Powerpoint Partied this weekend and damn straight I'm proud of my contribution (feels like these 4 pics capture enough of it) And if anyone doubts me I will die on the hill of Santa is an ARG
Chloe Mashiter
@chloemashiter.bsky.social
game-designer / performer / creative technician. Agender (they/he/she). Sometime organiser of community funding dinners
Great news: the talks from Jubensha Con are now available online for FREE! Big thanks to our amazing speakers for agreeing to this, and to Joe Strickland at @chronicinsanity.bsky.social for producing the videos. A lot of much bigger and more expensive conferences don't do this – but we just did.
Jubensha Con 2026 - YouTube
The talks given at JubenshaCon 2026 Find out more about the convention at https://jubenshacon.com Buy jubensha from: https://jubensha.co.uk https://www.suspe...
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Blue Bottle Games, as a policy, does not use generative AI. It's something we've discussed as a team, weighing the pros and cons, and ultimately, we decided it was not for us. Recently, while chatting with a colleague, she mentioned it was useful hearing our reasoning. So: Sharing time! 1/12
The DWP are asking for people to contribute evidence for a forthcoming review of Carers Allowance and how it operates. Admittedly this is niche, but please spread the word so it reaches the right people. www.gov.uk/government/c...
Carer's Allowance: call for evidence
This call for evidence is being administered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to gather information and views to build on the Department’s existing evidence. What we hear will help shape ...
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Life news! After 3 years of flight controlling, science-lore-wrangling, coding, teleporting and suchlike, I'm leaving my position as a Creative Associate at Bridge Command in October. I'll still be freelance, but I'm getting back to freelance life wholesale - so will be hunting for work soon!
Count The Rice (Game Changer's latest episode) made me wildly excited from an interactive-immersive experience design perspective: so here's a list of Game Changer episodes that are great references for various design principles: chloemashitermakesthings.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
It’s so important to remind people that we can do good smart things that help and don’t hurt.
jentrification@jentrification.com · 3w agoTwo Minnesota solar farms seeded native wildflowers under their panels, and 5 years of counting revealed native bees had multiplied twentyfold, then crossed the fence to pollinate the neighbour's soybeans
While most people knew him for his movies lets not forget the incredible human Sam Neil was too
Three new @analoggamestudies.bsky.social #AnalogGameStudies collected essays are here! (We're working back in time till we have the whole set!) Thanks, #PlayStoryPress! Vol. 10 (2023): tinyurl.com/agsvol10 | Vol. 11 (2024): tinyurl.com/agsvol11 | Vol. 12 (2025): tinyurl.com/agsvol12
www.bmovie.org Tickets are now on sale for the rerun of BMovie. A bittersweet love letter to 1950s Hollywood
Home - B Movie
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Since apparently LLM slop is getting promoted over real people's writing, a reminder that I have a ton of writing over at chloemashitermakesthings.wordpress.com/blog (will add other great places to read things from people later today)
Blog
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Adrian Hon@adrianhon.bsky.social · last mo.There are plenty of people doing fantastic writing about the immersive field, none of whom I have ever suspected of using AI writing tools – the No Proscenium crew, Voidspace, Nick Fortugno, Chloe Mashiter, everyone in Nordic larp, etc etc. Deeply depressing to see AI junk promoted above them.
You can buy the human-made Voidspace In Conversation volumes 1 & 2 - which includes both an interactive essay by AND an interview with @chloemashiter.bsky.social - here voidspacezine.com/product/void...
Voidspace in Conversation – two volume set
Both volumes of Voidspace in Conversation: talking about interactive art. Interviews and essays from interactive writers, artists, directors and performers.
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Adrian Hon@adrianhon.bsky.social · last mo.There are plenty of people doing fantastic writing about the immersive field, none of whom I have ever suspected of using AI writing tools – the No Proscenium crew, Voidspace, Nick Fortugno, Chloe Mashiter, everyone in Nordic larp, etc etc. Deeply depressing to see AI junk promoted above them.
Everybody in the "climate space" (which means everyone on earth...) needs to understand these mind-blowing figures. Google's "total electricity consumption jumped from 31 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 to 43 TWh in 2025." In ONE year. The AI corporate arms race is eating the world.
Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · last mo.NEW BLOG FOR YOU Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too. A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI: ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...
Merely Roleplayers did an actual play of The Andromeda Ward, if you need a little try before you buy. We discomblobulated a blob creature with the power of Reddit "am i peragant??" threads. It's also the only RPG that's ever made me laugh BEFORE I got it to the table.
Chloe Mashiter@chloemashiter.bsky.social · last mo.Hey, on the lookout for a new TTRPG to play? With minimal prep and a schlocky vibe? Well let me tell you about the games in my Schlock Sale on itch! itch.io/s/192035/sch...
