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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 1d

Donald Trump is giving $20 billion of taxpayer money to Argentina – to help his political ally stay in power and bail out Wall Street hedge funds – while Americans at home can't afford health care or groceries.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump on Milei: "If he loses, we will not be generous with Argentina."

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Schroyer @schroyer.bsky.social · 1d

Some really awesome people I know are making a game I’m dying to play! Can’t wait for the 25th!!! x.com/alexandrabot...

Alexandra Botez on X: "I turned chess into a video game: 40 players. Giant chessboard. ONE winner. Also, I added bombs💣 Playtest starts Oct 25th! https://t.co/hmvQAvCwGz" / X

I turned chess into a video game: 40 players. Giant chessboard. ONE winner. Also, I added bombs💣 Playtest starts Oct 25th! https://t.co/hmvQAvCwGz

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Schroyer @schroyer.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you for the awesome questions and great conversation! What a pleasure it was to chat about the game.

Shameless self promotion link here: store.steampowered.com/app/2495380/...

Three Days to Chicago on Steam

One of them is visiting a friend in Chicago. The other wants to shake things up in New York City. It starts in San Francisco, but where this relationship goes is all up to you.

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Schroyer @schroyer.bsky.social · 2d

I was recently interviewed for the True Avatars podcast about my indie title, Three Days to Chicago, and my talk at QGCON about "attainable fantasy." Zoey Wyeld had some awesome, thoughtful questions, and we got to really dig into it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FtE...

Ep. 55 - INTV w/Chris Schroyer: From Telltale Games to Three Days to Chicago's Attainable Fantasy

YouTube video by True Avatars - A Queer Video Game Podcast

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Harry Fritsch @thevgstoryteller.bsky.social · 7d

Graduating high school isn’t the end of the world… unless you’re a character in @ko-op.com's Goodbye Volcano High, in which case it very much is!

Find out why I really connected with this game about musical teenage dinosaurs in my latest article 🎸🦖

Facing the End with Goodbye Volcano High

Dinosaurs and asteroids really need to work things out.

thevideogamestoryteller.substack.com

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Schroyer @schroyer.bsky.social · 5d

Absolutley adored this game. Thank YOU and the team so much!

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Schroyer @schroyer.bsky.social · 7d

Low key best visualization of what it's like looking for a job in games right now

Game Developers Conference @officialgdc.bsky.social · 7d

A New Era Awaits!

bit.ly/3KKYUIq

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Schroyer @schroyer.bsky.social · 13d

Some 30-minute YouTube journeys are totally worth it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=InPM...

I Ranked Conservatives' Attempts At Drag

YouTube video by Queen Coke Francis

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 28d

The three types of game dev job listings

RESPECTABLE AA STUDIO is hiring 25 different LEAD EXECUTIVE SENIOR C-SUITE DEVELOPERS for EXCITING NEW GAME THAT’S BEEN GETTING LOTS OF BUZZ

Requirements:
-At least two PhDs in game development
-Shipped at least 25 AAA titles as a lead developer
-400 years of experience with Unreal Engine
-Expert in C#, Python, C++, Ruby, Swift, Rust, HTML, CSS, PHP, Perl, SQL, MATLAB, R, QBASIC, COBOL, FORTRAN, Assembly, punch cards, and operating Babbage’s difference engine
-No, we are not fishing for one specific person who coincidentally just left their job at another studio. Why would you think that?

THAT FAMOUS GAME STUDIO is hiring a developer for THAT BELOVED GAME FRANCHISE THAT WAS FORMATIVE TO YOU BECOMING A DEV!

Benefits:
-$150,000/year plus insurance, dental, a retirement plan, and a puppy
-Hang with those famous game devs you saw at that GDC talk
-We have a ball pit!

Requirements:
-A positive attitude 😊
-Passionate about our game!
-Willing to learn
-Some basic game dev experience a plus but not required
-Onsite only on Pitcairn Island

A 14-YEAR-OLD WHO DOWNLOADED UNITY YESTERDAY is hiring a developer for I DECIDED TO TURN MY DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS CAMPAIGN INTO A GAME

-so im making this game and i have this rly rly good idea but i never made a game b4 so i need u to do all the engine stuff and the programming and fix the mechanics and do the sound and lighting and shaders and backgrounds, i drew my characters on the back of homework but can u turn them into pixel art for me, i cant pay u but we can do rev share and when this game is a big hit youll make millions of dollars

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Schroyer @schroyer.bsky.social · 23d

Hey y'all! I’ll be speaking at The Queerness and Games Conference (QGCON) later this week on what I call “Attainable Fantasy” and how it can enhance the stories you’re working on. It will be a micro talk available on the conference’s remote feed, so feel free to stop by and give it a listen!

