For the first time in our 9-year history:
WE ARE HIRING!
We're seeking a full-time fundraising manager to establish and grow our non-profit's development department - in other words, to raise money and help us grow! Remote-hybrid in the SF Bay Area with benefits!
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Please note the belief requirements point. The OfS set out its view last summer, in a paper on free speech, stating it would be improper to ask for evidence of a commitment to EDI in hiring or promotions processes. This would discriminate against those opposed to equality, diversity and inclusion.
If you work in games and want food for thought, there's no food tastier or more nutritious than the Kaleidoscope podcast right now.
Every episode has been an absolute banger so far, brilliant thoughtful discussions with great guests. Kudos @jon.inkle.co and @sagarberoshi.bsky.social !
A banner that reads "Game Workers Conference" in white text on a pink and blue background, alongside the ball and threads logo.
Do you work in games? Are you tired of corporate greed taking over our industry? Do you miss when industry events were by workers, for workers?
The United Videogame Workers of CWA, in partnership with other unions and worker-centered organizations, announce the #GameWorkersConference. May 22-23 ❤️🔥
Will be at #G4CLondon26 on a panel later today with some brilliant folks - Maria Sayans, Rosa Carbo-Mascarell, Tristan Clark & Oliver Mauro - talking about how games can drive positive change across communities 🔥
games.london/G4Clondon/
iran: how can a man with no history and no land / try to erase our civilisation with a bloodstained hand?
trump: history is boring / I have a skyscraper with my name on it
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Ooh but tell me more about “rigid ropes around creation” v intriguing
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PLEASE. yall would not believe how much time we lost trying to ensure that Wanderstop's relatively limited use of video cutscenes would run on _just_ pc and steam deck. did you know they're NOT cross-compatible for video????? for some reason
this sounds so great. i think the idea of taking stories traditionally associated with 'epic scale' and making them heartfelt and lo-fi through the creative artifice of people with real good taste is the way forward for all kinds of media, especially games
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/s...
My god. Essential, horrifying reporting here.
something here also about the agentic move in both online spaces and games being funnelled into consumerism-as-agency rather than creativity, which prefigured the move towards AI the ultimate simulacrum of creative agency
tangential but funny to me bc I studied buffy / Veronica mars and the early days of tv creators responding to online fandoms, it seemed so exciting at the time for fans to be noticed but truly it was the eye of Sauron upon us
BP hails exceptional trading as oil prices soar in Iran war.
While people at home are dreading the next energy bill landing in their inbox, fossil fuel bosses are filling their coffers
We need a permanent, tightened windfall tax to claw back every penny of excess profit being made on this crisis and put it towards supporting households
yeah sorry but hasbara could never youtu.be/01tReyyzJIc?...
Iran’s propaganda on trump’s market manipulation - I mean, damn
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wow folks turns out I am against generative ai unless it’s Iran producing lego rap war propaganda bangers
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corporations co-opting fandom practices was such a dark move imo - instead of fans using their imaginations to produce transformative work and communities, fans became passive consumers entitled to “service”
More than half of men ages 18-49 (52%) now say they have an active sports betting account with an online sportsbook like DraftKings, Caesars, FanDuel, or BetMGM.
sri.siena.edu/2026/04/13/m...
Austin Walker is one of the coolest people in games and I felt so joyful getting to listen to this interview, where he dug into one of my games and put it in dialogue with one of his own. ✨
All of you nerds for procedural music, storytelling, and tarot need to check out Divinuet
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i think a good question to ask is: why aren't there any "mom games" but "dad game" is a defined genre
Mmm and women/mothers are often seen as holders of culture — also three of those games are about food as heritage and all four have female protagonists & most w teams w women in leadership roles (to your downthread point)
I had entire confidence you would make it your own and you have! Congrats, Hassan, the reviews look 🔥
The "interfaceX.net" graphic showing an old computer with the website url. keychains of old school computer iconography surround it. it is very nostalgic.
InterfaceX26 starts today! a Steam event of games featuring fake and fictional OS. "Everything is going to be ok" is part of it.
interfacex.net
"More than 150 developers and publishers have come together to launch InterfaceX26, a week-long Steam sale and livestream running from April 27 to May 4."
Consume Me, 1000xResist, Thirsty are all games about mothers & daughters - but the only one that fully fits this I can think of is Venba imo — interesting that all of these are Asian / immigrant narratives!
Aww I should say I only worked on VERY initial concepting so all credit to @mrhassansan.bsky.social for the words & story!
congrats to the entire team at @outerloopgames.bsky.social for the launch of Dosa Divas! Will look forward to checking it out soon — it looks thoroughly gorgeous and vibrant 🎉
✨ Say hello to the Beautiful Games Club ✨
It's like a book club, but for games that we feel are deserving of a little bit of special attention.
In our first episode, we're playing and discussing Neva (2024) by the incredible @nomada.studio and @devolverdigital.com.
