HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them) @heartplus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Sneak peek into this week's STAR KISS RADIO... 031
Reposted by HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them)The Sheep's Meow @thesheepsmeow.com · 25/09/2026Hold On. A small yet grand journey across life. Simple interactions connect seemingly unrelated moments, from the microscopic to the cosmic. Made by @brianschung.bsky.social & @leegj.bsky.social. To make you feel small and experience big emotions. Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/4867140/... 077
Reposted by HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them)Josh Boykin @wallstormer.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026I helped make a Steam Sale, and it's right next to Control: Resonant! gdoc.events/sale2026 Fantastic sale filled with games made by people of color from AROUND THE WORLD. Check it out! (And please share it too 😉) 4254109
HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them) @heartplus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Highly recommend listening w/ headphones if able! 000
Reposted by HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them)HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them) @heartplus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026🚨Episode 2 of my show, STAR KISS RADIO is OUT NOW!!! This week's show is dedicated to travel, body movement, dissonance, and curiosity through sounds of dub techno, footwork, indie electronica, and underground hip-hop. Give it a listen below! www.mixcloud.com/STARKISSRADI...mixcloud.comStar✷Kiss Radio 002 - Transience 022
HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them) @heartplus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026🚨Episode 2 of my show, STAR KISS RADIO is OUT NOW!!! This week's show is dedicated to travel, body movement, dissonance, and curiosity through sounds of dub techno, footwork, indie electronica, and underground hip-hop. Give it a listen below! www.mixcloud.com/STARKISSRADI...mixcloud.comStar✷Kiss Radio 002 - Transience 022
Reposted by HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them)HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them) @heartplus.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Hey friends! I'm happy to finally share that I have my own radio show! It's called STAR KISS RADIO and it will be LIVE Sunday nights at 11 on WCRS FM. They will be archived on my Mixcloud the following day. www.mixcloud.com/STARKISSRADIO/mixcloud.comSTARKISSRADIOSTARKISSRADIO is on Mixcloud. Listen for free to their radio shows, DJ mix sets and Podcasts 111
HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them) @heartplus.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Star Kiss Radio is now live! I really wanted my first mix to be about the final summer in my 20s. The parties, chill hang outs, all of it carried me through this past year. Feels good to soundtrack it. I hope you enjoy. www.mixcloud.com/STARKISSRADI...mixcloud.comStar✷Kiss Radio 001 - Endless Summer Vacation 000
HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them) @heartplus.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Hey friends! I'm happy to finally share that I have my own radio show! It's called STAR KISS RADIO and it will be LIVE Sunday nights at 11 on WCRS FM. They will be archived on my Mixcloud the following day. www.mixcloud.com/STARKISSRADIO/mixcloud.comSTARKISSRADIOSTARKISSRADIO is on Mixcloud. Listen for free to their radio shows, DJ mix sets and Podcasts 111
Reposted by HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them)Maddy Myers 🏳️🌈 @midimyers.com · 03/09/2026"My mother’s story ended five years ago in a hospital room; she gets no second act. Am I ready to pick up my controller and move forward with Faye, leaving my mom even further behind me? I’m not entirely sure that I am."mothership.blogI don't know if I want to meet LaufeyAfter playing God of War in the wake of my mother's death, I'm not sure I'm ready to move forward 0675
Reposted by HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them)Wallace @exalclaw.com · 03/09/2026Interview time! I sat down with ORIGAME DIGITAL's @veselekov.bsky.social to talk about Penguin Colony, Lovecraft, how the author's fear of the unknown is inseparable from his racism + xenophobia, and a good chunk more. Full interview on YT, but here's a good slice: exalclaw.com/naphtali-fau...exalclaw.comHow ORIGAME DIGITAL Is Tackling Lovecraft Without Erasing His Racism and Xenophobia"What would Lovecraft have written as a story if he were alive in World War II?" 29929
