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Niva Kay

@nivakay.bsky.social
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Sustainable Futures x Video Games. Co-Chair IGDA Climate SIG. Author, filmmaker & farmer amongst other things. PhD candidate UoA

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Joost Vervoort @joostvervoort.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
'The horrifying possibility that the younger generations might be right.' The premise of this game is so fucking fun and it's a world full of interesting and absurd things to discover. @molleindustria.org has blazed the trail for all of us who make irreverent, funny, critical games. Get it now!
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Niva Kay @nivakay.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
@wfp.org and GGJ are organising an earthquake relief Game Jam for Venezuela.
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Niva Kay @nivakay.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Climate Jam 2026 is just around the corner!
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
New from 404 Media: we've seen internal documents that show Microsoft is explicitly planning to "make people addicted" to its new AI assistant 'Scout' which the company just announced. It is a clear goal according to the documents, with addiction being the first phase www.404media.co/microsoft-wa...
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Microsoft Wants to 'Make People Addicted' to its New AI Assistant, Internal Documents Reveal
Planning documents for "Scout" say the plan is to "make people addicted" to the tool before adding new features.
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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
A co-ordinated campaign of secret lobbying to protect big polluters from answering to New Zealanders www.1news.co.nz/2026/05/24/a...
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'A co-ordinated campaign of secret lobbying' – climate activist
Fonterra and Z Energy confirm in court they met with the Prime Minister's staff – something the PM says he has no record of.
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Niva Kay @nivakay.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Presented at Playing Futures from the other side of the world 😁
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Niva Kay @nivakay.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
I’ve been eyeing Trash Goblin for awhile. Happy to have an excuse to clean up trinkets for my talking lizard and frog friends instead of writing my PhD thesis…
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IGDA Climate SIG @igdaclimatesig.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
It's almost time for the Green Game of the Month! Play, watch, and read about Europa in April. Then join us on 30th April 2026 to share your thoughts on its green game design approach. #greengamedesign discord.gg/k47JY9kh?eve...
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IGDA Climate SIG @igdaclimatesig.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
#1 Overall winner, #1 Theme and #1 Efficacy and Impact! The Wise Woman is a very interesting speculative fiction game and the winner of the 2026 REGENERATE Game Jam. Go check it out!
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IGDA Climate SIG @igdaclimatesig.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
It's a wrap on REGENERATE Game Jam 2026 20 games submitted covering many aspects of sustainable futures. 100+ participants joined us on @itch.io games submitted by teams in 14 different countries across 6 continents! Play the games on: itch.io/jam/regenera... and let us know what you think!
A screenshot of a grid of thumbnails showing all the entries to REGENERATE Game Jam
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Alex Orkid 🌍 @alexorkid.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
I made a stupid game about rewilding for the @igdaclimatesig.bsky.social REGENERATE Game Jam this weekend. You can check it out here: alexorkid.itch.io/gaia-with-a-... 🔫🌳🌷
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IGDA Climate SIG @igdaclimatesig.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
REGENERATE Game Jam is starting in: 3 days 12 hours 1 minutes Join us at itch.io/jam/regenera... #indiegamedev #gamedev #gamejam
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Niva Kay @nivakay.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Almost time for Regenerate Game Jam 26
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IGDA Climate SIG @igdaclimatesig.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Play, watch, and read about The Wandering Village in March. Then join us at the IGDA Climate SIG Discord to share your thoughts on its green game design approach. discord.gg/DW3j5ExD?eve...
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Niva Kay @nivakay.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Really looking forward to this one!
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404 Media @404media.co · 11/02/2026
Kylie Brewer isn't unaccustomed to harassment online. But when people started using Grok-generated nudes of her on an OnlyFans account, it reached another level.
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'The Most Dejected I’ve Ever Felt:' Harassers Made Nude AI Images of Her, Then Started an OnlyFans
Kylie Brewer isn't unaccustomed to harassment online. But when people started using Grok-generated nudes of her on an OnlyFans account, it reached another level.
