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Today in the Game Industry Coffee Chat : Success hubris and the disrespect for expertise
- People who are successful in one field or industry assuming they can transfer that expertise to games
- Peter principle
- Cognitive arrogance
- Are we just gatekeeping
This and more today. Join us:
06.02.2026 15:19 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
for nymerasnowcat ๐บ๐พ๐
03.02.2026 15:48 โ ๐ 1021 ๐ 207 ๐ฌ 5 ๐ 0
sold adopt over on my patreon~
02.02.2026 17:10 โ ๐ 799 ๐ 95 ๐ฌ 6 ๐ 0
Why am I here? Just to suffer? Every day I look at a semi-organized document I created & think it would be more effective as a spreadsheet
03.02.2026 17:40 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
A vibrant, punk-style graphic for "The Women in Games Manifesto" featuring a purple statue of Lady Justice holding scales against a neon green, textured collage background.
We're proud to launch the Women in Games Manifesto 2026.
This isn't just a document; itโs a bold call-to-action setting out why empowering women in games is essential for creativity, innovation and sustainability across the industry.
Read: www.womeningames.org/the-manifesto
#WomenInGames
28.01.2026 14:22 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
The Problem With Greg Bovinoโs Overcoat Isnโt What You Think
The head of Border Patrol isnโt referencing the Nazis โ but he is sending a message.
This can have consequences for how agents see themselves. If they put on clothes designed for war, they are more likely to see cities as hostile terrain and citizens as enemy combatants, which can increase the chance of violence. Link to the story here:
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
24.01.2026 16:21 โ ๐ 1994 ๐ 294 ๐ฌ 57 ๐ 21
I'll be speaking at GDC @officialgdc.bsky.social again this year!
My talk is "Playtesting Process for Ultra Small Teams"
Anyone else going?
21.01.2026 15:18 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
Excerpt from On The Internet by Hubert Dreyfus.
Key paragraph reads:
โBut the vision of a worldwide electronic agora precisely misses the Kierkegaardian point that the people talking to each other in the Athenian agora were members of a direct democracy who were directly affected by the issues they were discussing, and, most importantly, the point of the discussion was for them to take the responsibility and risk of voting publicly on the questions they were debating. For Kierkegaard, a worldwide electronic agora is an oxymoron. The Athenian agora is precisely the opposite of the public sphere, where anonymous electronic kibitzers from all over the world, who risk nothing, come together to announce and defend their opinions.
As an extension to the deracinated public sphere, the electronic agora is a grave danger to real political community.
Kierkegaard enables us to see that the problem is not that Rheingold's 'electronic agora' is too utopian; it is not an agora at all, but a nowhere place for anonymous nowhere people. As such, it is dangerously distopian.โ
I really think Hubert Dreyfus nailed this in On The Internet (2002) and Iโll keep posting this page until everyone has seen it. Key para in alt text.
20.01.2026 03:46 โ ๐ 163 ๐ 41 ๐ฌ 5 ๐ 5
ExactlyโI feel like youโre really good at capturing the essence of your subject (fulfilling the realism aspect) & exaggerating it into something that feels โrealer than realโ through your style ๐
21.01.2026 02:43 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
As a [ grown adult working in tech ]
I need my messaging app to [ obliterate the water supply of a small town ]
so that I can [ chuckle about being an armadillo ]
16.01.2026 14:42 โ ๐ 101 ๐ 10 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0
And then his brother shows up in season 3!
16.01.2026 15:24 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
As set of illustrative stickers made by Samantha Mash. The stickers include a leopard, crab, lemons, women, a hand, roses, and a tiger. The stickers lay on top of frosted leaves
As set of illustrative stickers made by Samantha Mash. The stickers include a leopard, crab, lemons, women, a hand, roses, and a tiger. The stickers lay on top of frosted leaves
It is a winter sale! Help me clear out some stock and get 25% off all prints, stickers, and even an original painting. Low national and international shipping rates on all flat items (can't say the same about originals, so sorry!)
