love @mackeza.bsky.social on participatory video-game play + i love the idea of a "video game book club". have been thinking a lot about how we can bring video games into real-world social circumstances, gentle or raucous crowd participation, allowing social discovery. i want new event formats!

I know developers are afraid to deny players what they want or expect, but I genuinely believe that doing so — intentionally & thoughtfully — can mean players *remember* the game long after, like a grain of sand in an oyster turning to a pearl #ThirstySuitors 💔💦
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The article indicates that the mid and aft fuselages were produced in Charleston, and I think is quite clear in the piece that we don’t know what caused this particular crash yet. But drawing attention to Boeing’s lax safety standards in the wake of this catastrophe seems relevant nonetheless?

Ayesha Begum, whose Indian son is being forcibly separated from his Pakistani wife, who has to leave behind her breastfeeding baby who has an Indian passport, says "These are victims of love. [...] Fall in love in hell, but never in Pakistan"

At #DVRS25 organised by @pocinplay.bsky.social & the School of Digital Arts Manchester — kicking off with a talk about the recently BAFTA-winning Zau. I’m doing a retrospective fireside on Thirsty Suitors tomorrow 💔💦 Say hi if you’re around ✨

hello hello friends — if you’re at #londongamesfestival come play the demo of All Will Rise downstairs at the Museum of London venue. mix with capitalist overlords and construction workers, ecoterrorists & godmen. play your cards to win people over. avenge a dead god & hold the powerful to account

guess you won't be seeing thirsty suitors on netflix 🫥
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