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deptofmeteors @deptofmeteors.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

so glad I read Gameworld Interfaces before watching Southland Tales

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Jesse Boo-rascia 👻 @jesseguarascia.com · 18/09/2026

“Is this GOTY material or can I skip it?”

Screenshot from the game Perfect Tides: Station to Station that reads “I don’t like to rank or categorize works of art. They are already commodified enough.”

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Jenna "the" Yow @jannouna.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

So with the news of the layoffs at KO_OP, I'm officially looking for work later this fall. I'm an experienced narrative designer that's worked on both sprawling open world stories and intimate cinematic narratives, even netting some award wins and noms. More details on my experience below!

key art for Goodbye Volcano High by KO_OP

key art for Spirit Swap by Soft Not Weak

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Jenna "the" Yow @jannouna.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I'll be looking for work soon and am in the process of crafting a portfolio website for the first time in a few years, but in the meantime if you know of anyone in need of a narrative designer (or illustrator, even) please keep me in mind 🥲

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Maddy Myers 🏳️‍🌈 @midimyers.com · 09/09/2026

for @mothership.blog today, @zoehhannah.com wrote this lovely profile of Em Halberstadt, the sound designer for Big Walk, a game in which sound is perhaps the *most* important aspect. the game (which is a must-play imo) includes a ton of real-life Australian wilderness sounds that Em captured.

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Big Walk sound designer Em Halberstadt on capturing its wild Australian soundscape

A conversation about birdsong, Wilson's Promontory, and being quiet

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Dr Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Thousand Hells is out NOW. A tactical narrative game about staging heists in different hells that blends mythology and surrealism from the creators of King of Dragon Pass and Six Ages - there’s nothing like it. I’m delighted to be one of the writers involved store.steampowered.com/app/3794210/...

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Save 10% on Thousand Hells: The Underworld Heists on Steam

Recruit your team, choose your path, and descend into hell. Four heroes must overcome the trials of the underworlds in tactical narrative encounters. A new systemic storybook experience blending mytho...

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deptofmeteors @deptofmeteors.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

if you like it when small fragments come together to form larger shapes, or if you've ever used "undulating" as a complement, then consider checking out my album of fingerpicked baritone guitar pieces this bandcamp friday silohomes.bandcamp.com/album/recurr...

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recurring shapes for baritone guitar, by silo homes

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deptofmeteors @deptofmeteors.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

still not even entirely sure what a clone trooper is, but it is obvious how much thought and care went into this and so glad to see it landing well

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deptofmeteors @deptofmeteors.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

makes a world of sense to learn that this was partially inspired by Wolves Upon the Coast (such landscapes, such weird creeps) and is directly based on some writing Cook hired Gearing to do for an upcoming collaboration www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH2w...

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A. G. Cook - Soulbreaker

YouTube video by A. G. Cook

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Maddy Myers 🏳️‍🌈 @midimyers.com · 21/08/2026

today at @mothership.blog, it's jennifer lufau breaking down exactly what is so important and special about South of Midnight. free to read with just your email address! do not miss this game; compulsion games is indie now and both needs & deserves your support.

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South of Midnight is a master class in cultural appreciation

I’m a French Black woman whose favorite game of 2025 was not Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. And how could it be, when South of Midnight was released around the same time?

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deptofmeteors @deptofmeteors.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

playing dark souls 2 for the first time and keep thinking about how ian mackaye once said that bands have a special moment where their skills are far enough along to fully express what they have been working towards but not so far passed that point to either lose sight or move into something new

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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Delighted to have @jaymcastello.bsky.social on the site today talking to developers who've wrangled with Valve's mysterious content review process

From these developers’ reports, as well as the account from Santa Ragione, the developer behind Horses, once a build and a disclosure form are submitted to Steam, the process goes on behind closed doors. Steam might request a build or instructions that allows them to see disclosed content more easily, as in Gran’s case, but in Pedercini’s they were less forthcoming. He was told that his achievements may have inappropriate names, but when he asked whether changing one from “have sex one last time” to “find romance one last time” would help, Steam didn’t reply.

“The review process is extremely slow and vague,” he says. “It’s frustrating. You work six years on a game, you line up press and events for the launch, and then some guy at Valve clicks on a checkbox and blocks everything.”

For Gran, after she submitted her build full of the sex scenes, Steam took “probably about two weeks” to get back to her, during which she was “sweating.” “I’m just left to speculate. What do they think of this? Who is this person who’s deciding the fate of this game I’ve been working on for four and a half years?” This was also happening just a few weeks after the game Horses was delisted from Steam and other storefronts over its sexual content, making Gran wonder whether she would get to sell the game at all, and whether it would become known for having bannable content rather than “really just a truthful retelling of a teenage experience.”

