iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is the most remarkable story Ray Bradbury ever shared with me. He told it to me late one night, sitting in his den of antiquities and mementos. Take five minutes to read this. It’s pure magic. #Writing #Living #Creativity #RayBradbury #BookSky

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Meredith Gran @meredithgran.com · 21h

okay I'm officially so pregnant I can see where my belly button terminates. there was never anything at the end of it, just skin.

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Black Tabby Games (This is Tony) - Slay the Princess @blacktabbygames.com · 25/09/2026

Perfect Tides sweep! A sorely underrated gem that deserves more flowers. Video games, as a form of interactive storytelling, can be so much more than they already are. Meredith is truly pushing the medium forward.

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Meredith Gran @meredithgran.com · 25/09/2026

Perfect Tides: Station to Station has been nominated for a Golden Joystick award in the "Best Indie Game - Self Published" category! You can vote for it along with all the other categories here: www.gamesradar.com/goldenjoysti...

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Meredith Gran @meredithgran.com · 24/09/2026

Tonight on Thingus: PlayChoice-10 Arcade! mostly NES games, but filmed like a twin galaxies high score. Starting soon: twitch.tv/granulac

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Joe @joegran.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

New video youtu.be/6g4peBEizMI

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evan dahm @evandahm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

i like this way of putting it too

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Russell Irving @rginteger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I'm not much of a Pokémon person, but my son is & trying to buy him cards at retail prices has been nigh on impossible the last couple of years, and I refuse to pay scalpers for anything. So it warms the cockles of my heart to see so many of them having a full meltdown about the recent set. Enjoy!!

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Jesse Guarascia @jesseguarascia.com · 18/09/2026

“Is this GOTY material or can I skip it?”

Screenshot from the game Perfect Tides: Station to Station that reads “I don’t like to rank or categorize works of art. They are already commodified enough.”

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Meredith Gran @meredithgran.com · 18/09/2026

thinking about this more, tbc i don't think romance novel fans are my target audience. i'd just like to see less of a barrier between readers and interactive fiction, or even just a de-emphasis on genre in games, and that is still a fringe thing to want

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Meredith Gran @meredithgran.com · 18/09/2026

the moment it becomes simple to entice book readers to play a game... perhaps a few i've already made will qualify

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Aysha U. Farah @ayshaufarah.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Once again I am asking why this happens to indie games and not big blockbusters where you can fuck the bear or go to strip clubs. And once again I know the answer

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 13/09/2026

If anyone has contacts at Valve who can help expedite this, we certainly wouldn't say no to the help. In the meantime, I'll be here swimming in cortisol.

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cécile @haraiva.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

wrote a quick and dirty blogpost essay haraiva.bearblog.dev/stretching-d...

A popular sentiment I’ve observed consistently in discussions regarding institutional support for videogame making is the lamenting of key people in relevant decision making positions not caring about videogames because they:

Haven’t worked in the videogames industry in any capacity, and/or

Haven’t made a videogame in any capacity, and/or

Don’t play videogames.

I find this a little puzzling, and frankly a little alarming. I genuinely do not think working in “the industry” or being a base-level consumer of videogames would necessarily translate to making decisions that help a given creative scene actually flourish as a cultural ecosystem in “the Arts”, beyond the profit-first framing of “industry”.

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 10/09/2026

Honestly, if people want to get a sense of early 2000s culture represented accurately they should play @meredithgran.com 's incredible game Perfect Tides: Station to Station.

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Meredith Gran @meredithgran.com · 10/09/2026

Tonight on Thingus: Ocarina of Time! pissy old millennials as usual. Join us! twitch.tv/granulac

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A Damn Fine Cup of Culture @damnfinecupculture.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"Mara isn’t the cypher that video game protagonists often are. She is clearly defined, through what she says and does as much as through what she doesn’t do. Her clothes, hair, posture: even rendered in blocky pixel art, all of these give us an impression of who she is."

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They create worlds: Perfect Tides: Station to Station (2026)

One of the things that video games can do magnificently is create worlds. These posts are an occasional exploration of games that I love because of where they take me. Gamers love choice. They love…

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Yotomoe @yotomoe.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Another Perfect Tides Commission. This time featuring Mara and Oliva.

Olivia smoking a Cigarette before handing it to Mara who blushes as she smokes it as well.

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Meredith Gran @meredithgran.com · 07/09/2026

I'll be walking around SPX this weekend! look for the cartoonishly pregnant woman and lavish her with snacks and praise. (if it turns out to be someone else, don't worry about it)

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Joe @joegran.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

You think this is funny? A man loses the one thing that matters to him most and you're laughing at him?

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Meredith Gran @meredithgran.com · 03/09/2026

Tonight on Thingus: Tataka jams! I'm screaming at Animal Crossing and other games that I like. Starting soon: twitch.tv/granulac

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Gretchen Leigh 🇨🇦 @gretchenleigh.zone · 30/08/2026

Rolled credits on Perfect Tides: Station to Station. Truly an all-timer, a new addition to the Pantheon

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Meredith Gran @meredithgran.com · 28/08/2026

this was my nightmare when releasing PT:STS and is now a brutal reality for this game. The thought of altering one's work, preemptively or retroactively, for the whims of Steam makes me nauseous. we can't keep moving in this direction.

