Cindy Poremba
@cloobot.bsky.social
Experimental gamemaker, captured media superfan, wanderer in forests. OCAD University/kokoromi (she/them)
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Inspired by lo-fi study beats and driven by my desire for peaceful winter ambience, Endless Winters is a simple hack of EarthBound that perpetually pans over a snowy landscape.
Designed for original hardware, it functions as a installation piece that can be quickly installed using a SNES and a CRT.
Designed for original hardware, it functions as a installation piece that can be quickly installed using a SNES and a CRT.
Endless Winters by Michael Iantorno
A lo-fi ambient hack of EarthBound
michaeliantorno.itch.io
November 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Inspired by lo-fi study beats and driven by my desire for peaceful winter ambience, Endless Winters is a simple hack of EarthBound that perpetually pans over a snowy landscape.
Designed for original hardware, it functions as a installation piece that can be quickly installed using a SNES and a CRT.
Designed for original hardware, it functions as a installation piece that can be quickly installed using a SNES and a CRT.
This year the Digital Futures OPEN Show will take place on December 11, 5-8pm at 205 Richmond Street West, Toronto, Canada, as well as online via the website df.show Members of the DF Community (students, faculty, alumni) can submit work here! forms.office.com/r/Q0giqeFVHR
Open Show 2025
DIGITAL FUTURES OPEN SHOW 2025 is happening… on Thursday, December 11th from 5:00 to 8:00 PM (TBC) at 205 Richmond Street West in the Graduate Gallery, Experimental Media Space, and rooms 115, 118, 12...
df.show
November 12, 2025 at 1:53 AM
This year the Digital Futures OPEN Show will take place on December 11, 5-8pm at 205 Richmond Street West, Toronto, Canada, as well as online via the website df.show Members of the DF Community (students, faculty, alumni) can submit work here! forms.office.com/r/Q0giqeFVHR
“The Game Needs to Change - Towards Sustainable Game Design” is now available for pre-order (official release 17th of November)!:
www.routledge.com/The-Game-Nee...
This book shows how games can play their part in addressing climate change and how we can sustainably make games for sustainability.
www.routledge.com/The-Game-Nee...
This book shows how games can play their part in addressing climate change and how we can sustainably make games for sustainability.
The Game Needs to Change: Towards Sustainable Game Design
This book shows how games can play their part in addressing climate change and how we can sustainably make games for sustainability. Based on both industry practice and research, the chapters within t...
www.routledge.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
“The Game Needs to Change - Towards Sustainable Game Design” is now available for pre-order (official release 17th of November)!:
www.routledge.com/The-Game-Nee...
This book shows how games can play their part in addressing climate change and how we can sustainably make games for sustainability.
www.routledge.com/The-Game-Nee...
This book shows how games can play their part in addressing climate change and how we can sustainably make games for sustainability.
OR, come be a Canada Research Chair (emerging scholar tier): tre.tbe.taleo.net/tre01/ats/ca...
Hiring Tier II, Canada Research Chair: Future of Design, Research Office - Faculty
View job details and apply now
tre.tbe.taleo.net
September 27, 2025 at 9:44 PM
OR, come be a Canada Research Chair (emerging scholar tier): tre.tbe.taleo.net/tre01/ats/ca...
Come co-teach Atelier 0 with me! A0 is a first-year introduction to speculative futures, with studio practice across a range of digital technologies. Particularly looking for folks who can introduce students to Touch Designer, or some kind of web scripting. tre.tbe.taleo.net/tre01/ats/ca...
Hiring Sessional Instructor: Atelier 0, Faculty of Arts & Science, Fall/Winter 2025-26, Faculty of Arts & Science - Faculty
View job details and apply now
tre.tbe.taleo.net
September 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Come co-teach Atelier 0 with me! A0 is a first-year introduction to speculative futures, with studio practice across a range of digital technologies. Particularly looking for folks who can introduce students to Touch Designer, or some kind of web scripting. tre.tbe.taleo.net/tre01/ats/ca...
Honoured to have actively participated in this historic national event: www.blogto.com/sports_play/...
Toronto Blue Jays fans just broke a concerningly huge hot dog-eating record
Break out the antacids, because Toronto Blue Jays fans just broke their Loonie Dogs Night hot dog consumption record, gobbling enough glizzies to str…
www.blogto.com
August 27, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Honoured to have actively participated in this historic national event: www.blogto.com/sports_play/...
A local radio commercial just rhymed Toronto with "everything ya wanna," and I feel this is the official word on pronunciation.
August 27, 2025 at 10:26 PM
A local radio commercial just rhymed Toronto with "everything ya wanna," and I feel this is the official word on pronunciation.
I guess I could double boycott it. Excited about this virtual shadow conference!
And there we have it. A call to boycott SCMS this year.
August 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I guess I could double boycott it. Excited about this virtual shadow conference!
