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Writer: Down With The Ship, Zephon, Endless Space 2 (rbryantfrancis@gmail.com) Senior Editor: Game Developer (bryant.francis@gamedeveloper.com) πŸ“: www.bryantfrancis.me πŸŽ₯: https://boxd.it/hp9UB

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From Circana's PlayerPulse - US video game player sentiment around the use of generative AI is worsening. In December 2025, over 25% of players said the use of generative AI would lead them to refuse or be less likely to buy a game.

Reposting because in my first try I words up my mixed.

06.03.2026 19:08 πŸ‘ 101 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

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06.03.2026 17:14 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Developer use of generative AI may be declining New data from the Game Developer collective shows a notable year-over-year drop in reported use of generative AI among game developers.

Developer use of generative AI may be declining

06.03.2026 16:33 πŸ‘ 128 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 23

Friend group is talking about finally upgrading to the Switch 2 for Pokopia so if my anecdotal analysis is correct this thing will be another decent converter nudge for Nintendo

06.03.2026 14:42 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh hello fellow Tales of Symphonia enjoyer

05.03.2026 23:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A wall in resident evil requiem that says Graffiti in graffiti paint

A wall in resident evil requiem that says Graffiti in graffiti paint

Environmental storytelling

05.03.2026 23:51 πŸ‘ 250 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

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05.03.2026 22:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Central Lie of Prediction Markets Polymarket and Kalshi promise the wisdom of the crowds. They deliver something very different.

Wrote about the central lie of prediction markets. How they are the perfect technology for a low-trust society, simultaneously exploiting and reifying an environment in which believing the motives behind any person or action becomes harder. www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

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Don Daglow and Rebecca Ann Heineman to be honored at 2026 Game Developers Choice Awards Don Daglow will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award, and Rebecca Ann Heineman will posthumously receive the Ambassador Award.

Don Daglow and Rebecca Ann Heineman to be honored at 2026 Game Developers Choice Awards

05.03.2026 20:46 πŸ‘ 352 πŸ” 91 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 4
a gdc graphic displaying pictures of me and the other panelists (also perrin kaplan, the moderator, who is neither a journalist nor on bluesky, which is why I did not tag her). date: march 9. time: 3:10-4:10 pm. location: room 3005, west hall

a gdc graphic displaying pictures of me and the other panelists (also perrin kaplan, the moderator, who is neither a journalist nor on bluesky, which is why I did not tag her). date: march 9. time: 3:10-4:10 pm. location: room 3005, west hall

I’m gonna be on a gdc panel next week alongside @stephentotilo.bsky.social, @grubb.wtf, and @deantak.bsky.social! come listen to us talk about the most interesting thing in the world: journalism

05.03.2026 19:06 πŸ‘ 56 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

I've worked on games where 10,000 concurrents was more than imaginable, others where 10,000 had the publisher on suicide watch.

Plainly, it's very stupid to publish articles about this if there's no insight about what it actually, literally means in context. Otherwise you're just posting a number

05.03.2026 19:36 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œYou miss 100 percent of the dogs you don’t shoot.”

05.03.2026 19:48 πŸ‘ 277 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0

this one took me a second

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Had a lovely chat with Tonda at DICE! Only had a few minutes to speak but I told him how much the letter in the tomb was such a powerful bit of writing.

05.03.2026 17:17 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ll do it if you do it!

05.03.2026 17:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Damn it, fine, I'll play this game, jeeze.

05.03.2026 16:18 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Howdy yes! Gotta do the DMV dev origins meetup

05.03.2026 17:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Blue Prince's somber tone was inspired by Myst, says creator 'In our youth, we are gifted with dreams and ambitions. At our death, we are left with realities and regrets.'

Blue Prince's somber tone was inspired by Myst, says creator

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The president of music at Electronic Arts, Steve Schnur, is engaged in a smear campaign to try and cover up the murder of a 5-year-old

05.03.2026 13:09 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Mom’s side: early computer programmer and naval intelligence analyst

Dad’s side (adopted): Librarian!

Dad’s side (biological): uh he did some real bad shit 🫠🫠🫠

05.03.2026 03:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, I've written about this! A few misses here and there but just a steady hum of creative games with the hits making up for the misses.

04.03.2026 23:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

why are execs like this

04.03.2026 23:40 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Jackbox Games jumps feet-first into third-party publishing biz The makers of Jackbox Party Pack will now publish games like Toot Games' My Arms Are Longer Now.

Jackbox Games jumps feet-first into third-party publishing biz

04.03.2026 21:04 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Construction around Seaport (the district it’s in) wrapped up and there’s way more quick food options if you walk 5-10 minutes from the center!

04.03.2026 19:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Now question is it a black hole or dimensional hole in the swamp where creepy things come too and fro

04.03.2026 18:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m in this book? I’m in this book!! I keep being surprised I’m in this book with so many amazing writers. πŸ˜…πŸ˜…πŸ˜…

Grateful to @jon.inkle.co for taking my pitch. Get your copy asap!
www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope/

04.03.2026 18:18 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Ahhh this is super cute

04.03.2026 17:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ghost of Yotei star: 'workers need more protections' in game development 'If you're watching this, if you're like me, please demand that the workers are treated fairly.'

Ghost of Yotei star: 'workers need more protections' in game development

04.03.2026 17:01 πŸ‘ 1862 πŸ” 423 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 45

Game Developer posted up the foreword to the new book:

04.03.2026 16:05 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0