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📜 Archivist + Caretaker of dnacreative.notion.site/codex
✨ Notion Seller (my Notions could kill a dragon)
📺 Co-Creator, Former Producer/Editor of #FutureOfPlay Direct
⚔️ Semi-retired #cosplay lady
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Alanna Smith
@alannamode.bsky.social
· Jun 20
DNA CODEX: The GameDev Library
DNA CODEX is a free digital GameDev Library built and maintained by DnA Creative - a curated and community supported digital archive for game development resources.
dnacreative.notion.site
We’re gonna leave the games industry better than we found it 😤
Introducing DNA CODEX: The GameDev Library 🧬
📚 ongoing, always growing, digital archive for all
💸 COMMUNITY-FUNDED and freely accessible
🫡 curated + maintained by DnA Creative (us!)
dnacreative.notion.site/codex
Introducing DNA CODEX: The GameDev Library 🧬
📚 ongoing, always growing, digital archive for all
💸 COMMUNITY-FUNDED and freely accessible
🫡 curated + maintained by DnA Creative (us!)
dnacreative.notion.site/codex
Games industry operates like the film industry with absolutely none of its protections and its fuckin brutal
This kind of "let them go after the project is done" is only moderately possible with a whole ecosystem of unions and creative houses. It's wild this isn't regulated
This kind of "let them go after the project is done" is only moderately possible with a whole ecosystem of unions and creative houses. It's wild this isn't regulated
February 12, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Games industry operates like the film industry with absolutely none of its protections and its fuckin brutal
This kind of "let them go after the project is done" is only moderately possible with a whole ecosystem of unions and creative houses. It's wild this isn't regulated
This kind of "let them go after the project is done" is only moderately possible with a whole ecosystem of unions and creative houses. It's wild this isn't regulated
It's like a desire to appear intelligent/informed by wearing the polite aesthetic of level-headedness. Because the alternatives are
- admitting you don't understand the issue enough to get why folks are mad, or decide on a stance at all
- admitting you're on the unfavorable/bad side of the issue
- admitting you don't understand the issue enough to get why folks are mad, or decide on a stance at all
- admitting you're on the unfavorable/bad side of the issue
February 12, 2026 at 1:18 AM
It's like a desire to appear intelligent/informed by wearing the polite aesthetic of level-headedness. Because the alternatives are
- admitting you don't understand the issue enough to get why folks are mad, or decide on a stance at all
- admitting you're on the unfavorable/bad side of the issue
- admitting you don't understand the issue enough to get why folks are mad, or decide on a stance at all
- admitting you're on the unfavorable/bad side of the issue
Cause I much prefer to watch and learn and strategize and set up a well planned takedown than run in and learn by getting shot at or whatever 😂 it's like hunting! Or a puzzle to solve!
Enemies see me? Scary. Solution? Become invisible menace they never see coming.
Enemies see me? Scary. Solution? Become invisible menace they never see coming.
February 11, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Cause I much prefer to watch and learn and strategize and set up a well planned takedown than run in and learn by getting shot at or whatever 😂 it's like hunting! Or a puzzle to solve!
Enemies see me? Scary. Solution? Become invisible menace they never see coming.
Enemies see me? Scary. Solution? Become invisible menace they never see coming.
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
Maybe also stills from theatre, as they need to exaggerate far more than film/tv to get emotion across!
February 11, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Maybe also stills from theatre, as they need to exaggerate far more than film/tv to get emotion across!
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🇬🇧📢 At least 1200 workers from Ubisoft were on strike today !
Workers are rejecting the Guillemot dynasty's loser strategy and demanding the freedom to make good games in good working conditions. The strike will continue tomorrow and the day after ✊
Workers are rejecting the Guillemot dynasty's loser strategy and demanding the freedom to make good games in good working conditions. The strike will continue tomorrow and the day after ✊
🇬🇧✊🌀 Ubisoft: unions called for a strike on February 10th, 11th and 12th. Here is the list of all the pickets around France ⤵️
February 10, 2026 at 5:04 PM
🇬🇧📢 At least 1200 workers from Ubisoft were on strike today !
Workers are rejecting the Guillemot dynasty's loser strategy and demanding the freedom to make good games in good working conditions. The strike will continue tomorrow and the day after ✊
Workers are rejecting the Guillemot dynasty's loser strategy and demanding the freedom to make good games in good working conditions. The strike will continue tomorrow and the day after ✊
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No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor
February 11, 2026 at 1:46 AM
No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor
GENUINELY! A chart helps reflect on the result but like you gotta absorb the WHY and HOW something worked by learning and training the ole vibe check
February 11, 2026 at 1:39 AM
GENUINELY! A chart helps reflect on the result but like you gotta absorb the WHY and HOW something worked by learning and training the ole vibe check
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It's cold in winter, but there is a solution
February 10, 2026 at 8:01 PM
It's cold in winter, but there is a solution
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🇬🇧✊🌀 Ubisoft : enough is enough! Faced with the arbitrary decision of the CEO who doesn’t even dare talking to employees anymore, unions are calling for a strike on February 10th, 11th and 12th.
January 28, 2026 at 12:10 PM
🇬🇧✊🌀 Ubisoft : enough is enough! Faced with the arbitrary decision of the CEO who doesn’t even dare talking to employees anymore, unions are calling for a strike on February 10th, 11th and 12th.
