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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 7h

Several weeks ago, Phil Tippett's legendary animation studio in Berkeley, CA closed. An anonymous hero noticed a folder of CDs. This turned out to be hundreds of unseen hi-res images and videos from Star Wars, Robocop, Jurassic Park, etc. ~90 isos for you to browse: archive.org/details/tipp...

A casual Star Wars alien fella at the cantina, in a sun faded, reddish photo. Someone will be mad at me for not knowing who this is.

Phil, a balding Caucasian man, poses a model of the garthok, an antagonist from the Coneheads movie.

Phil, a balding caucasian man, points at some CG on a CRT computer monitor, as a younger man looks on. The screen shows a model of a dinosaur attacking a jeep, while there's an actual physical model of that event in the foreground for reference.

an isolated shot of a star wars vehicle. Sorry, I don't know star wars lol

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Leigh Alexander @leighalexander.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

these teams have long running institutional knowledge of the franchises they work on and don’t make every new installment with a team of underpaid juniors being bossed around by clueless suits

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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 28/08/2026

Saying it for maybe the 50th time: Do not accuse someone of using AI unless you have ABSOLUTELY AIRTIGHT proof, because if not, you're just adding to the paranoia and causing stress for hard-working artists. And yes, going onto social media and going 'Hrrm, I've no proof, but...' is an accusation.

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Christiaan Moleman @ninjadodo.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Made a small update to my flour sack rig, fixing some issues: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYp3... #b3d

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Flour sack animation rig update 1.2

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Really heartening to see both game workers and players wake up to the realities of what collective action can do to change things. The tide is turning. Everyone, including you, deserves a union.

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Background paintings from The Secret of NIMH (1982), dir. Don Bluth, Don Bluth Productions

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Jason @envinyon.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Goddamn

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Sam Barlow 🔥 @mrsambarlow.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

If a team makes a game that gets great reviews and doesn't sell, that's a biz failing but the silver lining is you caught lighting in a bottle -- protect that team! It's worth its weight in gold. If you jettison the team but keep the biz people, I don't know what to tell you

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Genuinely I think I link this post every 3 months at this point but I've been seeing random people talking about how with AAA in a bad state it's time for "the year of the indie" or whatever and: it's time for those people to read A Pivot To Indie Won't Save Us auratriolo.com/blog/2025/01...

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OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios Union @bethesdaunion.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

One way you can show Microsoft your concern is here through the XBOX Player Voice feedback platform: feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/ide...

Yesterday’s layoffs at Bethesda Games Studios were not a cut of “14 layers of management”. We lost dozens of programmers, artists, designers and testers. Many of whom worked at BGS for decades.

If Bethesda fans are worried this will harm the quality of our future games, like TES VI, let Microsoft know!

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Frank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

As the director of a historical video game preservation institution, and someone who has dedicated his entire adult life to this cause, this is accurate. We have attempted to work with the industry's trade organization to find a legal path forward, but they refuse to offer a meaningful alternative.

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AFNarratives @afnarratives.blacksky.app · 16/06/2026

i think what saddens me the most about all these studios closing is looking at Silksong and Mina the Hollower the real magic happens when a team stays together for years and you can grow your skills and evolve instead of destroying the medium for shareholder yacht #3847

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Christiaan Moleman @ninjadodo.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

A good manifesto about making games just for the fun of it.

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Dr Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I’ve never understood the “no no don’t worry guys, we’re just using gen AI for concepts not final product” angle some execs are trying to take. Like concepts aren’t the time you want interesting fresh ideas, not amalgamations of existing stuff churned together

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Game Workers Conference @gameworkerscon.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

It tends to be rare for workers in the games industry to receive secondary payments or royalties. But for many performers, secondary payments are far more commonplace. Why can't this be the case for ALL game workers? Really insightful to hear Sarah and Zeke's thoughts on this.

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Game Workers Conference @gameworkerscon.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Talks are starting in less than 20 seconds! Here is an updated stream link www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFF9...

