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Hi Folks, there's still time to be part of Women Game Jam Canada 2026. You can find out more and register here: www.womengamejam.org/canada

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Women Game Jam | Landing Page

Women Game Jam 2026 — Save the Date. October 16–18, 2026. 10th Edition. A supportive game jam for cis and trans women and non-binary people across Latin America.

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Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Thank YOU. I believe profoundly that the only correct response to pleasure is gratitude rather than guilt

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Raina 🇨🇦 @rainaelm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Saw Possession (1981) for the first time last night. Thought about Possession for the rest of the night. Wrote about Possession this morning. Still thinking about Possession now. boxd.it/gwo6Bh

boxd.it

A ★★★★★ review of Possession (1981)

This review may contain spoilers. Visit the page to bypass this warning and read the review.

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Raina 🇨🇦 @rainaelm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This weekend I am seeing FIVE MOVIES in theaters 😌

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Raina 🇨🇦 @rainaelm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This ranking is wack but I think it’s absolute anarchy to include in-progress shows??

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Boo-rad Shankar @bradshankar.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Jennifer Hale once told me Canadians need to champion ourselves more. I wholeheartedly agree. Over the past few months, I reached out to dozens of Canadian devs to learn their favourite Canadian games. Their varied responses offer a wonderful spotlight on some of the incredible talent we have here.🍁

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These are must-play Canadian games, according to Canadian devs

As Canadians, we don't champion ourselves enough, so we asked dozens of game developers to do just that.

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Raina 🇨🇦 @rainaelm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Incredibly clear inditement of the future these fucking losers want for people. It’s lunatic behaviour to not only say you would fail the test EMTs use to assess cognitive problems but to posit it as a desirable future. Despicable, credulous, cowardice on Klein‘s part.

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Raina 🇨🇦 @rainaelm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I am THRILLED Little Ghost is out now! It's a metroidvania set in a mixed-media collage. The soundtrack rips, and it looks like nothing else I've played. It's $15 CAD, it's so good, highly recommend checking it out!! I can't find their @ so here's the trailer: store.steampowered.com/app/1587380/...

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Raina 🇨🇦 @rainaelm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Big Walk is so good it has me and my other mid-30s pals up until 1am on a Wednesday debating if we should do “just one more thing” for like the fifth time. It’s SO GOOD! And such a unique design language that makes it feel so special.

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Raina 🇨🇦 @rainaelm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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Raina 🇨🇦 @rainaelm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I thought this was a @hard-drive.net post 😭 There isn’t even a good dramatic lead-up, it just plays a normal length sound and then sort of trails off for 6 seconds before coming back around to wrap it up

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Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"due to their open views about gender, sexuality, and politics" what views are those, polygon? which ones do you consider controversial? let's hear it.

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Alan Hazelden @alanhazelden.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Earlier versions of the game did acknowledge the creators of the original games at the start of each section, and I consider it unacceptable that this was removed at Jon’s direction. Stephen Totilo noticed this change and wrote a nuanced article here: www.gamefile.news/p/a-complica...

gamefile.news

A complicated game

Who gets credit for Order of the Sinking Star? Where should the names appear for the creators of its source material? And would you notice if a great game designer sat next to you?

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Raina 🇨🇦 @rainaelm.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Fun spread this week! Caught the new Final Cut of Manhunter at a local indie theater, then kicked off Hooptober 13 with the rightly panned Jaws: the Revenge and finally checked out Bride of Reanimator which was an EXCELLENT follow up to the first! boxd.it/7jc9V #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

A screenshot of letterboxed showing my last four watched movies: Bride of Reanimator (three and a half stars), Jaws The Revenge (one star), A Fish Called Wanda, and Manhunter (five stars)

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Raina 🇨🇦 @rainaelm.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Friends, I have come to spread the Good Word: I finally rebuilt my PC and installed Linux and not only was it extremely easy, not only do all my games run great, it also resolved some lingering hardware problems I had with this build! 🙌 10/10, would recommend

