Meagan ᐋᐱᐦᑕᐃᐧᑯᓯᓵᓂᐢᑫᐧᐤ
@thatmegbee.bsky.social
Apihtawikosisân (Fed: Métis Nation of Ontario), 2S indiginerd doing weird-ish things. Slowly healing from burnout/ME/CFS.
Lead Designer at Achimostawinan Games (go play "Hill Agency: PURITYdecay")
https://linktr.ee/meaganbyrne
Lead Designer at Achimostawinan Games (go play "Hill Agency: PURITYdecay")
https://linktr.ee/meaganbyrne
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Just did this.
"Rude" is essentially a shadowban and is capriciously applied.
"Rude or impolite, including crude language and disrespectful comments, without constructive purpose."
Dudes, your CEO was shrieking "Waffles!" at people.
"Rude" is essentially a shadowban and is capriciously applied.
"Rude or impolite, including crude language and disrespectful comments, without constructive purpose."
Dudes, your CEO was shrieking "Waffles!" at people.
If you want to see posts from cool people on here, go to @moderation.bsky.app and turn off this label
February 16, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Just did this.
"Rude" is essentially a shadowban and is capriciously applied.
"Rude or impolite, including crude language and disrespectful comments, without constructive purpose."
Dudes, your CEO was shrieking "Waffles!" at people.
"Rude" is essentially a shadowban and is capriciously applied.
"Rude or impolite, including crude language and disrespectful comments, without constructive purpose."
Dudes, your CEO was shrieking "Waffles!" at people.
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💾The Games & Storage special issue of Critical Studies in Media Communication is officially out!
📚Thanks to editors @nickttaylor.bsky.social, @thechristinet.bsky.social, and Robyn Hope for putting this together.
📡Be sure to check out my article on Satellaview restoration, 𝘚𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴!
📚Thanks to editors @nickttaylor.bsky.social, @thechristinet.bsky.social, and Robyn Hope for putting this together.
📡Be sure to check out my article on Satellaview restoration, 𝘚𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴!
Critical Studies in Media Communication
Games & Storage. Volume 42, Issue 5 of Critical Studies in Media Communication
www.tandfonline.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:18 PM
💾The Games & Storage special issue of Critical Studies in Media Communication is officially out!
📚Thanks to editors @nickttaylor.bsky.social, @thechristinet.bsky.social, and Robyn Hope for putting this together.
📡Be sure to check out my article on Satellaview restoration, 𝘚𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴!
📚Thanks to editors @nickttaylor.bsky.social, @thechristinet.bsky.social, and Robyn Hope for putting this together.
📡Be sure to check out my article on Satellaview restoration, 𝘚𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴!
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🌼My new game is here!🥀
"She danced in the wind like a holographic dream before the world died."
alienmelon.itch.io/flower
A game poem and interactive fiction about The End.
You play the very last flower left on Earth, bringing peace to long dead soil.
#IndieGame #VideoGame #GamePoem #Game
"She danced in the wind like a holographic dream before the world died."
alienmelon.itch.io/flower
A game poem and interactive fiction about The End.
You play the very last flower left on Earth, bringing peace to long dead soil.
#IndieGame #VideoGame #GamePoem #Game
February 13, 2026 at 1:20 PM
🌼My new game is here!🥀
"She danced in the wind like a holographic dream before the world died."
alienmelon.itch.io/flower
A game poem and interactive fiction about The End.
You play the very last flower left on Earth, bringing peace to long dead soil.
#IndieGame #VideoGame #GamePoem #Game
"She danced in the wind like a holographic dream before the world died."
alienmelon.itch.io/flower
A game poem and interactive fiction about The End.
You play the very last flower left on Earth, bringing peace to long dead soil.
#IndieGame #VideoGame #GamePoem #Game
My Art hot take of the week:
Articles and papers that critique Kitsch were often elitists bs, BUT if you replace 'kitsch' with 'Slop' (ai or otherwise) they suddenly become very excellent arguments against the harms of Slop.
Articles and papers that critique Kitsch were often elitists bs, BUT if you replace 'kitsch' with 'Slop' (ai or otherwise) they suddenly become very excellent arguments against the harms of Slop.