Reposted by HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them)HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them) @heartplus.bsky.social · 04/09/2026🚨NEW POST🚨 I wrote a feature about the NOLA no-wave band Special Interest and a somewhat brief history of queer punk from past to present. Today, I wanted to revisit that feature and highlight the importance of community even and especially when you're a queer POC. www.patreon.com/starkissmag/...patreon.comFROM THE ARCHIVES: Special Interest, ‘The Passion of’, and a (very brief) History of Queer Punk | STAR✷KISSNote - This feature was originally written in 2020 for Offcultured. -- Special Interest doesn’t care what you think about them. The New Orle 022
HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them) @heartplus.bsky.social · 04/09/2026🚨NEW POST🚨 I wrote a feature about the NOLA no-wave band Special Interest and a somewhat brief history of queer punk from past to present. Today, I wanted to revisit that feature and highlight the importance of community even and especially when you're a queer POC. www.patreon.com/starkissmag/...patreon.comFROM THE ARCHIVES: Special Interest, ‘The Passion of’, and a (very brief) History of Queer Punk | STAR✷KISSNote - This feature was originally written in 2020 for Offcultured. -- Special Interest doesn’t care what you think about them. The New Orle 022
Reposted by HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them)Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I love living in a time when a candidate for governor of my state is making fake viagra commercials to smear his political opponents www.404media.co/bruce-blakem...404media.coThe Republican Nominee for New York Governor Made a Creepy, AI-Generated Video of Mamdani and HochulThe video makes Zohran Mamdani and Kathy Hochul look like they're hanging out in a prescription medication commercial. 919535
Reposted by HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them)Aggro Crab 💥🔪 @aggrocrabgames.bsky.social · 01/09/2026REBOUNDER. A new game developed by ThirtyThree, published by Aggro Crab. Rebounder is a hand-crafted precision platformer about a roughneck worker recruited for a hazardous job on a distant planet. Nail the run. Deliver your line. Dropping 2027. 472419626
Reposted by HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them)HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them) @heartplus.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Honored to have spoken with the goat. 011
Reposted by HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them)HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them) @heartplus.bsky.social · 31/08/2026STAR✷KISS IS LIVE! This is my go at independent writing on Patreon. My first post just went live today - It's an interview with @stillcrisp.bsky.social , the composer of CICADAMATA and the upcoming Metamorphosis. Read it here! www.patreon.com/starkissmag/...patreon.com"I knew it was a hit from the very beginning ." An Interview with Crisp | STAR✷KISSOver the past year, I've done a deep dive into electronic music and the literal canyon of subgenres it inhabits. This is the music I hear pl 052
HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them) @heartplus.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Honored to have spoken with the goat. 011
Reposted by HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them)crisp @stillcrisp.bsky.social · 31/08/2026my first interview! :) 44714
HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them) @heartplus.bsky.social · 31/08/2026STAR✷KISS IS LIVE! This is my go at independent writing on Patreon. My first post just went live today - It's an interview with @stillcrisp.bsky.social , the composer of CICADAMATA and the upcoming Metamorphosis. Read it here! www.patreon.com/starkissmag/...patreon.com"I knew it was a hit from the very beginning ." An Interview with Crisp | STAR✷KISSOver the past year, I've done a deep dive into electronic music and the literal canyon of subgenres it inhabits. This is the music I hear pl 052
HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them) @heartplus.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Hello! I have not been consistent in using this platform to promote my work. That is now going to change! Frankly, I've been quite anxious about sharing my work everywhere, but taking risks are the only way I can get over that fear. 120
Reposted by HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them)Kristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social · 21/07/2026 103554442
Reposted by HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them)open mike eagle @mike-eagle.bsky.social · 18/06/2026DOOMED! a rap album about a relationship that ends in every possible universe produced by Kenny Segal featuring Gothic Tropic, Hemlock Ernst and billy woods out 8/14 via @backwoodzstudioz.bsky.social openmikeeagle.bandcamp.com/album/doomed 18914
Reposted by HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them)Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 17/07/2026microsoft is in full damage control mode following last week's layoffs. its main strategy so far? namedrop sequels to popular series at every turn. but despite what execs like asha sharma might want you to think, those series were made by people, and now they'll never be the same 3028531130