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Rev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

the Good Lord! He Done... Up and Quit!? a CARTOONSHOW collection by Derek M Ballard is now live on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/car... If you like my work consider supporting & take advantage of the early backer discount!

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Good Lord! He Done... Up and Quit!? a CARTOONSHOW collection

take this job & shove it! a lean full color swan song career finale comics cache (maybe?) in 48 pages from America's #1 cartoon dad.

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Meredith Gran @meredithgran.com · 27/08/2026

Tonight on Thingus: Games where you're a dog! Let's squeeze some fun from the dog days of summer. Starting soon: twitch.tv/granulac

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granulac - Live on Twitch

A Thingus to the Past: Dog Days | Streaming beethoven: the ultimate canine caper! for 3 viewers.

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Gretchen Leigh 🇨🇦 @gretchenleigh.zone · 25/08/2026

This is a game made specifically to murder me

A screenshot from Perfect Tides: Station to Station: Protagonist Mara Whitefish is reading the in-game version of Something Awful forums. She's narrating the experience: "You eat up a little more time refreshing the thread, hoping your retort will be acknowledged and rewarded."

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

When your wife drinks half a can of seltzer and then just leaves it somewhere

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Bruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 23/08/2026

All you worthless wastes of skin have had TWO+ YEARS with these tools now. Go make something undeniable. Go make something people can't help but take notice of. You fucking can't, and honestly I don't think it's the "tools" I think you are all personally devoid of a soul.

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USER WAS BLOCKED FOR THIS POST @blockedforthispost.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Oh yeah, the headache that makes you wrong about Gundam

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Samantha Nye // ציפּיע 🌿 @thesamethyst.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

This is still my GOTY so far and I'm bummed it's so overlooked! The writing of this game hit so deep and gave girls like me (awkward late blooming Jewish girls) the representation we never get to see! Highly recommend!

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Carolyn Petit @carolynmichelle.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Perfect Tides: Station to Station.

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Meredith Gran @meredithgran.com · 20/08/2026

can people recommend dog shelters based in the northeast US? I'm already exhausted by PetFinder and all the sketch/ disinformation. not looking to ship a dog from elsewhere bc my needs re: children/cats are specific. but I will drive a few hours to meet them.

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Meredith Gran @meredithgran.com · 19/08/2026

last Thingus in the Afternoon of the summer! we're playing Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and getting balls deep into god know what, like a raccoon Starting soon: twitch.tv/granulac

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granulac - Twitch

== A THINGUS TO THE PAST - Wednesdays @ 9pm EST == PERFECT TIDES: STATION TO STATION DEV STREAM - Weekdays @ Random == — granulac streams live on Twitch! Check out their videos, sign up to chat, and j...

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Meredith Gran @meredithgran.com · 18/08/2026

There's a new interview in Aftermath with me and some fellow devs who've dealt with Steam's opaque approval process for adult content. The images they use actually spoil a lot of PT:STS so I'd rather not link it as a card! But it is a good read. aftermath.site/steam-censor...

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Meredith Gran @meredithgran.com · 17/08/2026

Hot tip: you can disable ads on your budget flight by turning the piece of cardboard around

a paper ad on the back of an airplane seat, flipped to show nothing

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Phil Salvador @philsalv.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

British microcomputer games are fake and a nightmare. There's no way there's a real game called Jeremy Goes Jumping

Jeremy Goes Jumping for the Acorn Archimedes from 1984.

A pixelated person, presumably jeremy, jumping over a hole.

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Meredith Gran @meredithgran.com · 12/08/2026

Thingus in the Afternoon: our most beloved French games! post eclipse, with eyes mostly working. Starting soon: twitch.tv/granulac

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

heyyyyy IGF submissions for this year are open! If you're making a cool indie game I would love it if you would submit it! If you're thinking about it but not sure, I outline some reasons why you might (or might not) in detail here auratriolo.com/blog/2024/09...

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Aura’s IGF Submissions Advice – AURAMBLES

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jeeyon shim 심지연 @jeeyon.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Kill the puritan in your heart that pipes up with its shrill little voice every time you see something that you find off putting. Ppl publicly sneering at sex in art – including porn & kink – may as well just carry water for Mastercard, PayPal, and the conservative animus rn. I don't respect it

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Meredith Gran @meredithgran.com · 06/08/2026

Perfect Tides: Station to Station is an official selection in this year's Tiny Teams festival! You can get it and lots of other great small-scale games for 15% off this week. store.steampowered.com/app/2088810/...

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Save 15% on Perfect Tides: Station to Station on Steam

A narrative adventure about the momentum and whiplash of young adulthood. Explore the big city through 18-year-old Mara's eyes. Collect items, nurture ideas, and experience complex relationships while...

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HOTOL Vuh @hotlineaguirre.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Cannot recommend this enough. It’ll make you cry

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Three More Years @threemoreyears.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Weekends are for catching up with @narrascope.org talks. So many of them are fantastic! Loved @meredithgran.com 's keynote on the humanity within and around being a video-game designer: youtu.be/ZCLsLh56pkw

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NarraScope 2026 Keynote: The Life Games Require Of Us

YouTube video by Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation

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