February 13, 2026 at 3:11 PM
My Art hot take of the week:
Articles and papers that critique Kitsch were often elitists bs, BUT if you replace 'kitsch' with 'Slop' (ai or otherwise) they suddenly become very excellent arguments against the harms of Slop.
Articles and papers that critique Kitsch were often elitists bs, BUT if you replace 'kitsch' with 'Slop' (ai or otherwise) they suddenly become very excellent arguments against the harms of Slop.
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Tired: be ungovernable
Wired: be too annoying to infiltrate
Wired: be too annoying to infiltrate
February 13, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Tired: be ungovernable
Wired: be too annoying to infiltrate
Wired: be too annoying to infiltrate
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We need your help!
Dirty Rectangles is putting together an informal list of every game made in Toronto from 2020 to 2026 as well as the general location of its development in the city for the purposes of a fun exhibition during Toronto Games Week.
Know a game? Tell us!
dirty-rectangles.com/toronto
Dirty Rectangles is putting together an informal list of every game made in Toronto from 2020 to 2026 as well as the general location of its development in the city for the purposes of a fun exhibition during Toronto Games Week.
Know a game? Tell us!
dirty-rectangles.com/toronto
February 12, 2026 at 10:50 PM
We need your help!
Dirty Rectangles is putting together an informal list of every game made in Toronto from 2020 to 2026 as well as the general location of its development in the city for the purposes of a fun exhibition during Toronto Games Week.
Know a game? Tell us!
dirty-rectangles.com/toronto
Dirty Rectangles is putting together an informal list of every game made in Toronto from 2020 to 2026 as well as the general location of its development in the city for the purposes of a fun exhibition during Toronto Games Week.
Know a game? Tell us!
dirty-rectangles.com/toronto
Some people expressed interest in listening to me rant about new art movement(s) spawned around and/or by Adult Swim and then give me feedback/ideas.
I'll be doing this on Monday, February 16, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET.
If you are also interested you can sign up here: shorturl.at/1vFYa
I'll be doing this on Monday, February 16, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET.
If you are also interested you can sign up here: shorturl.at/1vFYa
February 12, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Some people expressed interest in listening to me rant about new art movement(s) spawned around and/or by Adult Swim and then give me feedback/ideas.
I'll be doing this on Monday, February 16, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET.
If you are also interested you can sign up here: shorturl.at/1vFYa
I'll be doing this on Monday, February 16, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET.
If you are also interested you can sign up here: shorturl.at/1vFYa
My presentation trying to define a current art movement did not go over well with my grad cohort.
Anyone interested in listening to me talk about Adult Swim and the art movement I believe it may have (accidentally) spawned?
I really need to get feedback to help with my thesis.
Anyone interested in listening to me talk about Adult Swim and the art movement I believe it may have (accidentally) spawned?
I really need to get feedback to help with my thesis.
February 12, 2026 at 4:00 AM
My presentation trying to define a current art movement did not go over well with my grad cohort.
Anyone interested in listening to me talk about Adult Swim and the art movement I believe it may have (accidentally) spawned?
I really need to get feedback to help with my thesis.
Anyone interested in listening to me talk about Adult Swim and the art movement I believe it may have (accidentally) spawned?
I really need to get feedback to help with my thesis.
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The new Coyote and Crow expansion book, Legends and Icons is live on Kickstarter! Expand your world today!
February 12, 2026 at 12:32 AM
The new Coyote and Crow expansion book, Legends and Icons is live on Kickstarter! Expand your world today!
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Oh my god, so many people are canceling Nitro that it's having issues processing it, cook 'em hard bois.
February 9, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Oh my god, so many people are canceling Nitro that it's having issues processing it, cook 'em hard bois.
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It's #blackhistorymonth . Are you supporting BLACK #indieanimation and black independent media as a whole ? There's so many black indie creators making our work because studio systems tell us there's no audience. Check out this thread for a plethora of BLACK INDIE projects .
February 8, 2026 at 9:23 PM
It's #blackhistorymonth . Are you supporting BLACK #indieanimation and black independent media as a whole ? There's so many black indie creators making our work because studio systems tell us there's no audience. Check out this thread for a plethora of BLACK INDIE projects .
