Brin
@pizza-and-2-cats.bsky.social
I like pizza, cats, and video games
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I spent an excessive number of years moderating a gaming forum and I learned a great deal about community spaces and cultivation, whether I wanted to or not. I have critical advice for anyone who runs a game store or gaming convention. Please share this thread with people who run those things.
January 6, 2026 at 8:09 PM
I spent an excessive number of years moderating a gaming forum and I learned a great deal about community spaces and cultivation, whether I wanted to or not. I have critical advice for anyone who runs a game store or gaming convention. Please share this thread with people who run those things.
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Warning signs for recession have been flashing all year, says Rob Fahey, but the US sales slump is the starkest sign yet of how vulnerable the industry’s narrow focus has made it.
www.gamesindustry.biz/novembers-da...
www.gamesindustry.biz/novembers-da...
November’s data shows gaming struggling to reach beyond the core | Opinion
Warning signs have been flashing all year, but the US sales slump is the starkest sign yet of how vulnerable the industry’s narrow focus has made it.
www.gamesindustry.biz
December 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Warning signs for recession have been flashing all year, says Rob Fahey, but the US sales slump is the starkest sign yet of how vulnerable the industry’s narrow focus has made it.
www.gamesindustry.biz/novembers-da...
www.gamesindustry.biz/novembers-da...
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The games industry brings in 300 billion dollars a year. The guy who made DOOM gets his projects canceled, the guy who made Katamari Damacy is broke, everyone in your feed is begging for a job and there are 50 new games coming out on Steam every day all going towards buying Gabe Newell's next yacht
Keita Takahashi (Katamari, Wattam, Noby Noby Boy) has moved back to Japan, and says he may be forced to quit the games industry due to To a T underperforming.
He also says he'd love to work on Katamari again, and for someone to invest in his studio.
(Read more at GamesRadar)
He also says he'd love to work on Katamari again, and for someone to invest in his studio.
(Read more at GamesRadar)
December 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The games industry brings in 300 billion dollars a year. The guy who made DOOM gets his projects canceled, the guy who made Katamari Damacy is broke, everyone in your feed is begging for a job and there are 50 new games coming out on Steam every day all going towards buying Gabe Newell's next yacht
@cubicle7games.bsky.social I tried checking out during the Black Friday weekend, but got this error message for every address I tried to enter, it never asked me about shipping methods. I tried contacting support, but it seems that's busted too. Can you help?
December 6, 2025 at 3:34 AM
@cubicle7games.bsky.social I tried checking out during the Black Friday weekend, but got this error message for every address I tried to enter, it never asked me about shipping methods. I tried contacting support, but it seems that's busted too. Can you help?
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December 5, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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Solicitor Sam Crich offers potential solutions and regulations in response to the Stop Killing Games movement. "If the games industry wants to build lasting trust in its player base, it must take action to prevent unfair treatment of consumers."
www.gamesindustry.biz/stop-killing...
www.gamesindustry.biz/stop-killing...
Stop Killing Games is a consumer-driven shake up for digital distribution as a whole | Opinion
The movement's demands reflect wider worries about ongoing access to digital products – and unless the industry reforms, governments will bring in regulation
www.gamesindustry.biz
December 4, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Solicitor Sam Crich offers potential solutions and regulations in response to the Stop Killing Games movement. "If the games industry wants to build lasting trust in its player base, it must take action to prevent unfair treatment of consumers."
www.gamesindustry.biz/stop-killing...
www.gamesindustry.biz/stop-killing...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Man, there is so much good social media and brand building advice here!
October 30, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Man, there is so much good social media and brand building advice here!
How 95% of new game recommendations hit me these days
"Did you see that hot new..."
Of course I saw it, still not buying it though
"Did you see that hot new..."
Of course I saw it, still not buying it though
October 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
How 95% of new game recommendations hit me these days
"Did you see that hot new..."
Of course I saw it, still not buying it though
"Did you see that hot new..."
Of course I saw it, still not buying it though
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Looks like LinkedIn is updating its policies again.
Great time to make sure "Data for Generative AI Improvement" is set to off if you're into that kind of thing.
Great time to make sure "Data for Generative AI Improvement" is set to off if you're into that kind of thing.
September 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Looks like LinkedIn is updating its policies again.
Great time to make sure "Data for Generative AI Improvement" is set to off if you're into that kind of thing.
