I finally watched the video and the host says over and over how bizarre it is that Gaben’s yacht treats the crew with a shred of respect. Remember: the audience for a video like this is the riches and their aspiring hustle bros. Maybe they should pay attention.

Robin-Yann Storm@rystorm.com · 2d ago

A video on Gabe Newell's giant yacht, and a strange detail is: The astonishment that he eats with his crew, in a good looking mess hall, and he also gives the crew good rooms that... just look like hotel rooms: youtu.be/4pRawnAFLEk?... So this means every other yacht owner doesn't? That's nuts!

All this posting is just reminding me there should have been more Pacific Rim so we could hang out with the weird scientists. Big miss, making that first movie the end of the whole jaeger project.

This is a heartbreaking, enraging video that cleverly sets up just how skilled and experienced the people founding Hidden Horses are. Good stuff. youtu.be/ON404N_Y-z4?...

Foundation of Hidden Horses

YouTube video by Hidden Horses

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Jensen broke containment and I am tired of talking about him

die Teams die, don't come back

It's always nice to see good genre writing advice being taken seriously in the wild.

Will McMahon@willmcmahon36.bsky.social · 4d ago

Beautiful day for "great clomping foot of nerdism" quote enjoyers.

One thing that the last few years has made abundantly clear is if you're the CEO of a trillion dollar company you've got a surprising amount of time on your hands.

Close formation of...P-51 Mustangs (?) flew over Eagle Rock a minute ago. Neat!

The messages I’ve gotten are as heartbreaking as they are heartening. So many people were dragged into extremist groups at incredibly young ages (13-18), while looking for connection, identity, and community. They end up in spaces dedicated to hate and harassment. 1/2

alyssa mercante@alyssamerc.bsky.social · last wk.

Were you once a Gamergater or online extremist? What got you out of the cult? DM me or email me (alyssamerc@gmail.com) and tell me your story, anonymously or on the record.

May all the co-ops to spring from this mismanaged industry make cool games and last exactly as long as their owners want

Vertical Slice@verticalslice.news · 2d ago

Former id Software developers establish worker-owned, independent studio Hidden Horses after the Doom developer was gutted by Microsoft "We want to create a vehicle that allows us to make games for our livelihoods, not to make crazy profits and get 100x returns."

I am working on an update to my early 2025 essay meant to educate writers on the AI bubble (so you stop panicking) and goddamn does messing around with Fable make boosters sound like hacks. You’re paying for something like…what…15% better than Qwen? That they throttle you on??

You know how you’re like “the battle I was in was bad” but then you learn about a way more nightmarish and insane sounding battle

Gretchen Leigh 🇨🇦@gretchenleigh.zone · 3d ago

I don't want anger or hate directed towards House House, but man it's just so fucking disingenuous to compare anti-AI sentiment in games to GG. One of those things is pushback against the incursion of a multi-trillion dollar industry into the games industry and other was about hating women

I have a theory that indies should target Android handhelds.

Mat Piscatella@matpiscatella.bsky.social · 3d ago

US average price paid for a new unit of hardware: September 2026 PS5 - $646 XBS - $663 September 2013 PS3 - $252 360 - $232 September 2013 prices adjusted for inflation as of September 2026 (US Bureau of Labor Statistics) PS3 - $363 360 - $334 Source: Circana Retail Tracking Service

I think it’s okay if a good game that used a minimal amount of AI is disqualified from receiving certain awards.

There have been some blessedly thoughtful, nuanced takes out there about this year's IGF AI dustup (remember this happened last year also?). What I haven't quite seen is an acknowledgement of how difficult it is to navigate the space as a new dev. We need to give space for people to change behavior.

God damn I can’t leave yall alone for like two hours huh

between this and Silver Lake Comics, this week is DENSE with fun things made pretty much exclusively for me.

Blippo+@blippo.plus · 2w ago

📡🌴 NEXT WEEK on Friday the 13th we're throwing a party to celebrate the vinyl release of Greatest Hits from Planet Blip and you're invited! If you're in, near, or willing to beam yourself to Los Angeles, we would love to see you. FREE (and all-ages) with RSVP: hologramopera.com/pages/planet...

Ellison should have stuck to acting

If you know Supper Mario Broth, go tell him how cool he is. If you don't know, today's a great day to find out https://kotaku.com/beloved-mario-content-creator-says-his-health-is-failing-but-only-blindness-or-death-will-stop-him-from-posting-mario-facts-2000755083

Beloved Mario Content Creator Says His Health Is Failing But 'Only Blindness Or Death' Will Stop Him From Posting Mario Facts - Kotaku

'If I should one day stop posting: thank you very much for reading.'

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It would have been neat if I didn't have to spend weeks clumsily learning enum FSMs and mass framework and behavior trees only to ditch them all and do state trees, but hey at least I'm here and all the lil guys are runnin around.

Yeah clip them to a metrocard

David Waldman@kagrox.bsky.social · last wk.

Stop holding your lavalier microphones in your hands.

Okay okay I’ll buy it

Opra Zebb@oprazebb.com · 6d ago

No I fucking didnt

We're looking for a game writer to work with us on The Lich Wars, part-time for about the next two years. Details and application form here > www.workwithindies.com/careers/psyc... Re-posts appreciated :-)

I should do some yoga

Not sure enough attention is being paid to how well the Texas gerrymander worked for Republicans. Democratic vote share rose 12 pts; they won the popular vote 53-47. But they only gained one seat and the delegation is still 24-14 Republicans. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Un...

This is one of the most thoughtful and accurate discussions of the state of GenAI in gamedev today. I'm pretty much aligned across the board with what Dr. Dicken says, especially the short and long term concerns for the health of the industry, and what happens when the subsidies go away.

Remap Radio@remapradio.bsky.social · last wk.

In a quest to better understand gaming’s AI moment, Patrick spends an hour with Dr. Luke Dicken, a former data scientist at Zynga and the eventual Director of Applied AI at Take-Two Interactive. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/remap-radio/id1690437343?i=1000800036213

GAME WRITING GAME JAM The ARCJAM by ARCWEAVE runs from Nov 20th - 23rd - the winner of the Narrative Design prize gets a FREE FULL RIDE SCHOLARSHIP TO MY GAME WRITING BOOTCAMP (either the January 2027 cohort or the Fall 2027 cohort) www.game-writing.com/posts/arcjam...

Billionaire mouthpiece says pwease don’t

Washington Post Opinions@postopinions.bsky.social · last wk.

"If Democrats lurch far left on policy, the voters who gave them an enormous victory on Tuesday will probably be strongly tempted to switch back to the GOP or stay home in future elections." Read more from the Editorial Board: https://wapo.st/4z0x1j8

Proud a you kids

CeeJay@hausofcucci.bsky.social · last wk.

The children are calling tramp stamps “cake toppers”?????? 😭