aaa congrats!!

it's time to pack up

Easy game making programs Code-less/light game making programs Bitsy - Make a little 2d pixel character navigate through interconnected rooms to encounter characters and objects that talk to you (Bipsi - is a more in-depth ve...

updated my list of Easy game making programs. every day it gets easier to *make little guy walk around*

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

at last a flatgame engine for making simple walkable zine-type games! muhahah

i dont remember this talking heads song

the first paper from my phd project is now out and i'm presenting it tomorrow morning at #chi2026! it's an explorative design project about supporting players' rule experimentation through game design. you can read/download from this link dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

reflection on a pirate reality i spent a month as a pirate ship operator. february-april, working on the spring holidays, about 4 weeks all told. on my internet with friends i call this pirate reality. start at 945. end at 445. …

had a job as a pirate ship ride operator. what can this tell us about game design, torture and alienation. anything at all? glitchout.blog/2026/04/16/r...

didnt know yorkshire diaspora was strong in barcelona

This game is dedicated to the gallant people of freesound.org

Creative Commons anniversary making me emotional

Cover of the Dis-loyalty Zine on a watermelon furoshiki.

Example of a player punching a hole in the zine.

Example pages of the Dis-loyalty Zine with some holes punched.

Player holding up the unfolded zine showing a poem.

🍉 THE DIS-LOYALTY ZINE 🍉: Punch a hole through these "killer" brands every time you boycott them. Complete the set to reveal a poem and hidden image.

✊🏻 Created with @chadtoprak.bsky.social for @avantbeetle.bsky.social's Protest Game Jam.

📄 Wanna print your own? heyitshelen.itch.io/the-dis-loya...

this poster slaps

poster of a distorted mona lisa with a magnifying glass over an alien fetus located at her chest, warped text reads: THERE IS A TRUTH AT THE CENTRE OF REALITY... THE ONLY WAY TO ACCESS IT? DOMINO DOT GALLERY

ALERT: New Domino Club Jam Released Claims To ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS TO REALITY

TO FIND OUT MORE AND PLAY PERVERSE GAMES CHECK OUT domino.gallery/jams/questio...

Viv: An Engine for Emergent Narrative Viv is an engine for emergent narrative.

check it out, sick little tool by James Ryan

viv.sifty.studio

The paper is now officially out in the #chi2026 proceedings!

You can download the dataset, as well as the autoethnographic memos, as Supplementary Material

dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

Player Discretion is Advised: Designing for Rule-Changing Play | Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

here's the rest of the paper 🫴 dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

Man who paid $2.9m for NFT of Jack Dorsey’s first tweet set to lose almost $2.9m ‘This is the Mona Lisa of the digital world’, says crypto entrepreneur Sina Estavi who bought the NFT in March 2021

Happy fourth birthday, this headline

achieved my lifelong dream and made a trailer for my favourite game designer!

who up changing they rules

Slide: Player Discretion is Advised: Designing for Rule-Changing Play

We have @dorukb.bsky.social opening the session on Designing Player Experience at #chi2026!

thank you!!

barcelona is a cool city it has this guy in it, most cities don't have this as far as i know

got a lot of support from my supervisors Jo Iacovides and @ben.kirman.org. feel like this project set the roots for the rest of the phd work which i am doing now by giving me exciting leads to follow. i hope it inspires some people out there to also find ways to help their players get weird with it

the first paper from my phd project is now out and i'm presenting it tomorrow morning at #chi2026! it's an explorative design project about supporting players' rule experimentation through game design. you can read/download from this link dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

dropping a subtle hint that i'll be showing a demo of DAWN CHORUS interstate for the first time at ALT:GAMES in parramatta this weekend! made a sick looking start screen just for this. come look at it.

Are you an early career research who would like to spend a semester at the Center for Digital Narrative at the University of Bergen? We have a call out now for a stipend to cover mobility expenses for 3-4 months in the first half of 2027. Apply before 15 May! skjemaker.app.uib.no/view.php?id=...

Radical Infrastructure by Britt Paris - Paper Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

My book Radical Infrastructure came out last week! It goes deep into the political and economic roots of technological infrastructure to explain hype around various technical projects, and counters it with cases of people pushing back.
Download OA: www.ucpress.edu/books/radica...

thank u!!

there is a bridge, i'm sure of it

found alexander skarsgard in dune at an antiques shop