iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Joel Burgess @joelburgess.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This is my 2025 GotY - please go purchase, play and enjoy

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Christian Sparks @hippowombat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hey there friends! Unfortunately, I was among those impacted by layoffs at Heart Machine last week. If you or someone you know is looking for an experienced Unreal Engine Technical Artist, I'm available for full time, part time, or contract opportunities.

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Kevin Snow @bravemule.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

they sent Pikachu to space without a plan to return. June 17th was when he ran out of oxygen. Goodbye brave rodent 🫡

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Zach Northrop | Wishlist Worming from Home🪱 @zachnorthrop.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I made a remote job simulator where you’re secretly a worm :) Mash the keyboard, brew coffee, message your coworkers, and wriggle your way to the big promotion. Worming from Home is OUT NOW!

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KO_OP: 🪐 Wishlist Young Suns on Steam! @ko-op.com · 31/08/2026

We’re so excited to announce that the 1.0 Launch of Young Suns is LIVE on XBOX for PC, XBOX Series X|S, and XBOX One! Thank you so much to everyone for your support and meeting our Jupiter crew! hi.youngsuns.com/XBOX

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Laura Michet @lmichet.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This is going to sound crazy but I've been logging on to bsky more often than I normally do over the last two weeks... for the sole purpose of checking several accounts to see if they have apologized to Tillie Walden yet. (they have not.)

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Laura Michet @lmichet.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Chilling out today, head empty of all thoughts except how good the Skin Deep soundtrack by @ghoulnoise.com is. Anyway, just a friendly reminder, since I'm thinking about it ghoulnoise.bandcamp.com/track/in-cry...

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In Cryo (Presented by MIAOCorp), by Ghoulnoise

from the album Skin Deep (Original Soundtrack)

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brendan mordheim @brendanmcleod.dev · 06/08/2026

I used the power of the One Ring. I recognize that it's evil, and I expect a lot of people to be mad at me for using it. Sorry! However, I plan to continue using it. Here's why: (1/62)

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Heather Flowers (500FF DEMO OUT NOW) @hthrflwrs.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The 500 FINGER FILLET demo is OUT NOW!!! 500 STABS. 20 MINUTES TO ESCAPE. A horror roguelite about stabbing yourself in the hand 500 times to escape a deadly trap. Can you make it out with all your fingers? Or will you bleed out on the table? store.steampowered.com/app/4973880/...

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jake rodkin @rodkin.online · 04/08/2026

This is as good an excuse as any to re-share the Quadrilateral Cowboy trailer I got to help make with @derek-lieu.com @chrisremo.bsky.social and @erinyvette.bsky.social a decade ago. Still proud of it! youtu.be/S_IVvhSX2tY

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Quadrilateral Cowboy release trailer

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Brendon Chung @blendogames.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Quadrilateral Cowboy & Invisible Inc are in a cyberpunk bundle together! store.steampowered.com/bundle/82990... I'm a big fan of Invisible Inc, what a joy to be bundled together🙏

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Save 63% on Klei Cyberpunk on Steam

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Laura Michet @lmichet.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

the most recently released tamagotchi actually shows you a credits roll of names/job titles on the tamagotchi screen once you hit planet level 10. I wanted to put the development credits for the tamagotchi on mobygames but unfortunately I missed taking a photograph of the very first page of credits!

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Laura Michet @lmichet.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

i can touch the tip of my nose with the tip of my tongue I have written or edited 20 separate commercial videogames i have "rolled credits" on a tamagotchi i have been posting one blog post every single day on blog.lauramichet.com which is why i rarely post here. i will hit two years on sept 12

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

late night post: I wrote a fairly long article quite awhile ago (auratriolo.com/blog/2024/09...) on why you might submit to the Independent Games Festival. Today I present something a bit more specific: Advice on navigating the submissions interface and common pitfalls auratriolo.com/blog/2026/07...

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A quick guide to the Submissions Interface for The Independent Games Festival (IGF) – AURAMBLES

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Laura Michet @lmichet.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

i understand that it's embarrassing to step into a conversation you don't know anything about, but sometimes it's best to just stop posting. The mass layoffs described in that wiki article have upturned the games industry to the point where students ask me about it when I give talks at universities

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Laura Michet @lmichet.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

This page is fantastic. It's a "best hits of game narrative blogging" and it can teach a student more about narrative design and production best practices than many university programs will bother to. I am also very proud to report that my writing is on it several times

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Laura Michet @lmichet.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I had no dog in this fight. I am rooting for the end of all things

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Laura Michet @lmichet.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Thank fucking god. Going back to my tomb to sleep in the cobwebs

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Laura Michet @lmichet.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

They gave that player a nunchuck

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Laura Michet @lmichet.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Every player should be allowed to carry nunchucks

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Laura Michet @lmichet.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

"England vs Norway this weekend in Miami" is like a hex a witch casts. Neither team will leave Miami alive

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Skin Deep ($11.99) - an immersive FPS, to the degree of 'sneezing can alert guards'. you're the 'insurance policy' on a starship, and the means of protecting it against pirates is wildly inventive (and goofy as hell). a fantastic comedy stealth sandbox. store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...

