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Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · 1h

Itchio is currently experiencing a DDOS attack. The attack started last night, was mitigated for several hours, but the site is down again as of this post

October 15, 2025
leafo Yesterday at 10:25 PM
Sorry everyone, it appears we're currently under a DDOS attack and our host put a networking restriction on our main web server, meaning it isn't publicly available. We've reached out to them for more information. Hope to have an update soon. 40 11
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October 16, 2025
leafo 3:52 AM
Services are back but we had to make some changes with our hosting setup, if you spot anything wrong please mention me in #itchio-talk (edited)
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leafo 12:48 PM
Sorry everyone, looks like we're still in the thick of it. The site back down as we try to resolve the issue. Trying to assess our available options right now. (edited)
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 1h

Sounds like this is the future of Windows for me

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ValiantAMM @valiantamm.blackskycomra.de · 1h

Makes perfect sense to me. You gotta be a nepo baby (read: upper middle class) to have a bespoke neon Majora's Mask in your 20s

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 13h

Welcome to all recent Twitter refugees. This is a liberal echo chamber, name your favorite Biden head freckle or your account gets deleted in 48 hours

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ValiantAMM @valiantamm.blackskycomra.de · 14h

聞いたことない！面白そうなゲームです。ウイッシュリストに付け足しました。

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Tirk @tirkarokujo.itch.io · 16h

worlds first vibe coded console

Sean Hollister @seanhollister.bsky.social · 1d

My Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X review.

The top phrases running through my mind while testing it:

"Someone's getting fired for greenlighting this launch"

"This is not an Xbox"

"If this is the future of Xbox, Xbox is screwed."

Went with the middle.

www.theverge.com/games/799698...

This is not an Xbox

Microsoft’s first “Xbox” handhelds are shipping not fully baked.

www.theverge.com

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Addy Berry, PhD @addyberry.bsky.social · 1d

So I guess sex work is only ok if just tech oligarchs are profiting off it and not marginalized women or minorities who depend on it to survive?

The Verge @theverge.com · 2d

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

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ValiantAMM @valiantamm.blackskycomra.de · 18h

catching up on concafe. scumbag lesbian representation

A comic page.
Miki, drooling slightly, says "...HUGE..."
Panel 2:
HA! she yells, when two of her coworkers turn to look at her.
Panel 3:
Panicked, she says: "Wait, no! Uuuh"
"Did you know that the building in front of Runway Cafe is a love hotel?"
Tsumugu, replying: "Should I just kill you now?"

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ValiantAMM @valiantamm.blackskycomra.de · 19h

Huh, I've been to BitSummit so it's not like I didn't know there were smaller sized teams making games, but I don't think I realized until now that it might actually be viable to get a games job in Japan as someone who isn't from there originally. Maybe I need to put more thought into it

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She-wolf of Naarm, Prowling for Narrative Work @jadedsynic.bsky.social · 20h

I think it should remain possible to work professionally on video games

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arimia @arimiadev.com · 22h

you should play the demo for my woke otome game about Victorian vampires
store.steampowered.com/app/3072470/...

capsule image of Crimson Waves on the Emerald Sea: Amaranthine Moon. underneath it says:
NOT RECOMMENDED
Woke content.

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Howard Tayler @howardtayler.bsky.social · 20h

The point of a student newspaper is not to inform the students about stuff. The point is to teach the journalism students how to be journalists.

If the student journalists are only allowed to write about homecoming, they'll become journalists who write fluff pieces to keep the population docile.

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d

They're trying to prevent the student newspaper from printing news, period. Not just a particular story.

"The Media School directed us to print no news in the paper... nothing but information about homecoming — no other news at all, and particularly no traditional front page news coverage."

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d

Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.

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James GHOULizio @theswweet.blackskycomra.de · 22h

Oh FUCK that

NESbot @nesbot.bsky.social · 22h

MercurySteam (Metroid Dread) employees speak out - 10-hour workdays, unclear policies, and a workplace falling apart
www.resetera.com/threads/13...

