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Iran war heralds era of AI-powered bombing quicker than ‘speed of thought’ Speed and scale of US military’s AI war planning raises fears human decision-making may be sidelined

This is horrifying because it implies the Iranian school mistargeting was down to Claude layer in Palantir systems. What’s more horrifying is that if the rest of the article is accurate AI was a massive force multiplier for US/Israel strikes.

📖 THE GAME NARRATIVE KALEIDOSCOPE ❄️ is out NOW!

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100+ essays on writing & narrative design, with articles from the writers of Baldur's Gate 3, Control, Call of Duty, Prince of Persia, Tomb Raider, Sam and Max...

ALSO the Kaleidoscope Podcast with 2 full eps!

angel garden by flan somewhere to go

(｡•́ ̫ •̀｡)っ✿♡︎ hi, you know all those screenshots I've been posting for the past year?

I'm releasing the thing they're from!! right now!!!

It's asynchronously online!ヽ(๏ ∀๏ )ﾉ

Walk around in the garden, make wishes, if you talk to angels they might spill some tea 🍵

flan.itch.io/angel-garden

Not going to GDC this year, but if you'd like to catch up I'm happy to jump on a call and stare blankly into the distance together as the world burns around us.

Future? No Thanks! at Day of the Devs 2026

The rumors are true!

Future? No Thanks! will be playable at Day of the Devs in San Francisco.

I'll be there too!

March 8 - 3PM to 8PM - Free
www.dayofthedevs.org/events/day-o...

'despelote': Capturing the Feeling of 2001 Quito, Ecuador | Agenda | GDC Festival of Gaming When we think about media that captures the world around us, we tend to think of photography, film, or literature, but rarely video games. Through the process of making "despelote", a slice-of-life so...

if u are going to gdc please come to this talk about how we made despelote schedule.gdconf.com/session/desp...

‘We’ll run out of food this week’: how attacks on Iran leave Gaza under siege Israel has closed all crossings into Gaza, threatening to plunge 2 million people into a new hunger crisis * US-Israel war on Iran – live updates Israel closed all crossings into Gaza indefinitely when it attacked Iran, imposing a siege that has already pushed up food prices and threatens to plunge 2 million people into a new hunger crisis. After more than two years of war, and with Israeli forces in control of about 60% of the territory, almost all Gaza’s food must be brought in. Continue reading...

‘We’ll run out of food this week’: how attacks on Iran leave Gaza under siege

Not going to GDC this year, but if you'd like to catch up I'm happy to jump on a call and stare blankly into the distance together as the world burns around us.

Dear publishers: HORSES' director Andrea Lucco Borlera will be at GDC, pitching his next project. If you want us to connect you please send a DM ❤️

me talking about game design like *references The Quiet Year* *references The Quiet Year* *references The Quiet Year*

Hey.

Tell people when they do good job.

When you like the stuff they make.

When you like the characters they’ve created.

The stories they’ve told.

Nobody hears it as often as you think bc everyone thinks everyone hears it all the time.

Trust. They don’t.

Tell. Them.

Remember to keep up the pressure on Microsoft by boycotting Xbox and spreading the word about the boycott as long as Microsoft stays complicit in genocide against Palestinians. Details about our calls to action on our website - and sign our pledge here:
nogamesforgenocide.com/take-action/...

🟩🟨♥️💀wordle + roguelike + epic cute characters?
Play Randel's Quest demo on #SteamNextFest!

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folks: we're serious. We got 3 hours to meet our minimal budget needs for another year of ROMchip. Wanna help?

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where are the rich game ceos who love open access game history, now is your time to shine

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I'm going on in 15! (:

ROMchip's annual fundraiser stream has just started! 🙌🎉✨

Please join us and support the journal if you can. There's an incredible schedule of wonderful streamers and games! 🦑✨

I'll be on at 7 PM ET to talk shamelessly about my love of Smash Bros. Melee! 🖤🖤🖤

ROMchip's annual fundraiser stream has just started! 🙌🎉✨

Please join us and support the journal if you can. There's an incredible schedule of wonderful streamers and games! 🦑✨

I'll be on at 7 PM ET to talk shamelessly about my love of Smash Bros. Melee! 🖤🖤🖤

An image featuring tiles of released games funded by Screen Australia.