Reposted by HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them)Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 08/07/2026BREAKING: Obsidian Entertainment is making a big pivot as part of the Xbox restructuring. It has laid off a quarter of its staff, canceled a planned sequel to Avowed, and is now beginning work on a new Fallout game, according to people familiar with the plans www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comMicrosoft’s Xbox to Shift Obsidian Studio to New ‘Fallout’ Video GameThe game maker is also canceling a planned sequel to last year’s ‘Avowed’ 2001959428
Reposted by HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them)Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 06/07/2026BREAKING: Xbox will cut 3,200 jobs as part of a major reorganization, and divest from five studios: - Compulsion and Double Fine will go indie - Ninja Theory and Undead Labs will be sold - Arkane to enter consultation process Here's the full story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comMicrosoft’s Xbox to Cut 3,200 Jobs, Divest Five Studios in Major OverhaulCompulsion and Double Fine studios will become independent; Undead Labs and Ninja Theory will be sold. Xbox will also look to sell or spin out Arkane Studios. 611638618
Reposted by HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them)DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ @djsabrina.bsky.social · 18/06/2026to everyone who thought my music sounded like ai slop, did you ever think it was because Suno was using a dataset that contained 22 of my songs? it’s funny how there were no accusations of my music sounding like ai slop until these datasets started getting used to generate slop 15113
Reposted by HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them)Stude @studeproblems.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Time to smash this motherfucker up 344251758
Reposted by HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them)Kahlief “The Best Adams” Adams @itskahlief.bsky.social · 16/06/2026With everything kind of on fire. I hope you all are finding some semblance of joy somewhere. 4223
Reposted by HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them)GleasonRyan @gleasonryan.videogames.fyi · 13/06/2026Thanks to @lookingfor.game (and @jessicogs.bsky.social) I found the Burn-9 Demo that as basically described as Metal Gear Solid but from the other side of the call and its 100% that and the demo is VERY GOOD. store.steampowered.com/app/4377480/...store.steampowered.comBurn-9 on SteamA spy thriller where you’re not the spy. Safe behind your screen, guide the last survivor of an elite black-ops team in a desperate attempt to salvage a mission gone horribly wrong. Caught between mil... 0279
Reposted by HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them)Matt McMuscles @mattmcmuscles.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Fuck this fucking whack ass garbage publisher 221272258
Reposted by HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them)alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social · 16/06/2026I am very happy I'm not working in games right now. It's an incredibly depressing time, you're getting it from the higher-ups and the chud bottom-feeders, and the stress is simply not worth the paycheck. 102066
Reposted by HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them)niki grayson @nikigrayson.com · 15/06/2026folks, i am shocked that the first studio to go is the one that most recently made a game about the south with a black lead 5980211
Reposted by HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them)Imran Khan @imrankhan.bsky.social · 15/06/2026South of Midnight was the kind of game that wasn't going to sell a bunch of copies, but it was a portfolio-builder to go "Hey, you should get an Xbox and Game Pass." And it was probably greenlit as exactly that. Then in the timeframe between concept and release, Xbox entirely changed strategies. 8641102
HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them) @heartplus.bsky.social · 16/06/2026The recent Xbox news is genuinely infuriating. And once again, it shows that the rot that sits in the gaming industry is one that see everywhere right now. Greed and favoring profits over people. I hope everyone is able to land on their feet soon. 000
Reposted by HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them)alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Love to the devs today. Anyone celebrating people losing work is a fucking ghoul. 434060
Reposted by HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them)noé @celechii.itch.io · 15/06/2026WILD HOW THIS SHIT KEEPS HAPPENING TO ONE OF THE MOST PROFITABLE ART INDUSTRIES ON EARTH HUH MAKES YA WONDER WHERE ALL THAT MONEY IS GOING HUH 130260
