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Andrew @mckissock.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Solidarity with everyone who's affected by the latest round of disgusting Xbox layoffs. We have a few roles open at Fusebox right now, including a Lead Writer position. www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...

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Fusebox Games hiring Project Lead Writer in United Kingdom | LinkedIn

Posted 2:28:02 PM. At Fusebox Games, we create world-leading choice-based narrative mobile games enjoyed by millions…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

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Hannah Strong @hannahstrong.co.uk · 01/07/2026

We don't own our films we don't own our games none of us can own a house sooner or later we'll be renting the clothes on our back at this rate what will it take before collectively we say ENOUGH

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

BBC bigotry. If Morgan were this inflammatory about Black ppl or Jews, would he be invited? Instead he’s allowed to do his ‘gotcha’ question. It’s worthwhile considering why it’s not ‘what is a man?’ The answers wld be so diverse they’d be laughed at. But women are, in the patriarchy, just bodies*

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Sa-ilent Hill Bajaj @sahilbajaj.dev · 30/04/2026

Once again saw people cheering on the suffering of states in this region so I'm posting this to offer people some perspective on who actually lives here. (Spoiler: The white expats/influencers you see/have in your head aren't even on this)

A chart from Al Jazeera showing where GCC foreign workers i.e. non nationals come from: (The chart features overall population followed by split between nationals and non nationals, which has the split between different countries underneath)

Saudi Arabia: 37m (This is the Population and "m" means million)

Nationals: 20.5m
Non Nationals: 16.4m

Bangladesh: 2.59m
India: 2.3m
Pakistan: 2.23m
Yemen: 2.2m
Egypt: 1.8m
Sudan: 1m

UAE: 11.5m

Nationals: 1.31m
Non Nationals: 10.4m

India: 4.36m
Pakistan: 1.9m
Bangladesh: 840,000
Philippines: 780,000
Iran: 540,000
Egypt: 480,000

Oman: 4.7m

Nationals: 2.8m
Non-nationals: 1.8m

India: 766,735
Bangladesh: 718,856
Pakistan: 268,868
Egypt: 46,970
Philippines: 45,213
Uganda: 20,886

Kuwait: 4.8m

Nationals: 1.56m
Non-nationals: 3.3m

India: 1.15m
Egypt: 666,000
Bangladesh: 350,000
Pakistan: 339,000
Philippines: 241,000
Nepa: 101,193

Qatar: 3.2m

Nationals: 330,000
Non-nationals: 2.87m

India: 700,000
Bangladesh: 400,000
Nepal: 400,000
Egypt: 300,000
Philippines: 236,000
Pakistan: 180,000

Bahrain: 1.58m

Nationals: 739,736
Non-nationals: 848,934

India: 350,000
Bangladesh: 110,000
Pakistan: 100,000
Philippines: 60,000
Egypt: 22,000
Nepal: 20,000

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Jenna "the" Yow @jannouna.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

i think any discussion of getting into games needs to acknowledge the difference between pursuing game making as a craft vs game making as an industry

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Jess @jessthomas.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

New marketing unveiled by PlayStation.

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Andrew @mckissock.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Entering my last week of being unemployed, after 5 painfully long months.

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Rasheed Abueideh - Now crowdfunding Dreams on a Pillow 🍉 @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I am thrilled to announce that Dreams on a Pillow has wrapped up pre-production and we are about to start full production. We can’t do it without your support. We are starting our second round of crowdfunding, to support us you can find out more here www.launchgood.com/1948

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Andrew @mckissock.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

This dress is super Aerith coded to me? Haha.

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Neha🍰 @nehapolitan.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

REALLY proud of my team right now @allwillrise.bsky.social ❤️ A tiny team like us, (during one of the worst funding periods of indie games) handing back bloody Microsoft money shows that the power IS withing people. We are stronger as a collective and we are embodying the games message😤

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Andrew @mckissock.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

There's a lot to love about RE Requiem so far. But my favourite little thing, that's actually probably super hard to do, is the toss and catch animation Grace does with the torch when you transition from aiming to not aiming.

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🎃🍁Evie Lyn Devers🍁🎃 @sinebadger.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Cis people need to pay attention to the way they communicate this. They freely admit that after all of their research, they came up with zero evidence that HRT was harmful. Then they banned it anyway, claiming their inability to find a reason is a reason in of itself.

It found there was not enough good quality evidence to conclude overall whether the drugs benefited young people or harmed them, so NHS England will not issue new prescriptions while it continues to consider responses from advocacy groups and healthcare professionals.

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Andrew @mckissock.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Great way to sign off this year's Glasgow Film Festival: a q&a with the incredible Lynne Ramsay, hosted by Adura Onashile!