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Raina 🇨🇦 @rainaelm.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Oh her stylist HATES her hates her. Doing the lords work 🙏🏻

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ᴢᴇɴ sɪᴍᴍᴏɴs @killlthehype.blacksky.app · 14/09/2026

Macklemore just fried Ed Sheeran on IG 😬

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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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TimOfLegend @timoflegend.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

It's spreading! Lighthouse fever is spreading! Check out this amazing LIGHTHOUSE BUNDLE on Steam! store.steampowered.com/bundle/86723...

store.steampowered.com

Save 23% on The Lighthouse Bundle on Steam

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Raina 🇨🇦 @rainaelm.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

It’s obviously crazy expensive but I really like the look of the iPhone duo!! I have small hands and screens are too long, so a wider + shorter phone in the folded mode is basically perfect. Like I’m not sure how much I’d really get out of the whole folding deal, but that part rules

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Emily K @emkultra64.com · 08/09/2026

I don't want to be nostalgic anymore. I'm tired of being catered to. I don't want to forever hear the same artistic voices I heard in my youth, now amplified, slowed and reverbed for dramatic effect. I want new worlds. I want new stories. I want new voices. Please!

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Raina 🇨🇦 @rainaelm.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Two of my all-time favourite deduction games!

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Raina 🇨🇦 @rainaelm.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Nothing cracks me up more than hearing about my great-grandpa’s dogs, who he loved very much, which were given bales of hay from which to make winter dens since they were working dogs. And then I look at my sweet idiot, who I cook a separate steak for on the rare occasion I make one for myself 😭

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Raina 🇨🇦 @rainaelm.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

As a lifelong bus girlie, “papers please but it’s about maintaining social order on a bus full of weird lil dudes” is speaking to me on a personal and profound level

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Raina 🇨🇦 @rainaelm.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Steeled myself and finally bought the 3 things I needed to replace to get my PC back together ! Slightly painful but Very Exciting!

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Raina 🇨🇦 @rainaelm.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

walked by a lady getting a dead squirrel out of the road earlier today. At first I was like, aw that’s so compassionate, poor little guy, etc. But then I noticed she was moving it with a napkin?? I just feel like it’s a situation that requires a glove + a bag for the glove at minimum 😬

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Double Fine @doublefine.com · 31/08/2026

Some clarification: We are still working on bigger games! This crowdfunding campaign is to help keep us going while we seek funding for those larger projects, and also for the team to have fun with one of our favorite traditions after a very long, tough summer. 🫶 kck.st/4gu8zAF

kck.st

Amnesia Fortnight 2026, Indie Reboot

A Double Fine Productions Game Jam, Documentary, and Kickstarter Campaign

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Raina 🇨🇦 @rainaelm.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

It’s wild/baffling to me that for a brief few years we had truly cracked personalization algos across social media and search (not saying it was good, just that they were very accurate) and we’ve fully lost it in the push to AI. It’s apparently Gamescom and I have seen zero things leading up to it!

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Raina 🇨🇦 @rainaelm.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

In Seattle we had a cute little hummingbird feeder right outside our kitchen window, which was great because it gave us front row seats to our resident Asshole Hummingbird’s acts of violence on any who dared approach his infinite buffet. Miss that little guy.

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Raina 🇨🇦 @rainaelm.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This particular iteration is extra gross — by now a lot of the particular programming languages or frameworks I used in school are outdated, but the process of learning to use them and thinking about why you would use one vs another is the foundation of the discipline. With AI you get none of that.

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Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I am tired of the tone policing people do here, man. Writing does not have to be nice or fair or cast about for a silver lining! Do you care about art or are you just looking for validation.

