iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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The Jarmer Fones @thefarmerjones.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Feels impossible to convey to anyone under 35 or so how SI’s whole thing for decades was “we have the very best sportswriting.” That was the brand. Three generations of kids like me grew up with SI as the inspiration for our careers and as the dream job we all aspired to.

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

I can't stop laughing at this post. It's perfect.

A guy asking ChatGPT to review a series of fart sound effects and getting a serious kiss ass response that calls it atmospheric

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Lilah Sturges @lilahsturges.com · 28/03/2026

I think we need to celebrate the death of Sora a bit more. This is a technology that, just MONTHS AGO, we were being told was going to literally destroy Hollywood and Disney was going to give them a BILLION DOLLARS and NONE OF THAT EVEN REMOTELY HAPPENED

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Shawn French, writer of stuff @shawnfrench.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

What players are saying about my new D&D adventures set in the story world of Epic Tavern and its comic-book spinoff Tales from the Fantastical Crimes Unit. I'm running one-shots every Friday night and campaigns on Wed/Sat nights. New campaign starting this Wednesday! startplaying.games/gm/wisdumb

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Daniel J. Menezes @danjohnston.uk · 27/03/2026

This week I released a total of 339 new game dev assets - free for commercial use in your projects! You can see all of our sprites, sounds and other resources here: chequered.ink/category/gam... #indiedev

Pipes - an image of 64 connecting pipe tiles in Green, Silver, Gold and Bronze which have been added to our Puzzle Games Graphics Pack.

Reflector Puzzle GFX - 104 sprites including paddles, balls and blocks.

Pixel Art UI Pack - 147 assets, 100% free, made with a limited retro color palette that matches our other pixel art assets.

24 Looping Noise textures, various colorful and black and white perlin noise textures including static, fog, water and more.

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

www.pcgamer.com/games/action... A heartfelt thank you to AAA Companies for creating a point of difference that indies can claim at no extra cost. Simply by continuing to make games with intent and reliable tools, we can show our audience respect, and be respected as professionals in return.

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Ex-Blizzard president says gamers need to 'man up' over AI usage in games after Crimson Desert devs issue apology

"AI, in one form or another, will be in every single video game."

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Kevin Bunch (ubersaurus) @atariarchive.org · 19/03/2026

The Video Game History Foundation's newly digitized GDC 1989 tapes are rad. Talks with Dani Bunten! Trip Hawkins blasting Nintendo's licensing policies! A *retrospective* panel for gaming in 1980! Absolute gold that this stuff survived and is accessible for everyone now.

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Live from GDC... 1989! 21 hours of vintage talks from early gaming luminaries | Video Game History Foundation

We've digitized the recordings from one of the earliest GDC conferences, available for the first time in 37 years.

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Shawn French, writer of stuff @shawnfrench.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

I'm looking to kick off a weekly online D&D game starting Wednesday. 6 weeks, $10/week, 6:30pm EDT start time. Every adventure is set in the story world I created for Epic Tavern and its comic-book spinoff, Tales from the FCU. Four spots still available here: startplaying.games/adventure/cm...

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Fantasy Detectives Wanted at the Fantastical Crimes Unit

An abducted centaur princess, a mysterious haunted carnival, assassins murdering people in their dreams... all in a day's work for rookie agents at the Fantastical Crimes Unit.

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Shawn French, writer of stuff @shawnfrench.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

It's always weird to me when ghostwriting gigs ask for examples of things you've ghostwritten in the past.

A meme featuring three confused women with the text, "That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works."

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Sorry to get radical but I don’t think it’s my job or yours to embrace, accept, understand - and certainly not to use - the thing being sold to us as AI. I don’t like any part of it, so I won’t. I’m missing out? Good, that’s what I want. You’re worried about me missing out? That’s fuckin weird, man.

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PC Gamer @pcgamer.com · 29/01/2026

"Our standing rule is: If one of us brings up using GenAI in any of our work, then it's safe to assume we've been assimilated by The Thing and should be burned alive by Kurt Russell," said a game design consultant in the US.

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Over 50% of game developers now think generative AI is bad for the industry, a dramatic increase from just 2 years ago: 'I'd rather quit the industry than use generative AI'

The latest GDC survey also found that managers are more likely to use generative AI than their employees.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 25/01/2026

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

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Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Scott Adams will not return in AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY

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Richard H Moon @rmoonhill.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Took me under 3 minutes to tell Discord that I would stop using Discord entirely if they chose to enshittify themselves.

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feeb | yuritober!! @magicmooshka.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

it’s come to my attention that my tumblr post has been crossposted to bluesky, so I’m posting it on my account here #AntiAI #GenAI

recently my friend's comics professor told her that it's acceptable to use gen AI for script-writing but not for art, since a machine can't generate meaningful artistic work. meanwhile, my sister's screenwriting professor said that they can use gen AI for concept art and visualization, but that it won't be able to generate a script that's any good. and at my job, it seems like each department says that AI can be useful in every field except the one that they know best.