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Niva Kay @nivakay.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Green Game of the Month 💚
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Niva Kay @nivakay.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Awesome team! #gamejams #indiegamedev #sustainablefutures
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Niva Kay @nivakay.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
@atamorimmaia.bsky.social excellent talk today on adaptation success being an opening of possibilities. I especially like the adaptation myopia #af2025
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Niva Kay @nivakay.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Phenomenal first sessions at the Adaptation Futures Conference. With indigenous people front and centre stage discussing the urgency of bringing science, policy and indigenous knowledge together to implement transformative climate adaptations #af2025
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404 Media @404media.co · 19/08/2025
Our investigation reveals how the man who started Tea, the ‘women dating safety’ app, tried to hire a female ‘face’ for the company and then hijack her grassroots community. 🔗 www.404media.co/how-teas-fou...
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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Disgusting! Farmers now won't even need consent to pollute waterways as government undoes RMA fresh water protection rules #TooManyCows #TooMuchInfluence www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Farmers won't need consent to pollute waterways as government undoes RMA rules
The changes will save thousands of farmers from having to lodge resource consents to discharge pollutants into waterways, but critics say councils should be in charge.
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Valentenya the climate policy strategy cat 🍉 🐈‍⬛ @valentenya.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Climate policy is ≈ 95% ending fossil carbon mining and burning, biodiversity policy is ≈ 95% protecting and restoring habitat AND THEY ARE NOT THE SAME THING.
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Niva Kay @nivakay.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Spotted in Brighton #gamedev
A sticker on a traffic light featuring a black skull, red header and footer and text reading ‘Hello my name is CEOs kill video games’
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Niva Kay @nivakay.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Hacking games and gameplay as an alternative to production/consumption @illmare.bsky.social at #gamestransformed
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Niva Kay @nivakay.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
The right is no longer selling utopia It’s time for the left to “Fight an apocalyptic narrative with a non apocalyptic narrative” @molleindustria.org looking forward to playing Future No Thanks when it comes out!
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Niva Kay @nivakay.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
A lovely talk by @aeiea.bsky.social covering sustainability initiatives in the game industry, and how Monument Valley taken the leap from a green activation to a full climate themed game. Also included a giant dice and a disagreeable dragon for a little consensus building game. #developbrighton
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Niva Kay @nivakay.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
I love this embroidery UI by @shimmerglitch.bsky.social who gave a great talk about incorporating crafts into games. #developbrighton
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Niva Kay @nivakay.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Game devs by the seaside.. it’s @developconference.com
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Niva Kay @nivakay.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Can games help us adopted a post-humanist sentiment to death? @poppywilde.bsky.social says yup, they can. #DiGRA2025 #spiritfarer
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Niva Kay @nivakay.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Phenomenal presentation yesterday by @pippinbarr.bsky.social and Rilla Khaled on systematic methods for materialising Research through Design, going past descriptive documentation using reflective practices by regular inquiry using What/so what/now what questions. #Digra2025 #designresearch
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Niva Kay @nivakay.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Excellent keynote today by @aphrak.bsky.social with hardcore facts - the industry inflates its size/importance, normalises bad practices across employment, harassment, and gambling and all these things spread out way beyond games. #digra2025
A slide from a conference talk titled findings from the first ten years in games industry/production research
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Niva Kay @nivakay.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
@t0mm7.bsky.social domesticating play at playboy. The choice of backgammon might be a random novelty but overall play normalised via playboy into homes, with everything you can imagine being attached to it, is a significant historical context to its meaning/player communities today #digra2025
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Abbie Richards @abbierichards.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
NEW from me: TikTokers have been using tools like Google’s Veo 3 to AI-generate racist videos. The videos are garnering millions of views by bringing centuries-old racist tropes to life. It’s an actual dystopian nightmare! www.mediamatters.org/tiktok/racis...
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Racist AI-generated videos are the newest slop garnering millions of views on TikTok
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Niva Kay @nivakay.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Great talk today by @professorgrace.bsky.social on creating game jam space that are playful, supportive and bring people together around shared challenges.
