wealth concentration is already 200% as bad at is was in 2020. think about that
wealth concentration is already 200% as bad at is was in 2020. think about that
For the evening crowd and the people on the other side of the planet, weβre kickstarting a Spirit Swap slice-of-life solo TTRPG! Live out your Kikiβs delivery service fantasy in this full color zineβ¨
Applications for our NEW 8-week Cooperative Foundations program open Monday, Feb 9! Comes with a $5,000 grant. Join our info session to learn more: babyghosts.fund/info-session
Y'all know about Motivi Galaxy right?
It's our new game! An unobtrusive bottom-of-the-screen creature collector + ADHD friendly productivity tool.
Your creatures grow and transform to reflect your real life growth!
Wishlist for updates:
store.steampowered.com/app/4005940/...
#gamedev #indiegame
Ocean with David Attenborough is a must watch
uh holy SHIT?
www.theverge.com/news/845831/... would be great if we stopped this bs soon
This is like paying the guys that robbed your house to also burn it down.
Grateful to The Verge for publishing my essay on why large-language models are not going to achieve general intelligence nor push the scientific frontier.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
It may sound radical, but if one guy has so much wealth and power that he can use the large newspaper he owns to publicly threaten to ruin a service we all rely on, presumably as a bargaining tactic to get lower rates, we probably need to tax that guy until he can't do that anymore.
We believe that in the wealthiest city in the wealthiest nation in the history of the world, working people deserve a dignified life.
And to the billionaires who think this movement is an existential threat to their corruption of our democracy: you're right.
Keep pressuring Microsoft to end all complicity!
As a consumer, boycott Microsoft products whenever possible and join the Xbox boycott.
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Kyle McCarley, the original dub actor for Mob in Mob Psycho 100, was recast for season 3 because Crunchyroll wasn't willing to have a single conversation with SAG-AFTRA.
Yo! This Saturday, I'll be dropping my first album in 10 years!! It'll be available everywhere (except Spotify). Here's the first taste, I'll "unveil" more throughout the week π
Listening party Aug 23 10am PST: maximumcrash.bandcamp.com/live/s-i-g-n...
π¨ Cover Art by @casualrad.bsky.social
Hi, my game just released. It's about the life of a single mother, as seen through the eyes of her child.
If you like small passion projects, it would mean a lot to me for you to check it out, share it and review it.
#indiegames #solodev #gamedev
store.steampowered.com/app/3129110/...
Check out Camille and Laura on Steam, a handmade and hand-drawn slice of life game about parenting! From an awesome person @bonjourborzoi.bsky.social who put so much love into this experience!
Israel is using Microsoft Azure to store recordings of every phone call made by Palestinians in the occupied territories, then using AI to analyze the contents and select targets. Microsoft is (dubiously) claiming ignorance.
it's time to COMPLAIN about the delisting of NSFW games on steam and itch! tell these payment processors that they need to STOP listening to these boring anti-porn thought-policing friendless tossers and START LISTENING to us instead. there is no art without queers, sluts, perverts and weirdoes π¦
Some people on my feed aren't sure what to say. Here's a summary:
β’ talk about specific platforms that have been threatened
β’ talk about how their brand is not associated with porn, but capitulation to theocratic extremist orgs
β’ tell them you'll dump your stock or find a new card holder like Amex
Hereβs a short script:
βHello, my name is _____, and I would like to file a complaint. I find it troubling that Mastercard is blocking content on (the platforms you use) and making it difficult for me to make legal purchases. I am going to stop using Mastercard if this isnβt rescinded and fixed."
Maybe we could find out.
Mastercard (US): 1-800-627-8372
Mastercard (Int.): +1-636-722-7111
Visa (US + Can): 1 800 847 2911
Visa (AUS): 1 800 125 440
PayPal: +44-0203-901-7000
Consume Me just got delisted in a wave of delistings on itchio. It's a semi-autographical game about disordered eating. It won the grand prize at the most recent IGF awards.
When storefronts start mass bannings, everything is threatened.
To clarify: Boston doesnβt need a mayor who only recently registered as a (Blue Dog) Democrat before launching his campaign, but voted Republican in the 2016 Presidential election cycle, & has supported MAGA anti-choice, anti-marriage equality, election denier federal candidates around the countryβ¦
So, if we really want to tackle the loneliness problem, we need to prevent paid work from demanding so much of our time and energy that we can't (or simply don't want to) contribute to a shared project of care. Because that pressure is at the core of both loneliness and inequalities in care. 4/
ICE killed a farm worker who was just doing their job. Murdered.
A 3D environment rendered in Unreal Engine, it is a Victorian Study, sparsely decorated.
A 3D model of a black character, her hair and clothing peachy pink.
A thumbnail of a capybara dressed as an astronaut sitting on a hill. A logo at the bottom reads Critter Cosmos.
A thumbnail montage of courts from the video game Slappyball. A logo in the center reads Slappy Ball.
#PortfolioDay yay!
We do: gameplay & AI programming, concept art, 3D sculpting & modelling, environment design, rigging & animation, and more.
We offer Unreal Engine game development support, as well as 3D characters, from concept to playable in engine.
www.artstation.com/amelore_coop
We should probably be clear eyed about the fact that Microsoft purchased a huge roster of some of the world's best game development studios only to turn around and use them all as kindling for its ill-begotten AI boondoggle
We've done it; we've reached 100 followers for the preview page!
So, here's why Allison feels this is the most important game that she has ever designed (and maybe ever will).
If you've followed, thank you! If you haven't, maybe this will encourage you to!
gamefound.com/en/projects/...