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Hayden Gough

@haydengough.bsky.social
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An illustrator with a passion for games. #art #artist

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United Wizards of the Coast - CWA @uwotc-official.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This morning, the D&D team and Magic's Studio X informed our leadership of our intent to unionize. We love the games we make and the work we do, and unionizing is how we protect that work. unitedwizardsofthecoast.com/news/dnd-stu...
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Dungeons & Dragons and Studio X Join United Wizards of the Coast - CWA
Today, October 6, 2026, the designers, artists, writers, producers, and workers behind Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, Duel Masters, D&D Beyond, and countless other games are uniting in soli...
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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I love the smell of industry unionization in the morning
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Hayden Gough @haydengough.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hey ya'll, I made a Cube Module for my existing cube, Gorod Krovi, full of custom cards showcasing Scarlet Hollow! Why do this? I dunno, seemed fun. We're testing these in a cube draft this Sunday! cubecobra.com/cube/list/62...
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Cube Cobra List: Scarlet Hollow Cube Module
You can't save everyone. You might not even be able to save yourself. Welcome home.
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Hayden Gough @haydengough.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hey ya'll, I'm looking for a new job! I'm an illustrator with experience taking jobs all the way from concept and design to press, post press, and shipping. I'm looking for entry and junior level work as a designer, illustrator, marketer, and more. Check out my work at: haydengough.squarespace.com
A row of three pairs of socks inspired by lava lamps. A group shot of all the tokens in my JRPG Token Collection, heavily inspired by classic Final Fantasy title screens.A painterly fan illustrated picture of Spectre from "Slay the Princess" by Black Tabby Games.A digital painting of a man's head splitting, revealing a grinning red skull underneath.
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Black Tabby Games (This is Tony) - Slay the Princess @blacktabbygames.com · 23/09/2026
listen to us talk in like a month!
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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 21/09/2026
damn if only there were 300-500 devs who could help with that
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Black Tabby Games (This is Tony) - Slay the Princess @blacktabbygames.com · 18/09/2026
We’re not messing around with the whole choices matter thing. Each playthrough of Scarlet Hollow is going to be different in big ways. The same underlying narrative structure, but told from a fresh perspective. Some characters might not be recognizable to you because of how your choices shape them
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Serenity Forge @serenityforge.com · 16/09/2026
The Serenity Forge Publisher Sale is LIVE!🧖🔥 Save up to 90% through September 30! 🌴 PLAY: Roman Sands RE:Build & Paratopic: Overdub 📒 DISCOVER: Sister Other Paranoia & Puppergeist 🌺 WISHLIST: Fractured Blooms, Vivarium, Delphinium & Springs, Eternal Explore the full sale👇 bit.ly/4cPayNP
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Nick Calandra @nickjcal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Update for those curious.
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Marathon Development Update - Nightfall Refresh and Symbiosis
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TopatoCo @topa.to · 14/09/2026
Missed out on the YEAH the last time these shirts were available? Worry not, they're back for a limited YEAH! Available for pre-order until Sept. 25th, 16:20 EST! YEAH! orz 🚌 Topa.to/collections/black-tabby/products/ah-scho-want2-sh | @blacktabbygames.com 🚌
A graphic featuring two tee shirts (one brown and one black) and a black tank top, all sporting the same image of a person on their hands and knees in the middle of a circle. Around them is text that reads "I WANT TO YEAH". In the background of the graphic is a screenshot of The Bus Stranger from Scarlet Hollow.
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Chris Kerr @kerrblimey.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
BREAKING: Blizzard union workers have ratified a historic contract that has secured guardrails around AI usage, layoff protections, remote/hybrid work benefits, and much more.
gamedeveloper.com
Blizzard union workers ratify contract covering 1,900 employees
Union members have secured guardrails around generative AI usage, layoff protections, remote and hybrid work benefits, and more.
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Katie Tiedrich @katietiedrich.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I ain’t drawing all that
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I Me Mine-lo @hawgle.bird.gay · 08/09/2026
idk why people are ripping on the new style i think it looks great
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.
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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
im really and truly not the kind of person to shame people for the media they consume but if you watch the new harry potter you can get fucked
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Patrick Reid @oldmandoc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Thankfully the spouses haven't yet caught onto Scarlet Hollow and all the possibilities it contains.
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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
It keeps happening. This is why we need to support game devs unionizing!
