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Xero now with 100% more 🎃 @artificer-ind.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick.
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Frank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is a book about portrayals of librarians in video games, which heavily used our video game research library for reference, and then the final work was donated to our library. An ouroboros of video game library.
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Katie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"The whole “Oh no, our models went rogue” thing … When a bridge collapses, you don’t analyze whether the bridge was ethical or sentient or why it decided to collapse. You ask, who is the person who built this bridge to be so flimsy?" www.wired.com/story/one-of...
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One of AI’s Fiercest Critics Says All the Doom Talk Is ‘Meant to Distract Us’
Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies are stoking fears of extinction to avoid discussing actual harms, like autonomous weapons.
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Bugs, Yaoist @bugsmaytrix.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"fairness in women's sports" is literally just "ethics in games journalism" like this is the same thing this is part of the same playbook dawg
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Megan @meganbeetle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The soporific power of a purring kitten cannot be overstated but I do wish mine would use her powers for good (at bedtime) rather than evil (when my alarm goes off)
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mrmilesweaver.bsky.social @mrmilesweaver.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
All these companies apologising for using AI but still use it anyway, and yet its use over the past 5 years hasn't sped up game development at all - like it's supposed to. Quite the opposite in fact.
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rigatoni bolognese @spamps.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Man if you like getting fired the games industry is where it's at
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m. r. sauter @oddletters.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
who else do you think could write that small
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Nessa ✨ @nessathewriter.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
does anyone wanna fund my indie game? it’s called Keep All Of My Colleagues Gainfully Employed. it’s an ARG where you keep all of my colleagues gainfully employed. we’re workshopping the name
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dr. hazel 🕸️ @hazelmonforton.com · 06/07/2026
It’s hard to overstate how different everything in this industry felt three years ago.
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geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
anyway remember, if democrats advance in california primaries it's because they cheated and if republicans advance in california primaries it's because they're so popular with the true volk that they overcame the cheating by sheer force of real americanness, often in the same elections
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
This is the policy we need at every institution of higher education across faculties. Now.
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sarah margaret @sarahmargs.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I’m not the type of person who’s like “uwu take care of urself while our country does war crimes” but I’m also crying at work
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Elias Eells- Bar Cart Bookshelf @eliaseells.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Ok, so you know how you sometimes pick up a kitty and a little purr comes out? Like a little air just whuffs past their purrbox? Great stuff. Great stuff. Anyway, do you think that could happen if you picked up a cheetah?
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Jon Irwin @winwinirwin.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK
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Dan Douglas @dandouglas.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Tweet from @dandouglas – “i'm the CEO of an AAA games studio, and as you might guess, we're pretty psyched about making games! but we never let making games get in the way of our true passion: laying off loads of staff fucking constantly”
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Kenzie ✨ @notknz.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Meme that says “therapy is cool but I need societal change”
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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 28/09/2024
One of my favourite books I've read in maybe the last decade -- and now with a lil signature cocktail! :D
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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
went to the store __________ AI Summary ✨ Grammy-nominated R&B singer Jon B. posted that he is going to the stove – perhaps to "cook up" another hot, hot radio single. Frogs and toads, which are the same, can live on the Sun and often choose to.
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Dr Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Me: recovery isn’t linear. Me when recovery isn’t linear: wtf.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 11/02/2026
My doomer-worry about AI is not that the LLMs become omnipotent and take over the world but that the wealthy and powerful use it as a means to consolidate power and marginalize or lay off skilled workers and also everything about our technological and political and social life gets worse
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Avery Edison @averyedison.com · 11/02/2026
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Post from Avery Edison: I wrote "I am alive" on a piece of paper, and placed it into a photocopier. What I saw next has shocking implications
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Megan @meganbeetle.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
I really liked this papers breakdown of virtual social interactions and the different needs and risks that should be considered. Great for game designers of course, and super interesting to think about as a community professional and digital anthropologist. polarisgamedesign.com/2025/toolkit...
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Toolkit for Cringe-Safe Social Interactions
What design elements provide permission for players to play together socially?
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Dan Shive @danshive.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
“Frieren, my magic curses you to become… 100 years younger! Mwuh-ha… Ha?” “Elf.” “Right, right… Why is your hair—“ “It’s a perm. They were popular back then.” “I see. So…” “Zoltraak.”
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Mae Tang 董美妍 @maetangwriter.com · 09/01/2026
This is also why we should practice solidarity between different forms of art, with regards to Gen AI, and refuse slop in all its forms, at all stages of the process. According due respect to other people's work - the same respect we'd like accorded to ours - that should be the goal.
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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
We had a good run
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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Most of us did not choose to write or draw or design so that we could put products on the shelf. We chose to do it because it’s a set of skills we enjoy exercising, that give us fulfillment. It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.
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Luis Illingworth @heyraguio.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out pick up a pencil and a napkin
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Anna Anne Anthropy @cyborgurl.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
and listen making art is frustrating and miserable sometimes and sometimes it's not working and you need to go and sit on the toilet for a while and come back and redo a section you spent a week on and that is the Process and it is a thing that is Yours and it should not belong to a computer
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
the good that you do persists in this world
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Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 10/12/2025
I miss a lot of things about my grandmothers, but what strikes me is how little -- if any -- of it is centered in what a Large Language Model or generated images or video or audio could give me back. It's the rooms that my imagination still dwells in. The food I still eat. Haptics of presence.
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shmeric 🐌🐌 @ FLASHBACK XX79 🤖🛼 @shmuffalo.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
I think it's important to make art so you can confront the whirling bladed nightmare at the center of your brain and come out the other side different and gayer
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Matt Ghoulberg @mattgoldberg.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
I’m a firm believer that with SHIN GODZILLA returning to theaters, Toho should also re-release the figurines of the kaiju giving apologetic press conferences.
Kaiju press conference
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Rev. Poppy Haze 𓅋 @poppyhaze.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
every “ancient tradition” was invented between 1848-1870 and every “modern perversion” is so ancient as to predate writing
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Julia 🐝 🏳️‍🌈 @juliaboogers.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Literally every convo I have these days.
3 panel comic by irregulargalaxydudes. 