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Raina 🇨🇦 @rainaelm.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

When I told my American friends I was packing up and moving back to Canada earlier this year, everyone understood generally (obviously) but they were still surprised when I listed food safety as one of the top reasons. But here we are, with constant overlapping recalls, not even a year later 😬

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Raina 🇨🇦 @rainaelm.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Watching 30 Rock for the first time and the first recession-era episode where Jenna “goes country” to stay relevant is killing me. Truly nothing new under the sun, but we’re on more of a 20-year cycle these days

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Raina 🇨🇦 @rainaelm.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I'm not ready to believe yet but theoretically I successfully made it through the Cineplex gauntlet this morning and secured 70mm IMAX tickets for opening weekend of Dune Part 3 🙏🏻

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Miss Scary Tail @taildoll.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

the thing about mario sunshine is that if you approach it with a pure heart it won't do that shit

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Raina 🇨🇦 @rainaelm.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Friends I am here to spread the word about a new comedy-horror film many of you are going to be super into in a few months. If you like found footage, old TV ads, hyperlocal beef, offbeat sketch comedy, and/or films made by Edmontonians I heartily recommend Buffet Infinity!! youtu.be/9OFRihhrbEU?...

youtu.be

Buffet Infinity (2026) - Official Trailer

YouTube video by Yellow Veil Pictures

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Raina 🇨🇦 @rainaelm.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

youtu.be

Buffet Infinity (2026) - Official Trailer

YouTube video by Yellow Veil Pictures

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Raina 🇨🇦 @rainaelm.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

This weeks episode of Silo has irritated me so badly as someone who generally liked the books but REALLY likes Shift

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Raina 🇨🇦 @rainaelm.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

“The text was far too dense for casual vacation reading.” This touches on one of the impulses that drives people to use AI imo — an immediacy to consume something, right then, regardless of the context. Putting it down and until you’re in a better context to enjoy it never seems to be an option.

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

"Indies will save us" No! YOU WILL SAVE INDIES! Go leave a review for that neat indie game you like, share the trailer for an upcoming game you're anticipating, tell your fave developer they did a good job, go tell people about such and such game that's just come out, you can make a difference!

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Raina 🇨🇦 @rainaelm.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

TOEM was such a standout for me, it’s the perfect kind of adventure puzzle game I always want to be playing, with a great sense of humour to boot. Very much looking forward to TOEM 2!

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Raina 🇨🇦 @rainaelm.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

its 20 and cloudy today but that has not seemed to dampen the spirits of the man who has driven his mini ice cream truck around my block for the last two hours!

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Raina 🇨🇦 @rainaelm.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

If I’m at a farmers market, art walk, craft fair,etc and someone is selling a book they wrote I always grab a copy. Getting your work out there is hard and if you’re selling in non-literary spaces I assume you’re really hustling. Also means I read things I wouldn’t have found otherwise!

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Raina 🇨🇦 @rainaelm.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

half of the tree in my backyard fell into my neighbours yard during a storm 🫣 thankfully nothing was damaged, just have a shit ton of wood to clean up. Mostly I’m mad because the storm was like 20 minutes long. Weak-ass tree couldn’t hold out just a bit longer??

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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

we need good, educated haters now more than ever

In an era of toxically positive AI, companies serving up vapid slop and acting like we’re supposed to be excited about it, marketing buzzwords suffusing daily parlance, and every content creator under the sun tripping over themselves to sell out, haters are more needed than ever. They’re the last line of defense between us and the hollow existence that the powers that be are trying to sell us. Moreover, in a time when it’s considered cool to hate for hate’s sake—to dismiss something out of hand because some mob or another has turned it into a target—true haters set an example. They invite us to consider both our actions and our thoughts. Why is a game, show, book, movie, or even person worthy of hate? Is it actually, or are you just following the herd?
Also, it’s fun to hate on things that suck. Everybody knows this.

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Edmonton Bike Coalition @yegbike.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The Province asked Albertans to complain about bike lanes. We’re asking a better question: How does freedom of mobility improve your life? Tell us what safe, affordable ways to walk, roll, bike and take transit make possible for you. Share your story: tally.so/r/Y5vvN0 #yegbike

tally.so

Share how freedom of mobility improves your life

Made with Tally, the simplest way to create forms.

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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 22/07/2026

For every minute you spend arguing with trolls or fretting about what the trolls think, please spend *an hour* shouting about the things you enjoy

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME

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