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 26d

AOC: We should be clear about who Charlie Kirk was. A man who believed that the civil rights act that granted black Americans the right to vote was a mistake… His rhetoric and beliefs were ignorant, uneducated, and sought to disenfranchise millions of Americans.

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · Aug 21

Anyone with a unity account should vote for us in this community choice award because it will be very funny if unity were forced to give an award to some of the loudest whistleblowers of the licensing issues in 2022. Imagine them having to give that team an award.

Necrosoft Games @necrosoftgames.com · Aug 21

Vote for Demonschool in unity's community choice awards! Let's win the respect of our peers! (you have to have a unity account to vote but still please do it) discussions.unity.com/t/community-...

CommUnity Choice Awards 2025

Howdy, game devs! 👋 If you’re headed to gamescom this year, keep an eye out for folks from Unity. Some of us will be walking the floor, checking out games, and chatting with devs. We won’t have a boo...

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · Aug 14

I decided to take the GOP's "Gamer Dudebros are the new Welfare Queens" mantra at face value.

If this was true, unemployment should have skyrocketed after Medicaid expansion went into effect, right?

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America Xanadu @johnxuandou.bsky.social · Aug 13

This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.

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Schroyer @schroyer.bsky.social · Aug 12

I just backed Starspawn: A Miskatonic Mystery - Visual Novel/Dating Sim on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/485...

Starspawn: A Miskatonic Mystery - Visual Novel/Dating Sim

Your scholarship is in danger, your friends aren't human, and something ancient awakens in the dreamlands. Welcome to Miskatonic U.

www.kickstarter.com

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Trezy @trezy.codes · Jul 24

SO, what should YOU do? Consider supporting the ACLU's campaign against Mastercard's unjust policies that impact this sort of issue.

Mastercard: Sex Work is Work. End Your Unjust Policy.

Mastercard's new policy unfairly targets the adult content industry, making sex workers more vulnerable, especially Black trans women. It must be stopped.

action.aclu.org

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · Jul 24

Antiporn groups said they were only going after games with violence against women. But what got censored? Award-winning games about disordered eating, LGBTQ+ games and anything flagged NSFW.

@megannicolett.bsky.social's reporting raises alarms about the real danger of this censorship campaign.

Steam and Itch.io Are Pulling ‘Porn’ Games. Critics Say It's a Slippery Slope to More Censorship

A conservative group is targeting payment processors as “a weapon” to get adult games deindexed in storefronts. Even games that have nothing to do with sex or abuse have been caught in the dragnet.

www.wired.com

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Disco Central Banker @centralbanker.bsky.social · Jun 16

On the other site I said Visa and Mastercard are the unwilling de facto rulers of the adult industry.

In this thread, we’ll dig into adult industry’s most exciting layer: financial plumbing! and explore weird content banned not by law, but by interpretation of card rules. 🧵

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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · Jul 17

Paying the Subnautica 2 team their promised bonus would be "embarrassing", Krafton's CEO allegedly told the game's chief over lunch

Unknown Worlds co-founder Charlie Cleveland went to lunch with Krafton CEO, Kim Chang-han, who allegedly said having to pay an earnout would be "embarrassing".

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · Jul 15

This could fully pass for something on Clickhole, but it’s real, and I love it. Even down to his name.

A bbc Instagram post picturing a very old man drinking custard from a Bird’s Custard jug with the caption “That's my secret to a long life: custard, custard, custard... You can't beat it. I have it every day and I want it every day.
Leslie Lemon
106 years old”

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · Jul 11

A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."

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Schroyer @schroyer.bsky.social · Jul 11

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Schroyer @schroyer.bsky.social · Jul 10

Save 30% on Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 on Steam

MATCH DNA BUBBLES IN AN UNDERGROUND LAB TO KEEP YOUR PSYCHIC CLONE FROM INVADING YOUR MIND AND TURNING YOU INTO A CANNIBAL. This is the match-3 survival horror comedy RPG metroidvania you didn't know ...

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Schroyer @schroyer.bsky.social · Jul 10

Oh! Hey! If you haven't picked up my liminal lo-fi dating sim, it's half off for the Steam Summer Sale for a few more hours. store.steampowered.com/app/2495380/...

Save 50% on Three Days to Chicago on Steam

One of them is visiting a friend in Chicago. The other wants to shake things up in New York City. It starts in San Francisco, but where this relationship goes is all up to you.

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ari velazquez 🌯 @arivelazquez.com · Jul 9

well that's fucking horrifying, thank you, very cool

Now You Can Buy In-Game DLC And Pay It Off Later

You can soon pay off in-game items in four installments.

www.gamespot.com

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