Have been away for months due to my day job involving dealing with 8 hrs of news per day. I don't want to lose this creative outlet. If you're seeking gamedev/artist/writing community like me, get in touch :)
QuestingOrc
@questingorc.bsky.social
Gamedev, Comics, Art Working on a #VisualNovel with #RPG elements Personal Account DE/ENG/JAP okay-らしい
Lizzie Magie (1866-1948) a US game designer who invented 'The Landlord's Game', the precursor to the globally famous 'Monopoly', which demonstrated the evils of capitalism #WomensArt
GAME, the German game industry trade association, released this *damn* good statement on the unjust NSFW game takedowns www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
In Paris I see people hanging out in the evenings, going to cheap art galleries, valuing fashion, enjoying food and talking about ideas. Meanwhile in the US we're devising "hacks" to not engage with art, ingest the bare minimum to live, and become the most efficient personality-free drones possible.
Really a sad way to go through life www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/b...
Looking at the current world events, I randomly think back to a non-fiction book titled "The Tipping Point".
I know that anatomy is important to learn and practice as an artist, I think I need to switch focus because just at the thought of more thumbs, fingers and hands I'll go feral. Looking forward to rib cages actually! #art
There is beauty all around us, if we dare to look. (I took this picture to create a study off it in the future. I want to become a better artist for my game.) #Art #photography #gamedev
Instead of going to the gym, I visited the turkish supermarket and brought this 10kg baby home. My arms are pudding, but I have no regrets.
"Rund 3900 Superreiche in Deutschland besitzen nach Berechnungen der Unternehmensberatung BCG mehr als ein Viertel des gesamten Finanzvermögens im Lande – insgesamt knapp drei Billionen Dollar." www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/s... (1/2)
Superreiche in Deutschland werden noch superreicher
Der Boom an den internationalen Aktienmärkten hat die Vermögen der Reichen und Superreichen im vergangenen Jahr deutlich erhöht. Bei den weniger wohlhabenden Menschen sieht die Lage anders aus.
spiegel.de
Iconic anti-war poster, originally by US printmaker Lorraine Schneider, 1966 #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
I'll say it over and over. I do not believe in gate keeping. I do not believe in pulling up the ladder. I believe in kicking the wall down like the Kool-Aid man, and making room as I go for those who come next. Just because it was hard for me, doesn't mean it has to be hard for anyone else.
I dunno, frankly insane that we were bullied into silence about a genocide and I don’t think we should be bullied into silence about the same state actors bombing a new population of civilians and starting a major world war
www.ft.com/content/d84c... "It took Takahashi six years to make To a T with a team of 12. His personality is everywhere in it [...]" As much as I love that the FT gives an indie TEAM the spotlight, I hate the whole auteur debate, even as a solo dev. You have ALWAYS support in creating a game.
In praise of gaming’s eccentric auteurs
‘To a T’, which casts you as a schoolboy with no elbows, is rare for being the work of a single-minded creator
ft.com
If you care about video game workers and want to follow all the game worker unions across the world, we've created a starter pack with all the ones on BlueSky. If we've missed one, let us know! go.bsky.app/PNcLPFU
Economy is so bad that Frankfurt's gastro service improved. (Not complaining, but there actually is a HUGE difference to 10 yrs prior. It was infamously unfriendly.)
When a book touches my soul, I take a piece of the author into me, into my life, into my experiences, and my way of moving through the world. AI doesn't give you that. It's cold.
When politicians talk about keeping the children safe from "pornography", this is what they mean
The arrest of online fanfic erotica writers (99% young women) in China is still ongoing, some are getting sentenced to 10 years in prison I didn’t see any newer international coverage of this but I saw on Weibo today that more writers are getting sentenced right now amp.scmp.com/news/china/p...
In my first op-ed for @nytimes.com, I argue that the alliance between Silicon Valley & the US government is a threat to democracy. The Republican tax bill now up in the Senate, which would ban states from regulating AI for a decade, will only cement that trajectory. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
Opinion | Silicon Valley Is at an Inflection Point
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Weil ich gerade als Experte zum Thema für ein Forschungsprojekt interviewt wurde: Ich finde, ALLE Spiele, in denen es Mikrotransaktionen gibt, sollten ab 18 sein und Kindern verboten werden. Roblox, Fortnite, Brawl Stars. Es gibt keinen Grund, Kinder den Machine-Gambling-Psychotricks auszusetzen.