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Jen Simpkins @itsjensim.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Got my copy and immediately started text-screaming at Chris 😂 What he and the team have achieved with this book is truly next-level - it's a love letter to not just IMMORTALITY and the process of making a videogame, but to the medium of print. Beautiful work!

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Warp Door @warpdoor.com · 16/08/2025

Aglet (galactical) "A game about tying knots." Frree - Browser: warpdoor.com/2025/08/16/a...

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Panic @panic.com · 31/07/2025

Also out today! A fairly incredible bundle of three stellar games—if you already own Goose and Thank Goodness on Steam, you''ll get a discount on Time Flies. It is, truly, free real estate. store.steampowered.com/bundle/57072

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Save 3% on Untitled Goose Game + Thank Goodness You're Here! + Time Flies on Steam

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Ash Parrish, Kotaku's LeBron James @adashtra.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Hey man, love your work. Just wanted to ask, what did you mean by this?

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Jen Simpkins @itsjensim.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Settling down in front of this with a big bingo sheet that just says Street Fighter IV open.spotify.com/episode/0vhq...

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Nathan Brown, writer, analyst, former editor Edge.

My Perfect Console with Simon Parkin · Episode

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Alex Wiltshire @rotational.co.uk · 27/07/2025

Here’s to @grahamsmith.bsky.social, signing off from RPS after 20 years in game journalism with the wisest thoughts about games media you’ll read www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-sunday-p...

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The Sunday Papers

The Sunday Papers is our weekly roundup of great writing about (mostly) videogames from across the web.

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meghna jayanth @meghna.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

it's time to COMPLAIN about the delisting of NSFW games on steam and itch! tell these payment processors that they need to STOP listening to these boring anti-porn thought-policing friendless tossers and START LISTENING to us instead. there is no art without queers, sluts, perverts and weirdoes 💦

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Mike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

One of the sweetest moments of the march: a bunch of shop floor staff at a fancy boutique suddenly having a flash of inspiration and rushing to grab plain shirts to make a trans flag at the window.

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Breakfast 🍩☕️🍑 @donutscoffeeme.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Probably an unpopular opinion, but I think people should just say the sappy shit more often.

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splendidland🌱 @splendid.land · 24/07/2025

the internet isn't cool any more. my next video game will be released as a mail order cd rom advertised in the back of Total Amiga magazine

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ON games journal @ongamesjournal.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

🎵 Soaring, looping, endless kineticism - @itsjensim.bsky.social bops to the beat of rhythm action in ON: Volume Two on.games #gamesmagazine #rez

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Andy Kelly @ultrabrilliant.xyz · 20/07/2025

ONE MORE WIN Ridge Racer Type 4 Fanzine Digital / Physical Available now 🔗 ultrabrilliant.etsy.com

A mockup of three copies of One More Win: Ridge Racer Type 4 Fanzine on a white surface.

A feature titled GARAGE TALK about the storytelling in the game's Grand Prix mode.

A spread about the Namco JogCon controller.

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Frostwood Interactive | Shutter Story @frostwood.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

In my upcoming horror game you examine a family's photo album for signs of the paranormal 📸 Official announcement in 10 days! #screenshotsaturday

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Nadia Oxford @nadiaoxford.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

DK Bananza is the most wonderfully depressing game. It’s clearly the work of lifelong game developers mentoring novices and it’s the kind of game we’d have a lot more of if game publishers actually let game development be a stable, life-long career for people.

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Same, little pepper, same

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Tomboyish Transfemme @naomihofficial.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Really badass graffiti spotted in town

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Hit Points by Nathan Brown @hitpoints.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Delighted to be doing a monthly column for this. Ralph's a thoroughly good egg, the site's great, and the idea of a video guy pivoting to text is just proper world-gone-mad stuff, love it. Have a look!

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Saleem @seemo.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

We're looking for a senior unity engineer with rendering experience! Democratic work place with lots of transparency 4 day work weeks 85k CAD salary (same as every single other person at the studio) Remote friendly but Canadian applicants are prioritized www.workwithindies.com/careers/ko-o...

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KO_OP is hiring a Senior Rendering Programmer

We’re looking for a Senior Rendering Programmer to remotely join our team and take over core rendering responsibilities on one of our projects.

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lilampki @lilampki.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

going to big Tesco, anyone need anything?

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Katharine Castle @karthupial.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Listening to @itsjensim.bsky.social on this week's @backpagepod.bsky.social reminded me of an old RPS supporter article I wrote once about how I thought creating the same character again and again made me really *boring* and unimaginative, but maybe not! www.rockpapershotgun.com/i-always-cre...

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I always create the most boring characters possible in RPGs, pls help

I have a set character I create, who I've made again for Baldur's Gate 3, and I'm jealous of people who get more creative with it!

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Elizabeth @elizabethlovatt.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

really enjoyed @itsjensim.bsky.social on @backpagepod.bsky.social talking about dress up games and character customisation, sun a fun conversation! It reminded me of a piece I wrote a few years ago on dressing gay in video games elizabethlovatt.com/2020/11/11/d...

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dressing gay in videogames

dyke about (virtual) townWhat does it mean to dress gay? Can you tell someone’s sexuality by how they dress? The answer is of course not and 100% yes. Since mask-wearing has become commonplace I’ve…

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Jen Simpkins @itsjensim.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

So delighted to be asked back to the pod. Thanks to Samuel and Matthew for giving me space to talk about dress-up and character customisation in games - and for whole-heartedly joining in! Unbelievable fun.

