I’ve enjoyed watching my 5yo draw fun animal compositions since he was 2 or 3. His style is always evolving. It’s fun to see someone develop a unique art style.

In the latest issue of my newsletter, Jess Verbs Nouns, I recap my GDC adventures and stops on my "Year of the Game Editor" World Tour so far—plus recent projects, internet radio recs, and appreciation for the cultural impact of 90s vampire cop show Forever Knight. buttondown.com/jesshaskins/...

Jess declares the Year of the Game Editor

Hello! It’s been a busy few months since I last wrote, GDC-bound, in early March. Attending the IGF awards as part of the award-winningest Titanium Court...

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Almost 29 years spent with English as my primary language and I still mix up the use in/on/at. TIL I also mix up “to”. At least I can conjugate verbs in all kids of persons and past/present/future/magical realism(?) tenses.

Why you should open source your tech specially before selling the company. Why game developers need to push for more open development of the tools, even if there is no intent of opening it to external contributors and has restricted licensing. Otherwise your past 20 years of work is lost forever.

Sami(14 days til 🎂)@samitron.bsky.social · 4w ago

THIS STUDIO MADE THE FAMOUS IDTECH ENGINE AND YOU'RE FORCING THEM TO USE FUCKING **UNREAL**??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? FUCK YOU

One of the reasons I don't flood your timeline every three hours with posts about my games being on sale during the Steam's sales is that it barely makes any difference. Social media or not, my sales stay about the same. And they're good numbers! 👇

They crunch us and bleed us dry and leave the broken bones for scraps, and they make money every step along the way

Jason Schreier@jasonschreier.bsky.social · last mo.

BREAKING: Xbox will cut 3,200 jobs as part of a major reorganization, and divest from five studios: - Compulsion and Double Fine will go indie - Ninja Theory and Undead Labs will be sold - Arkane to enter consultation process Here's the full story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Was testing through one of the games I am working on, and all of the characters that were following me around got stuck in a narrow walk region. I went to check on them and also got stuck. youtu.be/aI0euMFAWF8

Mr. Burns is Indestructible

YouTube video by Chucklesrx

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Unfortunately, some of my cousins in Caracas were impacted by the earthquakes. Good news is that they are safe but ones lost their home, another family living in a car waiting to see if it’s safe to return, and some cats went missing.

Happy 30th birthday, Quake, you really are the Genghis Khan of video games

Hey look! My Narrascope talk is already up on YouTube! If you’re an indie developer who wants to work with union voice actors but are afraid it will be too expensive or complicated, please let me ease your fears: youtu.be/svMI5cvkTwE?...

NarraScope 2026: Going Union Part 2: How Indies Can Hire Top-Tier Talent And Not Break Their Budget

YouTube video by Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation

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Happy Juneteenth! If you're looking for something cool to play today to support a black business in the U.S., check out some of my games. - Studio is Black-owned - Black characters - Black Voice Actors And racist trolls hate us ♥️ linktr.ee/aerial_knight

I'm bad at promoting my work. So, in addition to saying "buy my book!" (a chill game design textbook using Bitsy) I'll share some of my favorite writing from the book. www.amazon.com/Storytelling... link.springer.com/book/10.1007... (save 20% with code PALAUT and I earn a pittance of commission!)

If you're curious about what it's like to switch to open source tools Godot/Blender/Krita after years of Unity/Adobe/Maya, I'm giving a talk on it at Toronto Games Week! Been a year since I finished moving my whole workflow over and spoiler it's been pretty great torontogamesweek.com/schedule.htm...

Toronto Games Week — June 11–17, 2026

A week-long celebration of playful arts and games culture in Toronto, Canada. June 11–17, 2026.

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Someone at a local indie gamedev meetup pointed me to this. As a former EA employee, I do think this is a bad idea, and even friends who are still there just trying do a job are already getting impacted. The C-Suite and the board are being greedy and lazy. playersalliancehq.org/block-ea-dea...

Block EA Deal Petition - Stop Corporate Consolidation in Gaming | Players Alliance HQ

Sign the Players Alliance HQ block EA deal petition. Over 60,000 signatures already delivered to the U.S. Treasury. Join gamers fighting corporate monopolization.

