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aiandgames.com
The release of Arc Raiders has raised significant concerns about the ethics of utilising generative AI in a AAA game. It’s important we understand that for whatever gains AI delivers, who is losing out, and what impact does that have on the industry?

Read on!
www.aiandgames.com/p/arc-raider...
Arc Raiders and the Ethical Use of Generative AI | 19/11/25
We discuss the issues surrounding Embark's use of AI voices
www.aiandgames.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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stillfleet.bsky.social
Danse Macabre: Medieval Horror Roleplaying is LIVE on Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/wyt...

Preorder the rulebook and settings books today and get your name in the credits!
Danse Macabre: Medieval Horror Roleplaying
Explore the mysteries of a world beyond death. History, mutant madness, and old-school combat meet at the end of humanity.
www.kickstarter.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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corow.net
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Screenshot of a Discord conversation between OP's friends with names censored. Friend 1: IS IT THO??? (Attached is a screenshot of part of the Steam page for Silent Hill f. The "Similar to games you've played" section includes Silksong and SIGNALIS.) Friend 2: ijbol Friend 2: silksong the psychological horror Friend 1: hornet lets go to ebisugaoka Friend 1: tbf silksong did psychologically torment me earlier today Vertically arranged triptych of drawings based on previous Discord conversation where the protagonists are rotated into each other's games, for no particular reason. Top: Hornet Silksong running through a rural road from Ebisugaoka overtaken by red plants Middle: Hinako SHf dealing head trauma to an infected Eule in a corridor of Sierpinski-23 using a metal pipe Bottom: Elster SIGNALIS crouching down to show Shakra (sitting in Greymoor) a photo, asking, "Have you seen her?".
October 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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planetapolilla.bsky.social
TRESPASSER RPG, a sequel built on our previously released Art/lore booklet is finally out! Check it out!

planeta-polilla.itch.io/trespasser-rpg
August 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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brunodias.bsky.social
New blog post: more on the art of naming things; specifically, on developing 'setting terminology'.

azhdarchid.com/the-tonitrua...
The Tonitruator is Leaking Again: On writing setting terminology that you can take seriously
More on the art of naming things; specifically, on developing setting-specific terms for fiction.
azhdarchid.com
June 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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jeffgerstmann.com
Normally not much of a browser plugins guy, but as someone who occasionally looks up video game things online, this one's been very nice. addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo...
Indie Wiki Buddy – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)
Download Indie Wiki Buddy for Firefox. Helping you discover quality, independent wikis! When visiting a Fandom wiki, Indie Wiki Buddy redirects or alerts you of independent alternatives. It also filt...
addons.mozilla.org
April 30, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social
wikimedia commons
category: heads with legs
April 17, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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increpare.bsky.social
FOOTSTEPPR, generate footstep sounds for your games
games.increpare.com/footsteppr/i...
April 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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tobyfox.undertale.com
A poem my dad helped me type on the computer when I was 5
A POEM by TOBY for his MOM pumkin derry pumkin scary pumkin fall off the wall with a little pumkin with a big pumkin and the big pumkin calling on a broom and the little pumkin calling on a little broom next to it THE END
April 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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blackle.bsky.social
hey if you followed me because of my css puzzle box, PLEASE take a look at this full clicker game made by rebane2001 entirely in CSS/HTML!! lyra.horse/css-clicker/
CSS Clicker
a pure-CSS idle game where you build your own website
lyra.horse
April 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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shankmods.bsky.social
My cat was on the home page of Wikipedia. So proud of her
March 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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eurogamer.bsky.social
Half-Life 2 and Dishonored art lead Viktor Antonov dies aged just 52

