iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Fellow Traveller @fellowtraveller.games · 28/09/2026

🌟 Presenting the LudoNarraCon 2026 Official Selection 🌟 🎮 51 narrative indie games 🗓️ October 8–15 PT on Steam 💙 Supported by @jacobgeller.com, @lookingfor.game, @remapradio.bsky.social & @thisweekinvideogames.com 🌐 More info at bit.ly/FTLNC2026 📬 Sign up for our newsletter to stay updated!

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Ana Diaz @pokachee.bsky.social · 14h

New from me: I did a deep dive and spoke to Pokemon fan game creators for @fansplaining.bsky.social. This was so hard to source, but I am humbled by the sources who took the time to talk to me about this super massive, and relatively under-examined, fandom. fansplaining.com/pokemon-fang...

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Pokémon Fangames Evolve Beyond Their Origins

For fangame creators, the work they develop and the communities they inspire are inextricably tied.

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Haley MacLean @haleyfax.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"OMG ARN'T WE A CUTE COMPANY LOOK AT OUR DOTS!!!" (ironically designed by a human no doubt so they can have copyright/assignability in their designs) Meanwhile also yesterday: "OpenAI also apologized on Monday for one of its AI agents going rogue and hacking an Australian government website."

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MinnMax @minnmax.com · 29/09/2026

The Deepest Dive on Control Resonant is now live! Join @haleyfax.bsky.social, @leovader.com, @jacobgeller.com, and @yozetty.bsky.social as they kick off the best, most thorough discussion about Remedy's new game on the internet. youtu.be/hSHR5neG2js

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MinnMax @minnmax.com · 28/09/2026

On a brand new Pew Pew Bang we're celebrating Sarah's birthday with the special guest of her dreams! Watch here or listen anywhere (including on Patreon for the exclusive Sarah's Loaded Gun segment): youtu.be/YP-XYrSYgNM

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Haley MacLean @haleyfax.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Gave a lil talk at my undergrad school! Also more impressively I was having such a good hair day

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Haley MacLean @haleyfax.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Me when I get a publishing agreement from a publisher I have never negotiated with and their template has traces of my drafted templates in it

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Haley MacLean @haleyfax.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Thinking of getting a tattoo on my head that says "hey contractor sticking your Agreement and other confidential info provided to you by the client into ChatGPT is a breach of confidentiality' cause you'd think that would be obvious but ppl be constantly proving me wrong in these game dev streets

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MinnMax @minnmax.com · 24/09/2026

Haley here! Hacked the Bluesky to say I am keeping up my tradition of recording all my Remedy playthroughs so please enjoy the first 6 hours of Control Resonant I recorded before embargo!!! When the enemies were a lot beefier (spoiler I die a lot). Will be streaming the rest of Twitch!

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Haley Plays Control Resonant Part 1

YouTube video by MinnMax Stream Archives

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Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

In recent years, the media has quietly begun to change the way in which it writes about Bobby Kotick, the former CEO of Activision Blizzard. PMG investigates how Kotick used the threat of defamation to reshape his legacy in the games business, one article at a time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwp...

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Inside Bobby Kotick's Campaign Against the Press

YouTube video by People Make Games

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Haley MacLean @haleyfax.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The Full Indie Summit gets better ever year! It really fills the vacuum in my heart left from Canadians not wanting to go to GDC this year s/o @ozonesoft.bsky.social for the little doodle of me while I was playing their demo so cute!

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Janet (on Vacation 🇯🇵) @gameonysus.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

$820 raised! at $1000 we turn off all the lights.

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Haley MacLean @haleyfax.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I'm heading to Vancouver tomorrow to be on a panel at the awesome Full Indie Summit! Excited to be going back to speak again. I love being able to pop over to the west coast, don't hesitate to say hi if you see me!

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Haley MacLean @haleyfax.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Canada's access to the EU's single market would have unfathomable ramifications. Canadian consumers would gain Europe's unrivaled privacy and consumer laws, w/ GDPR compliance becoming required in Canada. A huge w for rules-based international order, which the US blatantly disregards. This is HUGE.

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MinnMax @minnmax.com · 14/09/2026

On the latest Pew Pew Bang, Haley has something fun to share! Which as we all know means she's seconds away from being humiliated by her peers. Defend her taste in the comments here: youtu.be/q6kkjJrD_Ic

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Haley MacLean @haleyfax.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Before I allow myself to dive into Control Resonant I’m forcing myself to write notes of all the lore from Control/Alan Wake so I’m fresh and it’s SO FUN GOD I love when a series is so well written I’m inspired to keep notes ps don’t read my notes if you don’t want spoilers for Control 1 lol

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Haley MacLean @haleyfax.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Me: and the murder happened at precisely 3PM? Witness: yes Me: and you saw my client there? Witness: yes Me: well....according to my client's Zelda notes...he was actually STARTING HIS ADVENTURE AT 3PM *everyone gasps and applauds, the judge winks at me and I become valedictorian of my class*

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Haley MacLean @haleyfax.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

When your fav artist restocks his shop for the first time in forever and you panic a little

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Haley MacLean @haleyfax.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Smash indies becoming publishers and sharing the wealth is the best thing to ever happen to this industry, and it’s a joy when their templates cross my desk as the terms are often extremely fair and the negotiations are always super amicable and pleasant

