Sean
@seanmarsala.bsky.social
Freelance writer and tech enthusiast. Exploring the possibilities of online communication.
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Blender is struggling. it's the best piece of 3d software on the market, and it's free. I'm not going back to autodesk.
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
Blender Development Fund
Join the Development Fund and support Blender Foundation to work on core Blender development.
fund.blender.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Blender is struggling. it's the best piece of 3d software on the market, and it's free. I'm not going back to autodesk.
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
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"The question we need to consider is not just “how does good journalism survive” but how can journalism model survival? Personally, I believe the way forward looks like collectives and worker-owned publications. "
Here's a good starter pack for y'all:
go.bsky.app/2Fq4P6e
Here's a good starter pack for y'all:
go.bsky.app/2Fq4P6e
October 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
"The question we need to consider is not just “how does good journalism survive” but how can journalism model survival? Personally, I believe the way forward looks like collectives and worker-owned publications. "
Here's a good starter pack for y'all:
go.bsky.app/2Fq4P6e
Here's a good starter pack for y'all:
go.bsky.app/2Fq4P6e
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October 21, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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I recently came across this pack of 1,200+ fonts, loved it, got in contact with the creators and I can now offer a 90% off (!) coupon for all Kenney friends!✨
itch.io/s/160768/fri...
itch.io/s/160768/fri...
October 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I recently came across this pack of 1,200+ fonts, loved it, got in contact with the creators and I can now offer a 90% off (!) coupon for all Kenney friends!✨
itch.io/s/160768/fri...
itch.io/s/160768/fri...
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Folks who create videos about games on the internet: I have questions for you if you'd be so kind. I'm trying to determine the relationship between traditional media and those who create videos about games and have never worked for the games press. Sharing is appreciated!
forms.gle/cG3BEkGqwuoh...
forms.gle/cG3BEkGqwuoh...
Games influencer press relationship query
I'm trying to determine to what extend people who create videos about games engage with "traditional" press as a source for what games to cover. Please only answer these questions if you are someone w...
forms.gle
October 1, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Folks who create videos about games on the internet: I have questions for you if you'd be so kind. I'm trying to determine the relationship between traditional media and those who create videos about games and have never worked for the games press. Sharing is appreciated!
forms.gle/cG3BEkGqwuoh...
forms.gle/cG3BEkGqwuoh...
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Thanks for all the responses so far! I'm going to close this in a couple days so if you know any more creators who might fill this out, please keep sharing until then. Results are super interesting so far and I'm looking forward to sharing them with everybody as part of a larger project!
Folks who create videos about games on the internet: I have questions for you if you'd be so kind. I'm trying to determine the relationship between traditional media and those who create videos about games and have never worked for the games press. Sharing is appreciated!
forms.gle/cG3BEkGqwuoh...
forms.gle/cG3BEkGqwuoh...
Games influencer press relationship query
I'm trying to determine to what extend people who create videos about games engage with "traditional" press as a source for what games to cover. Please only answer these questions if you are someone w...
forms.gle
October 2, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Thanks for all the responses so far! I'm going to close this in a couple days so if you know any more creators who might fill this out, please keep sharing until then. Results are super interesting so far and I'm looking forward to sharing them with everybody as part of a larger project!
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The obscure Interact computer made in Michigan only sold in the thousands, but made an impact in France. I tell the story behind the computer (and how France got involved), and how the tech influenced the game I'm still only partway through (The Troll Hole Adventure).
bluerenga.blog/2025/04/03/t...
bluerenga.blog/2025/04/03/t...
The Troll Hole Adventure (1980)
When Kenneth Lochner was hired by Dartmouth away from Montana State College as a programmer in 1964, he had been working in computers for four years. Lochner in particular had been teaching FORTRAN…
bluerenga.blog
April 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The obscure Interact computer made in Michigan only sold in the thousands, but made an impact in France. I tell the story behind the computer (and how France got involved), and how the tech influenced the game I'm still only partway through (The Troll Hole Adventure).
bluerenga.blog/2025/04/03/t...
bluerenga.blog/2025/04/03/t...