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deptofmeteors @deptofmeteors.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Bathers Library Summer Symposium schedule is up! I'll be talking about the history of reverb that Thursday night (27th), @amyberko.bsky.social is leading a collaborative poetry writing workshop that weekend (29th), and all sorts of other great things! batherslibrary.cargo.site/summer-sympo...

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Summer Symposium Schedule 2026 — Bathers Library

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 13/08/2026

Alright y'all, this is it! The final stretch for the game industry hardship fund. We've got $13k to raise in 14 hours to meet the final goal, I think we can do it. itch.io/b/3802/game-...

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Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com · 11/08/2026

TIS THE SEASON! I'm so grateful to all these authors for being willing to film themselves introducing and/or reading from their books. Every week, a new lil' video! Please watch! Please read real human-written books!

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deptofmeteors @deptofmeteors.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

for this bandcamp friday consider picking up two albums of textured, shifting drones (one mostly via synth and lap steel and the other via fingerpicked baritone guitar) that I think have a lot in common with how I approach editing for games silohomes.bandcamp.com/album/riverg...

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riverglass, by silo homes

3 track album

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deptofmeteors @deptofmeteors.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Forget Starlight is being printed by Shane at Grub Grub Press who did a killer job and is absolutely delightful, helpful, and professional. If you are working on an upcoming TTRPG please consider working with them instead of any of this horseshit. grubgrub.press

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Grub Grub

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deptofmeteors @deptofmeteors.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

excited to do a performance of air light water moon shadow sky this Saturday at the SF Art Book Fair. recorded excerpts of sessions from the game (a collaborative game of narrative generation inspired by experimental film, dream logic, and other omens) with live synth. sfartbookfair.com/Programming

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Programming — SF Art Book Fair

PROGRAMMING Dowload the 2026 SFABF program guide. OPENING NIGHT PREVIEW Join us Thursday, July 23, 6pm - 10pm for our opening night preview of the 2026 SFABF,...

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

For the summer issue of Bookforum, I wrote about the life and work of the painter Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, who died in April. www.bookforum.com/print/3301/p...

The cover of the summer 2026 issue of Bookforum, featuring Celeste Dupuy-Spencer's "Self-Portrait in the Dark," 2024.

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Everest Pipkin @everest.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Would you like to contribute an OBJECT to live in a WAREHOUSE GAME? I'm working on a parser fiction game where you play as a worker in the warehouse of the gods- sorting, storing, rearranging objects, meandering. I need so many objects! Maybe even: one of yours? docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Objects contribution for god's warehouse game

What is this? I'm (Everest) making a short parser fiction game where you are a worker in the warehouse of the gods, sorting and storing objects to the whims of holy creatures. Would you like to subm...

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brendan mordheim @brendanmcleod.dev · 08/07/2026

immediately started thinking "wait, I really like dune imperium uprising - what's the board game equivalent for BotNS" and realized a minute later that I was just re-inventing COMMONWEALTH modality.itch.io/commonwealth

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COMMONWEALTH by Michael Hansen

A far-future social climbing simulation

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Meredith Gran @meredithgran.com · 03/07/2026

Perfect Tides: Station to Station is just 5 reviews away from 200! If you've recently played it during the sale, a review (of any length!) would be a big help re: platform visibility. store.steampowered.com/app/2088810/...

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Save 20% on Perfect Tides: Station to Station on Steam

A narrative adventure about the momentum and whiplash of young adulthood. Explore the big city through 18-year-old Mara's eyes. Collect items, nurture ideas, and experience complex relationships while...

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deptofmeteors @deptofmeteors.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Forget Starlight is modular game that is as much about Courtiers, Disavowed Assassins, and Emblazoned Gun Nurses as it is about how we generate stories by finding a throughline when faced with ever-shifting locations and circumstances. Truly something special, can't wait for folks to check it out.

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Anna 🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Shoutout to @litvac.com for letting me know one of my posts showed up in a Narrascope talk. AND I STILL STAND BY IT. WE LOVE YOU EDITORS. 🩷

A talk at NarraScope about editing in game writing and one of Anna's BlueSky posts showed up, saying "I would go to war for any editor I've ever had as a game writer. You all are seriously the best."

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Jess Haskins | The Game Editors @jesshaskins.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Streaming right now on YouTube: the Game Workers Conference, "an entirely new game industry event made by and for the countless workers who make this massively influential industry and artistic medium succeed." www.youtube.com/live/CFF97Oj...

