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Marcelo D. Viana Neto @marcelodvn.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Today is the Spring semester capstone showcase for the Game Design program at Hostos Community College. The event "flyer" was made in PICO-8 to capture our focus on process and making things "by hand" even when using digital tools.

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Marcelo D. Viana Neto @marcelodvn.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Helpful chart compiled by a member of the band best dressed ghost.

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Marcelo D. Viana Neto @marcelodvn.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

We're destroying lives, accelerating climate catastrophe, and giving fascists new tools to follow these people? (Source: open.substack.com/pub/hardrese...)

Screenshot of texts between Sam Altman and Elon Musk

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Bruno Dies @brunodias.dev · 04/12/2025

If we can only have art from people who "aren't in it for the money" that means we can only have art from privileged middle-class dilettantes. Making art being a viable career is responsible for nearly all worthwhile art, and if it's not a viable career any more we will get drastically less of it.

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Junch @junchgaming.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

The Play for Peace: Games for Palestine charity bundle is now live! Nearly 400 games from creators all around the world, with proceeds going directly to Gaza relief efforts. Bundle link: itch.io/b/2979/play-... We made a launch trailer to celebrate this moment 👇 Please RT.

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Marcelo D. Viana Neto @marcelodvn.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

How you die does not redeem how you live.

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itch.io @itch.io · 21/08/2025

This bundle supports Game Devs of Color, a nonprofit organization that uplifts and amplifies game creators of color. itch.io/b/3171/game-...

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Clive Thompson @clivethompson.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

behold the "HTML bomb" It's a counterattack for AI companies that persistently scrape and rescrape your web site, even when you tell them not to when a scraper grabs it, it becomes a 10-gig HTML page and 💣 goes the scraper Item #6 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter: buttondown.com/clivethompso...

A Chrome browser error page displays the familiar “Aw, Snap!” message, indicating that something went wrong while loading a webpage. A pixelated frowning file icon with Xs for eyes appears at the top left. Below, the error code reads “Out of Memory,” suggesting the browser ran out of system resources. The page includes a “Reload” button in blue on the bottom right

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Blender Studio @studio.blender.org · 13/07/2025

DOGWALK, Blender Studio’s open project made with @blender.org and @godotengine.org, has been released! Play the game for free on Steam and Itch.io and access production assets, documentation and the source of the game by signing up on studio.blender.org #b3d.

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Marcelo D. Viana Neto @marcelodvn.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Top: Club World Cup Champions 2025 Bottom: World Cup Champions 1938 with Mussolini

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Marcelo D. Viana Neto @marcelodvn.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Good things are possible. A better world is possible. Don't ever let them tell you otherwise.

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Marcelo D. Viana Neto @marcelodvn.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

GDC FoMo (from which I do not suffer)

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Juno Morrow @junomorrow.itch.io · 06/02/2025

Want to learn more about our Game Design program, which was the first public game dev. degree program in NYC? Check out our itch page or this short video about our program. Our other full-time faculty include @marcelodvn.bsky.social & Matthew Balousek. 🎮 hostos.itch.io

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Hostos Game Design Program

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Tanya X. Short @tanyaxshort.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

game designers!!! the day is here! Polaris 2024 reports are released: polarisgamedesign.com/reports/ and my group's is about how and when and why you might want to make your game's characters less obedient to the player's whims: polarisgamedesign.com/2024/enrichi...

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Enriching your Game with Disobedience

Authors: Alicia Fortier, Alexander “Droqen” Clair Tseu Martin, Tanya X. Short, Alexei Pepers, Kaitlin Tremblay, Linsey Murdock 🤔How to Use this Paper This paper is offered as a lens for you to (re)con...

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Godot Engine @godotengine.org · 22/01/2025

Up until now, we held all of our annual GodotCon events in Europe, but after the request of many of you and thanks to help from Boston Game Dev and Godot Users Group, we are finally able to bring the event to the US for the first time. 📣 Join us as a speaker! godotengine.org/article/godo...

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Our first GodotCon in the US - Save the date!

Want to join? Boston 5th - 7th of May. Call for speakers and sponsors open!

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Raj Patel @rajio.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

2024 currently has more known games industry layoffs than 2023+2022 combined. 2024 is roughly 600 layoffs away from doubling 2023. There is still plenty of business days left in the month. I can't emphasize enough how extreme these last few years have been. So far.

