"One of the most beautiful games I've seen in years"
- Euan, Melbourne

Photo from the NYC Karaoke Clubhouse Meet-Up last month.

thegameclub.com/clubs/a8df38...

Award-winning composer, @awintory.bsky.social, speaks with Creative Director, Faris Attieh about how he brought The House of Hikmah to life through music. Experience the melodic, emotional tones of Maya's journey on April 8th!

This months Games Industry Gathering has now begun!!

Join at any time over the next 12 hours to hang out and network with your fellow game industry friends in #TheGIG

“A must-play for anyone who enjoys story-driven adventures with a strong emotional core”

You have two days to join #TheGameClub and get your copy of next months game!

I honestly didn't know I needed it as badly as I did. I think that's the hard thing, you don't know you're burnt out until you step away from it all for a bit, which is hard (and sometimes not possible) to do.

Industry Badge Application GCX is a creator-driven gaming event built for meaningful brand and community engagement. Set within a vacation destination environment, GCX brings together creators, their audiences…

Want to come join me?

Apply for an Industry Badge here: gcxevent.com/2026-industry, or if you want to be more involved - HMU directly.

(9/9)

GCX - Gaming Community Expo at Universal Studios Orlando - July 24-25, 2026.

So I’m gonna help them out, build the industry component, tell folks about their event. And for the first time in a while, I’m genuinely excited about it - I feel this is going to be FUN.

(8/9)

It’s a true, genuine, honest to god community gaming event.

And it’s in a theme park.

And the after party is in the theme park. At night. Exclusively.

(7/9)

A grassroots event that started out years ago as a meetup for Destiny fans. The folks behind it aren’t faceless - they’re known creators. The event is full of other creators that attend - cause they WANT to be there. The expo floor features game mod groups, community guilds, and LARP groups.

(6/9)

I figured I was done with events.

Then I went to a theme park.

Specifically, a gaming event INSIDE a theme park.

(5/9)

I went back to Australia multiple times last year, literally staying in remote areas for much of it. I turned down roles to work on other events and brands you would know, not believing the corporate promises (correct decision in retrospect).

(4/9)

My last role in events however, as Event Director for the DreamHack Festivals in the US, was particularly challenging. I’m not going to go into the details - there’s so many wonderful people that still work there, and the events are still meaningful to a lot of communities - but it was rough.

(3/9)

This career path has taken me all over the world, and given me such wonderful opportunities and experiences, not to mention the tangible way I’ve been able to help folks from the games industry directly at all the various shows.

(2/9)

For almost a year, I’ve been completely burnt out.

You all probably know me as an ‘event’ guy, having worked for over a decade on shows like PAX, Comic-Con, EGX, E3 (RIP), and most recently DreamHack.

(1/9)

Photo from the Gamers in the Bronx Meet-Up this week.

Join this Clubhouse here - thegameclub.com/clubs/199fa5...

Our Meet-Ups are happening this week all over the world, folks getting together to talk about games, hang out, and get to know each other better.

Are you in the Game Club?

For my NYC based game dev friends, check this out - it kicks off this weekend, great opportunity, I'd love to see you there!

Details - www.coexistgaming.com/event-detail...

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#GDC2026

This turned out perfectly @duckvalentine.bsky.social

Thank you to everyone who made it to the Games Industry Social event tonight.

5th year we've run it, and it's such a wonderful way to connect and catch up.

Sorry to those who weren't able to RSVP (wait list was 600 people!!), well try to get a bigger venue next year!

Have a great GDC folks!

Have a safe and productive #GDC2026 week for those here in SF.

Reminder that the @thegig.bsky.social GDC Guide features the best tips, tricks, maps, advice, and recommendations for navigating SF and GDC - thegig.guide/gdc

🇺🇸JFK ✈️ 🇺🇸SFO

I'll [ G D See ] you soon.

5 hours left of our Pre [ GDC ] Digital GIG event - come join in!

Not 30 seconds into hosting #TheGIG and I've been rebranded as "That Guy from the email".

Pretty much sums up my career😂

Our special pre #GDC2026 Digital GIG has now begun!

Join at any time over the next 12 hours to connect with industry friends and colleagues, whether you're going to GDC or not!

All RSVP's have been sent out for the Games Industry Social (thegig.social/gdc) event in SF next week.

Apologies for those we couldn't squeeze in, 300 capacity space and had over 600 people apply :(

We DO however have our digital event in #TheGIG tomorrow, and there's no limit on the attendees!

Heading to #GDC next week?

A bunch of game industry veterans from the @thegig.bsky.social have contributed to this handy guide feat tips, tricks, and more.

Full guide here - thegig.guide/gdc

Thanks to @neurotic.bsky.social @tenaciouschi.bsky.social @alykkat.bsky.social for their contributions

THE GAMES INDUSTRY SOCIAL : San Francisco 2026 Edition

For the 5th year @thegig.bsky.social hosts the perfect kick off event for GDC week, supported by the good folks at @xsolla.bsky.social!

We're almost at capacity, so if you were considering attending you should RSVP ASAP.

www.thegig.social/gdc

Hosted by the phenomenal @lyndsay.bsky.social