@beurkeek.bsky.social
Game developer, journalist, researcher, diversity and inclusion advocate, IGF finalist Research fellow at TH Köln/Cologne Game Lab, promoting accessibility in games and developing Open Educational Resources 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ they/them, sier/sien
A member of the flaming fists called "Fist Nudelmann". The screenshot shows him in an aggressive pose, ready for battle with his shield and spear.
Nearing the end of my second playthrough, I can now confidently say that I found the best NPC in #BaldursGate3. It's:
10.02.2026 15:18 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
"The line in the sand continues to shift...We don't know how these rules might evolve, and what type of online content might be next."
A great article on debanking by @raxsha.bsky.social ft @publicpubics.bsky.social (qtd above), @internetmaggie.com & @acvalens.com
mashable.com/article/adul...
wrote about an apparent policy change in the payments industry www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
26.01.2026 16:33 — 👍 1410 🔁 561 💬 4 📌 103We'll publish the OER next month, finally, so you will be able to freely access, modify, and use these pictures for any purpose!
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A digital illustration of a classic joystick with a dark grey base, a bright red stick and foud bright red buttons.
A digital illustration of an old Macintosh Plus. Floating over it is a pixelated speech bubble with a pixelated mouth inside, symbolising speech.
This illustration shows the silhouette of a person with the Nintendo Hands Free Controller strapped to their shoulders. It's a large device with several buttons, rotary controls, a joystick which can be used with the chin or a cheek, and a tube with a mouthpiece.
Because, despite numerous inquiries, I couldn't get permission to use photos of the Hands Free Controller and other devices for our Open Educational Resources, I created several digital illustrations last week.
#RetroGaming #Accessibility #InclusiveGameLab
Latest #ChatGPT model uses Elon Musk’s Grokipedia as source, tests reveal:
"The latest model of ChatGPT has begun to cite Elon Musk’s Grokipedia as a source on a wide range of queries, including on Iranian conglomerates and Holocaust deniers, raising concerns about misinformation on the platform."
Keine Lust auf solche Werbeunterbrechungen? Dann könnt ihr wie gehabt für einen kleinen monatlichen Beitrag Backer werden und unsere samtweichen Stimmchen ungestört genießen. Weitere Infos, insbesondere über unsere Beweggründe, gibt es in dieser neuen Folge:
insertmoin.de/intern-moin-...
Ein viereckiges Promo-Bild. Am oberen Rand steht das Wort News in großen, schwarzen Buchstaben auf weißem Grund. Darunter ist unter Maskottchen abgebildet, ein Croissant mit Buttons und Dpad als Augen. Das Croissant fährt Skateboard und führt gerade einen Kickflip aus.
Potzblitz! Bei Insert Moin hat sich einiges verändert:
Ab sofort könnt ihr wieder alle Folgen – auch von Sonderformaten wie Random Encounters – im freien Feed hören. Hier und da wird dynamisch Werbung eingespielt, mit der wir das Projekt weiter finanzieren können.
Deck Nine Takes Back GDC Award From Laid-Off Devs After Failing To Send Anyone To Accept It:
“I keep thinking about all of the opportunities that were denied to us because of our exclusion [...] Imagine what it could have done for our careers if we had been allowed to go on stage and speak?"
A screenshot showing a part of a greyscale illustration with clear, black outlines in Photoshop. It depicts Bertie the Brain, a tall computer from 1950 which users could play Tic-Tac-Toe against.
Well, if there's no CC-licensed or public domain material I can use for our presentations, I'll just make my own!
Might choose the same approach for the Hands Free Controller in case none of the people and institutions I've reached out to responds.
(We can't use any copyrighted materials in our presentations, so official PR photos – which are the only ones I can find online – are not an option, unfortunately.)
13.01.2026 12:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This is an incredibly specific request, but let's try it:
Does anyone here own a Nintendo Hands Free Controller AND could take a photo of it for a CC-BY-SA 4.0 licensed OER project?
Any help would be much appreciated, boosts included!
