Duncan Botwood (he/him)

I got STALKER 2 working in VR so I can do some virtual plein air sketching and it's going GREAT

I think a lot of games jargon is incredibly bad but I have to give it to whoever coined the new term for Clair Obscur-specific subgenre of the French-infused JRPG, the j'RPG. Incredible work.

Announcing our debut title... Ambrosia Sky. 🪐

Amongst the asteroids of Saturn lies your home, and a mystery
that demands to be solved. Clean the contamination, lay the dead to rest, and find her.

store.steampowered.com/app/3580160

A pride flag with every color band represented by a NASA image. White is Earth clouds, pink is aurora, blue is the Sun in a specific wavelength, brown is Jupiter clouds, black is the Hubble deep field, red is the top of sprites, orange is a Mars crater, yellow is the surface of Io, green is a lake with algae, blue is Neptune, and purple is the Crab Nebula in a specific wavelength.

I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️‍🌈💖

i have some suggestions to get u started tbh

www.thehandbasket.co
@marisakabas.bsky.social‬

www.damemagazine.com
@damemagazine.bsky.social‬

theflytrap.beehiiv.com
@theflytrapmedia.com‬

www.mississippifreepress.org
@mississippifreepress.org‬

‘South of Midnight’ Writer Zaire Lanier On Creating A Relatable Human Story Through Black Girl Magic Compulsion Games writer Zaire Lanier talks to Deadline about writing narrative for Southern Gothic action adventure game South of Midnight

deadline.com/2025/05/sout...

Got to talk to Destiny Jackson about South of Midnight a bit, my first video game, and some of my inspirations as we wrote the game. :)

Listen, there's been a lot of chatter about Hitler's involvement in our adaptation of MEIN KAMPF, but I can assure you--

And if it needs to be said any louder:

Fuck Terfs.

STOP SUPPORTING HARRY POTTER.

Your money is literally funding hate and the groups that did this.

It’s worth noting that JK Rowling is not only funding meritless legal challenges against trans people until they can appeal up to the court that will back them, she openly gloats about how this is where her money is going. This is what the Harry Potter TV show is bankrolling.

I keep thinkings about how four of most famous multiplayer modes in human history, GoldenEye 64 and Halo: CE and Counter-Strike and Team Fortress, were basically afterthoughts developed by a few people in months which somehow didn't get cut – or initially amateur mods – and changed gaming forever.

So there’s an Old Guard 2 “book” for sale on Amazon. It’s an ebook. It says it’s by Greg Rucka.

I didn’t write it.

Fuck AI. Fuck Amazon.

The 'Bugs Bunny in a Tux' meme: Bugs stands in his tux with red boutonnière and a wry expression on his face. He is giving you a half-lidded side-eye. The caption reads: "i wish all TRANS WOMEN a very pleasant international women's day."

Yes, all women everywhere, and also...

Ich get unhorsed
But Ich mount up agayne
Ich am nevir goinge to lose thys joust

I’m gonna wash it all again! <makes sweeping gesture with half full tumbler of whiskey>

excerpt reads: "I hear stories about directors who scream at actors, or they trick them somehow to get a performance. And there are some people who try to run the whole business on fear. But I think this is such a joke -- it's pathetic and stupid at the same time. When people are in fear, they don't want to go to work. So many people today have that feeling. Then the fear starts turning into hate, and they begin to hate going to work. Then the hate can turn into anger and people can become angry at their boss and their work. If I ran my set with fear, I would get 1 percent, not 100 percent, of what I get. And there would be no fun in going down the road together. And it *should* be fun. In work and in life, we're all supposed to get along. We're supposed to have so much fun, like puppy dogs with our tails wagging. It's supposed to be great living; it's supposed to be fantastic."

once again thinking about this passage from David Lynch's book Catching the Big Fish

Reminder that a narrative person who’s also a historian can be hugely helpful for games in general, not just games with a historical setting 😌

Stella Sacco - Saber Interactive | LinkedIn Veteran in narrative, content, and creative direction for hit games like Lily’s Garden… · Experience: Saber Interactive · Education: Sage College · Location: New York · 500+ connections on LinkedIn. V...

Hello! I need a job badly! I am a longtime game writer and narrative designer. I wrote the mobile smash hit Lily’s Garden, board/card games, casual mobile, PC/console sims…I’m a character- and dialogue-focused writer who loves jokes and feelings. If you have a remote opportunity please get in touch

Made some big changes this year already! Consultancy is enjoyable but at this stage of my life, I am ready to go back to full-time to dedicate to one studio and passion! If you have any needs for a badass CM, marketing or influencer manager, PR, event planning, or host in gaming, I’d love to chat!

misery chasm.

mars chemistry.

symmetric rash.

wear my shirt.

anagramming these “merry christmas” blocks is the only thing my husband has done the entire time we’ve been at his mom’s house

The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention. - Kahlil Gibran

Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Released Free 3D Copy Of Tokyo The Tokyo Metropolitan Government released a free point-cloud file of the city and you can download it too.

A 3D model of Tokyo you can download for free seems pretty cool. Any other cities have this?

I think back to when cities kept scale models in places like city hall atriums, which they used to talk with the public about their vision.

80.lv/articles/3d-...

HRT - Harm Reduction Toolkit A white first aid kit icon with a pastel pink cross, overlaid onto a pastel blue background. Distribute Aid Logo Link to the fundraiser (available in the post text).

Fuck it. Trans folks need MATERIAL SUPPORT.

@distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting.

Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...

Like........

Went out with some work colleagues a couple of nights ago in Montreal. Had some drinks in a bar, went for food, had another drink, generally agreed it felt quite late. Checked watch.

Friends, it was 9:30pm.

1/7 Look, Die Hard's great and all, but there's only one 80s action classic which truly conveys the real meaning of Christmas.

🧵

BlueSky is trying to monetize so let's show them some numbers:

Reskeet this if you refuse to pay for BlueSky+ until trust & safety decides to prioritize marginalized users.

That's $96 / year of lost revenue for each reskeet...

I think this is very well said by Micah.

And I'll add, again, that the difference between a platform that recognizes Singal as a bad actor and one that allows Jesse Singal to "colonize" it with transphobes is the difference between a platform I'll pay to support and one I won't.