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Haley MacLean @haleyfax.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I hate Jason's voice so much, otherwise game looks fire lol

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MinnMax @minnmax.com · 26/08/2026

"What the damn hell?!?" Watch @haleyfax.bsky.social experience her first earthquake in Japan with the new MinnMax Spotlight exploring Tokyo and Kyoto. youtu.be/4c4d85dFsoU

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Haley MacLean @haleyfax.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Unfortunate song choice before I went on haha

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MinnMax @minnmax.com · 25/08/2026

"Come on down to Japan." @haleyfax.bsky.social and @sarahpodz.bsky.social have their minds blown at the Muscle Girls bar in Tokyo in the new MinnMax Spotlight. youtu.be/4c4d85dFsoU

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Haley MacLean @haleyfax.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I’m going to be on CBC Mainstreet later this afternoon at 3:20 ET talking about the GTA6 leaks! Listen in if you’d like!

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Radio One • Halifax

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17-BIT - AWAYSIS Demo Live on Steam! @17-bit.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

It was an absolute BLAST hanging out with @haleyfax.bsky.social & @sarahpodz.bsky.social while they were in town. @minnmax.com really understand #indiedev and it was a privilege to share the story of #AWAYSIS with people who love the industry. Wishlist today: store.steampowered.com/app/3334760/...

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Haley MacLean @haleyfax.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

me watching this typing at a computer

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MinnMax @minnmax.com · 24/08/2026

The MinnMax Spotlight on @17-bit.bsky.social's new game Awaysis and @haleyfax.bsky.social and @sarahpodz.bsky.social's journey to Japan premieres on YouTube on Monday at 12:15pm Central. youtu.be/4c4d85dFsoU Thanks for your patience on this one!

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Haley MacLean @haleyfax.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I went to check this devs publisher so I could make a note to warn my clients to avoid working with them if they are this apathetic about their devs using gen ai and they are self-published. Makes sense. No decent publisher would touch this copyright mess.

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Haley MacLean @haleyfax.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Finally finished Cyberpunk 2077 and I’m so curious what the other endings are caused I had so many regrets with mine lol

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Haley MacLean @haleyfax.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Female friendships are the best relationships on earth because what do you mean my cutest friend @kelslewin.bsky.social sent me a bunch of perfumes she personally hand chose for me with a special note for each explaining its top notes and why I’d like it/it reminded her of me 😭😭😭

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Haley MacLean @haleyfax.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Just so you know if you bought Heated Rivalry (sexy hockey boys book) you helped save 10 of the local libraries in my province because the author Rachel Reid is such an awesome person! So read your smut AND feel good while doing so (in more ways than one!) www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...

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‘Totally stunned’: Struggling N.S. libraries react to ‘Heated Rivalry’ author’s $300K donation

One of Nova Scotia’s most famous authors has stepped in to help out several of the province’s struggling libraries.

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sunset visitor 斜陽過客 | Prove You're Human - Wishlist Now! @sunsetvisitor.studio · 18/08/2026

Will you carry this? Revealing the long-awaited ✨ PHYSICAL EDITIONS ✨ for our Peabody award-winning game 1000xRESIST! This wouldn’t be possible without you. Hekki grace and thank you so much for your support. 💛 🔗 WORLDWIDE: fanga.me/r/1xr 🔗 UK AND EU: fanga.me/r/1xr-eu

Promotional image of the Standard Edition of the 1000xRESIST Physical Version. It brings the physical game, 24-page booklet, folded poster, and an art card of Jiao.

Promotional image of the Deluxe Edition of the 1000xRESIST Physical Version. It brings the physical game with a HEKKI SPECIAL cover, a 6 pinback button set, magnet, 6 trading cards, 2 folded posters, 6 art cards, and a 24-page booklet.

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Haley MacLean @haleyfax.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

what if we smooshed beaks on the Big Walk ski lift

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Haley MacLean @haleyfax.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

the farming sim girlies are eating

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Haley MacLean @haleyfax.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

All I know is what I see, and what I see is dozens upon dozens of executed publishing agreements w/ anti gen-ai clauses. It's not as accepted as the corps selling the ai tools want us to think. From my perspective, the indie industry is fully anti-ai. (thanks to @woodwould.bsky.social for the chat!)

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Haley MacLean @haleyfax.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Guess what reviewed two more Publishing Agreements today and they both had a no gen ai clause, the streak continues

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Haley MacLean @haleyfax.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

What if I told you that all of the Publishing Agreements I have reviewed in the last 6 months (several dozen) included a no gen AI provision, wherein the use of gen AI in development is a material breach, but companies like Epic and EA are still trying to convince us the industry is cool with it

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Haley MacLean @haleyfax.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Opposing parties using AI instead of hiring their own lawyer to review edits is the most insufferable WASTE OF TIME thing possible but sometimes like today I get to leave a comment in the doc saying "this isn't real, your AI hallucinated this case law" and then I feel good again

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Haley MacLean @haleyfax.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

One cost $750 and one cost $2,000 plus guess which is which

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CWA @cwaunion.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Game workers and allies are taking action at #SaveOurDevs rallies! Earlier this month, Microsoft reported that they would be laying off thousands of workers across the company – impacting hundreds of union jobs. An injury to one video game worker is an injury to all.