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Laura Michet @lmichet.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Skin Deep is 40% off in the Steam Summer Sale. If you want to see a thread of bizarre, unexpected tricks and Gamer Shit you can do with the game's immersive sim mechanics, check out this thread I posted last year: store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...

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Save 40% on Skin Deep on Steam

Skin Deep is an immersive first-person shooter. We got sneezing. We got things getting stuck in your feet. Stalk through a vast non-linear starship and sneak, subvert, and sabotage to survive in this ...

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Bruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 26/06/2026

New blog post: a long one going over my approach to running story breaking sessions with video game writing teams. azhdarchid.com/how-to-run-a...

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How to Run a Story Breaking Session

Writer's room technique: How to lead a meeting to break a story as a group.

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Laura Michet @lmichet.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Voters love a guy with Poster's Madness

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Laura Michet @lmichet.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Serious question - how is fighting with people on this topic going to get you elected to public office in Sacramento?

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 26/06/2026

Skin Deep's a gem. An immersive sim that heard everyone's fears about being violent, and solved it by making the bad guys immortal cartoon mooks who will probably hurt themselves MORE if you don't kick their asses for them. Also the writing is fantastic and funny. Some Venture Brothers notes to it.

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Bruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 22/06/2026

New blog post (and sliding into email subscribers' inboxes too, I have not forgotten about you). About "that talk" at Narrascope; the application of choice mechanics in games; trying to rescue some context. azhdarchid.com/you-must-fre...

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YOU MUST FREE YOURSELF FROM THE TYRANNY OF "MEANINGFUL CHOICES"

Not really a response to a Narrascope talk so much as the talk is an alarm letting me know it's time to have this conversation again.

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Zaire @zeestermeester.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

If anyone is looking to hire a Peabody and BAFTA winning senior writer, I am looking for work. I’ve got six years experience in games. Everything from indie to AAA. I am not married to staying in games. I am hoping to relocate to the Bay Area. I am keeping my ears to the ground.

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Laura Michet @lmichet.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Figured I would make this clear - my "main" gig is now Blendo Games, where I'm handling both narrative and production. I've updated most of my public pages to indicate that Blendo is my "day job"! But my time at Blendo varies between full and part time. I'm still available for freelance thru 2027.

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Brendon Chung @blendogames.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Excited to announce our friends at @kleientertainment.bsky.social will be co-stewards of these Blendo titles: Atom Zombie Smasher, Thirty Flights of Loving, Quadrilateral Cowboy We're part of Klei Fest 2026 -- check it out! klei.gg/KleiFest2026

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Laura Michet @lmichet.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

My toxic trait is this giant keratinous spike coming out of my ass

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Laura Michet @lmichet.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

@jesawyer.bsky.social I'm the one who told you about the very strange bike ride yesterday... I have a link to the next one now, if you haven't yet located it yourself. It is my favorite ride of the year and I think the best one anyone can do in LA

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Brendon Chung @blendogames.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Releasing a new tool today: Blendo Wav Tool For browsing/searching through all of your audio assets. Loads: wav ogg mp3 flac opus This is a cleaned-up version of what we used during Skin Deep development. Free 👉Download blendogames.itch.io/blendo-wav-t... 👉Source code github.com/blendogames/...

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Laura Michet @lmichet.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

The other thing that blew me away this year was that Matthew in the Heavyweight category was such a comeback story... last year vs this year was night and day. My whole group saw him have an emergency last year, lost most of his matches, etc. and this year he medaled. He obviously practiced a ton

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Laura Michet @lmichet.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Wlater was undefeated the first time I attended this event and he had the exact same skill level advantage over everyone else this time too

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nic tringali @nictringali.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Get it with The Banished Vault for a nice bundle discount! store.steampowered.com/bundle/68748...

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Save 21% on Amberspire + The Banished Vault on Steam

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nic tringali @nictringali.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

🌖 Amberspire is OUT NOW! 🌇 A dice driven science fantasy city builder. Grow your city atop a mausoleum moon, interact with strange weather and ecology, gain influence to make deals with powerful off-world factions, experience the history of a future city. PC, Mac, Steam Deck s.team/a/3350750

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Bruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 30/03/2026

After years away I have returned to writing about video games with a piece for Remap about the less immediately obvious problems with DLSS 5

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Hey yall - unfortunately the rest of the very, very talented wanderstop team was laid off today and the studio shuttered. I'm no longer in need of work, but please, hire these peeps in the thread below! They're all absurdly good at what they do.

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Laura Michet @lmichet.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I did it today basically. Maybe. I think they saw me in Santa Clarita. I messaged the North

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nic tringali @nictringali.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Amberspire, our dice driven science fantasy city builder, will release MAY 6! Roll dice, grow a city, forge alliances, interact with an ecology, and read a history of the future. PC, Mac, Steam Deck - May 6! s.team/a/3350750

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