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Zoey Nyx @zoeylynnnyx.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

It's wild to me, that there are two Star Wars games, that came out within a month or so of each other, that hit right into genres that I'm nerdy about, and both of them seem to be pretty good overall. I have zero interest in Star Wars generally, but I might pick them up eventually 🤔

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Stephanie Lamy @stephlamy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The Colonne de Juillet, Place de la Bastille, has been redecorated 😍

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 09/06/2026

Understated consequence of this: how can you convince your hospital board that it must keep offering trans youth care if one of the leftmost politicians in America set his new clinic at 19 and over? It sets a horrible precedent.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 09/06/2026

What people need to understand is that this is solely in response to an executive order. No law or regulation has changed. If Trump writes another executive order targeting adults tomorrow, trans people cannot trust that our state and local governments will fight for us when they won't for youth.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 09/06/2026

1. In a move that is likely to be seen as capitulation to Trump, EITM can confirm that Mamdani's first ever trans direct care clinic will deny care to those under 19 years of age, the age from Trump's anti-trans EOs. It is a far cry from his pledge to "use every tool" to fight capitulation.

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Mamdani's New Trans Direct Clinic Will Deny Care To Those Under 19

The NYC Health Spokesperson confirmed with Erin In The Morning that trans youth will not be offered care.

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Tommy Thompson @tommy.aiandgames.com · 14/01/2026

The big takeaways from my predictions issue for game devs are: - Indies who are gen AI free should fly that flag high, as Steam is going to filled with slop this year. - If you're a games studio with opinions on AI, unless you have done something people will actually like, just shut up.

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 14/01/2026

I often think about Jonathan Cooper's posts about TLOU2, that the studio ran out of seasoned game animators because its reputation was so bad and thus had to hire film folks who had to be taught how to put games together.

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

A few months ago, ICE hired me I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!" My latest for Slate

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You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.

What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.

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Dan Floyd @danfloydplus.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

On an internet full of poisonous gamer subcultures, this competitive scene has a giant crowd enthusiastically cheering "trans rights!" shoutouts like a dozen times an hour Obviously every scene has its pockets of toxicity, but this community could have turned out SO differently

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Dan Floyd @danfloydplus.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

The extent to which Games Done Quick has helped to steer the larger speedrunning community - one of the most hardcore video game enthusiast subcultures there is - into becoming something so welcoming, inclusive and supportive astonishes me

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Zoey Nyx @zoeylynnnyx.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Going to celebrate a chill New Years with friends. Potato soup was mentioned. Am content :3

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Li Chen @exocomics.com · 29/12/2025

daily routine

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Angus @angusart.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

"Hi Robot"-Mina Some Citizen Sleeper fanart done as a keyframe. One of the small vignettes that got to me and I just want to illustrate it while practicing a workflow. #illustration #citizensleeper

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Bárbara Helena @silvoca.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is free on Internet Archive for the foreseeable future.

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

The confusion and conflation of ‘generative ai that is built on stolen artwork’ and ‘machine learning, character behaviour modelling and proc gen’ is intentional on the part of the grifters peddling the former. They benefit from murkiness of classification, because the latter predates their bollocks

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

In the new year I want to do a series on HanksChannel called “find the papers” where I take a fun science fact and then actually find the papers that established that knowledge. Anything you want me to dig up? I’ve already done “Male anglerfish are sexual parasites.”

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Radmad is Unplugging his PAX @radmad.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

(yes I'm still yelling about this) The beautiful thing about AI is you really can't put the toothpaste back in the tube. If Swen promises to entirely reverse course in the next 30 min it's still too late - you've poisoned not just your game but your entire studio forever.