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See our full video to learn more about the story of Computer Entertainer and what makes this magazine so unique
We got the rights to one of the first game magazines.
YouTube video by The Video Game History Foundation
www.youtube.com
August 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
See our full video to learn more about the story of Computer Entertainer and what makes this magazine so unique
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GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Exotic Animal Photo Reference Repository
www.animal-photo-references.com
January 27, 2025 at 9:45 AM
GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
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Without federal funding, public media — and the truth-telling, community-connecting role it plays — is at risk.
Local stations may vanish. Millions could lose trusted news and vital information. If you are ready to join the fight for journalism, donate now: n.pr/458sOhq
Local stations may vanish. Millions could lose trusted news and vital information. If you are ready to join the fight for journalism, donate now: n.pr/458sOhq
July 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Without federal funding, public media — and the truth-telling, community-connecting role it plays — is at risk.
Local stations may vanish. Millions could lose trusted news and vital information. If you are ready to join the fight for journalism, donate now: n.pr/458sOhq
Local stations may vanish. Millions could lose trusted news and vital information. If you are ready to join the fight for journalism, donate now: n.pr/458sOhq
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✨ MY BOOK IS OUT NOW ✨
"Mastering Community Management" is finally here! 😭
Learn what goes into community management for video games from pre- to post-production. ❤️ Get my step-by-step strategy for creating meaningful online spaces!
Shares appreciated. AHH!!
Buy: www.victoriatran.com/book
"Mastering Community Management" is finally here! 😭
Learn what goes into community management for video games from pre- to post-production. ❤️ Get my step-by-step strategy for creating meaningful online spaces!
Shares appreciated. AHH!!
Buy: www.victoriatran.com/book
July 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
✨ MY BOOK IS OUT NOW ✨
"Mastering Community Management" is finally here! 😭
Learn what goes into community management for video games from pre- to post-production. ❤️ Get my step-by-step strategy for creating meaningful online spaces!
Shares appreciated. AHH!!
Buy: www.victoriatran.com/book
"Mastering Community Management" is finally here! 😭
Learn what goes into community management for video games from pre- to post-production. ❤️ Get my step-by-step strategy for creating meaningful online spaces!
Shares appreciated. AHH!!
Buy: www.victoriatran.com/book
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Hiya my fonts are not on sale for summer. This is because they are free.
(also CC0, pixelly and there's currently 28 of them)
not-jam.itch.io/not-jam-font...
(also CC0, pixelly and there's currently 28 of them)
not-jam.itch.io/not-jam-font...
July 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Hiya my fonts are not on sale for summer. This is because they are free.
(also CC0, pixelly and there's currently 28 of them)
not-jam.itch.io/not-jam-font...
(also CC0, pixelly and there's currently 28 of them)
not-jam.itch.io/not-jam-font...
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Are you an experienced writer? Love solving puzzles in video games? Can craft a great build guide? Know your SEO and evergreen content? Then you might be the perfect fit for Eurogamer's Senior Guides Writer position! jobs.jobvite.com/ign/job/o8en...
July 2, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Are you an experienced writer? Love solving puzzles in video games? Can craft a great build guide? Know your SEO and evergreen content? Then you might be the perfect fit for Eurogamer's Senior Guides Writer position! jobs.jobvite.com/ign/job/o8en...
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Eurogamer hiring alert!!!
Are you an experienced writer? Love solving puzzles in video games? Can craft a great build guide? Know your SEO and evergreen content? Then you might be the perfect fit for Eurogamer's Senior Guides Writer position! jobs.jobvite.com/ign/job/o8en...
July 2, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Eurogamer hiring alert!!!
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🔎 We launched Investigate This! for journalists who want to use our datasets and reporting to craft original criminal justice stories in their own communities.
