the cover to the new issue of Wyrd Science, featuring an illustration of psychedelic mushrooms growing out of a pink skull by tom j newell

what if we put issue 8 of Wyrd Science on sale? What if this got more likes & shares than our stupid jokes?

featuring Dolmenwood, Blades In The Dark, Doomsong, Kamping Kitbash, Lee Gold, The Old King's Crown, weird fiction, aggro comics, dungeon synth & lots more

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Still a few spaces left if you want to play #aegeanrpg at #ukgamesexpo

I keep catching strays from "technology is neutral" people, so let's set things straight.

1) Technology is not neutral, especially the subset of technology called "algorithms"
2) The form-factor that makes a technology into a tool is not neutral
3) How tools are productized is not neutral

[rant]

A heavy metal wheel crank laid against a wrought iron fence among various other free items

*sigh* great. There’s obviously some sort of device nearby I’m gonna need to use this on to compete a puzzle so I gotta lug it to the leftist coffee shop and bookstore with me

graphic that says no ice in Minnesota itch.io charity bundle

The No ICE in Minnesota Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED!

There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota!

Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...

I tried to take a photo of a grasshopper on my windshield, but now it looks like a gigantic bug destroying the town.

Donate to Help The Tartan Skirt Go Digital, organized by Julia Gordon Hi, I'm Julia Gordon and for several years in the 90s I was involved in working for wide… Julia Gordon needs your support for Help The Tartan Skirt Go Digital

A small but deeply meaningful local project - digitising issues of 90s Scottish trans magazine The Tartan Skirt so all of us can access them.

It's a really modest fundraising target with a significant outcome, please share or contribute if you can!

We're launching a website.

Jank is an independent PC games website funded by readers.

jank.cool

If you like funny, thoughtful games journalism and can't stand adverts, deals posts, affiliate links, and other nonsense - Jank is for you.

a beholder looking with a mixed, maybe excited expression at a postman who is passing him a letter

anyway it's a new year, a year in which we plan* to release 4 (+ actually) issues, and so for the fifth year running I am on my hands & knees begging people to try sending us info about what they're working on, ideally 2-3 months before release

our inbox for all press releases is press@wyrd.science

Save 95% on SOMA on Steam From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very exi...

Soma is going for an absolutely silly discount right now, 95% off.

If you've not played it, it's perhaps Frictional's best. I never finished it, cos I got too scared

Totally random, but I really feel like the head of this snake in Haunted Castle (1987) was inspired by the lizard in Frank Frazetta's "Jongor Fights Back" painting (1967).

a painting of a cartoonish beholder gliding through the corridors of his subterranean lair in search of snacks

big fan of @bodieh.bsky.social's artwork there's some lovely original paintings that have just gone up on the store. super tempted by this big round lad just floating around looking for some fool to zap with an eye stalk

www.slowquest.com/products

A screenshot of a sale/bundle on itch

As promised, I've bundled together everything I've released on itch for @morkborg.com. 7 adventures, 2 pamphlet adventures, 2 soundtracks, and a short story for £50, or 34% off everything (because it makes the £10 adventures £6.60 and that's fun).

itch.io/s/167473/mrk... #ttrpg #osr

Come and listen to me talk about myth and history and everything Aegean at 7pm with @rookeryp.bsky.social

More interiors from the new issue to feast on. Here @rossignol.bsky.social speaks to @jfg.land & @unormal.bsky.social about their epic @cavesofqud.com

@elkowalczuk.bsky.social supplying all the wonderful art here

Get your copy now at shop.wyrd.science

I'm thinking more about this and I think industrial music keeps re-evolving from first principles because the conditions that produced it are everywhere

Save 40% on Sir, You Are Being Hunted on Steam Sir, You Are Being Hunted is a freedom sandbox stealth experience, where each playthrough is unique, thanks to our British Countryside Generator. Escape from these robot-infested islands with violence...

Also! Sir, You Are Being Hunted is on sale in the Steam Autumn sale, and there is no more autumnal experience than fleeing between the hedgerows chased by tweedy British robots.

And hey, it's a game you should probably own if you like anything I have ever done.

Cover of Hellebore: The Mirror Issue, showing a woman with eyes closed and her reflections in two mirrors, both with open eyes

Ready for a new issue? Pre-orders for The Mirror Issue are now open worldwide! ✨🪞✨

Mirror magic, ritual masks, films that cast a spell, doppelgängers and fetches, changelings, evil portraits, spirit traps and much more.

👉🏼 helleborezine.com

M365 Copilot fails to up productivity in UK government trial : AI tech shows promise writing emails or summarizing meetings. Don't bother with anything more complex

Two trials will be repeated endlessly despite always producing the same results:

1) Does UBI work? (yes)
2) Does AI improve productivity? (no)

Hi! I was laid off from Firaxis this morning. I wrote leaders and civs for Civilization VII (NDA for now) and Deadpool and Storm for Marvel's Midnight Suns. I also wrote the award-nominated Hindsight.

I'm available for full time, remote work starting ASAP. DMs are open:

emmkid.info

fuck this shit

🍒 CHERRY RUSH has begun! 🍒

50 games, 50 cherries, 3 days of UFO 50 and fundraising for charity - organized by the community!

Come watch! cherry-rush.org

Pencils, sharpened

Generative art tools

Wyrd Science 7! Back from the Dread Not going to sugarcoat this, we're here to talk - at length- about our new issue here...

Hey, hey, hey. We have very very big news. We finally have a new issue on sale right... NOW!

We hope it's not our last but that is up in the air so this really is a case where YOU ARE THE HERO

but also other very cool non WS stuff mentioned! so check it out...

Proteus by Twisted Tree A musical island exploration by Ed Key and David Kanaga

I'd forgotten how amazing Proteus is - just had a play through of it. Gets quite psychedelic in a few of places.

twistedtree.itch.io/proteus

really annoying to hear the ghosts in pacman called "ai" when in reality they're the souls of 4 teenagers who broke into an arcade one night on a dare

Worms is part of a genre of “artillery” computer games that we thought went back to the 70s, until we discovered it actually went back to the 60s. In this thread, Kevin Bunch reveals he’s unearthed long forgotten footage of the lost game that started it all.

Word on the street, literally, is that this is the biggest demonstration in Hungary since 1918