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Mike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

oh no, i don't use the ai for <thing that i am paid to do> it's terrible at that. it's great for <thing you are paid to do> though.

its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time about things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further

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Rasheed Abueideh - Now crowdfunding Dreams on a Pillow 🍉 @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I’m NOT excited and I’m NOT thrilled. I’m honestly scared to share this, but I’m not a coward. I have to show you what you helped us create. None of this would have been possible without your help, and we can’t finish it without your support www.launchgood.com/1948 youtu.be/D4qh1FAPEUo

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Dreams on a Pillow - Official Gameplay First Look

YouTube video by Rasheed Abueideh

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Mesmerizing first trailer for "Wildwood", the new stop motion feature film by LAIKA Studios. Full 4K video >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=POne...

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Christiaan Moleman @ninjadodo.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Really wish @bsky.app would fix their browser version so it doesn't constantly show mouse-over pop-up profiles just moving your cursor past an avatar or username. I've already accidentally unfollowed people multiple times just trying to click on a post.

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Zi @majormcdoom.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

A cool consequence of basing page-flipping on detecting *any* relative motion is that it becomes more than a hand gesture - it's a full physical response! This means I can use *anything* to turn the pages, even by brushing the book against a stationary object. 🐧👄🐟🫗🔄️ #GodotEngine #gamedev #indiedev

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Olof Moleman @lordtrilobite.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Finished Paraentelodon skull sculpture. 1/6th scale print, sculpted in #Blender. #paleoart #sciart #paleontology (1/2)

3D printed skull sculpture of Paraentelodon, with closed jaw held in hand.

3D printed skull sculpture of Paraentelodon, with open jaw held in hand.

3D printed skull sculpture of Paraentelodon, with closed jaw.

3D printed skull sculpture of Paraentelodon, with open jaw.

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Rasheed Abueideh - Now crowdfunding Dreams on a Pillow 🍉 @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I am thrilled to announce that Dreams on a Pillow has wrapped up pre-production and we are about to start full production. We can’t do it without your support. We are starting our second round of crowdfunding, to support us you can find out more here www.launchgood.com/1948

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Cartoon Brew @cartoonbrew.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Cannes’ Annecy Animation Showcase 2026: The viral Japanese stop-motion project 'Hidari' leads this year's slate. A stylized and incredibly-shot revenge tale set in Edo-era reconstruction that raised over $100,000 with its 2023 Kickstarter. Full lineup details: www.cartoonbrew.com/markets/cann...

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Christiaan Moleman @ninjadodo.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Currently belatedly playing Horizon Forbidden West and I both like it and find it frustrating. My hot take about games is that you shouldn't need to turn off half the interface/HUD to have a good (non-patronizing) experience in an open world game. And player characters should talk less. #gamedev

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Dan Floyd @danfloydplus.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

I know ALL of the best video game animation released in 2025, and now you can too #animation #gamedev

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The Best Game Animation of 2025

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Cameron Blevins @cblevins.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

This is so, so well-articulated.

People call this friction "grunt work." Schwartz uses exactly that phrase, and he's right that LLMs can remove it. What he doesn't say, because he already has decades of hard-won intuition and doesn't need the grunt work anymore, is that for someone who doesn't yet have that intuition, the grunt work is the work. The boring parts and the important parts are tangled together in a way that you can't separate in advance. You don't know which afternoon of debugging was the one that taught you something fundamental about your data until three years later, when you're working on a completely different problem and the insight surfaces. Serendipity doesn't come from efficiency. It comes from spending time in the space where the problem lives, getting your hands dirty, making mistakes that nobody asked you to make and learning things nobody assigned you to learn.

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Olof Moleman @lordtrilobite.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Finished Nothosaurus marchicus skull sculpture. Life size print, sculpted in #Blender. #paleoart #sciart

3D printed skull sculpture of Nothosaurus marchicus, with open jaw held in hand.

3D printed skull sculpture of Nothosaurus marchicus, held in hand.

3D printed skull sculpture of Nothosaurus marchicus. Skull and jaw separated.