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v buckenham @v21.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

very good thread! game design! describing a player experience, a dynamic that helps achieve that, a problem with that dynamic, a solution that can solve that problem. and as a bonus, ties the gameplay system into the real world systemic context. that's game design right there.

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Marcelo D. Viana Neto @marcelodvn.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Grateful for the workers who make this day (and many others) possible without proportional pay or recognition.

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Huge win from @franzanth.bsky.social creating a Content Scraper Blocklist: bsky.app/profile/cont... It's a blocklist for the kinds of engagement bait accounts that repost stolen content, often with misleading captions.

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Marcelo D. Viana Neto @marcelodvn.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Democrat: Why pick a side? Can't it be both? We can walk and chew gum at the same time. Why take such a radical stance? You remind me of the far left. Israel has a right to exist. I'm a capitalist.

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Marcelo D. Viana Neto @marcelodvn.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

A Carl Sagan quote from 1995 is going around and this part caught my eye: "[people have become] unable to distinguish between what feels good and what’s true..." I find it even more useful as a lens for today when replacing "true" with "right."

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Marcelo D. Viana Neto @marcelodvn.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

This amount of money would be transformational for our community college. We serve thousands of people, from education to basic services like food assistance, daycare, transportation assistance, healthcare, free dental care, cultural events, etc. This society is absurdly rich and absurdly broken.

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Marcelo D. Viana Neto @marcelodvn.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Making (good) games is so fucking hard. Why do we do this again???

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ChristyCrow77 🏳️‍🌈✨🐦‍⬛ @mschristycox77.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

bsky.app/profile/did:... If you haven't used this one I definitely suggest you do. 👇💙👩‍🍳🏳️‍⚧️

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itch.io @itch.io · 13/11/2024

👥 Bluesky users, we've got one more update for you today: You can now use your itchio subdomain as your Bluesky username. Learn more about it here: itch.io/t/4291217/us... NOTE: to prevent any funny business, this feature is only available for accounts that have spent at least 10 bucks on itchio

Screenshot of the page to configure Bluesky DID settings on itch.io

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Kody @kodyisover.com · 13/11/2024

I would LIKE folks to not to use AI generated graphics for environmental and ethical reasons, but here's a selfish social motivator: if you DO use an AI image in your PFP/banner, you're probably gonna get added to this labeller and be muted/hidden or by everyone who subscribes to it

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wint @dril.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

as a gamer ive eliminated thousands of moo deng like creatures for their various parts . Ive completed countless quests using their pain

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boshi's place @boshis.place · 12/11/2024

in tandem w/ our gallery show GAMES AGAINST THE EMPIRE, boshi's place is hosting a panel featuring game developers, artists, & academics to discuss the role of game & artmaking in resisting imperialism and driving social change. join us on nov 19 @ 7pm, in person or online! twitch.tv/boshisplace

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Aysha U. Farah @ayshaufarah.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

Thinking about disco

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Marcelo D. Viana Neto @marcelodvn.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

In 2016, a few friends still in shock reached out and asked me what they should do. My response still applies: 1. Learn the root cause of issues and stop directly contributing to them. 2. If necessary, change your life. Likely starts with your work. 3. Build something better or join the effort.

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Marcelo D. Viana Neto @marcelodvn.bsky.social · 27/12/2023

In the final project of my Intro to Games class, students make a game in Bitsy as a gift for someone. They make games for their parents, siblings, significant others, friends, themselves, etc. Here are these semester's incredible games: radicalplay.org/gd101/f23/

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Hostos Game Design - Intro to Games - Fall 2023

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Marcelo D. Viana Neto @marcelodvn.bsky.social · 16/12/2023

Good piece. This is all a theatrical jostling for power that serves only to obscure what matters most urgently: the brutal, systematic displacement & destruction of Palestinian lives, and actually-existing antisemitism which these actors have no interest in addressing. www.vox.com/politics/202...

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What elite universities — and their critics — get wrong about campus antisemitism

A simple question about genocide at a congressional hearing obscured a complicated debate about antisemitism and free speech.

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Historical Pics @historicalpics.bsky.social · 02/12/2023

An upset little patient after a visit to the dentist, 1920s

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Marcelo D. Viana Neto @marcelodvn.bsky.social · 30/11/2023

This is the correct headline about Henry Kissinger's death (Spencer Ackerman, Rolling Stone magazine)

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