I think I'm getting too used to spending late Friday evenings sitting in a packed long-distance train.

An overview of what we've been up to the past year at work! tldr: Lots of cool stuff happened. ❤️

ENDGAME project@endgame-project.bsky.social · 3d ago

The first year of our ENDGAME project concluded at the end of August – and what a year it has been! To celebrate this wonderful first year, we wanted to share an update of what we have achieved during this time: projects.tuni.fi/endgame/news... We are funded by the Research Council of Finland.

Starting my day making some art.

Reminder! Games as Art Festival is happening in Tampere in less than a month. Digital games and larp are featured. Super interesting selection. Also: it is free. Sign up now! gamesasartcenter.com/festival/

Games As Art Festival - Games As Art Center

The Games As Art Festival is a three-day festival happening in Tampere, Finland October 9th-11th 2026 exploring the potential of games as an artistic form. When: October 9th-11th 2026Where: Tampere Un...

gamesasartcenter.com

throng.cee.wtf i've invented a new way to browse bluesky

a Mouse King. is there one under your desk??

Back to school. ❤️

This shit is why you can't separate continuing to financially support the Harry Potter IP (whether by buying the games, merch, watching the new TV show when its out) from the consequences of what JK Rowling does with that money She's become so stiflingly powerful that even private docs arent safe

Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · last mo.

I've never seen such an effort to censor a document as I have the Amnesty International report on gender critical groups because of JK Rowling. They removed the report from the Wayback Machine and now I got a DMCA strike on my Google Drive for having it. It was deleted and removed from my account.

EA is now owned by Saudi Arabia and Donald Trump's son-in-law

EA is now owned by Saudi Arabia and Donald Trump's son-in-law

The U.S. publisher has been taken private in a deal worth $55 billion.

gamedeveloper.com

Useful new tool for #Interrail travellers in Finland: venaarauhassa.fi shows how seats are occupied in VR operated trains, station by station. Shows also the night train sleeper beds! Only in Finnish, but should be easy enough to navigate.

"Eli olemme taas kerran nähneet esimerkin siitä, kuinka Euroopan ulkopuoliset valtiot käyttävät siirtolaisuutta poliittisena kiristyskeinona, koska ne tietävät minkälaisen tunnereaktion tämä eurooppalaisissa oikeistopopulisteissa herättää". #ceuta --> www.facebook.com/share/p/1H1E...

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

🌈 2010. 🎶 Erasure's Always plays as you mash Z, chasing that high score 🏆 and your best sparkly unicorn life 🦄 ROBOT UNICORN ATTACK still runs thanks to preservation & emulation via Ruffle. Flash is gone 👋, but your favorite games don't have to be. 🌐 Play it now! archive.org/details/robo...

extinction is forever

He's only gone and written 2,500 more words about how game devs feel about generative AI. Latest piece quotes around two dozen different people with an indie background. When asked how they feel about gen AI, not one, but two devs responded, "Fuck that shit." www.gamesradar.com/games/it-cre...

"It creates lesser games": Indie game studios are supposed to love generative AI, so why do the 25 devs I spoke to avoid it?

"So it may be slightly faster, and a lot worse, but it's also more expensive? Neat"

gamesradar.com

Austin Wood@woodwould.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I spent the last few months talking to over 30 game developers about generative AI. It began as a sort of interview survey but became a pretty comprehensive collection of arguments against the technology altogether. www.gamesradar.com/games/why-so...

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Sellattii vaan, että voitaisiinko palauttaa sen verran perinteisiä arvoja että opeteltaisiin hyviä tapoja keskustelussa ja priorisoitaisiin yleistä resilienssiä hybridivaikuttamista vastaan. PS: jos et koe olevasi sirpaloitunut hetero, tämä sarjakuva ei puhu sinulle, mutta voisit jakaa sen.

Tämä Laitisen kommentti on kyllä paljastava monella tapaa siitä miten Pride nähdään mediassa yhä sellaisena koko perheen mehukesteinä, eikä yhteiskunnan marginaaleissa elävien vähemmistöjen ihmisoikeuksien mielenosoituksena. Värikkäät asut ja tyhjät iskulauseet miellyttävät koska ne ei vaadi mitään.

Kommentti: Pridellä on nyt petrattavaa

Monet Pride-yhteisöihin kytkeytyvistä kohuista ja ylilyönneistä olisivat olleet estettävissä, kirjoittaa Iltalehden toimittaja Silja Laitinen.

iltalehti.fi

Allowing data centres to use carbon offsets, one of the most useless, divisive and generally unhelpful mechanisms for tackling climate change, would be a ridiculous concession to Big Tech power by the EU 🧵🧵 1/4 www.ft.com/content/2135...

EU weighs weaker data centre climate rules in win for Big Tech

Past proposals for strict rules on renewable energy certificates have been dropped after heavy lobbying, draft shows

ft.com

Me: Okay, there's been a thunderstorm, the heatwave should be over now. (New health bar appears) (The sun is now named 'Sol, Starflame of Regret') (Objectively the greatest piece of classical music ever recorded starts playing).

It had to happen one day.

Strict Algorithm LLC@wsstalkback.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Cover for volume one of Reo Yamashita's "Morururu" Ataru is a boy who's got spirit but is hopelessly inept at sports. Until an encounter with the Finnish throwing game of Mölkky changes his life! The first manga depicting Mölkky for veterans and newcomers is here! Runs on Weekly Corocoro.

My beautiful horse. #makeaterriblecomicday2026

Bullshit Jobs

At the end of the term I asked my college creative wriing students to submit anonymous thoughts on AI. No real surprises: Mood ranges from resignation to despair, capitulation from embittered erosion of standards to total, feelings of betrayal from deep to furious. 1/

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.

Our team is enjoying the DiGRA 2026 conference in Maynooth! We presented our work on 'Intersectional pleasures and limits of game cultural participation and belonging in Finland' and are also involved in several other presentations and workshops. Our work is funded by the RCF #SuomenAkatemia.