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The Game Workers Conference

The Game Workers Conference is an entirely new game industry event made by and for the countless workers who make this massively influential industry and art...

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deptofmeteors @deptofmeteors.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

registration closes tomorrow for @narrascope.org, which has an incredible list of speakers and talks this year: @meredithgran.com keynote! @jesshaskins.bsky.social and @criticalkitten.bsky.social on editing! @grundislav.games! @essaygames.bsky.social! @jannouna.bsky.social! many more!

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Jess Haskins | The Game Editors @jesshaskins.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

I'm so excited for my upcoming NarraScope talk with Marissa Koors @criticalkitten.bsky.social. It articulates a lot of my thoughts about the role of editors in game dev and the benefits of fostering an "editorial culture" in the industry. narrascope.org/schedule/#we...

NarraScope: A Conference for Developers, Writers, Scholars, and Players of Interactive Narrative

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THE WELL-EDITED GAME: How Professional Editing Elevates Our Medium

I'M SPEAKING AT NARRASCOPE 2026

[Photos of Jess and Marissa]
Jess Haskins & Marissa Koors

>where
University at Albany, New York, USA

>when
June 12-14

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Meredith Gran @meredithgran.com · 14/05/2026

Perfect Tides: Station to Station comes out today on Switch! I'm very proud of what Edmundo and I have accomplished getting this AGS adventure to console, and I can't wait for more people to play it.

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Carolyn Petit @carolynmichelle.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Finally wrote about Perfect Tides: Station to Station, far and away the best game I’ve played this year.

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Meredith Gran @meredithgran.com · 07/05/2026

Here's a post on my blog w/all relevant links to the Perfect Tides: Station to Station Switch release + Steam discount, plus a small Q+A about how this relates to PT1: meredithgran.com/perfect-tide...

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Perfect Tides: Station to Station Available for Pre-Order on Switch - Meredith Gran

It’s practically here. You can now pre-order Perfect Tides: Station to Station at a 15% discount for Switch in both the US and EU eShops. During

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deptofmeteors @deptofmeteors.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Amberspire is a city builder that understands "city" through a narrative assemblage of historical fragments informing & enriching architecture, population, and challenges. Place, in all its wooly facets, is beautifully realized and feels so far removed from any tabula rasa infrastructure simulator.

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Jenna "the" Yow @jannouna.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

i think any discussion of getting into games needs to acknowledge the difference between pursuing game making as a craft vs game making as an industry

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Meredith Gran @meredithgran.com · 24/04/2026

Very excited to be Saturday's keynote speaker at NarraScope this year!

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Osama Dorias @osamadorias.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Dreams on a Pillow is the game that the establishment doesn't want you to play. A game made by Palestinians about Palestine. This game needs to exist, and we can make it happen. Please back, share, and talk about this game. We must amplify the voices that they're trying so hard to silence.

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deptofmeteors @deptofmeteors.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Creation of Wonder is something really special, it was an honor to work on it, and so happy to see it and @evegoldenwoods.bsky.social get this recognition that hopefully leads more folks to check it out

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Meredith Gran @meredithgran.com · 24/04/2026

See you May 14th on Nintendo Switch!

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Game Workers Conference @gameworkerscon.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

PANEL ANNOUNCEMENT📢 Anna C. Webster Andrea Saravia Pérez Alina Staten Drew Messinger-Michaels Kindra Dantone Freelancers are often kept isolated, which presents a challenge when it comes to organizing. This panel explores how freelancers support each other and build collective power.

Game Workers Conference May 22 - May 23, 2026
Freelancing Together: From Solo to Solidarity
Anna C. Webster
Andrea Saravia Pérez
Alina Staten
Drew Messinger-Michaels
Kindra Dantone
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Jess Haskins | The Game Editors @jesshaskins.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Hey, I'm gonna be speaking at @narrascope.org in Albany in June! I'm delighted to team up with fellow editor Marissa Koors to dig into the hot new trend of having your game edited and how you can get in on the craze. 2026, year of the game editor! Full schedule: narrascope.org/schedule/

Text: The Well-Edited Game: How Professional Editing Elevates Our Medium
Jess Haskins, Marissa Koors
Editing is an integral part of the creative process in traditional media. But in games, editorial responsibilities are scattered across disciplines or skipped altogether. What do game editors actually do? Are editors only for narrative games? How does editing interact with other aspects of production? What should you consider before working with an editor? We’ll demystify the editorial process and make the case for including editors in every game’s development. We’ll break down the different types of editing, highlight successful interventions from past projects, and share why we believe 2026 is the year of the game editor.

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