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ValiantAMM @valiantamm.blackskycomra.de · 15m

Just finished the Bahamut/Binding Coil raids in #FFXIV. that was some fun story stuff. I voiced it for my friends because there were only voices for the last two raids lol

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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 1h

I’m increasingly interested in moving away from video content and things like this are a huge reason why. These platforms cannot be trusted, and self hosting remains prohibitively expensive for video.

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Ana Valens || 🔞 @acvalens.net · 1h

Kind of in an awkward position where I'm about to lose internet. Just a last minute. If we can even just hit $120 my life would be way easier right now ;w; ko-fi.com/acvalens/goa...

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iby @burgeroise.bsky.social · 1h

play my game… i’ll make a proper post but i’m raising some money to help pay for my mums cat to get skin cancer treated

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Natalie (Tali) Vancouver era ✨ @talidev3d.bsky.social · 4h

I want to say it cannot be said enough how important it is for other men to say things about this shit. In the moment, or ASAP My first ever game dev event I was sexually harassed (assaulted?) by a Sony exec while all of my coworkers saw and said nothing Please say something, for people that can't

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Failbetter Games | Wishlist Mandrake on Steam! @failbettergames.com · 18h

We're hiring! We're looking for a Writer and Narrative Designer to join the Fallen London team at a senior or mid level. This position is permanent, remote, and full time, which for us means 35 hours a week. #GamesJobs

Night. The House of Chimes - a tower which you might immediately think of as Big Ben - is adrift in the River Thames. It still seems to be keeping time. In the background, a large, alien building looms over the city of London.

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Stella Sacco @antlervel.vet · 9h

Here’s the bigger ask I mentioned: I owe $6k in back rent. I’ve been selling my limited belongings to reduce the number but it is slow going and I can’t hope to cover it all, especially not in the short time I have. I have enough to cover October rent and little more. More details below.

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dollip💙 doll VTuber @dollip.bsky.social · 7h

I've had some invasive breathing issues that have exacerbated over time. The surgeon I spoke to said I needed a septoplasty + nasal reconstruction. There are more details I couldn't fit here on the page itself! please consider donating to & sharing my gofundme to cover my operation. thank you ❤️

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Donate to They Did Surgery on a Doll (Joy's Septoplasty Fund), organized by Joy Charlotte

Hello, My name is Joy and I'm hoping to raise funds for an… Joy Charlotte needs your support for They Did Surgery on a Doll (Joy's Septoplasty Fund)

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Gio :⁾ @im.giovanh.com · 6h

If you use too many coupons at the grocery store they have bouncers kick you out like when you win at the casino

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 9h

i don’t know what to do about any of this really, it’s all macroeconomic shit. the money is gone and it is not coming back. but it has meant that as things get more desperate these tensions have exacerbated. a lot of the advice can feel like ‘how to ensure you’re the one in the lifeboat’

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NESbot @nesbot.bsky.social · 7h

YouTuber and MinnMax Host Jacob Geller accused of sexual abuse www.resetera.com/threads/16...

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Alex Zandra @zandravandra.com · 12h

I dreamed I committed the perfect crime thanks to my murder yokai. I played it cool, got rid of the evidence, the heat was dying down... and then yokai columbo showed up

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Katra Ariello, Golden Apple Audio 🏳️‍⚧️ @katrafiy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hey everyone, I'm really in a bind. I was just told earlier today that my job will be terminating me on October 13th, exactly one day before my upcoming requested paid medical leave to recover from bottom surgery. I intend to fight this in court, but I could really use some help in the meantime.

