khee hoon says Free Palestine

Big hugs :( and I'm sorry, you're a great writer with incredible insights and you deserve a gig that I know you'll absolutely thrive in. Happy to hear you out anytime, just jump into the DMs

We only dream of a safe place… Help us protect my child from fear and bombs Support our family to find safety and rebuild our lives

@lndfrr.bsky.social @crapstacular.bsky.social
Hello, we have only rubble. Please, your kindness could save us from despair. 😭 We are cold, hungry, and afraid. Your support is warmth.
Your generosity is a shield for our children. Please, help us survive. 🙏
https://kutt.it/Abed_Family

This is a heartfelt plea. I’m Aya, a newlywed from Gaza. Just two days after our wedding, our home was destroyed.
Now we live in a tent, starving and without even the basics to survive.
Your support — no matter how small — can make a difference.
👉 gofund.me/d9d8d4b5

Google search result for “how long does it take to get a passport” with an AI overview

Searching “how fucking long does it take to get a fucking passport” on Google

Search results without AI overview

Someone on the GMTK Discord shared a great hack: Google doesn’t show AI summaries if your query contains swear words.

Oh I forgot - itch also allow devs to put together bundle sales for charity. At one point, Leaf has even lost $8k running Itch.io. To say that itch is here to "steal money" from creators feels extremely disingenuous because it has a track record of NOT letting its creators down

Really don't understand the vitriol against itch, a platform that has always been exceedingly indie-dev friendly, has zero publishing fee, and has open rev share

I hoppe he's just being well taken care of somewhere and will trot home soon

Thank you Jess! I'll drop you an email

Thanks Carli! This is useful

I think (I think!) I have an interesting angle about the zeitgeist of modern games. But I don't know which pub will take it!

Is there any pubs that is open to op-eds/reporting about the culture of games that's not tied to a AAA/AA/trending game at the moment?

Dressed up like I'm headed to Antarctica in the comforts of my lovely Sydney home

Bilbo is probably my first and fave cat celebrity and this is heartbreaking. Hoping for the safe return of the roundest orange boyy

All these are deeply fascinating

had a bunch of fantastic artists & writers get in touch with me that im excited to feature BUT

i have not yet had any game devs reach out!

if you're an independent game dev whose work has been impacted by the itch.io queer & NSFW bans, message me! my dms are open & my email is miralazine@gmail.com

“Please send us emails instead” means “we can put key words from your script on our corporate spam filter and ignore you, but calls shut down our entire contact infrastructure”

Keep fucking calling.

This broke me a bit

“He has also inquired to at least two confidants about naming a renovated wing or sections of the center after himself, and even whether it would make sense to put a “statue” of himself in the building — much like how there is a famous, large bust of JFK…” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

One choice quotes:

涉及明末这个题材，亿万玩家的一致诉求，就是杀清妖！狠狠地杀清妖！！清妖杀得越多越好！！！

In short, this line is about how players just wants to kill Qing demons - viciously murder them - and the more the merrier.

Qing, for context, was a Manchu-led dynasty

If you like, you can just plop the entire review in Google Translate to English and see how horribly racist the review is. It's extremely, extremely, extremely fucked up 🤷

This review is also extremely fucked up wtf

Can someone who's more well versed in Chinese history explain why there's been a growing obsession with Ming/Qing struggles among young hetero men in the format of pop culture?? Does Qing serve as a metaphor for an imaginary, non-Han, antagonistic other?

Extremely fascinating thread but it probably comes to no surprise that there's a racism problem in China against ethnic minorities (that is, non-Han Chinese)

Honestly this is extremely unsurprising, seeing the vitriol I received last year lol

We have “deindexed” all adult NSFW content from our browse and search pages. We understand this action is sudden and disruptive, and we are truly sorry for the frustration and confusion caused by this change. Recently, we came under scrutiny from our payment processors regarding the nature of some content hosted on itch.io. Due to a game titled No Mercy, which was temporarily available on itch.io before being banned back in April, the organization Collective Shout launched a campaign against Steam and itch.io, directing concerns to our payment processors about the nature of certain content found on both platforms. Our ability to process payments is critical for every creator on our platform. To ensure that we can continue to operate and provide a marketplace for all developers, we must prioritize our relationship with our payment partners and take immediate steps towards compliance.

Update: itch.io/updates/upda...

This is quite literally, all Collective Shout's fault. They got 1000 signatures and dictated the course of small indie VN's lives.

The ACLU is offering to bat for us. We cannot take that opportunity lightly.

Here's a screenshot of the email I sent to Visa about this. Collective action *can* make a difference in times like this, and sending a letter takes as little as a couple of minutes.

"The journalists on the ground, who have courageously reported on this ongoing genocide, have risked their lives and the safety of their families to shed light on these atrocities. However, they now find themselves fighting for their own survival."

hey! want to join my team and make cool skate-related narrative? we're hiring a contract narrative designer for 18 months

This is from TODAY. Utter lunacy

Exactly!