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Kennan Ward🍉

@kennanw.bsky.social
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"I wish I was more attractive like Dagless. Still, one can only dream." Gaming, sociology, & intersectional feminist/labor/human rights issues www.backloggd.com/u/Kennan

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Dia Lacina @dialacina.com · 19h
TAKE THE AI TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA, YOU RATTAIL BITCH
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Laika L. Gagarin @laikalgagarin.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
I wish every video game company a very nice UNIONIZE
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Chris Kerr @kerrblimey.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
NEW: Here's a big read about how Ubisoft union workers in Milan and Canada are attempting to push back against a sweeping five-day return-to-office mandate they claim is already tanking morale and will result in employees being forced to leave. Notably, it is also driving union interest.
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Fine. I’ll update with a word count when I start writing again. @legalminimum.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Marty wrote one half-decent piece of music once and it went so much to his head that he became insufferable to the point that his own friends at Bungie kicked him out of the room for the negotiations with Microsoft. He hates me because I know this about him. Now all of you do too.
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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
I'm glad someone else spotted this. I saw the quoted video earlier and it was setting off some alarm bells but I didn't have the time to dive into it but tl;dr, "I reverse engineered an app and found all its evil secrets" is a suspicious as hell claim if you can't show your work, and guy does not
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Bruno Dies @brunodias.dev · 15/10/2026
this is the fucking problem with all the "AI is useful" shit, it's like... it's all, constantly, always, me me me me me. not one second spent thinking about the degradation of literally everything about life and society, just my convenience trumps all.
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Jessica Cogswell 🌸 @jessicogs.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Had a very fun chat with a very cool developer the other day… Over the moon to share this exclusive interview with Jeff Kaplan! Hope you all enjoy ✨ www.gamespot.com/articles/jef...
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Jeff Kaplan Was An Industry Icon, Now Peers Ignore His Emails: Ex-Overwatch Director Talks "Humbling" Reality Of Indie Dev
The ex-Blizzard veteran sat down with GameSpot to discuss his AAA legacy and how he left it all behind for a dining room full of PC parts.
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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
I was discussing character in stories with a bunch of 5th class (10-year-old) kids, and I asked ‘Is evil a thought or an act? If someone had evil thoughts every day, but never acted on them, are they evil?’ One girl said: ‘Yes, they’re evil, and they’re a COWARD, for never doing anything about it.’
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V’s Knees @gothicneo.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
M. Night Shyamalan's YouTube channel (which is something he has now) came out of nowhere with this great line.
"Art in the ability to convey that you're not alone. And if AI made it, it's saying you're alone." - M. Night Shyamalan, October 9, 2026
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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
NEW: I wrote about why so many people wanted to believe that Ukrainian airstrikes on a Russian data center reduced troll and bot activity online, even though it's almost certainly not true. Featuring @noupside.bsky.social: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Drone strikes didn't take out a Russian bot farm, but we were primed to believe It
A viral rumor illustrates people’s hunger to make sense of the division we see online.
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Veselekov @veselekov.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Good news! @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social Dreams on a Pillow is only $10k AUD ($6k USD) away from its goal! You can donate here: www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/...
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Steven Spohn @stevenspohn.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
My heart goes out to RJ Mitte's friends, family, and fans. Disability advocacy is hard. Remember him for his wisdom and charm. He fought hard for all of us. If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, call or text 988 or chat 988lifeline.org
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Chicken WingDings 🇵🇸 @ebridget.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Ms Rachel from the top ropes
From Ms Rachel's account on Threads, she writes, "CORECIVIC, a company that makes hundreds of millions locking up KIDS in immigration detention
has a PAC that's sending campaign checks to Senator Susan Collins of Maine.
Susan Collins chairs the Senate committee that writes ICE's budget.
ICE is CoreCivic's customer.
The company gets paid out of a budget she controls, and it pays into her campaign."
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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 13/10/2026
The Detroit Free Press allowed readers to submit their verdict on who won the debate between Dr. Abdul El Sayed and Mike Rogers— but the only two people who said Rogers won decided to include anti Arab slurs in their letters in addition to abject lies. So the DFP refused to publish them.
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TK @essenariz.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
If you were ever targeted by the Gamergate horde from 2024 onward, I'd love to talk to you briefly for a short section in my book! Reply, DM me, or email me at alyssamerc@gmail.com. Signal boost!!
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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
When I was getting central air installed, I literally had companies refuse to send someone to give me an estimate without talking to my husband first. I have never been married, and am the sole owner of my home. I went with the first company to not ask to speak to my husband (the 6th I talked to).
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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 11/10/2026
Unity literally announced the "AI makes a game for you" thing as an April fool's joke in 2012 - dunking on the creative bankruptcy of the whole concept - before announcing it with a straight face just the other day.