Reposted by HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them)Ash Parrish, Kotaku's LeBron James @adashtra.bsky.social · 15/06/2026The Compulsion news is such a bummer. We'll never get a game like that again from a big 3 publisher. we just wont. when i said miracle i meant it. 313317
Reposted by HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them)Kahlief “The Best Adams” Adams @itskahlief.bsky.social · 15/06/2026In my 13th year of making content, I wanted to share a little bit of what it is like to create content as a solo creator at a show like Summer Game Fest. I hope that the imperfect process inspires folks both old and new. Please share! youtu.be/HE49_34eBEAyoutu.beThe Reality of Being a Solo Gaming Journalist at SGFYouTube video by Spawn On Me Podcast with Kahlief Adams 0144
Reposted by HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them)Kate Sánchez @ohmymithrandir.bsky.social · 15/06/2026South of Midnight was the first time I saw my peers talk about the South as something beautiful and worth seeing. That game did something I didn't think was possible; it was a love letter to a region I believe we should fight for, and for once, my peers got to see the beauty and magic that I see.butwhytho.netREVIEW: 'South Of Midnight' Is A Love Letter To An Overlooked Community - But Why Tho?Compulsion Games has created a love letter to the South, to its beauty and its stories in South of Midnight. 151447505
Reposted by HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them)Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 15/06/2026if any Xbox employee from any studio or part of the company want to chat with a reporter about all this, anonymously or otherwise, my email and Signal are in my bio, and I would like to listen. I cannot fathom what everyone must be feeling right now. 51029310
Reposted by HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them)Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 15/06/2026BREAKING: Several Xbox studios, including Compulsion, Ninja Theory and Double Fine, are negotiating with Xbox as they try to avoid closure. Some or all could spin off. Lots still in flux as many studios remain unsure about what's happening. Here's the latest: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comStudios in Microsoft’s Xbox Division Brace for ClosuresThe studios, which include Compulsion Games and Double Fine, are in active negotiations with Xbox and may be given the chance to go independent. 18038671322
Reposted by HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them)Jess Fink🍉🌈 @jessfink.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Finally finished Perfect Tides and dear God but it hits a little too close to home for me as a kid who had no friends for most of high school. Like this is really what it was like man. Literally nothing is happening to you but you are falling apart with every human interaction 11278
Reposted by HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them)This Week in Videogames @thisweekinvideogames.com · 24/05/2026The 2006 Barnyard game was an ambitious open-world title featuring cows squirting milk, riding bikes, and playing golf. Those who remember it do so fondly. To mark its 20th anniversary @maddie-b-a.bsky.social spoke to its director Nick Hagger about what made the game and its development so unique.thisweekinvideogames.com"GTA for 8-Year-Olds": A 20-Year Retrospective on Barnyard"'You’re f***ing crazy. This is never going to get approval by Nickelodeon or by THQ’.” 28518
Reposted by HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them)Skill Up @skillup.bsky.social · 20/04/2026I love when they dgaf any more and just start saying stuff. 1133620
Reposted by HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them)Travis Hymas @travishymas.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Bit late to the party on this one but @heartplus.bsky.social makes the case for Perfect Tides: Station to Station being a high water mark for point and click games: inbetweendrafts.com/perfect-tide...inbetweendrafts.com'Perfect Tides: Station to Station' is an instant classic - InBetweenDraftsHere's why the deep and wonderful 'Perfect Tides: Station to Station' needs to be on your Game of the Year lists for 2026. 021
Reposted by HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them)HEART+ | STAR✷KISS (they/them) @heartplus.bsky.social · 21/04/2026My new piece for @inbetweendrafts.bsky.social is live! I wrote about Perfect Tides: Station to Station and why it's already an instant classic. Such wonderful writing and complex characters. This game is very special to me and I think it will be for you too. inbetweendrafts.com/perfect-tide...inbetweendrafts.com'Perfect Tides: Station to Station' is an instant classic - InBetweenDraftsHere's why the deep and wonderful 'Perfect Tides: Station to Station' needs to be on your Game of the Year lists for 2026. 022