No code needed๐งก
Sale runs until next week!
samanthamash.etsy.com
14.01.2026 20:17 โ ๐ 119 ๐ 57 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1
A pale woman with light gray hair leaning back in a endless space of green, orange, yellow and pink foliage as a white bird hovers by her shoulder
Illustration of teal seagull flying amongst others of its own kind in peach clouds. On the back of the main seagull grow out pieces of Pacific Northwest like the space needle, a salmon, Mount Hood, a bike, and a fishing boat amongst other things
Illustration of a dark haired woman laying in a Arizona landscape. She is as large as the mountains behind her and lays facing the sky. Above her is a peachy cloudy sky with a large pink sun. Under her is a scrub desert landscape with brush and cacti in bloom
Illustration of a peach toned and red crab with the Cancer constellation around it as stars. The crab is on a light peach background
It is #portfolioday again! I'm Samantha and I specialize in editorials, publishing (mostly book covers), and branding! I also sell my work at the links below
โ๏ธsamanthamashillustration@gmail.com
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๐งกsamanthamash.etsy.com
๐งกinprnt.com/gallery/samanthamash
๐งกpatreon.com/samanthamash
13.01.2026 18:17 โ ๐ 537 ๐ 159 ๐ฌ 7 ๐ 0
Job opening: game designer @ Hidden Folks
We're looking for a game designer in the Netherlands to help build games in The Hidden Folks Universe, starting with a sequel to the indie hit game Hidden Folks.
friends! acquaintances! help!
i'm looking to hire a game designer (living in the Netherlands) to help build games in The Hidden Folks Universe, starting with a sequel to the indie hit game Hidden Folks.
know someone who's a good fit? pls forward this, ty!
hiddenfolks.com/job-opening/...
08.01.2026 12:58 โ ๐ 373 ๐ 306 ๐ฌ 10 ๐ 12
Good luck, you got this!!!
08.01.2026 14:08 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Join us for our 15th Anniversary Stream as we take a trip down memory lane. We'll be reminiscing about the past, sharing some sneak peeks of the future, announcing our Anniversary Giveaway winners, and more!
๐ฅณ www.twitch.tv/dcuniverseon...
#DCUO #Steam #Playstation #Xbox #Switch
07.01.2026 21:43 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
a small ceramic animal held in my hand. it has a gentle yet exuberant smile, round shiny black eyes, a snout with no nose or teeth and tall rabbit-like ears. it has pink accents on its white face and a soft-edged light red upperside to its body, with white spots. its feet and underside are white.
the same ceramic animal from a 3/4 view, standing on an aged wooden table. its head is tilted upwards, looking off to the left, and its front foot is lifted from the ground as if walking. its red upperside with mushroom-like white spot markings can be seen to cover its back and neck, the backs of its ears, and part of its tail. it has simple rounded nub legs and a loosely canine build.
the same ceramic animal from above. it peers up at the viewer as if excited to see them. its shortish tail is somewhat feline in nature.
the same ceramic animal standing on a garden rock wall in bright sunshine. there are plants and purple flowers behind it, and seeing its snout front-on shows that, despite its lack of discernible nose, it has a slight ":3" lip, like a cat, dog or ball python. its raised forelimb seems like it might be frolicking, and its short tail trails behind it.
this one is called mushroom puppy :)
07.12.2025 03:19 โ ๐ 1110 ๐ 379 ๐ฌ 22 ๐ 8
It took me a while to get used to pogoing, and now I like it, but then I got to the part where you have to bounce on spikes (I never completed Path of Pain & barely explored the White Palace) & I havenโt touched the game in months since then
07.01.2026 00:28 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
for nymerasnowcat~ ๐ฟ๐บ๐
06.01.2026 19:12 โ ๐ 924 ๐ 199 ๐ฌ 6 ๐ 0
If I ever liked your skeet too quickly, itโs because I still havenโt figured out feeds & have curated my own, personal feed via โNotify me about new postsโ. I only log into this app after accruing enough notifications to scroll through this specific feed.