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Nicholas Burgess @nicholasburgess.bsky.social · 22h

"I Want You"

Watch the full version: youtu.be/xAzw3ZpDk_A

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ValiantAMM @valiantamm.blackskycomra.de · 22h

I've been here for like over a year and I didn't know this was a thing. This is way better. Thank you!!

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Black Tabby Games (This is Tony) - Slay the Princess @blacktabbygames.com · 23h

the final 500 free copies of both of our games have dropped on itch!

2000 slay the princess fan art submissions in only 15 days! you all are incredible. get your copies now while you still can

blacktabbygames.itch.io/slay-the-pri... blacktabbygames.itch.io/scarlet-hollow

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alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social · 23h

Wild how, once I left Twitter, they stopped trying to do this about my every move.

Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 1d

collar gate is the latest instance of a trumped-up non-issue blossoming into a large-scale psychosis event – and possibly the dumbest. it's also the modern internet doing exactly what it was engineered to do

To be honest, I wouldn’t be mentioning this if not for the fact that it’s a microcosm of how online platforms work today: Somebody makes an accusation based on evidence that’s spurious at best, big names with something to gain (viewership or the downfall of a perceived enemy) uncritically boost it, internet sleuths obsessively piece together supporting evidence by amassing context-free clips and ignoring everything that doesn’t match their intended conclusion, and all of the aforementioned parties spread performatively apoplectic videos across Reddit, YouTube, TikTok, Twitter, and wherever else they can sucker in uninitiated normies.

Some version of this happens every week – every day, on a smaller scale – without fail. It accomplishes nothing aside from giving the disaffected masses a brief glimmer of what feels like purpose, but is actually a bloodsucking waste of their precious time on this dying planet. And of course, it provides platforms with sweet, sweet engagement numbers. As a result, platforms will probably never intervene to disrupt this corrosive dynamic, which has broken the general public’s ability to perceive anything resembling objective reality, even as society collapses around them and people like Piker attempt to identify the real reasons why (hint: they don't involve dog collars).

The internet has been like this at least since the Depp v. Heard trial, which wannabe sleuths similarly feasted on in 2022 while getting pretty much every important detail completely wrong. At least back then they were obsessing over something of consequence. Now they’ve taught viewers to regard every trumped-up non-issue they can surface with similar gravity.

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ValiantAMM @valiantamm.blackskycomra.de · 22h

It's like I can hear her voice...

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 1d

I can't believe we're still talking about this

aftermath.site/hasan-piker-...

hasan ranting while his dog, kaya, attempts to leave her spot

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jenny_tightpants🪑 @jtp.bsky.social · 1d

everyone on here seems to think that there's just one feature you can add or remove from social media to make people not go insane on here. this belief, i think, is itself a form of madness

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Palette Swap @paletteswap.site · 23h

A scientific breakthrough was made this week as experts finally found something new to say about The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
paletteswap.site/dif...

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Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 1d

Long story short, an actual Nazi doxxing ring. Enough people reported them that they went away for like 12 hours and then Elon personally brought them back. The site is dead. If you’re still on there, go lock your account right now

chris @knightscrest.bsky.social · 1d

what even happened on the other site this time

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Ela Bambust 🏳️‍⚧️ @ela-bambust.bsky.social · 1d

this is possibly the funniest sensitivity slider I've ever seen in a game

in a parody of "mouse sensitivity" sliders, the demo for Q-UP has a "developer sensitivity" slider that assigns a number of stars to the game

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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 1d

Between this and the revelation that The Escapist is also a gambling content site now I think it's fair to conclude that

A) Games journalism is no longer seen as viable by Money People
B) More terrifyingly, gambling is getting culturally normalized and is becoming a demo of people to market to.

Alex Donaldson @apzonerunner.com · 1d

Videogamer's new logo a screaming exclamation mark on the 'support independent games media' argument. Legitimately thought this was someone taking the piss when it was first posted in a discord, but no, it's on the site. You have to laugh (or else you'll cry)

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Greg @lysander03.bsky.social · 1d

You’ve found Hugrak. This gigantic crow like Domeskai is only heard of in legends and is said to protect the dreams of cities and towns its visits. What’s its relation to Munrax?

Last day to back my new game, Domeskai Tamers!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/jap...

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