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Donate to Support Katra Through Bottom Surgery Recovery, organized by Katra Ariello

Hi, my name is Katra, and I’ve just been notified that I’ll be let go of… Katra Ariello needs your support for Support Katra Through Bottom Surgery Recovery

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Maddy Myers 🏳️‍🌈 @midimyers.com · 13h

this analysis of Big Walk, through the lens of "men don't talk to each other anymore" and the cultural norms that have led us to where we are with that, is so lovely and i think will resonate with a lot of you

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Big Walk lights the way for non-toxic masculinity in games

Interrogating "men don't talk to each other" through a game about communication

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ValiantAMM @valiantamm.blackskycomra.de · 30/09/2026

The problem is I am afraid of playing things I find enjoyable for fear I will fizzle out halfway through them or they will consume me completely when I don't have the time to get immersed. But this also means I'm playing The Witness again so

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ValiantAMM @valiantamm.blackskycomra.de · 30/09/2026

That game was The Witness. Somehow I stopped, like, right before the mountain. I'm certain it's not worth it but I am a little tired of always having to put an asterisk on my completion of games

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Andrew Elmore 💽 @elmore.zone · 29/09/2026

You might wanna keep an eye on this... 👀

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 30/09/2026

One of the best texture artists in the Quake modding scene. You could make SO many games with these textures.

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Joseph Knoop @josephknoop.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We used to release three reasonably-but-not-wildly evolved entries in a series on the same console. We called them "trilogies" and usually the second one involved giving the mascot a gun.

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julie muncy @julie.radiantarray.io · 29/09/2026

i've been saying, one path forward for the mid-budget games industry is just... going and making expansions to popular old games. there's a market here. bring back the era of outsourced expansion packs. i'm so serious.

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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026

My podcast is only a year old. I'm so geeked to be nominated for this particular episode because it's an episode ERRRRYBODY needs to listen to.

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maddie ★ othatsraspberry @othatsraspberry.com · 29/09/2026

who needs social media when kyle maclachlan's memoir just came in the mail

hard cover of Fictional Selves, Kyle Maclachlan's memoir

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maddie ★ othatsraspberry @othatsraspberry.com · 29/09/2026

good video and a reminder that we'd probably all do better to spend a little less time on social media

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ValiantAMM @valiantamm.blackskycomra.de · 29/09/2026

I didn't know Spiders Georg was problematic. I just liked watching him eat spiders

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tctc @toastcrust.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

tangent but I also think in the era of simultaneous global releases, where people have maybe a few months, if not only weeks, to workshop titles to try and find A Really Good One, instead of the possibly years people could have had in the past on average title localizations just aren't as good

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Jordan Wood @thecrossoverappeal.com · 29/09/2026

Apropos of nothing, here's bunch of women, femme, nb writers whose work I've appreciated over the past year. First, @katyar.bsky.social. I've shared her work a bunch before because her sharp coverage balances enthusiasm for the form with wide-eyed crit. playingthisweek.substack.com/p/the-games-...

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To the games I won't ever play...

An ode to those who make experiencing them still possible.

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artemis, big boss of stop caring @stopcar.ing · 29/09/2026

Im sorry to be a bummer on the tl, but the idea of losing Stop Caring is really painful. I am very proud of the small space I've carved for myself and others, the ways readers have received our pieces, and all the lovely people I've met. It would be a shame to lose it all.

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Esper Quinn 💠 @esper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

(rushing into the room like Mouse from that scene in The Matrix) WE'RE POLITICALLY DEFENDABLE!!

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Ashley Schofield is looking for work! 🐉 @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

also i hate how simple and reductive this sounds but no women or trans people having jobs also means that it's considerably harder for female and trans freelancers to get any work at all because cis men are just less likely to accept or even reply to pitches from us, whether they admit it or not

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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I think it’s fun that all of the core id guys are now normal charming dorky dad types (Romero, Hall, Adrian Carmack) or ontologically evil freaks (John Carmack, Sandy) with American McGee, an ardent libertarian that now lives on a boat and makes plushies, somehow straddling the line.

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Me to fan artwork of hot characters in games and franchises I don't play

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 29/09/2026

Reason I think this is neat is that there's provably unexplored space left to check out. It's cool if you want to make a roguelike deckbuilder but you absolutely do not have to.