06.01.2026 03:20 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
My family was watching it in the room with me & my immediate, visceral reaction was, โThis looks like a TV show that would play in a movie.โ Thereโs something so incredibly flat & fake about it, itโs hard to believe people dedicated a decade of their lives to it
06.01.2026 03:18 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
YouTube video by The Stupendium
VENDING MACHINE OF LOVE | The Theme from OnlyCans
I was looking into unique video game credits (should out to Demonschool) and was reminded of the greatest game credits songs of all time. No it's not Portal or Portal 2. It's OnlyCans' Vending Machine of Love: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXQJ...
05.01.2026 19:54 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
I know everyone's just getting back in the office but, if you're having headcount discussions please keep me in mind! I'd really love to work with you here in 2026
05.01.2026 19:22 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Minneapolis. Author and illustrator of award-winning comics and funnybooks. Keeps hens. Tells fortunes. Is queer. I cannot tell if you're joking. Literal* cartoon. He/him, They/them
Support my work: patreon.com/trungles
Links: https://bio.site/trungles
DC Universe Online | Available on Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4 and 5, & Xbox One, Xbox Series X and S. | ESRB TEEN for Mild Blood, Mild Language, Mild Suggestive Themes, Violence.
Necrosoft Games makes tiny entertainments for your fun receptacles. Hyper Gunsport out now! Demonschool out 2025.
linktr.ee/necrosoftgames
RO/EN โข UTAU, Vocaloid, OCs โข she/her โข webcomic #SolomonsLedger โข reposts NSFW and dinos
๐ https://linktr.ee/Rkrnnn
๐ https://solomons-ledger.com/
๐ #OCs | #folkwear
๐ #rkrn_art | #rkrn_sk
Raised gifted; non-practicing.
If your reply doesn't have alt text, I won't see it.
๐ productpicnic.beehiiv.com ๐ผ UX Design ๐ฆ Sick of rectangles ๐ง he/him
Clarity and kindness as foundations for work. Information perception in physical & digital places. Facilitation and workshop design for codesign and civic assemblies. Public prototyping on BlueSky. He/him
Design (particularly of the digi-gov variety), books and brunch (usually from NE England). Brits think I sound Kiwi, Kiwis think I sound English. Links-a-plenty, views my own. https://vickyteinaki.com
Hi, it's me, I'm the problem etc etc
me: https://about.danhon.com
i make: https://donotreply.cards
work: https://verylittlegravitas.com/
my hallway track: https://verylittlegravitas.com/hallwaytrack
DM or Signal danhon.1701
make things. make sense.
methodandstructure.com โข doriantaylor.com โข senseatlas.net โข intertwingler.net โข the.natureof.software
mastodon.social/@doriantaylor โข youtube.com/@methodandstructure โข buttondown.email/dorian
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He/him. From Bridgwater, in Bristol. Writer, editor, content designer. Ghost stories, films. No alt text, no repost. Not here for politics. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/raynewman Header: my book Intervals of Darkness https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DDR8X9QY
#Research & #Design at @merlan.bsky.social โน Narrow of purpose, wide of vision. ใ
Senior content designer. Member of @transform.wales
Eternal optimist. Goofball. Cymraes. She/her.
Check your boobs. Views mine.
https://medium.com/@niacampbell
Existential holistic detective ๐ช๐ธ
User-centred design @ Centre for Digital Public Services (CDPS) ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ
Views my own, and all that.
www.adrianortega.co.uk
knowledge architecture | knowledge graphs | ontology modeling | structured content | information architecture | practice democratization | community building
Product lead in UK gov. Principal percussionist of The Flowers Band (GB National Champions โ24). Prolific knitter. She/her
Taxonomist | Ontologist | Systems thinker | Polymath | Nerd | Mother of dog and cat | Feminist | www.murmuration.uk
Bristolian | internet of public service person | comic book collector | street art seeker | Adidas obsessive | 50s | UK
https://digitalbydefault.com/
Former academic, current UX research lead focused on how people communicate online, forever a sociolinguist. Small and loud. She/her
Making services work better for all peopleโHead of Design & User Research at the German govtโs Digital Service, previously Head of #ServiceDesign at the UKโs Government Digital Service, intโl #GovDesign community co-lead, ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ ally
martinjordan.com