Intelligame 🍉 #ThoughtfulPlay

The Indie Council: AI And Indies Our childhood movies warned us.

The Indie Council has long wanted to cover this topic. This week we unleash our thoughts on generative AI in gaming.

At 4pm EDT we return to @sunsetvisitor.studio's 1000xRESIST!

In today's stream: we continue to make Healer's already bad day worse, learn more about the origins of the sisters, and see the result of [REDACTED, SHE DID *WHAT* WITH THE HAIR???]

Should be a fun one! www.twitch.tv/silverstring...

We are looking for three peer reviewers for a manuscript titled "Third places and community environments in gaming"😊 Please check the attached image for the abstract! (1/2)

Imagine kidnapping people off the street in broad daylight and thinking you're the "good guys". People who are at work, at their kids' school or otherwise minding their business. Imagine shooting people with rubber bullets because they want it to stop and thinking you're the "good guys". 🤔😑

NEW PODCAST

It's time for you to interrogate your thirst with us and a special guest @awildjessichu.bsky.social!

This week, we discuss archetypes, stereotypes, our first crushes, and the people we married and somehow venture into discussing male loneliness in 2025.

LISTEN HERE 👇🏽
pod.fo/e/2e3a36

There's no separating these events from the places they're held in, the world taking place around them. I feel this EVERY time GDC rolls around in San Francisco.

Thankful to @gameonysus.bsky.social for this, a salient reminder of the importance of speaking our truth in every context we can.

I was writing something up but I don't think I will anymore. Janet puts a lot of it into words and how she feels about LA is how I feel about TX, and regardless if you're in a blue or red state no document will make us white.

Stop feeling guilty and do something about it.

A must read 👇🏾👇🏾

I'm doing the creator outreach for Is This Seat Taken? and wanna make sure I can get in touch with all the folks who want to cover it! 👀💗

If you're a content creator who wants to stay in the loop, be sure to sign up via our key interest form:

🔑https://k1zwm815u8b.typeform.com/IsThisSeatTaken

Come on by!

Streaming two of my recent favorites: @starvaders-game.bsky.social and @blueprincegame.bsky.social :)

Good way to wind down the week.

twitch.tv/intelligame

It's time to check out some LudoNarraCon demos!

LudoNarraCon is a digital games event that highlights games with great narrative, and it's one of my favorites every year.

Let's chat about the show (run by @fellowtraveller.games ) and play some games!

twitch.tv/intelligame

After Sinners: 17 Titles To Watch, Read & Play Next From Southern Gothic storytelling to Black vampires and powerful stories of monster hunting, here's what you need after Sinners.

Loved Sinners?

Discover other powerful stories where Black culture meets supernatural and Southern Gothic horror.

Here are 17 titles to read, watch, and play after #Sinners curated by @neyshaplays.bsky.social:

Yeah, this is what me and the people need

Hanging out with Will Evans of @blacknerdproblems.bsky.social this morning! Talking Sinners, Clair Obscur, and whatever else comes up:

twitch.tv/intelligame

So, so heckin' true :) Excited to see your thoughts!

Had to post this over on the personal acct, LOL.

Genuinely, so excited to spend more time with @expedition33.bsky.social. Thanks so much to @guillotine.agency, @kepler-interactive.bsky.social , and Sandfall Interactive for the chance to explore the game!

www.twitch.tv/intelligame/...

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Original Soundtrack), by Lorien Testard 154 track album

also, I dunno who gave the composers for the soundtrack to go off like this, but DAMN

instant top of the rotation

lacedrecords.bandcamp.com/album/clair-...

Josh, a black man with short-cut salt and pepper hair, wearing a black and yellow hoodie, standing next to the splash art for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. An apocalyptic

⚫STREAM: Today we fight the cursed number. 🟡

@expedition33.bsky.social released today, and the preview was FANTASTIC. Time to dive in to the full game! (thanks, @kepler-interactive.bsky.social and @guillotine.agency )

Come on by: twitch.tv/intelligame

Josh, a black man with short cut salt-and-pepper hair, wearing a black hoodie and t-shirt smiling at the camera.

