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David G.
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indydude7.bsky.social
Anyone still want to deny he's a fascist?
Trump calls for Democratic lawmakers to face trial for ‘seditious behavior’
“SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” he wrote on Truth Social.
www.politico.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
indydude7.bsky.social
How to Tell Who’s Patrolling Your City
YouTube video by The New York Times
youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
indydude7.bsky.social
I agree with everything being said here. Focus on quality, not size. Don't be obsessed with realism. Make games and dev cycles tighter, and more creative. This is the way forward.
November 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
indydude7.bsky.social
The vendor financing the customer: the surest sign of a healthy economy.
The AI Bubble Will Pop - Here's Why
YouTube video by Katie Couric
youtube.com
October 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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videogameworkers.bsky.social
Please read our statement regarding the proposed Electronic Arts buyout. We refuse to let corporate greed decide the future of our industry.

cwa-union.org/news/release...
United Videogame Workers-CWA Statement on Proposed Electronic Arts Buyout October 15, 2025 NATIONWIDE — The following statement is from United Videogame Workers-CWA Local 9433. The recently proposed acquisition of Electronic Arts (EA) by the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia and private equity firms, including Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners, will further concentrate power and wealth into the hands of a few gatekeepers while doing nothing to address the concerns of players and workers. EA is not a struggling company. With annual revenues reaching $7.5 billion and $1 billion in profit each year, EA is one of the largest video game developers and publishers in the world. EA’s success has been entirely driven by tens of thousands of EA workers whose creativity, skill, and innovation made EA worth buying in the first place. Yet we, the very people who will be jeopardized as a result of this deal, were not represented at all when this buyout was negotiated or discussed. We are particularly worried about the future of our studios that are arbitrarily deemed ‘less profitable’ but whose contributions to the video game industry define EA’s reputation. Since 2022, an estimated 40,000 video game workers have already lost their jobs due to mass layoffs at AAA and indie studios alike. As reported in Game Developer, this deal will result in EA having to finance nearly $20 billion in debt—who will be spared, which corners will executives cut, and what studios will be sacrificed in order for that to happen? If jobs are lost or studios are closed due to this deal, that would be a choice, not a necessity, made to pad investors’ pockets—not to strengthen the company. Every time private equity or billionaire investors take a studio private, workers lose visibility, transparency, and power. Decisions that shape our jobs, our art, and our futures are made behind closed doors by executives who have never written a line of code, built worlds, or supported live services. We are…
October 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
indydude7.bsky.social
Comedy is a mirror held up to reality.
October 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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warren.senate.gov
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...
Big Investors Await Windfall From Trump’s Argentina Bailout
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
indydude7.bsky.social
The sleeping giant is awakening
After a week of authoritarian excess, the nation is turning on Trump
open.substack.com
September 27, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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brennanleemulligan.bsky.social
Naked authoritarian fascism. Love and support to the entire team at @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social, who *will* come out the other side of this horrendous abuse of power. Disgusted to see ABC caving to this glaringly illegal and unconstitutional threat from Brendan Carr.
gregsargent.bsky.social Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · Sep 18
Extraordinarily corrupt. I watched FCC chair Brendan Carr's full interview on Hannity. Carr basically said straight out that coverage of Trump he deems overly hostile can be decreed contrary to the "public interest," and thus grounds for yanking licenses:

newrepublic.com/article/2006...
September 18, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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alexkanefsky.bsky.social
But Wes Streeting has decided that it isn’t, actually, so that’s ok
September 16, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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writingstudio.bsky.social
For anyone looking to get into games writing as a career, @writersguildgb.bsky.social has uploaded a panel session I did with @coreybrotherson.bsky.social, @marygoodden.bsky.social and James Chew of @failbettergames.com, talking about that very subject: youtu.be/fcOXhmTk1tM?...
Navigating a career in videogames writing
YouTube video by Writers' Guild of Great Britain
youtu.be
August 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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marijamdid.com
This absolute queen got officially voted in today. I'm overjoyed. Lithuania gets the most left-wing PM of any post-Soviet country. A new generation of rad, new left trade unionists.
International support and coverage is a must, she's such a beacon of hope. 💞
www.politico.eu/article/poli...
Trade union veteran becomes new Lithuanian PM
Inga Ruginienė now has to submit a governing program and build her Cabinet.
www.politico.eu
August 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
indydude7.bsky.social
"Good creators can make smaller
games or big games, any type of game, but I don't think that necessarily influences the quality."

This guy just might be on to something 🤔...
As the Chinese game industry flocks from mobile to AAA blockbusters, Phantom Blade Zero's director says the quiet part out loud: 'Good games are good. It's not 'big games are good.''
"Good creators can make smaller games or big games."
www.pcgamer.com
July 30, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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bryantfrancis.me
This is an insane thing to write about game development. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/a...
Most experts acknowledge that a takeover by artificial intelligence is coming for the video game industry within the next five years, and executives have already started preparing to restructure their companies in anticipation. After all, it was one of the first sectors to deploy A.I. programming in the 1980s, with the four ghosts who chase Pac-Man each responding differently to the player's real-time movements.
July 29, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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lincolnhello.bsky.social
BREAKING: The European starling is capable of 2 MB/s data transfer speeds.

www.pcgamer.com/hardware/gre...
Great news: A guy saved an image file onto a live bird
A better form of cloud storage.
www.pcgamer.com
July 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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chrismurphyct.bsky.social
You need to know what's going on at "Alligator Alcatraz."

It's grossly immoral - no human being should be treated like that.

It's political theater - many of the detainees have no criminal record.

It's a taxpayer funded boondoggle - enriching DeSantis's political cronies.
July 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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chrismurphyct.bsky.social
FEMA has the capacity to do top notch rescue and response. But not under Secretary Noem. She shut down the emergency phone system days after the floods. She sent only a few dozen rescue workers when the state had nearly 2000 of it's own people doing that work. A woeful response.
July 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
indydude7.bsky.social
The secret is revealed!
July 14, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Reposted by David G.
gamechangershow.bsky.social
Presenting the BRAND-NEW season - @dimension20.bsky.social On a Bus! 🚌

DM'd by Katie Marovitch, and as players: Aabria Iyengar, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Jasmine Bhullar, and Mark Mercer!
July 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
indydude7.bsky.social
All hail King Frankie!
gamechangershow.bsky.social Game Changer @gamechangershow.bsky.social · Jul 14
No kings in this country!

...except a few of the nice people we found walking along the Venice Beach Boardwalk 👑
July 14, 2025 at 11:14 PM
indydude7.bsky.social
We can learn a lot by studying ancient myths.

For example: Achilles was pro-union, and Prometheus was anti-AI.
July 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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chrismurphyct.bsky.social
I told you that the SCOTUS's ban on national injunctions would supersize Trump's lawlessness.

Well, it's starting.

1/ Let me break some news for you: Trump is stealing money to build facilities like Alligator Alcatraz - from an account earmarked for the OPPOSITE of detention.
July 11, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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annacwebs.bsky.social
OKAY HERE IT IS

A BRIEF HISTORY OF LABOR IN THE USA AND WHAT IT HAS TO DO WITH THE MODERN GAMES INDUSTRY

youtu.be/OmV1QTzfyRo?...
July 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
indydude7.bsky.social
Finally, some good AI news.
Cloudflare Introduces Default Blocking of A.I. Data Scrapers
www.nytimes.com
July 4, 2025 at 7:39 PM