Jen Simpkins
@itsjensim.bsky.social
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Jen Simpkins
@itsjensim.bsky.social
· Jan 10
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Got my copy and immediately started text-screaming at Chris 😂 What he and the team have achieved with this book is truly next-level - it's a love letter to not just IMMORTALITY and the process of making a videogame, but to the medium of print. Beautiful work!
Okay, since the Deluxe Editions of IMMORTALITY: Design Works are arriving now, I think I can (finally!) post about it. This has obviously been a dream project to be involved with and I'm so grateful to everyone at @lostincult.co.uk and @halfmermaid.co that helped make it a reality (1/5)
August 18, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Got my copy and immediately started text-screaming at Chris 😂 What he and the team have achieved with this book is truly next-level - it's a love letter to not just IMMORTALITY and the process of making a videogame, but to the medium of print. Beautiful work!
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August 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Also out today! A fairly incredible bundle of three stellar games—if you already own Goose and Thank Goodness on Steam, you''ll get a discount on Time Flies. It is, truly, free real estate.
store.steampowered.com/bundle/57072
store.steampowered.com/bundle/57072
Save 3% on Untitled Goose Game + Thank Goodness You're Here! + Time Flies on Steam
store.steampowered.com
July 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Also out today! A fairly incredible bundle of three stellar games—if you already own Goose and Thank Goodness on Steam, you''ll get a discount on Time Flies. It is, truly, free real estate.
store.steampowered.com/bundle/57072
store.steampowered.com/bundle/57072
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Hey man, love your work. Just wanted to ask, what did you mean by this?
July 31, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Hey man, love your work. Just wanted to ask, what did you mean by this?
Settling down in front of this with a big bingo sheet that just says Street Fighter IV open.spotify.com/episode/0vhq...
Nathan Brown, writer, analyst, former editor Edge.
My Perfect Console with Simon Parkin · Episode
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July 30, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Settling down in front of this with a big bingo sheet that just says Street Fighter IV open.spotify.com/episode/0vhq...
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wrote about how social media kills sex for @readlux.bsky.social lux-magazine.com/article/priv...
Bringing Sexy Back
Internet surveillance has killed eroticism. We need privacy to reclaim it.
lux-magazine.com
July 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
wrote about how social media kills sex for @readlux.bsky.social lux-magazine.com/article/priv...
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Here’s to @grahamsmith.bsky.social, signing off from RPS after 20 years in game journalism with the wisest thoughts about games media you’ll read www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-sunday-p...
The Sunday Papers
The Sunday Papers is our weekly roundup of great writing about (mostly) videogames from across the web.
www.rockpapershotgun.com
July 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Here’s to @grahamsmith.bsky.social, signing off from RPS after 20 years in game journalism with the wisest thoughts about games media you’ll read www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-sunday-p...
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it's time to COMPLAIN about the delisting of NSFW games on steam and itch! tell these payment processors that they need to STOP listening to these boring anti-porn thought-policing friendless tossers and START LISTENING to us instead. there is no art without queers, sluts, perverts and weirdoes 💦
Complaint letter! You can copy/paste or edit
You can use the same info for a call!
Paypal:
Phone (US): 1-888-221-1161
Phone (outside US): 1-402-935-2050
Hours: 6am - 6pm PT
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You can use the same info for a call!
Paypal:
Phone (US): 1-888-221-1161
Phone (outside US): 1-402-935-2050
Hours: 6am - 6pm PT
Online (for non-users or logged out - UK bc US site ONLY allows logged in users): www.paypal.com/uk/cshelp/co...
2/🧵
July 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
it's time to COMPLAIN about the delisting of NSFW games on steam and itch! tell these payment processors that they need to STOP listening to these boring anti-porn thought-policing friendless tossers and START LISTENING to us instead. there is no art without queers, sluts, perverts and weirdoes 💦
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One of the sweetest moments of the march: a bunch of shop floor staff at a fancy boutique suddenly having a flash of inspiration and rushing to grab plain shirts to make a trans flag at the window.
July 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
One of the sweetest moments of the march: a bunch of shop floor staff at a fancy boutique suddenly having a flash of inspiration and rushing to grab plain shirts to make a trans flag at the window.
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Probably an unpopular opinion, but I think people should just say the sappy shit more often.
July 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Probably an unpopular opinion, but I think people should just say the sappy shit more often.
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the internet isn't cool any more. my next video game will be released as a mail order cd rom advertised in the back of Total Amiga magazine
July 24, 2025 at 9:39 AM
the internet isn't cool any more. my next video game will be released as a mail order cd rom advertised in the back of Total Amiga magazine
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🎵 Soaring, looping, endless kineticism - @itsjensim.bsky.social bops to the beat of rhythm action in ON: Volume Two on.games
#gamesmagazine #rez
#gamesmagazine #rez
July 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
🎵 Soaring, looping, endless kineticism - @itsjensim.bsky.social bops to the beat of rhythm action in ON: Volume Two on.games
#gamesmagazine #rez
#gamesmagazine #rez
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July 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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In my upcoming horror game you examine a family's photo album for signs of the paranormal 📸
Official announcement in 10 days!
