meghna jayanth
@meghna.bsky.social
narrative design | 🌏ALL✊🏾WILL⚖️RISE🌍 | Thirsty Suitors / 80 Days / Sable | pleasures counter to capitalism-colonialism | technopolitics 🍞+🌹 liberation
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meghna jayanth
@meghna.bsky.social
· Jun 7
The river is a god & they killed her. It’s time for ordinary people to hold them to account.
Excited to share the first trailer for our new game about dead gods & taking billionaires to court — All Will Rise 🌏⚖️✨
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXQa...
Excited to share the first trailer for our new game about dead gods & taking billionaires to court — All Will Rise 🌏⚖️✨
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXQa...
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Last night's interview with Novara on the Rockstar firings is now up as its own standalone video, if you'd like to watch.
Delighted to see the story picked up by the wider media in this way, as surreal as it felt to appear on a show I've been watching for years now.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxuP...
Delighted to see the story picked up by the wider media in this way, as surreal as it felt to appear on a show I've been watching for years now.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxuP...
Rockstar Games’ MASS Firing Of Unionised Workers
YouTube video by Novara Media
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Last night's interview with Novara on the Rockstar firings is now up as its own standalone video, if you'd like to watch.
Delighted to see the story picked up by the wider media in this way, as surreal as it felt to appear on a show I've been watching for years now.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxuP...
Delighted to see the story picked up by the wider media in this way, as surreal as it felt to appear on a show I've been watching for years now.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxuP...
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"I myself have publicly advocated the use of direct action, including property sabotage, in the cause of climate justice. It stands to reason that I should support the same range of tactics in the effort to prevent genocide."
Sally Rooney books may be withdrawn from UK sale over Palestine Action ban, court told
Rooney has said she intended to use royalties from her work "to go on supporting Palestine Action."
www.bbc.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
"I myself have publicly advocated the use of direct action, including property sabotage, in the cause of climate justice. It stands to reason that I should support the same range of tactics in the effort to prevent genocide."
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Hope is here, and this morning we've proved it.
In just 5 hours, our Crowdfunder has already hit our £100,000 target
But we're not done. We're doubling our target.
Let's take the fight to Reform this May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
In just 5 hours, our Crowdfunder has already hit our £100,000 target
But we're not done. We're doubling our target.
Let's take the fight to Reform this May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Hope is here: help us deliver it
Hope is here. In just 5 hours, our Crowdfunder hit our £100,000 target. We're doubling our target. Let's take the fight to Reform in May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Hope is here, and this morning we've proved it.
In just 5 hours, our Crowdfunder has already hit our £100,000 target
But we're not done. We're doubling our target.
Let's take the fight to Reform this May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
In just 5 hours, our Crowdfunder has already hit our £100,000 target
But we're not done. We're doubling our target.
Let's take the fight to Reform this May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
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A few new details about our next game in this. Unless they’ve been scrubbed already.
While at AdventureX, we had a chance to catch up with inkle co-founder Jon Ingold.
In our conversation we cover Jon’s inspiration to write Overboard!, his clear love for AdventureX, and much more!
somanygames.co.uk/articles/jon...
@jon.inkle.co
@adventurex.bsky.social
In our conversation we cover Jon’s inspiration to write Overboard!, his clear love for AdventureX, and much more!
somanygames.co.uk/articles/jon...
@jon.inkle.co
@adventurex.bsky.social
An AdventureX Chat with Jon Ingold | So Many Games
We caught up with Jon Ingold at AdventureX to find out about his love for the event, his shift from maths teacher to developer and much more!
somanygames.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
A few new details about our next game in this. Unless they’ve been scrubbed already.
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So nice to play the latest demo of @allwillrise.bsky.social at Play Praxis.
The art, writing and meaning that flows from this beautiful project, is as essential as the river it initially centres on. Check it out.
The art, writing and meaning that flows from this beautiful project, is as essential as the river it initially centres on. Check it out.
November 28, 2025 at 12:16 PM
So nice to play the latest demo of @allwillrise.bsky.social at Play Praxis.
The art, writing and meaning that flows from this beautiful project, is as essential as the river it initially centres on. Check it out.
The art, writing and meaning that flows from this beautiful project, is as essential as the river it initially centres on. Check it out.
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Shabana Mahmood said this month that her migration policies are a "moral mission".
Where is the morality in blocking an eight-year-old girl made destitute by a Hurricane from coming to the UK to join her parents?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Where is the morality in blocking an eight-year-old girl made destitute by a Hurricane from coming to the UK to join her parents?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK rejects visa for girl left destitute in Jamaica by Hurricane Melissa
Lati-Yana Brown’s parents had asked for application to be expedited so she could join them in UK after house ruined
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Shabana Mahmood said this month that her migration policies are a "moral mission".