Lynne Ramsay seated on stage in Glasgow with host Adura Onashile

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Jenna "the" Yow @jannouna.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

we are watching israel start the colonization process of southern lebanon

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Andrew @mckissock.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Two very different messages in the park today.

One graffiti message saying "to love all is to be enlightened by all" and another saying "colin is a pedo"

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Andrew @mckissock.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Saw a post about VAR in football utterly destroying refereeing intuition, their capacity to think, and ruining the laws of the game. Can't help but notice there's a really striking parallel between this and the use of generative AI/reliance on g*t etc.

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Tony Gowland @tonygowland.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

thanks dude, our roguelike tower defence Into the Slimy Mines has a demo now! Can you rescue a crew of Scottish space dwarves from rampaging alien slimes? There's only one way to find out! store.steampowered.com/app/3639440/...

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Into the Slimy Mines on Steam

A roguelike tower defence with a card twist! Protect your mine and rescue your crew after crash landing on a slime infested moon. Buy cards and booster packs, expand your tunnels, find crazy combos an...

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𝖘𝖆𝖘𝖍𝖆 𝖊 𝖍𝖊𝖆𝖉 @sievish.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

HEY gang! I'm looking for work starting in JUNE. ME: - 10+yrs pub & print prod - 4yrs game dev (graphic design, OS, UI) - graphic design jack of all trades - eagerly collaborative & enthusiastic teammate! YOU?: - FT comics, print prod/design, or UI work - Contract UI work www.sashamakes.com

screenshot of the INTERGALACTIC: THE HERETIC PROPHET video game trailer-- a very messy wall filled with maps, photographs, handwritten notes, etc

the cover of MANIFOLD GARDEN's iam8bit special edition Nintendo Switch cover. I illustrated the art and designed the packaging

a sheet of some of my favorite logos I've designed!!!!

mockup of 3W3M's SYSTEMS SOURCEBOOK language spread. I designed the book and the alien fonts.

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Mari 🏳️‍⚧️ @mariposaeldridge.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Alan Cumming explains why trans people are like superheroes

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𝖘𝖆𝖘𝖍𝖆 𝖊 𝖍𝖊𝖆𝖉 @sievish.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

UK & Wales friends & colleagues: this environment artist job listing is open until MARCH 31 tools: Unreal Engine, Blender, Substance Painter, Adobe www.goldboroughstudio.com/jobs

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Jobs — Goldborough Studio

Opportunities to work on our projects can be found here.

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Andrew @mckissock.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Started playing Parasite Eve. So far I am loving the environments, the visual direction and the transitions to and from battle are so slick.

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Anna 🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Due to recent discussions: when I worked at a library, I was trained on how to politely but directly respond to unwanted sexual comments. Unfortunately commonly-marketed fantasies about librarians mean it happens a lot. Rehearse these. Be comfortable saying them forcefully, but politely.

Cordial but Firm Anti-Creep Phrases

”This is a [professional space] and I’d really appreciate it if you’d act accordingly.”

“I’m not interested in discussing my personal life.” AND/OR “I keep my personal and professional life separate, thanks.”

“I really don’t think that’s appropriate behavior/to say at a [professional conference]. Is there something else we can discuss?” OR phrase it as a rhetorical question: “Do you think that’s an appropriate thing to do/say at a [professional conference]?”

“That is not what I’m here for. Let’s change the subject.”

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Danielle Lalonders @dlalonders.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

I hope things in our industry change for the better in the future. I will not allow anyone to feel this way again.

Sexism isn’t new in this industry, nor is it new to me, but during the last #DICE confernece, I experienced more sexism than I have in the 6 years I have been in games. Which says a lot because I was gamergated a few years ago.

At DICE, I had men gawking at me, eyeing my body, licking their lips and snapping their neck to look at my behind. I was dismissed by several people, people assuming I am a student or someone’s assistant. I was not taken seriously or respected until someone vouched for me in conversation. This isn’t a new experience for most women in games, but I was painfully aware of it. Other women at the conference also were aware of men staring and eyeing me up, I confided in several people about how uncomfortable and uneasy it was making me.

I have also had people try to make romantic and sexual advances towards me. I understand that is just part of the game industry culture for women but I am not interested in participating. I also don’t think that should be common practice. We are at a work event, please act accordinly and respect the women in this industry.

This is my fourth DICE, and it will not be my last. I will not allow people in this industry to intimidate me from engaging with my peers and celebrating the people in this industry. I tell students and scholars all of the time to be careful and not allow anyone to harm you into silence. I figured it was time for me to take my own advice.

I hope people see this and understand that this is an onging issue and something needs to change.

