Today, my book reached 1k PDF downloads! 🥳 Thank you very much to everybody who showed interest! The #book has 51 interviews with #indiedevs from 31 countries, plus four commissioned articles of interest. Get it for free in the link below: ko-fi.com/post/Into-th... #indiegame #indiegames

Here it goes, my Daggerfall-inspired diorama. One of those procrastination projects that arises within other procrastination from the stuff you should be doing. It is crude, I was working on it through anxious times, almost gave up a few times. Planning to put WIP shots/process on Patreon!

Sixth Tone is looking for a seasoned, passionate freelance editor.

This is such a brutal break of trust... If they can nonchalantly retroactively change the rules for permanent residency, they can do it for pensions, insurance and anything else as well. Even if you follow all the rules, the government might not. How can any foreigner plan a future in Japan?

The Japan Times@japantimes.co.jp · 20h ago

The income requirement the government introduced for those seeking permanent residency may be applied to applications submitted as early as April of this year, according to the officially unveiled revised guidelines. 👉 ebx.sh/IrfLKG

An interesting read. I like Tyranny's concept, but my #1 issue is that actually playing it is the opposite of "subverting the RPG core loop". Way too much of the game is killing random dudes with a mediocre combat system, managing cooldowns and incremental stats increase. It doesn't fit your role.

Remap Radio@remapradio.bsky.social · yesterday

With Tyranny, Obsidian put players in the middle-management layer of evil and unmasked something profound about RPGs. remapradio.com/articles/ten...

I've spent the past 8 years writing 777+ articles on everything from big hits to indie gems and untranslated treasures across dozens of formats. Japanese tape-loaded adventures, Taiwanese horror, Korean RPGs, British strategy... I bet I can show you something new! kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com

Kimimi The Game-Eating She-Monster

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Todo mundo entendeu que os EUA estão por trás dos ataques à Espanha.

Leah McElrath@leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 2d ago

Some European Union officials are describing the situation that occurred in Ceuta as a “hybrid attack on on the sovereignty of an EU member state” and a “a destabilization operation.” Here are a couple of such statements from members of the European Parliament:

I'm trembling while writing this: Kamaitachi no yoru—not the PC remake, not the iOS port, but the actual original SFC version—has been translated at last by ButThouMust, who graciously brought us an English patch for Otogirisou in the past. This is HISTORICAL.

New video is up! It's a massively expanded and revised version of the first video i ever did, talking about the rival clubs of University of Tokyo Microcomputer Club and The Theoretical Science Group and how that informed games like Heiankyo Alien and the AX series. youtu.be/ZlHZoXpp0k0

Rival Clubs: How University Computer Groups influenced early 80s Japanese Arcade & Computer Gaming

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My handwriting is terrible but I'm happy with how this came out

Minha opinião sobre "performático" é parar de importar pauta de gringo abobalhado e com cérebro corroído pela recessão econômica.

Camarada Zé Gotinha@gabsz.bsky.social · 4d ago

Urge que as pessoas saiam da internet um pouquinho, que maluquice é essa de que ler na rua é mal visto? Essa porra de “performático” não existe, pelo amor de Deus, vamo viver galera. A menos que vc esteja cometendo crimes, ninguém se importa com o que você faz na rua.

Parece umas seis bilhões de vezes mais legal que o filme do Nolan, por baixo

RAMAYANA - Official Trailer

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Great video: youtu.be/ENAHZMlW4fE?... Must watch for fans of The Beginner's Guide (2015).

the "death" of literature and the rise of Pale Fire

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Finished watching those Korean documentaries, I'm so sad they're stuck in Netflix Korea. The 2nd episode is great - a 1h overview of 90s-2000s online game culture in Korea, from MUDs & early MMOs to how PC bangs, casual games & avatar-based chat services radically changed the culture and business.

Venba is less than $4 today If you like immigrant stories, food, or games that might make you cry and want something you could finish this weekend I'd highly recommend it.

Save 75% on Venba on Steam

Venba is a short narrative cooking game, where you play as an Indian mom who immigrates to Canada with her family in the 1980s. Cook various dishes and restore lost recipes, hold branching conversatio...

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Reminder that ChinaJoy 2026 is ongoing this weekend, a massive event in Shanghai with over 900 companies & 1,000 games. There's a special page on Steam with some of the upcoming games: store.steampowered.com/sale/chinajo... And you can see the news & reveals here: gnn.gamer.com.tw/show.php?sn=...