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I Liv, I Die, Oliviagain Hill @machineiv.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Libs in 2018: “Ha ha Paul Ryan says he likes Rage Against the Machine?! Doesn’t he realize he’s the machine they’re raging against?” Libs in 2026: “Wait why don’t the Rage Against the Machine guys vote for my choice politician just because of their support for genocide?”
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The Dark Queen of Krynn: Makes some improvements to the engine and presentation, gives more choices in encounters and with NPCs, makes the battles more varied so you can't just fireball your way through everything. Lack of side quests, exploration, interesting equipment backloggd.com/u/Kennan/rev...
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go follow @news.abc.net.au @abc-news.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Game developer explores colonialism through the eyes of a penguin: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-11/peng…
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Game developer explores colonialism through the eyes of a penguin
Following an award-winning debut, Ngāi Te Rangi developer Naphtali Faulkner turns one of HP Lovecraft's best-known works into an interrogation of colonial myth-making.
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lex luddy needs a nap @lexluddy.xyz · 10/10/2026
I generally find using Steam current player number tracking as a measure of success silly, but cropping the Y-axis is fucking hilarious, Jon.
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Comrade DiaMat @comradediamat4.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This quote must hit so hard when you're politically illiterate and morally unprincipled!
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Will Weldon @oldmanweldon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Top ten most foreboding sentence I've ever read.
She had bought raw goat milk from a farm recommended to her in a Facebook group run by her chiropractor
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Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
reported on something that was really difficult for a lot of people for a lot of different reasons in a lot of different ways.
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columbo screenshots @columboscreens.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Used to get all my card drops years ago, now I have two and a half pages of games that still have drops.
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Kennan Ward🍉 @kennanw.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I watched TNG and DS9 from start to end about 15 years ago, then I tried about a season and a half of Voyager before I stopped with the franchise. Except for some clips from Lower Decks I never saw anything that made me think anything else would be worth watching.
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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I like that one of the racers is basically a guy with a swastika tattoo.
That's quite the fashion statement, I almost have the urge to punch you.\
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rowan kaiser @rowan.monster · 09/10/2026
maybe claude should stop being such a servile, fawning little bitch then
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/10/2026
jesus christ i have never heard a democratic talk this bluntly about an opponent
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Having long been aware of those tech bros who read my work as utopian porn, where they’ve taken that doesn’t exactly surprise me.
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cécile @haraiva.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
i'll make a proper post later BUT play the Parasensor demo ITS OUT NOW store.steampowered.com/app/3722090/...
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Parasensor on Steam
When Marisol accepts a job as a telecom technician, she finds herself in a quarantine zone where civilians are mutating into insects. Connect with strangers, confront grotesque creatures, and unravel ...
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Rasheed Abueideh - Now crowdfunding Dreams on a Pillow 🍉 @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Major campaign update 📣 launchgood.com/1948
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Appreciate the work you've always done
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Gideon Zhi @aeongenesis.net · 08/10/2026
AGTP Progress Update for Project srwalpha ~ Statement on recent AI projects Link: aeongenesis.net/news?date=2026-10-0…
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Kennan Ward🍉 @kennanw.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I haven't played Fortune's Weave but ever since Awakening lacked both but sold it seems like most of the following games had to pick between either writing or gameplay
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That catgirl with The Posts @roodypatooti.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
ka la ký sự @kallarazvedka
Palestinians were considered "single issue voters"

Now trans people are considered "single issue voters"...

Quote tweet by Thinky and the Brain @Thinkythebrain
Interesting how the "single issue" is always whether they should be allowed to live
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Now That's What I Call Cops Vol. XVII
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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 06/10/2026
sorry. unfollowing now. i just wanted to support queer poc authors. i didn't know he committed seppuku after a failed coup to restore the emperor of japan.
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Karla Monterroso @karlaliliana.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It is really so wild to see folks whose whole experience of conflict is getting powerful institutions to resolve friction for them.
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dannyodwyer @dannyodwyer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
every game has a human story behind it. the architecture of a childhood home. the crazy new ideas that came into view in adolescence. the relationships they held close, or suffered through. uncovering these personal truths just makes me love games even more. Viktor was an artist. he gave us himself.
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dannyodwyer @dannyodwyer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Viktor Antonov of Half-Life 2 fame was an environment artist on this game. He studied architecture in university and his ability to build contemporary worlds is what got him the Valve gig. We talked about doing a Kingpin focused interview but he tragically passed a few months later. He was a gent.
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bakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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