I don't believe in expansions anymore. Play a game a second time? With more rules? Sounds sus

So, they shot and killed someone, they don't know if they were the baddie, they don't know if the person they shot was armed, and now they want to know things that the dead person could have told them if they were not dead

"We strongly believe, yet to be confirmed as well, that he was armed"

"We're very keen to learn who if any but I'm sure some actually assisted him in getting away from Porepunkah to where he was located"

Bonkers things the Victoria Police Chief Commissioner said today:

"Victoria Police...fatally shot a man"

"Should it be confirmed that the deceased is Freeman..."

🧵

Steam community requesting additional body types for added immersion.

A large block of sentient tofu

Steam community: “Can we play as a male character?”

Me (indie dev in this economy):
“Best I can do is sentient tofu.”

Mohamed Alharbi with Amy from Voices of Bentleigh. Sitting at a table having a detailed conversation about strategy and our experiences

Voices of Bentleigh is preparing for the future! Yesterday we met with Mohamed Alharbi. He was the Muslim and South Asian Constituency Field Manager for Zohran For NYC. We had a wonderful conversation learning from each other.

Shows the Elegant Skeleton website with buttons to Bonus and Day 1

Now.

www.elegantskeleton.org

Elegant Skeleton x The Game Expo

The Elegant Skeleton Research Institute is excited to bring a brand new Elegant Skeleton Aptitude Study to The Game Expo 2026.

We look forward to the participation of many willing research groups.

Things and stuff can be tricky for me

It seems worth it to me. Not much to make sure all those essential services can keep running

Reposting with ALT because this kind of phenomenal disdain and disrespect from within the industry literally against two of their own titles and the designer who made them is important to recognize.

Day 6 of song lyrics that make me chortle:

"Now you're in my head, my heart, my body part" - Felicia Eriksson

Voices of Bentleigh is ready for action! We are a "Voices of" community group in the Victorian state Bentleigh district which includes Ormond, McKinnon, Bentleigh, Bentleigh East, Brighton East, Moorabbin, Highett, and Cheltenham. Head to linktr.ee/voicesofbent... if you'd like to get involved!

When @meampongan.bsky.social and I got together we raced to play Wombat Poo and we had so much fun! We loved opening the game and seeing all the environmentally friendly packaging and ethical consideration, and we loved playing the game! Everyone should have a copy of this

"Flatten the curve" is maybe the most successful slogan of the last 10 years and conveys a relatively complicated idea! The difference is that the media helped explain and operationalize its underlying message. With "Defund the police" the media did the opposite.

I don't believe in collective nouns

An update: Unfortunately Freeplay didn’t secure multi-year funding and is potentially looking at its last year of operation. We’re exploring what comes next & want your input.

Read our full statement here: www.freeplay.net.au/survey2026

Help us decide our next step here: forms.gle/W4ZSns1bGCX1...

Thank god Flip 7 didn’t win the Spiel des Jahres, you know that guy would be sending it to Trump now.

I hate expansions.

Wombat Poo by @philwaker.bsky.social of Joey Games is a stacking game where you either poo, stack a cube or wipe, score each cube stacked on the tower. @danweb.bsky.social was a witness to my screaming, fun screaming😆 On top of a good game, by my fave designer, is an eco friendly focus. (a thread)

Real Bird Fake Bird daily game results. 5/7 for category "Worldwide Flatbreads" Wednesday 24 December

"Turn the volume up" - Zohran Mamdani

My Melbourne International Games Week: Launch Party Freakon Parallels Elegant Skeleton PAX Megadev

I'm doing Melbourne International Games Week! Here's where you can find me throughout the week!

I'm so bad at days of the week. I was on nights, and time is kind of ephemeral" - Brett

the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.

Day 5 of song lyrics that make me chortle:

"Imma volume up my voice and make up"
- Jerry Heil

The Politician. I rewatch it all the time and desperately wish it got a 3rd and 4th season

I've seen ABC refer to the Nazi rallies as "anti mass immigration rallies" over and over, exactly what Nazis want labelled as, legitimising them.

In contrast, not once have I heard the Palestine rallies called anti-genocide or anti-colonial. I wonder what that's about 🙄

Elegant Skeleton x Melbourne International Games Week

The Elegant Skeleton Research Institute is excited to announce our latest public aptitude study in partnership with Melbourne International Games Week.

Our new study is on October 10-12 2025 as part of Melbourne International Games Week 2025
(4-12 Oct). For more info visit gamesweek.melbourne

So Codenames (and thus CGE) has blocked me, a Trans developer and designer, because I had the nerves to send them the two replies you find below. Judge for yourself if these are worth a ban.

This is their way of dealing with empathy and care in this ongoing conversation.