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
oh for FUCKS sake
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Kotaku @kotaku.com · 26/08/2026
Worried about your growing games wishlist? Here's some help to make it smaller kotaku.com/opening-night-live-2026-…
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Here Are The Opening Night Live Games You Can Ignore Because Of GenAI Slop - Kotaku
Some were already known to feature genAI, but a lot of them are new
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Bonnicula | Vampire Vtuber ⚧ @bonnicula.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The Amnesty International Google Docky save and distribute, Rowling is attempting to scrub all traces of it from the internet Encrypted ZIP, the password is "Streisand"
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A_Growing_Threat.zip
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Serenity Forge @serenityforge.com · 20/08/2026
Less than 30 minutes until Puppergeist launches on PC and consoles! You could say we are almost ready to let the dogs out 👀 store.steampowered.com/app/4029740/...
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Ian Fay @ianfay.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This shit is why you can't separate continuing to financially support the Harry Potter IP (whether by buying the games, merch, watching the new TV show when its out) from the consequences of what JK Rowling does with that money She's become so stiflingly powerful that even private docs arent safe
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GoNintendo on Bluesky @gonintendo.com · 17/08/2026
1000xRESIST Nintendo Switch 2 Edition officially announced, launches Aug. 20th, 2026 gonintendo.com/contents/63848-1000x… #eshop #nintendo #nintendoswitch
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1000xRESIST Nintendo Switch 2 Edition officially announced, launches Aug. 20th, 2026
Blessed be the ALLMOTHER
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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
A Tumblr thread between two user. 

Scorpio-System says: "AAA  Video Game Publisher Voice: 'Look. The goose layed a golden egg, and that's nice! Everyone loved that egg. But keeping the golden goose means paying for bird feed and I don't want to, so I killed the goose." 

The post is tagged with numerous replies, including. 
"That goose keeps laying golden eggs. That's stagnation. I'm going to kill it and look for a goose that lays diamond eggs."  
"That goose normally lays golden eggs, but this time it laid a silver egg. So I'm going to kill it because even though I can still make good money with that,  It's not  as good as a golden egg."
"That golden egg laying goose only lays an egg once a day instead of constantly shitting them out. I don't care that golden eggs take time. If they're not constant, the goose is worthless to me."
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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
We've seen some questions pop up around layoffs: "well, if they were laid off, didn't that mean they weren't doing a good job? Maybe they deserved it." And on its face, that sounds logical and legitimate. Because the opposite would just be pure cruelty, right? ...Right? ...So here's the thing.
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nightfury0337.bsky.social @nightfury0337.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I've been so excited for this one. It's a psychological horror game where you're trying to convince your mother that you're her daughter. You find and combine words to form thoughts and speak, and there's so much to uncover. store.steampowered.com/app/3224600/...
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Am I Nima on Steam
Am I Nima is a psychological-horror game where you must convince your mom that you really are her daughter. Combine words together in your brain and use them to talk. Get her to trust you.
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ASTRO ☆ @astronautilu5.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
HIIIII I DID SOME OF THE ART ON THIS!!!!!!!! ZUCHI IS RELEASING A KICKSTARTER PRE-LAUNCH FOR HIS CARD GAME!!!!!!!!!!! he litcherally did the music, coding, backgrounds, card designing, card art all by himself 🥹 hes so cool
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Black Tabby Games (This is Tony) - Slay the Princess @blacktabbygames.com · 08/08/2026
Scarlet Hollow is an Appalachian folk horror RPG where even your smallest choices come back to haunt you. 91 Metacritic. 98% positive on Steam. $18.74 and 25% off on Steam right now. Grab it before the base price increases to $29.99 next week!
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𝔅𝔲𝔱𝔱𝔬𝔫𝔰 𝔒'𝔊𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔦𝔥𝔞𝔫 @johnxuandou.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
This has been studied quite a bit, the solar panels create a sort of greenhouse effect for the plants underneath them while also generating energy which feels like it should be cheating but is real and literally only has upsides.
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Black Tabby Games (This is Tony) - Slay the Princess @blacktabbygames.com · 31/07/2026
Bundle it with Slay the Princess for another deeper discount! store.steampowered.com/bundle/33452...
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Save 33% on The Black Tabby Games Collection on Steam
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Nick Calandra @nickjcal.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Since we've had some of our bigger sponsors drop recently because of the financial environment, we're putting out a really sweet deal targeted at games that need some additional exposure. Wanna support independent games media and get more eyeballs to your project at the same time? Get in touch!
