Some summer snaps from my film camera and the travels we have been on so far this year: Wales, Los Angeles, Barcelona. #35mm

This has to be one of the worst pieces of AI slop I've had the misfortune of reading, nearly every single word of it is fiction. People will find this and present it as fact, doing great harm. I remain shocked at just how quickly LLMs have destroyed the internet. voxbooster.com/blog/game-ac...

Seeing so many user research-adjacent platforms promising "instant insights" - two words that shouldn't go together. You can't get insight from one clip, one player, one moment. That's a data point. Insight is only gained when you find the context - often a long, multi-faceted, multi-channel thing.

🎮🇬🇧 Mid-senior level freelancer/contractor Games User Researchers, talk to me. We have a gig opening up for 23-26 June. Playtest moderation + focus group leading. On site in London, UK. If you are interested, please reach out!

Wowza

Kammerkonzert

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Spending nearly 3 weeks in the US has changed me somewhat…

Had a great first GDC! Learnt a lot, saw a lot of old and new faces and came away feeling inspired which in my eyes is a big success.

Good morning

First GDC. Super glad to be here, feels like a game dev rite of passage. Hit me up if you want to say hi 👋

This week we kick started an accessibility-first game jam with the University of Staffordshire. Central to the students’ game jam challenge is a focus on using our principles document produced specifically for the jam. These principles have now been made public! 👀 www.tencent.com/en-us/media/...

www.theguardian.com/society/2026... Welcoming this news. More specific needs-focused diagnosis allows for people like my brother, non-verbal and requiring 24/7 care, to be supported with more accuracy to those able to live & work independently with very different but still important needs.

A new diagnosis of ‘profound autism’ is under consideration. Here’s what parents need to know

Category describes people who have little or no language, an IQ of less than 50 and require 24-hour supervision

theguardian.com

I don't know much about eggball but I do like Seattle a lot so yay Seattle I guess!

every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds

Enjoying Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 a whole bunch, but WHY DOES EVERY NPC HAVE AN OPINION ON MY HORSE. WHY DOES NOBODY LIKE MY HORSE????

Did you know? SSX actually had a PC port, but it's only playable in The Sims 2, and also you can't play it, you have to watch your sim play it for you.

FEELIN' PRETTY NOW OR NEVER TO ME

Brilliant initiative. A significant, often under appreciated, part of making games accessible involves broadening the diversity of the people in the industry who are making those games. This sort of thing is gold.

@bslgg.bsky.social · 8mo ago

We’re live 🎮🤟 BSLGG, the British Sign Language Gaming Glossary, is now online. Check out the website, join the Discord, and help shape a community-led glossary of gaming signs. With thanks to Player Research for supporting the creation of our website! www.bslgg.com #BSL

Finished a couple of games over the winter break including Death Stranding 2. Struggled with the first one: loved the world and story but found the pace just too slow and couldn’t finish it. I clicked with the sequel instantly however. A true masterpiece, and I had a lot of fun with its photo mode!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Video games: Visually-impaired players call for better inclusion

A group made up of blind and partially sighted people say more needs to be done to make them feel included in gaming.

bbc.co.uk

This was probably the most infuriating and cringe-inducing thing I have listened to this year. The guy seems to have zero self-awareness.

TechCrunch@techcrunch.com · 10mo ago

Roblox CEO Dave Baszuki joined the Hard Fork podcast to discuss the gaming platform’s new age verification feature — but he seemed to get frustrated at the number of questions focused on child safety.

Wow 🥹

Can I Play That?@caniplaythat.com · 11mo ago

Scopely shared the story behind the Axel skin in Stumble Guys. Axel, who uses a wheelchair, was inspired by a visit from avid Stumble Guys player Fayçal. There, he had one important question: why isn’t there a skin in a wheelchair in the game, like me? caniplaythat.com/2025/10/29/s...

"Do players have fun?"

🏰meg⚔️@impavid.us · 11mo ago

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

Such is my deepness in the Apple ecosystem that, after accidentally putting my Sony earbuds in the laundry (sigh), I recently bought the new AirPod Pros. My question to you, #accessibility hive mind, why are these AirPods making me nauseous? Never had this with noise cancelling earphones before.

Our team are running user research concerning games accessibility. This is a paid research session open to UK residents. Please register your interest below if you are interested in taking part. @researchi.bsky.social www.researchi.co.uk/projects/RI9...

RI971: UK-Wide Digital Accessibility Research - £100

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Good morning Redmond. Time for some sweet sweet accessibility (with a bit of jet lag for extra spice) #GAConf

👋 I'm heading back across the pond to be at #GAConf once more in Redmond, WA later this month. I'm reserving a day free after the conference to catch up with familiar faces and meet new ones - hit me up if you're around and want to chat on the 31st 🙂

Saucony London 10K ✅ @specialeffect.org.uk

This game rocked. And it took me until adulthood to realise it was made by Virgin despite the main character basically being the logo.

SNESdrunk (U) [!]@snesdrunk.bsky.social · last yr.

Randomass video of the day: Cool Spot youtu.be/wD5harXiVvk

1 person going through redundancy is bad. 9,000 is just mismanagement - pure and simple. Heart goes out to all MS/AKB folks who, even if they kept their job, must be feeling pretty broken right now.

I promise I’ve been working and not just sitting on the beach the whole time I’ve been in LA.