iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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C ✊ UVW-CWA @ckjong.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

If you enjoyed the talk and want to dig into it more, my PhD dissertation on Gamergate and fascism is available for free online here: spectrum.library.concordia.ca/id/eprint/98...

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Bringing Politics Into It: Organizing at the Intersection of Videogames and Academia - Spectrum: Concordia University Research Repository

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vibe-free lifestyle and smiling apple purveyor @ellaguro.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

the speedrunning community was as toxic and as much of a boys club (if not more) as many others not too long ago, and the transition to it being a more queer-positive and inclusive event wasn't inevitable. GDQ's shift has been really meaningful and it's a lesson for what a lot of other spaces can be

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 22/08/2025

Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect. As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.

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megan @megken.dev · 18/08/2025

marking my hesitant return to bsky to announce that avitium will be showcased at CIGS this year (come see it!!! i'll be there!!!) AND has a page on steam now!!! wow!!!! store.steampowered.com/app/3721560/...

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Not The A.V. Club Games @nottheavclubgames.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Quit doomscrolling and fish that PSP or 3DS out of the closet: No Phone Summer means this is the summer of the retro handheld, Willa Rowe writes. www.endlessmode.com/video-games/...

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No Phone Summer: It’s The Summer of the Retro Handheld - Endless Mode

Quit doomscrolling and grab that Nintendo 3DS: No Phone Summer means this is the summer of the retro handheld.

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Anna 🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

OKAY HERE IT IS A BRIEF HISTORY OF LABOR IN THE USA AND WHAT IT HAS TO DO WITH THE MODERN GAMES INDUSTRY youtu.be/OmV1QTzfyRo?...

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A Brief History of Labor in the USA and What It Has to Do With The Modern Games Industry

YouTube video by Anna C. Webster

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Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

I haven't fleshed it out into a full article, but at DiGRA last year I presented this talk which was a Marxist analysis of the tendency of (indie) developers becoming publishers after a big hit. Maybe of interest to the current discourse I'm seeing around publishers www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ey014...

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berserk du soleil @aetataureate.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

yes!! i just played this one by @megken.dev while catching up in my feeds after months of QGB work haha. every bubble face is my best friend now. some prolific folks in my itchio feed: celia14, jamwitch, jsmonzani, iamroarke, antoine-foucault

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bubble burst by megkendev

a bubble suika-like for GGJ 2025

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Danielle Lalonders @dlalonders.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

happy fathers day to the father that STEPPED UP kazuma kiryu

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

This is a wildly satisfying watch.

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craze @ratfishing.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

i think the biggest fundamental Thing turn-based rpg devs can do to improve their combat is to consider turn economy. there's a lot deeper nuance you could take into this, but on the surface level, everyone who's played an older game has felt this: why use poison when the battle is over next turn?

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Raj Patel @rajio.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

FY2024 was the most profitable in history for the video game industry It also saw the most layoff waves, and highest known layoff headcount in recent history. Lets do the math. Who wants to guess where all the money is going?

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James Wood @omgmorejames.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Fuck This Bravely Makes Me Want To Default. Should I ?

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Litt1eR3d @litt1er3d.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

I’m gonna be loud about it If you see few games being announced or games not being what you expected - you can blame the massive layoffs that have occurred in the last 2.5 years

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

It’s incredibly noticeable how often ‘and an army of outsourcers outside America and Western Europe’ is left out of these team sizes. That’s the part I find real uncomfortable.

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Shawn Alexander Allen @shawndoublea.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

The perception of cheaply made games by like 1 dude minus all the contractors that blow up hurts us because when we ask for a real budget, someone says "well I saw an article that this other game cost $60K to make and sold 1 million copies" and that ends the convo

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now featured in the criterion collection @anem0ne.net · 05/06/2025

there is something intangibly gross in how asian features are so frequently used for artificial, machine personas it's almost as if in popular imagination asian features are associated with a sort of controllable autonomous programming, but no soul.

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Jason @envinyon.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

OH MY FUCKING GOOOODDDDDDDDD MATSUNO YOU ARE THE ETERNAL GOAT

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megan @megken.dev · 04/06/2025

bravely default hd will save me from my job hunt crashout

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Chris Wade @luckshotgames.com · 25/05/2025

🚨HUGE News🚨 🐸BIG HOPS is a froggy platformer with deep movement, fresh tongue-gameplay, where you use powerful veggies to grow paths forward! ✨Free demo out NOW 🎮Coming to Nintendo Switch 1 & 2 in Q4 2025 💰Our publisher dropped us, so we're KICKSTARTING (links below)

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Cats with Jobs ⚒️ @catworkers.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

The electrician they sent is wearing high-waisted pants.