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 11/07/2025

Might be a good time to remind folks of the No ICE in California itch bundle raising funds for the immigrant defenders law center (or you can donate to them directly) itch.io/b/3110/no-ic...

A screenshot of the no ice in California front page bundle showing it has made $37, 630 of its $50k goal

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The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast @backpagepod.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Coming tomorrow! Returning guest @itsjensim.bsky.social joins us for an episode all about customising characters in games – and uncovers some cursed Two Giant Men lore in the process. Here's a preview:

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Jen Simpkins @itsjensim.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Missing SGDQ Silly Block for Develop. That sea better be real blue

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Christopher Owen @oysta.au · 10/07/2025

totally non-insane way to serve pasta

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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

it's scary how powerful ai is getting every day. i just talked with a genie who was able to somehow guess what i was thinking of by asking a series of yes or no questions

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ZeroCounts @zerocounts.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

We did it! Thank you to @gamesdonequick.com for the amazing opportunity to showcase the @play.date console on the main stage! Shout outs to @withermin.bsky.social and @vainx.bsky.social for the excellent comms and support 💛 #SGDQ2025 #SGDQ #GDQ

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Michael Frei 🪰 @michaelfrei.io · 08/07/2025

We have a Release Date! 🤍

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Jen Simpkins @itsjensim.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

ON Volume 2 from @ongamesjournal.bsky.social is available now! Delighted to contribute again, this time stepping in for the mighty @mackeza.bsky.social to talk about rhythm and its inherent link to humans and games. Big shoes to fill, and a subject close to my heart, so I hope I did it justice!

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ON games journal @ongamesjournal.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

🎉 ON: Volume Two now available! on.games To celebrate, we’ve made something truly rare: Stealth #Zelda Slipcase - ultra-limited, hand-made, foil-drenched. Only 10 exist & comes with an individually numbered, hand signed certificate of authenticity #videogames #gamesmagazine

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Jen Simpkins @itsjensim.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Thanks for the lovely birthday bits, @insertcoin.bsky.social! Here’s to many more years of you keeping us clothed. Owning the Futaba jacket remains a flex of mine.

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boocanan « COMMISSIONS OPEN!!! » @boocanan.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

me at gdq: so what ive done is i've held down the b-button so mario runs faster. i think we have some time to read off donations

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Jen Simpkins @itsjensim.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Blue Prince, Neon White and Balatro runs at SGDQ, we're so back

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Andy Kelly @ultrabrilliant.xyz · 06/11/2024

Beat Takeshi tap dancing timeline cleanse.

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Kelsey Pickinpaugh @spacedcadette.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

To anyone being hit by layoffs today, It's not you. It's them. It isn't your fault. It's theirs. You didn't do anything wrong. They did. They fucked up. Not you.

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A Profound Waste of Time @apwot.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

📣 48 HOURS TO GO! You can still get all 3 of these timeless games publications along with a collectible slipcase in the APWOT Trilogy Reprint campaign! 📚 Get them here!👇 kck.st/4kjrqhj

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George @hannahtempler.com · 29/06/2025

well put

screenshot from article. text reads: "....and soil. As a whole, the benefits of Al seem esoteric and underwhelming while the harms feel transformative and
immediate."

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Jen Simpkins @itsjensim.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Bloody love this game. One of the most original search mechanics ever made. Fellow Stephen Biesty’s Incredible Cross-Sections heads get in here

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Lost In Cult @lostincult.co.uk · 27/06/2025

We are looking for a new Social Media & Community Manager! Become the public face of LIC, responsible for our social media output across X, Bluesky, Instagram and Facebook + engaging with our community on Discord. www.designjobsboard.com/job/97276/so...

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Mike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

all i'm gonna say here is that @pancelor.bsky.social/tallywinkle's The Tower is one of the best games ever made tallywinkle.itch.io/the-tower

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the tower by tallywinkle, pancelor

absurdist bitsy

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itch.io @itch.io · 25/06/2025

Kabuto Park: Catch the best bugs and level them up, choose your team carefully and fight other kids to become the Summer Beetle Battles champion. doottinygames.itch.io/kabuto-park

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Jen Simpkins @itsjensim.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

I hope whoever at Landfall Games named it Peak is *extraordinarily* pleased with themselves. Marketing bigbrains over there

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David H @nachimir.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Leftfield submissions are now open for EGX London, Oct 24th-26th: airtable.com/appIQDFmYU3o...

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Sophie Petzal @sonicscrewup.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Funerals should just be car boot sales of all your stuff with a jacket potato and real ale stall, and everyone can wander round your stuff reminiscing about how weird you were, and wondering why you’ve so many sea-salt dispensers. The family can keep the money or donate it to charity.

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droqen and 24 others @droqen.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

now there are 13/33 decks left to go! couldn't be happier with how this deck turned out and the response <3 get one before they're gone! also if you're in toronto and want a free tarot reading hit me up. i put an online shop up -> droqen.square.site but feel free to contact me directly too.

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Jacob Heayes 🎮🎥✒️ @heyimjaycob.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Delighted to see @halfmermaid.co find my little tribute to Her Story so quickly! Ten years of a seminal game that wrote an entirely new playbook for narrative games, interactive video and virtual performance. A pleasure to put those feelings into this BFI piece. Enjoy! and happy searching x

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