This Thursday, join @kindofstrange.com and @doctorkilmer.bsky.social for a two-hour event about mental health in games with Amir Satvat's Always Supporting the Games Community! August 20th, 9pm ET/6pm Pt Live on LinkedIn and Discord

I'm excited to be collaborating with Cody Mejeur and the Amatryx Game Lab to publish an edited collection on the multiplayer online horror game, Dead By Daylight (Behavior Interactive 2016). Check the CFP and submit an abstract! wiredhistory.com/dbd/cfp-2/ #dbd #deadbydaylight #gamestudies

I spoke to Japanese game devs/industry professionals (including Shuhei Yoshida) about the U.S. games industry layoffs, and why they aren’t happening in Japan. It is both very simple and very interesting, imo! youtu.be/npmohif-jj0

I asked Japanese Game Devs why they aren't being Laid Off

YouTube video by Alanah Pearce

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Sharing this here from PhD student at York Uni, Luca Resti. Interesting and impactful #GameAudio research in case you want to take part and share your opinions and experience.

yall should get South of Midnight now. it's self-published by Compulsion Games, microsoft is out of the picture. they could use the support! store.steampowered.com/app/1934570/...

South of Midnight on Steam

South of Midnight is a new action-adventure from Compulsion Games. Explore the mythos and confront mysterious creatures of the Deep South in this modern folktale while learning to weave an ancient pow...

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I know quite a few people on here who'd be a good fit for a Senior Game Designer position, so if you want to work with me and you're in commutable distance of London, please apply! If not, share this with your friends. www.sports-interactive.com/vacancy/seni...

Senior Game Designer | SI Games

We’re an ambitious team, always on the lookout for tenacious talent. If you’re our next signing, make yourself known by applying for this open role.

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A rundown on narrative playtesting by @stevebromley.bsky.social. I’m a big believer in conducting proper user research if you have the access and means to do it. Golden data.

How to playtest your game’s story | Games User Research

How to safely approach testing both comprehension and appeal for the story of your game.

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Tickets for #AdvX26 go on sale TOMORROW (Wednesday) at 3:00 pm GMT+1 (UK time)! Join us for a weekend of narrative gaming in London on 7 - 8 November at the LSBU Hub building. Tickets have sold out quickly in past years, so plan ahead and make sure not to miss out! More info: adventurexpo.org

Great things happen when creativity and community come together around a shared love of games 🎮 ❤️ Introducing the CD PROJEKT RED Creators & Ambassadors Program! A new home for creators, community ambassadors, & our team to connect, collaborate, and create. Apply now: creators.cdprojektred.com/en

Ich durfte mal wieder für @vsgde.bsky.social schreiben und mein Leben mit dem Fotomodus beschreiben. ❤️ videospielgeschichten.de/als-der-foto...

Als der Fotomodus wichtiger wurde als das Spiel - Videospielgeschichten

Wer kennt es heute nicht, wenn es in Videospielen einen Modus gibt, mit dem wir ganz gezielt Screenshots nach unseren Wünschen erstellen können.  Der Fotomodus ist inzwischen fast immer ein fester Bes...

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I regularly update the TTRPGs for all-ages list on the TTRPGkids website, adding new games as I find them and including links to reviews/features as I post them on the site. Check out the latest update to the list here, and I hope it helps you find a game you'll love! https://loom.ly/N0cqFNk

Enjoy 127 items by 109 creators and support game devs effected by recent layoffs: itch.io/b/3802/game-...

📚 Out now in open access: Games and Literature, ed. @dilan-c.bsky.social, @annakinder.bsky.social & @sebomat.bsky.social (@wallsteinverlag.bsky.social). 23 chapters on games, narrative and preservation 👇 www.wallstein-open-library.de/978383536017...

EA is now owned by Saudi Arabia and Donald Trump's son-in-law

EA is now owned by Saudi Arabia and Donald Trump's son-in-law

The U.S. publisher has been taken private in a deal worth $55 billion.

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Excited to end off the week with these beauties by iam8bit! Presenting the Team ICO trilogy, with the soundtracks to ICO, Shadow of the Colossus & The Last Guardian: www.pixelcrib.com.au/collections/... #vgmvinyl #gameaudio #shadowofthecolossus

This is an outstanding video if you're interested in video game history and Namco games.

