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Posts by Adam Dolin
TIL my kink is “competence porn”
$1 gets you access to Video Game Journalism 101.
I adapted my NYU course into a 5-part video series. You'll learn the history of games media from the '80s to today. And you'll learn about writing, editing, and how the biz actually works.
Plus, the rest of Post Games! Sale ends Monday at midnight.
famous music video with first mate schee in the corner
That’s Smee in the corner
I'm almost finished with People of Note, a new musical (!) turn-based RPG with heavy Final Fantasy vibes. Very strong combat, good puzzles, and way too many puns. It's out today - if you're into turn-based RPGs you'll probably enjoy it store.steampowered.com/app/1626170/...
My last writeup from GDC! @alexaray.bsky.social and @adamdolin.bsky.social gave a great talk on how complex narrative systems can increase engagement and help your game compete in our overloaded media environment.
Awww happy birthday Nessa the Besta!
I do game narrative, and would love to be added
Notes towards a "Woke 2" aftermath.site/woke-2-wokenes...
Great interview. JSY is the best.
For those of you who didn't make it (or waited patiently in standby), the slides for @adamdolin.bsky.social and my GDC talk "Write Between the Lines: Writing Games for a Polarized, Distracted, Media-Illiterate World," are up on his website! Thank you for your interest! gamedevdolin.com/gdc2026/
Nominations for Game Dev Heroes are open! This is a great time to nominate a writer doing the kind of work you want to celebrate (there are lotsa categories outside of leadership)
gamedevheroes.co/nominations/
Hot damn. Actual justice being served? In this economy?? You love to see it.
What are my core values? A Quick Game of Self-Discovery Your core Values: Empathy - To Understand and share the feelings of others Humor - To see and appreciate the humorous side of life Equality - To treat others as equal to myself and vice-versa
So @adamdolin.bsky.social created a little thoughtful self-evaluation quiz to ponder your core values.
I decided to be a multitasker during the Q&A and take it.
Honestly yeah... this sounds right.
The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive
A grey hoodie with text which reads: “Buy a man eat fish, He day, teach fish man To a lifetime.”
Wise words
ME: (taking my wife to the airport, RE4 merchant voice) "What're ya flying?"
HER: "Delta."
ME: "...Got a collection of GOOD thing on sale, stranger."
HER: "........what?"
Happy #ResidentEvilRequiem release day!
Man... video games!
I'm using my daily allowance of being gently annoying to remind you to please add this game we made to your wishlist on Steam!
Wow what a stacked slate of talent! Can't wait to see this show.
"name and shame them" so yeah the number of times I've seen multiple women come together with binders of evidence about a single man and essentially nothing happened to him kiiiinda discourages that approach
If you're going to GDC this year and want to sing karaoke with hundreds of other game devs (or book a private room for your friends), go to www.gamedevkaraoke.com and reserve a spot!
Do you dream of revenge on billionaires? THEN WE HAVE THE GAME FOR YOU. Back our indie game made with rage + love on Kickstarter NOW and play our BRAND NEW DEMO on Steam
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i'm not scared of AI taking my job. i'm scared my parents won't be able to tell whats real or not anymore.
I’m so sorry to hear this! I’m a huge fan of your work.
Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
Adam Dolin: F12 to open the dev window, search for appsSketchyGenerativeaiNudgesCanvasNudgeSurfaceSoyContainer Then delete it. Google literally choking their own tools with unwanted genai slop Alexa Ray Corriea: What???? Adam WHAT
If anyone else suddenly runs into a weird google slides bug where your speaker notes suddenly disappear, this convo with @alexaray.bsky.social should help.