Time to shout about my *other* sale on atm, at the other end of my writing spectrum from the Schlock Sale: The Folklore & Fiction sale! Three solo games that are great for taking a few moments of breath, reflection, whilst building detailed and expensive worlds... itch.io/s/192043/fol...
Folklore & fiction sale by roll / flip / draw
A bundle by roll / flip / draw, $7.50 for Bear, Hidden Within Walls, Fox & Redwing
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You know what would be fun? Doing a thread with a post every day this month featuring a work of fiction with disabled characters that I like and recommend. Do I have the spare brainpower for this endeavor? That's a great question!
Hey, on the lookout for a new TTRPG to play? With minimal prep and a schlocky vibe? Well let me tell you about the games in my Schlock Sale on itch! itch.io/s/192035/sch...
Schlock Sale by roll / flip / draw
A bundle by roll / flip / draw, $20.00 for 4 games
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Reminder that June 30th is the last day when you can observe queers in the wild. In the evening of that day they'll start their journey to the spirit realm where they'll remain until June next year. Go to the beach before 10 pm if you'd like to see their migration.
As Britain swelters through another heatwave, few people will have heard that ministers have quietly dropped plans for solar carports. Cars cooler in summer. Shelter from the rain in winter. Clean electricity all year round. A missed opportunity? @eastangliabylines.co.uk
As Britain bakes, ministers quietly park plans for solar carports
Ministers have quietly shelved plans that could have transformed Britain's biggest car parks into shaded power stations
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More thoughts on Jubensha! It's an area of gaming I find fascinating and exciting, but right now I think there's still so much to be done in piecing together what works about it (esp for western gaming audiences) and honing that chloemashitermakesthings.wordpress.com/2026/06/12/t...
The puzzle of jubensha
Me holding The Dark Council on my way to play it (my first ever jubensha) two years ago I’ve been absolutely buzzing this past week – playing Blood Moon Pact, sharing and seeing work at…
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My second sale on itch (until July 6th) is the Folklore & Fiction sale - three solo games all ultimately about telling stories to shape the world. Connect to another world by listening to the one around you, alter reality by doing origami, enable rebellion via mapmaking... itch.io/s/192043/fol...
I've got two sales happening on itch for the next two weeks! First up: SHLOCK SALE - my most over-the-top games inspired by B-movies, trashy TV, melodramatic premises and general chaotic fun Each game's 25% off - but buy as a bundle and they're 1/3 off! itch.io/s/192035/sch...
At @voidspacezine.bsky.social Live, for We Are What's Inside The Black Box, I got a room of people to make a game in an hour! We Must Circle Back is an occultist team building evening-based game (thanks to whoever supplied that prompt!) explorealongame.wordpress.com/2026/06/22/w...
We Must Circle Back (a community-created game)
We Are What’s Inside The Black Box was a participatory show run at Voidspace Live in June 2026; the show focused on everyone in the room devising a game together (within one hour), using exer…
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As promised, my list of immersive/interactive/game-ish things at the Edinburgh Fringe!
Interactive and Immersive Edinburgh Fringe shows
20+ immersive and interactive Edinburgh Fringe show I’m keeping an eye on.
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Adrian Hon@adrianhon.bsky.social · 2mo agoI've been asked to do a blog post of immersive/interactive/game-ish things at the Edinburgh Fringe, so this is your opportunity to tell me about things you're doing or are hyped for! (because these terms are ill-defined, I won't include *everything* and will refuse to explain myself)
🎨🚨 LONDON ART LARP ALERT 🚨🎨 "Liquid Dependencies is a LARP game in which players build life in decentralised caring society based on long-term mutual aid support infrastructures." At YDP (the existence of which I learned yesterday via Voidspace Live)
Liquid Dependencies | undefined
YDP is a project space for Asian and Asian diasporic contemporary art.
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The door that opened for you? Hold it open for someone behind you. The platform you built? Invite others to share it. The connections you made? Introduce them to new voices. Community over competition, always.
Brain was buzzing last night after running this game, been thinking so much today about the challenges jubensha experiences as a form, as well as where the really cool opportunities for social gameplay lie, going to write up thoughts on that broader topic asap
Chloe Mashiter@chloemashiter.bsky.social · 2mo agoRan Blood Moon Pact last night - delighted to experience more jubensha, and a fascinating game in its own right - written up thoughts here: chloemashitermakesthings.wordpress.com/2026/06/03/o...
Ran Blood Moon Pact last night - delighted to experience more jubensha, and a fascinating game in its own right - written up thoughts here: chloemashitermakesthings.wordpress.com/2026/06/03/o...
Ongoing adventures in Jubensha: Blood Moon Pact
I’m steadily increasing the number of jubensha under my belt (though I’m writing that as the unplayed Time Triplet, bought at last month’s Jubenshacon, stares accusingly at me fro…
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We lost Douglas Adams 25 years ago today. This has made a lot of people very sad and has been widely regarded as a bad move.