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Patrick Villegas @infernoguy13.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Months that begin on Fridays are sure to start with a bang.

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HEALTH @health.band · 01/05/2026

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Commander Sterling @commandersterling.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Stephanie’s writing tips: 1) Write. Write write write. Write ideas. Write notes. Write without notes and see where it goes. Write what you want as soon as you want to. If the words are in your head, let them out. 2) Take breaks from tip one when it feels too hard, then resume tip one.

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Chris Plante @plante.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Games journalism is... A. Dead B. More vibrant than ever C. Complicated and requires an hour-long explanation with dozens of historical comparisons + insights from journalists and critics across the media landscape D. All of the above Here's my recent NYU lecture, remastered for audio!

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The Nine Lives of Games Journalism | Post Games

The Nine Lives of Games Journalism by Post Games on Patreon. Join Post Games's community for exclusive content and updates.

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 27/04/2026

Magic: The Gathering Arena team unionizes at Wizards of the Coast aftermath.site/magic-the-gath...

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 27/04/2026

Aftermath is teaming up with our pals at Rascal, Rogue, and Never Post to bring you an indie media bundle--get a month of all our sites for 50% off! aftermath.site/indie-media-bu...

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Dee-lightfully Spooky 🎃🏳️‍⚧️ @deep9x.com · 22/04/2026

I haven't found it yet but this led me down the rabbit hole of berserk outtakes so thank you www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YzH...

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The Best of Berserk Outtakes

YouTube video by TheRyad

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Edmond Tran @edmondtran.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Titanium Court is definitely the best thing I've played all year, absolutely in love with it. I would recommend going in as cold as possible though, because it's so wonderful to be surprised, confused, and delighted like this. store.steampowered.com/app/2364580/...

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Titanium Court on Steam

A surreal strategy game for clowns and criminals.

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Patrick Villegas @infernoguy13.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

I wish more games adopted the Duel Masters style of life system. Using cards as life points is genius.

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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

left 4 dead and its sequel are full of some of the best small details and bits of environmental storytelling you can find in games. valve's jay pinkerton told me it's because the team opened up the writing process to the whole studio. as others have said about L4D's graffiti: AI could never

"My memory of the Left 4 Dead graffiti is that it was an early attempt at crowdsourcing," Pinkerton told Aftermath. "I remember we covered several walls of the office in butcher paper and laid out dozens of markers, pencils and pens, and we invited literally anyone who happened to be walking past to contribute. If they weren't feeling creative, we let them flip through a big script book of things we'd pre-written and let them pick one that felt right to them, and encouraged them to rewrite it in whatever style they liked. If people wanted to go off script, that was also fine. We tried to reinforce that this shouldn't be taken lightly, obviously, they should picture themselves in a tight situation with maybe only a few moments to write something on a wall quickly that a loved one might see. But otherwise we offered very little oversight."

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Patrick Villegas @infernoguy13.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Happy holidays to those who celebrate.

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Dosa Divas Out Now @outerloopgames.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Dosa Divas, a spicy narrative turn-based JRPG, launches on April 14 for PC, PS5, Xbox, Switch, and Switch 2. Demo is now available on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2950710/...

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mahsa alimardani @mahsaalimardani.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

We didn't deserve this day.

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Claire Hummel 🔜 Lightbox Expo @shoomlah.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Matt Johnson Plays Himself: a piece dedicated to Matt Johnson, director, and his troika of fictional Matt Johnsons from The Dirties (2013), Operation Avalanche (2016), and Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie. #ntbts

Matt Johnson Plays Himself: a poster design featuring Matt Johnson, director, in the foreground, as he looks on at his three fictional movie roles: Matt Johnson in The Dirties, Matt Johnson in Operation Avalanche, and Matt Johnson in Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie. Each one is backed by their respective movie credit. The cord from NTBTSTM winds through the entire composition, tying them all together.

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Patrick Villegas @infernoguy13.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

I completely forgot how powerful creatine is. This shit is wild. I feel like I can benchpress a truck.

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Game Informer @gameinformer.com · 01/04/2026

Game Infarcer: Online Shooter Announced, Launched, And Shut Down Over Duration Of Writing This Headline gameinformer.com/parody/2026/...

An image of a downward trending bar graph and characters from a shooter with question marks over their faces. One of them has no question mark, and instead has the face of Avril Lavigne. Also, the whole image is orange and on fire.

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dr. hazel 🕸️🕷️ @hazelmonforton.com · 01/04/2026

Hey, everyone. I was unfortunately impacted by today’s RiF at my account. I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to contribute to the joke. I’m now searching for my next joke. If anyone has any leads on upcoming jokes, please don’t hesitate to reach out. Thank you. #opentojoke

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ScaryCatalyst 🎃 @straycatalyst.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Heads up narrative game devs! Turtle Rock has a remote possible role in the California PST time zone Please share with your narrative game dev friends turtlerockstudios.com/careers/4678...

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Turtle Rock Studios

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Patrick Villegas @infernoguy13.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Sorta disliking the latest batch of Verus Wolves. Mostly because everything John is recommending are old video essay subjects he's already discussed. It feels like more and more the show is advertising rather than two dudes discovering cool new things together.