Where is the morality in blocking an eight-year-old girl made destitute by a Hurricane from coming to the UK to join her parents?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Where is the morality in blocking an eight-year-old girl made destitute by a Hurricane from coming to the UK to join her parents?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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'Small changes to the tone of posts fed to users of X can increase feelings of political polarisation as much in a week as would have historically taken at least three years, research has found.' 1/3
Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation
Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:32 AM
'Small changes to the tone of posts fed to users of X can increase feelings of political polarisation as much in a week as would have historically taken at least three years, research has found.' 1/3
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🚨 Creator Day is LIVE! 🚨
For the next 24 hours we are waiving our platform fee! Creators will get the most they can from each transaction.
Support your favorite developers and check out over 15,000 projects participating in our Black Friday sale
itch.io
For the next 24 hours we are waiving our platform fee! Creators will get the most they can from each transaction.
Support your favorite developers and check out over 15,000 projects participating in our Black Friday sale
itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 8:10 AM
🚨 Creator Day is LIVE! 🚨
For the next 24 hours we are waiving our platform fee! Creators will get the most they can from each transaction.
Support your favorite developers and check out over 15,000 projects participating in our Black Friday sale
itch.io
For the next 24 hours we are waiving our platform fee! Creators will get the most they can from each transaction.
Support your favorite developers and check out over 15,000 projects participating in our Black Friday sale
itch.io
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We're excited to announce YOUNG SUNS: a new narrative-rich co-op life sim set on Jupiter. Experience life in an optimistic future full of colorful characters. Play solo or with up to 3 friends. Visit planetoids, ruins, and stations. Craft and decorate. Help society heal.
youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...
youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...
KO_OP Game Reveal & Presentation
YouTube video by KO_OP
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
We're excited to announce YOUNG SUNS: a new narrative-rich co-op life sim set on Jupiter. Experience life in an optimistic future full of colorful characters. Play solo or with up to 3 friends. Visit planetoids, ruins, and stations. Craft and decorate. Help society heal.
youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...
youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...
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What if we threw every person involved in private equity into the ocean:
aftermath.site/splash-damage-...
aftermath.site/splash-damage-...
November 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
What if we threw every person involved in private equity into the ocean:
aftermath.site/splash-damage-...
aftermath.site/splash-damage-...
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art isn’t always going to make you comfortable. it’s treating art in this puritan sense where it has to please you, then it’s just a consumerist product… and we have these storefronts (payment processors too) constantly dictating what counts as art. in hypocritical ways. it’s grim really.
November 27, 2025 at 10:35 AM
art isn’t always going to make you comfortable. it’s treating art in this puritan sense where it has to please you, then it’s just a consumerist product… and we have these storefronts (payment processors too) constantly dictating what counts as art. in hypocritical ways. it’s grim really.
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Thanks to everyone who came along to this. I mostly talked about taking a more deliberate approach to tech adoption, and shared some of the findings from this research into how the expansion and adoption of tools like Copilot requires diligence www.careful.industries/blog/2025-11...
November 27, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Thanks to everyone who came along to this. I mostly talked about taking a more deliberate approach to tech adoption, and shared some of the findings from this research into how the expansion and adoption of tools like Copilot requires diligence www.careful.industries/blog/2025-11...
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Splash Damage places entire studio into consultation ahead of extensive layoffs: www.gamesindustry.biz/splash-damag...
Splash Damage places entire studio into consultation ahead of redundancies
Splash Damage has announced a consultation process affecting all staff at the Bromley-based studio, which will conclude…
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Splash Damage places entire studio into consultation ahead of extensive layoffs: www.gamesindustry.biz/splash-damag...
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An @vgim.bsky.social exclusive: we reveal how Steam is censoring games featuring LGBTQ+ content in Russia on behalf of state censor Roskomnadzor.
Thank you to Ian Masters and the Flick Games team for being brave enough to share their story.
videogamesindustrymemo.substack.com/p/how-steam-...
Thank you to Ian Masters and the Flick Games team for being brave enough to share their story.
videogamesindustrymemo.substack.com/p/how-steam-...
How Steam censors LGBTQ+ content on behalf of the Russian Government, 27/11/2025
When Roskomnadzor calls, Valve answers
videogamesindustrymemo.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:04 AM
An @vgim.bsky.social exclusive: we reveal how Steam is censoring games featuring LGBTQ+ content in Russia on behalf of state censor Roskomnadzor.
Thank you to Ian Masters and the Flick Games team for being brave enough to share their story.
videogamesindustrymemo.substack.com/p/how-steam-...
Thank you to Ian Masters and the Flick Games team for being brave enough to share their story.
videogamesindustrymemo.substack.com/p/how-steam-...
TONIGHT! Come play our game about taking billionaires to court for their climate CRIMES ✨
in london and free on nov 27? our narrative director @meghna.bsky.social will be at Play Praxis with a build of All 🌏Will⚖️ Rise -- come join for an evening of open discussion about meaningful games, curiosity & play, showcasing games in development 💪 www.eventbrite.com/e/play-praxi...
