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Nate Purkeypile: Solo Indie Dev🤘🏹🔪 @npurkeypile.bsky.social · 6h

I’m a solo dev (worked on Fallout) and just opened the STEAM PLAYTEST for my roguelike inspired by iconic ’80s horror flicks you are the HORROR VILLAIN stalk your victims use stealth & disguises turn everyday objects into weapons playtest is solo but co-op coming GONE FERAL

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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 29/09/2026

Every AI CEO sounds like this.

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Benjamin is ... making ottr @benjaminlistwon.com · 28/09/2026

Let me get this straight, a company and CEO whose entire fortune is based on ignoring consent and sharing private information publicly has made yet another product that does so? Color me shocked!

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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 26/09/2026

Sen's Fortress - Dark Souls (2011)

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聖☆Alex Degen @adactivity.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

AI billionaire: I'm pissing and shitting myself right now. There are 4 people on staff that need to clean me. The future is pissing and shitting yourself and crashing your car Ezra Klein: Wow!

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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 24/09/2026

Every single person who reads this should be incandescent with rage. Sam Altman shouldn't know one single day of peace for the rest of his entirely fucking life.

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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 24/09/2026

There's a much clearer, succinct and honest way for any media outlets to report on this- "OpenAI created malware that illegally access Australian government health data." Creating malware through incompetence rather than intent does not make it any less malware.

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Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

In recent years, the media has quietly begun to change the way in which it writes about Bobby Kotick, the former CEO of Activision Blizzard. PMG investigates how Kotick used the threat of defamation to reshape his legacy in the games business, one article at a time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwp...

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Inside Bobby Kotick's Campaign Against the Press

YouTube video by People Make Games

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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 16/09/2026

Every time some studio head says something that makes you think, "Wow, they sound like an asshole" it's never just that. There's always an even more terrible second act, e.g. boasting they "Finally made this out of a meeting room... where we all watch porn together."

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Never be a scab. You'll betray your fellow workers and the company STILL won't respect you. It's a lose-lose.

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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 09/09/2026

It's entirely possible I am the only person on the planet who immediately thought this, but...

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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

CANADIANS: RUIN THE FUCK OUT OF THIS ANTI-AI PETITION. this is an OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT PETITION and it needs you to verify an email and that's it. do this right now please. thaaaaanks.

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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 03/09/2026

The other thing is it's outrageous how much it costs to use software/services that are US-based (literally or spiritually). For a small team of, say, 7 game developers who need/must use the lowest paid tier for these services, annual rate can *easily* run to nearly $33,000 CAD/year. That's a lot!

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no, not that one @thatdosbox.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This is of use for pretty much any team who need collaboration tools, not just game devs.

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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 02/09/2026

If you too would like to stop using increasingly shitty software made by bad people who make the world worse, I wrote a guide for how to lessen/end your small team's dependence on US-based tech services: nelsanderson.zone/a-guide-to-d...

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A Guide to Ditching US Tech (for Game Developers)

This post is based on a guide from Paris Marx, host of Tech Won't Save Us, author of one excellent book and upcoming (likely also excellent) book last updated September 2nd, 2026 At this point, it's...

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Lee Petty @leepetty.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Get Brutal Legend FREE...for 666 minutes. RIP Doviculous.

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

He even had a pog. 🖤

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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 26/08/2026

There was so much god damn joy in everything Tim Curry did. Beyond the most iconic things, there was also Long John Silver in Muppet Treasure Island and The Darkness in Legend. He could be so big and fun without ever being cringe. And there is probably not greater 12 seconds than this:

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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 14/08/2026

Big Walk is a sodding masterpiece, in no small part because playing with my offspring has been genuinely wonderful. It was great getting to expound about why:

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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 13/08/2026

Matt Karch is apparently an absolutely rancid prick and a tremendous loser

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

There are basically two types of AI users: (1) "I delegated all my thinking to the AI, I assume that's for the best." (2) "After 350 hours of coding I finally have a decent self-evolving harness loop that forces the model to actually follow the instructions in my prompt. It works 53% of the time."

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✧𝔪𝔲𝔡 𝔰𝔠𝔞𝔪𝔭✧ @altaudge.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

i have received a very important message

pov holding a glass bottle on the beach that contains a hotdog

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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 04/08/2026

Honestly, this would kick such an unbelievable amount of ass

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Carolyn Petit @carolynmichelle.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Travel deep enough into the Backrooms and you will find Bjork.

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 30/07/2026

In response to the unprecedented number of game developers laid off this year, we have created a bundle on itch to benefit a Game Industry Hardship Fund, managed by @videogameworkers.bsky.social. More than 100 games for 10+ bucks! Please share widely and donate generously! itch.io/b/3802/game-...

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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 24/07/2026

Clown shit. This should get you instantly thrown out of the legislature for the rest of the session. Speaker immediately has the Sargeant-at-Arms throw you out, like Moe tossing Barney out of his bar.

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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 24/07/2026

When the intake nurse looked at my file and said this would be my 69th time donating blood, the amount of restraint it took to not immediately reply with "Nice" was without parallel. My entire form was vibrating at the effort.

