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Beck [they/them]

@beckspace.bsky.social

I like games and social justice. Formerly Foundation For Digital Games Culture, Jumpy Bit, Mixtvision Games and Games/Bavaria. Nonbinary. They / them.

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Transparency @transparency.bsky.social · 6d ago

Jez San, founder of Argonaut, donated 2 million pounds to the conservative party in 2025. He was the biggest individual donor in Q1 of that year. Please, be informed before purchasing anything. You can emulate PS1 games on basically any device these days (even your phone) with ease.

GOG.COM@gog.com · 7d ago

The one & only Croc returns! Wishlist it on GOG now: www.gog.com/game/croc_2_...

Leiracal @leiracal.bsky.social · 12mo ago

This concept was introduced to me as "run the dishwasher twice" and was an important part of my executive functioning recovery as well as my path to self-acceptance.

When I was at one of my lowest (mental) points in life, I couldn't get out of bed some days. I had no energy or motivation and was barely getting by.

I had therapy once per week, and on this particular week I didn't have much to 'bring' to the session. He asked how my week was and I really had nothing to say.

'What are you struggling with?' he asked.

I gestured around me and said 'I dunno man. Life.'

Not satisfied with my answer, he said 'No, what exactly are you worried about right now? What feels overwhelming? When you go home after this session, what issue will be staring at you?'

I knew the answer, but it was so ridiculous that I didn't want to say it. I wanted to have something more substantial.
Something more profound.

But I didn't.

So I told him, 'Honestly? The dishes. It's stupid, I know, but the more I look at them the more I CAN'T do them because I'll have to scrub them before I put them in the dishwasher, because the dishwasher sucks, and I just can't stand and scrub the dishes.'

I felt like an idiot even saying it.

What kind of grown ass woman is undone by a stack of dishes? There are people out there with *actual* problems, and I'm whining to my therapist about dishes?

But he nodded in understanding and then said:

'RUN THE DISHWASHER TWICE.'

I began to tell him that you're not supposed to, but he stopped me.

'Why the hell aren't you supposed to? If you don't want to scrub the dishes and your dishwasher sucks, run it twice. Run it three times, who cares?! Rules do not exist.'

It blew my mind in a way that I don't think I can properly express.

That day, I went home and tossed my smelly dishes haphazardly into the dishwasher and ran it three times.

I felt like I had conquered a dragon.

The next day, I took a shower lying down.

A few days later. I folded my laundry and put them wherever the fuck they fit.

There were no longer arbitrary rules I had to follow, and it gave me the freedom to make accomplishments again.

Now that I'm in a healthier place, I rinse off my dishes and put them in the dishwasher properly. I shower standing up. I sort my laundry.

But at a time when living was a struggle instead of a blessing, I learned an incredibly important lesson:

THERE ARE NO RULES. RUN THE DISHWASHER TWICE!!!"

punkitt ‼️🧣@punkitt.bsky.social · 12mo ago

mucho texto i know but i wanted to write a lil thing about how u can treat yourself nice!!

art of a wolf girl eating broccoli and brushing her teeth. the dialogue says:
I've been an adult living on my own for a coupleyears now and since I have ADHD and bouts of Sick Brain Disease I can fall into a rut easilyESPECIALLY when it comesto taking care of myselfbut the awesome thing about being an adult is that no one is watching over your shoulder making
sure you're perfect i used to give myself shit that i wouldn't be able to eat healthier or take care of myself in an optimal way here's a cool trick tho: ANYTHINGis is better than nothing. if you can only eat a couple vegetables? buddy thats better than no vegetables. worried about brushing your teeth for like three minutes? do like ten seconds instead want to socialize more often but you're worried you can't do multi-hour events? babe you're an adult now, if you get tired you can just leave lol If you want to improve, fuck yeah, work your way up to more of whatever. starting at all is the hard part - if you can do that then you've got a lot of what you need already anyway ive crunched the numbers and treating yourself a little bit better than yesterday is actually a million times better than trying to Fix Your Life Completely and getting mad when you can't do a 180. be nice and recognize that you can live a lot of your life in first or second drafts; if you're not perfect yet? fuck it, you'll get better later! u can do it!!! woof!!

Living in a neoliberal dystopian hellscape @breakify.bsky.social · 2w ago

There is absolutely no justification for supporting ModRetro. If you're willing to line the pockets of a fascist war profiteer to partake in the retro gaming hobby, you're just a garbage human being, especially since there are many other options available.

ModRetro Sells Handheld Made Of The Same Metal As Attack Drones

The Anduril Chromatic device is made for ‘performance and reliability’ in case you’re playing Tetris in a warzone, I guess?

kotaku.com

Adam Konig | Play Mischief on steam! 🐀@konig.games · last mo.