Check out our free story toolkits with resources:
Check out our free story toolkits with resources:
Investigate This! | The Marshall Project
Criminal justice datasets and reporting resources from The Marshall Project
www.themarshallproject.org
June 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
🔎 We launched Investigate This! for journalists who want to use our datasets and reporting to craft original criminal justice stories in their own communities.
Check out our free story toolkits with resources:
Check out our free story toolkits with resources:
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In 1988, IBM tried to seize the whole PC market back and make it proprietary again.
Everyone KNEW you couldn't win against IBM. Compaq, and founding CEO Rod Canion, decided to try.
Read my latest #history longform on the fight for the soul of the PC. And how Compaq won.
every.to/the-crazy-on...
Everyone KNEW you couldn't win against IBM. Compaq, and founding CEO Rod Canion, decided to try.
Read my latest #history longform on the fight for the soul of the PC. And how Compaq won.
every.to/the-crazy-on...
The Man Who Beat IBM
Compaq’s Rod Canion broke Big Blue’s hold on the PC market—and changed computing forever
every.to
June 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
In 1988, IBM tried to seize the whole PC market back and make it proprietary again.
Everyone KNEW you couldn't win against IBM. Compaq, and founding CEO Rod Canion, decided to try.
Read my latest #history longform on the fight for the soul of the PC. And how Compaq won.
every.to/the-crazy-on...
Everyone KNEW you couldn't win against IBM. Compaq, and founding CEO Rod Canion, decided to try.
Read my latest #history longform on the fight for the soul of the PC. And how Compaq won.
every.to/the-crazy-on...
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A youth services librarian has set up a petition asking Crunchyroll to reinstate their library outreach program - you can sign it here:
chng.it/DS96MVfPQf
#TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibraries
@mangalibrarian.bsky.social @bespokelib.bsky.social
chng.it/DS96MVfPQf
#TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibraries
@mangalibrarian.bsky.social @bespokelib.bsky.social
Bring Back Crunchyroll's Library Outreach Program - Save Library Anime Clubs
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
chng.it
May 31, 2025 at 11:50 PM
A youth services librarian has set up a petition asking Crunchyroll to reinstate their library outreach program - you can sign it here:
chng.it/DS96MVfPQf
#TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibraries
@mangalibrarian.bsky.social @bespokelib.bsky.social
chng.it/DS96MVfPQf
#TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibraries
@mangalibrarian.bsky.social @bespokelib.bsky.social
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Are the business/tech media layoffs as of late due to reduced referral traffic from social media? Plateauing revenue growth from subscriptions? A political climate that deprioritizes other news categories? Or?
May 30, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Are the business/tech media layoffs as of late due to reduced referral traffic from social media? Plateauing revenue growth from subscriptions? A political climate that deprioritizes other news categories? Or?
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Perhaps the most notorious bit of unreleased UK gaming hardware of the late 80s: The Konix Multisystem.
Beginning life as a multi-controller gaming peripheral, the Multisystem project evolved into an 8086-based video game system aiming for performance to rival the Commodore Amiga.
Beginning life as a multi-controller gaming peripheral, the Multisystem project evolved into an 8086-based video game system aiming for performance to rival the Commodore Amiga.
May 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Perhaps the most notorious bit of unreleased UK gaming hardware of the late 80s: The Konix Multisystem.
Beginning life as a multi-controller gaming peripheral, the Multisystem project evolved into an 8086-based video game system aiming for performance to rival the Commodore Amiga.
Beginning life as a multi-controller gaming peripheral, the Multisystem project evolved into an 8086-based video game system aiming for performance to rival the Commodore Amiga.
