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James is back in LA @theswweet.myatproto.social · 1h

I've absolutely not been as loud about this as I could, even should, have been - it has absolutely been noticeable how much less common women writers have been at events this year, and how many fewer bylines they've had for reviews - particularly for major releases.

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Charles Pulliam-Moore @charlespulliam.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Spent a lot of this past week hanging out in Pokémon card scalping Discords to learn about how and why resellers became so focused on this specific franchise. Pokémon's popularity is part of it, but it also has a lot to do with the evolution of the creator economy

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jackheathwriter 📚 @jackheathwriter.bsky.social · 20h

And this one, from 1975:

The Rape of Mr. Smith
In the following situation, a holdup victim is asked questions by a lawyer.
“Mr. Smith, you were held up at gunpoint on the corner of First and Main?”
“Yes”
“Did you struggle with the robber?”
“No.”
“Why not?”
“He was armed.”
“Then you made a conscious decision to comply with his demands rather than resist?”
“Yes.”
“Did you scream? Cry out?”
“No, I was afraid.”
“I see. Have you ever been held up before?”
“No.”
“Have you ever GIVEN money away?”
“Yes, of course.”
“And you did so willingly?”
“What are you getting at?”
“Well, let’s put it like this, Mr. Smith. You’ve given money away in the past. In fact, you have quite a reputation for
philanthropy. How can we be sure that you weren’t CONTRIVING to have your money taken from you by force?”
“Listen, if I wanted –“
“Never mind. What time did this holdup take place, Mr. Smith?”
“About 11:00 P.M..”
“You were out on the street at 11:00 P.M.? Doing what?”
“Just walking.”
“Just walking? You know that it’s dangerous being out on the street that late at night. Weren’t you aware that
you could have been held up?”
“I hadn’t thought about it.”
“What were you wearing at the time, Mr. Smith?”
“Let’s see … a suit. Yes, a suit.”
“An EXPENSIVE suit?”
“Well – yes. I’m a successful lawyer, you know.”
“In other words, Mr. Smith, you were walking around the streets late at night in a suit that practically advertised
the fact that you might be good target for some easy money, isn’t that so? I mean, if we didn’t know better, Mr.
Smith, we might even think that you were ASKING for this to happen, mightn’t we?”

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Río Robayo (She/Her) @riorobayo.bsky.social · 19h

While we’re all enjoying making dresses in #Dressmaker we owe @cutegamesclub.itch.io a big “thank youuu” for putting this game into the limelight almost a year ago. Without her coverage this game might have never gone beyond an Itch prototype youtu.be/JfDi_fmlu1Q

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THIS is the next hit cozy game...if it can get published! 😭😭😭

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I remember a really frustrating conversation with a generally decent cishet white guy about a news story where a woman was roofied. he went off about wishing he could beat that guy up to avenge her, and I was like "how about start with calling out your friends' sexist tweets?" and he was like 😳

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Río Robayo (She/Her) @riorobayo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My sister’s boyfriend is a chill guy who likes PC games but is otherwise very normie so I got to rock his world by explaining the steam adult content ban in Australia (he had no idea) and the whole itch NSFW de listing fiasco. You bet I explained the Horses fiasco to him

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grace mahoney! @gracemahoney.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I've got a pax 3day ticket for sale if anyone needs one. happy to sell for less than what I paid ($185)

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

thinking about this again today, and not even in the context of procgen. The thing about systems design is that it's so easy to get excited about making little sandboxes for yourself that you forget the player needs insight into it, lest it simply appear the same as complete randomness.

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Río Robayo (She/Her) @riorobayo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

anyone want to sell me their copy of metroid dread? (she desires a second hand physical copy of metroid dread 😌)

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Leena 🌵 @leena.reuben.games · 24/09/2026

albo’s going to get them back for this by savagely declining to take a selfie with them and they’ll be *shaking* in their *boots* like a *chihuahua*

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Río Robayo (She/Her) @riorobayo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

LITERALLY WHAT IVE BEEN SAYING!!!! Why is the response such a shrug emoji rather than biting back!!!

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.”

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Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics. This is called anthropomorphizing, when we ascribe human traits, emotions or behaviors to non-human things, such as animals or inanimate objects.
Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.

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Stanwixbuster @stanwixbuster.co.uk · 23/09/2026

accidentally took up most of the space in the newsletter for queer games festival going live this year. whoops

Festival Judges Blocked From Accessing Trans-masc Game

Award-winning LATEX, LEATHER, LIPSTICK, LOVE, LUST delisted on Steam in Australia

Judges in the 2026 Melbourne Queer Games Festival have been blocked from accessing a semi-autobiographical contemporary coming-out story by a trans-masc author on the popular games distribution platform, Steam.

LATEX, LEATHER, LIPSTICK, LOVE, LUST is an award-winning game from the United Kingdom that is a "snapshot of the current culture and discourse". The situation for trans people in the UK is so dire the country has earned the nickname "TERF Island" and in this hostile climate, a game like this takes on important cultural and political speech aspects. It's also a great game that the Australian public should be able to make up their own minds about.

The de-listing happened in the middle of the festival judging period in September when Valve, in a kind of "malicious compliance" with the Australian government's Material App Distribution Services Code, acted to block pornographic games and swept up many LGBT-themed games regardless of their political, cultural, historical, autobiographical or artistic merit.

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Río Robayo (She/Her) @riorobayo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Me playing Link’s Awakening, a baby game for babies, in Spanish: jeje, ¿como se dice “fluent”? 😎 Me playing Metroid Dread and trying to follow its bullshit scifi babble intro in spanish: 🪦💀

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♱ 𝕸𝖎𝖘𝖘 V𝖎𝖈𝖙𝖔𝖗𝖎𝖆 ♱ @missvixtoria.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Hey guys I’m the girl talking to the AI vendor in the video, I love seeing all of the jokes about it despite the horrifying reality of the situation. The line that set him off in the video was specifically “ I know you’re lying, Just Tell me the truth” after showing me a bizzare video.

