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Oh interesting! I’m reading it as a horror about neo-liberal accelerationism replacing everything with unregulated AI and leftists trying to square “well yes I want world peace and an end to the climate crisis but not like this”.

This is everything.

AI tools used by English councils downplay women’s health issues, study finds Exclusive: LSE research finds risk of gender bias in care decisions made based on AI summaries of case notes

“…machine learning techniques have been found to absorb biases in human language.” Shocking that something constructed entirely from whatever random words are lying around would be influenced by the content of those words.

Wild that the AI “industry” is allowed self-regulation.

It literally is a way for them not to contact you.

Some friends and I made an entry for #gmtkjam25! A game about skywriting and the perils of social media communication. My first time jamming, was an experience!

megamelone.itch.io/cloud-posting

Rereading… we love the secret palette. Go nuts.

What do you mean “view”? I downloaded this palette into aseprite. If you use the indexed colour mode, you can arrange the 16 colours you want to use to the top of the palette then reload the palette to figure out what you need to pass to pal(). lospec.com/palette-list...

Oh god, my friend has been threatening to set up a game of this.

Folks I’ve been using #pocket since ‘09 when it was mainly to download stuff on the spotty uni halls WiFi and save on pre-3G roaming charges. Any recommendations on a replacement?

They realised they’re holding the bag for hosting all the shit that will be cranked out if there’s 5p to be made from uploading fifty 90min 4k “explainer” videos.

A miniature dachshund with mottled coat pokes her head over the knees of a smiling, bearded man with a ruby red face.

The miniature dachshund puppy demonstrates an alarming familiarity with the logic of selfie cameras and licks the face of the bearded man whose lap she sits in. He appears unperturbed.

My parents have a new puppy. Great news, should keep them distracted from the grandkids question for a while.

Print books with endnotes can do one. Lord forbid there’s a promising reference in there. My ADHD ass has checked out by the time I’ve assembled The Claw. #footnotegang

Thanks for giving the lecture! Lots of good stuff to think about.

Yes and yes! Intrigued by “ecosystems” (rather than “spaces”/“environments”) and “need”

Hey! If you're at @amazefest.bsky.social and you have time tomorrow (friday) afternoon, I'll be showcasing #WillTheManGetFrog at the open screens from 2 to 4pm!

But please go check out @sosowski.bsky.social's talk first. Then tell me about it. I can't attend, but I want to know what it was like.

I’ve long been tortured by the question “is Bop-It a board game?”

The stuff you squeeze out of Pico-8 continues to blow my mind!! Super fun stuff 🥳

Does anyone else get the impression the Supreme Court thinks you can just roll up with full beard on a Wednesday morning and get a GRC with your morning coffee?

Thank you to everyone who entered The Invisible Casino at #nowplaythis yesterday. The Dealer will return today for those that missed it!

(Don't Fear The) WORMHOLE! by c.diffin Outrun your fears. Lightning fast arcade challenge- play on mobile!

Finally got around to putting this #pico8 game I made last year on itch! It’s fun, I think the best score I’ve seen someone get so far is ~100 light years? 🚀 cdiffin.itch.io/wormhole

I think @maro254.bsky.social wrote an article saying exactly this!
Interesting about the multiplayer games though… how do you manage toxic chatters etc. if you think that blaming other people is what helps your game succeed?

And, notably, my launch day GameCube controller does not have stick drift. (Although the rubber top is a bit sticky and gross 😅)

It’s another needlessly complicated system that could just be “log in to your account and have all the stuff you paid for”. Although lending digital games is a fun idea, generally.

Heading in to see the My Neighbour Totoro stage show tonight! Preparing to be very emotional.

We were given the brief of “experimental folk games” and… well, these are definitely experimental games! 😅

Play spot! Visit the Play-Spot hosted by students from London College of Communication (LCC)'s MA Games Design program, where they are showcasing a series of innovative projects. They have been crafting unique e...

Wrapping up testing and tweaking the games I’ll be showing at @nowplaythis.bsky.social next month! nowplaythis.net/game/ma-game...

New update to the #steam release of this #pico8 game I worked on is out now!

Excited to see this game I composed for reach a new audience! This is not a straightforward game to localise, the commitment to supporting the project is super inspiring to see from my friend! ☺️🐸📝

This is awesome. Would be fun to see Little Nose Fight tourneys going down… @marechalbanane.bsky.social

IIRC there’s steam and switch releases that are more complete too… 👀