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Jess Fink🍉🌈 @jessfink.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Disco Elysium and Paradise Killer are two VASTLY different games in art & vibes, and yet they're both detective games with themes of surviving under fascism, inside the colonial, capitalist machine, watching ppl be chewed up and spit out by it, and SOMEHOW they are also both extremely fucking funny

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فاروق @faroukk.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Today is the 15th anniversary of the Nintendo 3DS's release in North America. To celebrate the birthday, I thought I'd reshare the piece I wrote for @theavclubgames.bsky.social last year about one of the console's best features: StreetPass www.avclub.com/i-miss-ninte...

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I miss Nintendo 3DS StreetPass, and games as physical community

With the loneliness epidemic on the rise, the Nintendo 3DS StreetPass and its sense of in-person community is sorely missed.

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Patrick Villegas @infernoguy13.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Made Wing Zero. Broke a couple parts but he's so goddamn fun to pose. Probably my favorite build to date.

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Casey Plett @caseyplett.com · 27/03/2026

Gentle reminder that for all us writers and aficionados of literature grapple with the mysteries of language, this is the best thing anyone has ever written.

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I Played 'The Boys Are Back in Town' on a Bar Jukebox Until I Got Kicked Out

The boys were back in town, but I was out of the bar, because they asked me to leave.

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jazzi🐣 @foodcu-be.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

I like T'Lyn a normal amount

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Nick Duguid @tumerboy.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

And if you think this is just some BS meme image, you can listen to the man himself: www.npr.org/transcripts/...

A text image of a small part of the transcript of a conversation between Ari Shapiro and David Simon (Creater of 'The Wire') on a segment on NPR during the wirter's strike of 2023:

Shapiro: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without AI, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had that tool to solve those thorny problems...

Simon: What?

Shapiro: ...Or saying...

Simon: You imagine that?

Shapiro: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.

Simon: I don't think AI can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.

Shapiro: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into AI and say, give. me 10 ideas for how to transition this.

Simon: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Caity!! (comms OPEN) @caitysecret.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

missing the visual novel dynamics as of late... | #deadlock

art of Geist and Abrams from deadlock meant to look like a comic panel. Geist is in the foreground in a luxe fur coat little hat and veil, Abrams in the background looking shlubby unshaved and uncoiffed in only a tank top and trousers.
Geist smirks over her shoulder saying, "Abrams, is this how you dress for company?"
Abrams responds, "Lady, you're lucky I got this shirt on before you broke down the damn door (knocking)"
Geist rebutts, "That was Oathkeeper. I think he likes you, Detective."
Abrams levels her with a slight tired glare and says, "Well my day is just getting better and better..."

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T(errifying) C(ryptid) Parker (she/her) @tcparker.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

The list is as racist, homophobic/transphobic and misogynistic as you'd expect of a school book ban. Of course it was "AI-written," adding an extra layer of awful And... there were 2 Terry Pratchett books on it So: Discworld fans, assemble? 🐢

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

the first step to a good solid writing practice is establishing some kind of accountability system. the second step is establishing a backup accountability system for when you inevitably figure out how to evade the first one. the third step? you guessed it: jerking off

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Nichole @tnwhiskeywoman.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Gonna hold on to this croissant metaphor for the rest of my creative life

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 12/03/2026

Was at the IGFs last night and found the whole thing so inspiring. Truly, "this is why we do it" stuff. Also I think @gameonysus.bsky.social and I looked nice.

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𝐆𝐑𝐈𝐌 🎃 @gcbaccaris.itch.io · 15/02/2025

I'm between jobs and strapped for cash so I opened up a little shop on ko-fi, where you can find a huge Twine Grimoire TUTORIAL+DEV BUNDLE as well as a previously UNRELEASED GAME ‼️ 🪄 Grimoire resources are always free on itch, but donations help support my work. ko-fi.com/grimdev/shop

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Visit Grim's Ko-fi Shop!

I've opened a Ko-fi shop. Come take a look!

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meghna jayanth @meghna.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

perfect tides: station to station is not directly against AI and yet is the ultimate riposte to slop: an utterly lovely, human, funny, characterful game about writing and creativity and figuring out who you are that you should all play. it moved me, & every moment I spent with it felt so worthwhile

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

me praising the narrative and grand award choices like

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Tiffany Turrill @tiffanyturrill.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Sorcerer (1977), Dir. William Friedkin

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Malek Teffaha (مالك) @malekawt.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I'm Malek, in the games industry 15+ years across media/AAA, currently a senior manager at Ubisoft's DIA team. You may have seen me talk about AC Mirage (a lot), localization, gymming, better representation of Arabs in media, Palestine/Lebanon (my homes), and more! This is #WhatAGameDevLooksLike

Selfie of Malek at the gym, dressed in a yellow t-shirt, with a navy blue head band, transparent glasses, and a goatee.

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Alec Frey @alecfrey.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

A Steam page is live for my little personal game project. It's a fishing roguelite about drafting your gear and paying off your debt before the Loan Shark eats you! Wishlist it here! store.steampowered.com/app/4476430/... You can play the demo here: kronophobiac.itch.io/net-gains