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Niva Kay @nivakay.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
First day of DiGRA Malta. It was great to be part of the PhD consortium and hear about the great research everyone is working on. Also what a setting, I mean, check out this room!
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Anni Movsisyan @annimovsisyan.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Once again I am putting it out there, we (as in at least I) need forest gardening logistics games! And the Agroforestry mode/mod(?) in Farming Simulator does not count. That doesnt even brush the surface lol
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Niva Kay @nivakay.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Last call! #gameindustry #art
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Niva Kay @nivakay.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Only two more weeks to take this survey, please help us out by filling it in and spreading the word. Especially #artdirector #gameart #worldbuilding #gamedesign 🙏🏼
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Niva Kay @nivakay.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Quite happy with how this painting is going.
A photo of a painting on canvas of a dead kingfisher laying at the foot of a grey rock with a few types of lichen on it.
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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 31/03/2025
Well hey look at this! (If you're a developer/story-teller you should def take the time to complete this!) auckland.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
If direct air capture (DAC), a CO₂ removal (CDR) technique, costs $500 per tonne, removing just US emissions would cost ~$3 trillion annually (that's ~4x US military spending). It would also require twice the total power generation capacity of the US today (and it has to be 100% carbon-free).
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Direct air capture: An expensive, dangerous distraction from real climate solutions
Separating carbon dioxide from air, while technically straightforward, is outrageously expensive.
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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 21/03/2025
There is a quasi-religion in Silicon Valley that views AI as godlike. This faith has always been parallel to Evangelical Christianity: salvation (transhumanism), the rapture (the technological singularity), and demons (Roko's Basilisk) Lately the AI faith has fully fused with Christian Nationalism.
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Niva Kay @nivakay.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
We are designing a toolkit to support desirable and sustainable futures aesthetics in games, and we need your help! If you are a game art director, artist or otherwise involved in game visuals, aesthetics and worldbuilding, please complete this short survey. please share 🔃 #gamedev #gameart
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Qualtrics Survey | Desirable Futures Toolkit
The most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today.
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Niva Kay @nivakay.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
It just doesn’t stop. We have ruined photosynthesis!
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Rebecka Petterson @hotdiggity.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Games are great at facilitating imagination reg. climate change. How to see a future & not give in to despair? There are tons of future to save & massive amounts of worth it; we need imagination & games can be utilised, check out the #GreenGameDesign website! www.greengamedesign.com/imagine-a-so...
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Imagine a Sustainable Future – Green Game Design
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Niva Kay @nivakay.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
What I love about the #greengamedesign website is the use cases demonstrating how different games have approached sustainability. This page on Regeneration & agroecology features @kamaeru.bsky.social wetland regeneration and @balancingmonkeygames.com use of ‘The Three Sisters’ polyculture! #gamedev
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Showcase Regenerative Farming and Agroecology – Green Game Design
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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
A trial-monitoring committee in the Dakota Access lawsuit against Greenpeace has shared concerns of judicial bias and due-process violations www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #slapp
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Most jurors in US pipeline case against Greenpeace have fossil fuel industry ties
Trial-monitoring committee in Dakota Access lawsuit have shared concerns of judicial bias and due-process violations
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hugobille.bsky.social @hugobille.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Finally, an intervention of my own on the #GreenGameDesign website! I love it when we can feature developers' own stories about their creations like this. This was a really simple step to get players thinking about the materiality of tech and games. www.greengamedesign.com/honest-power...
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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Gobsmacking! 😵‍💫The Govt REMOVED environmental provisions from the Fast Track legislation 😵‍💫Bishop requested advice “on how it can be weighted more in favour of development” 😵‍💫Project viability was removed as a threshold for entry #nzpol newsroom.co.nz/2025/02/17/e...
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Environment was fast-track priority before minister's intervention
Chris Bishop moved the controversial fast-track legislation away from concerns of project viability and environmental impact
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