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Our #DICEAwards nominees this year for Racing Game of the Year are:
EA SPORTS F1® 25, Codemasters
Kirby Air Riders, Nintendo, Sora Ltd
Mario Kart World, Nintendo
Wheel World, @messhof.bsky.social
Which game comes in first for you?
Join us live tomorrow: www.interactive.org/awards/29th_...
EA SPORTS F1® 25, Codemasters
Kirby Air Riders, Nintendo, Sora Ltd
Mario Kart World, Nintendo
Wheel World, @messhof.bsky.social
Which game comes in first for you?
Join us live tomorrow: www.interactive.org/awards/29th_...
February 12, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Let’s go!!
dyslexia is kind of surreal - like, not as a person who has it, but the concept of a person who when they look at a bunch of small objects sometimes they get the order of their particular spatial arrangement incorrect, and--that's it.
strange we built a world where this ability matters so much???
strange we built a world where this ability matters so much???
February 9, 2026 at 4:41 PM
dyslexia is kind of surreal - like, not as a person who has it, but the concept of a person who when they look at a bunch of small objects sometimes they get the order of their particular spatial arrangement incorrect, and--that's it.
strange we built a world where this ability matters so much???
strange we built a world where this ability matters so much???
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I just got my author's copy of The Impossible Reversal from @uminnpress.bsky.social and it looks absolutely gorgeous! My deep thanks go out to Jason Weidemann and the rest of the editorial team who shepherded the manuscript into being!
You can pre-order it now from the press or bookshop.org
You can pre-order it now from the press or bookshop.org
February 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
I just got my author's copy of The Impossible Reversal from @uminnpress.bsky.social and it looks absolutely gorgeous! My deep thanks go out to Jason Weidemann and the rest of the editorial team who shepherded the manuscript into being!
You can pre-order it now from the press or bookshop.org
You can pre-order it now from the press or bookshop.org
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saw smone w rlly nice spikey hair the other day wearing v comfy big clothes
February 7, 2026 at 9:06 PM
saw smone w rlly nice spikey hair the other day wearing v comfy big clothes
'Magnitude-wise' would make a great Burning Wheel skill
February 6, 2026 at 4:10 PM
'Magnitude-wise' would make a great Burning Wheel skill
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All Systems Brough - Vertex Dispenser
Rob and Andy are joined by @droqen.bsky.social, @tinysubversions.bsky.social, and Tara Macalister to discuss the second game in our yearlong coverage of @smestorp.bsky.social's work.
secretlives.games/all-systems-...
Rob and Andy are joined by @droqen.bsky.social, @tinysubversions.bsky.social, and Tara Macalister to discuss the second game in our yearlong coverage of @smestorp.bsky.social's work.
secretlives.games/all-systems-...
The Secret Lives of Games: All Systems Brough - Vertex Dispenser
We're joined by droqen (The End of Gameplay, Starseed Pilgrim), Darius Kazemi (Tiny Subversions, Harvard Applied Social Media Lab), and Tara Macalister (mathematician, composer) to discuss Vertex Disp...
secretlives.games
January 30, 2026 at 6:39 PM
All Systems Brough - Vertex Dispenser
Rob and Andy are joined by @droqen.bsky.social, @tinysubversions.bsky.social, and Tara Macalister to discuss the second game in our yearlong coverage of @smestorp.bsky.social's work.
secretlives.games/all-systems-...
Rob and Andy are joined by @droqen.bsky.social, @tinysubversions.bsky.social, and Tara Macalister to discuss the second game in our yearlong coverage of @smestorp.bsky.social's work.
secretlives.games/all-systems-...
i took this as a challenge but 100K is so hard and scary so i will settle for dethroning adam
January 28, 2026 at 5:16 PM
i took this as a challenge but 100K is so hard and scary so i will settle for dethroning adam
agree with the technical/descriptive aspects of this VERY much, game as 'super-position' is a really good way to look at games and making them.
i remain iffy on designing to guide players through the super-position.. but it's undeniably effective & useful for making something that people enjoy/get.
i remain iffy on designing to guide players through the super-position.. but it's undeniably effective & useful for making something that people enjoy/get.
game design is about super-positioning and becauses
learning how to make a level that is secretly seven different levels at once, overlaid on itself, so people w different approaches can find their own way through
learning how to make a level that gives people a "because"...i went this way BECAUSE
learning how to make a level that is secretly seven different levels at once, overlaid on itself, so people w different approaches can find their own way through
learning how to make a level that gives people a "because"...i went this way BECAUSE
January 26, 2026 at 12:23 AM
agree with the technical/descriptive aspects of this VERY much, game as 'super-position' is a really good way to look at games and making them.
i remain iffy on designing to guide players through the super-position.. but it's undeniably effective & useful for making something that people enjoy/get.
i remain iffy on designing to guide players through the super-position.. but it's undeniably effective & useful for making something that people enjoy/get.
you have a strange feeling for a moment, then it passes
January 21, 2026 at 7:11 PM
you have a strange feeling for a moment, then it passes
gameplay is back, baby
January 21, 2026 at 7:08 AM
gameplay is back, baby
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"Noiseman" is back for free on Youtube (for a limited time).
Koji Morimoto x Masaaki Yuasa x Yoko Kanno (Studio 4°C, 1997).
>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOhd...
Koji Morimoto x Masaaki Yuasa x Yoko Kanno (Studio 4°C, 1997).
>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOhd...
January 12, 2026 at 6:38 PM
"Noiseman" is back for free on Youtube (for a limited time).
Koji Morimoto x Masaaki Yuasa x Yoko Kanno (Studio 4°C, 1997).
>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOhd...
Koji Morimoto x Masaaki Yuasa x Yoko Kanno (Studio 4°C, 1997).
>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOhd...
composition of time and space
January 12, 2026 at 6:43 AM
composition of time and space
games as x-dimensional possibility/temporal sculpture
January 11, 2026 at 11:21 PM
games as x-dimensional possibility/temporal sculpture
bunny
The Nuovo Award Honorable Mentions are:
@droqen.bsky.social's The End of Gameplay
@adampype.bsky.social's No Players Online
Jeffrey Nordin's The House Dreams Along With Them
William Rous' Type Help
@cathroon.itch.io's _OMEGA_POINT
Montraluz's Dreamcore
@pataloon.bsky.social's Threshold
@droqen.bsky.social's The End of Gameplay
@adampype.bsky.social's No Players Online
Jeffrey Nordin's The House Dreams Along With Them
William Rous' Type Help
@cathroon.itch.io's _OMEGA_POINT
Montraluz's Dreamcore
@pataloon.bsky.social's Threshold
January 11, 2026 at 11:15 PM
bunny
us when we're tidying up and have too much art
art exists to be destroyed in our place
January 4, 2026 at 8:54 AM
us when we're tidying up and have too much art
art exists to be destroyed in our place
December 31, 2025 at 11:43 PM
art exists to be destroyed in our place
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