Molleindustria - Wishlist FUTURE? NO THANKS!
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Game maker, professor at Carnegie Mellon University. My employer has many, often contradicting, views. Currently making Future? No Thanks!
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🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
After 4 years of work, my solarpunk game finally has a title, a trailer, and a Steam page!
Wishlist... Future? No Thanks!
👉 futurenothanks.com
After 4 years of work, my solarpunk game finally has a title, a trailer, and a Steam page!
Wishlist... Future? No Thanks!
👉 futurenothanks.com
From Indiepocalypse to Sindiegularity
Even if code & art stop being production "bottlenecks", nothing improves in terms of:
* attention: we're not getting more free time to play
* discoverability: algos and chaotic virality rule
* sustainability: prices fall to zero, only landlords win
Even if code & art stop being production "bottlenecks", nothing improves in terms of:
* attention: we're not getting more free time to play
* discoverability: algos and chaotic virality rule
* sustainability: prices fall to zero, only landlords win
Unity says its AI tech will soon be able to 'prompt full casual games into existence'
Unity says its AI tech will soon be able to 'prompt full casual games into existence'
Company CEO Matt Bromberg claims AI will empower non-coders and seasoned developers alike.
www.gamedeveloper.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:41 PM
From Indiepocalypse to Sindiegularity
Even if code & art stop being production "bottlenecks", nothing improves in terms of:
* attention: we're not getting more free time to play
* discoverability: algos and chaotic virality rule
* sustainability: prices fall to zero, only landlords win
Even if code & art stop being production "bottlenecks", nothing improves in terms of:
* attention: we're not getting more free time to play
* discoverability: algos and chaotic virality rule
* sustainability: prices fall to zero, only landlords win
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🚨 HUGE NEWS! 🚨
All Will Rise is now LIVE on Kickstarter! Fundraising has begun to bring our revenge fantasy against the powerful to life.
Want to try before you fund? All Will Rise currently has a demo on Steam too!
Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/spe...
#IndieGame #GameDev #IndieDev
All Will Rise is now LIVE on Kickstarter! Fundraising has begun to bring our revenge fantasy against the powerful to life.
Want to try before you fund? All Will Rise currently has a demo on Steam too!
Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/spe...
#IndieGame #GameDev #IndieDev
February 16, 2026 at 1:48 PM
🚨 HUGE NEWS! 🚨
All Will Rise is now LIVE on Kickstarter! Fundraising has begun to bring our revenge fantasy against the powerful to life.
Want to try before you fund? All Will Rise currently has a demo on Steam too!
Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/spe...
#IndieGame #GameDev #IndieDev
All Will Rise is now LIVE on Kickstarter! Fundraising has begun to bring our revenge fantasy against the powerful to life.
Want to try before you fund? All Will Rise currently has a demo on Steam too!
Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/spe...
#IndieGame #GameDev #IndieDev
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new blog post: The future of public game arts festivals and non-commercial games culture, with notes on @free-play.bsky.social / indie games events around the world www.blog.radiator.debacle.us/2026/02/the-...
The future of public game arts festivals and non-commercial games culture
Discoursing about public games events / the shrinking non-commercial game festival space around the world (and in Australia)
www.blog.radiator.debacle.us
February 12, 2026 at 11:21 PM
new blog post: The future of public game arts festivals and non-commercial games culture, with notes on @free-play.bsky.social / indie games events around the world www.blog.radiator.debacle.us/2026/02/the-...
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The NYU Game Center's hiring! A senior, tenure-track professor post for an experienced game designer, artist or industry pro with a notable body of creative work. Experience finishing games and mentoring/teaching more important than any kind of academic credential!
gamecenter.nyu.edu/were-hiring-...
gamecenter.nyu.edu/were-hiring-...
We're Hiring! Join the NYU Game Center Faculty as an Associate Professor! - NYU | Game Center
Description Associate or Full tenure professor position for the NYU Game Center New York University, Tisch School of the Arts Position Overview The NYU Game Center is seeking applicants to join its fa...
gamecenter.nyu.edu
February 11, 2026 at 10:42 PM
The NYU Game Center's hiring! A senior, tenure-track professor post for an experienced game designer, artist or industry pro with a notable body of creative work. Experience finishing games and mentoring/teaching more important than any kind of academic credential!
gamecenter.nyu.edu/were-hiring-...
gamecenter.nyu.edu/were-hiring-...
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Union-Made Game Jam is now open for sign-ups! Next week, UVW members and friends are making some bite-sized, union-themed games to show at our GDC booth! We hope you’ll join us! #UnionMadeJam
itch.io/jam/union-ma...
itch.io/jam/union-ma...