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Ashley Schofield is looking for work! 🐉 @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

asking this as genuinely as i possibly can despite the lump in my throat: if you are anyone who isn't a cis guy in games media, do you think you will ever be employed in the field. by employed i mean not a freelancer, not a permalancer, actually employed like cis men get to be regardless of talent

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ashley bardhan @ashleybardhan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

is there a better word than devastated? (shattered? fly-swatted?) anyway i've been laid off. i joined gamesradar+ as a freelancer in 2023, and the site had my lifelong admiration by the time i became a senior writer in 2024. i'll miss it lmk if u need a creepy🧟‍♀️ gurl: ashleybardhan(at)gmail(dot)com

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lynx awakening @chimielynx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I really wish hoyo didnt suck i miss Sampo Koski

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Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 29/09/2026

my favorite way to use drafts is like writing a posting affidavit where i write a post about a funny situation that could possibly arise in the future in the hopes that it manifests it. like a list of locked achievements or uncompleted optional challenges in a video game.

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ValiantAMM @valiantamm.blackskycomra.de · 29/09/2026

Started working on a mock-up of a design layout for a poster-ish thing and I think I might have to throw in a few images of bananas to help me understand the scale of how big the words are

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Natalie (Tali) Vancouver era ✨ @talidev3d.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

do I know any game composers on here who have written for vocals? I have a few questions 🙏

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Privaty Business @wanwanattack.qtbrewer.moe · 29/09/2026

The new Princess Maker leaves early access in just two days, while $35 isn't cheap, people expect the price to go up quite a bit for 1.0 with the addition of dubbing and whatnot, so if it interests you, now's a good time to hop on. Early word is VERY positive. store.steampowered.com/app/3438810/...

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Princess Maker: Children of Revelation on Steam

Princess Maker: Children of Revelation is a raising simulation game that returns after nearly 18 years as part of the Princess Maker package series, where you raise a young girl into adulthood. Become...

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Google earth has updated its satellite images of Gaza. The destruction is almost incomprehensible.

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Rosemyne @rosemyne.xyz · 28/09/2026

Genuine question, can anyone cite any academic articles or books that are related to this phenomena? Trying to write a paper and it's tangentially related so I figure I could incorporate some aspect of it in.

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hitsujigoods.bsky.social @hitsujigoods.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Actionable Threat pins are here! They'll be up in the Hitsuji Goods shop this Friday at 5PM PST! I'm extremely happy with how they turned out!

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Elliot 🫪 @nameoftheyear.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i did in fact forget that Fire Emblem Shadows existed at all, and was flashbanged by nintendo emailing me a pic of lion fursona Dietrich… yes i understand that posting this is just doing free advertising for gacha, but what am i gonna do, NOT expose my followers to lion fursona Dietrich??

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Kris Wolfheart @kriswolfhe.art · 28/09/2026

Your options are corporate slop that means nothing or stuff made by actual human beings that has meaning but also might have parts that put you off or make you uncomfortable, you can't have it both ways

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Lief @houseoflief.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I wrote an article for the coop on how to move your webcomic off Tapas. Check it out!

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Dex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 28/09/2026

I do have to pay for Minerva's blood stealing tests and it will be $100. v3nmo to help keep the rent paid and my cat healthy: dexanderson

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ValiantAMM @valiantamm.blackskycomra.de · 28/09/2026

Waiting for that isekai about the transfem character transitioning themselves into a Mysterious Beautiful Girl to get a new chapter translated

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Esper Quinn 💠 @esper.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

some guys say they’re gonna do a thing and then don’t do the thing. Not Alex Jaffe though. He sent me $5 for big root beer. what about you? will *you* send $5 to esperquinn on pay’pl or espercontrol on vn’mo for big root beer? or, will you just *say* you will?

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grace @gracemachine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

For obvious reasons, I haven't talked much about it on here, but my father died suddenly while cycling. Grateful to @sltrib.com for letting me eulogize him and write about the absolute moral necessity of making roads safer for pedestrians and bikers.

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Voices: Deaths like my father’s are not anomalies. They are the bloody cost of our car-obsessed world.

“We can, we must, take action now, before some new senseless death proves the need for change all over again,” Grace Benfell writes in an op-ed.

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