Naomi Clark (@metasynthie) 暗悪直美
@halfrobot.com
Game Designer (Consentacle +37 others)
Chair / Director, NYU Game Center ( https://gamecenter.nyu.edu/ )
Founding Collective, Sylvia Rivera Law Project
Formerly: Gamelab, LEGO, strap-on.org etc.
https://metasynthie.itch.io/
Opinions are only my own!
Chair / Director, NYU Game Center ( https://gamecenter.nyu.edu/ )
Founding Collective, Sylvia Rivera Law Project
Formerly: Gamelab, LEGO, strap-on.org etc.
https://metasynthie.itch.io/
Opinions are only my own!
This year we're proud to present STILL TOP SEKRIT new games from:
* Julián Cordero (@despelote.game)
* @alt254.bsky.social + @chouxsalad.bsky.social (of the OCTOPAD, hint hint)
* Jana Romanova ( janaromanova.com )
* @nicole.pizza (The Crush House) + @okremiok.bsky.social (Pikuniku)
* Julián Cordero (@despelote.game)
* @alt254.bsky.social + @chouxsalad.bsky.social (of the OCTOPAD, hint hint)
* Jana Romanova ( janaromanova.com )
* @nicole.pizza (The Crush House) + @okremiok.bsky.social (Pikuniku)
November 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This year we're proud to present STILL TOP SEKRIT new games from:
* Julián Cordero (@despelote.game)
* @alt254.bsky.social + @chouxsalad.bsky.social (of the OCTOPAD, hint hint)
* Jana Romanova ( janaromanova.com )
* @nicole.pizza (The Crush House) + @okremiok.bsky.social (Pikuniku)
* Julián Cordero (@despelote.game)
* @alt254.bsky.social + @chouxsalad.bsky.social (of the OCTOPAD, hint hint)
* Jana Romanova ( janaromanova.com )
* @nicole.pizza (The Crush House) + @okremiok.bsky.social (Pikuniku)
Finally, as if a week of events wasn't enough:
SATURDAY NOV 22 at 7PM NYC's pile of weirdo/artsy/indie game-makers hosts the 14th annual NO QUARTER exhibition of games, with four never-before-seen works of play at a big party.
RSVP for a free ticket WHILE THEY LAST: noquarter2025.eventbrite.com
SATURDAY NOV 22 at 7PM NYC's pile of weirdo/artsy/indie game-makers hosts the 14th annual NO QUARTER exhibition of games, with four never-before-seen works of play at a big party.
RSVP for a free ticket WHILE THEY LAST: noquarter2025.eventbrite.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Finally, as if a week of events wasn't enough:
SATURDAY NOV 22 at 7PM NYC's pile of weirdo/artsy/indie game-makers hosts the 14th annual NO QUARTER exhibition of games, with four never-before-seen works of play at a big party.
RSVP for a free ticket WHILE THEY LAST: noquarter2025.eventbrite.com
SATURDAY NOV 22 at 7PM NYC's pile of weirdo/artsy/indie game-makers hosts the 14th annual NO QUARTER exhibition of games, with four never-before-seen works of play at a big party.
RSVP for a free ticket WHILE THEY LAST: noquarter2025.eventbrite.com
Then, STARTING FRIDAY NIGHT across NYC it's the week of Game Design Days, a series of free pop-up community game events at Wonderville, the Game of 1000 Boxes, Women in Games NYC, Twenty-Sided Store, BumbleBear Games and many more spaces!
Check out the full calendar+map:
game-design-days.com
Check out the full calendar+map:
game-design-days.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Then, STARTING FRIDAY NIGHT across NYC it's the week of Game Design Days, a series of free pop-up community game events at Wonderville, the Game of 1000 Boxes, Women in Games NYC, Twenty-Sided Store, BumbleBear Games and many more spaces!
Check out the full calendar+map:
game-design-days.com
Check out the full calendar+map:
game-design-days.com
THURSDAY EVENING in downtown Brooklyn I'm moderating a talk w/
julian cordero of @despelote.game !