Union-Made Game Jam
A game jam from 2026-02-16 to 2026-03-02 hosted by UVW-CWA. Union-Made Game Jam 2026 Hosted by United Videogame Workers-CWA · #UnionMadeJam Union-Made Game Jam is a week long game making event for mem...
itch.io
February 11, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Union-Made Game Jam is now open for sign-ups! Next week, UVW members and friends are making some bite-sized, union-themed games to show at our GDC booth! We hope you’ll join us! #UnionMadeJam
itch.io/jam/union-ma...
itch.io/jam/union-ma...
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No ICE in Minnesota bundle is live! Get Gunhouse, Hyper Gunsport, and 1,400 other things for $10 or more.
itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...
itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...
February 9, 2026 at 9:02 PM
No ICE in Minnesota bundle is live! Get Gunhouse, Hyper Gunsport, and 1,400 other things for $10 or more.
itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...
itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...
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The U.S. currently has more prisoners and a more sophisticated system of concentration camps than Nazi Germany had on the eve of World War II in 1939
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:37 AM
The U.S. currently has more prisoners and a more sophisticated system of concentration camps than Nazi Germany had on the eve of World War II in 1939
The paradox of political art under fascism is that it is asked to compensate for a failed political opposition while, at the same time, bland statements like "we should be nice to each other" or "I should be allowed to exist" come to be seen as radical and therefore sufficient.
February 9, 2026 at 11:28 PM
The paradox of political art under fascism is that it is asked to compensate for a failed political opposition while, at the same time, bland statements like "we should be nice to each other" or "I should be allowed to exist" come to be seen as radical and therefore sufficient.
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Helldivers adding millennials as the newest enemy faction
February 9, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Helldivers adding millennials as the newest enemy faction
It looks like one of those cheeky sculptures by Maurizio Cattelan
February 7, 2026 at 3:25 PM
It looks like one of those cheeky sculptures by Maurizio Cattelan
Adobe has spent over twenty years torturing and maiming Flash.
I AM FURIOUS.
Adobe Animate remains an industry standard for TV animation. Star Trek: Lower Decks was made in Animate. Haunted Hotel was made in Animate. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic was made in Animate.
And because you can't buy a permanent licence anymore, it'll just be gone.
Adobe Animate remains an industry standard for TV animation. Star Trek: Lower Decks was made in Animate. Haunted Hotel was made in Animate. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic was made in Animate.
And because you can't buy a permanent licence anymore, it'll just be gone.
February 2, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Adobe has spent over twenty years torturing and maiming Flash.
Video game stocks crashed the other day after Google announced its "world-building" AI.
I admit I’m charmed by these dream-logic walking-sim slopsperiences but I doubt Gamers will be.
The main use case is likely streamers crowdsourcing meme prompts and making fun of them until the novelty wanes.
I admit I’m charmed by these dream-logic walking-sim slopsperiences but I doubt Gamers will be.
The main use case is likely streamers crowdsourcing meme prompts and making fun of them until the novelty wanes.
February 2, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Video game stocks crashed the other day after Google announced its "world-building" AI.
I admit I’m charmed by these dream-logic walking-sim slopsperiences but I doubt Gamers will be.
The main use case is likely streamers crowdsourcing meme prompts and making fun of them until the novelty wanes.
I admit I’m charmed by these dream-logic walking-sim slopsperiences but I doubt Gamers will be.
The main use case is likely streamers crowdsourcing meme prompts and making fun of them until the novelty wanes.
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“All over my neighborhood we keep finding empty cars, the glass shattered into diamonds on the snow, the people missing. Tiny private automotive kristallnachts, everywhere and ongoing.”
Greetings from inside the economic blockade zones of Minneapolis and St Paul! Don’t look away, please. We need you. It’s been a month and they’re trying to destroy us.
February 2, 2026 at 12:38 PM
“All over my neighborhood we keep finding empty cars, the glass shattered into diamonds on the snow, the people missing. Tiny private automotive kristallnachts, everywhere and ongoing.”
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i made a version of wikipedia you can doomscroll
xikipedia.org
xikipedia.org
February 1, 2026 at 11:43 PM
i made a version of wikipedia you can doomscroll
xikipedia.org
xikipedia.org
For every retweet I will make Zuckerberg’s creep glasses 5% thicker
February 1, 2026 at 4:46 PM
For every retweet I will make Zuckerberg’s creep glasses 5% thicker
Billionaires for Bush was a political street theater group active in the early 2000s.
Yesterday’s satire is today’s normalcy.
Yesterday’s satire is today’s normalcy.
February 1, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Billionaires for Bush was a political street theater group active in the early 2000s.
Yesterday’s satire is today’s normalcy.
Yesterday’s satire is today’s normalcy.
I taught a video making class last semester and I can confirm that getting students to pay attention even to *contemporary animated shorts* is getting more challenging every year.
I like the "slow cinema" approach. Reclaiming our attention is a skill we can and should teach.
