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Questing Refuge
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https://youtube.com/QuestingRefuge is where I sometimes make video essays about disability, autism, parenting, politics or whatever usually looking at media
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Questing Refuge @questingrefuge.bsky.social · 5d
NEW VIDEO looking at a beloved disabled character from one of my favorite RPGs growing up

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Final Fantasy 4’s Unsung Disabled Hero
YouTube video by Questing Refuge
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alyssamerc.bsky.social
"The games industry in particular is at the intersection of entertainment and tech...there are a lot of connections between the games industry and the genocide that Israel is committing against the Palestinian people."

kotaku.com/no-games-for...
No Games For Genocide Wants You To Boycott Xbox
A collective of video game workers, journalists, and union organizers recently announced a pledge to boycott Xbox for Palestine
kotaku.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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xxgr1llmast3rxx.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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gcvazquez.bsky.social
When it comes to movements like the boycott and whatnot, it actually does help when bigger names come out in support of them. I'm not as big a name as others, and I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir here, but the more people that vocalize these things, the stronger it becomes.
nogamesforgenocide.com
No Games For Genocide
The games industry is complicit in genocide. It’s time to divest.
nogamesforgenocide.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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pixeladay.bsky.social
Microsoft is a key supporter of Israel's genocide and can therefore get absolutely fucked. I won't be buying or covering games they (or their subsidiaries) publish. (If I feel I have to cover one of these games the fact that they support genocide and can get absolutely fucked will be clear)
nogamesforgenocide.com No Games For Genocide @nogamesforgenocide.com · 1d
SIGN OUR BOYCOTT XBOX PLEDGE: We are asking gamers, game workers, streamers & journalists to join us in boycotting & divesting from Xbox, to force Microsoft to end its complicity in the genocide of Palestinians.

We’ve provided concrete actions everyone can take. Sign here: nogamesforgenocide.com
A graphic which uses the colours of the Palestinian flag: white, black, red and green. Text at the top reads “No games for genocide”, and text at the bottom reads “Boycott Xbox, Sign the pledge”, with the website nogamesforgenocide.com below. In the middle of the graphic is an icon of a fist punching upwards, splitting a missile in half. One half of the broken missile has the Xbox logo on it, and the other half has the Microsoft logo on it.
December 3, 2025 at 2:23 AM
questingrefuge.bsky.social
nogamesforgenocide.com/take-action/...

Don't let companies get away with supporting genocide.
Sign Our Pledge
Sign our pledge.
nogamesforgenocide.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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hotcyder.bsky.social
Doing my part 🫡
nogamesforgenocide.com
No Games For Genocide
The games industry is complicit in genocide. It’s time to divest.
nogamesforgenocide.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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santaragione.com
Yesterday, the Epic Games Store decided at the last minute not to distribute the game, after having previously approved a release build. HORSES is otherwise now available on GOG, Itch, and Humble for $4.99. www.horses.wtf
December 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
questingrefuge.bsky.social
What an absolute incredible end to the series. I have my nitpicks but mostly because I loved it so much.
December 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
questingrefuge.bsky.social
It feels good to be back! Really happy with the love this has gotten thank you all so much 💜
December 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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mightyatom.bsky.social
My experience with piracy is if someone who was never going to pay for my work turns into a fan that is worth more financially than what I’d lose from that first transaction
November 27, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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johntheduncan.bsky.social
NEW VIDEO: Conservation or Genocide? I talk to Dr. Martin Crook about the ways in which the global green market regime creates a system of dispossession, ecocide, and genocide

youtu.be/d-9I69WZrU0?...
Conservation or Genocide?
YouTube video by JohntheDuncan
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November 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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lostfutures.bsky.social
🪶 NEW VIDEO 🇵🇸
Centrists for Genocide.

A video essay that not only exposes #PhilosophyTube for genocide denial, but it also covers the settlers attack and erasure agaisnt Palestinian/ Indigenous history and memory.