Great time to make sure "Data for Generative AI Improvement" is set to off if you're into that kind of thing.
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This is not how corporations respond to an ineffective protest. This is how they respond to a protest that they would like to have go away.
So don't let it go away. Keep it going.
In fact, Streissand Effect this shit. Call attention to how much they want this to go away.
So don't let it go away. Keep it going.
In fact, Streissand Effect this shit. Call attention to how much they want this to go away.
August 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
This is not how corporations respond to an ineffective protest. This is how they respond to a protest that they would like to have go away.
So don't let it go away. Keep it going.
In fact, Streissand Effect this shit. Call attention to how much they want this to go away.
So don't let it go away. Keep it going.
In fact, Streissand Effect this shit. Call attention to how much they want this to go away.
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Men only want one thing, and it's this exact scenario.
Including the part where they're a ninja turtle.
Including the part where they're a ninja turtle.
August 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Men only want one thing, and it's this exact scenario.
Including the part where they're a ninja turtle.
Including the part where they're a ninja turtle.
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"The industry response to Stop Killing Games has tended to be pretty dismissive," writes Rob Fahey. "The hand-waving about impossibility has been joined by some fairly bad-faith mischaracterisation of what Stop Killing Games is even asking for."
www.gamesindustry.biz/stop-being-d...
www.gamesindustry.biz/stop-being-d...
Stop being dismissive about Stop Killing Games | Opinion
Misrepresenting the requests of the Citizens' Initiative or declaring them impossible is unlikely to fly in front of the European Commission
www.gamesindustry.biz
July 25, 2025 at 11:31 AM
"The industry response to Stop Killing Games has tended to be pretty dismissive," writes Rob Fahey. "The hand-waving about impossibility has been joined by some fairly bad-faith mischaracterisation of what Stop Killing Games is even asking for."
www.gamesindustry.biz/stop-being-d...
www.gamesindustry.biz/stop-being-d...
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Ironmouse raises $1 million for Immune Deficiency Foundation after leaving Vtuber agency over claims that it owed $500,000
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July 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Ironmouse raises $1 million for Immune Deficiency Foundation after leaving Vtuber agency over claims that it owed $500,000
aftermath.site/ironmouse-le...
aftermath.site/ironmouse-le...
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😲 The One-Page RPG game Jam is now underway for 2025. We love these folks! Good luck to everyone entering and making a tiny rules lite RPG this year. We'd love to hear what you're making! 🎲
Check them out:
Check them out:
One-Page RPG Jam 2025
A game jam from 2025-07-13 to 2025-08-17 hosted by Unknown Dungeon. The One Page RPG Jam returns for its sixth year running. This jam is about making new, one-page table-top roleplaying games. Entire…
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July 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
😲 The One-Page RPG game Jam is now underway for 2025. We love these folks! Good luck to everyone entering and making a tiny rules lite RPG this year. We'd love to hear what you're making! 🎲
Check them out:
Check them out:
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July 17, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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Join the Tunnels & Trolls Game Master's Guild to get your hands on the upcoming 1.1 version of the alpha rules updates.rebellion.com/p/7R56-AAI/t...
July 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Join the Tunnels & Trolls Game Master's Guild to get your hands on the upcoming 1.1 version of the alpha rules updates.rebellion.com/p/7R56-AAI/t...
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30 Jun 2025
June 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
30 Jun 2025
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I quite fancied an ice cream but thought "I've already eaten a lot of sugar today. I'll have a whisky instead" as though that's somehow better for me.
Anyway...
Anyway...
June 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I quite fancied an ice cream but thought "I've already eaten a lot of sugar today. I'll have a whisky instead" as though that's somehow better for me.
Anyway...
Anyway...
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This Film Adaptation of a Popular Video Game Is True to the Source Material: Everyone on Set Was Just Laid Off
This Film Adaptation of a Popular Video Game Is True to the Source Material: Everyone on Set Was Just Laid Off
LOS ANGELES — In a surprise move, Warner Brothers Discovery has laid off everyone working on its upcoming unannounced video game adaptation. David Zaslav, WBD…
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June 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This Film Adaptation of a Popular Video Game Is True to the Source Material: Everyone on Set Was Just Laid Off
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17 Jun 2025
June 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
17 Jun 2025
Remake of FF tactics couldn't be coming at a better time
June 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Remake of FF tactics couldn't be coming at a better time