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Promotional poster for the panel, featuring the headshots of moderator Perrin Kaplan and panelists Dean Takahashi, Jeff Grubb, Nathan Grayson and Stephen Totilo

Promotional poster for the panel, featuring the headshots of moderator Perrin Kaplan and panelists Dean Takahashi, Jeff Grubb, Nathan Grayson and Stephen Totilo

If you're attending GDC next week, please consider attending this panel about The Rise of Independent Game Journalism, featuring some so-called experts on the topic

(Monday, 3:10-4:10pm, West Hall - Room 3005)

schedule.gdconf.com/session/the-...

06.03.2026 20:42 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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when senior talent is laid off:

06.03.2026 14:38 πŸ‘ 83 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

i've been looking forward to Loading... for a long time! yay!

06.03.2026 19:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

definitely "The Evil Bonehead"

06.03.2026 18:24 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Women's Day Sale event graphic - on Steam March 6-15th. Perfect Tides: Station to Station is 20% off, reduced from $19.99 to $15.99.

Women's Day Sale event graphic - on Steam March 6-15th. Perfect Tides: Station to Station is 20% off, reduced from $19.99 to $15.99.

Starting today, Perfect Tides: Station to Station is 20% off during the Women's Day Steam event.

This is the first time ever the game is on sale! A great chance to get your copy or grab one for a friend.

store.steampowered.com/app/2088810/...

06.03.2026 16:03 πŸ‘ 81 πŸ” 39 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 7
COMPUTER WORLDS: A Showcase of Strange & Distinctive Games - Coming to noclip_2
COMPUTER WORLDS: A Showcase of Strange & Distinctive Games - Coming to noclip_2 YouTube video by noclip_2

INTRODUCING COMPUTER WORLDS

A showcase of strange & distinctive games created by independent developers - premiering next week on noclip_2

SAVE THE DATE
MARCH 12th - 1PM ET / 10AM PT

WATCH & PLEASE SHARE:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYRp...

06.03.2026 17:10 πŸ‘ 217 πŸ” 90 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 17

βœ‹me please

06.03.2026 16:50 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Juniors, Associates, Interns: Why They Matter and How to Support Them | Agenda | GDC Festival of Gaming As the industry bleeds talent from mass layoffs, it’s more crucial than ever to not only bring juniors onto teams, but also set them up for success so they can thrive and begin the path towards becomi...

this meme is in a slide I have for the panel I'm on, which you should come to: schedule.gdconf.com/session/juni...

06.03.2026 16:24 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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830792528 Polygon The Rise Of The Video Game Union : Nicole Carpenter : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive β€œThe Rise of the Video Game Union” is an all-in-one explainer on why game workers are unionizing. Polygon created a zine of the original story that is...

With GDC only a few days away, I added @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social's brilliant gaming union zine/explainer to archive.org. The previous host for the PDF added a monthly subscription.

Please feel free to print and share as you wish!

05.03.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 129 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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when senior talent is laid off:

06.03.2026 14:38 πŸ‘ 83 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

THANK YOU for noticing her

06.03.2026 13:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

yeah it's pretty goated

06.03.2026 03:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i liderslly hope you do

06.03.2026 03:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the villagers need to start bullying us again

06.03.2026 03:51 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The way this was so easy for me was kinda scary (picture Uncharted 4 in place of nathan drake's beautiful back)

06.03.2026 02:54 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

keep it up! happy to provide support besides boosting if you ever need it

06.03.2026 01:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i need a whiteboard where instead of counting "X many days since the hero's journey was mentioned" i think and or say "oh so it's like that one thing in Mass Effect"

06.03.2026 01:06 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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HEY πŸ‘‡

so secretly we've been working with a cabal of indie devs making the type of strange & distinctive games that we love to play on noclip_2.

tomorrow we're announcing a SHOWCASE on noclip_2 as part of an upcoming Steam Festival about these games.

it's gonna be fun.
we hope you tune in.

06.03.2026 00:44 πŸ‘ 950 πŸ” 132 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 9

hell yeah, really love that yall are doing the good work danny

06.03.2026 01:04 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

dude the first one is literally perfection

06.03.2026 01:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

innit

05.03.2026 21:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not telling you who I nominated (teehee) but celebrating the people who don't make you feel like the industry is cursed was a great pick-me-up

05.03.2026 21:05 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
2026 Nominations – Game Dev Heroes

Nominations for Game Dev Heroes are open! This is a great time to nominate a writer doing the kind of work you want to celebrate (there are lotsa categories outside of leadership)
gamedevheroes.co/nominations/

05.03.2026 21:03 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I am giving a talk tonight for the OGDA on Publishing Agreements, and they have been kind enough to allow the link to watch to be open to the public! This will be starting at 9:45 PM ET and the link below allows you to join as a viewer on Riverside!
riverside.com/webinar/regi...

05.03.2026 20:30 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

if every AAA studio pivoted to single player campaigns where the protagonist is a hot man who the marketing team sluts out for the girls/gays/theys i think we can save the industry

05.03.2026 19:51 πŸ‘ 151 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

showing up to the battle of the bands with toma otowa

05.03.2026 17:27 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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do you know how insane it is to take an instrument that looks like THIS and make it go crazy

05.03.2026 16:48 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
The Way of the Shamisen
The Way of the Shamisen YouTube video by Toma Otowa - Topic

listening to someone absolutely shred on a shamisen is really great to write to, btw
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap-I...

05.03.2026 16:47 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

it's 2026 and the white house is posting memes about killing people

05.03.2026 01:42 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

🫑

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