im ready for a new pokemon-style game series. i need an all new bounty of cute weird animal things
Kara Stone
@solarserver.games
artist and game designer www.solarserver.games www.karastonesite.com
I decided to playtest my upcoming game Landfill every single day for 7 weeks — and make a short vlog about it each week
I decided to playtest my upcoming game Landfill every single day for 7 weeks — and make a short vlog about it each week
In response to the unprecedented number of game developers laid off this year, we have created a bundle on itch to benefit a Game Industry Hardship Fund, managed by @videogameworkers.bsky.social. More than 100 games for 10+ bucks! Please share widely and donate generously! itch.io/b/3802/game-...
has it come out yet that whoever planned the world cup halftime show just used chatGPT
thinking about my PhD qualifying exams, which were writing three long essays on surprise prompts over in two weeks, and how my profs all said this kind of crunch was a necessary skill for academics. i've been a prof now for 5 years and i've literally never needed to do that again, not even close
The fact that Carney is posting this today shows that he genuinely doesn't give a single solitary shit about the climate crisis that is BURNING SWATHS OF CANADA AS WE SPEAK
The world wants to do more with Canada. Our MOU with Alberta will unlock those opportunities in energy — and create lasting benefits for Canadians.
The bosses are stealing our game industry, and we aim to take it back! We’re calling game workers, allies, and fans alike to join emergency rallies on WEDNESDAY, JULY 15th! Check this thread for times and locations as they’re established: 🧵
Dongs for me (Cyberpunk 2077, Baldur's Gate 3) but not for thee (Horses, Radiator Forever) https://kotaku.com/robert-yang-radiator-forever-steam-censorship-collective-shout-2000714776
Gay As A Service Game Hard To Find On Steam Despite No Explicit Nudity
"Valve loves it when Cyberpunk 2077 and Baldur's Gate 3 throw customizable genitals at you in the first five minutes, but of course I can't, because I actually have something to say about genitals!"
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some peaceful videos of Solar Rituals, my solo exhibition at @amazefest.bsky.social shop-gallery UnearthU
2) @codecwa.bsky.social hosts free online trainings for game and tech workers most weekends. There are 3 classes from 1-2 hours each that cover all the basics. Sign up here: code-cwa.org/upcoming-tra...
Upcoming CODE-CWA Trainings
code-cwa.org
If you're seeing the calls to organize the games industry but don't know where to start, here's a list of free organizer trainings you can sign up for right now. 🧵 1) @gwu-montreal.bsky.social runs monthly free in-person trainings for game workers in Montreal forms.gle/hNrEstS8BtCL...
CSN-GWU Organizer Training - Registration Form (2026) // Formation en organisation CSN-GWU - Formulaire d'inscription (2026)
(Français ci-dessous) When: 11am to 5pm each third Saturday of the month, until November 2026 (see dates below) Where: near Papineau metro - sign up for the full address Topics Covered Intro to Org...
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This week on Thu July 9th is finissage of the solo exhibition Solar Rituals by Kara Stone. Let’s get together before the summer break of A MAZE. Shop-Gallery. We will then open again in September for Berlin Art Week. #AMaze2026 #solarserver #berlin #arthousegames #indiedev
Solar Rituals exhibition and some other miscellaneous notes: solarserver.substack.com/p/solar-ritu...
Solar Rituals at A MAZE.
+ Known Mysteries winning Best Experimental Work at NarraScope
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I posted my History of Games keynote: - A materialist reexamination of the canonical game crises from a developer's POV - Thoughts on the ongoing game industry restructuring - Indiepocalypse, AAApocalypse, deprofessionalization, games at the knitting stage www.molleindustria.org/HistoryOfGam...
A History of Games Through Mass Extinctions
A transcript of Paolo Pedercini’s History of Games Conference keynote (2026).
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That helps explain why big media, always the handmaiden of power, works so hard to frame climate concern as some fey, boutique, out-of-touch elite concern. They don't want you to know that other people are concerned too. If you knew that, you might organize & push for change! And so we get this:
This is what the entire video is intended to couch. It’s the only part that matters. “We can’t afford to restrain the growth of an important part of our energy mix, oil and gas, to meet a short term goal,” Carney said. “Our emissions will be higher in the next few years”
If you want to ragebait yourself, watch this. It’s a lot of fear mongering and bullshit to say, effectively, that we’re doing a shock doctrine and we’re abandoning our climate targets. Happy Canada Day Eve, everyone.
Ok here it is, my thoughtful retrospective yet also crotchety post about Manifesto Jam, that no one will click on hotelpaintings.neocities.org/posts/2026-0...
Hotel Paintings
Why Not Manifest?
hotelpaintings.neocities.org
wow I’m so honoured that Known Mysteries won Best Experimental Work at this year’s @narrascope.org! you can play it at solarserver.games
Solar Server
Solar Powered Server Hosting Games
solarserver.games
the voice actor who plays Sorrow in Known Mysteries, as well as voices a character in my upcoming game — and long-time friend — PARTYGIRL just released their second album! if you like moody alt electronica and lyrics with deep interiority, check it out! partygirlrising.bandcamp.com/album/bleach
BLEACH, by PARTYGIRL
9 track album
partygirlrising.bandcamp.com
today is my last day of being 36, which i deemed the final age that is “young”
Our residency call for the 26/27 academic year is live! The theme this year is Creative Misuse - interpret as you will. Read the full prompt: https:// drive.google.com/file/d/16zB-7J4UoajGAooans30yEgQKlzys2hD/view Fill out the application: https:// forms.gle/KNfcAGBVCbyURiWJA
Images from the vernissage of Solar Rituals, my solo exhibition at @amazefest.bsky.social People are playing the experimental videogames Ritual of the Moon, Landfill, UnearthU, and Known Mysteries. We closed out the night with two rounds of my TTRPG Time For It On til July 9 in Berlin ☀️ 🌙
Landfill and Time For It are currently only available to play at @amazefest.bsky.social shop+gallery!
Images from the vernissage of Solar Rituals, my solo exhibition at @amazefest.bsky.social People are playing the experimental videogames Ritual of the Moon, Landfill, UnearthU, and Known Mysteries. We closed out the night with two rounds of my TTRPG Time For It On til July 9 in Berlin ☀️ 🌙
Images from the vernissage of Solar Rituals, my solo exhibition at @amazefest.bsky.social People are playing the experimental videogames Ritual of the Moon, Landfill, UnearthU, and Known Mysteries. We closed out the night with two rounds of my TTRPG Time For It On til July 9 in Berlin ☀️ 🌙