Nick Murray
@cassettewitch.bsky.social
Hello friends! Game-maker, writer, composer. Waterworld enthusiast. Currently Artist-in-Residence at ACAVA (they/them)
I wrote a small thing for this. Burnout is hard and tricky to find the edges of. Instead of looking directly at it I wrote about those bits around the sides.
NEW RESOURCE!
Pause: A Self-Care Support for Producers is a new free resource for producers navigating burnout. Incl. 8 commissioned writings with personal insights from producers, practical reflections + useful signposting.
Co-produced by @the-uncultured.bsky.social @producergathering.bsky.social
Pause: A Self-Care Support for Producers is a new free resource for producers navigating burnout. Incl. 8 commissioned writings with personal insights from producers, practical reflections + useful signposting.
Co-produced by @the-uncultured.bsky.social @producergathering.bsky.social
Pause: A self-care support for producers - Producer Gathering
PAUSE: A Self-Care Support for Producers. Co-produced by The Uncultured and Producer Gathering, with support from Artsadmin and Marlborough Productions, this resource offers a supportive lens on exper...
producergathering.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I wrote a small thing for this. Burnout is hard and tricky to find the edges of. Instead of looking directly at it I wrote about those bits around the sides.
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It’s DOGMAN95s anniversary 🏆 the first game adhering to the rules of the dogman95 movement
ComputerJames.itch.io/Dogman95 (Free / 5mins)
ComputerJames.itch.io/Dogman95 (Free / 5mins)
June 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
It’s DOGMAN95s anniversary 🏆 the first game adhering to the rules of the dogman95 movement
ComputerJames.itch.io/Dogman95 (Free / 5mins)
ComputerJames.itch.io/Dogman95 (Free / 5mins)
There was a thread (back on the other site) collecting GIFs of chunky machinery from anime. Stuff with big buttons, pistons, industrial lifts. That's sort of stuff. Does a similar one exist over here? I miss it so.
November 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
There was a thread (back on the other site) collecting GIFs of chunky machinery from anime. Stuff with big buttons, pistons, industrial lifts. That's sort of stuff. Does a similar one exist over here? I miss it so.
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Absolutely excellent panel at @qpbookfest.bsky.social with @davidblandyrpgs.bsky.social and @cassettewitch.bsky.social chaired by Jamie Sutcliffe. RPGs, ludic art making, and “weird hope”.
August 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Absolutely excellent panel at @qpbookfest.bsky.social with @davidblandyrpgs.bsky.social and @cassettewitch.bsky.social chaired by Jamie Sutcliffe. RPGs, ludic art making, and “weird hope”.
A few snaps from my show Return To Dreamphone. (I've never really used to checking/posting to bsky. This is a little tidbit to stay present.) Shown at Barham Park in March, and August as part of the Brent Biennial.
A ring of towers, connected through their root system, chirrup signals into the room.
A ring of towers, connected through their root system, chirrup signals into the room.
August 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A few snaps from my show Return To Dreamphone. (I've never really used to checking/posting to bsky. This is a little tidbit to stay present.) Shown at Barham Park in March, and August as part of the Brent Biennial.
A ring of towers, connected through their root system, chirrup signals into the room.
A ring of towers, connected through their root system, chirrup signals into the room.
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DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.
August 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.
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If you use AI you’re accelerating climate crisis, polluting deprived communities, burning through water, giving bosses excuses to reduce workers rights and wages. It’s a moral and ethical degradation.
A researcher calculates that, without increased production, AI will consume up to 82 terrawatt-hours of electricity this year—around the same as the annual electricity consumption of Switzerland.
AI Is Eating Data Center Power Demand—and It’s Only Getting Worse
A new analysis of AI hardware being produced and how it is being used attempts to estimate the vast amount of electricity being consumed by AI.
wrd.cm
May 26, 2025 at 11:20 PM
If you use AI you’re accelerating climate crisis, polluting deprived communities, burning through water, giving bosses excuses to reduce workers rights and wages. It’s a moral and ethical degradation.
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my painting of British lads hit each other with chair …
May 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
my painting of British lads hit each other with chair …
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A wonderful world building workshop hosted by @cassettewitch.bsky.social 🤩😍 @amazefest.bsky.social
May 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
A wonderful world building workshop hosted by @cassettewitch.bsky.social 🤩😍 @amazefest.bsky.social
This is an incredible use of Bitsy. It's a messy and scrappy document of a brilliantly unexpected jamming method. I think watching the process was the best part of this, to the point where I reckon with a bit of production it could make a really cool audience event.
i just posted the game made during the A MAZE "massive multiplayer Bitsy" workshop :)
alienmelon.itch.io/too-many-gam...
"The game posted here is the accumulation of effort from multiple teams.
As it turns out, and much like there can never be "too many games", there can never be "too many gamedevs"
alienmelon.itch.io/too-many-gam...
"The game posted here is the accumulation of effort from multiple teams.
As it turns out, and much like there can never be "too many games", there can never be "too many gamedevs"
Too many gamedevs and only one game: a continue-the-Bitsy minijam: the finished workshop game by alienmelon
Play in your browser
alienmelon.itch.io
May 20, 2025 at 9:05 AM
This is an incredible use of Bitsy. It's a messy and scrappy document of a brilliantly unexpected jamming method. I think watching the process was the best part of this, to the point where I reckon with a bit of production it could make a really cool audience event.
