Reposted by Jim MunroeMolleindustria FUTURE? NO THANKS! OUT NOW @molleindustria.org · 14/09/2026Future? No Thanks! only needs a few more Steam reviews to reach the crucial milestone of 50! If you post a new review I'll send you a postcard with a unique, handwritten review of your review. (more info below) 23514
Reposted by Jim MunroeMolleindustria FUTURE? NO THANKS! OUT NOW @molleindustria.org · 07/09/2026People keep asking us if they should buy Future? No Thanks! or pre-order GTA VI so we made a quick guide: 9478132
Reposted by Jim MunroeEric Kim (김현철) inkskratch.com @inkskratch.com · 06/09/2026Superzine 17 is coming your way! Sign up here: buttondown.com/inkskratch 0104
Jim Munroe @jimmunroe.net · 06/09/2026I love a good curbside find, and I really appreciate the extra step when people disclose information like "works", "one wonky leg" etc. Giving away stuff is nice and this small step is even nicer. 031
Reposted by Jim MunroeMolleindustria FUTURE? NO THANKS! OUT NOW @molleindustria.org · 04/09/2026Future? No Thanks! IS OUT NOW ON STEAM An open-world comedy adventure about workable utopias, the twilight of patriarchy, revolution, and the horrifying possibility that the younger generations might be right. 💀 Windows + Mac 💀 6+ hours of gameplay 💀 20% off at launch futurenothanks.com 13507210
Reposted by Jim MunroeMatt Hammill @matthammill.bsky.social · 15/06/2026A couple years ago I started switching to open source & independent game dev tools, to see if I could replace the software I’d spent my whole career in. I wrote about how it’s going matthammill.com/tools/ (This was for my talk at Toronto Games Week/Open World Map which was so lovely to be part of!)matthammill.comToolsMatt’s guide to throwing away all your experience and switching to open source game dev tools June 12, 2026 Hi, I’m Matt Hammill, an indie game developer who’s worked on titles li… 0248
Jim Munroe @jimmunroe.net · 05/09/2026Were you looking for an excuse to support cyclists today? Donate to my Big Bike Ride fundraiser! Cycle Toronto has been a tireless advocate when we really need one. Or join me on the ride past beautiful rivers & Lake Ontario. If you want to donate: www.canadahelps.org/me/j6QwQJr5 021
Jim Munroe @jimmunroe.net · 30/08/2026I have been mostly Google-free for eight months, but the news about Google's complicity with the Lake America nonsense was what I needed to click the final click. Perhaps you might find this inspiring? jimmunroe.net/writing/dive... 2215
Reposted by Jim MunroeMetanet Software Inc. @metanetsoftware.com · 06/06/2026You heard right, we’re announcing N PLUS INFINITY TIMES TWO! Wishlist it on Steam now: store.steampowered.com/app/3040020/...store.steampowered.comN PLUS INFINITY TIMES TWO on Steam5 fresh flavors of world-class online mayhem, from Friendship-Testing™ Co-op to Friendship-Ending™ Competitive, plus classic singleplayer. Run around with friends, lure enemies into opponents, make th... 1329090
Jim Munroe @jimmunroe.net · 12/08/2026Would you like to go for a Wonder Wander with me? I am leading a very casual Humber walk combined with some time for creative writing or drawing, in case you know anyone who would like that in their life before the end of the summer. Limited $10 tickets here: luma.com/k3fzfa6j #mysticmutualaidluma.comWonder Wander · LumaA guided group walk through our gloriously green river ravine with several silent stops to write or draw in our notebooks. ☁️ Walk and talk with other creative… 020
Reposted by Jim MunroeMolleindustria FUTURE? NO THANKS! OUT NOW @molleindustria.org · 08/07/2026📢After 5 years of work and 0 divorces... Future? No Thanks! finally has a release date: July 22, 2026 05110
Reposted by Jim MunroeAdam Hartling @xenosns.bsky.social · 31/05/2026The Conference For Art Games (C4AG) has officially launched a call for submissions. Games and interactive art from the #AtlanticCanada region will be celebrated in #Halifax #NovaScotia from Sept 18 to Oct 9, 2026. Submission call for exhibits, talks, zines and sponsors. Find more at c4art.games 163
