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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 29/09/2026

Status report, "Just Thought I'd Mention": Noting some Discourse on alternate YA material about young #wizards (without toxic additives). If you're interested (and not in the UK: sorry, Brexit issues...), these nine diverse & inclusive works are on #sale at a really low price!🙂 bit.ly/YWNMESET

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YW New Millennium 9-Volume Box Set

Our New Millennium Editions box sets are optimized for each of the devices appearing under the price listing. Please click on one to choose the format you prefer.The New Millennium Editions of So You ...

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Books Schwartz 📚 @sunshineduk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

guys I found jesse “control” faden, she’s not in manhattan at all, she’s running around the world with wolverine

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Zaire @zeestermeester.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Hey, about three months later I am still looking for work. I have done senior level work, I’m comfortable owning zones, writing cutscenes, and environmental narrative. Open to working in other mediums as well.

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Jenna "the" Yow @jannouna.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

So with the news of the layoffs at KO_OP, I'm officially looking for work later this fall. I'm an experienced narrative designer that's worked on both sprawling open world stories and intimate cinematic narratives, even netting some award wins and noms. More details on my experience below!

key art for Goodbye Volcano High by KO_OP

key art for Spirit Swap by Soft Not Weak

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Books Schwartz 📚 @sunshineduk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

mental health tip: fuck off to a cabin in the german countryside for a weekend 👌

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Books Schwartz 📚 @sunshineduk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I'm excited about one of my favorite childhood sci-fi games coming back (someday) but also new StarCraft trailer being narrated by Patrick Page really just made me want a StarCraft musical

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Max Kay @maxkayart.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

nintendo was so annoyed at the term "metroidvania" that they just went fine we'll turn Samus into a dracula

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Sarah Elmaleh @selmaleh.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

KO_OP offers people not just respect and dignity, but agency. (And they treat their actors as collaborators, not assets, in so much more than lip service.) They’re actually doing the ‘better way’ we yearn for….even when the way is a struggle. Please hire these folks, support however you can.

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ellen 🌻 alsop @spaceellien.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Sadly I’m one of the affected members. I love KO_OP and it’s hard to imagine working anywhere else. Manifesting that they get a pitch funded soon so that the studio can keep going strong. Please play Young Suns when it hits steam! If anyone has a concept/2d artist gig after Dec, please let me know!

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Jenna "the" Yow @jannouna.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Extremely heartbroken to say that I'm one of the affected members. Working at KO_OP for four and a half years has been one of the best things to ever happen to me and I really hope that my teammates can land a pitch that can bring us all back together again.

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Books Schwartz 📚 @sunshineduk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

new 2D metroid AND new open-world kirby!? truly this nintendo direct was targeted at me, personally, and I could not be more delighted

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Yuri Gnu @yurignu.com · 08/09/2026

loving the new look

Link in the new Ocarina of Time remake and totally not Elizabeth Holmes looking completely normal on the new You Can See Everything documentary

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Books Schwartz 📚 @sunshineduk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

oh no unfortunately I absolutely hate how young link looks in the ocarina of time remake... he's just too shiny, I don't like it one bit

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Books Schwartz 📚 @sunshineduk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

can’t believe I almost forgot to celebrate septeber !!!

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Books Schwartz 📚 @sunshineduk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

can't believe they got Cate Blanchett to star in a movie adaptation of @katebeaton.bsky.social / @meredithgran.com / @whirringblender.bsky.social 's Strong Female Characters, she's perfect ( www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id... and www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id... for the unfamiliar )

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Manda Farough @ GCAP, MIGW, PAX Aus | Causeway Studios @amandafarough.ca · 01/09/2026

In case you missed our announcement earlier today, we're STOKED to present The Final Cut of Lilith Cunningham. I've only been with Causeway for a year, but these Cryptids are worth everything to me. I can't believe that I get to make this game with my friends. I hope you'll visit our Hotel soon.

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Manda Farough @ GCAP, MIGW, PAX Aus | Causeway Studios @amandafarough.ca · 01/09/2026

We hope you enjoy your stay.

