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the statues are bleeding green iggi phd student @ uni of york researching game design & player creativity sound toys & playful tools [website] fuzul.bearblog.dev [games & zines] fuzul.itch.io

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 9h
Cat and kitten door knocker, Clun, England
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ねぎわさ @negiwasa555.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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doruk balcı @dorukb.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
this one is for the real ones only
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doruk balcı @dorukb.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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doruk balcı @dorukb.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
thinking about some fun or interesting movie/board game pairings, gonna make a thread
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doruk balcı @dorukb.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
there is a bridge, i'm sure of it
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izziep @kentishizzie.com · 08/10/2026
baby's first blogpost 🩵💙 it's about the games you see in CeX window for £400 that make you go "huh??". I tried to find out why, and was met with a lot of spin and market manipulation. kentishizzie.com/blog/posts/a...
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Why Does That Game in CeX Cost So Much?
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
playing too many rpg demos that ask me to choose stats before telling me what the game is. they clearly haven’t played my treatise on the issue computerjames.itch.io/path-of-the-...
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Path of the Chosen by ComputerJames, ComputerJames
"The Fantasy RPG of the season"
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Lur Noise @lurnoise.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
spaceships ~*
Color illustration, a sleek white, blue and red hero-ship charges its shot while evading enemy fire, flying just above the surface of the sea. It's being flanked by two enemy ships.Color illustration, showing a space battle between a hero-ship and different enemy-ships. Explosions fill the scene, and a big blue planet can be seen in the background.
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cécile @haraiva.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
i'll make a proper post later BUT play the Parasensor demo ITS OUT NOW store.steampowered.com/app/3722090/...
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Parasensor on Steam
When Marisol accepts a job as a telecom technician, she finds herself in a quarantine zone where civilians are mutating into insects. Connect with strangers, confront grotesque creatures, and unravel ...
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doruk balcı @dorukb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
i failed #giveuptober
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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026
We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/
a cartoon of three fieldworkers. One has a small trans flag. The logos of the university of leeds, research england, and canopy robin are shown, as well as the URL: InclusiveFieldwork (dot) Leeds (dot) AC (dot) UK (slash) trans
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metal flesh express @oma-metal-flesh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
NEW Domino Club DRIVE-IN Jam 9 Games Multiple Engines 1 MILLION HORSEPOWER ONLY ONE SURVIVOR YOU! PLAY NOW domino.gallery/jams/drive-i...
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DRIVE-IN JAM
Drive-in Jam. Aug 29 - Oct 4, 2026
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Mike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Every AI/HCI paper I review now just sounds like this.
Research [25] shows that people [26] enjoy the feeling of winning games [3,5,19]. Enjoying things can lead to longer life expectancy [2], higher economic productivity [9,22,33-40,302] and improve mental health [9]. Yet many games still include losing players [67,4]. A recent study showed that less than half of the players in a Chess [1] match win on average [42]. We have developed an LLM-driven co-creative [66], user-led [11], mixed-initiative [80] assistant for Chess [2], through which players can redefine the rules of Chess [3] using generative AI prompting such that they are the winner of Chess [4]. A study (n=3) showed that 100\% of people felt better, healthier and more self-actualised after using our tool, showing that this may be the way forward for games and human culture more broadly in the future.
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Scooby Doo Philosopher (Debut novel MORE BUGS out now)!!! @dayofthemutants.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Domino Club has been tirelessly working to liberate gamers from picking one of three things. Now you can pick all nine of these things, and here's the twist: they'll actually be good domino.gallery/jams/drive-i...
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DRIVE-IN JAM
Drive-in Jam. Aug 29 - Oct 4, 2026
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freya @spdrcstl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
new Domino Club release is out!! Get your good indie game fix of 9 games to the theme of "Drive In"... perhaps I made one of them....who knows... domino.gallery/jams/drive-i...
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DRIVE-IN JAM
Drive-in Jam. Aug 29 - Oct 4, 2026
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Cammymoop @cammymoop.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
My free game making tool for grid-based games is out now! cammymoop.itch.io/grid-game-ma...
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Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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doruk balcı @dorukb.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
forgot to post yesterday: see day 3&4 here
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doruk balcı @dorukb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
i just found myself doodling... tryingto keep strong
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doruk balcı @dorukb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
day 2
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doruk balcı @dorukb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
i'm doing #giveuptober where i don't post a new drawing every day in october. check out day 1 below
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doruk balcı @dorukb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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BEST TOM (in the airport) @tomsmizzle.itch.io · 20/04/2025
THE JIG IS UP! i am Bard, performer of Song of the Beastslayer, the proud recipient of the Samuel Pepys Award for another boistrous ballad for the collection dominoclub.itch.io/beastslayer
award art showing a Polaroid of a hand holding some sheet music next to a folder labelled DOMINO
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鮎 @sweetfish.site · 01/10/2026
happy world postcard day 💌 start of weird web october 🎃 and new checkout counter 🧾
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The Checkout Counter #46
September 2026
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Sajan @planetsmudge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
An absolute delight to do the cover + slipcase for this one www.lostincult.co.uk/shop/p/caves...
Switch cover for Caves of Qud - illustration of a sweeping landscape framed by trees, whose roots are crowded by various denizens and artefacts beneath the earth