My biggest pet peeve is that there's a ton of scam websites that are "Free QR Code Generator"s then the QR code stops working after a few days and then redirects you to ask you to PAY to re-activate it. I made a page on website for making ACTUALLY FREE QR Codes. Enjoy. konig.games/QRCodes/ #QRCodes

Khakionion (8MB) (for PlayStation®2)@khakionion.bsky.social · last mo.

Close to zero of the recent innovations in game design require any hardware that's been produced after about 2015 or so. No one who needs to learn this lesson will, but, we could all just choose to make games that target PS4-era kit, and there would not be a hardware price crisis right now.

Le Pixel Hunt - Making Games at the End of the World @thepixelhunt.bsky.social · last mo.

Today as a bonus on the road to Ithaca, here's a conversation we had with Clara and Luzie from @mucksgames.com about making games that are "different". youtu.be/RF_Gw3k1DJk Like what you see? They have a KS campaign going on. Back their game, it's great! www.kickstarter.com/projects/muc...

Mucks Games on making indie games that matter - Clara&Luzie

YouTube video by The Pixel Hunt

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · last mo.

Oh man. Riot partnering with the fascist streamer platform is extremely not good. www.riotgames.com/en/news/riot...

Expanding our Global Esports Distribution with KICK

KICK will help us serve more passionate esports fans, players, and creators around the world

riotgames.com

Ruairí Rodinson @ruairirodinson.bsky.social · last mo.

Psst, Hey you, yeah you. Wanna play one of 'em Queer games? No Ai, just a lot of human made detail in the art and writing? 'Cus i've one you get to play as a cool trans lion guy as he runs about Mars getting into trouble. Mars Vice, 25% off, plus a demo. store.steampowered.com/app/1886910/...

Anjin Anhut / available for freelance @anjinanhut.bsky.social · last mo.

Remember: The scarce job opportunities might make you see your fellow creatives as competition to be left behind. But if you roll like that, not only are you making it worse for everybody, you are also becoming a bitter poo poo head. Solidarity, support, mutual aid, unionization, protest.

Katara: We're Gonna Do It Together

Alt: Katara: We're Gonna Do It Together

static.klipy.com

Rami Ismail (رامي)@ramiismail.com · last mo.

Our games industry is people. Our studios are people. Our teams people, our games by people for people. Our games are made by people, in groups of people, in teams of people, making people things for people. The magic is people, and the people deserve so much better than all this. I am so sorry.

FragDenStaat @fragdenstaat.de · last mo.

Wir veröffentlichen die AfD-Datenbank! @freiheitsrechte.org hat heute ein AfD-Gutachten veröffentlicht. Das Ergebnis: Die AfD ist nachweislich verfassungswidrig. Wir haben die Belege zum Gutachten systematisiert & visualisiert – für eure eigenen Recherchen! fragdenstaat.de/afd-datenban...

AfD-Datenbank

Wir liefern die erste Datenbank mit juristisch geprüften Belegen für die Verfassungswidrigkeit der AfD. Mehr als 2000 Quellen wurden aufbereitet, visualisiert und durchsuchbar gemacht. Die Datenbank i...

fragdenstaat.de

Valerie.vg (formerly DIYHRT.Market)@valerie.vg · 2mo ago

Looking for HRT? Ask Valerie. valerie.vg More information about the rebrand here valerie.vg/rebrand

Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Millions of copyrighted songs were fed to AI music generators - now there's proof Suno and rivals are being sued for $150k per song. A sum that would bankrupt these companies and set an important precedent.

Millions of Copyrighted Songs Were Fed to AI Music Generators – Now There's Proof

Millions of copyrighted songs trained AI music generators, and new searchable databases from The Atlantic now confirm which tracks were used.

gadgetreview.com

Laura Platt 🌈@lauraplattmusic.com · 2mo ago

There's a searchable database on this article (accessible in incognito) - www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

The Millions of Songs Mashed Into AI-Generated Music

Explore the astonishing amount of music available to AI developers.

theatlantic.com

Picster (Raffaele Picca)@picster.bsky.social · 2mo ago

My next game is ... MOLDRISE is a first-person psych. horror roguelike where you are infected with a fungus that takes over your mind and forces you to go UP. You will die - a lot. But you will learn and adapt. Or discover other ways to die. #GodotEngine #IndieDev #GameDev

Michael Kamm @michaelkamm.games · 2mo ago

Last year, miHoYo copied my puzzle game Ouros in Zenless Zone Zero. Because they are a recognized, billion-dollar studio and my game isn't well known, some people are now assuming that their version is the original, and mine is the clone. I hope this video clears that up.

