Ben Kirman

A blue zine mockup for a game called Chord, the cover shows a morose face surrounded by piano keys and small creatures hopping around them.

CHORD is coming March 24, two player miniature capture the flag skirmish game played on a piano keyboard that generates ambient music while you play.
My first skirmish game release!
Pay what you want on itch and a few scrappy diy zines in my bag at adepticon.

misheard this today, and like it better. Also yes I have a big deadline tomorrow can you tell?

A crudely drawn cool horse looking pretty darn pleased with her nice yellow raincoat

You know how the saying goes: When it rains, zip horse.

B.ENO

I have been informed that Mr. Eno has now seen this. “Very amusing” was the verdict.

I get up to all sorts on Patreon.com/frasergeesin if you fancy it.

My comics are also “Very amusing” and cheap from Frasergeesin.com

framing this

what do you mean hamnet isn't about pig internet

The first section translated to English:
"The immortality of the gods must be worshipped by all, and their plurality feared everywhere. They are stupid and truly foolish who say there is a single God, and impudently speak against the rites of old."

Cool cool cool.

A scan of the first page of the linked book: "DER LUDUS DE ANTICHRISTO", a german translation of the latin play

Doing some research and came across a mysterious latin play called "LUDUS DE ANTICHRISTO".

A moment of realisation that I might accidentally be in the first act of John Carpenter's "Prince of Darkness".

archive.org/details/derl...

Congratulations! I had no idea they printed IGGI on there, and not the thesis title. Also what's with the window in the envelope! Get it framed and up behind your desk visible on zoom calls :)

One for you @maffrj.bsky.social

A large red dumpster bin has a website link to a "customer zone" above a yellow warning label indicating a "crush zone"

Biffa bins offer just two types of zone. Choose wisely ♻️

profound insight needs no context!

all thought comes back to tea towels

Not... yet! The dice are part of a slightly bigger project I need to actually finish and get out of my brain.
I did think about that copy of Meal Deal in the game cafe. Little bits of subtle action, not *against* the venue (e.g. breaking their HP licensed games) but a bit like flyering somehow.

oldee timey painting of a spaniel dog in a fancy room. They have playing cards in their paw, a poker visor and a smoking pipe

London & London commutable playful folks… the CAR BOOT CASINO will soon be opening its doors once more!

If you’ve a homebrew card or bluffing game you’d be up for showcasing & running a table then drop me a line

Wasn't everyone at the table a winner, really, when Brucie is involved?

13 Beavers Players must navigate the board with luck and nerve to reach Beaver Paradise.

Need to share what will likely be my lifetime's finest #boardgame victory, but will be utterly incomprehensible to explain: We were playing 13 Beavers (boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/42...), and not only did I correctly get through the "Tempting Tunnel", to win I had an 11, chose HIGHER, and drew a 13.

Zentrum für Angewandte Spieleforschung Das Zentrum für Angewandte Spieleforschung beschäftigt sich mit Fragen der Übertragung von aktuellen Ergebnissen in der Erforschung interaktiver visueller Medien auf die professionelle Praxis. Im Mitt...

That's the downside unfortunately - might be video playthroughs and AARs on BGG? Closer to home, and more digital games, theres interesting folks at donau-uni.ac.at/ags that might be interesting to chat with (volunteer to do a talk! academics and students would be interested to hear from you!)

Also shout out to the group at Kings in London, they recently had an event about social justice in board games with a good collection and great discussion: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/gamin... and Games Transformed festival: www.instagram.com/gamestransfo...

Great recommendations - telling that there is a bunch of @hollandspiele.bsky.social titles here, they do amazing work. Also strong recommend for @amabel.bsky.social 's book "Cardboard Ghosts" which is about pretty much exactly this topic (plus her Youtube channel).

Yep, this is another case where people will find them if they actually look for them. Plenty of people out there making radical political games, crowdfunding, running jams, making zines, doing events.

Yep, that was how I tried to jog their memory - "its the film with a robot, a problematic stereotype, and steve guttenberg" but that describes a lot of 80s films

Ahh I forgot that some of them are password protected, sorry. I think they are just waiting for a final bit of polish. @dorukb.bsky.social will you release your son soon? :)

Submissions to IGGI Jam 2026

A bunch of interesting games at the IGGI Game Jam this week: itch.io/jam/iggi-jam...

Highlights are the (3!) Qualtrics games, as well as Hemomaxxing, a game where you try and increase blood flow to your face, and "i believe in you my idiot son" where you build a son to be proud of.

(It's a bit route-1 and really needs much more polishing and narrative development, but its enough for a playful jam effort I think). Originally the story was that you played Johnny 5, who is still alive, and still hungry for input. Unfortunately none of the students I asked had seen Short Circuit!

Research Survey by benkirman A survey to collect data that is important for research.

Had a great time with the @iggi-phd.bsky.social jam this week. One of the suggested constraints was to use Qualtrics (survey platform) as a game engine, and it piqued my interest so I put a small game together. It's called Research Survey - benkirman.itch.io/research-sur...

its jonny 5! He's still alive and thirsting for input

happy 40th birthday to this top lad. he's still h̖̠͎̩ṳn͎͎g̗͙̟r̥͓͔̻͕y͓̟̮͙

People aren't wrong about Home Assistant being the most haunted platform to tinker with. The clothes dryer keeps switching on whenever the Red Arrows fly past.

If you see this post, you are blessed with a prize from the FUN CHICKEN

A screenshot of text from a rulebook: "Hope is for the Dead is a game for everyone but rated 13+ due to its themes. Anyone who is prejudiced, bigoted, or who thinks that abuse or hatred of others based on sex, gender, ethnicity, or any other characteristic is acceptable should find a different game to play. This message should only offend someone with those views, so if you are offended by this message, THIS GAME IS NOT FOR YOU."

Big fan of game rulebooks that forbid shitty people from playing. Just a couple of sentences in the preamble setting out the most basic rules in case anyone forgot. (Hope is for the Dead by Wird Designs)