@apthomson.bsky.social + @qdork.bsky.social of Consume Me !
@gcuzzillo.bsky.social of Baby Steps !
Come discuss the SHEER AUDACITY to release an indie game in 2025
alumnideveloperspanel.eventbrite.com
julian cordero of @despelote.game !
@apthomson.bsky.social + @qdork.bsky.social of Consume Me !
@gcuzzillo.bsky.social of Baby Steps !
Come discuss the SHEER AUDACITY to release an indie game in 2025
alumnideveloperspanel.eventbrite.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
THURSDAY EVENING in downtown Brooklyn I'm moderating a talk w/
julian cordero of @despelote.game !
@apthomson.bsky.social + @qdork.bsky.social of Consume Me !
@gcuzzillo.bsky.social of Baby Steps !
Come discuss the SHEER AUDACITY to release an indie game in 2025
alumnideveloperspanel.eventbrite.com
julian cordero of @despelote.game !
@apthomson.bsky.social + @qdork.bsky.social of Consume Me !
@gcuzzillo.bsky.social of Baby Steps !
Come discuss the SHEER AUDACITY to release an indie game in 2025
alumnideveloperspanel.eventbrite.com
Re: last repost
About 25 years ago, I noticed the same funny thing about games framed as brutal competition but where cooperative play IS possible. It also happened in the first multiplayer online game I designed: co-op peer pressure vs "bad form" PVP! Ever since I've been more interested in co-op.
About 25 years ago, I noticed the same funny thing about games framed as brutal competition but where cooperative play IS possible. It also happened in the first multiplayer online game I designed: co-op peer pressure vs "bad form" PVP! Ever since I've been more interested in co-op.
November 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Re: last repost
About 25 years ago, I noticed the same funny thing about games framed as brutal competition but where cooperative play IS possible. It also happened in the first multiplayer online game I designed: co-op peer pressure vs "bad form" PVP! Ever since I've been more interested in co-op.
About 25 years ago, I noticed the same funny thing about games framed as brutal competition but where cooperative play IS possible. It also happened in the first multiplayer online game I designed: co-op peer pressure vs "bad form" PVP! Ever since I've been more interested in co-op.
Turns out he meant this literally, he is actually on track to burn around $50 billion in a year and does not care
November 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Turns out he meant this literally, he is actually on track to burn around $50 billion in a year and does not care
Amazingly the second chart in this report continue the theme, with “yeah, people sure say a lot of different stuff about how much AI is being used!” Whole report has the “boss asked me to report on this and the answer is WHO FUCKING KNOWS but I have to write that nicely!?” energy. GJ bankers
November 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Amazingly the second chart in this report continue the theme, with “yeah, people sure say a lot of different stuff about how much AI is being used!” Whole report has the “boss asked me to report on this and the answer is WHO FUCKING KNOWS but I have to write that nicely!?” energy. GJ bankers
Original report here: www.dallasfed.org/research/eco... and an excerpt.
“Under one view of the likely impact of AI, the future will look similar to the past…” (singularity is speculative yadda yadda) then basically “Goldman Sachs says everything COULD stay the same so let’s go with that”
“Under one view of the likely impact of AI, the future will look similar to the past…” (singularity is speculative yadda yadda) then basically “Goldman Sachs says everything COULD stay the same so let’s go with that”
November 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Original report here: www.dallasfed.org/research/eco... and an excerpt.
