Dr Paris Buttfield-Addison
@hey.paris
Game Designer? Producer? Writer? Historian? Chihuahua butler?
Co-founder of @secretlab.games (Night in the Woods, I Feel Fine, Leonardo’s Moon Ship) + @yarnspinner.dev.
President @TasGameMakers.com
@themartianlife.com’s husband.
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Co-founder of @secretlab.games (Night in the Woods, I Feel Fine, Leonardo’s Moon Ship) + @yarnspinner.dev.
President @TasGameMakers.com
@themartianlife.com’s husband.
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Dr Paris Buttfield-Addison
@hey.paris
· Oct 21
Our two businesses, @yarnspinner.dev and @secretlab.games are here now. Give us a follow?
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Demonschool's soundtrack by @icechoir.bsky.social is extremely extremely good, and there's a bandcamp page up now with two tracks to preview! It's 37 tracks, almost 2 hours of music with 70s-appropriate synthesizers. You'll also be able to buy it on steam. kurtfeldman.bandcamp.com/album/demons...
Demonschool (Original Soundtrack), by Kurt Feldman
37 track album
kurtfeldman.bandcamp.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Demonschool's soundtrack by @icechoir.bsky.social is extremely extremely good, and there's a bandcamp page up now with two tracks to preview! It's 37 tracks, almost 2 hours of music with 70s-appropriate synthesizers. You'll also be able to buy it on steam. kurtfeldman.bandcamp.com/album/demons...
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I got very mad about the Australian government's absolutely useless "Whole of Government AI Plan" and wrote a very long post.
hey.paris/posts/govai/
Feedback welcome. I'm not an expert.
#policy #ai #australia #law #auspol
hey.paris/posts/govai/
Feedback welcome. I'm not an expert.
#policy #ai #australia #law #auspol
Slop for the People
The Australian Public Service’s (APS) official culture of AI adoption is not found in the glossy press releases of its ministers. But we’ll get to that shortly.
The real story of AI adopton is reveale...
hey.paris
November 12, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I got very mad about the Australian government's absolutely useless "Whole of Government AI Plan" and wrote a very long post.
hey.paris/posts/govai/
Feedback welcome. I'm not an expert.
#policy #ai #australia #law #auspol
hey.paris/posts/govai/
Feedback welcome. I'm not an expert.
#policy #ai #australia #law #auspol
The British government admits it is now monitoring VPNs use by UK residents. Regulator Ofcom has contracted with an AI-powered surveillance service to detect the number of citizens using VPNs to evade the Online Safety Act.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
Exclusive: Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how
Ignoring VPNs risks creating ineffective laws, but tracking them threatens people's privacy
www.techradar.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm - AUTOMATON WEST
In an interview following the launch of ARC Raiders, the CEO of Embark Studios' parent company Nexon shares his views on AI.
automaton-media.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
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I can safely say that taking the phones away from genitally-obsessed bigots would make queer kids 100 percent safer than locking up kids phones during school hours.
November 12, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I can safely say that taking the phones away from genitally-obsessed bigots would make queer kids 100 percent safer than locking up kids phones during school hours.
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It's important to assume that if you use genAI in your game then I won't be buying it
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm - AUTOMATON WEST
In an interview following the launch of ARC Raiders, the CEO of Embark Studios' parent company Nexon shares his views on AI.
automaton-media.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:49 AM
It's important to assume that if you use genAI in your game then I won't be buying it
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there's nothing I can say that isn't gonna be better said by Tom.
just, man, if you're against LLMs in other creative fields, please hear translators out about ours. it's been brutal out here.
just, man, if you're against LLMs in other creative fields, please hear translators out about ours. it's been brutal out here.
I wrote more words about how it feels to be a translator watching the games press report on AI and labor, coming from a field that's fought these battles for decades. It may look like I'm beating up on one outlet, but it's not about them; I've been trying to write this for me and my peers all year.
You Can't Report on Hunger While Taking Bread Off the Table
On the proliferation of machine translation in video game outlets covering the effects of AI on labor.
dateemups.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
there's nothing I can say that isn't gonna be better said by Tom.
just, man, if you're against LLMs in other creative fields, please hear translators out about ours. it's been brutal out here.
just, man, if you're against LLMs in other creative fields, please hear translators out about ours. it's been brutal out here.
I got very mad about the Australian government's absolutely useless "Whole of Government AI Plan" and wrote a very long post.
hey.paris/posts/govai/
Feedback welcome. I'm not an expert.
#policy #ai #australia #law #auspol
hey.paris/posts/govai/
Feedback welcome. I'm not an expert.
