Keith Jones

Schedule for Generation Analog Punk Conference July 17, 2025

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Generation Analog 2025 "PUNK" is a less than a week away! Thursday, July 17, 2025! Don't forget to register for this free online conference sponsored by Analog Game Studies & Game in Lab. #staypunk #stayanalog #gamestudies 🎲

Eventbrite registration link: tinyurl.com/5csktfzz

Goodreads giveaway poster for Player Elimination - July 1 through July 31. A blue book on a yellow background.

Do you love #books #boardgames and a #cozymystery ? Then you're in luck because we're doing a #goodreadsgiveaway for Player Elimination! 🕵️⚡

🎲 - set in a friendly local board game store
🐈 - cozy cat companion named Pip
🕵️‍♀️- amateur sleuth
🌈- diverse cast

www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

People will spend hours complaining about a situation before a minute to understand it beyond the own perspective.

That makes sense... like with Small World, if it's in the fabric of the game it potentially feels less "mean"...

Wow I remember Dominant Species being so popular, but i never played it. It seemed pretty mean? I wonder if it holds up.

We're watching night 1 now! We had to subscribe just for this (and Pokerface)

Eurovision season is my favorite season.

It has a great look and feel!

Tiny Towns digital! #boardgames #digitaltabletop

@ElliottBlackwe3

four panel black and white doodle comic with a person and their cat. panel 1, the cat yells, "I WANT!". panel 2 the person says "What do you want". panel 3, the cat stops and stares blankly. panel 4, the cat yells "I WANT" again

what do you want

Given current events, I think it's especially important to read books like @georgetakei.bsky.social 's powerful graphic memoir. Our family read it this week. I highly recommend everyone read the book.

#booksky
#remember
#accuratehistorymatters
#bannedbooks

This person on YouTube said I'm not too old to learn how to draw.

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Player Elimination ( #nerdy #cozy #mystery) is available for pre-order. In the meantime, maybe you need some #boardgame recommendations! What games do you like to play with your besties?

tulepublishing.com/books/player...

Your "dumb little projects" are so important during this harrowing time. Don't forget that. Your creativity has value, for yourself and for the world.

if you don't enjoy something about #gamedev compared to other things, it probably means its difficult and important work that is out of your comfort zone, and its an opportunity for growth.

Also don't forget to write tools to make your life easier, especially when it speeds up the 'less fun things'

ICYMI #booksky #books #ComingSoon #CozyMystery #BoardGame #OwnVoices

you look great today

The Cost of Cardboard: How Tariffs Will Impact Board Game Publishers and Designers A special report from Cardboard Edison, April 2025

What will high U.S. tariffs on China mean for the tabletop industry? What are publishers doing in response? And what will it all mean for board game designers? We reached out to U.S. publishers, and we've compiled their responses into a new industry report: cardboardedison.com/tariffs

An excellent and nuanced discussion of Blue Prince that comes very close, but more eloquently, to my feelings. A lot of people are talking about this game but few are doing so this carefully. A great read. #videogames #indiegames

After about 8 hours I had written a thumbs down review on steam, but then I deleted it. I really wish steam let users write reviews without thumbs down or up. There's a lot to like about Blue Prince, it's beautiful and engaging. But I also feel misled by how people have been speaking about it.

This looks super fun

My amazing spouse has an amazing book coming out this summer #boardgames #cozymystery #booksky with Tule Publishing. Every #flgs needs its own scooby gang! #games #books #cozy

Check it out! Pre-order it!

Yes they made damned sure the pips the on the #dice were properly oriented on the cover.

A screenshot of Sam's interview with Indiewire in which he talks about writing Game Changer's scripts at the Edinburgh Fringe on days where he's already seen 5 - 6 shows.

Game Changer: Powered by the Edinburgh Fringe™

Clearly a patch is needed!

Such a high quality game. Fans of #roguelike #basebuilders should definitely look at Against the Storm.

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hilarieburton The sweetest man. I played @valkilmerofficial 's girlfriend in a movie back in 2009. The script called for us to have a fairly rowdy love scene that got interrupted by a phone call. I'd just come off of OTH where I was always put in some kind of compromising position....so it was just work as usual. But then I got to set the day we were going to be shooting that scene and there was a scramble happening. "Val wants to change the scene." Huh? "It's not interesting," he said. A gratuitous sex scene with a younger woman didn't service the story or the character. It said nothing about the relationship and why either of our characters were in it. Instead, Val sent someone out to a local restaurant to pick up a huge tub of ribs. And so, as the camera panned up from the floor, our moans were those of two people, comfortable and indulgent, tangled up in bed and unfettered by the mess, elbows deep in North Carolina's finest bbq

It was infinitely more interesting and I felt so safe and cared for by that man. It would have been easy to phone it in and just go with the stereotypical way women have been seen in film. Rather than the scene playing on my naked back, he turned me toward the camera. He made the scene about us instead of using me as a prop. That one day at work rewired my brain. Val was kind to me. A thoughtful artist. I bought some of his paintings a few years back. I hope every young actor has a Val in their life. That movie was a magical experience. #bloodworth

This is such a lovely tribute to Val Kilmer from Hilarie Burton ❤️

A black and white cat looks into the camera while the video game the Gnorp Analogue plays in the background.

Spruce Goose is annoyed that my laptop is on my lap when it should be solely dedicated to her. Also (the) Gnorp Analogue is very fun if you like idle / incremental games. #cats #incrementalgames #indiegames #felinediplomacy

I feel like the problem with all of these things. Bluesky will eventually become that way too. And open protocols never get enough adoption because people ultimately want a pretty packaged cut and dried solution. So they're all nice while they last until they're consumed by corporate greed. 🫤