A chicken asks, “How you doing, chief?” 

A giraffe replies, “Besides the ceaseless rage that our society is built on suffering, division and a ruling class of cold unfeeling sociopaths who will grind each and every one of us into dust to eke out a few pennies more to line their gilded vaults? I’m fine, how are you?” 

Chicken: “Same.”
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Eka | Dosa Divas @ekanaut.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Our next game, Dosa Divas. Battle an evil fast food empire in this spicy narrative turn-based RPG. Two sisters and their upgradable spirit-mech cook delicious meals, fight corpos, build up your reputation with local communities, and reconcile with loved ones. youtu.be/jzOKSPSVYwY?...
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Dosa Divas Announcement Trailer
YouTube video by Outerloop Games
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JewelKnightJess "R" Us 🎲🖌️🎮 @jewelknightjess.com · 07/06/2025
Embarrassing for the whole show tbh
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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Tune into the Xbox showcase on Sunday where they'll reveal the next Call of Duty, made by a solo dev and 2,999 of his friends
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Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
sure is. www.ign.com/articles/why...
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Why Imagine Dragons Are Making a 'Pure' Capture the Flag Video Game - IGN
The lead singer and manager of Imagine Dragons, brothers Mac and Dan Reynolds, have long dreamed of making games. Now, they're making that dream come true with Last Flag.
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Megan @meganbeetle.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
"AI can make your writing more concise!" I am not trying to be concise I am trying to indicate the full breadth of my human experience using the amazing tool of language and removing the word 'aforementioned' changes the context of my email you absolute tool for babies
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Victoria Tran ✨ @victoriatran.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
✨ PRE-ORDER MY BOOK ✨ My book Mastering Community Management is finally ready!!! ➡️ Learn how to create long-term, sustainable, and intentional game spaces online ➡️ Pre to post-launch community guide ➡️ Case studies, engagement, and infrastructure tips Shares appreciated. ❤️ www.victoriatran.com/book
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Mastering Community Management Book — Victoria Tran
Learn how to do community management for video games right. This book covers the fundamental concepts of designing an online community from the core basics of what it is, and then the journey from pre...
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Kelsi J🎃 @kelsijosilva.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Happy Valentine's Day, Fae creatures and fairy queens 💖
Illustration of some sapphic fairies. One caresses the cheek of the other.
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bonnjny.bsky.social @bonnjny.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
#Stonewall today
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10,000 Motivated Rats @bombsfall.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
I don't think I need to clarify my stance on the topic but these soccer folks summed it up
Soccer stadium, large fabric flag of Mae Borowski from Night In The Woods, holding an axe and wearing team colors. There is text in the Night In The Woods title font on the right and left. It reads "From Stonewall a brick and Portland an Axe, Respect our pride or expect our wrath." It's cool
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✊🏾🏳️‍🌈 Saffista, PhD📓🕹️🖋️ @saffista.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Be blessed, punch Nazis.
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