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It could be really bad for Discord if Californians contact the office of the Attorney General to report the potential violations of CCPA and CALOPPA citing the recent breach from a few months back where 1.5tb of user data and millions of IDs were leaked, but who can say for sure?
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Age verification for all.
buff.ly
February 9, 2026 at 4:57 PM
It could be really bad for Discord if Californians contact the office of the Attorney General to report the potential violations of CCPA and CALOPPA citing the recent breach from a few months back where 1.5tb of user data and millions of IDs were leaked, but who can say for sure?
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I was very honoured to be asked to speak at University of Oxford's Digital Scholarship Centre about my work on preserving live-service games last year.
I was in great company with excellent talks by excellent folk @bishbashbackup.bsky.social and @emarlow.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPEb...
I was in great company with excellent talks by excellent folk @bishbashbackup.bsky.social and @emarlow.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPEb...
Video Game Preservation Practices and Approaches
YouTube video by Digital Scholarship at Oxford
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:21 AM
I was very honoured to be asked to speak at University of Oxford's Digital Scholarship Centre about my work on preserving live-service games last year.
I was in great company with excellent talks by excellent folk @bishbashbackup.bsky.social and @emarlow.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPEb...
I was in great company with excellent talks by excellent folk @bishbashbackup.bsky.social and @emarlow.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPEb...
The master's tools are stolen from his landlord.
"America invented modern democracy!"
No, that's propaganda. You stole it from the Haudenasaunee Confederacy, just like you stole the land, and even then, the chiefs looked at the draft you wrote up and were like, "here's a dozen different ways this will fail because of how you've written it"
No, that's propaganda. You stole it from the Haudenasaunee Confederacy, just like you stole the land, and even then, the chiefs looked at the draft you wrote up and were like, "here's a dozen different ways this will fail because of how you've written it"
February 7, 2026 at 1:20 AM
The master's tools are stolen from his landlord.
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"America invented modern democracy!"
No, that's propaganda. You stole it from the Haudenasaunee Confederacy, just like you stole the land, and even then, the chiefs looked at the draft you wrote up and were like, "here's a dozen different ways this will fail because of how you've written it"
No, that's propaganda. You stole it from the Haudenasaunee Confederacy, just like you stole the land, and even then, the chiefs looked at the draft you wrote up and were like, "here's a dozen different ways this will fail because of how you've written it"
February 6, 2026 at 11:07 PM
"America invented modern democracy!"
No, that's propaganda. You stole it from the Haudenasaunee Confederacy, just like you stole the land, and even then, the chiefs looked at the draft you wrote up and were like, "here's a dozen different ways this will fail because of how you've written it"
No, that's propaganda. You stole it from the Haudenasaunee Confederacy, just like you stole the land, and even then, the chiefs looked at the draft you wrote up and were like, "here's a dozen different ways this will fail because of how you've written it"
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Oh hey! It's a new Indiepocalypse full of cool, independently made video games for you to check out!
Starting off it's 6th year of bringing you monthly highlights of the more unexplored corners of indie games, it's Indiepocalypse #73!
-10 curated games for $15!
-Zine!
-Newly commissioned game by @cmi.bsky.social
-Cover by @alexsiple.bsky.social
pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-73
-10 curated games for $15!
-Zine!
-Newly commissioned game by @cmi.bsky.social
-Cover by @alexsiple.bsky.social
pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-73
February 7, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Oh hey! It's a new Indiepocalypse full of cool, independently made video games for you to check out!
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Nothing like grad school to really make a person double down on their distaste for authoritarianism.
February 6, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Nothing like grad school to really make a person double down on their distaste for authoritarianism.
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jeffrey epstein's apparent association with the likes of bobby kotick, steve bannon, and peter thiel – and his fascination with game design as a means of controlling others – paint an unsettling picture
![If you’re not already seeing the pattern, it’s clear that Epstein and his associates saw games as mechanisms for profit, coercion, and control, a throughline that persists in his association with two key figures in Gamergate and the surrounding bedlam: Peter Thiel and Steve Bannon.
