Phil Salvador @ GDC

Phil Salvador @ GDC

@philsalv.bsky.social

Library Director @ Video Game History Foundation. Tea, birds, and weird old stuff. Maxis history expert, as seen on TV. β˜•πŸ¦πŸ“š he/him

9,028 Followers 421 Following 8,516 Posts Joined May 2023
2 days ago
My huge yoshi plush wearing flight safety equipment with graham crackers and jack daniels

Flight attendants had to move my giant yoshi plush to an empty seat in the back because it was taking too much room in the ceiling compartment, look a what they did to him 😭😭

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6 hours ago

Also, seriously, the number of people who congratulated me on Cookie's Bustle brought me so much joy. Especially seeing so many young and queer people celebrating the game. That whole situation is one of the craziest things I've done in my life, and seeing its impact has made my heart full

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7 hours ago

I am unbelievably tired after this GDC, but it was so great to see so many friends and colleagues. Going to crawl into a cocoon for a week, goodbye

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8 hours ago

The early ones don't have months on them either 🫠

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9 hours ago
A cool dog in Expedition 33 cosplay.

🚨 COOL DOG ALERT 🚨 #GDC2026

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10 hours ago
Brain Fargo on stage.

Brain Fargo introducing the Ambassador Award for Rebecca Heineman: "She was a genius that couldn't be bothered by things like calendars." #GDC2026

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11 hours ago

Blue Prince won Best Design!

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11 hours ago
Sam Maggs and Alexa Ray Correa.

IT'S @alexaray.bsky.social #GDC2026

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11 hours ago
Don Daglow speaking on stage

Don Daglow receives the Lifetime Achievement Award #GDC2026

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11 hours ago

You just missed that Cyan got a shoutout at the awards!

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11 hours ago

MYST SWEEP #GDC2026

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13 hours ago

I've actually enjoyed the new energy in Yerba Buena with the concerts and food trucks. But putting barricades up *after* the lunch content has concluded is super weird

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13 hours ago

Take me down to the Derocity
Where there's EBEs
And the girls are Cookie

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15 hours ago
A GDC slide about the 87 percent game preservation study. Which I wrote! And it's not my slide!

[clapping like a seal] #GDC2026

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16 hours ago

Sorry, people were taking it out of the context of the panel I just didn't want to keep fueling discussion that was missing the rest of the panel. I'll reopen it because I'm glad it was starting conversations!

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20 hours ago
Badge ribbons that say Staying Hydrated, Unionize, Hey let's talk about Myst, Stroopwafels.

My identity #GDC2026

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21 hours ago

Cat was ascared and did not want to stay foreveeerrr

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21 hours ago
A fluffy black cat with big green eyes.

A visitor

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1 day ago

Nope but I think we'll have plenty for the future!

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1 day ago
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RetrogamingSky in the last week

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1 day ago

Most important thing I learned at GDC today: Danielle is awesome

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1 day ago

Right? I saw someone say that this was just GOG's audience self-selecting, but it's an interesting and notable outlier from their usual audience!

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1 day ago

They received a Cookie pin

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1 day ago

Their game is Poco!

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1 day ago

This year's IGF student award winners told me they were influenced by Cookie's Bustle. This is why we do it, folks. Holy shit #GDC2026

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1 day ago

Reasonable :( I had a Cookie pin to offer!

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1 day ago

You here?

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1 day ago
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O shit it's @aurahack.ca

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1 day ago

Yeah in whatever this case was (I assume not NOLF), he said they were able to dig up the contracts, but whoever wrote them made a mistake in the language that accidentally permanently assigned the rights away 😬😬😬

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1 day ago

Heads up: Girl Scout cookies currently being sold in Yerba Buena #GDC2026

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