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Every commercial font we've ever made, all zipped up in one pack. There are handwriting fonts, techno fonts, pixel art - the whole pack has a vast range of genres and vibes to choose from. Use them in game dev, books, album covers, ttrpgs, web comics etc ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pack
#gamedev #booksky
#gamedev #booksky
May 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Every commercial font we've ever made, all zipped up in one pack. There are handwriting fonts, techno fonts, pixel art - the whole pack has a vast range of genres and vibes to choose from. Use them in game dev, books, album covers, ttrpgs, web comics etc ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pack
#gamedev #booksky
#gamedev #booksky
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If you're an indie #TTRPG publisher looking to layout your own books, my series on using the Affinity suite is for you!
In this episode I'm talking all about Master Pages and how to use them to set yourself up for success!
Check it out youtu.be/Y0pxEI1gchc
In this episode I'm talking all about Master Pages and how to use them to set yourself up for success!
Check it out youtu.be/Y0pxEI1gchc
Using Master Pages | Affinity Publisher For TTRPGs
Master pages are the foundation of your projects in Affinity Publisher and in this video we're going to go through how to set up some basic master pages which you can use to build your TTRPG products.
Check out today's sponsor, Legenkeeper, the Worldbuilding and Campaign Management tool: https://w
youtu.be
May 16, 2025 at 7:32 PM
If you're an indie #TTRPG publisher looking to layout your own books, my series on using the Affinity suite is for you!
In this episode I'm talking all about Master Pages and how to use them to set yourself up for success!
Check it out youtu.be/Y0pxEI1gchc
In this episode I'm talking all about Master Pages and how to use them to set yourself up for success!
Check it out youtu.be/Y0pxEI1gchc
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I'm still looking to chat with a hiring manager/director or someone involved in hiring for product teams, ideally in tech, about their interest in applicants' L*nkedIn profiles. Know anyone who might have a few minutes to answer a few questions?
April 1, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I'm still looking to chat with a hiring manager/director or someone involved in hiring for product teams, ideally in tech, about their interest in applicants' L*nkedIn profiles. Know anyone who might have a few minutes to answer a few questions?
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Freelance friends: for working with international clients, do you have a preferred payment vendor? PayPal just takes such a huge cut these days and I’m looking for alternatives. Ty! 💖
February 15, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Freelance friends: for working with international clients, do you have a preferred payment vendor? PayPal just takes such a huge cut these days and I’m looking for alternatives. Ty! 💖
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Find out all about the VGHF Digital Library launch with its creators in the latest Video Game History Hour podcast: gamehistory.org/episode-124-...
Episode 124: Digital Library Launch | Video Game History Foundation
It’s finally arrived: our digital library archive is now open in early access! Our library team: library director Phil Salvador, director of technology Travis Brown, and artist and engineer Amanda Cif...
gamehistory.org
February 7, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Find out all about the VGHF Digital Library launch with its creators in the latest Video Game History Hour podcast: gamehistory.org/episode-124-...
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All right y’all, so here’s the deal.
We’re struggling. Our monthly goal is to sell 1500 books. This month, we’ve sold less than 400.
We need your help. We HAVE to sell 1500 books by the end of Feb to keep our doors open. This was supposed to be a video, but Bluesky can't do 2 mins of video(Thread)
We’re struggling. Our monthly goal is to sell 1500 books. This month, we’ve sold less than 400.
We need your help. We HAVE to sell 1500 books by the end of Feb to keep our doors open. This was supposed to be a video, but Bluesky can't do 2 mins of video(Thread)
January 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
All right y’all, so here’s the deal.
We’re struggling. Our monthly goal is to sell 1500 books. This month, we’ve sold less than 400.
We need your help. We HAVE to sell 1500 books by the end of Feb to keep our doors open. This was supposed to be a video, but Bluesky can't do 2 mins of video(Thread)
We’re struggling. Our monthly goal is to sell 1500 books. This month, we’ve sold less than 400.
We need your help. We HAVE to sell 1500 books by the end of Feb to keep our doors open. This was supposed to be a video, but Bluesky can't do 2 mins of video(Thread)