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Indrani @indrani.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
besties... you gotta play this one
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Kotaku @kotaku.com · 17/07/2026
This feels gross. kotaku.com/this-feels-gross-2000717…
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Xbox Is Begging Us To Think About Fallout 5 Instead Of Layoffs
'What matters the most is that the games are good'
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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
JK Rowling has used her wealth to stoke the fires of a worldwide pogrom against trans people to where she's silenced a Holocaust scholar after JK engaged in Holocaust denial & now done the same to Amnesty International for their warning about trans eradication, but keep buying your Harry Potter crap
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Ubisoft Workers of Canada: Halifax @uwch.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
In honour of Assassin's Creed Black Flag releasing we'd like to share a cool fact! Did you know that #Pirates operated as democracies with a kind or proto-union structure? Quartermasters were elected reps for the crew and daily ops decisions were often done by vote. #gwu #gamedev #unions
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sunset visitor 斜陽過客 | Prove You're Human - Wishlist Now! @sunsetvisitor.studio · 08/07/2026
🗣️ SISTERS 🗣️ For ✨ 40% OFF ✨, you can get our Peabody award-winning game 1000xRESIST, which has: ✨ a generations-spanning sci-fi story ✨ incredible levels of matricide ✨ women committing crimes (both gay and not) Get it before the sale ends tomorrow! s.team/a/1675830/
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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Sick. Awesome. Thanks for that. Really preferred this to funding a Blade game by the Dishonored people or people at Obsidian having jobs.
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Veerender Singh Jubbal @veerenderjubbal.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Evergreen.
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@JoshMLabelle
We've assembled 100 people with
ADHD and 5 people with no soft skills to manage them, and given them a simple goal: make an impossible amount of money. We call it the games industry, and we think it's going to work great.
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lottie @lottievixen.xyz · 05/07/2026
well that's rockstar, uber and nvidia on the fuck no list source www.bbc.com/news/technol...
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Lapsus$: GTA 6 hacker handed indefinite hospital order
Judge says hacker remains a high risk through his skills and motivation to carry out cyber-crime.
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🌈miski🌦️ @miski.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
hey look
quoting my own post saying: remember when no one owned the atari because the games were ass and it was also like $800 in old money and the videogame market crashed
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Tanya D. || Writer || Narrative Designer @cypheroftyr.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Proud that UVW-CWA is able to support workers with this fund. You do not have to be a member to apply! I would be great if you joined tho! 💪🏽
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Black Tabby Games (This is Tony) - Slay the Princess @blacktabbygames.com · 02/07/2026
Ever find yourself wishing that the art from the Slay the Princess vinyl or art book cover could be purchased as a standalone poster? Wish no longer, because you can pick both of them up now! (Alongside a special THIRD) poster. WOW!
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Comicsbeat @comicsbeat.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Junji Ito’s IN OLD RECORDS adapted for audio feat. Poppy & Shoko Nakagawa Junji Ito's classic short story "In Old Records" has been adapted for a vinyl-only audio drama by Ryan Cady. It's now on Kickstarter.
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Junji Ito’s IN OLD RECORDS adapted for audio feat. Poppy & Shoko Nakagawa
Junji Ito's classic short story "In Old Records" has been adapted for a vinyl-only audio drama by Ryan Cady. It's now on Kickstarter.
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Kim Sokol (Open for Commissions/Freelance!) @kimsokol.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Right now the world is full of people who want to code and write and paint and film stuff and people who want to play and read and look at and watch stuff and nobody is allowed to do any of that because some unrelated third guy isn't making enough money off the deal
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Black Tabby Games (This is Tony) - Slay the Princess @blacktabbygames.com · 26/06/2026
play scarlet hollow
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Nessa ✨ @nessathewriter.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
A panel from a Haus of Decline comic where Garnet says “I think we’re gonna have to radically alter how the industry operates Steven” and Steven says “damn”
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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I know this is not the biggest concern going these days, but it stresses me out that basically every artist/writer/critic is now expected to create their own tiny empire instead of getting paid by any existing entity to perform a job they've worked to get good at!!!!
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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Viv is an incredibly talented and versatile designer who replaced a unicorn dev and thrived in that role. I do think she could do anything.
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Viv @ Home @dizzybreak.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
WELP ITS BEEN REAL but I was hit by today's bungie layoffs ✨ Happy about what I got to make and the showing I made of it, though. see u space cowboys.... u_u7
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Hayden Gough @haydengough.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Getting my ass kicked to the catchiest bop in Deltarune rn
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