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Animation from Giacomo's Secret (canceled), dir. Sergio Pablos, The SPA Studios

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Les Indés Primés - Indie Games Curator @indesprimes.com · 10/03/2026

🔥 En plus de proposer un concept très original, Fresco semble nous réserver de nombreuses surprises. 👀 Un titre à surveiller, d'autant qu'il serait également possible de pouvoir y jouer en coopération ...

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/noclip @noclipvideo.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

INTRODUCING COMPUTER WORLDS A showcase of strange & distinctive games created by independent developers - premiering next week on noclip_2 SAVE THE DATE MARCH 12th - 1PM ET / 10AM PT WATCH & PLEASE SHARE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYRp...

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COMPUTER WORLDS: A Showcase of Strange & Distinctive Games - Coming to noclip_2

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Unpopular opinion, but a lot of this "doing it right" mentality is how we wind up with games all feeling the exact same. Difficulty spikes, weird controls, ropey onboarding all of it critical to prevent games feeling like they're ground down and pumped out safe mush. www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/s/...

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From the gamedev community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the gamedev community

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💀🐺🌱ArtofMaquenda🍄🩸 @artofmaquenda.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Omg my mind is blown... An amazing Bulgarian woodcarver, Stefan R Todorov made my 'Get Out' artwork into a woodpiece, all tradiotionally handcarved I am absolutely speechless and honored.. it is making me emotional, so very stunning!!

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dr. Sybren @drsybren.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Anyone who is about to complete, or already has completed, an age-verification or identity-verification process online should read this short article. Especially if it's on LinkedIn or Discord. "I Verified My LinkedIn Identity. Here's What I Actually Handed Over." thelocalstack.eu/posts/linked...

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Cara Ellison @caraellison.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

the worst thing for me is. Imagine you lost a bunch of expert carpenters and you had to learn carpentry from scratch with no teachers, no youtube. That’s what the industry is currently doing. just getting rid of the folks who know the craft, and retaining the folks who know how to parasite

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Chris Kerr @kerrblimey.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

NEW: A Ubisoft union rep at Solidaires Informatique told me that around 1,200 workers went on strike yesterday to protest a five-day RTO policy and ongoing cost-cutting at the French publisher. The international strike will continue today and tomorrow at Ubisoft studios around the world.

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Syndicat des Travailleureuses du Jeu Vidéo @stjv.fr · 05/02/2026

🇬🇧✊🌀 Ubisoft: unions called for a strike on February 10th, 11th and 12th. Here is the list of all the pickets around France ⤵️

On a dark background, a red tear goes across the image from left to right.

To the left of the image: STRIKE - Ubisoft - February 10, 11, 12

To the right of the image: Rayman in a dynamic pose, throwing a good old fist

At the bottom, the STJV's logotype

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Max Nichols @maxnichols.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

I think most game dev teams underestimate how damaging slow workflows are to the ultimate quality of their game. If it takes 5 minutes to launch the game and see your changes, I think your game is going to be MUCH worse than the alternate timeline where it took 1 minute

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Brendy_C @brendyc.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

We're launching a website. Jank is an independent PC games website funded by readers. jank.cool If you like funny, thoughtful games journalism and can't stand adverts, deals posts, affiliate links, and other nonsense - Jank is for you.

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Christiaan Moleman @ninjadodo.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

PSA: I avoid current events on here because that's not what I come here for (and I engage with that stuff elsewhere) but just so we're clear: if you support US dictator Trump or his regime in ANY way, we are enemies.

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Diana Huh @dihuh.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

the power of a clear-eyed and compassionate mentor, coming to you at the right place and right time of your artistic development

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Wow, sure would be pretty crazy if a ton of experts in the artificial intelligence field relentlessly warned everyone about this state of affairs being inevitable over and over for years.

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caponeart @caponeart.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Hey #portfolioday Good timing! After 15 years at @ubisofthalifax.bsky.social I today opened myself up to new (mostly remote) work opportunities. www.artstation.com/caponeart

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