Reposted by Jim MunroeMetanet Software Inc. @metanetsoftware.com · 06/06/2026Announcing N PLUS INFINITY TIMES TWO! Watch this amazing trailer, and then wishlist on Steam (link below): youtu.be/-Jhy9HNs-u0youtu.beN PLUS INFINITY TIMES TWO Announce trailerYouTube video by metanetsoftware 15309138
Jim Munroe @jimmunroe.net · 05/06/2026I'm running this @torontogamesweek.com in about ten days! Looking forward to a whole day of digital dissidance, inspiring demos, empowering workshops and a chat with @droqen.bsky.social about his court case! #gamedev #opensource #digitalsovereignty #enshittification luma.com/8nvmyatm Free! 0164
Reposted by Jim MunroeMolleindustria FUTURE? NO THANKS! OUT NOW @molleindustria.org · 04/06/2026📢Future? No Thanks! DEMO OUT NOW ON STEAM! Try the game for 30 minutes! An ecosocialist open-world utopia for our dark times. For Windows and Mac store.steampowered.com/app/3861870/... 623174
Jim Munroe @jimmunroe.net · 05/06/2026I went to the (excellent) opening night of The Festival of Bizarre Toronto History bizarretoronto.com and this strange picture from 100 years ago popped up, "auto pushball at the Exhibition, 1925". Meanwhile... 230
Jim Munroe @jimmunroe.net · 25/05/2026LOVE gamemaking and HATE technofascism? I am running a @torontogamesweek.com event for you! Free with reg: luma.com/8nvmyatm Featuring @vagabond.quest @matthammill.bsky.social @rwg.aoir.social.ap.brid.gy and more! #Toronto #digitalsovereignty #gamedev (Poster art by @davidhellman.bsky.social)luma.comOpen World Map: Digital Sovereignty for Game Creators · LumaJoin us for an inspiring day of discussion, demos, and workshops about open source tools and open protocols. **Session timing will be announced closer to the… 1177
Jim Munroe @jimmunroe.net · 17/04/202625 years ago today I did my first ever game related event. Today I get to work with this awesome community via @torontogamesweek.com 171
Reposted by Jim MunroeToronto Game Jam @torontogamejam.bsky.social · 15/03/2026You may have heard whispers on the wind, but this is no ordinary #TOJam... This is TOJam's 20th Anniversary!🎉 How has this been going on that long?! To celebrate, this year we have a special theme for the jam: All of them 🥳This year's theme is: Mash-up Any 2 Previous Themes!🥳 113
Reposted by Jim MunroeA.G. Pasquella @agpasquella.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Prepare for ETERNAL WINTER 084
Reposted by Jim MunroeMolleindustria FUTURE? NO THANKS! OUT NOW @molleindustria.org · 02/03/2026The rumors are true! Future? No Thanks! will be playable at Day of the Devs in San Francisco. I'll be there too! March 8 - 3PM to 8PM - Free www.dayofthedevs.org/events/day-o... 23310
Reposted by Jim Munroeadamatomic @adamatomic.bsky.social · 01/03/2026i think ive paid gabe newell more from the proceeds of my games than i've paid the government, but gabe doesn't pave my roads or fund my schools or feed the kids in my community probably a few overdue conversations to be had about maybe paying less gabes before we pay less taxes or something 839674
Reposted by Jim MunroeToronto Games Week @torontogamesweek.com · 22/02/2026Running a playful culture event during June 11-17th in Toronto? Submit it for inclusion in the Toronto Games Week 2026 program! If you've submitted an event in the past, or have run a gaming event before, this form is for you! 📝 bit.ly/tgw26-organi... 🗓️ 11:59pm ET April 11th 193
Reposted by Jim MunroeMolleindustria FUTURE? NO THANKS! OUT NOW @molleindustria.org · 20/02/2026The biggest news in games right now is Horsey Game. A sophisticated open world horse betting/breeding life sim from the maker of Desert golfing, Freeways and Enviro-bear 2000. 1242
Reposted by Jim MunroeHilltop Studios @playhilltop.bsky.social · 19/02/2026After months working in the shadows… meet Curse of Resthaven. A gothic horror mystery where you govern a cursed island trapped in a time loop while searching for your missing niece. If it’s your kind of weird, please wishlist! store.steampowered.com/app/3796150/... More dev secrets soon. 2726998