Rami Ismail (رامي)@ramiismail.com · 3mo ago

Debate? Which debate? There should be no debate. Tax this fucker and everything he owns for 98% and he'll still have 5.5 billion US Dollars. You'd have to earn 8,000 dollars per hour for 80 years straight to have that much money.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo ago

Bezos on CNBC: "You could double the taxes I pay, and it's not gonna help that teacher in Queens. I promise you."

Aki Orange 🐶🍊@orangeisborange.com · 3mo ago

PSA for YouTube Creators! Just wanna share this in case you don't want Google to have access to remix your YouTube shorts with GenAI using Gemini! YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY ENROLLED. Here is what it's doing and how to opt out of said option if you don't want your shorts to be remixed with AI.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 3mo ago

this is a masterpiece

United Wizards of the Coast - CWA @uwotc-official.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Since the announcement of our union, Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro have hired Fisher Phillips (a union avoidance firm), and chosen to engage in a daily union-avoidance campaign by sending emails to the Arena team that is spreading misinformation and sowing fear among our colleagues. #uwotc-cwa

David Wynne @davidwynne.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Just a little PSA- Neil Gaiman has reactivated his Bluesky account. Because he deactivated before a lot of people could unfollow him, and/or because Bluesky doesn’t remove you from a person’s followers when you block them, a LOT of you are still publicly listed as following him. You should check.

Ty 💀@tys.work · 3mo ago

One thing I would like to see in 2027 is when games about liberation from capitalism make some money, that money is controlled and stewarded by socialist organizations that will fund some new games about liberation.

Sophie @sophies.games · 3mo ago

goddamn, dude.

Then, I asked how she would feel about a person who was born female yet raised male against her will, and who, after a lifetime of pretending to be male in order to survive, finally reclaimed her female identity upon reaching adulthood. After being confronted with this scenario, the woman conceded that she would be inclined to let this person enter women-only space, thus demonstrating that her argument about male socialization was really an argument about biology after all. In fact, after being pressed a bit further, she admitted that the scenario of a young girl who was forced against her will into boyhood made her realize how traumatic and dehumanizing male socialization could be for someone who was female-identified. This, of course, is exactly how many trans women experience their own childhoods.

Julia Serano@juliaserano.bsky.social · 3mo ago

seeing ppl discussing "male socialization" in regard to trans ppl. not sure what instigated it, but here's my best online essay on it (with a bit of “Trans Masc vs Trans Fem” discourse as a treat): on Medium: juliaserano.medium.com/on-male-soci... & Substack: juliaserano.substack.com/p/on-male-so...

Nat (she/they) 🔜 MagicCon Amsterdam @murderveggie.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Question for my fellow #SocialMediaManagers, since I am curious how other people handle this: When do you make a new, game-only account versus just using to the brand account? Do you handle this differently depending on the platform? What other factors go into your decision? #KnowledgeExchange

Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 3mo ago

still not quite over the fact that i watched 15 year olds get sued for millions of dollars for downloading twelve songs and now we all have to accept AI slop because every tech company in the known universe decided that IP laws don't exist now that they're inconvenient for them

Green Parrot Games @greenparrotgames.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Hello hello! Have you been wondering what we were working on? We're finally ready to give you a first sneak peek! It's Lucky Punk, a perfect information push-your-luck roguelike deckbuilder. We're even running a playtest next week, if you want to give it a try! store.steampowered.com/app/4508290/

Lucky Punk: a push your luck Deckbuilder on Steam

We've distilled the roguelike deckbuilder into one simple choice: Draw or Stop. Push your luck and beat the odds in the vibrant post-apocalypse. Gather supplies and build your community. Survive and t...

store.steampowered.com

That girl with the posts @roodypatooti.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Please share this one.

$HEY YOU! YES YOU! TAKE THIS SHIT OUT OF LINKS! example.com/article{?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=emai} /youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcC{?si=Aa1Uc_fRHXC0ay85} These are source identifiers Source identifiers are used to track your activity on a site.Where you came from, what device you use, and even who you talk to. Whether it's written clearly in the url or tied to a random string of characters, it's assigned to your activity. When you send a link containing a source identifier to somebody and they click it, it signals to the website that you two are connected. And that data goes right back to the website operators, and thus their advertisers. Whenever you select "share" or "copy link" on a social app or website, it creates a link like this. If you give even the smallest shit about online privacy, it's important to remove them. Everything after the "?" symbol can be removed without issue, especially sections starting with "si=" or "utm _source="$

Der Deutsche Computerspielpreis | Der DCP @derdcp.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The Darkest Files ist das Beste Deutsche Spiel des #derDCP 26! Mit einer visuell starken Welt im „Comic-Noir“-Stil und spannenden Mechaniken eröffnet es eine Spielerfahrung, die Erinnerungskultur innovativ und glaubwürdig erlebbar macht, ohne Unterhaltungswert zu verlieren.

Pim @yeehawpim.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I can be the ship and its sailors