Say hello to Mirumi, the unbearably cute new robot from Yukai Engineering (be nice, it’s a little shy) #CES2025

💌 In my latest research note on substack I created a discussion guide for guardians; just a good old fashioned chat about nourishing vs destructive AI 'relationships'. Would love to hear about any other strategies from parents, or emerging guard-rails in homes? www.canva.com/design/DAGbZ...

'Sorry honey, your BFF is dead'; How Should We Talk to Children About the 'Death' of Their AI Companions? 🌱 A light research note on the downfall of Moxie, and ideas around the right to reanimate and digital grief narratives

🤖 Is your teen talking to AI characters? Do you know 'who' these characters are? I was unsurprised to learn that 37% of parents whose teens use conversational AI...had no idea. I suspect that number is higher when it comes to platforms like Character.ai
bigkidlab.substack.com/p/sorry-hone...

Ok but why the bags gotta have more fun getting to the tarmac than I do...🛝 I'll take the slide, thanks.

I'm in Japan 🇯🇵 looking for #tabletopgame recommendations!

So far, I have Kappa Bros, and a few others from @itten-games.bsky.social

I'm also looking for Ryuutama (in English) 👀

Any recs?

Perfection. As always.

All you need to know about how much the government actually understands youth online safety: Apparently YouTube is "primarily for the purposes of education and health support"

www.pm.gov.au/media/social...

👋 New here! Looking for my peeps, those who also love:

🧙 Cosy Fantasy (like legends and lattes)
🐣 Kids Lit & indie graphic novels (the ghost book, last chance to find duke)
🛝 Urban design for kids (Noguchi playmountain)
🧝‍♀️ Friendly > combat RPG's (like Ryuutama)
👾 Creative technologists!

Is Mario Tennis (Game Boy Colour) what I thought it was as a child? I look critically at my favourite childhood game over 20 years on...

I got asked why I included Mario Tennis on Game Boy Colour in my list of favourite games so dedicated this recent newsletter to answering the question: ‘Does the game still hold up?’ (Answer: sort of). Dissecting a game like this provides interesting lessons for a #gamedev like me

#nintendo

book shelf labels pointing down to "Shakespeare plays" and up to "Shakespeare studies"

good for him! work-life balance is so important