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Gemma Driscoll @geeofdee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Proud to say I’ve never used chat gpt once. I delude myself into thinking fake people are in love with me the way real freaks do: self insert fanfiction

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Gemma Driscoll @geeofdee.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I’m so bad at promo but I’ve been doing a series called ✨The Indie Game Gathering✨ to rant about games with demos out that you should play (so I have someone else to talk to about them)! It’s been a great outlet for yapping, dev chats and remembering the joy gaming can bring youtube.com/@geeofdee

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Gemma Driscoll @geeofdee.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Valve is cockblocking me from R18 games, Bluesky is routinely crash tackling me away from my DMs, LADs took away the werewolf, PlayStation is making me go to FB Marketplace. AO3 you’re all I’ve got left to keep me sane 🙏

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Gemma Driscoll @geeofdee.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

So what do I do if I don’t have a credit card gang? (Debit card does not work)

A pop up message on Steam indicating that to access age restricted material (in this case Watch Dogs) an Australian credit card must be added to the account

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Gemma Driscoll @geeofdee.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

At one point I had 17 different campaigns running and refused to finish a single one. Why finish game when I can just make new character? Family and friends feared the worst. I can tell them that after 979.8 hours, I finally saw an ending 🫡

2 desktop monitors, one showing the Baldur’s Gate 3 end credits and the other a Baldur’s Gate 3 background

An image of Steam’s playtime count for Baldur’s Gate 3 reading 979.8 hours

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Gemma Driscoll @geeofdee.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I hope the Xeno in the new Alien game is slicked up to hell. Just a real wet monstrosity. I wanna be able to see my reflection in its jellybean of a dome as it comes lunging at me from the shadows

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Gemma Driscoll @geeofdee.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

What an informative, well curated list you should definitely click on 💖

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Gemma Driscoll @geeofdee.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

So I can’t read and missed the PAX media pass deadline so the pre-pax planning I had planned to eventually plan isn’t going great BUT I’m gonna be haunting the indie section and my email is open if you’re down to yap!

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Gemma Driscoll @geeofdee.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Y’all Splatoon Raiders is very fun and I have been taken to task eating my previous criticisms before launch (that I kept in my brain but trust they were very judgemental). Thanks @superjumpmagazine.com for letting me yap!

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Ash Parrish, Kotaku's LeBron James @adashtra.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Hey! Did/Do you work at Saber Interactive? Were you replaced by AI (or do you suspect you were?) Wanna talk about it? Please get in touch. You can do so via discord @adashtra or Signal @adashtra.87 or even email aparrish@kotaku.com Reposts greatly appreciated

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Gemma Driscoll @geeofdee.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I fear I’m losing my sparkle. Time to boot up Alice Madness Returns again

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Gemma Driscoll @geeofdee.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Every day I wake up and know no piece of music will ever have the same chokehold on me that Vampire Knight’s opening theme does

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Gemma Driscoll @geeofdee.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

There’s community in hating a level so much in a game and then going to reddit and realising you’re not the only one and in fact it is just very bad 😇

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Ash Parrish, Kotaku's LeBron James @adashtra.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

OI! This bundle has over 100 games including the extremely very good Arranger. Check it out! it goes to a good cause

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Gemma Driscoll @geeofdee.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Continuing the tradition of not sleeping from October 5-19th 🙌

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Gemma Driscoll @geeofdee.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Doing that classic sick thing where I reminisce about when I wasn’t sick. Oh how time flies, oh how I have squandered such vitality. May the dark claim my soul and the migraine cap calm my demons

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Gemma Driscoll @geeofdee.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Despite enjoying a lot of media/pop culture that have huge fanbases I don’t generally get into fandoms. I do however collect a small pocket of feral freaks in a group chat that swear under an oath of mutually assured destruction and frankly I think that’s the better way to go

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Gemma Driscoll @geeofdee.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

This is a very good read and I massively applaud Jessica for writing about an experience that I can imagine would’ve been both incredibly jarring in the moment and nerve wracking in the aftermath

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Gemma Driscoll @geeofdee.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Earnest call for advice because I feel like asking for help is better than stewing even if it feels silly. I have a really hard time with over explaining/over editing/over correcting myself to the point where I tail spin over getting my wording wrong or being misinterpreted 🧵

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Gemma Driscoll @geeofdee.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

My favourite thing to do in Black Flag Resynced so far has been to create spontaneous conga lines of guards coming to investigate the same whistling bush they just watched their buddy disappear into

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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I want to re-emphasize one part of this Xbox story: Half of the 3,200 cuts are happening today and half are happening in the next 12 months. In other words, even people who survived today's layoffs will have to spend the coming year wondering if they're going to be next.

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Larysa // Лариса POST TGS @lary5a.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

This has probably been said before but it warrants being said again: In these types of layoffs, what happens to all the juniors? This industry cannot survive without cultivating the talent of our upcoming fresh developers. What cause do they have to pursue a career this volatile?

