Die Regierung stellt arbeitende Menschen unter Generalverdacht und legt die Axt an unseren Sozialstaat. 📢 Deshalb gehen wir am 26.09. gemeinsam auf die Straße.
Je mehr Menschen dabei sind, desto weniger lässt sich unser Protest überhören. 🔗 www.verdi.de/stabilbleibe...

I couldn't find a gif, so here's a still of one of my favorite and most-watched movies instead.

Tarja Porkka-Kontturi@tarjapk.bsky.social · 6d ago

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

Valve’s own attacks on artistic expression don’t receive nearly the same amount of attention as Visa or MasterCard’s efforts. Their impenetrable, private review process continues to have a chilling effect on what you can say or depict in a video game.

Molleindustria FUTURE? NO THANKS! DEMO OUT@molleindustria.org · 2w ago

Some sad news regarding today’s release:

Heute um 14 Uhr geht es bei den German Dev Days um #Sexarbeit: Katharina Ziolkowski und ich stellen unser Projekt "Learning the Ropes" vor und kontextualisieren es in der Spielhistorie, die geprägt ist von Stereotypen und Stigmata.

Interesting discussion unfolding on Reddit, as a poster asks for help identifying the group identified on this plaque, uploaded to Alamy. It's... odd... and seems perhaps to be an AI hallucination. Worrying to have this polluting historical image databases! www.reddit.com/r/Symbology/...

*sigh*

shmuplations.com@shmuplations.bsky.social · 3w ago

Today we have something special: a newly translated interview from July 1996 between Shigeru Miyamoto and Kenji Eno! Conducted just weeks after the launch of Mario 64, Eno takes Miyamoto to task (in a friendly way) with several fascinating critiques of its design. shmuplations.com/miyamotoxeno/

Kommt zur Demo gegen die Sozialkürzungen am morgigen Samstag, den 11.07. in #dusseldorf! Organisiert wird die Veranstaltung von einem breiten Bündnis linker Initiativen. Alle wichtigen Information zum Ablauf, zur An- und Abreise und zu Barrieren findet ihr in den nachfolgenden Posts.

Für @de.ign.com habe ich mit Antonia Dressler über undurchsichtige Richtlinien im Umgang mit #AdultContent, Deplatforming, und zunehmende Beschränkungen der Kunstfreiheit gesprochen: de.ign.com/gesellschaft... #Gaming #Steam #PaymentProcessors

Steam, Epic, Kickstarter, aber nicht Nintendos eStore: So wird mit dem Verbot von NSFW-Inhalten Menschen ihre Mündigkeit abgesprochen

IGN Deutschland ist eure Anlaufstelle für aktuelle Tests, Reviews und Specials zu Games, Filmen und Serien – von großen Blockbustern bis zu Indie-Geheimtipps, mit klaren Wertungen, Meinungen und Video...

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For some people, video games are about the wonder of exploring strange, thrilling, action-packed worlds but for me the joy of video games has always been all about moving to a franchise-centric planning strategy to better focus resources on long-term growth and stability amid broader restructuring.

GamesIndustry.biz@gibiz.bsky.social · 4w ago

Bethesda is moving to a "franchise-centric" planning strategy to better focus resources on long-term growth and stability amid broader restructuring at Xbox www.gamesindustry.biz/bethesda-piv...

I'm currently writing this report for @aftermath.site. If any member of any accessibility team was impacted by the layoffs, please reach out through email, messages, or my signal –4129804478.

Grant Stoner@supercrip1994.bsky.social · last mo.

I'm seeing direct confirmation that members of the Xbox accessibility team were also impacted today. If you would like to speak about your experience, please send me a message or email. I'll be happy to give you my signal, as well

Gibt es Gebärdendolmetscher*innen im Raum #dusseldorf, die kurzfristig am Samstag, den 11.07. beim Sozialprotest unterstützen und die Redebeiträge begleiten könnten? Geplant sind 7-8 Beiträge, je 5 Minuten, plus Anmoderationen und organisatorische Hinweise.

games have been huge success. thats why we're firing every one who makes games. also we are going to make it so players can no longer buy games

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

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I'll probably submit a talk titled "Why you SHOULD make adult games" next year, but still agree with everything Mr. Hands says.

Mr. Hands is making SuccuDeck 😈🃏@mrhands31.bsky.social · last mo.

A MAZE put up this year's Hypertalks on YouTube! 🦩 And it opens with a five-minute talk from yours truly about why you shouldn't make adult games 😁

Ich freue mich sehr, gleich im Rahmen der Reihe "VR Lunch Talk" einen Vortrag über #Barrierefreiheit in (VR-)Spielen halten zu dürfen! Los geht's um 14 Uhr auf Zoom – wer spontan Zeit und Lust hat, kann sich noch fix anmelden: diversity-akademie.org/events/playa...