www.eurogamer.net/half-life-2-...
A portrait shot of Viktor Antonov surrounded by concept art for Half-Life 2 and Dishonored
February 16, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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dislekcia.bsky.social
In 2019 we built a joke game as part of a Rube Goldberg marketing campaign that would let indies turn the tables on key scammers. It got banned off Steam, exposed a $1.9M bug, confused the wrong scammers AND burned our marketing budget for zero gain.
This is the story of Drawkanoid: Review Breaker.
February 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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pradaldi.bsky.social
Signed !
France & Finland already passed the threshold of signatures, so if you are from an other EU country your participation is really valuable.
Map of the EU France & Finland already passed the threshold of signatures.
February 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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ckunzelman.bsky.social
I always enjoy reading Jack’s reports where he plays through the entirety of a battle pass, but this one for BLOPS6 is really something more than that: an index of our games culture at large. CW for sexual assault discussion. www.jackdoeseverything.com/blog/2025/1/...
Black Ops 6: The Battle Pass Experience — Jack Does Everything
I documented my experience with the Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 battle pass and the effort it takes without paying for level skips.
www.jackdoeseverything.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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terrycavanaghgames.com
Hello! I have something new coming out soon. It's a big collection of some of my favourite little games from the past decade or so. Here's the steam page! store.steampowered.com/app/2824580/...
Terry's Other Games on Steam
Hi, I'm Terry Cavanagh! You might remember me from such videogames as Dicey Dungeons, Super Hexagon, and VVVVVV. Here are a few other things I've made over the years!
store.steampowered.com
January 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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thegemsbok.bsky.social
NEW ARTICLE - Your Mid-week Mission

A quick, quaint article exploring some ways the tiny strategy game Mini Motorways represents a worthwhile iteration on Dinosaur Polo Club's earlier offering (Mini Metro):

#games #indiegames #blog #analysis #review
5 Ways Mini Motorways is Better than Mini Metro - The Gemsbok
This comparative game review considers how Dinosaur Polo Club iterated on their pared-down strategy design between game releases.
thegemsbok.com
January 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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priscillapage.bsky.social
once again thinking about this passage from David Lynch's book Catching the Big Fish
excerpt reads: "I hear stories about directors who scream at actors, or they trick them somehow to get a performance. And there are some people who try to run the whole business on fear. But I think this is such a joke -- it's pathetic and stupid at the same time. When people are in fear, they don't want to go to work. So many people today have that feeling. Then the fear starts turning into hate, and they begin to hate going to work. Then the hate can turn into anger and people can become angry at their boss and their work. If I ran my set with fear, I would get 1 percent, not 100 percent, of what I get. And there would be no fun in going down the road together. And it *should* be fun. In work and in life, we're all supposed to get along. We're supposed to have so much fun, like puppy dogs with our tails wagging. It's supposed to be great living; it's supposed to be fantastic."
December 11, 2024 at 6:46 AM
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vinimedeiros.bsky.social
I haven't posted this here yet, but I also made a repack of the game Mortyr, a forgotten Polish FPS from 1999. It's working on modern systems with widescreen patches and CD music included. I just uploaded it on the Internet Archive:

archive.org/details/Mort...
January 14, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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theotherfrost.bsky.social
theotherreviewoutlet.substack.com/p/dei-in-gam...
DEI in Gaming
Scratching the surface
theotherreviewoutlet.substack.com
January 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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illusorywall.bsky.social
screencapping clips from my older videos off of youtube, because i'm too lazy to import and edit the larger source video and don't care about minor quality degradation 👌
January 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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arnorosenfeld.bsky.social
Scoop: I obtained a confidential presentation outlining how a major conservative think tanks plans to go after volunteer editors on Wikipedia who it says are "abusing their position" and promoting antisemitism

forward.com/news/686797/...
Scoop: Heritage Foundation plans to ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors
The conservative think tank told prospective donors that the project was part of its work to combat antisemitism.
forward.com
January 7, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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frictionalgames.bsky.social
The HPL engine turns 20 today! 🎉

Join Thomas Grip in this video for a walk down memory lane and deep dive into Frictional lore!

HPL is our proprietary engine that has powered all our - Amnesia: The Bunker was made with HPL3.5

Cheers to what’s next 👀
youtu.be/DXNXwKE913A
Our game engine HPL turns 20 years old!
YouTube video by frictionalgames
youtu.be
December 20, 2024 at 3:01 PM