“Under one view of the likely impact of AI, the future will look similar to the past…” (singularity is speculative yadda yadda) then basically “Goldman Sachs says everything COULD stay the same so let’s go with that”
“Under one view of the likely impact of AI, the future will look similar to the past…” (singularity is speculative yadda yadda) then basically “Goldman Sachs says everything COULD stay the same so let’s go with that”
An amazing chart-crime from researchers at the Dallas Fed to illustrate “Gosh people sure say a lot of things about AI singularities but most of it is kind of unhinged speculation! So let’s assume things will keep being normal! Some of the economists did a conservative projection that says that…”
November 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
An amazing chart-crime from researchers at the Dallas Fed to illustrate “Gosh people sure say a lot of things about AI singularities but most of it is kind of unhinged speculation! So let’s assume things will keep being normal! Some of the economists did a conservative projection that says that…”
Any sci-fi fans who still can’t wrap their heads around how a system like a LLM can appear to be intelligent without ever being conscious or having any conscious intents, goals or opinions would do well to read Peter Watts’ Blindsight, a prescient narrative explanation
November 7, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Any sci-fi fans who still can’t wrap their heads around how a system like a LLM can appear to be intelligent without ever being conscious or having any conscious intents, goals or opinions would do well to read Peter Watts’ Blindsight, a prescient narrative explanation
Here are some simple instructions on how to help that even hedge fund guys can follow.
Standard Deduction for—
• Single or Married filing separately, $15,750
• Married filing jointly or Qualifying surviving spouse, $31,500
• Head of household, $23,625
Standard Deduction for—
• Single or Married filing separately, $15,750
• Married filing jointly or Qualifying surviving spouse, $31,500
• Head of household, $23,625
November 5, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Here are some simple instructions on how to help that even hedge fund guys can follow.
Standard Deduction for—
• Single or Married filing separately, $15,750
• Married filing jointly or Qualifying surviving spouse, $31,500
• Head of household, $23,625
Standard Deduction for—
• Single or Married filing separately, $15,750
• Married filing jointly or Qualifying surviving spouse, $31,500
• Head of household, $23,625
Kalshi posting subway ads showing months of odds history, in NYC, during early voting, feels like a weird flex, also possibly suppressive, illegal vibes etc. Also turning everything into money bets is gross and boring
October 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Kalshi posting subway ads showing months of odds history, in NYC, during early voting, feels like a weird flex, also possibly suppressive, illegal vibes etc. Also turning everything into money bets is gross and boring
You know I think I like the uncanny valley more these days than the other side, "the barely-canny slopmarsh." This definitely qualifies as the former. Clear provenance too. Chef's barf-kiss. (via Chris Heatherly using LTX-2)
October 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
You know I think I like the uncanny valley more these days than the other side, "the barely-canny slopmarsh." This definitely qualifies as the former. Clear provenance too. Chef's barf-kiss. (via Chris Heatherly using LTX-2)
The true underlying "gender ideology" the right fears is simply that "living up to one solid, societal definition of masculinity" is nothing more than a huge scam used to exploit, control and abuse people, one long string of "fellas is it gay..." jokes.
[ From www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/love-sex/... ]
[ From www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/love-sex/... ]
October 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The true underlying "gender ideology" the right fears is simply that "living up to one solid, societal definition of masculinity" is nothing more than a huge scam used to exploit, control and abuse people, one long string of "fellas is it gay..." jokes.
[ From www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/love-sex/... ]
[ From www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/love-sex/... ]
I do not know what led this asymmetric coop game to show up on the NYU Game Center 's front door today unless it was me quietly praying "Robert Moses... did bad things..." at bedtime. But it looks great and is going right in the library
October 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I do not know what led this asymmetric coop game to show up on the NYU Game Center 's front door today unless it was me quietly praying "Robert Moses... did bad things..." at bedtime. But it looks great and is going right in the library
Oops this aspect was reported in a different story (the Post) but here it is. eally says something notable that the GOP in this case was too nervous to let a LLM get all weird with roleplaying as a Democrat with access to actual policy text in concept -- might have been hard to beat?! LOL
October 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Oops this aspect was reported in a different story (the Post) but here it is. eally says something notable that the GOP in this case was too nervous to let a LLM get all weird with roleplaying as a Democrat with access to actual policy text in concept -- might have been hard to beat?! LOL
The origin story of social deduction games is pretty wild, you guys… it’s like half Soviet organizational-development psychology (its own wild field of game design) and quarter Soviet “games were frowned upon” and quarter frustration about undergrads not saying anything in class
October 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The origin story of social deduction games is pretty wild, you guys… it’s like half Soviet organizational-development psychology (its own wild field of game design) and quarter Soviet “games were frowned upon” and quarter frustration about undergrads not saying anything in class
HEY NYC! Tomorrow night in downtown Brooklyn we're proud to host Dimma Davidoff, creator of Mafia and a founding figure of social deduction games in general, giving a talk called "MINIMUM VIABLE MYSTERY." Free, open to public, 7 PM!