Based on available files, Epstein expressed interest in Thiel and his surveillance company, Palantir, as early as 2012, but correspondence between the two began in 2014. Then, in May 2016, Epstein messaged Thiel saying that he "would have gladly share[d] your expenses for the gawker suit" and invited him to dinner with Noam Chomsky, of all people (it is unclear if this dinner ever took place). That suit, of course, led to the collapse of Gawker Media and the sale of its many sites – of which Kotaku, a major Gamergate target (and the former employer of all five members of Aftermath’s core staff), was one. This would send ripples through the worlds of media and journalism for years to come, leading to a press defanged by the threat of legal annihilation.
The next month, shortly after the June 2016 referendum that kicked off Brexit, Epstein emailed Thiel, saying "brexit, just the beginning" and then, in response to Thiel asking what he meant, "return to tribalism. counter to globalization. amazing new alliances. you and I both agreed zero interest rates were too high, and as i said in your office. finding things on their way to collapse, was much easier than finding the next bargain."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5gdejlhcswjbzraadoltdpps/bafkreiao37med33tdxi7743wqz627lyzzfpfl2istut75g64cl763k6xea@jpeg)
February 3, 2026 at 9:28 PM
jeffrey epstein's apparent association with the likes of bobby kotick, steve bannon, and peter thiel – and his fascination with game design as a means of controlling others – paint an unsettling picture
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That's because American culture understands emotion through TV and film actors.
Face upward with hand on face is fustration and face down with hand on face is sadness.
Face upward with hand on face is fustration and face down with hand on face is sadness.
feel bad for Bad Bunny because in context he was clearly very genuinely emotional for winning AOTY and is fighting back tears but this image is already being accompanied with like “when your boss asks you to do your job”
February 3, 2026 at 10:48 PM
That's because American culture understands emotion through TV and film actors.
Face upward with hand on face is fustration and face down with hand on face is sadness.
Face upward with hand on face is fustration and face down with hand on face is sadness.
My Art Hot Take:
Abstract art is now the fine art of Capitalism.
It's intense looking without saying anything of substance, it's obsession with materials, and it's obsufication of the political all make it the ideal artform for the Capitalist.
Abstract art is now the fine art of Capitalism.
It's intense looking without saying anything of substance, it's obsession with materials, and it's obsufication of the political all make it the ideal artform for the Capitalist.
February 3, 2026 at 10:41 PM
My Art Hot Take:
Abstract art is now the fine art of Capitalism.
It's intense looking without saying anything of substance, it's obsession with materials, and it's obsufication of the political all make it the ideal artform for the Capitalist.
Abstract art is now the fine art of Capitalism.
It's intense looking without saying anything of substance, it's obsession with materials, and it's obsufication of the political all make it the ideal artform for the Capitalist.
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Steve Bannon's attachment to WoW communities comes as no shock, but, it's so key for folks to understand just how easy it has been for these actual nonces to proliferate their cancerous opinions and bigotry for years under the guise of caring about video games.
I read thousands of pages of Epstein files this weekend trying to understand what he wanted out of his meeting with 4chan's Christopher Poole. Here's everything we know about Epstein's plans to dismantle the internet and, eventually, democracy.
www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how...
www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how...
February 3, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Steve Bannon's attachment to WoW communities comes as no shock, but, it's so key for folks to understand just how easy it has been for these actual nonces to proliferate their cancerous opinions and bigotry for years under the guise of caring about video games.
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2026 is going to be a great year to run for office. Filing deadlines are coming up fast -- in most places, it's not too late to get on the ballot. We'll help you get started. runforwhat.net
Where Can I Run by Run for Something
Take the next step: Look up offices you can run for
runforwhat.net
February 1, 2026 at 2:09 AM
2026 is going to be a great year to run for office. Filing deadlines are coming up fast -- in most places, it's not too late to get on the ballot. We'll help you get started. runforwhat.net
We're past End Capitalism and now in Dead Capitalism.
This is the part where the organs begin to liquefy.
This is the part where the organs begin to liquefy.
January 31, 2026 at 6:30 PM
We're past End Capitalism and now in Dead Capitalism.
This is the part where the organs begin to liquefy.
This is the part where the organs begin to liquefy.