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Niva Kay

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Sustainable Futures x Video Games. Co-Chair IGDA Climate SIG. Author, filmmaker & farmer amongst other things. PhD candidate UoA

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Holy f*ck

04.03.2026 14:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Almost time for Regenerate Game Jam 26

02.03.2026 20:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Play, watch, and read about The Wandering Village in March. Then join us at the IGDA Climate SIG Discord to share your thoughts on its green game design approach. discord.gg/DW3j5ExD?eve...

01.03.2026 23:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Really looking forward to this one!

16.02.2026 18:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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'The Most Dejected I’ve Ever Felt:' Harassers Made Nude AI Images of Her, Then Started an OnlyFans Kylie Brewer isn't unaccustomed to harassment online. But when people started using Grok-generated nudes of her on an OnlyFans account, it reached another level.

Kylie Brewer isn't unaccustomed to harassment online. But when people started using Grok-generated nudes of her on an OnlyFans account, it reached another level.

11.02.2026 15:30 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

Green Game of the Month πŸ’š

10.02.2026 07:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We are stoked to have Sam as a mentor for the 4th time! Legend!

03.02.2026 05:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Awesome team!
#gamejams #indiegamedev #sustainablefutures

03.02.2026 01:33 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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REGENERATE Game Jam 2026 A game jam from 2026-03-19 to 2026-03-24 hosted by REGENERATE Game Jam & IGDA Climate SIG. The IGDA Climate SIG presents: REGENERATE Game Jam 2026 REGENERATE Game Jam is back, this time with a focus o...

And if you want to jam along, join us on itch.io/jam/regenera...

@igda.org @nzgda.bsky.social

15.01.2026 20:23 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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@atamorimmaia.bsky.social excellent talk today on adaptation success being an opening of possibilities. I especially like the adaptation myopia #af2025

13.10.2025 00:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And of course @miriamakamo.bsky.social did an incredible job as MC.

12.10.2025 23:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Phenomenal first sessions at the Adaptation Futures Conference. With indigenous people front and centre stage discussing the urgency of bringing science, policy and indigenous knowledge together to implement transformative climate adaptations #af2025

12.10.2025 23:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our investigation reveals how the man who started Tea, the β€˜women dating safety’ app, tried to hire a female β€˜face’ for the company and then hijack her grassroots community.

πŸ”— www.404media.co/how-teas-fou...

19.08.2025 22:10 πŸ‘ 151 πŸ” 55 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 9
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Farmers won't need consent to pollute waterways as government undoes RMA rules The changes will save thousands of farmers from having to lodge resource consents to discharge pollutants into waterways, but critics say councils should be in charge.

Disgusting!

Farmers now won't even need consent to pollute waterways as government undoes RMA fresh water protection rules

#TooManyCows #TooMuchInfluence
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

12.08.2025 21:40 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Climate policy is β‰ˆ 95% ending fossil carbon mining and burning, biodiversity policy is β‰ˆ 95% protecting and restoring habitat AND THEY ARE NOT THE SAME THING.

01.08.2025 08:43 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
A sticker on a traffic light featuring a black skull, red header and footer and text reading β€˜Hello my name is CEOs kill video games’

A sticker on a traffic light featuring a black skull, red header and footer and text reading β€˜Hello my name is CEOs kill video games’

Spotted in Brighton #gamedev

23.07.2025 13:10 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hacking games and gameplay as an alternative to production/consumption @illmare.bsky.social at #gamestransformed

12.07.2025 13:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The right is no longer selling utopia It’s time for the left to β€œFight an apocalyptic narrative with a non apocalyptic narrative” @molleindustria.org looking forward to playing Future No Thanks when it comes out!

12.07.2025 12:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A lovely talk by @aeiea.bsky.social covering sustainability initiatives in the game industry, and how Monument Valley taken the leap from a green activation to a full climate themed game. Also included a giant dice and a disagreeable dragon for a little consensus building game. #developbrighton

09.07.2025 19:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Textile Artisan by Nivja, daiika, EngineerSmith, matismerrylane Step into the shoes of a skilled Textile Artisan in a vibrant Solarpunk community.

I’ve been working on this little textile game and can see this approach of incorporating real world crafting being bang on for extra texture and realism in this kind of game nivja.itch.io/textile-arti...

09.07.2025 10:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I love this embroidery UI by @shimmerglitch.bsky.social who gave a great talk about incorporating crafts into games. #developbrighton

09.07.2025 10:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Game devs by the seaside.. it’s @developconference.com

08.07.2025 18:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Oliver, yes had positive feedback at DiGRA πŸ™‚. Sustainability imaginaries are so limited, definitely there is such an opportunity to expand and explore other narratives in games. Also yes let’s chat, I’m in the UK until the 13th which is ideal for normal day time chats before I had back to NZ

08.07.2025 09:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Designing a toolkit for visualising desirable sustainable futures in video games | DiGRA Digital Library

And in case you’re interested as we share an interest in design/sustainability this is my DiGRA conference paper πŸ™‚ dl.digra.org/index.php/dl...

07.07.2025 17:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
2025: Conference Proceedings of DiGRA 2025: Games at the Crossroads | DiGRA Digital Library

Yes the proceedings are here: dl.digra.org/index.php/dl...

07.07.2025 17:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Can games help us adopted a post-humanist sentiment to death? @poppywilde.bsky.social says yup, they can. #DiGRA2025 #spiritfarer

03.07.2025 15:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Phenomenal presentation yesterday by @pippinbarr.bsky.social and Rilla Khaled on systematic methods for materialising Research through Design, going past descriptive documentation using reflective practices by regular inquiry using What/so what/now what questions. #Digra2025 #designresearch

03.07.2025 10:25 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
A slide from a conference talk titled findings from the first ten years in games industry/production research

A slide from a conference talk titled findings from the first ten years in games industry/production research

Excellent keynote today by @aphrak.bsky.social with hardcore facts - the industry inflates its size/importance, normalises bad practices across employment, harassment, and gambling and all these things spread out way beyond games. #digra2025

02.07.2025 10:36 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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@t0mm7.bsky.social domesticating play at playboy. The choice of backgammon might be a random novelty but overall play normalised via playboy into homes, with everything you can imagine being attached to it, is a significant historical context to its meaning/player communities today #digra2025

02.07.2025 10:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Racist AI-generated videos are the newest slop garnering millions of views on TikTok

NEW from me: TikTokers have been using tools like Google’s Veo 3 to AI-generate racist videos. The videos are garnering millions of views by bringing centuries-old racist tropes to life. It’s an actual dystopian nightmare!
www.mediamatters.org/tiktok/racis...

01.07.2025 16:39 πŸ‘ 208 πŸ” 124 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 56