#policy #ai #australia #law #auspol
Slop for the People
The Australian Public Service’s (APS) official culture of AI adoption is not found in the glossy press releases of its ministers. But we’ll get to that shortly.
The real story of AI adopton is reveale...
hey.paris
November 12, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I got very mad about the Australian government's absolutely useless "Whole of Government AI Plan" and wrote a very long post.
hey.paris/posts/govai/
Feedback welcome. I'm not an expert.
#policy #ai #australia #law #auspol
hey.paris/posts/govai/
Feedback welcome. I'm not an expert.
#policy #ai #australia #law #auspol
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Thought Masters: Wisdom Warriors
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Thought Masters: Wisdom Warriors
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
if I was making an AI that did fake research for people, I’d make it “think” way longer than it needed, to make people feel like it was doing something Big and Important
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
if I was making an AI that did fake research for people, I’d make it “think” way longer than it needed, to make people feel like it was doing something Big and Important
get on it! This game is something special
Nullstar: Solus is our take on the precision platformer!
🎮 Easy to learn, hard to master gameplay
🗺️ 75+ handcrafted levels spread over 5 worlds
🚀 5 different ships that with different properties
Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3094210/...
#PitchYaGame #GameDev #PixelArt #IndieGame
🎮 Easy to learn, hard to master gameplay
🗺️ 75+ handcrafted levels spread over 5 worlds
🚀 5 different ships that with different properties
Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3094210/...
#PitchYaGame #GameDev #PixelArt #IndieGame
November 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
get on it! This game is something special
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Nullstar: Solus is our take on the precision platformer!
🎮 Easy to learn, hard to master gameplay
🗺️ 75+ handcrafted levels spread over 5 worlds
🚀 5 different ships that with different properties
Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3094210/...
#PitchYaGame #GameDev #PixelArt #IndieGame
🎮 Easy to learn, hard to master gameplay
🗺️ 75+ handcrafted levels spread over 5 worlds
🚀 5 different ships that with different properties
Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3094210/...
#PitchYaGame #GameDev #PixelArt #IndieGame
November 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Nullstar: Solus is our take on the precision platformer!
🎮 Easy to learn, hard to master gameplay
🗺️ 75+ handcrafted levels spread over 5 worlds
🚀 5 different ships that with different properties
Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3094210/...
#PitchYaGame #GameDev #PixelArt #IndieGame
🎮 Easy to learn, hard to master gameplay
🗺️ 75+ handcrafted levels spread over 5 worlds
🚀 5 different ships that with different properties
Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3094210/...
#PitchYaGame #GameDev #PixelArt #IndieGame
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Spotify is crashing HARD because of the boycott. Their stock dropped 11% in value over the last month. Let’s keep this going!
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Spotify is crashing HARD because of the boycott. Their stock dropped 11% in value over the last month. Let’s keep this going!
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
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Non-US folks should really do this survey, the last question is about whether you’ve cancelled travel plans to the US or are reconsidering travel plans due to current policies. GDC needs to know this, maybe some talks could go online live with enough feedback? Maybe they could even lobby? Who knows!
Folks who make video games! @officialgdc.bsky.social is running the annual State of the Industry survey again. You should take the chance to weigh in!
The survey's gone through a major overhaul this year and your voice will matter even more: gdconf.typeform.com/SOTI26
The survey's gone through a major overhaul this year and your voice will matter even more: gdconf.typeform.com/SOTI26
2026 State of the Game Industry
The gaming industry's most comprehensive annual survey is back, and we're casting a wider net than ever before. Whether you're a developer, executive, investor, marketer, educator, or any other profes...
gdconf.typeform.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Non-US folks should really do this survey, the last question is about whether you’ve cancelled travel plans to the US or are reconsidering travel plans due to current policies. GDC needs to know this, maybe some talks could go online live with enough feedback? Maybe they could even lobby? Who knows!
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Everything about making video games is harder than you think.
November 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Everything about making video games is harder than you think.
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Today we just got 100 new followers and a bunch of people saying "whoa I've never heard of this" re: the game we have been thumping into the ground for the last 3 years by posting one gif from our earliest demo. If you think you post too much about your game: you probably don't!
November 5, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Today we just got 100 new followers and a bunch of people saying "whoa I've never heard of this" re: the game we have been thumping into the ground for the last 3 years by posting one gif from our earliest demo. If you think you post too much about your game: you probably don't!
Received the “Young” Alumni Award from UTAS today. Thanks, VC! Very honoured, also very embarrassed.
November 6, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Received the “Young” Alumni Award from UTAS today. Thanks, VC! Very honoured, also very embarrassed.
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As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.