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Poppy Wilde @poppywilde.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Exciting news! Myself and @bettibo.bsky.social are series editors for our UEP series on Critical Studies in Games and Culture 🥳🎮🕹♟️🥅 Feel free to reach out to us directly to have a chat about your ideas and whether they would be a good fit! More info at www.exeterpress.co.uk/collections/...
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Critical Studies in Games and Culture
Series editors: Bettina Bódi, University of Birmingham and Poppy Wilde, Birmingham City UniversityCritical Studies in Games and Culture is dedicated to exploring the political, cultural, and social si...
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Dom Ford @domford.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Thrilled to see this latest special issue of Eludamos out now! Pop open some champagne and read about Party Studies in Game Studies, guest edited and introduced by Leland Masek and @jaakkostenros.bsky.social!
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doruk balcı @dorukb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i had full conversations with people which i did not understand a single word
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doruk balcı @dorukb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
as a person with a turkish accent, meeting a person with a heavy yorkshire accent, at that point we are completely relying on gestures to understand each other
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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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drew shapiro ✦ MUTAGEN Demo out now! @organzola.games · 28/09/2026
MENTRIS is out now! Play god with blocks. For #FallingBlockJam organzola.itch.io/mentris
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Kyle Ferrin 🧙‍♂️✍️ @d20plusmodifier.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Up late doing laundry and some Arcs expansion art because I have a doc appointment tomorrow. I love when I can make myself laugh. Gotta wear PPE when handling the Psionic Auditor. #arcsboardgame #illustration
Drawing: An alien in PPE is hoisting a baby alien that seems to be draining the life force from a third alien.
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doruk balcı @dorukb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
you know those very specific roadside museums, i'm imagining one for this one day lol
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doruk balcı @dorukb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
i'm gonna go with the amish defense, i do not permit tech in my house
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doruk balcı @dorukb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
big fan of how the tv license people start sending letters with different formats and colours to make you think this time you're really in trouble, real dedication to the craft
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Lorraine🍬 @lorandbehold.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
long long lonnnnnnnnng spagggghetti #fallingblockjam
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Dr Florence Smith Nicholls @florencesn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
My piece "Websites From Another World" is now published in @chiselmag.bsky.social! Absolutely floored by the gorgeous art for it by Renaud Vigourt! I talked to @playthroughline.com, @stanwixbuster.co.uk + Kitty Ess about the alt reality internets they've conjured www.chiselmag.com/p/websites-f...
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Websites From Another World
When the real web gets boring, artists build stranger ones
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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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Mike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
New Post: Why I Love AI Next month it'll be twenty years since I went to university, learned to program, and studied AI. I wrote about why I loved it, why I still love it, and why, unfortunately, it no longer exists. www.possibilityspace.org/blog/posts/i...
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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
In the '80s, some of the world's most fascinating animation was made in Uzbekistan. It was a time of "absolute creative freedom with full funding." We're looking at the story behind the scene, and at the gems it produced: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/visions-in...
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Dr Florence Smith Nicholls @florencesn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I just released a new keepsake game- Bleed Map! You play alongside a video game of your choice, creating a map of the digital space. At the same time, you'll be prompted to record emotions and thoughts from your everyday life that bleed into the experience. florencesmithnicholls.itch.io/bleed-map
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Bleed Map by Florence Smith Nicholls
A keepsake game for materialising digital play
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doruk balcı @dorukb.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
found this poker set box at a junkyard sale and turned it into a d.i.y. boardgame kit
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conputer dipshit @davidcrespo.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
wonderful post by @kevinbaker.bsky.social “To ask about LLMs and science is to ask what program was already running when they arrived. The program, as it turns out, had been running for decades, and it was not optimized for epistemic depth.”
artificialbureaucracy.substack.com
Context Widows
or, of GPUs, LPUs, and Goal Displacement
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doruk balcı @dorukb.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLfT...
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midwinter swimmers - the innocence mission
YouTube video by the innocence mission
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doruk balcı @dorukb.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
it's innocence mission on repeat season, also known as "autumn"
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metal flesh express @oma-metal-flesh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
poem story about something old glitchout.blog/2026/09/18/s...
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serlidge hedge and the red roundel
old quarry worn wall by the shaking of the earth the machines that brought down the house and left and the house was how old? we don’t know for we just placed it there, among the hedges overl…
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Mike Rugnetta @mikerugnetta.com · 18/09/2026
I cannot get over this new Carl Stone / Arthur Fischl record, it is absolute insanity. I could not hope to describe it in words one iota, so you should just listen to it.
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Arthur Fischl Conducts the Music of Carl Stone, by Carl Stone
8 track album
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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 17/09/2026
great art articulates eternal truths
script of the end of Waiting for Godot which has been modified to read

ESTRAGON: Well, shall we log off?
VLADIMIR: Yes, let's log off.
   [They do not log off]

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doruk balcı @dorukb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
fmv game jam using only this
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