Reposted by katRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Happy indigenous peoples day! 253010883
kat @kgt.bsky.social · 12/10/2026As an aside… I think it’s messed up that the new “home of games week” is so recklessly bullish on AI and seemingly indifferent about their donor sources 2214
kat @kgt.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Big takeaway from MIGW has been how to be simultaneously kind to people and critical of institutions. I’ve seen action against institutions cause measurable harm towards people we care about, and institutions love to launder artists’ work and humanity to boost their own social capital 1190
kat @kgt.bsky.social · 11/10/202645 seconds of haunted ambient music I made with ~20% of the modules in this rack 1120
kat @kgt.bsky.social · 10/10/2026No PAX for me because I am very tired but I had a kickass games week 🫶🏽 cup is very full from meeting lots of creative, lovely, talented people but I missed so many more! Next time xx 0130
Reposted by katRebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 09/10/2026reported on something that was really difficult for a lot of people for a lot of different reasons in a lot of different ways. 651786546
kat @kgt.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Some of you wear success like a rancid coat tho OKAY THAT’S IT I’M NICE 060
kat @kgt.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Hope you appreciate how mature I’m being reflecting on people I met this past week as “people I vibed with” and “people I didn’t, and that’s okay”, rather than “game industry arseholes with an ego”. I would like a small trophy. 2200
Reposted by katRasheed Abueideh - Now crowdfunding Dreams on a Pillow 🍉 @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social · 08/10/2026We've been selected by Launch Good to participate in their one-week fundraising campaign for Palestine. Launch Good will match every $ we raise for Dreams on a Pillow. This will take Khadra one stop closer to her next destination Atilit! launchgood.com/1948 19488
kat @kgt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026These were actually so gorgeous. The texture made it all feel so playful and lovely 110
Reposted by katWillem Hilhorst @whilhorst.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Earlier this year I met @veselekov.bsky.social and @haraiva.bsky.social. I wanted to learn more about how they make artistic games in the southern hemisphere. In an industry that feels so stagnant, their works are bold, provocative and truthful. For @unpause.nl 👇 www.unpause.nl/verhalen/ach...unpause.nlThe Australian art game as an act of resistance - UnpauseIt is May 2026. Fleeing from a crowded BitSummit convention in the Miyako Messe, Kyoto, I'm searching for a small Japanese coffee shop. I’ve got an 25519
Reposted by katEsther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026 RIP. Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90news.mit.eduMargaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90 | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMargaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90. 8456196
Reposted by katGHOULISH - Wishlist PARASENSOR now! @ghoulish.com.au · 07/10/2026Terrified to announce that Parasensor's demo is OUT NOW ON STEAM 📣😱 Become telecom technician Marisol and explore our freaky Footscray-inspired quarantine zone. 1 demo play = 1 flower for artist @unseconds.bsky.social who we suspect hasn't smelt a flower yet this spring :') #indiegames #indiedev 718572
kat @kgt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Spent the day at MESS through their Game Audio Intensive and played with hardware eurorack for the first time 🫶🏽 made some sounds that weren’t totally heinous! 0140
kat @kgt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Games Week really cutting into my Scrolling Socials time (but dw I’m not a quitter) 050
Reposted by katMaddy Thorson @maddymakesgames.com · 05/10/2026one thing you learn from making a lot of things is that the nitty gritty details, the millions of tiny invisible decisions, ARE the art. The "higher level ideas" are not nearly as important or interesting 252139513
Reposted by katCassandra (Cass) Barkman @cassiebara29.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Earlier this year Freeplay announced that 2026 might be their last year of operation. I've spent the last few weeks talking to people in and around Freeplay about this point in its history regarding how its changed, its relationship to funding and what it might look like in the future. 12514
Reposted by katrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 02/10/2026with all respect: i'm losing touch with what AI does because i have no interest in it and it's not my business. nobody worries about me losing touch with developments in particle physics or artificial bull insemination. it's not my fault the richest guys on earth want me to make their toy my life 452385359