RSVP to get on the list: dimmadavidofflectureseries.eventbrite.com
RSVP to get on the list: dimmadavidofflectureseries.eventbrite.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
HEY NYC! Tomorrow night in downtown Brooklyn we're proud to host Dimma Davidoff, creator of Mafia and a founding figure of social deduction games in general, giving a talk called "MINIMUM VIABLE MYSTERY." Free, open to public, 7 PM!
RSVP to get on the list: dimmadavidofflectureseries.eventbrite.com
RSVP to get on the list: dimmadavidofflectureseries.eventbrite.com
Now convinced that I CAN like the traditional dad videogames, the games where you're a dad and you protect your precious child and then they become better than the dad at the thing in the game (in this case, walking with legs)
Mostly true if the kids are three very good chickens
Mostly true if the kids are three very good chickens
October 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Now convinced that I CAN like the traditional dad videogames, the games where you're a dad and you protect your precious child and then they become better than the dad at the thing in the game (in this case, walking with legs)
Mostly true if the kids are three very good chickens
Mostly true if the kids are three very good chickens
here's my cheat sheet in case anyone ever gets stuck on this. why would you unless you're trying to troll some trolls, really
October 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
here's my cheat sheet in case anyone ever gets stuck on this. why would you unless you're trying to troll some trolls, really
At last... I beat the secret boss of Baby Steps. I am referring to this thing. If you don't know what it is that's good. Stay on the level where you're just putting rooms into the mansion to find more rooms. No wait... that's Blue Prince. Just walk up some stairs
October 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM
At last... I beat the secret boss of Baby Steps. I am referring to this thing. If you don't know what it is that's good. Stay on the level where you're just putting rooms into the mansion to find more rooms. No wait... that's Blue Prince. Just walk up some stairs
The semi-stealth vibes are especially notable given the unhinged frenzy on X about data where the biggest-looking spike shows... a difference of about ~80 prep-school students checking "non-binary?"
Yes, Matt. It's all over, you won. Go back to sleep, transgenders are gone... don't worry about them
Yes, Matt. It's all over, you won. Go back to sleep, transgenders are gone... don't worry about them
October 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The semi-stealth vibes are especially notable given the unhinged frenzy on X about data where the biggest-looking spike shows... a difference of about ~80 prep-school students checking "non-binary?"
Yes, Matt. It's all over, you won. Go back to sleep, transgenders are gone... don't worry about them
Yes, Matt. It's all over, you won. Go back to sleep, transgenders are gone... don't worry about them
Look, I've been one of the rearmost advocates of "visibility sucks" for decades, but wow... the Verge really waited three whole days after National Coming Out Day to launch the Hide Hide Right Away Everybody Hide special issue huh? I'm sorry, I mean the Being Trans On the Internet special issue
October 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Look, I've been one of the rearmost advocates of "visibility sucks" for decades, but wow... the Verge really waited three whole days after National Coming Out Day to launch the Hide Hide Right Away Everybody Hide special issue huh? I'm sorry, I mean the Being Trans On the Internet special issue
I traced the exact provenance of the long-term memory reference which unexpectedly surfaced yesterday to influence this pumpkin. It turns out it's page 33 in the appendix to the instruction manual for Sorcerer (1984), the Field Guide to the Creatures of Frobozz, which I viewed once in the late 80s
October 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I traced the exact provenance of the long-term memory reference which unexpectedly surfaced yesterday to influence this pumpkin. It turns out it's page 33 in the appendix to the instruction manual for Sorcerer (1984), the Field Guide to the Creatures of Frobozz, which I viewed once in the late 80s
did a 2025 mood pumpkin
October 14, 2025 at 12:53 AM
did a 2025 mood pumpkin