iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Its stealth sequels are interesting.

Best game to have in a USB drive

Lewis Gordon @lewisgordon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

So... hi... well.. yeah... CATTELANVANIA

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Thrilled this one is finally up: for the New York Times, I spoke to @molleindustria.org about his very funny, very revolutionary eco-socialist, open-world adventure, Future? No Thanks! 🎁 link: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/a...

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In This Utopian Video Game, It’s Always Sunny in Pittsburgh (Gift Article)

An academic’s miniature Grand Theft Auto goes beyond critiquing capitalism to show what might come after.

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Chrissy Hansen, M.A. @chrissyhans97.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This week, Artribune published an article of mine about Zach Cregger's Resident Evil. “Resident Evil: The horror comedy about the failure of the millennial generation.”

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Iskra Books has published the first issue of Red Horizons, their new academic journal, and in it I have an article "Class and the Earliest Christians" which discusses how Marxists have a projectionism problem when assessing early Christianity. www.iskrabooks.org/journal

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Journal | Join the Conversation - Get Inspired — Iskra Books

Explore Red Horizons, Iskra Books' radical journal featuring international theory, art, and poetry in support of global liberation movements.

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No okay your DM are closed, I'll send you an email!

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Thank you! I think you have either to open them or to follow me?

Dom Ford @domford.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Is contacting you via DM fine?

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Thrilled to see this latest special issue of Eludamos out now! Pop open some champagne and read about Party Studies in Game Studies, guest edited and introduced by Leland Masek and @jaakkostenros.bsky.social!

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The Zium Railway (Available September 13th) @theziumsociety.itch.io · 30/09/2026

Oh, how about that. Wonderful! Thank you, Matteo!

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Guillaume de Fondaumière (co-founder of Quantic Dream) was also one of the co-founders of Arxel Tribe, and in general the catalogue of Arxel Tribe was kinda "French-ish", with games developed with the Réunion des Musées Nationaux of France. They also helped Benoît Sokal's White Birds Productions.

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M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red · 27/09/2026

Last Friday, on the Konsigli segment of Radiotelevisione svizzera’s Kappa, I talked about The Zium Railway. Since 2017, @theziumsociety.itch.io has been inviting digital artists into increasingly ambitious digital galleries. Podcast online!

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Maybe it's because I live in Italy but I've never heard the song, of the song and of the singer and I thought it was a joke.

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Michael Brough @smestorp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"i haven't written a line of code all year!" as though that's something to be impressed by and not an admission that you can't navigate the slop you're pouring out so instead you've just completely surrended your creative capacity

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Max (VGCartography) @vgcartography.com · 26/09/2026

I launched my own site today!! www.vgcartography.com all my game maps hi-res, links to videos, and i'm moving any commentary from my blog to get everything in one place free w/o login. tried to make it really easy to use. browse the catalog and gimme feedback!!! 🗺️👀🌐

scrollable game list with platform/tag filters for browsage

text search for game/map names also works

individual map view with pans and zoomies

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𝔇𝔢𝔢𝔭 𝔇𝔢𝔩𝔳𝔢𝔯 ☽⛤☾ ℌ𝔬𝔴𝔩 𝔚𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔐𝔢 @therunepony.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

So this game called "Dverghold" came across my Steam homepage. Interesting retro vibes, apparently collabing with a dungeon synth artist for the OST. The art was kinda tickling my AI-dar though, so I scrolled down to look for any disclaimers.

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Deep Hell Skeleton @deephelldotcom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Ok I did it after thinking for 1 month

image depicts a 3 by 3 grid in order
silent hill 3 no more heroes saints row 3 final fantasy vii cave story the last story zeroranger shivering hearts way of the samurai 2

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artemis, scary boss of stop caring @stopcar.ing · 24/09/2026

Somehow, @mads.haus convinced me to publish a Sonic essay on Stop Caring. Please read/share this beautiful essay on Sonic the Hedgehog, its ecological themes, and how Sega's current and future actions might potentially jeopardize its own environmentalist messages. www.stopcar.ing/never-give-u...

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Never Give Up The Fight

A look back at environmentalist themes in the Sonic games—and how Sega might jeopardize them.

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M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red · 24/09/2026

New World of Warcraft expansion just dropped.

M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red · 23/09/2026

Italian artist @francescodisa.bsky.social vibecoded a videogame about the world of contemporary art. I discuss it in Italian art magazine @artribune.bsky.social, taking the opportunity to put the arrival of AI slop in videogames into the context of longer-running processes.