kat @kgt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Ev I reckon cordite.org.au/poetry/nothe...cordite.org.auDecolonial Research Methodology after the Bogong MothSupplant. Unsettle. Bury. Return. Learn to live in colonial soil by incubating in every available abundance. Cutworm into crop and field, drink your nutrients from the earth. Swell and wriggle, aes… 120
kat @kgt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Being a writer in WA has always been dire but the last few years without a Writers' Festival has felt *spectacularly* bleak www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...abc.net.auPerth now only capital without major writers' festivalDespite optimistic promises, the Perth writers' festival hasn't been scheduled since 2024. For writers and reader on the west coast, it's a deeply felt loss. 081
kat @kgt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Turning on my Out of Office for MIGW and I think I may never turn it back on? What if I was "travelling and may be delayed in responding" for...ever? 290
Reposted by katAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 29/09/2026Google Maps images show scale of Israel's destruction of Gaza, where more than 74,000 Palestinians have been killed.aljazeera.comSatellite images show Gaza in ruins three years into Israel's genocidal warGoogle Maps images show scale of Israel's destruction of Gaza, where more than 74,000 Palestinians have been killed. 21704417
Reposted by katKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 28/09/2026Hey everyone remember how I was saying the AI X-risk criti-hype is a targeted project designed to kill regulations and further ensure an impatient rush on data centre contsruction www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...abc.net.auOpenAI breach proves need for more data centres, major parties sayLabor, Coalition agree OpenAI's Medicare breach proves the need for Australia to secure "a seat at the AI table" by rolling out data centres nationally. 17248102
Reposted by katSasha Mutch @sashamutch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026💫Wyrmspace Tactics🎴 will be FTL jumping around #MIGW26 this year! Test your tactics and give our alpha build a playtest! 🍦 Oct 4th: ACMI - The Frosty Showcase 👔 Oct 7th: GCAP - Screen Australia's Local Lounge 🎮 Oct 9-11: PAX - Kirrip Wilam Room For more games week Info head to gamesweek.melbourne 1253
Reposted by katVeselekov @veselekov.bsky.social · 27/09/2026You can also see every hospital they have destroyed. “Closed” “temporarily closed” 0218
Reposted by katCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 26/09/2026Does my Speak-n-Spell feel pain when I type O-U-C-H? The jury is out. Philosophers and neuroscientists say that's fucking stupid, but I called a guy from the Center for Pretending that Household Electronics Are Sentient and he said there's no way to know for sure. 5843511195
Reposted by katKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 24/09/2026It is a huge shame to see so much language attributing agency, intent and thought to a software program, when all that should be attributed to the humans who designed a dangerously clumsy and broken looping LLM. Means the companies won't be held accountable for designing a bad product 41646230
kat @kgt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Roko’s Basilisk + Timnit Gebru’s TESCREAL is a real curriculum of batshit 030
kat @kgt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026AI company beefing up the valuation of their snake oil 🤝 journalist working on their next book 1101
Reposted by katsamantha floreani @floreani.bsky.social · 24/09/2026absolutely losing the plot today hearing people in the media be like oh no! a "rogue AI agent hacked" medicare! if it were a human it would be a criminal offense! but WHOMST could we possibly hold accountable for this??? guys be so for real. 0195
kat @kgt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Journalists stop ascribing agency to large language models 2026 challenge 27729
kat @kgt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026hello esteemed game friends, I’m flying over to MIGW for the first time (ever? At least since PAX2013) and will be around for High Score, GCAP etc (not PAX sorry) — please hmu if you'll be in town 140
Reposted by katInteractive Games and Entertainment Association (IGEA) @igea.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Today Screen Australia has announced over $2.1 million in games funding across 41 projects with their Games Production and Emerging Gamemakers program. These games come from every state and territory - congratulations to all recipients! ow.ly/fAKC50ZO8E4ow.lyScreen Australia funds games projects in every state and territory as Screen Currency 2026 points to sector growth - Screen AustraliaScreen Australia has today announced over $2.1 million in games funding across 41 projects that showcase the depth of talent across Australia. Provided through the Games Production and Emerging Gamemakers programs, the funding supports the nationwide strength of the games industry, highlighted in recent research released by the agency. Screen Australia Head of Games Joey […] 1197