Andrew Elmore 💽@elmore.zone · 3w ago

🚨 RENOVATIONS COMPLETE! 🚨 After 34 months, today I unveil the final form of the single largest creative project of my life. THE NAMCO MUSEUM MUSEUM: EVERY GAME, EVERY COLLECTION, EVERY PORT! I've meticulously studied & presented EVERY single instance of Namco's historic game collections, for you!

The original devs are on board. Mark Ferrari, Gary Winnick, David Fox, Octavi Navarro, Robert Megone and others! www.grumpygamer.com/twp2_announce/

Thimbleweed Park 2

Ron Gilbert's often incoherent and bitter ramblings about the Game Industry

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The Hidden Curriculum of Video Games by David Waddington critiques mainstream game design and educational technology, offering hopeful alternatives and examining reflective games that resist dominant gameplay logics. buff.ly/SnjGJWi

ICYMI: Let's talk about proactive reporting in games (and how we could make it WAY more efficient) #gamedev #gamestudies open.substack.com/pub/rachelko...

Why can nobody can agree on what "harm" in games is?

There is a gap between what studios say is harmful and what they actually let you report.

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Who remembers that? #dialapirate #retrogaming #videogames #lucasfilmgames #monkeyisland

Buy my book :) bookshop.org/p/books/game...

Gamer Girls: 25 Women Who Built the Video Game Industry

Discover the women behind the video games we love--the iconic games they created, the genres they invented, the studios and companies they built--and how they changed the industry forever. Women have...

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"There’s so much depth, creativity, joy, fun and magic in this role." Ever wonder what a #VoiceDesigner does? Marina Hashemi dives into the magic of performance capture, and the quiet importance of a Voice Designer behind every line: hubs.ly/Q04qxytx0 #GameAudio

If you are media (gaming, mainstream, or otherwise) you should hit me up at VGHF@oneprstudio.com if you want to get press updates and interview opps with the Video Game History Foundation team! There is simply no one else doing the work of historical preservation *quite* like this.

Video Game History Foundation@gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · 4w ago

Ever wonder what it was like to experience a 3D game for the first time? We dug into our E3 tapes and found footage of the US press getting their first hands-on with Super Mario 64 at E3 1996

The latest round of layoffs has reinforced something the AAA industry needs to figure out. If a successful launch doesn't make your job safer, what exactly are developers supposed to plan for?

'The company has turned its back on us': Black Flag Resynced developers at Ubisoft Barcelona are being laid off instead of celebrating the series' latest hit

"We will never see the fruits of our labour, and the reward for our hard work will be the loss of our jobs."

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working on a new project for @aftermath.site: a semi-comprehensive, regularly-updated list of every game studio that refuses to use AI. if that sounds like your studio, message me with the reason(s) why as well as basic details about what you make. DMs open and email is nathan@aftermath.site

Lastest @romchip.bsky.social has a really interesting article on Chinese game history, giving an overview + a feminist perspective: romchip.org/index.php/ro... It's great to get articles in English from outside the usual US-center perspective & its citations are a great source for further reading!

A side project I've been working on—a curated link page of important essays on video game narrative—is now live. You can read about it on my blog: azhdarchid.com/the-game-nar... Or you can go straight to the dedicated website: www.gamenarrativereader.org

The Game Narrative Reader, Zeroth Edition

Announcing a curated, thematic link page of important essays and articles about video game narrative.

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✨ A Winnipeg video game store's petition to save physical PlayStation game discs has garnered over 320,000 signatures, showing strong consumer advocacy for media preservation. 📍 CBC Manitoba 🇨🇦

More than 320,000 people sign Winnipeg video game store's petition to keep PlayStation discs spinning | CBC News

Hundreds of thousands of people have signed a petition created by a Winnipeg video game store after Sony said earlier this month it plans to ditch physical PlayStation game discs.

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Vietnamese game design contest Road to Essen returns for its second edition

Vietnamese game design contest – Road to Essen – returns for its second edition | Mojo Nation

The winner will receive full sponsorship to showcase their game at SPIEL Essen 2027 in Germany.

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Get Children Reading: We have partnered with the National Literacy Trust to create this resource of video games that encourage and enable reading and writing skills. www.familygamingdatabase.com/Get+Children...

List: Get Children Reading - Family Gaming Database

We have partnered with the <a href='https://literacytrust.org.uk/' target='_blank' rel='noreferrer'>National Literacy Trust to create this resource of...

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