Messy Recipe: A Hidden Object Game is our GOTW #47. DarZal Games’ upcoming hidden-object title launches on Steam April 9, with a demo available now. #IndieGame #IndieGames #Steam #GOTW #HiddenObject #CozyGames
A wall-mural-sized graffito of a riotous profusion of plants in differing shades of green.
Graffito of the Week, No. 035: Garden Plants; Manayunk, Philly, 2016. #GotW
Black stencil of the word REVOLT spray-painted on a planter wall, 1-2 feet above the sidewalk. The E is backwards, and the O is a red keystone, like the symbol for the state of Pennsylvania.
Graffito of the Week, No. 034: Revolt; Philadelphia, 2016. #GotW
Graph comparing the levels of Government censorship of the media, Harassment of journalists, and Media self-censorship in Austria for the years 2014 and 2024. While government censorship has stayed more or less the same, harassment of journalists and in particular Media self-censorship are more prevalent in 2024.
#GotW Media Self-Censorship in Austria 📉
Media self-censorship often goes hand in hand with government censorship efforts. But this week’s graph shows that media self-censorship can rise significantly without an increase in government censorship.
Full text w. references: v-dem.net/weekly_graph...
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Leonardo’s Island is our Game of the Week #43 — a solo-built naval sandbox with a clear hook: build your ship, take on regattas, and battle at sea. #LeonardosIsland #IndieGame #GameOfTheWeek #NavalCombat #Shipbuilding #GOTW #GOTW43
Tearscape is GOTW #41. Smart backtracking, strong atmosphere, and that “learn patterns or get punished” loop in 2D. #Tearscape #IndieGames #Soulslike #GOTW
Close-up graffiti of a calendar painted on a crumbling white stucco wall. The dates go from right to left; the 11th day has a blue stencil of a pigeon in it, and the 12th has a blue stencil of a tractor in it. All dates include Arabic script in the same blue color.
Graffito of the Week, No. 033: Don't Let The Pigeon Drive the Tractor!; Fez, 2012. #GotW
Vital Shell is Fix Gaming Channel’s Game of the Week #38 — a colorful survivor-like that becomes an intense bullet hell. #VitalShell #IndieGame #GameOfTheWeek #GOTW #PCGaming #BulletHell
Graffiti painting in mixed sun and shadow on the wall of a building. It's a cute but much-bigger-than-life-size, geeky-looking baby blue bird with a red beak, with a yellow and green background.
Graffito of the Week, No. 036: A Funny Bird; New Orleans, 2011. (returning after a few weeks off) #GotW
Are you ready?!? Let’s go!!
#GOTW #SEAvCAR #Seahawks #KeepPounding
Vote for Fix Gaming Channel’s Community Choice GOTY (GOTW #1–#33). Closes December 31 at midnight. Winner revealed January 1. #IndieGames #GOTY #CommunityVote #GOTW #PCGaming #GameofTheYear2025
A graph showing how often major political parties use hate speech as part of their rhetoric over the past 25 years in the USA, the European Union, and in the world. It shows that the use of hate speech as a party rhetoric has increased drastically in the USA since 2008, and has fallen well below the world average. It is increasing also in the European Union as well, but at a slower pace, and the EU is still above the world average.
#GotW Hate Speech in the 21st Century 📈
Use of hate speech as a political party technique is increasing. This week’s graph shows how often major political parties use hate speech as part of their rhetoric on a scale from 0 (extremely often) to 4 (never/almost never).
v-dem.net/weekly_graph...
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Graph showing three V-Dem indicators for Venezuela between 2013 to 2024: free and fair elections, mobilization for democracy, and opposition parties’ autonomy. The graph shows that while the freedom and fairness of elections and the autonomy of opposition parties has gone down, mobilization for democracy has remained strong during the period, apart from a dip between the years 2019 to 2023.
#GotW Today the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony takes place, with the award given to María Corina Machado for her efforts to advance democracy in #Venezuela. This week’s graph takes a look at the state of democracy in the country.
Full text with references: v-dem.net/weekly_graph...
#NobelPeacePrize
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Two minute warning! The Bears are marching down the field, trying to tie it up! Let’s go!
CHI 21
GB 28
#CHIvGB #GOTW #DaBears #GoPackGo
Touchdown Packers!
With 3 1/2 mins to play, the Bears have a chance to tie it up.
CHI 21
GB 28
#CHIvGB #GOTW #DaBears #GoPackGo
It took until halfway through the second quarter but we have POINTS ON THE BOARD!
CHI 0
GB 7
#CHIvsGB #OTFB #GOTW #DaBears #GoPackGo
Points won’t be coming easily in this game.
At the end of the first quarter..
CHI 0
GB 0
#CHIvsGB #OTFB #GOTW #DaBears #GoPackGo
Each coach has used a challenge and it’s only the first quarterback!
#CHIvsGB #OTFB #GOTW #DaBears #GoPackGo
A world map showing governments’ cybersecurity capacity across the globe. The scale ranges from no capacity to counter even unsophisticated cybersecurity threats (shown in dark red) to the capacity to combat sophisticated cyberattacks launched by highly skilled actors (shown in dark blue). The nothern hemisphere is largely different shades of blue, while the red countries mainly can be found in north-eastern South America, across Africa, and in Central and South- Eastern Asia.
#GotW Cybersecurity and Elections 📉
Cybersecurity has become essential to protect democracy. This week’s graph shows governments’ cybersecurity capacity, i.e. if they have sufficient skills and resources to mitigate harm from cybersecurity threats, across the globe.
v-dem.net/weekly_graph...
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Polygon Bit Battle Royale is our Game of the Week 31 — a bright, low-poly 50-player battle royale that’s chaotic, scrappy, and more fun than it has any right to be. #PolygonBit #BattleRoyale #GameOfTheWeek31 #indiegames #battleroyale #PCgaming #FixGamingChannel #GOTW