A white and black cat standing on two legs touching a plug socket.

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Naomi Saphra @nsaphra.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

The 5 Worst Jobs in Omelas (You Won’t Believe #1)

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Bryant Francis @bryantfrancis.me · 23/05/2025

If you’re not burned out on “deprofessionalization” discourse yet @pushtotalk.gg has a great chat with @brkeogh.bsky.social up that digs into more nuance. Some of that nuance is *yeah this whole deprofessionalization thing would suck a lot less if we had universal health care and basic income!!!!!*

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Gaming’s Great Downsizing and the Garage-Band Game Economy

Brendan Keogh explains the post-2008 collapse of the Australian games industry and how it might prefigure changes coming for the rest of the world

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Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

If you liked or hated my takes on ‘deprofessionalisation’, I went into a lot more detail in this great chat with @pushtotalk.gg for his newsletter. Connected what’s going on now to what I observed in the Australian industry in the 2010s www.pushtotalk.gg/p/gamings-gr...

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Gaming’s Great Downsizing and the Garage-Band Game Economy

Brendan Keogh explains the post-2008 collapse of the Australian games industry and how it might prefigure changes coming for the rest of the world

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drew shapiro ✦ MUTAGEN Demo out now! @organzola.games · 17/05/2025

tomorrow! RSVP sold out but you can still come anyways!

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sebin ⟡ comms [open] @astarsor.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

rendered Gil, our main character, to look Fly as hell in celebration of completing our capstone project! play our finished game here :3c catacne.itch.io/fish-outta-w...

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Jason Corace @jcorace.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Couldn't be prouder of our graduating seniors, their amazing games, and that we get to throw their showcase @wonderville.nyc ! Come see! RSVP here: withfriends.co/event/232236...

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megan @megken.dev · 10/05/2025

figuring out how to put a game build on steam is perhaps the scariest thing i've ever done but i did it and i'm literally so brave for it

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Studio MIK @mikstudio.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

THANK YOU AAPI IM GAMING FOR THE FEATURE!! Avitium, the FULL GAME, will be released soon on Steam so stay tuned! or play it now using the itch link from this post!

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AAPI in Gaming @aapiingaming.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Avitium by @mikstudio.bsky.social is a turnbased RPG and card battler. Uncover the truth behind a collapsing kingdom through trick-taking gameplay and combat! ⚔️ Play on #itchio: studio-mik.itch.io/avitium 🎮Proudly showcased at 2025 #GDC For fans of: Inscryption, Slay the Spire #aapi #avitium

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megan @megken.dev · 05/05/2025

once i release my current project (4 days!!) i'm going to have the most glorious reboot to my portfolio site known to man

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Dr. Glaucomflecken @glaucomflecken.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Just passing along some friendly advice on how to approach potential changes to the Australian health care system @drruthmitchell.bsky.social

PowerPoint slide that says: “does America do it, if yes, then no”

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 03/05/2025

pretty much! this result was not an endorsement of labor, it was an utter rejection of psycho politics www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Been looking at and saving the stories I'm most proud of after being laid off, just in case. I'm scared for the future but reminding myself that I did all this work, not Polygon. I hope I can keep doing it. I'd like to share some, starting big: www.polygon.com/23485977/vid...

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Video game unionization: an all-in-one explainer, from why to how it may happen

Literally everything you need to know about video game unions

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Edmond Tran @edmondtran.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Wow the Persona team is cookin again

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Nemesis Warlock, Queer Internet Space Wizard @nemesistwarlock.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

House of Reps is pretty much in the bag for Labor which is great, but it's looking REALLY good in the Senate for Progressives, too! We're looking at Minority Labor Majority with Greens in Balance Of Power Again. Hopefully this means we get some decent discussion on Climate policy. #auspol

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Jess Morrissette @decafjedi.com · 01/05/2025

As video game journalism outlets steadily disappear, we don’t just miss out on coverage of indie games that need exposure to succeed. We also lose important industry watchdogs. Fewer reporters means less scrutiny of labor conditions and industry practices, shifting even more power to AAA publishers.

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