It calls for liberation from Turtle Island to Palestine! ✊🏼

youtu.be/lc4B9w5LH6E
Centrists for Genocide: Denying Palestine.
YouTube video by Lost Futures
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November 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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mml.bsky.social
You probably haven't heard of Garbanzo Quest by @zachisagardner.bsky.social, but it's an incredible game with a lot to say. Today we dive deep into this classic and emerge with a newfound understanding of what it means to be an independent artist in the first place. www.youtube.com/watch?v=90rk...
A Video About Garbanzo Quest (by Zach Gardner)
YouTube video by MML's Commentaries
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November 28, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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santaragione.com
Special thanks to GOG for being so supportive of the project! HORSES preorders are now available on the store: www.gog.com/en/game/horses 🙏
November 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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matthewcort.land
If you're interested, this tribute to Alice Wong was written by one of the people who knew her best

www.thenation.com/article/soci...
A Tribute to an Oracle, Alice Wong
Alice had the ability to look to the future and a world where laws and attitudes did not keep disabled people poor, pitied, and isolated.
www.thenation.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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questingrefuge.bsky.social
NEW VIDEO looking at a beloved disabled character from one of my favorite RPGs growing up

youtu.be/MeNYH8pTT0I
Final Fantasy 4’s Unsung Disabled Hero
YouTube video by Questing Refuge
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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darkfry.bsky.social
I will break into your house and make you watch Willow's new video
November 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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aranock.bsky.social
Hey all! The stream I announced in this video to raise funds for transition costs is starting in a little over an hour on my twitch and youtube, if we're friends and you wanna guest feel free to dm me here or on discord. Hope to see you all there 💜 In the meantime consider giving the video a watch!
aranock.bsky.social Aranock, 4 of Ravens @aranock.bsky.social · 9d
My newest video on game/save breaking bugs, effort and incompleteness. Please consider leaving a comment and sharing it around especially on the youtube community tab if you enjoy it! youtu.be/3jAPOqcDKeQ?...
Losing Progress: Glitches Saves & Effort
YouTube video by Aranock
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November 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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valadren.bsky.social
Pausing my “pretend to hate ff4” campaign to send critical support to one of my favorite characters from it
November 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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darkfry.bsky.social
The fact that people are giving infinitely more grace and benefit of the doubt to Steam for their art censorship than they did to Itch is making me want to gargle my own teeth
November 28, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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innuendostudios.bsky.social
THIS IS A VIDEO WILLOW TOLD ME THEY WERE PONDERING AND I DARED THEM TO MAKE IT AND NOW IT'S OUT I'M SO HYPED!!!!!!!
November 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
questingrefuge.bsky.social
NEW VIDEO looking at a beloved disabled character from one of my favorite RPGs growing up

youtu.be/MeNYH8pTT0I
Final Fantasy 4’s Unsung Disabled Hero
YouTube video by Questing Refuge
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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videogamesarebad.co.uk
DOG WITCH (2025)
g0m.bsky.social g0m @g0m.bsky.social · 6d
was drifting off to sleep but I suddenly imagined the world's largest bee and scared myself awake. Luckily I am able to resume my slumber once I think of an even larger bee but this one's on my side
November 28, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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pimscrypt.bsky.social
🟥!!NEW VIDEO!!🟥

In which I talk about Pablo Picasso, his (deeply misogynistic) view of women as "machines for suffering", and how both relate to the narrative of Silent Hill f.

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November 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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nathangrayson.bsky.social
this week indie studio santa ragione announced that it's on the verge of closure after steam blocked the release of its upcoming provocative art game, horses. valve, despite all of its algorithms and purposefully vague policyspeak, is once again telling us exactly where it stands
Steam is a relentlessly well-oiled machine optimized for the purpose of pushing products – games that adhere to well-worn themes, structures, and strictures. It recommends games along genre lines; it tries to algorithmically match you with games similar to what you last played at every turn. It is deeply traditional – conservative, even – in its construction. Sometimes art that seeks to provoke or unsettle gets through, but this is closer to a happy accident than the purpose of Steam’s design. Valve has built a machine that cannot challenge the status quo, where rare human decisions must reinforce that ethos to avoid upsetting the immensely profitable apple cart. This should no longer surprise us; Valve drew its line in the sand years ago. But it’s important to remember where the company and the people running it stand – and to recognize that their decisions reverberate through the industry, deciding what does and does not constitute commercially viable art. Such a lofty position necessarily confers responsibility, but Valve refuses to accept it, and I do not imagine it will change its mind anytime soon. This is not to say the larger game development community should take pressure off Valve, but it’s also time to consider alternatives, to build spaces for and unabashedly by human beings. I know it’s far easier said than done, especially when you’ve still got to put food on the table, but what other choice is there?
November 26, 2025 at 11:49 PM