Reposted by Jim MunroeRobert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social · 12/02/2026new blog post: The future of public game arts festivals and non-commercial games culture, with notes on @free-play.bsky.social / indie games events around the world www.blog.radiator.debacle.us/2026/02/the-...blog.radiator.debacle.usThe future of public game arts festivals and non-commercial games cultureDiscoursing about public games events / the shrinking non-commercial game festival space around the world (and in Australia) 515748
Reposted by Jim MunroeBrendan Allen @brendanallen.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Next week! If you're in the Toronto area, I'll be talking about a recent critical edition of the Aperture Science promotional Portal tie-in website (co-edited by Alan Galey, @ellenforget.bsky.social, and myself) as well some of the implications for future born-digital interactive literature. 211
Reposted by Jim MunroeTanya X. Short @tanyaxshort.bsky.social · 24/01/2026they say you are over the hill bc as you approach middle age, you stand atop that hill, a great vantage point from which to survey the low-lying territory that is your elder years, and then against your better judgement you begin to walk down, a brave adventurer, into the onslaught you will not win 1335
Jim Munroe @jimmunroe.net · 12/01/2026A panel from Roaming by Jillian and Mariko Tamaki. I love how it incidentally captures trying to squeeze a takeout container into a too-full garbage can -- a weirdly familar moment I've never seen in print. 0173
Jim Munroe @jimmunroe.net · 10/01/2026👁️🗨️ Seeking reccos for #opensource history via articles, video or podcast for research I'm doing into a #digitalsovereignty for artists campaign. 020
Jim Munroe @jimmunroe.net · 30/12/2025I kicked my Google addiction, and now I just use my G Home devices as dumb Bluetooth speakers. When you switch the mic button off to stop them eavesdropping the LEDs go Cylon-orange and they look like they're glaring at you. More about my month here: jimmunroe.net/writing/dive... 152
Jim Munroe @jimmunroe.net · 09/12/2025Did you know the maker of Grand Theft Auto had a Toronto-adjacent office? They do, and it looks like they've been treating their workers... criminally. So I'm heading to the Solidarity Picket at noon this Friday! actionnetwork.org/events/solid...actionnetwork.orgSolidarity Picket for Fired Rockstar WorkersOn October 30th, three Rockstar Toronto employees were fired with immediate effect and without investigation. They were swept up in a brazen and ruthless union-busting effort to terminate over 30 work... 131
Jim Munroe @jimmunroe.net · 05/12/2025Me too. Check out Qobuz for a drag and drop replacement: import your Spotify playlists, similar pricing, but pays artists 5x more. 041
Jim Munroe @jimmunroe.net · 18/11/2025#Enshittification PSA: If you use Gmail to pick up emails from a custom domain you own with POP3, that will no longer work in January. Related PSA: I am currently feeling out #protonmail as a replacement. 320
Reposted by Jim MunroeJonathan Ore @jonore.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Just a bit of Canadian context/voices on the Rockstar situation. www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...cbc.caGrand Theft Auto makers accused of union-busting after firing employees in Canada, U.K. | CBC NewsThe company behind the Grand Theft Auto games fired more than 30 employees last week in what a union leader called an egregious example of union-busting, with some effects being felt in Canada. 051
Jim Munroe @jimmunroe.net · 15/10/2025At Sitges, the sci-fi and horror film festival just outside Barcelona. Really amazed at how it totally transforms the town... There's even a statue of the festival's mascot! It's been going since the late 1960s. 000