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𝖈𝖗𝖔𝖜 𝖑𝖊𝖊 瀬川 @crowlees.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Over the weekend, my partner confronted an AI vendor who was intentionally lying about using AI - this ended up with him becoming verbally abusive before coming out of his booth to physically assault my friend who started filming the incident - he BIT HER (yes BIT)

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Río Robayo (She/Her) @riorobayo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I forgot pokemon snap for the switch exists

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nashi ♡ valentine @getvalentined.com · 21/09/2026

Okay but why the hell was THE VICTIM also banned? What the fuck?

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Josh W @mariobones.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

So that’s a yes, then

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pretty bug @inyourculture.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

unironically this is a harbinger of our cultural victory

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Río Robayo (She/Her) @riorobayo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Happy ending. I traded my physical copy for a copy of Link’s Awakening at a KFC car park with someone I found thru FB marketplace. Always buy physical copies of games!!!! So you can trade them for free if you don’t click with them!!!

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Gaz @nyazsche.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

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Nanashrew @nanashrew.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

dunno if this will reach anywhere on this website but if anyone can point me to information on the kinds of capacitors that would be good for a CRT TV, i need to replace some on this old 27 inch panasonic tau i have. capacitors, or any parts really.

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Del @del.art · 20/09/2026

When a game studio ships a solid game, it creates TWO valuable products: 1. A solid game. 2. The team that spent years learning how to work together make a game. Because Western studios keep disbanding #2 while development cycles get longer; we will inevitably see less of #1.

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 19/09/2026

people are always saying anti-AI arguments don’t understand the full nuances of the technology. which is correct. but only because it stole everyone’s work, exists solely to get you fired, has made the entire internet unusable and has been forced on everyone without consent

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Río Robayo (She/Her) @riorobayo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Just bought a secondhand Nintendo Switch 2!! We love JB-hifi car parks lmao If anyone has tips for transferring data from switch 1 to switch 2 i am all ears as I remember reading horror stories of people doing one thing wrong and carking up the whole process

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dot_lvl @dot-lvl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

you hear people talk a lot about how "LARPer" as a term for "poseur" sucks, and i agree. but then some people go "yeah, why don't we just call them tourists like we used to" and maybe the issue is obsessively interrogating other people's interests instead of minding your own business. not the term

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huck mason @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

rip annie dillard

One of the things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book or for another book; give it, give it all, give it now. The impulse to save something good for a better place later is the signal to spend it now. Something more will arise for later, something better. These things fill from behind, from beneath, like well water. Similarly, the impulse to keep to yourself what you have learned is not only shameful, it is destructive. Anything you do not give freely and abundantly becomes lost to you. You open your safe and find ashes.

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Evan Backlog @backlogreviewer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I’ve been part of the Macklemovent for years now, glad you’re all finally starting to catch up

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It's really fucked up how we all just go through life pretending like Downtown by Macklemore isn't the best song of all time. The best song of all time is about Mopeds and none of us have confronted that
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JD, you can’t eat comics. @lostcity.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Well I‘ve got some good news.

User Raymondreamer from… I think this is Threads… says, “If you hate on ai, you better be pretty damn good at whatever you’re doing”

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Stephanie Harkin @saharkin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Come chat with me about feminine computer creativity :) Did you make experimental hobbyist games? Did you mod the sims? Did you make Neopets fan sites? Are you Australian and over 18yo?

A participant recruitment flyer for a research project on feminine computer creativity. An image of a Sims house and a Neopets character are included on the poster.

The callout reads:
"I am looking to talk with people who used computers for hobbyist non- commercial feminine creativity relevant to games. All interpretations
of femininity are welcome. This project aims to learn more about feminine tech-competency and feminine game cultures that have
been overlooked in games histories."

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Lots of rude comments but each of these items gives her a different stat boost and some of us care about gameplay

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Richard Meredith @rtm223.me · 14/09/2026

Between this, AI lobbyists telling the EU that we can have AI or hit our climate targets in the midst of historic heatwaves, and the extreme increases in carbon footprint over the last few years of the mag7, we kinda have to accept that AI enthusiasm is a form climate denial

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Felipe Pepe @felipepepe.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Oh, I just found a treasure trove! :D Cruel Games, a game store/locadora de jogos/internet café that has been open since 1994 in Paraná, Brazil... and has photos of all those years! 30 years of people paying per hour to play games, do events, parties & tournaments, from the SNES to modern consoles

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doc @docseuss.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

wtf

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andy [known agitator] @meltedmasks.me · 14/09/2026

what are some video game characters who slouch or have otherwise bad posture? i'm working on something

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Andrew Hickey @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 14/09/2026

None of this covers the real real reason. Twenty years ago, gigs were cheap promotional tools to sell expensive records. Now most people listen to music via streaming and don't buy it, records are free promotional tools for expensive gig tickets.

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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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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

That’s good Bluesky

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Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

no one should have sex with anyone at valve until they quit delisting indie games for the mildest depictions of sexuality

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Valkian | Matty @valkian.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Why do people need to pre-order GTA VI when it's digital only? It's not like it's gonna run out. (Yes, there's the possibility of pre-installing the game but still)

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USER WAS BLOCKED FOR THIS POST @blockedforthispost.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

If guys are getting interested in video games I've yet to see it tbh, I've only ever met a few guys who were into games and half of them turned out to be girls even then

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Aysha U. Farah @ayshaufarah.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Once again I am asking why this happens to indie games and not big blockbusters where you can fuck the bear or go to strip clubs. And once again I know the answer

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