Bea[trix] Livesey-Stephens

YouTube video by Philosophy Tube Why the Thought of Having Kids Freaks me Out

The new episode of Philosophy Tube is about having kids in an uncertain world

(Also it contains a review of Castration Movie Part 1, which rocks)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3nf...

She was right!

A graphic which uses the colours of the Palestinian flag: white, black, red and green. Text at the top reads “No games for genocide”, and text at the bottom reads “Boycott Xbox, Sign the pledge”, with the website nogamesforgenocide.com below. In the middle of the graphic is an icon of a fist punching upwards, splitting a missile in half. One half of the broken missile has the Xbox logo on it, and the other half has the Microsoft logo on it.

SIGN OUR BOYCOTT XBOX PLEDGE: We are asking gamers, game workers, streamers & journalists to join us in boycotting & divesting from Xbox, to force Microsoft to end its complicity in the genocide of Palestinians.

We’ve provided concrete actions everyone can take. Sign here: nogamesforgenocide.com

We're proud to support the Boycott Xbox Pledge, and commit to make every effort to boycott and divest away from Xbox and Microsoft Gaming as people who play, stream and write about games.

Check out the pledge and website at No Games for Genocide for comprehensive details on how to take part!

#GAConf (IGDA-GASIG) Awards 25

Our finalists for AA Excellence are:

Abiotic Factor
Atomfall
The Rogue Prince of Persia
South of Midnight
PowerWash Simulator 2

Public vote now open at gaconf.com/gaconf-awards-2025/

I was on the road to becoming a high-school German teacher, but then MA wouldn't accept my IA licensure and so then I fell into a job with a unique media archive as well as into the social circles of a fabulous indie game design community. And I liked my apartment at the time too!

One of my most popular one-hour larps is the Golden Cobra game Sublime Flickering Light, which is my brute-force "parable of the cave" metaphor with virtually no layout effort to speak of.
Sometimes things come out the way they do and take on a life of their own.

www.goldencobra.org/pdf/2016/Sub...

America's first ever esports champion was Rebecca Heineman, a trans woman. She went on to found some of your favorite video game studios and worked on your favorite video games. Next time you see somebody rail about 'woke' and 'DEI'
Remember that.
Remember her.

Calling all indie game developers working on a better future for the planet! Would you like to be part of an easy and fun session with the EU project STRATEGIES where we talk about what it means to make a game, challenges with funding, and more? #indiedev #gamesdev #indiegames (key art: Synergy)

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thing about autism is if you work really hard for many years, you can learn through trial-and-error how to navigate social situations and interpersonal connections SO effectively that people don't really believe you're autistic anymore and resent you for not being perfect at nonverbal communication

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@jdragsky.bsky.social flagged this for me today while I have been debating what my students and I are going to play in the last week of the 18C novels class.

Reader, I just bought two copies.

(Thanks Patreon.)

Oh hi thank you so much!!

The first most important thing you can do to support workers is to listen to them.

They love their work and they want to keep making games, and they deserve a union to make their work safe and sustainable.

Very glad to see People Make Games follow this closely. Staying tuned and in solidarity ✊

The best way you're going to be win conditions like they did here is by expecting to strike and being prepared to do it for a while.

If you think company execs will do the right thing and just agree up front, you won't be prepared for when they don't. Better to be prepared and not need to strike.

Over 200 Rockstar staff write to management in support of unfairly fired union members - IWGB Game Workers 220 letters signed by staff members at Rockstar, the studio behind the Grand Theft Auto series, were delivered to management at the company last week, demanding that the 31 employees fired are immedia...

Over 200 Rockstar staff have written to management in support of unfairly fired union members.

We have published more details on our website, although we have not yet released the exact contents of the letter: www.gameworkers.co.uk/rockstar-ope...

You thought the word metroidbrainia was painful, wait till you read my academic article about why these games essentially encourage you to roleplay as an archaeologist

Game devs form coalition to amplify Palestinian voices Palestinian Voices in Games wants to help Palestinian developers tell their own stories and reach global audiences.

Game professionals form coalition to 'push against the dehumanization of Palestinians'

"The dehumanisation of Palestinians is tied to their rare visibility in the cultural sphere. This dehumanisation costs lives–as the world remains indifferent to the ongoing genocide in Gaza."

Many Hats | Professional development for freelancers Many Hats offers professional development workshops tailored for freelancers to enhance skills, stay up-tp-date, and advance careers.

My awesome pal @eleanorturney.co.uk has set up www.many-hats.org to provide affordable (including low income and lottery places) professional development for Freelancers!

considering doing a UX breakdown of a few games...

begging game devs to implement toggles or other accessibility measures to mitigate fast looping visuals, especially in menus. i know a 'reduced motion' setting like Discord's isn't always possible in the exact same way, but i want to play your games PLEASE

Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...

YouTube video by People Make Games The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6

I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.

That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...

Over the moon with this kind #bookreview from the Mystery Review Crew: "Player Elimination is the fabulous series starter in the now three-book Wren Winters Mystery series by Shelly Jones."

Read the full review here: mysteryreviewcrew.com/player-elimi...

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the text reads 'Sara plays disco elysium, episode 13' with sara's avatar foregrounded. The background image is of our player character detective talking to a trio of people in some kind of small shelter.

We meet a group of kids who want to repurpose hallowed ground for the worship of anodic dance music, but before going to church we find someone we've been looking for!

youtu.be/7ijFIxyqO-g

In the 2010s in particular, our international role-playing communities faced a lot of "Law of Jante" crap that, looking back on it, was this perfect feedback loop between Others' Jealousy and Creator-Inherent Internalized Feelings of Inadequacy.

In the 2020s, I think we all deserve more hugs.