📣 Hey Australian gamemakers!

Screen Australia's Games grants close in 2 weeks! A reminder to get your applications in! 🫶

🛠 Games Production Fund - up to $100,000
🎨 Emerging Gamemakers Fund - up to $30,000

📆 Applications close Thu 5 Mar, 5pm (AEDT)
👉 www.screenaustralia.gov.au/funding-and-...

Epic made provably incorrect statements about the game’s content, refused to provide details supporting their claims, and has not shared their claimed AO IARC certificate, which normally includes a link for the developer to appeal. They do not ‘love that studio’, they have effectively ghosted us

First time we're getting public funding for Talk & Play! Wouldn't have happened without:

1️⃣ Melanie Fussenegger who took care of the funding application
2️⃣ @gamestormberlin.bsky.social for providing the legal infrastructure
3️⃣ @happybroccoligames.bsky.social for the generous sponsorship

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Five-year-old me: Oooh, that Batman cartoon! What adventures will he go on today?

*the villain is left in tears, unable to process their fears and obsessions. And Batman, a looming presence born of the inability to rationalize terror, is the only one there to comfort them*

Me: Oh. Huh.

"Ethical AI" does not exist. There is no reality where you can have generative AI that's "ethically trained". There are ZERO AI models trained ethically, and there will never be any.

The term has been made up by people who want a pass on using AI. You don't get that pass, slop peddlers.

Pégases 2026 Les Pégases sont attribués à des jeux vidéo par les membres de l'Académie des Arts et Techniques du Jeu Vidéo.

Wednesdays a non pas une, non pas deux, non pas trois, mais QUATRE nominations aux Pégases!

Attention à toi Expédition 33, ton règne prend bientôt fin!
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Ubisoft is no more, long live Ubisoft! On January 21, 2026, Yves Guillemot announced the end of remote work, closure of several studios, cancellation of projects, and a new 200€ million “cost-cutting” plan. We were informed of this at the same time as the press — as none of these changes had been discussed during the mandatory consultations with the works councils a few days earlier! On January 26, 2026, management announced the implementation of a voluntary departure plan that will affect 200 people at Ubisoft’s headquarters. We are promised autonomy for « Creative Houses », but what about autonomy for employees? We have been negotiating for over a year on remote work policy, sometimes under difficult conditions. An agreement has been in place since September in some studios. Trampled underfoot! We are told about responsibilities, but those who wield this word so easily do not take any responsibility for the consequences of their catastrophic management.

We are not fooled: rather than taking financial responsibility for layoffs, they prefer to push us out by making our working conditions unbearable. It’s outrageous. It is because we love Ubisoft that this situation revolts us. Ubisoft’s unions are calling for a massive international strike by all Ubisoft employees on the 10th, 11th and 12th of February 2026. NO to their anti-remote-work obsession to “cost-cutting” plans on employees’ backs to top-down decisions to coercive control on our working conditions YES to our leaders truly taking their responsibilities to management’s duty of sincerity in the face of its failings It is time for our management to understand that they cannot do whatever they want, whether with public money or the work of hundreds of people! Without us, Ubisoft would never have conquered and transformed video games as it has. WE ARE UBISOFT.

🇬🇧✊🌀 Ubisoft : enough is enough! Faced with the arbitrary decision of the CEO who doesn’t even dare talking to employees anymore, unions are calling for a strike on February 10th, 11th and 12th.

The Quiet Year (box set) The Quiet Year is a map game. You define the struggles of a community living after the collapse of civilization, and attempt to build something good within their quiet year. Every decision and every a...

The Quiet Year is now back in stock no matter where you live!

The Quiet Year is an award-winning map-making game about building community after the collapse. It comes in a little box with everything you need to play. And it's back in stock in the US!

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This is where I'll remind everyone of @nogamesforgenocide.com and their general ask that, out of solidarity with BDS and Palestine, products under the Xbox and Microsoft gaming umbrellas not be covered by journalists or influencers nogamesforgenocide.com

Psst! RANDEL’S QUEST Demo is out!
(RTs, likes and replies always appreciated!)

Link in the next reply. Now check out the release poster 👇🏽