#screenshotsaturday
Official announcement in 10 days!
#screenshotsaturday
July 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
In my upcoming horror game you examine a family's photo album for signs of the paranormal 📸
Official announcement in 10 days!
#screenshotsaturday
Official announcement in 10 days!
#screenshotsaturday
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DK Bananza is the most wonderfully depressing game. It’s clearly the work of lifelong game developers mentoring novices and it’s the kind of game we’d have a lot more of if game publishers actually let game development be a stable, life-long career for people.
July 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
DK Bananza is the most wonderfully depressing game. It’s clearly the work of lifelong game developers mentoring novices and it’s the kind of game we’d have a lot more of if game publishers actually let game development be a stable, life-long career for people.
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Same, little pepper, same
March 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Same, little pepper, same
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Really badass graffiti spotted in town
July 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Really badass graffiti spotted in town
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Delighted to be doing a monthly column for this. Ralph's a thoroughly good egg, the site's great, and the idea of a video guy pivoting to text is just proper world-gone-mad stuff, love it. Have a look!
The big day is finally here: www.ThisWeekinVideogames.com is officially live! It's 100% ad-free and you can sign up for free to get access to our news, reviews and previews, or become a supporter to get more exclusive content.
www.ThisWeekinVideogames.com
July 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Delighted to be doing a monthly column for this. Ralph's a thoroughly good egg, the site's great, and the idea of a video guy pivoting to text is just proper world-gone-mad stuff, love it. Have a look!
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We're looking for a senior unity engineer with rendering experience!
Democratic work place with lots of transparency
4 day work weeks
85k CAD salary (same as every single other person at the studio)
Remote friendly but Canadian applicants are prioritized
www.workwithindies.com/careers/ko-o...
Democratic work place with lots of transparency
4 day work weeks
85k CAD salary (same as every single other person at the studio)
Remote friendly but Canadian applicants are prioritized
www.workwithindies.com/careers/ko-o...
KO_OP is hiring a Senior Rendering Programmer
We’re looking for a Senior Rendering Programmer to remotely join our team and take over core rendering responsibilities on one of our projects.
www.workwithindies.com
July 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
We're looking for a senior unity engineer with rendering experience!
Democratic work place with lots of transparency
4 day work weeks
85k CAD salary (same as every single other person at the studio)
Remote friendly but Canadian applicants are prioritized
www.workwithindies.com/careers/ko-o...
Democratic work place with lots of transparency
4 day work weeks
85k CAD salary (same as every single other person at the studio)
Remote friendly but Canadian applicants are prioritized
www.workwithindies.com/careers/ko-o...
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going to big Tesco, anyone need anything?
March 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
going to big Tesco, anyone need anything?
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Listening to @itsjensim.bsky.social on this week's @backpagepod.bsky.social reminded me of an old RPS supporter article I wrote once about how I thought creating the same character again and again made me really *boring* and unimaginative, but maybe not!
www.rockpapershotgun.com/i-always-cre...
www.rockpapershotgun.com/i-always-cre...
July 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Listening to @itsjensim.bsky.social on this week's @backpagepod.bsky.social reminded me of an old RPS supporter article I wrote once about how I thought creating the same character again and again made me really *boring* and unimaginative, but maybe not!
www.rockpapershotgun.com/i-always-cre...
www.rockpapershotgun.com/i-always-cre...
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really enjoyed @itsjensim.bsky.social on @backpagepod.bsky.social talking about dress up games and character customisation, sun a fun conversation! It reminded me of a piece I wrote a few years ago on dressing gay in video games
elizabethlovatt.com/2020/11/11/d...
elizabethlovatt.com/2020/11/11/d...
dressing gay in videogames
dyke about (virtual) townWhat does it mean to dress gay? Can you tell someone’s sexuality by how they dress? The answer is of course not and 100% yes. Since mask-wearing has become commonplace I’ve…
elizabethlovatt.com
July 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
really enjoyed @itsjensim.bsky.social on @backpagepod.bsky.social talking about dress up games and character customisation, sun a fun conversation! It reminded me of a piece I wrote a few years ago on dressing gay in video games
elizabethlovatt.com/2020/11/11/d...
elizabethlovatt.com/2020/11/11/d...
So delighted to be asked back to the pod. Thanks to Samuel and Matthew for giving me space to talk about dress-up and character customisation in games - and for whole-heartedly joining in! Unbelievable fun.
New episode! We're joined by @itsjensim.bsky.social for an insightful and often unhinged discussion about video game character customisation.
Listen wherever you get podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/6SlD...
Listen wherever you get podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/6SlD...
The Art of Video Game Character Customisation (with Jen Simpkins)
The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast · Episode
open.spotify.com
July 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
So delighted to be asked back to the pod. Thanks to Samuel and Matthew for giving me space to talk about dress-up and character customisation in games - and for whole-heartedly joining in! Unbelievable fun.