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#ICYMI folks w/deep experience re:crisis web archiving (@sucho-org.bsky.social)+building tools for it (@webrecorder.net) made a free zine teaching how anyone can archive the things you love on the web before they go away: zinebakery.com/homemade-zin... & why you shouldn't expect others will do so
April 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
#ICYMI folks w/deep experience re:crisis web archiving (@sucho-org.bsky.social)+building tools for it (@webrecorder.net) made a free zine teaching how anyone can archive the things you love on the web before they go away: zinebakery.com/homemade-zin... & why you shouldn't expect others will do so
This is a very cool idea! It's Iike geocaching but for stories.
I’m thrilled to announce the early-access launch of Pin the Tale, an online, map-based game about connecting with the world around you through stories.
Pin the Tale is completely free and can be played via web browser on mobile, tablet and PC/Mac at pinthetale.co.uk
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
Pin the Tale is completely free and can be played via web browser on mobile, tablet and PC/Mac at pinthetale.co.uk
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
Pin the Tale - Trailer
YouTube video by Pin the Tale
www.youtube.com
April 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
This is a very cool idea! It's Iike geocaching but for stories.
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The full report by the Tony Blair Institute is out, in which they detail how copyright should be "rebooted" in the AI age. It reads like a big tech lobbying document. I hope they will be asked serious questions at its launch in London today.
Some very brief highlights:
🧵 1/8
Some very brief highlights:
🧵 1/8
April 2, 2025 at 6:09 AM
The full report by the Tony Blair Institute is out, in which they detail how copyright should be "rebooted" in the AI age. It reads like a big tech lobbying document. I hope they will be asked serious questions at its launch in London today.
Some very brief highlights:
🧵 1/8
Some very brief highlights:
🧵 1/8
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I'm excited to announce my new game: Treeplanter 💚
Discover the magic of trees! Create a peaceful interactive woodland! Watch as it evolves through the changing seasons 🌱🍃🍂🌳
As time goes by, an ecosystem of animals, plants and insects will make your creation their home 💚
Discover the magic of trees! Create a peaceful interactive woodland! Watch as it evolves through the changing seasons 🌱🍃🍂🌳
As time goes by, an ecosystem of animals, plants and insects will make your creation their home 💚
March 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I'm excited to announce my new game: Treeplanter 💚
Discover the magic of trees! Create a peaceful interactive woodland! Watch as it evolves through the changing seasons 🌱🍃🍂🌳
As time goes by, an ecosystem of animals, plants and insects will make your creation their home 💚
Discover the magic of trees! Create a peaceful interactive woodland! Watch as it evolves through the changing seasons 🌱🍃🍂🌳
As time goes by, an ecosystem of animals, plants and insects will make your creation their home 💚
I have a little work-in-progress show on next week. It's the culmination of a socially-led residency with ACAVA. Here's a little video where I say a bit about what's on.
March 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I have a little work-in-progress show on next week. It's the culmination of a socially-led residency with ACAVA. Here's a little video where I say a bit about what's on.
Inspired by @miss-sammie.bsky.social's incredible temporary archive workshop, I had another go at my local-only digital archive AND IT FINALLY WORKS! Running a program called Shareboxx, it's a local WiFi network for sharing and archiving digital stuff during real space meeting.
March 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Inspired by @miss-sammie.bsky.social's incredible temporary archive workshop, I had another go at my local-only digital archive AND IT FINALLY WORKS! Running a program called Shareboxx, it's a local WiFi network for sharing and archiving digital stuff during real space meeting.
I'm putting on my first solo exhibition!
A mix of interactive installation, game-making and poetry, Return to Dreamphone continues my collaboration with the tributaries of the River Brent and the communities living alongside.
A mix of interactive installation, game-making and poetry, Return to Dreamphone continues my collaboration with the tributaries of the River Brent and the communities living alongside.
March 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I'm putting on my first solo exhibition!
A mix of interactive installation, game-making and poetry, Return to Dreamphone continues my collaboration with the tributaries of the River Brent and the communities living alongside.
A mix of interactive installation, game-making and poetry, Return to Dreamphone continues my collaboration with the tributaries of the River Brent and the communities living alongside.
Okay, here goes. I want to be ever so slightly more online, but intentionally so. I dropped all the socials for a while, but figure it's a good moment to try and be slightly present here. I'm Nick and at the moment I'm making games and writing poetry. A few things I've done recently:
February 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Okay, here goes. I want to be ever so slightly more online, but intentionally so. I dropped all the socials for a while, but figure it's a good moment to try and be slightly present here. I'm Nick and at the moment I'm making games and writing poetry. A few things I've done recently:
A little draft of a new poetry piece, Tamagotchi Seance 2. Push the button and get a little glitched generative message from your long gone digital pet.
August 30, 2023 at 8:21 AM
A little draft of a new poetry piece, Tamagotchi Seance 2. Push the button and get a little glitched generative message from your long gone digital pet.
My first post here is to tell you that I'll be talking about Tamagotchi and the closing of digital worlds at The Photographers Gallery on September 8th! If you're into virtual spaces and weird little digital guys, this might be for you! thephotographersgallery.org.uk/whats-on/tpg...
August 25, 2023 at 11:46 PM
My first post here is to tell you that I'll be talking about Tamagotchi and the closing of digital worlds at The Photographers Gallery on September 8th! If you're into virtual spaces and weird little digital guys, this might be for you! thephotographersgallery.org.uk/whats-on/tpg...