Clara Fernandez-Vara

Social media created this nonsense idea that not exposing yourself to hatred is isolationist. Choosing to not spend your free time with bigots isn’t living in a bubble. I don’t need to know what’s going on at X. I won’t be smarter or more knowledgeable or empathic by being there. Neither will you.

Lovely thread by @grundislav.games talking shop about walking cycles in adventure games.

If you’re new to puzzle games, this is a terrific (and free!) starting point.

Tickets on sale now! Dive in, connect with others, & fuel your passion. gdocexpo.com

GET HYPE! 🎉

Game Devs of Color Expo returns September 22-25, 2026.

✅ Submissions are now open for panels, speakers, interviews, and games.
❌ No exhibition or submission fees.
💰 Speakers are compensated and all participants are considered for a grant.

You in? Tickets: ti.to/GDoCExpo/2026

A screenshot from Twin Peaks. An FBI agent driving in a car is saying "Diane, 11:30am, February 24th. I'm entering the town of Twin Peaks" into a dictaphone.

Happy 'entering the town of Twin Peaks' day to those that celebrate 🥳

So many people I adore are showcasing some wild stuff on @romchip.bsky.social's annual Twitch charity stream today! If you want a lovely stream to chill to this Saturday or would like to support this titan of open source game histories please check it out! www.twitch.tv/romchipjournal

phil spencer collecting his final xbox paycheck

Whaaaaaa'!? Thank you! I guess the news piece was old.

Seems like an obvious idea, but apparently nobody had done it before. Looking forward to playing this game!

Poking @wadjeteyegames.bsky.social because I know the 3rd number has to be The Shivah.
OMG has it been 20 years! 👵

On Saturday at 3 PM ET I'm going to be streaming a game I haven't thoroughly played since the mid-90s -- Cosmology of Kyoto, the early game that blew Roger Ebert's mind with the possibilities of an "open world." Also you can get molten metal poured into your ass and out of your mouth! Be there.

Countries that do not embrace AI could be left behind, says OpenAI’s George Osborne Without AI you will be a ‘weaker and poorer nation’, says former UK chancellor two months into job at US firm

Id be okay being in a country “left behind” when others rush to fall off a cliff. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

12 years later, some people's understanding of game journalism remains very poor. This is the current generation of people who care about "ethics".

New book now coming out very soon. Next month!

Buy this book and support a bunch of rising stars in game narrative

👀 Last Call for ELO26, folks! ✨

Share your research and your digital creations with us!!

>>hosted fully online July 15-18, 2026<<

stars.library.ucf.edu/elo2026/

Please circulate widely 🙏

#ai #elit #dh #allthehashtags

if you want to support visual novel devs:
- wishlist our games on Steam
- leave reviews / ratings for them on store platforms
- tell friends about our games
- recommend them to streamers to play
- share posts on social media
- tell a developer you enjoy their work

Boston friends! Anna will be talking about game writing next week and you should go see her.

eXistenZ is a movie that anyone working in games should watch. Prescient in a lot of ways, it's also a story about a woman game designer who is getting chased by men who don't like how she designs games. (Yes, really.)

We’re looking for someone at a senior level to work with the best faculty and students in game design.* come join us!

*okay, I’m a bit biased.

AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It One of the promises of AI is that it can reduce workloads so employees can focus more on higher-value and more engaging tasks. But according to new research, AI tools don’t reduce work, they consisten...

"[W]orkload creep can in turn lead to cognitive fatigue, burnout, and weakened decision-making. The productivity surge enjoyed at the beginning can give way to lower quality work, turnover, and other problems."
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...

👇 This, forever ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Temperature in NYC is -12 Celsius, feels like -25.

Model in the Olympic winter games Ceremony wearing an extreme winter coat that reaches the floor.

Can’t go out today unless I get one of those Olympic Games coats to brave the cold and wind in NYC. (Temperature in Celsius.)

Unfortunately we've had a last-minute loss from the Routledge Companion to Video Games and History, and so if there is anyone who'd be interested in contributing a chapter on the history of India in video games (from any perspective, range of case studies welcome) please get in touch asap with me!

We just released the 2025 Impact Report for Game Devs of Color. It's 39 pages of what we accomplished in 2025, since founding, and priorities for 2026 and beyond. Grateful to work with such a brilliant team.

The 2026 GDoCExpo is Sep 22 - 25, with speaker & game applications opening late Feb!

Preorder Now!
- Oracle of the Divine
- Around the Sun: Stories and Symbols from Across the World

I’ve started compiling a list of *some* of the places you can order these from World Wide!

➡️ www.yoshiyoshitani.com/oracle-of-th...

Let me know if there is a country you’d like me to look up/add

This is brilliant and timely but also interesting. The play 'Sir Thomas Moore' was actually by Anthony Munday and Henry Chettle but was later revised by other writers, including this bravura section attributed (with some evidence) to Shakespeare. An early example of script doctoring.

Holding out hope for some kind of tax break or grant for New York indie devs!

a woman wearing a wig is singing holla ! Alt: a woman wearing a wig is singing holla !

Do I know any South Asian game writers/narrative designers looking for a full-time contract?

Sign up for news about the Game Writing Kaleidoscope In early 2026 we’ll be publishing The Game Narrative Kaleidoscope, a collection of over 100 short essays by game writers about writing. Featuring some very famous names, some highly experienced free...

❄️ Update: The GAME NARRATIVE KALEIDOSCOPE ❄️ will be published soon - we just sent a proof to the authors.

400 pages - 100k+ words - 118 authors - including the writers from several well-beloved games and major franchises.

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