Play Praxis
Bringing together games in development and their makers with people across games, art, research, and philosophy. A space to play and connect
www.eventbrite.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:56 AM
TONIGHT! Come play our game about taking billionaires to court for their climate CRIMES ✨
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I just find this really sad. Imagine being so certain that you need slop machines to do your work, that you convince yourself that EVERYBODY must need them.
Epic CEO says AI disclosures like Steam's make "no sense" because AI will be involved in "nearly all" future game development
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/1p7eh60/epic_ceo_says_ai_disclosures_like_steams_make_no/
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/1p7eh60/epic_ceo_says_ai_disclosures_like_steams_make_no/
Epic CEO says AI disclosures like Steam's make "no sense" because AI will be involved in "nearly all" future game development
r/pcgaming
www.reddit.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I just find this really sad. Imagine being so certain that you need slop machines to do your work, that you convince yourself that EVERYBODY must need them.
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Mandatory post about asking you to help nominate Wednesdays at the Steam Awards (we went with outstanding story-rich game in our post but any help is welcome):
store.steampowered.com/news/app/274...
Didn't write a single word of it so I can say it: it's the best written thing you'll play this year.
store.steampowered.com/news/app/274...
Didn't write a single word of it so I can say it: it's the best written thing you'll play this year.
Wednesdays - Wednesdays is at Steam Awards 2025 - Steam News
Check the Outstanding Story-Rich and Outstanding Visual Style Categories!
store.steampowered.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Mandatory post about asking you to help nominate Wednesdays at the Steam Awards (we went with outstanding story-rich game in our post but any help is welcome):
store.steampowered.com/news/app/274...
Didn't write a single word of it so I can say it: it's the best written thing you'll play this year.
store.steampowered.com/news/app/274...
Didn't write a single word of it so I can say it: it's the best written thing you'll play this year.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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Santa Ragione are a well-known studio, covered by a great many mainstream outlets. Their latest game will not be releasing on Steam for... reasons? Steam won't tell them why, won't tell them what needs fixing, and won't communicate in general.
Every other store will carry it. Just not Steam.
Every other store will carry it. Just not Steam.
Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
November 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Santa Ragione are a well-known studio, covered by a great many mainstream outlets. Their latest game will not be releasing on Steam for... reasons? Steam won't tell them why, won't tell them what needs fixing, and won't communicate in general.
Every other store will carry it. Just not Steam.
Every other store will carry it. Just not Steam.
ahhh @novaramedia.com & People Make Games crossover event about Rockstar's union busting. glad to see this news spread beyond the games industry. hopefully a warning to any future union busting efforts + a support to fired workers in their upcoming legal battle
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxuP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxuP...
Rockstar Games’ MASS Firing Of Unionised Workers
YouTube video by Novara Media
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
ahhh @novaramedia.com & People Make Games crossover event about Rockstar's union busting. glad to see this news spread beyond the games industry. hopefully a warning to any future union busting efforts + a support to fired workers in their upcoming legal battle
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxuP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxuP...
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when its definitely not a hostage situation
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
when its definitely not a hostage situation
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Trial by jury is a cornerstone of our democracy and an essential safeguard against authoritarianism.
It is truly frightening that such a fundamental freedom is now under attack.
Once rights are lost, they are not easy to win back. We must resist this with all we’ve got.
It is truly frightening that such a fundamental freedom is now under attack.
Once rights are lost, they are not easy to win back. We must resist this with all we’ve got.
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
Exclusive: Courts minister says change needed to stop criminals opting for juries to delay cases, sometimes by years, and clear huge backlog
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UK politics live – latest updates
Criminals will be stopped from “gaming the system” by choosing trial by jury in order to increase the chances of proceedings collapsing, the courts minister has said, promising to enact radical changes to limit jury trials by the next election.
Drug dealers and career criminals were “laughing in the dock” knowing cases can take years to come to trial, Sarah Sackman told the Guardian, saying inaction would be a road to “chaos and ruin”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Trial by jury is a cornerstone of our democracy and an essential safeguard against authoritarianism.
It is truly frightening that such a fundamental freedom is now under attack.
Once rights are lost, they are not easy to win back. We must resist this with all we’ve got.
It is truly frightening that such a fundamental freedom is now under attack.
Once rights are lost, they are not easy to win back. We must resist this with all we’ve got.
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Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
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"Some parents shared deeply distressing accounts of what they have heard about the services, including stories of patients as young as 11 being continually asked about their genitals and sex life."
Parents say: “They are killing our children” share.google/zAlvx2QNLX1a...
Parents say: “They are killing our children” share.google/zAlvx2QNLX1a...
Parents say: “They are killing our children”
Parents cry out in despair for their children at the NHS Sussex investigation into WellBN's prescription of gender dysphoria medication
share.google
November 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"Some parents shared deeply distressing accounts of what they have heard about the services, including stories of patients as young as 11 being continually asked about their genitals and sex life."
Parents say: “They are killing our children” share.google/zAlvx2QNLX1a...
Parents say: “They are killing our children” share.google/zAlvx2QNLX1a...