I'll say this, it's so nice to see a lot of people I follow on here just enjoying a game and having fun, including people who aren't games journalists

Big Walk is out today! We've been SO lucky to get to work with @househouse.com on it, what an incredibly special experience. Here are some of @emaudible.bsky.social and @nicholaszhangaudio.bsky.social highlights that came up in one of our play tests, on working on the sound for the last 5 years 🔴🟡🔵

Artists of Bluesky, please try out the Repost Queue and let me know how you are using it and what could be improved! #art

deck.blue@deck.blue · 15h ago

The main usage for this was thought of with a few artist friends of mine which basically boils down to this: - As an artist, you're now able to keep a sequence of reposts (say, every 2 hours) for your latest publications or even some old ones in-between; you can set it to "loop" until you change it

man big walk feels like playing myst with your friends

big walk with 2 people is interesting - @tylercolp.bsky.social and I are pretty veteran duo puzzle solvers (we played Obduction, so very similar vibes) but we lack the ability to carry tons of stuff so we're doing little MMO tactics of looping POIs on the map as drop zones

big walkin'

screenshots // #bigwalk

With drives starting in a couple of days, I'm going to play some sweaty qp in #Overwatch. twitch.tv/casual_jacob_

Casual_Jacob_ - Live on Twitch

Sweaty QP games because drives are this weekend. | Streaming overwatch.

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For today's launch of the nicest game ever, Big Walk, I made cookies of The Red Object. It's a game to savor, strengthen, and build friendships.

Bay Area friends: would you consider opening your home to these two cuddly cats? A friend found them behind a gas station. Their sibling, a black cat, got adopted, but it appears no one likes orange cats. They are being kept in a bathroom for the time being and need a home.

derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · 4w ago

A friend of mine found these three kittens behind a Bay Area gas station. They are tame, vaccinated, and incredibly affectionate. Unfortunately, she's unable to keep them and I'm trying to find them a home. They are at risk of going to a shelter. Bay Area people, are you open to adopting?

seems like a good time to bump this one again (my first ever feature!) www.avclub.com/not-every-co...

Not Every Co-Op Game is "Friendslop"

Just because low-budget games like Lethal Company and Peak are popular and played with friends doesn't mean they're slop,

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Wrote this back in December. Still a good primer on Saudi investments in games, I think. 🎁🔗: wapo.st/4gc0oZt

Column | Saudi Arabia’s great game

With a headlong plunge into the global video game sector, what is Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman playing at?

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Going from Goose Game to Big Walk is crazy. Going into the Hyperbolic Time Chamber for six years and coming out with Batsu Game Myst.

I cannot tell you how many times a day people ask a question on Discord that is researchable, and I know this because I look it up on Google and don't have issues doing so

thom(b) 🏳️‍⚧️🐢🏳️‍🌈@thomicks.bsky.social · 20h ago

i know "just google it" has become annoying and less useful thanks to google getting increasingly more shitty but there's been a very strong opposition to it that is like, actively against the concept of "figuring things out for yourself" and it makes me a little bit sick

ok how about friendscore instead of friendslop. friendslop sounds derogatory and so it’s therefore not a good term. be part of the solution people

We’ve set up a video game hot take show inside of Big Walk. Welcome to Big Talk Our first episode is up on the Restart.Run socials IG/TikTok/YT Shorts We would love to bring more people on the show

"Waking up every day is a skill. Clocking in every day is a skill. Finding scraps of resistance and joy in the bleak fields of our work is a skill. Tomorrow is a skill."

My body is for rent

Visions of labor in the Citizen Sleeper games

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hello! i was on guys: a podcast about guys, one of my favorite pods ever. we talked about small business guys and i had an incredible time. www.patreon.com/GuysPodcast/...

Guys: Episode 183 - Small Business Guys with Gita Jackson | Guys A Podcast About Guys

I went back to my roots this week and we talked about small business guys, we brought Gita Jackson from Aftermath to talk about the army tha

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The “Gilbert Shirt” has officially made its debut in Milwaukee. The shirt commemorates our alpaca, Gilbert, who survived a vicious dog attack and continues to live his best life in Chilean Patagonia.

Everyone hates it when their opponent just leaves the game before it's over, so I've been trying to find ways to soften the blow a little bit. #fightinggame #gamemaker #indiedev

ow #bigwalk

Why did the D.mon animation give her blue eyes though? #overwatch

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Rascal News@rascal.news · 2d ago

State of the Rascal: August 2026 www.rascal.news/state-of-the...

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big walk more like big good

Big Walk has the juice

As of this morning, the itch bundle officially broke 100k. This is a lifeline to our fellow workers and proof that solidarity extends beyond borders, both literal and figurative. Never let anyone tell you that things cannot change.

United Videogame Workers-CWA@videogameworkers.bsky.social · 3d ago

You’ve helped us raise over 80k for laid off gamedevs in need so far, and we still have plenty of time left in the bundle’s drive. Everyone who organized this effort was doing so on their own time for the benefit of others. If these companies wanted to, they would. They don’t. We do. Join us. ✊

the "specific group of people" is what makes this platform good though, we don't want nazis here

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

Even setting aside the -slop suffix originating with 4chan antisemitism (which is always in the back of my mind when I see it)... I don't understand the weird hate for "silly games to play with your friends"