(now with gift link)
I like the "slow cinema" approach. Reclaiming our attention is a skill we can and should teach.
(now with gift link)
The Film Students Who Can No Longer Sit Through Films
The attention-span crisis goes to the movies.
www.theatlantic.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:58 PM
I taught a video making class last semester and I can confirm that getting students to pay attention even to *contemporary animated shorts* is getting more challenging every year.
I like the "slow cinema" approach. Reclaiming our attention is a skill we can and should teach.
(now with gift link)
I like the "slow cinema" approach. Reclaiming our attention is a skill we can and should teach.
(now with gift link)
*me optimizing my game*: do I even need shadows?
January 31, 2026 at 3:29 PM
*me optimizing my game*: do I even need shadows?
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I'm excited to share that Game Poems Issue 1 is now live at www.gamepoems.com/issue01
A new online literary magazine dedicated to exploring the artistic and poetic potential of short-form videogames by publishing new games directly in a playable format.
Thanks for playing and sharing!
A new online literary magazine dedicated to exploring the artistic and poetic potential of short-form videogames by publishing new games directly in a playable format.
Thanks for playing and sharing!
Game Poems #1
An online literary magazine publishing short-form videogames directly in a playable format. Issue #1 features interactive works by international artists and game designers.
www.gamepoems.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 PM
I'm excited to share that Game Poems Issue 1 is now live at www.gamepoems.com/issue01
A new online literary magazine dedicated to exploring the artistic and poetic potential of short-form videogames by publishing new games directly in a playable format.
Thanks for playing and sharing!
A new online literary magazine dedicated to exploring the artistic and poetic potential of short-form videogames by publishing new games directly in a playable format.
Thanks for playing and sharing!
Between the financialization of everything and declining birth rates, this truly looks like the game for our times.
It's time to SHORT THAT BABY! 📈
Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator is OUT NOW on Steam!
PLUS even more campaigns and content coming out over the next weeks and months! 💚👽
store.steampowered.com/app/3642000/...
Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator is OUT NOW on Steam!
PLUS even more campaigns and content coming out over the next weeks and months! 💚👽
store.steampowered.com/app/3642000/...
January 29, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Between the financialization of everything and declining birth rates, this truly looks like the game for our times.
Understandably the NYT piece* included only a soundbite but if you want to know ✨WHAT I THINK ABOUT PEAK✨ here's the full conversation.
* www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/a...
* www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/a...
January 29, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Understandably the NYT piece* included only a soundbite but if you want to know ✨WHAT I THINK ABOUT PEAK✨ here's the full conversation.
* www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/a...
* www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/a...
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I'm back in the NYT with a piece on my favourite micro-genre: climbing games.
I especially love their suggestion that anyone, even vertigo sufferers, can be a climber, converting the environment before them into a symbolic system of self-expression.
⛰️
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/a...
I especially love their suggestion that anyone, even vertigo sufferers, can be a climber, converting the environment before them into a symbolic system of self-expression.
⛰️
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/a...
The Thrill of Climbing From the Comfort of Your Couch
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:13 PM
I'm back in the NYT with a piece on my favourite micro-genre: climbing games.
I especially love their suggestion that anyone, even vertigo sufferers, can be a climber, converting the environment before them into a symbolic system of self-expression.
⛰️
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/a...
I especially love their suggestion that anyone, even vertigo sufferers, can be a climber, converting the environment before them into a symbolic system of self-expression.
⛰️
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/a...
The regime likes influencers because they are cultural agents that can be directed, elevated, and canceled by the algorithms it controls.
A content creator is, by definition, an artist whose entire livelihood depends on one click or one line of code.
hyperallergic.com/influencers-...
A content creator is, by definition, an artist whose entire livelihood depends on one click or one line of code.
hyperallergic.com/influencers-...
Influencers and OnlyFans Models Turn to Artist Visas to Enter US
Digital content creators are reportedly adapting their metrics to apply for the O-1B visa for “extraordinary” abilities in the arts.
hyperallergic.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:06 PM
The regime likes influencers because they are cultural agents that can be directed, elevated, and canceled by the algorithms it controls.
A content creator is, by definition, an artist whose entire livelihood depends on one click or one line of code.
hyperallergic.com/influencers-...
A content creator is, by definition, an artist whose entire livelihood depends on one click or one line of code.
hyperallergic.com/influencers-...
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Here's the video of ICE beating a man and then shooting him while he was on the ground from a credible source. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Live: Man shot by federal agent in south Minneapolis this morning, witnesses say
A video appears to shows federal agents wrestling a man to the ground then shooting him.
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Here's the video of ICE beating a man and then shooting him while he was on the ground from a credible source. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Two lifelong goals achieved
January 24, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Two lifelong goals achieved