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Ash Poprik 🗡️ @ashleypoprik.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Interested in game writing or narrative design? I put together my favorite narrative-focused resources FOR FREE for your viewing pleasure. You'll find gems from legends including Mary Kenney, Anna Megill, Emily Short, Susan O'Connor, and Toiya Kristen Finley. Enjoy! drive.google.com/file/d/1xIvw...

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ashleyPoprik_NarrativeResources.pdf

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Dan Reynolds @dannthr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Hey Tech Audio fam! Join us on October 14th, 6pm Pacific for a Tech Audio Demo Reel Review Party! If you're interested in having your demo reviewed, please apply to this submission form for consideration: forms.gle/smFCFenR3RRY... Hope to see y'all there!

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Tech Audio Demo Party

This is a submission form for the Tech Audio Demo Party on Wednesday, October 14th, 2026 at 6:00pm Pacific Time! The Tech Audio Demo Party is a celebration of technical audio design where a panel of ...

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Emily "Eeek!" Meo @emilyemeo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

i've spent the last eight months working on EA's FC 27, and today you can officially buy it and play it! on a semi-related note, my contract ends in four months. do YOU need a sound designer or implementer in four months? let's talk about it!

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Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

In recent years, the media has quietly begun to change the way in which it writes about Bobby Kotick, the former CEO of Activision Blizzard. PMG investigates how Kotick used the threat of defamation to reshape his legacy in the games business, one article at a time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwp...

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Inside Bobby Kotick's Campaign Against the Press

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Ben Crossbones @bencrossbones.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Oh. I'm available for sound design work as senior, principal, or lead and even audio direction. I'm open to talking but I'm going to take an entsy -weentsy break before diving back in.

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Will @soundstrider.dev · 23/09/2026

Like what the fuck are we doing here?

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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The Irish musicians, Beoga, who play alongside Ed Sheeran, have withdrawn from Sheeran’s tour. This is the statement they published on Instagram:

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Hot Delivery @hotdelivery.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

THE ROBOT WORKSHOP! It's a huge SFX library featuring over 3500 sounds! 40% off for launch week! Everything you need to design your own robots, androids, drones, cyborgs, exoskeletons, and beep-boop bois. Available now at @asoundeffect.bsky.social #sounddesign www.asoundeffect.com/sound-librar...

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The Robot Workshop | Robot Sound Effects Library | asoundeffect.com

Robot sound effects / recordings: "THE ROBOT WORKSHOP" comes fresh out the oven from Hot Delivery. Our construction kit, muah!, is perfect-o! Servos, clanky things, buzzy zips, switches, pressure, syn...

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Will @soundstrider.dev · 15/09/2026

Maaaan fuck right off. Yeah crunch blows and sometimes it does happen, but if you actively promote or celebrate it go kick rocks

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Will @soundstrider.dev · 15/09/2026

Illegally bombing a sovereign nation and fucking up the entire economic world order? Cool

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

www.welcometohellworld.com/i-do-not-bel...

Just once in my life I would like to see a Democrat being interviewed by right wing media like Fox News or right wing media like every single other outlet treat their questions with the contempt they deserve. I know it's not going to fix everything or maybe even anything but how much coverage and how much groundswell of excitement from the base do you think it would inspire if when asked about "boys in girls sports" or some other stupid fucking culture war distraction one of them finally said "What the fuck are you talking about man? You sound like a dumb asshole right now."

What's the worst that's going to happen the New York Times is gonna work overtime to make sure you don't get elected? They were already doing that buddy.

You simply say "Are you stupid? Do you think I am stupid? And do you think all of the people watching at home are stupid? Everyone sees through what you are doing. Using one group as a scapegoat for the very real problems everyone has – all caused by Republicans by the way – unlike this fake one you have made up. Dumb asshole."

Just go on the attack for once instead of sitting there trying to please your enemy who is in the process of trying to humiliate you.

And if you want to say something else true that almost no Democrat ever says for some reason you can top it off with a “Every single Republican in our lifetime has sought to make our lives worse in every way possible. I’d like to try to stop that.”

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Emily "Eeek!" Meo @emilyemeo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

i had a great time talking to people about our cool game audio meetup group last night, but no one complimented me on my sign's artistic interpretation of OTT 🥲

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Will @soundstrider.dev · 13/09/2026

Time to run another hundred tests that all prove UBI is good for society but never actually act upon it 🙄

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Will @soundstrider.dev · 12/09/2026

Please be good please be good please be good please be good please be good 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

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Will @soundstrider.dev · 12/09/2026

If you're in Austin, come say hi at Club Night!

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Will @soundstrider.dev · 12/09/2026

So damn close to getting a first beta on Github to mess around with...whenever you think you're done you find new bugs with edge cases don't ya 🙃

Picture of the SST_Dev commit history over the last 2 days

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Will @soundstrider.dev · 12/09/2026

Making it real fucking hard to want to vote for you dude. Paxton is an utter piece of shit and I don't want him to win either, but god fucking damn dude...

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Will @soundstrider.dev · 11/09/2026

This is good, right? 🙃

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Chris Wade @luckshotgames.com · 08/09/2026

Valve should lower their rev share portion to 15% for the first $1m a game earns. Not because it would would help small teams survive to make more games (it would), but because they would earn more money in the long term.

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.

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Will @soundstrider.dev · 03/09/2026

I think this just about sums it up right now 😅

Pushing a commit to SST_Dev that has the description "Oh dear god UI"

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Will @soundstrider.dev · 02/09/2026

YOOOOO DLC LETS GOOOOO!!