ChinaJoy 2026 — made for every gamer out there.

This is where indie and mid-size teams from around the world show up with their freshest ideas. At CJE, developers bring their most authentic work, and players give them the most honest feedback. Ever...

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That's Livia Ferreira, you can find more about her work here: liviaf2.github.io

Phil Salvador@philsalv.bsky.social · 6d ago

I'm really appreciating the international diversity at Save The Games. This speaker is a PhD student from Brazil studying the intersection of games and cultural heritage

Those of us designing study programmes, putting together reading lists and writing text books increasingly face the question: what are the key texts of academic game studies? Bring your perspective to our workshop in Warsaw in November (as part of CEEGS 2026): ceegs.fsv.cuni.cz/wp-content/u...

Jank is six months old. So what? Big deal. www.jank.cool/jank-is-six-...

Jank is six months old - here's our best stuff so far

We have written a lot

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Jovens BR q curtem Japão, agora brasileiros de 18-30 anos vão poder tirar o visto de férias-trabalho pro Japão: atlaspublico.com.br/noticias/bra... Precisa comprovar uma grana, mas permite vc viver E trabalhar por até 1 ano no Japão. Tem algumas limitações, mas pra passar uns meses é excelente

Brasil e Japão criam programa de visto férias-trabalho a partir de 1º de dezembro de 2026

Brasil e Japão formalizaram, por troca de notas em 24 de julho de 2026, um acordo que cria programa bilateral de vistos de férias-trabalho a partir de 1º de dezembro de 2026. Jovens de 18 a 30 anos de...

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An example of what Kendra means: In Sony v. Bleem, even though the Bleem emulation project was legal, Sony sued them for copyright infringement for using SCREENSHOTS of PlayStation games. lmao It was never about legal principles, it was just about stopping competition / behavior they didn't like

AlmaElma at the old CDRomance site just published an updated & modded all-in-one pack for Magic: the Gathering - Shandalar. Easy way to play one of the coolest TCG video games ever.

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Gamer Girls: 25 Women Who Built the Video Game Industry

Discover the women behind the video games we love--the iconic games they created, the genres they invented, the studios and companies they built--and how they changed the industry forever. Women have...

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Speaking of Korean games, in their battle against piracy Korean devs like Softmax made some fantastic (and crazy expensive) boxed sets in the 90s & early 2000s, with hardcover art books, cards and other goodies. I really enjoy these cases shaped like VHS tape boxes:

New video: There's A Problem With Historical Food YouTube youtu.be/rVrmWlrf838

There's A Problem With Historical Food YouTube

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A história da Tectoy é uma das mais importantes da indústria brasileira de games e agora ganhou registro especial. O Brasil Jogou SEGA, escrito por Stefano Arnhold, revisita três décadas de bastidores de uma trajetória que marcou gerações de jogadores. wp.me/p2F2L-7k7

Livro consolida história da Tectoy pela visão de um dos protagonistas da indústria de games no Brasil

Por Claudio Prandoni Um dos capítulos mais bonitos e emblemáticos da indústria de games no Brasil acabou de ganhar um excelente registro em livro. Lançado durante a Retrocon 2026, o livro O Brasil …

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Just found out that recently a 3-part documentary about Korean video game history & culture came out, called "Save The Game (세이브 더 게임)": www.youtube.com/watch?v=31PT... Now to find a way to watch that... my usual sources are failing me, seems like I'll have to use Netflix & VPN...

'세이브 더 게임' 3부작, 에피소드 01. '세이브 더 게임' 예고편

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Just found out that recently a 3-part documentary about Korean video game history & culture came out, called "Save The Game (세이브 더 게임)": www.youtube.com/watch?v=31PT... Now to find a way to watch that... my usual sources are failing me, seems like I'll have to use Netflix & VPN...

'세이브 더 게임' 3부작, 에피소드 01. '세이브 더 게임' 예고편

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The chintzy-looking M64 clone console of the N64 by a company named ModRetro has been released, I think, I don't pay attention that closely to shit. But as the great @frankcifaldi.bsky.social posted before, it is our civic duty to push back against this company and shun ANYONE who doesn't.

Rather than addressing the issue at its core, the United States and its capitalist class has created an entire school shooter industrial complex.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · last wk.

Schools are adding pepper-spraying drones to help combat active shooters The plastic, non-lethal aircraft, which can smash windows and ram attackers will be at the ready at certain schools in Colorado, Florida and Georgia www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...