⚫Stream's live! 🟡

Checking out two games gifted by the community today: @blueprincegame.bsky.social and @kaizengameworks.com 's newest: Promise Mascot Agency! Little quick bites of each, come join!

twitch.tv/intelligame

Support Masafer Yatta - Watch No Other Land

In March, Hamdan Ballal, one of the Palestinian co-directors of the film was brutally attacked by Israeli settlers.

Documentaries are important to preserve history and tell stories. But they're also important because they can move us to action.

Watch it today.

nootherland.com

Screenshot of Josh and Will getting ready for a podcast! Both are black men, Josh is wearing a black and yellow striped varsity jacket and has short cut, mostly-gray hair. Will is bald, with a blue hoodie and some good comics/media posters in the background

Trying an experiment today: hanging out and chatting with Will Evans from @blacknerdproblems.bsky.social !

We're thinking about doing a sorta podcast thing? Come on by, stream's live: twitch.tv/intelligame

MiladyConfetti - Twitch Game of the Year 🍓 | @miladyconfetti All Platforms

Another fantastic stream, thank you everyone for coming by! We raided @miladyconfetti.bsky.social who is also streaming South of Midnight, and her videos were some of the first I saw that convinced me to play the game.

Please, GO SUPPORT BLACK WOMEN playing this game! twitch.tv/miladyconfetti

MiladyConfetti playing South of Midnight!

Folks, @miladyconfetti.bsky.social is streaming South of Midnight, and her videos were some of the first I saw that convinced me to play the game.

Please, GO SUPPORT BLACK WOMEN playing this game! twitch.tv/miladyconfetti

Josh in a black and yellow hoodie, standing next to the splash art for South of Midnight.

Let's hop back to it! A lil' more South of Midnight by @compulsiongames.bsky.social : twitch.tv/intelligame

It's a fantastic scene in general, and its placement at the beginning of the game is CRITICAL. There are so many little ways that they set tone and subvert expectations in the first few minutes... I could go on, fr

(And I probably will at some point, lol)

But yeah, this game got me.

The conversation we see between Hazel and her mother, Lacey, gets to feel so incredibly Black...and yet it's not *about* their Blackness.

This gets to be a scene about a teenage girl resenting her mother because she doesn't feel like a priority.

It's humanity AND Blackness, not OR.

A snapshot from the Intelligame stream: Josh is in the lower-right hand corner, taken aback at the scene he's watching. In the game, Hazel and Lacey are in their trailer, preparing to evacuate for a storm. Hazel, a Black girl with thick braids and an orange tank-top, is walking away in disgust from her mother. Lacey, wearing a jean jacket with a red top and orange pants, is calling after her from the other side of living room. Lacey is captioned, saying: "Hazel...Everything I do, I do for you..."

What's a recent game that's impacted you personally? For me, easy choice is South of Midnight by @compulsiongames.bsky.social .

Just the first cutscene alone put me through a HOST of emotions.

(Note: Microsoft is a primary boycott target right now and owns Compulsion. Support SoM thoughtfully)

🖤💛🖤💛 TY for the shoutout, it was awesome having you in stream! You added a ton of valuable discussion, and the game itself is just....SO GOOD

screenshot of my review that reads: South of Midnight is the game I've been waiting for. I rarely see myself or the people I love in games and this is a game that does that and doesn't shy away from the magic my people know to be true. I don't usually play games outside my comfort zone, but as soon as I saw the preview for this, I knew I needed to try it myself. The accessibility levels make it so that I can enjoy the story I'm so excited to see unfold without being stopped by more than a few (dozen) tries at combat. The dialogue is what I came for and it's far from disappointing, it makes me feel at home and I'm so excited to see where the story goes. I wasn't expecting the art direction and animation to be beyond stellar. It was already gorgeous from the trailer but imbued with meaning from the story, it shimmers and shines in ways I didn't know a game could. The narrative direction in combination with the art direction are really helpful for someone like me who usually gets lost in any game super easily and the tutorials are helpful without being distracting and any help I get being woven into the fabric of the story makes me feel like asking for help is not only a good thing to do, but is highly encouraged. A lot of care and love and respect and knowledge went into this work and it shows. I cannot wait to finish just so I can press replay again. Thank you for this art.

YOU SHOULD PLAY #SouthOfMidnight ESPECIALLY #BlackSky (biggest shoutout to @intelligame.us playing yesterday, this game is gonna be played in every free moment for the next ten years probably)