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PSX Bunlith 🪄🏳️‍⚧️ E2 OCT 16TH!!!! 🐰🌱 BLM ACAB 🇵🇸 @b0tster.yeag.gay · 16/12/2025

"we USE ai, but our game wont CONTAIN it" is a clarification that no one has ever cared about & now CEOs are using it as a wedge to get their foot in the door as a part of a long term plan into normalizing AI, just like how 'it's just placeholder' was used with E33. dont cede even an inch of ground

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 16/12/2025

I know this because they tried to recruit me and I strongly considered it but they’re also a “do an unpaid writing test where you have to also make it playable” company so that’s not something I vibe with

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 16/12/2025

Everyone is more or less okay with it” dude you make people emigrate to work there because you don’t do remote work, they risk having to change countries if they disagree with it

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Generative AI: worsen your reputation and mildly lower your productivity in one easy step.

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 16/12/2025

Look man I don’t think the people being poisoned by data centers really care if you remove the generated assets before shipping, and I don’t really care if you “only” use the machine that stole my shit and convinced teens to off themselves for internal PowerPoints. Cool motive. Still bullshit tho.

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Zane Selvans @zaneselvans.org · 16/12/2025

Maybe LLMs speak prep-school (post-) Imperial British English. Because that's what most English knowers globally use. marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-...

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I'm Kenyan. I Don't Write Like ChatGPT. ChatGPT Writes Like Me.

I'm calm. I'm calm. I promise.

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Zoey Nyx @zoeylynnnyx.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Well ... at this rate I'm gonna have to make a spreadsheet of devs to never buy from again. It's wild how much the industry has made it a moral decision, whether or not to buy any given game over the past few years.

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Chequered Ink @chequered.ink · 04/12/2025

More coverage of our 10,000 Game Assets Pack, this time on Dexerto. We really do appreciate all the support everyone is giving this - basically it makes the last year of working on it full time worthwhile & spurs us on to create more assets!! www.dexerto.com/gaming/indie... #gamedev #indiedev

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Indie studio releases 10k human-made game assets so devs “don’t turn to AI” - Dexerto

Indie creators got a boost as a new 10k human-made asset pack launched to help developers avoid relying on AI tools.

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Commander Sterling @commandersterling.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

A truly great idea. 10,000 ethical assets freely available. There’s no excuse for resorting to so-called AI with this and the *many* other assets you can use without resorting to laundered plagiarism. Support real artists, not con artists.

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BOOles @awawa.pics · 16/07/2025

with alt text, because everyone deserves a good cry. come over.

We Have Enough Dead Friends
by LENA OLEANDERSON

Come over. The doors are open,
my flat's a mess and
so is my heart
but the doors are always open.
Come over. I will make soup,
probably from frozen but
the important thing is
we will both eat.

You don't have to be dying,
but if you are,
or you feel like you are,
or if living's been hard,
call me, and I will show up.
It doesn't have to be that bad,
it doesn't have to be bad at all,
but if it is, please call.

Do you want me to do the groceries?
Do you want me to mop the floors?
Do you need to be held;
you don't have to be dying to be held.
If you want me to be there, I want to.

I'm on the bathroom floor again,
and breathing is hard,
and eating's been hard, and sleeping,
the world is a laden thing
rolling around on my chest lately.
Just being alive is heavy tonight,
but we have enough dead friends.
Come over.

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Zoey Nyx @zoeylynnnyx.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Don't bring flags to a TDoR-vigil that aren't pride-flags. Ever. Give us this one day. Only one day to mourn our dead, without making it about anybody else.

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Slashley Cooper 🔪 @ashleycooper.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I would have you remember that there are trans people alive who need your action now, not your reflective words later. Remembering us is not enough.

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Zoey Nyx @zoeylynnnyx.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Gonna head to a vigil in a bit. It's good to be around people.

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Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Hey folks, I often do posts calling for indie developers to link me their games so I can signal boost them. Today I want to do something similar for all trans creatives. If you are a trans game dev, artist, writer, streamer or YouTuber, reply here with a link to your work. Only one rule: no GenAI.💜

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Ashley Schofield is looking for work! 🐉 @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

happy transgender day of remembrance thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly please live 💜

A screenshot from Celeste. Madeline stands by a memorial dedicated to those who perished on the climb up Celeste Mountain.

