Niva Kay

@nivakay.bsky.social

Sustainable Futures x Video Games. Co-Chair IGDA Climate SIG. Author, filmmaker & farmer amongst other things. PhD candidate UoA

New from 404 Media: we've seen internal documents that show Microsoft is explicitly planning to "make people addicted" to its new AI assistant 'Scout' which the company just announced. It is a clear goal according to the documents, with addiction being the first phase www.404media.co/microsoft-wa...

Microsoft Wants to 'Make People Addicted' to its New AI Assistant, Internal Documents Reveal

Planning documents for "Scout" say the plan is to "make people addicted" to the tool before adding new features.

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I’ve been eyeing Trash Goblin for awhile. Happy to have an excuse to clean up trinkets for my talking lizard and frog friends instead of writing my PhD thesis…

IGDA Climate SIG@igdaclimatesig.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Join us this month we are playing Trash Goblin @spiltmilkstudios.bsky.social At the end of May, we'll meet for small group discussions about its green game design approach. Find us on Discord lnkd.in/geKXsCWf #trashgoblin #greengames #indiegames

Event invite from IGDA Climate SIG for green game design monthly discussion and analysis. Scheduled for May 28, 2026 with two options for time: 11am PDT or 9pm PDT. Game art for Trash Goblin is featured prominently on a background of mountains and blue sky.

Phenomenal first sessions at the Adaptation Futures Conference. With indigenous people front and centre stage discussing the urgency of bringing science, policy and indigenous knowledge together to implement transformative climate adaptations #af2025

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