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Announcing: The 1st Annual EGOTYs The Earliest Game of the Year Awards June 12 on Patreon.com/PostGames June 15 on all podcast feeds Subscribe for free now and get the show as soon as it's live! pod.link/1815131711

TIL that no one was blessed, except for Spanish speaking Latin Americans, with lyrics to the He-Man theme song. That is half the reason I remember the show. youtu.be/77jP3ofBl3Q

He-Man Version Larga Español

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by popular request he’s turned the meme into a blog post, which explains how it works, links to the template file and includes a selection of examples from the thread #KirbyFraming anthonymoser.github.io/writing/rhet...

Anthony Moser@anthonymoser.com · 11mo ago

i made a helpful reference

Releasing a new tool today: Blendo Wav Tool For browsing/searching through all of your audio assets. Loads: wav ogg mp3 flac opus This is a cleaned-up version of what we used during Skin Deep development. Free 👉Download blendogames.itch.io/blendo-wav-t... 👉Source code github.com/blendogames/...

I stopped using Google for search around twelve years ago. It takes about 21 days to get used to a new habit, or so I read, and I believe it. Take 5-10 minutes to reconfigure your browser to an alternative, and see how you feel in 3 weeks.

Cool Grosdoriane@grosdoriane.bsky.social · 2mo ago

You used to be able to google the time of the sunset, and Google would give you the exact time right on top every single time. Thankfully, with artificial intelligence, you can now ask Google what time the sun will set and it will conveniently tell you "I don't know."

Just learned about this pretty cool site that was created by @softchaos.bsky.social www.transgameszine.org

The true MVP behind Star Wars who didn’t get enough credit.

Mark Hamill@markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Marilou & I are deeply saddened by the loss of our lifelong friend, Marcia. Not just a gifted, innovative artist, she also happened to be a genuinely nice person. Smart, funny, & just plain fun to be around. Thankfully, her memory lives on and we will never stop missing her. shorturl.at/wx6BV

I’m waiting for the day product designers can only make UI with a 3D design tool so we’re back to this style.

Retro Tech Dreams@retrotechdreams.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Bryce2 (1996)

I’ve started experimenting with LibreOffice. It’s a bit clunky but works well enough. I wonder if this better…

Iain Roberts@slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 2mo ago

European alternative to Google Docs and Microsoft Office launches on 9 June: free, open source and online, using existing building blocks. An important step in freeing ourselves from US control. www.zdnet.com/article/euro...

I want one without ram, if it lowers the price. I’ll just cram my leftover ram with a clunky adapter.

Wario64@wario64.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Valve has raised Steam Deck prices in the US • 1TB OLED $649 -> $949 • 512GB OLED $549 -> $789 still out of stock store.steampowered.com/steamdeck

We can get 2K boost from launchgood If we get ~800usd in the next 2 hours Please help us achieve that Launchgood.com/1948

“Dreams on a Pillow” is in development - Help Us Tell The Full Story | LaunchGood | LaunchGood

Development of the stealth adventure game about the Nakba is underway. New game trailer headlines a final crowdfunding push for remaining budget until release.

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Bluesky is dying of what? Not meeting the numbers for the crypto bros who funded it? Not everything needs to be a number go up thing.

AdventureX is the UK's only dedicated narrative gaming expo & it's looking for sponsors for this year! It's volunteer-run & not-for-profit - yet pulls in amazing talks & games with 600+ attendees from all over the world. If you like that idea - support it! www.adventurexpo.org/sponsorship

Sponsor AdventureX

Help support one of the best loved and respected narrative game conferences in the world.

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I cut my teeth and got my nerd degree running a live weekly talk show during high school on public access. This is great. We were definitely inspired by The Late Show.

Dave Jorgenson@davejorgenson.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Colbert guest hosted a public access TV show in Monroe, Michigan a day after the Late Show ended. Guest star: Jeff Daniels Special appearance by: Eminem Musical director: Jack White Genius. youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4?...

so Horses was a problem, but Valve I guess is fine with this racist crap that flagrantly violates at least two of its content guidelines and has 300+ reviews that all almost certainly violate those guidelines too kotaku.com/racist-plant...

Valve Remains Silent As Racist Plantation Sim Game Trolls Everyone

Steam guidelines claim to ban 'content that is patently offensive or intended to shock or disgust viewers'

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