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This Week in Videogames @thisweekinvideogames.com · 06/07/2026

Xbox has laid off 1,600 staff and divested from four studios. The number of layoffs will rise to around 3,200 over the next 12 months Double Fine and Compulsion Games will go independent, while Ninja Theory and Undead Labs have been sold to undisclosed buyers.

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Xbox Announces 3,200 Layoffs, Four Studio Divestments

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma wrote that the company was “beginning the most significant restructure in Xbox history.”

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Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

i'm not shocked that the ESA doesn't have anything it wants to say about this, but i'm still irritated about it

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David Mason @davidmasoncomposer.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Hi! I'm the music composer and sound designer for DREDGE and I am officially looking for new work !! If you've got a cool game that needs audio of any kind. Please reach out. My DM's are open. Here's a few of the cool games I've done the music and sound design for! 🔊🎵 #gamedev #indiegamedev

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Gemma Driscoll @geeofdee.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Look at all these wall with which to bang my head against

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Gemma Driscoll @geeofdee.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Another beautiful day at the banging your head into a wall factory

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 25/06/2026

Hi! I'm looking to speak to anyone who is finding ways to resist/work around mandatory AI usage policies at work. Mostly games industry-related, but happy to speak to anyone adjacent as well! Published quotes can of course be anon if desired. DM me here or email at luke@aftermath.site, thanks!

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Burger Bois | Mischief Makers Studio @mischiefmakers.studio · 15/06/2026

“I really enjoy the freedom of being told “here's what I do want, here's what I don't want: now figure it out.” In real life? Anxiety inducing. In a game though? Very fun. Very challenging.“ @geeofdee.bsky.social has captured the spirit of Burger Bois perfectly here! youtube.com/shorts/FOQ-K...

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HOW MANY PICKLES IS TOO MANY? asking for a friend | Burger Bois #gaming #indiegame #cookinggame

YouTube video by GeeOfDee

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Gemma Driscoll @geeofdee.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I’m not saying anything new but the pursuit of profit over the fostering of talent just to ingest as many studios as possible, hold them under the thumb and then cut them loose- it’s unspeakably frustrating to watch no lesson be learned and the machine keep churning

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Gemma Driscoll @geeofdee.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I hadn’t hit my head against the wall today so this was a good reminder

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Frosty Games 🍦 @frostygamesfest.com · 05/06/2026

We're excited to announce our Frosty Games Fest Bundle featuring 11 ANZ-made games in support of @msf.org; a humanitarian organisation delivering emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, healthcare exclusion, & disasters ❤️‍🩹 Grab the bundle: www.humblebundle.com/games/frosty...

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Gemma Driscoll @geeofdee.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Yay for TWAU2 but I keep falling for ‘this game series is famous and also hasn’t had an update in a while’ thinking it’s MASS EFFECT

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Harper @harpermeows.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

IT HAPPENED AGAIN

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Gemma Driscoll @geeofdee.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Anyone else thought Lucy said ‘delete in your ass’ or was that just me?

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Gemma Driscoll @geeofdee.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Another Summer Game Fest, another year of stapling the ‘maybe this year it’ll be Mass Effect 5’ hat to my big idiot noggin

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Gemma Driscoll @geeofdee.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Had a lovely fan interaction with a family after the Masters of the Universe early screening tonight and I’m only now realising they definitely heard me yell ‘now kiss’ at He-Man and Skeletor

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Gemma Driscoll @geeofdee.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I voiced over this lovely script written by Eric and in the process realised I’d been saying a lot of word incorrectly my whole life

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Amy PJ 🌺 @hellomisspotter.com · 14/05/2026

Hello, I am looking for recommendations for freelance motion graphics + video editors in the ANZ timezone if anyone can pls help! Links to portfolios greatly appreciated thank you 📽️

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Freeplay @free-play.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Submissions to the National Cultural Policy close next Sunday 24 May. We need as many studios, gamemakers and sector support organisations to put in submissions. Freeplay's helpful guide on making a submission can be found here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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2026 05 - National Cultural Policy submission drive

Games and play sectorNational Cultural Policysubmission drive brought to you by your mates at Freeplay 💞 Instructions We need as many studios, gamemakers and sector support organisations to put in s...

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kc 💀 play TRUE LOVE'S CURSE! @npckc.net · 03/05/2026

📢 CALLING ALL NONBINARY GAME DEVS! 📢 i'm helping run a steam sale event to showcase games made by nonbinary devs during the week of international nonbinary day! if you fit this description, fill out the form by may 18 👉 forms.gle/cx9AqFfPqzF9... please share & send to all your nb dev friends!!

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Nonbinary Coded Games Submission Form

This is a submission form for the Steam sale event, Nonbinary Coded Games, which will be happening from July 13 10:00 AM Pacific Time to July 20 10:00 AM Pacific Time. (July 14 is International Non-Bi...

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Gemma Driscoll @geeofdee.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

I actually really like the modern day sections of early AC games especially Black Flag. Mostly because as someone who works in an office I also like to awkwardly walk through the communal spaces and eavesdrop on my colleagues

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