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Fellow Traveller @fellowtraveller.games · 24/07/2026

Fae and Wizards signed a landmark partnership for the Outlandish Fantasy Tactics bundle 🧚 🤝 🧙 🎭 Titanium Court: A one-of-a-kind surrealist match-three adventure 🚔 Tactical Breach Wizards: Turn-based tactics with Kevlar-wearing wizards Grab both games at 10% off today on Steam! 🔮 bit.ly/OFTBundle

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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 22/07/2026

If a shitty blender sheds strips of metal in your food, it's not a "rogue blender." OpenAI's trash probabilistic text generation software was acting with no more intent than would a blender.

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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 21/07/2026

Red Hook out here releasing new DLC for Darkest Dungeon 1 - despite the game having been released over a decade ago - is a truly baller move

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The Onion @theonion.com · 21/07/2026

A24’s ‘Elden Ring’ Film Stalled After Red Phantom Named TwinkPunisher Invades Set theonion.com/a24s-elden-ring-film-s…

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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 21/07/2026

Arts & culture (including games!) folks in 🇨🇦, you too can tell the feds that any efforts in this regard are a colossal waste and our competitive advantage is, in fact, NOT being addicted to the guaranteed-to-be-enshittified mediocrity machine

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lincoln carpenter @lincolnhello.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

New from me: "Being engaged in videogames over the last decade has meant watching a cohort of publisher executives inherit an industry of products, professionals, and consumers they seem to actively resent for failing to produce instant, infinite profits."

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Does anyone know how to drive this thing?

It's increasingly looking like nobody remembers how videogames work—or cares to.

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Bruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 15/07/2026

it's funny how for decades the RIAA would carbomb teenagers for downloading one (1) song yet now these dudes are just allowed to do this shit like it's nothing

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Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

My son just told me is favourite sentence is: “I didn’t say we should kill him” because if you emphasise each different word it changes the entire meaning

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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

RIP to the incomparable Sam Neill

How long has it been since you've seen the original "Jurassic Park"?

SAM NEILL The last time I watched it in its totality was sitting beside Princess Di at Leicester Square at the London opening.
On the other side of me was my son Tim - he was 11 and completely swept away by it, but about the time the T-Rex turns up, Tim started to fart. And the draft was drifting across me to royalty! I spent the whole film in a muck sweat, thinking, "Princess Di is being exposed to the horrors of a little boy's fart, but she's going to think it's me. I am going to be subliminally blamed for my son's crimes, and I don't think she'll talk to me afterwards." But she was well brought up and never mentioned it.
JEFF GOLDBLUM I love that story, Sam.
I've heard him tell that a couple of times, and it's just amazing the lengths that he will go to still blame the boy.

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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 11/07/2026

Cream cheese, caramelized onions, jalapenos and (yes, come at me, I will give no quarter) ketchup

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

The bosses are stealing our game industry, and we aim to take it back! We’re calling game workers, allies, and fans alike to join emergency rallies on WEDNESDAY, JULY 15th! Check this thread for times and locations as they’re established: 🧵

An illustration, done in a flat graphic style depicting a menacing executive with a sickly smile, towering over scores of downtrodden workers carrying boxes of their belongings out of frame. Below, a call to action:

SAVE OUR DEVS
JULY 15 - Rallies across US & Canada
END MASS LAYOFFS NOW

Dallas, Texas (Richardson) - Id Software
Austin, Texas - Id Software
Montréal, Quebec - Bethesda Games Studio Montréal
Rockville, Maryland - Bethesda Softworks
Irvine, California - Obsidian Entertainment

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danielleri @danielleri.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Also want to share this op-ed by @kerrblimey.bsky.social from yesterday, on the bloodbath at Xbox, and the absolutely *insane* practice of holding 1600 survivors of said bloodbath under a proverbial gun for a year. Absolute ghoul behavior. www.gamedeveloper.com/business/opi...

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Opinion: Welcome to the house of pain, brought to you by Xbox

Don't mind the screams.

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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

i think on a moral scale this is almost on par with just killing the guy

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Proud to announce the next game Vampirium: 1997 Dracula is king of the United British Empire. Kill his enemies and find your own path through a minimalist immersive sim sandbox. Wishlists and retweets massively appreciated (and, you know, massively helpful) store.steampowered.com/app/4035190/...

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Vampirium: 1997 on Steam

1997. Dracula is King of England. At his command, master your dark gifts to assassinate his enemies and secure his vampiric empire. Infiltrate locked-down locations, adapt and survive in living enviro...

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iam8bit @iam8bit.com · 01/07/2026

A note from us on today's Sony news.

We are profoundly disappointed by Sony's decision to suspend physical games production in 2028.

Physical games are vital to games preservation, ownership, and consumer choice, values that have guided iam8bit since our first physical release in 2016.

Our commitment to these values remains unchanged. Long live physical media.

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Ramin Nasibov @nasibov.me · 29/06/2026

Thank you Google maps for protecting the cow's privacy

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