Jim Munroe @jimmunroe.net · 27/09/2025Kudos to @daff.space and the Game Sewer folk for their on-theme sludge refreshments served in petri dishes. 092
Reposted by Jim MunroeJames Lloyd @jlloydsky.bsky.social · 25/09/2025It was great catching up with one of my favourite comic creators @jimmunroe.net, who was debuting his latest book 'Zeroed Out', at Lucky's Comics tonight. Joining was local comics zen master @jasonturner.bsky.social with his latest, Vinegar #46. Always a cause for celebration. Sweet evening. 0112
Jim Munroe @jimmunroe.net · 21/09/2025Hard not to read this as the choice in this cultural moment. 010
Reposted by Jim MunroeMarie LeBlanc Flanagan @omarieclaire.bsky.social · 19/09/2025We met last May in the dream room, now we meet in reality palestinian-voices-in-games.com PVIG is a community of gamedevs, curators, and organizers supporting Palestinian game creators in telling their stories. Got coins? Support a creator! Got skills? Volunteer! Got reach? Share the project!palestinian-voices-in-games.comPalestinian Voices in Games 055
Jim Munroe @jimmunroe.net · 17/09/2025Overheard on the Vancouver-Nanimo ferry: "Hey Siri, does Rolls Royce make a diesel engine?" 020
Jim Munroe @jimmunroe.net · 17/09/2025Proud to be representing @inkskratch.com and my graphic novel ZEROED OUT in a Vancouver co-launch with the delightful doodlin' diarist @jasonturner.bsky.social 063
Jim Munroe @jimmunroe.net · 17/09/2025Proud to be representing @inkskratch.com and my graphic novel ZEROED OUT in a Vancouver co-launch with the delightful doodlin' diarist @jasonturner.bsky.social 030
Jim Munroe @jimmunroe.net · 13/09/2025Sneaking away from the game conference to say hi to an old friend, the coliseum inspired Vancouver Public Library. We arrived in town around the same time, May 1995! 140
Reposted by Jim MunroeMichael Iantorno☔️🕹️ @michaeliantorno.com · 10/09/2025I'm happy to announce the launch of 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝑵𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝑱𝒂𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓? - an interactive resource that provides post-jam guidance to game jammers! I worked with @jimmunroe.net at GAIN to create this toolkit, which provides advice for jammers interested in commercial, artistic, or experimental development paths.whatsnextjammer.orgWhat's Next, Jammer? by Game Arts International NetworkAn interactive resource providing post-jam advice for game jammers 12113
Jim Munroe @jimmunroe.net · 09/09/2025Late to it, esp for a Toronto band, but really enjoying The Beaches! Riding out the rest of the summer on a wave of melodic fun energy: www.thebeachesband.com The full Blame My Ex album is rock solid top to bottom.thebeachesband.comThe BeachesThe official website of The Beaches. Check out the latest music, videos, tour dates and more. 130
Reposted by Jim MunroeMax Inferno // A Little to the Left @maxinfernogames.bsky.social · 08/09/2025It was so fun to attend the Video Game Arts Appreciate Night at the @agotoronto.bsky.social this past weekend! It was so great to get to talk with ALTTL fans, amazing Canadian devs, arts supporters and those who are video game curious. TY to @jimmunroe.net and Nathan Huisman for inviting us! 1142
Reposted by Jim MunroeToronto Games Week @torontogamesweek.com · 01/09/2025Were you at TGW 25? Did you play protest games under a ufo? Invent giant parachute games with a fully armoured knight? Colour with your face on a giant silo with Olivia Chow? Find a giant rat in the depths of Toronto? Relive the glory in 3m thanks to Tate Young www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNf-...youtube.comToronto Games Week 2025 HighlightsYouTube video by Toronto Games Week 194
Jim Munroe @jimmunroe.net · 29/08/2025Delightfully the AGO has invited me back to curate a selection of videogames about Indian cooking, teenage exocolonists, and strangely satisfying tiny adjustments like straightening a picture frame on a wall. www.facebook.com/share/1GNus2... #Toronto #videogames #art 061