It's only ever the jobs we're unfamiliar with that we assume can be replaced with automation. The more attuned we are with certain processes, crafts, and occupations, the more we realize that gen AI will never be able to provide a suitable replacement. The case for its existence relies on our ignorance of the work and skill required to do everything we don't.

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

They’re gonna put in a request for a guy named Klimt Kubiok with six fingers on each hand

Giants are using AI to hire a coach lmao

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Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Every installment of this MTG rehabilitation tour feels like “Nice Scorpion Regrets Past Stings, Needs Help With River Crossing!”

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Shawn French, writer of stuff @shawnfrench.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

I like JKR in the same way that a slug likes salt.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 24/12/2025

Just a thing about this: a common statement in writing is that you can fix crap, but you can't fix a blank page. I have heard AI apologists claim that this is why it's fine to generate a first draft. Now, to be clear, fuck this. But also: an AI draft is a fucking blank page.

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Aysha U. Farah @ayshaufarah.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

I am 100% pro Larian doing whatever pervert shit it wants and I can’t wait for another game where you can like, fuck a squid or whatever, but it really does further drive home the two-tier system of enforcement on storefronts. Bg3 contains basically everything small games get banned for

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J.D. Cunegan @jdcuneganbooks.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Holiday shopping for the book lover in your life? I got you. 👇 Paperbacks and ebooks wherever you shop for books (shop at @bookshop.org to support your local indie bookstores), and all royalties through the end of the year will be donated to Hampton Roads food banks.

J.D. Cunegan's books are displayed over a dark red background. The notion of the image lists his website, jdcuneganbooks.com, and his Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Tumblr handles.

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork

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David Avallone @davallone.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

A 60 year old author in 2025: but must I TikTok? Must I? Sigh.

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Hey, props to writers who got literally anything done this year.

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Samantha Nye // ציפּיע 🌿 @thesamethyst.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Working in games means your answer to the question "If you could do anything you wanted in life, what would it be?" isn't a different career, but the same career in a kinder version of the same industry.

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

This is unbearably funny

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

My perhaps controversial assessment is that when you share the propaganda of your enemies to call it out or to mock it… you’re still spreading their propaganda and maybe doing exactly what they hope you’ll do.

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Fred Greenhalgh @finalrune.com · 31/10/2025

Come and get it! A perfect "Serial killer is on the loose on a dark and stormy night" tale with some unexpected twists. Available on the Undertow horror podcast

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Shawn French, writer of stuff @shawnfrench.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

As a special Halloween treat, my latest audio collaboration with director @finalrune.com just dropped. You can find our twisted little serial-killer tale THE ONE WHO GOT AWAY in the Undertow feed, wherever you get your podcasts. open.spotify.com/episode/3xDw... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3tt...

A photo from an audio production, featuring Shawn French as serial killer Harlan Caine staring down Ellie Backman in the role in Kat, a late-night college radio DJ targeted by a disturbed caller.

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Frank Cvetkovic (from comics) @gofrankgo.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!

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Edward Cowling @edcowling.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

“It's true that writing is a solitary occupation, but you would be surprised at how much companionship a group of imaginary characters can offer once you get to know them.” ― Anne Tyler

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Ramona @alderdoodle.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

This is the result of some discord shitposting, but I'll bet it applies to some of you here too 👀

A cartoon meme of a man with text 'self employed creators' above his head holding out a hand towards a butterfly with text 'the bare minimum sustenance needed for survival' below. At the bottom of the image is text 'is this self care?'

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Giraffe 🖖🏾 @spottedgiraffe.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Don’t sleep on Star Trek Khan! Honestly one of the best Star Trek story tellings we got these last years!

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Mike Laidlaw @mikelaidlaw.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Spectacular performance.

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Fred Greenhalgh @finalrune.com · 22/09/2025

Things were going GREAT on the last episode of #StarTrekKhan so now that we're deeper in the jungle... What's the worst that could happen?

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.

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BatsCaulder (They/He) @mattcaulder.com · 04/09/2025

These CEOs really discount how easy it is for me to click "Ignore this creator" in Steam and never think about them again

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treb @treblaw.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Cracker Barrel is now HBO Max

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Cohen is a Ghost @skullmandible.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

The more things I've made, the less I've been interested in publicly criticizing the things that other people make, because once you make a few things you start to understand what a miracle it is that anything gets made at all

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Christian Hubicki @chubicki.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Robotics Coding Livestream Imminent! I’ll be joining the fantastic @shiffman.lol of Coding Train to talk about how to make robots hop and run. Can we make a simulation of a hopping robot before we get too hungry for lunch? Find out starting at 11am ET today! www.youtube.com/live/3FeySIv...

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Robot Controllers Part 2: Raibert Hopper (with Dr. Christian Hubicki)

YouTube video by The Coding Train

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