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The Canadian boycott is standing up to gangster fascism. Now we need to take the boycott global. I met with elected representatives from across the Americas in Mexico City and delivered this message: we must work across borders to resist the threats of Donald Trump.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7gb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7gb...
CHARLIE ANGUS CALLS FOR GLOBAL BOYCOTT OF USA
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
www.youtube.com
August 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The Canadian boycott is standing up to gangster fascism. Now we need to take the boycott global. I met with elected representatives from across the Americas in Mexico City and delivered this message: we must work across borders to resist the threats of Donald Trump.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7gb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7gb...
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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.
When storefronts start mass bannings, everything is threatened.
July 24, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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.
When storefronts start mass bannings, everything is threatened.
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I just wanted somewhere to post my weird gay video games. Why can’t they leave us alone
July 24, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I just wanted somewhere to post my weird gay video games. Why can’t they leave us alone
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Apple is delisting Wheels of Aurelia from the App Store, because it's... "obsolete". Our statement:
July 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Apple is delisting Wheels of Aurelia from the App Store, because it's... "obsolete". Our statement:
Took the kayak up to Dad's to paddle around the ponds. Cloudy and tranquil.
July 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Took the kayak up to Dad's to paddle around the ponds. Cloudy and tranquil.
Someone has put up "Tearable Puns" around the neighborhood.
June 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Someone has put up "Tearable Puns" around the neighborhood.
Doing a thing tomorrow: conference.virtualreality.to/events/cindy...
Capture Matters: How Volumetric Images Transform Documentary Media - VRTO Spatial Media World Conference & Expo
This talk explores how volumetric images– hologram-like immersive content– are creating new possibilities for empathy, understanding, and human connection in immersive media —while challenging us to r...
conference.virtualreality.to
June 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Doing a thing tomorrow: conference.virtualreality.to/events/cindy...
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Hey, you should apply to be my boss!
Job: Head of School of Art, Carnegie Mellon University
www.imsearch.com/open-searche...
Check us out on the 'gram
www.instagram.com/cmuschoolofa...
Job: Head of School of Art, Carnegie Mellon University
www.imsearch.com/open-searche...
Check us out on the 'gram
www.instagram.com/cmuschoolofa...
June 25, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Hey, you should apply to be my boss!
Job: Head of School of Art, Carnegie Mellon University
www.imsearch.com/open-searche...
Check us out on the 'gram
www.instagram.com/cmuschoolofa...
Job: Head of School of Art, Carnegie Mellon University
www.imsearch.com/open-searche...
Check us out on the 'gram
www.instagram.com/cmuschoolofa...
Seems like a good time and place for a re-read.
June 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Seems like a good time and place for a re-read.
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Have you ever participated in a larp? Have you designed or organized a larp? If so, we want to to hear about it.
The Larpocracy research project is gathering data on larpers, designers, and organizers, click here for more 👉 www.larpocracy.eu/news/larp-su...
#Larpocracy #larp #larpfordemocracy
The Larpocracy research project is gathering data on larpers, designers, and organizers, click here for more 👉 www.larpocracy.eu/news/larp-su...
#Larpocracy #larp #larpfordemocracy
June 4, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Have you ever participated in a larp? Have you designed or organized a larp? If so, we want to to hear about it.
The Larpocracy research project is gathering data on larpers, designers, and organizers, click here for more 👉 www.larpocracy.eu/news/larp-su...
#Larpocracy #larp #larpfordemocracy
The Larpocracy research project is gathering data on larpers, designers, and organizers, click here for more 👉 www.larpocracy.eu/news/larp-su...
#Larpocracy #larp #larpfordemocracy
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I'm researching games for @exhibitplay.com that critique the game industry. Need at least 5. I found two so far. If you know of anymore, please share!
moreelen.itch.io/a-woman-goes...
storysinger-presents.itch.io/hashtag-audi...
moreelen.itch.io/a-woman-goes...
storysinger-presents.itch.io/hashtag-audi...
A woman goes to a private games industry party by Rosa Carbo-Mascarell
Play in your browser
moreelen.itch.io
June 2, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I'm researching games for @exhibitplay.com that critique the game industry. Need at least 5. I found two so far. If you know of anymore, please share!
moreelen.itch.io/a-woman-goes...
storysinger-presents.itch.io/hashtag-audi...
moreelen.itch.io/a-woman-goes...
storysinger-presents.itch.io/hashtag-audi...
First assembly! Maiden voyage tomorrow morning.
June 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
First assembly! Maiden voyage tomorrow morning.
So weird to be on a VIA train and not get a tiny tin of Pringles. Must remember in the future to stuff a tennis ball tube with Canadian snacks.
May 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
So weird to be on a VIA train and not get a tiny tin of Pringles. Must remember in the future to stuff a tennis ball tube with Canadian snacks.