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Zoey Nyx @zoeylynnnyx.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Today is Trans Day of Remembrance. Every year, this day gets a little bit harder. The weight we carry gets heavier. The shoulders to carry it are fewer. Too many were lost. We will remember you. We will not give up. We will survive. Remember the dead. And fight like hell for the living.

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Doc Vivi Leandra【 VTC 】- Real-Life Scientist VTuber 🧬🖥️ @docvivileandra.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Nothing is a better demonstration of the anti-scientific nature of banning trans women from sports than the fact that the IOC's OWN STUDY found no evidence trans women have any advantage over cis women in sports, but they're planning on going ahead with banning us anyways

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Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Why am I so against generative AI in games? Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS

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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back

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IggyMaid @iggymaid.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

This current trend of adding "It reflects our vision" to AI disclosures makes me sick "no it's fine that we used the theft machine because it was our creative vision!" get fucked, every single one of you This is for Anno 117 & Arc Raiders

AI GENERATED CONTENT DISCLOSURE for Anno 117
The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

AI tools were used to help create some in game assets. In all such cases, the final product reflects our team’s craft and creative vision.

AI GENERATED CONTENT DISCLOSURE for Arc Raiders
The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

During the development process, we may use procedural- and AI-based tools to assist with content creation. In all such cases, the final product reflects the creativity and expression of our own development team.

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Zoey Nyx @zoeylynnnyx.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Only adding the "We used Gen-AI to make assets"-disclaimer, less than a week before launch is a scummy move. Never preorder folks. I expected better from Ubisoft Mainz and ANNO 117, but I guess we can't have nice things anymore.

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Bithell Games @bithellgames.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

📢 We're reopening creator keys requests for our older games! As part of our legacy games celebration, we've got fresh batches of Steam keys for several older titles. If you're a content creator who would like to showcase one of our games, details on how to get keys are below!

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Zoey Nyx @zoeylynnnyx.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

I loved the game, despite it's shortcomings. The story asked some fascinating moral questions. By the time I learned about them using Gen-AI in it's development, my playthrough was almost done. The game about corporate exploitation using Gen-AI to fill gaps, was deeply ironic and left a bad taste.

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Qualbert.com @ GCAP 🔜 PAX @qualbert.com · 28/10/2025

"The more we let companies use GenAI in development, the more we all stand to lose." As scope increases and budgets shrink, The Alters is a cautionary tale of gaps plugged up by AI, and the backlash that follows. @riorobayo.bsky.social examines #GenAI in games: www.qualbert.com/ai-use-in-th...

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I’m Still Not Done Talking About AI Use in The Alters | Qualbert

The more we let companies use GenAI in development, the more we all stand to lose. We examine the ripple effects of AI use in games, beginning with The Alters.

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Zoey Nyx @zoeylynnnyx.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Hanging out at a queer bar and nerding out over Vampire: The Masquerade lore for several hours will never get old :D

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Laura Kate Dale - LauraKBuzz @laurakbuzz.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

I genuinely can't overstate how big a deal it is to see a first party Nintendo game feature a dedicated Accessibility menu like this, so well thought out, detailed in depth before game release. There is literally no precident for this from Nintendo. This is a huge leap forward.

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M. Gordon @dimespin.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Sleep is a biological necessity, and sleep deprivation has real physical, psychological, and social consequences that need to be taken seriously. The way our society treats it as slothful to sleep according to natural rhythms (including midday naps and variant chronotypes like night owls) is evil.

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Zoey Nyx @zoeylynnnyx.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

*sighs* Steam Next-Fest is up. I go through my recommendations. A total of 6 games immediately catch my eye. Out of those 6, 3 games use generative AI in some way. And sadly, Steam hasn't been particularly strict on enforcing the "disclose AI on the store"-rule, so who knows if there isn't more.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

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