Every industry is making billions of dollars and it's workers are getting paid barely above minimum wage and then fired, and all the money just disappears into a hole forever. It's gone. The rich will never spend it. It's number go up. This will destroy the economy

Game failure? Layoffs Game success? Layoffs Game delayed? Layoffs Game delivered? Layoffs Game announced? Layoffs Game unannounced? Layoffs Game good? Layoffs Game bad? Layoffs Game AI? Layoffs Game no-AI? Layoffs Game hated? Layoffs Game beloved? Layoffs Money cares more for layoffs than games.

„Wo Träume wahr werden“ lautet der deutsche Untertitel von Nintendos neuer Lebenssimulation „Tomodachi Life“, und womöglich habe ich mich dazu hinreißen lassen, ziemlich seltsame Fantasien umzusetzen. Gloria hakt investigativ nach und wir beide lachen im #Podcast sehr, sehr viel über schrägen Humor.

Die Bundesregierung baut gerade in Windeseile den #Sozialstaat ab, zentrale Errungenschaften der letzten Jahrzehnte sollen einfach gestrichen werden, das Gesundheitssystem wird kaputt gespart. Und trotzdem waren nicht einmal 500 Menschen beim Auftakt der #Sozialproteste in Köln.

When I referred to the industry as being “crashier” now than it was in 1983, I meant how it feels to live and work in this industry as a developer, not in terms of industry revenue. A🧵...

»Es wird kein Vollkaskostudium geben, jeder muss seinen Teil dazu beitragen« ist schon ein beeindruckend ekliger Satz in einer Gesellschaft mit deutlich ausgeprägter Ungleichheit. www.spiegel.de/panorama/min...

Ministerin Dorothee Bär zweifelt an baldiger Bafög-Reform

Die Reform war fest eingeplant – doch sie wird wohl nicht kommen. Forschungsministerin Dorothee Bär verteidigt den möglichen Stopp der Bafög-Erhöhung. Und erklärt Studierenden, es sei kein Drama, nebe...

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Am kommenden Montag von 9 bis 11 Uhr findet ein Online-Seminar statt, dessen Zielgruppe Lehrkräfte an Schulen und Hochschulen sind: "Widerständige Lehrer*innenbildung gegen den erstarkenden Faschismus" wissenschaft-gegen-faschismus.de/index.php/ev...

Our entire economy is being artificially propped up by astrology for men: AI, crypto, sports betting, and prediction markets. It's an economy shaped entirely by male insecurity and lack of impulse control, and we'll all pay the price.

"In our human experiments, even a single interaction with sycophantic #AI reduced participants’ willingness to take responsibility and repair interpersonal conflicts, while increasing their own conviction that they were right."

Sycophantic AI decreases prosocial intentions and promotes dependence

Despite rising concerns about sycophancy—excessive agreement or flattery from artificial intelligence (AI) systems—little is known about its prevalence or consequences. We show that sycophancy is wide...

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📣 To celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day, we’ve released a FREE Wheelchair Pack for Unity, Unreal and Godot ♿ Get 6 mobility aids for your projects - wheelchair, mobility scooter, electric wheelchair, walking frame, racing wheelchair & sports wheelchair. link.syntystore.com/gaad-2026-bsky

It's #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay! If you are a game developer and want to learn more about making games accessible, check out this archive with free educational resources I've helped create: www.twillo.de/edu-sharing/...

Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day! There's a lot of nice game accessibility content, events and announcements today, so much that it's easy to miss things. So here's a handy cheat-sheet, I'll be keeping it updated throughout the day - ian-hamilton.com/games-indust... #gaad #gamedev

This is one of the biggest accessibility blunders in recent years by Sony.

Kotaku@kotaku.com · 3mo ago

Sorry, PC players. Say goodbye to Sony first-party narrative games. https://kotaku.com/sony-reportedly-wont-release-biggest-playstation-hits-pc-2000697092

A big heartfelt thank you to everyone who came by yesterday to play the prototype. We were overwhelmed by the positive feedback and the many ideas you had to improve future iterations. I can't wait to continue working on this game!

Nina Kiel@beurkeek.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Dear @amazefest.bsky.social people! On Friday from 5 to 8 pm, you'll have the opportunity to be the very first players of a game I'm currently working on. We're going to showcase the new prototype of "Learning the Ropes" in the open screens area and would love to see you there! #amaze2026

A visual novel in development all about being a sex worker, taking a considered & experienced perspective and humanising everyone involved? Heck yeah this is my kind of game! And something I'm always excited to see in a society that should respect sex workers more Watching this one closely 🪢👀

Learning The Ropes@learningtheropesgame.com · 3mo ago

Hello World! Learning the Ropes is a Visual Novel / Adventure Game in development. Follow along while we create our game we started off 2021 for a game jam. learningtheropesgame.com