I blame none of the organizers or anyone who works for DICE for any of this. They are all wonderful people and I see the work they do to make sure DICE is safe for everyone. The culture in our industry must change! I refuse to allow any one else to feel the way I felt at DICE.

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Andrew @mckissock.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Been a month out of work now aaand that gnawing sense of frustration at the video game job landscape keeps on growing. 😅

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Andrew | BUY INDIEPOCALYPSE ➡️ BostonFIG @pizzapranks.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Starting off it's 6th year of bringing you monthly highlights of the more unexplored corners of indie games, it's Indiepocalypse #73! -10 curated games for $15! -Zine! -Newly commissioned game by @cmi.bsky.social -Cover by @alexsiple.bsky.social pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-73

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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Published my first piece at @wired.com today, about a string of AI thrillers that have bombed (most recent being the hopelessly naive Chris Pratt vehicle 'Mercy'), the backlash to Darren Aronofsky's YouTube slop take on the American Revolution, and a grotesque nostalgia-bait Super Bowl ad:

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Hollywood Is Losing Audiences to AI Fatigue

Entertainment about or made with artificial intelligence has been missing the mark with viewers over the past year.

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Andrew @mckissock.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Max: Attention? Me, trying to get on with tasks: obliges. every time.

Tuxedo cat stretched out across a work desk.

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Úna-Minh's ✨ Open to Work ✨ @unaminh.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

She’s alive! My second solo game is out now. You'll like my narrative adventure game if you like: - Weird things made by creative people - Meeting cats, frogs & dogs - Puzzles so easy you could make them yourself - Lamenting the games industry unaminh.itch.io/another-day-... #gamedev #indiegames

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James Muirhead @deepcrypt.games · 16/01/2026

🎙️ Looking for Scottish Gaelic voice actors for paid work on a small indie horror game set in the Highlands. 1 female role (~12 lines) 2 male roles (~5 & ~50 lines) Remote recording OK. DMs open or share if you know someone! Tapadh leibh #gamedev #horrorgame store.steampowered.com/app/4224960/...

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Highland Trip on Steam

A first-person psychological horror game where you explore the remote Scottish Highlands, gather resources to survive the night, and evade a stalking presence that blurs hallucination and reality. The...

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Andrew @mckissock.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

One of the things I love about Glasgow are the unique murals that exist around the city. They capture the character and history of the city and look spectacular.

whimsical mural of a taxi being lifted into the air by balloons as a passenger raises his arm to wave the taxi down

mural painted on the side of a building: an artist's interpretation of St Mungo

Mural painted on the side of a building: artist's impression of saint enoch.

mural painted on the side of a building: various images encouraging change, referencing the future with tagline "the power is ours"

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Andrew @mckissock.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

People finding new ways to say "I am a bellend." It still surprises, and disappoints, me that professionals use this trash.

Stranger things documentary maker quote about using ai "doesn't everybody have it open, to just do quick research?"

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Commander Sterling @commandersterling.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

If history cares enough to look back at the nerdzis’ obsessive hatred of Sweet Baby, history will be utterly baffled by such an embarrassing grudge. It might be the stupidest of all their manufactured outrages, one of the most clear cut examples of them getting mad at their own imaginations.

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AFNarratives @afnarratives.blacksky.app · 14/01/2026

If you're thinking wow Magfest was so fun... If only I could hear someone talk in depth about what it's like and what you can do there... Well you can right now!!! Shout out @monolithfiji.bsky.social for having me!!! ✨

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Christi Kerr @christikerr.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

new year new game!! My friend @aimeehyndman.bsky.social and I just released our debut game through @beakandclawpress.bsky.social! Introducing Adventuring Party Builder, a collaborative tarot-based card game for building characters together in session zero of any high fantasy TTRPG campaign ⚔️

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Adventuring Party Builder by Beak & Claw Press

a collaborative, system-neutral card game for session zero character creation

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Andrew @mckissock.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

"I'll make the Christmas chocolate last this year" I say to myself, while demolishing another box of malteasers.

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Atiya Nova @atiyanova.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

I’m so excited to announce “Dark Dreams on Diverging Roads”! In this game you’ll play as a famous author on a book tour. Drive to unique locations, meet interesting characters, drink lots of coffee, and LOOK BEHIND YOU. Wishlist now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4228950/...

Cover art for the game. Features a man with a surreal face and the text "Dark Dreams on Diverging Roads"

Features the tutorial, where the player (a car) gets coffee for the first time. The text reads, "The smell of fresh coffee does wonderful things to your brain."

Features the player (a car) being out in a woodland area by the bridge. Their radio is acting up

Features the player (a car) in the middle of a dense forest

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Andrew @mckissock.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

CHOCOLATE FOR BREAKFAST!!! HWFG

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