The high of getting through your shotlist AND extras and finishing on time 💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼

Funding | CODE

Travel Grant Round 8 is now open for Expressions of Interest.

This round is targeting Gamescom, with other events allowed. Given the current situation with flights, we have risen the cap for Gamescom cohort travel for $14,000 for two people.

Details here. www.nz-code.nz/funding

Once again begging you to stop saying "content" and "consume" in relation to art, literature, performance, and anything you aren't literally eating, drinking, or stuffing into a box for storage

One, two, three, four! I declare a peaknuckle war!

It’s time for The Game Awards to add a Best Horror Game category Why doesn't the biggest awards show in gaming honor one of its most popular genres?

Hear hear.

www.polygon.com/game-awards-...

Our game is nominated for Most Anticipated at the Unity Awards this year 🥰

Fixed camera survival horror game The Florist announced for consoles, PC New Zealand-based studio Unclear Games has announced The Florist, a fixed camera survival horror game coming to unspecified consoles and PC via Steam in 2026.

Fixed camera survival horror game The Florist announced for consoles, PC

New Zealand-based studio Unclear Games has announced The Florist, a fixed camera survival horror game coming to unspecified consoles and PC via Steam in 2026.

“Everyone has their own method of coping, some more effective, or self-destructive, than others...” He gives you a meaningful look.

Notes on Work There’s a masochistic pride to overworking. How heavy a workload can I truly handle? How many plates can I keep in the air?

“Workaholics are addicted to the solace they find in extreme fatigue; it’s like the high that a marathon runner might get in her last mile,” Weike Wang writes, in an essay on work.

Keynote Speakers!!
✨ David Gaider & Liam Essler, Co-founders, Summerfall Studios ✨

The Seasons of Summerfall. Hear the story of Summerfall Studios through the lens of two of its founders, at NZGDC 2025!

Get your tickets now: https://www.nzgdc.com/

Doctor: Great job, you've been born. You're a natural. Now, press [A] repeatedly to cry. Right, just like that. As a baby, crying is one of your most useful abilities

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon told reporters that Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu has “lost the plot” in the Gaza war. Luxon is facing calls for his government to recognise the state of Palestine.

another way in which LLMs make me feel like an alien as compared to their many fans: I find their default fawning conversational tone to be intensely, viscerally repulsive and suspicious.

And above all, you let life defeat you. All the gifts your parents gave you, all the love and patience of your friends, you drowned in a neurotoxin. You let misery win. And it will keep on winning till you die -- or overcome it.

someone should write an essay on how we've gone backwards on a very elementary understanding of what sexism is, to the point where ppl are missing the subtle and unequal ways it is wielded & just think it's like bugs bunny heart eyes at a broad

The second might work.

One of the biggest culture shocks for me travelling to smaller towns in rural USA was coming across places where you’d have to drive for hours to get fresh produce. Like whaddya mean there’s nowhere that sells fruit and veges?

Street sign for Horneytown Rd. Under is a second sign that says "This sign has RFID and GPS tracking"

Environmental storytelling.

Two of the best.

Oh man. That’s depressing.

Former 'Alligator Alcatraz' worker describes 'inhumane' conditions inside In an exclusive report, NBC6 spoke with a former corrections officer who says she saw hundreds held in cages with no sunlight, backed up toilets and little access to showers.

A former “Alligator Alcatraz” worker says detainees are subject to “inhumane” conditions — packed by the hundreds into cages without sunlight, with overflowing toilets and limited access to showers.

Stanford has not always conducted itself honorably as an institution, but I am daily awed by the levels of principle and commitment that exist among our students.

The Work of Plagiarism and the Work of Selling Out When everyone's a thief and everyone's for sale, the words lose their sting

“Remember when "selling out" meant something? Gen Xers threw that accusation around like a moral hand grenade. The whole concept rested on a clear line between authentic artistic expression and commercial compromise.”

oliverbatemandoesthework.substack.com/p/the-work-o...

Police fired their guns just three times last year New data shows police are drawing their weapons more frequently than in the past, even as firearm and Taser discharges remain rare

I do sometimes complain about New Zealand feeling boring but it has its upsides.

newsroom.co.nz/2025/08/05/p...

When even Chris Finlayson is criticising National...

Australian film distributor Umbrella expands into game publishing Umbrella, one of ANZ's leading film distribution companies, has officially announced a new game publishing wing, Umbrella Gaming.

umbrella (formerly umbrella entertainment), distributor of very cool 4K blu-rays and local films, has announced a new wing dedicated to video games