Sign in

Jim Munroe

@jimmunroe.net
612 followers 272 following 70 posts

He/him. SF novelist/filmmaker at jimmunroe.net ~ Producer/Narrative designer ~ Co-founded Hand Eye Society, now Game Arts International Network and Toronto Games Week ~ Designed IF tool texturewriter.com

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Jim Munroe
Molleindustria FUTURE? NO THANKS! OUT NOW @molleindustria.org · 14/09/2026
Future? 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)
The artist/poster in Tuscany writing a postcard from future Pittsburgh
23514
Jim Munroe @jimmunroe.net · 08/09/2026
In the 90s there was a project run by Mykel Board, the Maximumrocknroll columnist, called World for Free -- a zine you could only get by also including your name and address in it as a crashpad. I hosted and was hosted through it a couple of times. He might have some writing?
230
Reposted by Jim Munroe
Molleindustria FUTURE? NO THANKS! OUT NOW @molleindustria.org · 07/09/2026
People keep asking us if they should buy Future? No Thanks! or pre-order GTA VI so we made a quick guide:
GTA VI vs Future? No Thanks! comparison chart
10478132
Reposted by Jim Munroe
Eric Kim (김현철) inkskratch.com @inkskratch.com · 06/09/2026
Superzine 17 is coming your way! Sign up here: buttondown.com/inkskratch
Superzine 17 with Jim Munroe's Zeroed Out making the cover!
0104
Jim Munroe @jimmunroe.net · 06/09/2026
I 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 Munroe
Molleindustria FUTURE? NO THANKS! OUT NOW @molleindustria.org · 04/09/2026
Future? 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
13508210
Reposted by Jim Munroe
Matt Hammill @matthammill.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
A 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.com
Tools
Matt’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 · 05/09/2026
Were 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 · 02/09/2026
It's so easy to get overwhelmed! Be kind to yourself
010
Jim Munroe @jimmunroe.net · 30/08/2026
I 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...
The checkbox for permanently deleting my Google account.
2215
Reposted by Jim Munroe
Metanet Software Inc. @metanetsoftware.com · 06/06/2026
You heard right, we’re announcing N PLUS INFINITY TIMES TWO! Wishlist it on Steam now: store.steampowered.com/app/3040020/...
store.steampowered.com
N PLUS INFINITY TIMES TWO on Steam
5 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 · 12/08/2026
Would 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 #mysticmutualaid
luma.com
Wonder Wander · Luma
A 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
Jim Munroe @jimmunroe.net · 17/07/2026
I've rediscovered SoulSeek!
010
Jim Munroe @jimmunroe.net · 17/07/2026
I'd like to read this!
110
Reposted by Jim Munroe
Molleindustria 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 Munroe
Adam Hartling @xenosns.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
The 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 Munroe
Metanet Software Inc. @metanetsoftware.com · 06/06/2026
Announcing N PLUS INFINITY TIMES TWO! Watch this amazing trailer, and then wishlist on Steam (link below): youtu.be/-Jhy9HNs-u0
youtu.be
N PLUS INFINITY TIMES TWO Announce trailer
YouTube video by metanetsoftware
15309138
Jim Munroe @jimmunroe.net · 05/06/2026
I'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!
A flyer for an event called Open World Map
0164
Reposted by Jim Munroe
Molleindustria 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 · 05/06/2026
...I helped set up this event happening soon: torontogamesweek.com/schedule#eve... It's a tournament for Rocket League, a game which features the far-fetched idea of giant soccer with vehicles. Unintentional, but strangest Toronto festival collab ever? @torontogamesweek.com @adambunch.bsky.social
A screenshot of Rocket League.
030
Jim Munroe @jimmunroe.net · 05/06/2026
I 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...
Auto pushball in 1925 Toronto
230
Jim Munroe @jimmunroe.net · 25/05/2026
LOVE 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.com
Open World Map: Digital Sovereignty for Game Creators · Luma
Join 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 · 17/04/2026
25 years ago today I did my first ever game related event. Today I get to work with this awesome community via @torontogamesweek.com
An event poster from 2002 for an event called 20-Sided Dice featuring ASCII art of a warrior with a prominent spear and shield.
171
Reposted by Jim Munroe
Toronto Game Jam @torontogamejam.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
You 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 Munroe
A.Ghost Pasquella 👻🎃 @agpasquella.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Prepare for ETERNAL WINTER
084
Reposted by Jim Munroe
Molleindustria FUTURE? NO THANKS! OUT NOW @molleindustria.org · 02/03/2026
The 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...
Future? No Thanks! at Day of the Devs 2026
23310
Reposted by Jim Munroe
adamatomic @adamatomic.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
i 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 Munroe
Toronto Games Week @torontogamesweek.com · 22/02/2026
Running 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
Toronto Games Week logo.
A group of red, yellow, and green meeples, lots of clip art illustrations surrounding them.
Text at the bottom says "Running a playful event in Toronto during June 11-17th?
Submit it for inclusion in the program at TorontoGamesWeek.com!"
193
Reposted by Jim Munroe
Molleindustria FUTURE? NO THANKS! OUT NOW @molleindustria.org · 20/02/2026
The 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 Munroe
Hilltop Studios @playhilltop.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
After 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 Munroe
Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
new 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.us
The future of public game arts festivals and non-commercial games culture
Discoursing about public games events / the shrinking non-commercial game festival space around the world (and in Australia)
515748
Reposted by Jim Munroe
Brendan Allen @brendanallen.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Next 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 Munroe
Tanya X. Short @tanyaxshort.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
they 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 · 12/01/2026
A 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.
A panel from Roaming by Jillian and Mariko Tamaki that captures trying to squeeze a takeout container into a too-full garbage can.
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 · 02/01/2026
I too love seeing my stuff at a used book shop!
030
Jim Munroe @jimmunroe.net · 30/12/2025
I 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...
A Google Home device with its mic disabled and orange LED lights.
152
Jim Munroe @jimmunroe.net · 29/12/2025
How it went: www.cbc.ca/news/enterta... wccftech.com/cwa-canada-t...
cbc.ca
Canadian among fired workers from Grand Theft Auto studio says they just want their jobs back | CBC News
The firing of several employees at the makers of the Grand Theft Auto video games came as a complete surprise, according to one of the Canadian workers who was let go this past fall.
010
Jim Munroe @jimmunroe.net · 09/12/2025
Did 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.org
Solidarity Picket for Fired Rockstar Workers
On 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 · 05/12/2025
My pal Callum invented that beer!
100
Jim Munroe @jimmunroe.net · 05/12/2025
Me 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 · 21/11/2025
I too am no longer sweet on suites. Decentralize! Spread those eggs amongst many interoperable baskets!
010
Jim Munroe @jimmunroe.net · 21/11/2025
Tangled is a good word for it. I'm taking some satisfaction in being patient with myself and the process. It's like a winter knitting project!
100
Jim Munroe @jimmunroe.net · 18/11/2025
Oh, gross.
000
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 Munroe
Jonathan Ore @jonore.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Just a bit of Canadian context/voices on the Rockstar situation. www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
cbc.ca
Grand Theft Auto makers accused of union-busting after firing employees in Canada, U.K. | CBC News
The 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 · 15/10/2025
At 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 · 27/09/2025
Kudos to @daff.space and the Game Sewer folk for their on-theme sludge refreshments served in petri dishes.
092
Reposted by Jim Munroe
James Lloyd @jlloydsky.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
It 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 · 21/09/2025
Hard not to read this as the choice in this cultural moment.
010