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Ashley Esqueda @ashleyesqueda.com · 31/08/2026

OKAY BUT FOR REAL THIS TIME, I LOVE THIS PLACE WITH ALL MY HEART AND IT CAN'T END Please back our Kickstarter!!

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KO_OP: 🪐 Wishlist Young Suns on Steam! @ko-op.com · 31/08/2026

We’re so excited to announce that the 1.0 Launch of Young Suns is LIVE on XBOX for PC, XBOX Series X|S, and XBOX One! Thank you so much to everyone for your support and meeting our Jupiter crew! hi.youngsuns.com/XBOX

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Books Schwartz 📚 @sunshineduk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Kevin Feige will never let the MCU X-Men be either horny or politically radical, and if you don't have both of those then you just... don't have X-Men it's a series about a bunch of horny political activists who disagree about tactics but are so down bad that they sometimes work together anyway

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Books Schwartz 📚 @sunshineduk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

one of my all-time favorite Tim Curry performances, and the first thing I thought of. listening to it while driving across Massachusetts for a Garth Nix signing is a core memory. what a legend. I hope he's happier now that he's escaped to the one place that hasn't been corrupted by capitalism. 💔🌌

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Books Schwartz 📚 @sunshineduk.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I sure have not been to the middle of the country, the balkans, or western asia, but I've been a bunch of other places

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Books Schwartz 📚 @sunshineduk.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

thank you jane schoenbrun for reminding that movies... are good, actually teenage sex and death at camp miasma hands down favorite film I've seen this year, what a fucking time

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Books Schwartz 📚 @sunshineduk.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

tried that pilates thing for the first time and I gotta say... I sure get how jesus died from this

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Books Schwartz 📚 @sunshineduk.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

unexpectedly stumbled on a perfectly ripe canary melon and I am not upset but I AM confused at what it’s doing this far from Berkeley Bowl

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Joshferatu Scare @joshscherr.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

one of the best narrative games in recent years

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Books Schwartz 📚 @sunshineduk.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

finally got to play an actual jubensha for the first time (thanks @unburntwitch.com !!) and while I definitely did not agree with all the design choices, it was absolutely FASCINATING and I am feeling very inspired!! I love encountering story games built on new-to-me structural paradigms!!

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Books Schwartz 📚 @sunshineduk.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

final fantasy vii: dirge of cerberus. it is a bad game and also not good. I loved it so much.

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Books Schwartz 📚 @sunshineduk.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

happy new goats week to all who celebrate

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Books Schwartz 📚 @sunshineduk.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

love living in a house where I just randomly hear clashing steel out my window sometimes

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Books Schwartz 📚 @sunshineduk.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Pedro’s Brazil Cafe in Berkeley. the best goddamn tri tip steak bowl in human history. so happy for Pedro that he got to happily retire to Brazil but goddamn I miss this corner shack

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KO_OP: 🪐 Wishlist Young Suns on Steam! @ko-op.com · 06/08/2026

Politics-free games don’t exist. We’ve always been open about where we stand, and Young Suns is no different. You can help a queer- and trans-run studio make this industry a better place for everyone by wishlisting Young Suns on Steam store.steampowered.com/app/4149610/...

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Books Schwartz 📚 @sunshineduk.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

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Kait Tremblay (they/them) @kaittremblay.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Act Two is officially out now!!!!

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Manda Farough @ GCAP, MIGW, PAX Aus | Causeway Studios @amandafarough.ca · 05/08/2026

An exceptional exploration of genAI in game development from a producer who absolutely Gets It: www.productionalchemist.com/p/inever-see...

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I Have Never Seen a Game Fail Because the Artists Were Too Slow

AI is optimising the cheapest part of production

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Books Schwartz 📚 @sunshineduk.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Happy launch day to Gunstoppable! I had the joy of getting to do a little freelance narrative design on this last year, and working with Salaar to flesh out this high-octane gleefully chaotic sci-fi roguelite was SO much fun! Go check it out now!!

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Books Schwartz 📚 @sunshineduk.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

rewatched the first three episodes of gurren lagann tonight to show them to a friend who had never seen it and needed some cheering up and man... it truly is the anime of all time. what a perfect, perfect, perfectly stupid show.

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