#Accessibility #GameAccessibility #RetroGaming
A screenshot of an e-mail I've received with the following text: Dear Author, Journal of Electronics and Information Technology Scopus Active and indexed Open Access and Peer Reviewed Journal Index with Scopus, Citation Index, Google Scholar & many more Journal : https://journaleit.org/ Article submission Mail : removed@gmail.com Thank you,
Not even bothering to write full sentences is a new level of laziness, even for a predatory journal. I'm wondering if anyone actually falls for this?
#Academia #PredatoryJournal #Scam
Enchoi Games arbeiten derzeit an einem explorativem Spiel, in dem die Navigation hauptsächlich über Echoortung funktioniert.
In diesem Zuge bitten die Devs im Rahmen einer Umfrage um Rückmeldungen von Gamer*innen, insbesondere solchen mit Sehbeeinträchtigungen.
#GameDev #Barrierefreiheit
Please watch this video. And then, I you haven't done it yet, delete your X/Twitter account.
Now We're Undressing Minors With AI for the lols:
"[I]f you're still on Twitter, you are actively benefiting a platform that is generating child sexual abuse content."
CW: sexual harassment, non-consent
They want to avoid food waste, provide spaces for people to meet and exchange goods, or simply keep their eyes open for neighbours who might need help. These acts of kindness may seem insignificant in the grand scheme of things, but they are actually so, so important, especially right now.
11.01.2026 13:03 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0What keeps me going despite the daily struggles and terrible news is the kindness and sense of community I get to experience almost on a daily basis.
Today I met several strangers who obviously care about others and try to make the world a little bit better with small gestures...
Any of my developer friends, or developers in general, please get in contact with Geoffrey! Steam's poor moderation needs to be discussed, and I'm glad Geoffrey is addressing this!
10.01.2026 19:42 — 👍 25 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 0You know what victims of child sexual abuse never say?
"Adults took advantage of me knowing *too much* about sex."
In fact, a frequent refrain is "I didn't know enough to recognize what they were doing as wrong. Nobody had ever explained these things to me."
You could give abusers no greater gift.
Discord wants to know how you feel about AI.
Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Sometimes all you can do is make the world 0.0000000000001% less awful by being a good person and it feels very meaningless but it’s also the only thing that really matters
07.01.2026 19:49 — 👍 11682 🔁 3934 💬 66 📌 104
lt text Menschenmenge auf einer PRÜF-Demo Text: “Demo für die Prüfung rechtsextremer Parteien 10.01. 14 Uhr, vor dem Landtag in Düsseldorf” Oben rechts das Logo “PRÜF HEUTE, SCHÜTZ MORGEN”
Ich werde am Samstag dabei sein! Wer kommt mit?
#Düsseldorf #noAfD
We did it, we've reached 30.000 signatures!
A huge thanks to everyone who supported this petition so far, but please keep sharing it to clearly show that many people care about trans rights and are willing to defend them.
"Octopus Pie" is wonderful and you should absolutely check it out if you enjoy the writing in "Perfect Tides", @speckobst.bsky.social .
03.01.2026 15:22 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Please also read my post on Mastodon. I edited it for clarification, as the initial phrasing was imprecise and caused some confusion.
peoplemaking.games/@Beurkeek/11...
I recently learned that apparently living in Germany is not required to sign, so I kindly ask you to help us. To make the process easier for you, I took screenshots of the website and translated everything.
As I currently cannot upload any images on BlueSky, here's a link to my Mastodon post:
The petition linked below would at least force the government to discuss this issue and reconsider... if we managed to reach 30.000 signatures within the next eleven days:
epetitionen.bundestag.de/petitionen/_...
URGENT:
#Trans people in Germany need your help. Our government is seriously considering to create a list of people who changed their name/gender under the recent self-identification law. This is obviously a terrible idea, especially considering the increasing popularity of the far-right party.
I'm not great at self-promotion and highlighting achievements. So instead, I'll just share that 2025 has been a year of significant personal growth and healing for me, and I'm deeply grateful for the continued support and patience of my loved ones.
See you next year!
A screenshot of the bandcamp checkout screen, listing the following artists: Meltt, Orla Gartland, Wet Leg, and Dustin O' Halloran.
Rather than hyperfocusing on public holidays, I prefer giving gifts - both to myself and others - whenever I feel like it (and find something suitable). Today, I treated myself to some of the albums I particularly enjoyed this year.
Not shown below: Several records by Altus and Hania Rani.
