iain
@gameartacademic.bsky.social
former AAA enviro, lead, indie and serious gamedev | senior lecturer | visiting fellow | researcher | designer | pixel & 3D artist | fine artist | machinema maker | folklore | magic | moss | cheese | tanks - *views mine* https://iain-douglas.neocities.org
Reminder that i am also offering an edit for someone who donates 200 to @beckbeean.bsky.social gfm to get medical support!
Beck • ベック on VGEN@beckbeean.bsky.social · 4d agothe talented & generous @weredawgz.blacksky.app is offering editorial work in exchange for a $200 donation to my GoFundMe! here are the services being offered & how to claim the offer from Danny. please note this is only available for one person, so first donation first serve! gofund.me/797d67686
Great time to be looking to go deeper into academia and teaching. Definitely a safe career.
The 14th edition of The Overkill Festival is coming! Step into 𝙳𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖 𝙽𝚘 𝚁𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗. In a context of hyper-productive workers and short attention spans, join us to explore how games and #playfulmedia might help us reclaim spaces to dream together. theoverkill.nl #Enschede #festival #november2026
Next week we're back from our summer break! We hope you’ve enjoyed yourselves, now you’ll continue to do so with our events: Mon 24: vintage horror returns with the Monster Movie Mash! Fri 28: live music & party with Designer Violence + Muovipussi + Radio Galactica! More info? www.sickhouse.nl
"When you do not make the progress you desired on a task, you can either focus on how far you fell short of the goal or focus on how much closer you are now that you've finished that part. Neither will change what you've done, but only one of these allows your life to be a celebration of progress."
Aaron Radney COMMISSIONS OPEN (3/7 slots left)@aaronradney.bsky.social · 4d agoI asked this question to patrons today and now I'll ask it here. What's some of the best advice, creative or otherwise you've ever received? For me one of the best bits is that most negative behavior is motivated by fear.
I watched a Tool tribute band tonight and they were really really good! They absolutely nailed it and that's it. There's nothing more to that and no deeper meaning. It was really good and hooray for people that want to bring joy.
I see a scenario where she dives in front of him to take a burger. Tears of exstatic fanatical devotional joy in her eyes as the burger slams into her mouth and not his. That last bit of cholesterol misses its mark.
Ian Boudreau@ianboudreau.com · 6d agoHey quick question, what the FUCK does this mean
@robynhitchcock.bsky.social I really love reading your missives ( can I call them that when they arrive by email?) . Today I was thinking about the prolificness, the drive, the constant action and activity and subsequent achievement and how incredible your well of energy must be. (1)
"Last month, Trump’s Secretary of State, Rubio, said that the U.S. would dismantle the ICC “brick by brick.” Sources told Reuters that these attacks against the court are partly to head off any future attempts to hold Trump or his officials liable for American military actions abroad."
iain@gameartacademic.bsky.social · 7d ago"The United States has imposed sanctions against two more employees of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague." nltimes.nl/2026/08/19/u...
"The United States has imposed sanctions against two more employees of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague." nltimes.nl/2026/08/19/u...
U.S. sanctions ICC chairman, prosecutor in latest attack on court in The Hague
The United States has imposed sanctions against two more employees of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. The Trump Administration sanctioned the court’s president, Japanese judge Tom...
nltimes.nl
Wynd Kaufmyn, the first anti-AI protester to be jailed, has a message for OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta: ‘Regain your humanity’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
The first anti-AI protester to be jailed has a message for OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta: ‘Regain your humanity’
Wynd Kaufman, 69, chained and locked the front doors of OpenAI’s headquarters last year with members of StopAI
theguardian.com
Really loving Jedi Survivor, well done to all involved. The environment art is superb, the visual language of the affordances is clear and works, the customization is fun and not demanding and the skill progress and testing is generally balanced and fair imo. The story and characters are engaging 1/
ICYMI yesterday, been building something quietly with amazing folks and did a soft launch of @razeandrebuild.bsky.social Follow the studio & the crew if you’re not already. I’m a proud member of @videogameworkers.bsky.social ✌🏾✊🏾 & we’re pro union all the way.
Raze and Rebuild Studio@razeandrebuild.bsky.social · 2w agoRaze and Rebuild Studio - A game dev team rising from the ashes. It's should be no surprise that, over the last few years, finding or keeping a stable job in the video game industry hasn't been easy.
Another reason for us to take example from the younger generations who are reverting back to physical copies and older tech
Hipster Spinosaurus@covertghoul.bsky.social · 2w agodepressing/scary stuff, hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/08/... + en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Mo... = fucking yikes, i hope iron mountain isn't pure evil
Rooting hard for the BBC on this one. They're not capitulating and they're taking the fight back. www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC seeks to subpoena Trump's family members in Panorama lawsuit
The BBC's lawyers argue Trump's family members "have personal knowledge" of his intentions in the speech he gave outside the US Capitol on 6 January 2021.
bbc.com
The page error suggested downloading and installing the app instead. Immediate red flags for me there. It was then I noticed it wasn't actually StreamYard and the person who emailed me didn't actually have a .edu email address. I've read about this tactic before from someone who fell for it. BEWARE.
A phishing attempt was just made on me that was really quite convincing. Someone reached out earlier this week to schedule a call about doing a basic income talk at their college. Got a StreamYard link via email but it showed a bad connection error when I signed in to chat. Tried Firefox and Chrome.
I need y’all to read this, share it and read it again.
United Videogame Workers-CWA@videogameworkers.bsky.social · 2w agoWe've seen some questions pop up around layoffs: "well, if they were laid off, didn't that mean they weren't doing a good job? Maybe they deserved it." And on its face, that sounds logical and legitimate. Because the opposite would just be pure cruelty, right? ...Right? ...So here's the thing.
I hear that there's not enough energy to run all these AI data centres SIMPLE SOLUTION: all the people made unemployed can run in large mouse wheels to generate the electricity needed. Then they can earn some credits for the company shop.
nltimes.nl/2026/08/10/f... Gonna be scorchio again here in NL and i'm not enjoying it all. 35c that's 95f for you farenheiters
Fifth heatwave approaching: Temperatures up to 35°C on Thursday
Just days after the fourth regional heatwave in the Netherlands came to an end, the fifth one is approaching. Today and tomorrow will be relatively cooler than the summer has been so far, but tropical...
nltimes.nl
Finally got around to playing Jedi Survivor and just did a 3 hour stint. Really enjoying it so far but there's a lot to learn for this old brain.
Project 250002050
Simon Kuestenmacher@simongerman600.bsky.social · 2w agoCan't wait for this to happen! In only 250 million years our continents will have merged into a single super-continent "Pangaea Proxima". Look at the cute Atlantic! The Himalaya won't be the highest mountain range anymore! Source: buff.ly/2IVg9pK
Hello! I am taking commissions! I draw characters having a good time and I can draw your fav too! ko-fi.com/toppynoppy/c... #commission #artist
we have such a brief time on this planet, and it's a gift that we may spend it free from the oppression & tyranny of others, and from our own inflated expectations. we may be completely unimportant, and yet we can still change the world for our sisters, brothers and others.