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Will @soundstrider.dev · 31/08/2026

I wasn't crazy about this the first time I listened to it, but holy shit I can't turn it off now. Not nearly as heavy as New World, but man I'm loving the hip hop/modern influences on this tidal.com/album/522747...

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Allt - Ataraxia

Listen to Ataraxia on TIDAL

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Will @soundstrider.dev · 10/07/2026

Hey sound designers! What are some common issues you're running into with Wwise and Unreal? What are some tools you're constantly needing to rebuild for every project? I've been really enjoying learning to make tools for UE, and want to start writing my own plugin!

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Will @soundstrider.dev · 24/08/2026

Finally time to get started on some tools 😎

Screenshot of the top of Rider's IDE toolbar that shows a project called "SoundStriderTools" in development

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Emily "Eeek!" Meo @emilyemeo.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

so it turns out my math here was a bit sloppy, but NOW i am roughly five months away from the end of my contract in late January! do YOU need a sound designer / game audio generalist on your team in late January? if so, let's chat!

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Will @soundstrider.dev · 18/08/2026

Man...fuck data layers and doors 😤

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Will @soundstrider.dev · 16/08/2026

Damn is just everything enshitified at this point? Had some basic expo markers that have completely dried out after never really being used in the 6 months I've had them, with the caps on the whole time 😮‍💨

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🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

stadia is now the product the time needs as nobody can buy local hardware anymore heh

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Will @soundstrider.dev · 14/08/2026

Damn Binface lost in Clacton today 😔

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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 13/08/2026

Hey everybody. I’ve seen the statement by Matt Karch, the CEO of Saber Entertainment, and all of the truly horrendous things he said about me. I think it should be obvious to anyone who reads that statement that he’s lashing out because he did not want people to know there was AI use in the game.

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Chris Wade @luckshotgames.com · 09/08/2026

BIG HOPS TOGETHER is out now! - Play the 15 hour adventure with 8 players - Pick up, carry, and throw your friends - Tongue swing from other frogs - Steal items from each other's backpacks - Story progression and collectibles are shared - 40% off for the next week Link below ->

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Will @soundstrider.dev · 07/08/2026

Nah incredible books are still being written, people just need to know how to read. Pick up a book if you haven't in a while, they're fun!

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Will @soundstrider.dev · 07/08/2026

Did discord start exploding?

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

🎉 IT'S LIVE 🎉 The game industry hardship fund itch bundle made in partnership with @necrosoftgames.com is HERE. Over 100 games for $10+ bucks: all funds (save for itch fees) go directly to the UVW-CWA Game Worker Hardship Fund. GOOD GAMES FOR A GOOD CAUSE👇 itch.io/b/3802/game-...

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Game industry hardship fund by Necrosoft Games and 109 others

Game industry hardship fund: 127 items for $10.00

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Chris Wade @luckshotgames.com · 30/07/2026

News time! 🚨 On August 9th our Steam version will transform to become BIG HOPS TOGETHER. - Play the full adventure ONLINE with 8 players - Pick up and throw your friends - Tongue swing from other players - Steal items from each other's backpacks - Story and collection progress is shared

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Will @soundstrider.dev · 30/07/2026

You ever just stay up until 3am making your own custom logs for UE and learning about linker errors just so you can solve frame 0 animation bugs and disable audio playback in BP viewports? No? Oh...

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Will @soundstrider.dev · 21/07/2026

Not my favorite album of the year, but it's just silly fun tidal.com/album/543108...

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Motionless In White - Decades

Listen to Decades on TIDAL

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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

matthew always brings the receipts

• A law called the "Food Traceability Rule," designed to make tracing contaminated food easier, was supposed to go into effect on January 20, 2026.
• Taylor Foods started paying Sidley Austin to lobby. on "regulation of food safety" in January of 2025.
• On March 20, 2025, FDA announced they were pushing back the implementation of the "Food Traceability Rule" by 30 months.
• On March 26, 2025, Taylor Fresh Foods Inc contributed $1,000,000 to MAGA Inc, a Trump-aligned super PAC.

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Will @soundstrider.dev · 12/07/2026

Damn just got back from some vacation and I need to use a VPN to check this app? Man fuck Texas

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Will @soundstrider.dev · 10/07/2026

I would love this story to be turned into a movie in 20 years. It's absolutely batshit

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Will @soundstrider.dev · 09/07/2026

Absolutely love Half Priced ❤️

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James Youngman @jyoungman.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Napkin math suggests that the US could make a billion dollars a year just supporting laid off game devs like this, to say nothing of the downstream effects

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Will @soundstrider.dev · 08/07/2026

Don't usually post climbing stuff on here, but it was really nice taking a break from the horrors of the games industry and touch some rocks

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OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios Union @bethesdaunion.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Unfortunately, HR made our office manager take this down almost immediately. They said because it's in a common area, it had to be removed. We've used common areas for many things as a team, including fan works, but HR seems to believe that a Celebration of Service is inappropriate.

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Chris Kerr @kerrblimey.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

UPDATE: I've obtained a WARN notice filed in Texas that reveals 136 employees have been laid off at id Software (including remote workers), with another 22 people being ousted at Bethesda Game Studios' office in Austin. The overwhelming majority of those laid off were CWA union members.

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Proud to announce the next game Vampirium: 1997 Dracula is king of the United British Empire. Kill his enemies and find your own path through a minimalist immersive sim sandbox. Wishlists and retweets massively appreciated (and, you know, massively helpful) store.steampowered.com/app/4035190/...

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Vampirium: 1997 on Steam

1997. Dracula is King of England. At his command, master your dark gifts to assassinate his enemies and secure his vampiric empire. Infiltrate locked-down locations, adapt and survive in living enviro...

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