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1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
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Thank you for the artshare 💜
February 9, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Thank you for the artshare 💜
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it drives you insane how much erosion of freedom is justified by concern for kids when the people who actually hurt them will never face consequences
February 9, 2026 at 2:42 PM
it drives you insane how much erosion of freedom is justified by concern for kids when the people who actually hurt them will never face consequences
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hit 'em where it hurts!! 🥰✨
February 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM
hit 'em where it hurts!! 🥰✨
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📺 I’ll always love this story/event. One of many examples of Black creators having a HUGE impact on pop culture.
This episode took MILLIONS of viewers away from CBS during Super Bowl XXVI’s halftime to the point in which it forced the NFL to make big changes for Super Bowl halftime entertainment. 🏈
This episode took MILLIONS of viewers away from CBS during Super Bowl XXVI’s halftime to the point in which it forced the NFL to make big changes for Super Bowl halftime entertainment. 🏈
- there would be no #SuperBowlHalfTimeShow without #InLivingColor. January 26, 1992. never forget.
February 8, 2026 at 5:23 PM
📺 I’ll always love this story/event. One of many examples of Black creators having a HUGE impact on pop culture.
This episode took MILLIONS of viewers away from CBS during Super Bowl XXVI’s halftime to the point in which it forced the NFL to make big changes for Super Bowl halftime entertainment. 🏈
This episode took MILLIONS of viewers away from CBS during Super Bowl XXVI’s halftime to the point in which it forced the NFL to make big changes for Super Bowl halftime entertainment. 🏈
I know Macbeth is shaking rn
February 9, 2026 at 2:58 AM
I know Macbeth is shaking rn
You know recently a significantly less online friend - the kind who I worry could fall for griftier rhetoric if not careful - told me he'd gotten into watching your videos, and I was like oh thank GOODNESS Alanah will keep you checked into reality 😤👍🏾 thanks for talking about this stuff
February 9, 2026 at 12:10 AM
You know recently a significantly less online friend - the kind who I worry could fall for griftier rhetoric if not careful - told me he'd gotten into watching your videos, and I was like oh thank GOODNESS Alanah will keep you checked into reality 😤👍🏾 thanks for talking about this stuff
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Introducing the “AI-BOROS”: the few companies at the ‘top’ of the economy handing each other billions of (debt-ridden) dollars for a product that both doesn’t exist AND doesn’t make any money.
and we ALL get to go broke when it inevitably implodes ha ha i love it here!!!
youtu.be/ifyaI4TOsDM?...
and we ALL get to go broke when it inevitably implodes ha ha i love it here!!!
youtu.be/ifyaI4TOsDM?...
The Entire Tech Industry is Screwed
YouTube video by Charalanahzard
youtu.be
February 8, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Introducing the “AI-BOROS”: the few companies at the ‘top’ of the economy handing each other billions of (debt-ridden) dollars for a product that both doesn’t exist AND doesn’t make any money.
and we ALL get to go broke when it inevitably implodes ha ha i love it here!!!
youtu.be/ifyaI4TOsDM?...
and we ALL get to go broke when it inevitably implodes ha ha i love it here!!!
youtu.be/ifyaI4TOsDM?...
In my opinion, no. Horizon has a ton of story and world but any "loose ends" are very much pointing to its next installment
Like neither the characters nor gameplay nor artstyle in the new thing are recognizable, or seem to have anything to do with HZD's tthroughline beyond limited aesthetic
Like neither the characters nor gameplay nor artstyle in the new thing are recognizable, or seem to have anything to do with HZD's tthroughline beyond limited aesthetic
February 8, 2026 at 9:09 PM
In my opinion, no. Horizon has a ton of story and world but any "loose ends" are very much pointing to its next installment
Like neither the characters nor gameplay nor artstyle in the new thing are recognizable, or seem to have anything to do with HZD's tthroughline beyond limited aesthetic
Like neither the characters nor gameplay nor artstyle in the new thing are recognizable, or seem to have anything to do with HZD's tthroughline beyond limited aesthetic
Oh yeah, I mean the devs do stellar work
It's just like... I don't get who it's for I guess. The same way they moved entirely off of Killzone to create Horizon, I wish this had been it's own new thing, if anything
Feels like a weird choice, and we all know who suffers when such choices don't = $$$
It's just like... I don't get who it's for I guess. The same way they moved entirely off of Killzone to create Horizon, I wish this had been it's own new thing, if anything
Feels like a weird choice, and we all know who suffers when such choices don't = $$$
February 8, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Oh yeah, I mean the devs do stellar work
It's just like... I don't get who it's for I guess. The same way they moved entirely off of Killzone to create Horizon, I wish this had been it's own new thing, if anything
Feels like a weird choice, and we all know who suffers when such choices don't = $$$
It's just like... I don't get who it's for I guess. The same way they moved entirely off of Killzone to create Horizon, I wish this had been it's own new thing, if anything
Feels like a weird choice, and we all know who suffers when such choices don't = $$$
Like there's nothing about Horizon's excellent worldbuilding and gameplay that makes me want to engage with it in... whatever's going on in that trailer
I dunno y'all I'm just bummed. The state of creative industries has me down, I guess
I dunno y'all I'm just bummed. The state of creative industries has me down, I guess
February 8, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Like there's nothing about Horizon's excellent worldbuilding and gameplay that makes me want to engage with it in... whatever's going on in that trailer
I dunno y'all I'm just bummed. The state of creative industries has me down, I guess
I dunno y'all I'm just bummed. The state of creative industries has me down, I guess
When I try talking about this stuff sometimes folks write me off as just hating multi-player games. I'm definitely more of a single-player person, but multi-player games are GREAT and VALUABLE when made with intention!
It's just these days often that intention feels like trend-chasing from c suite
It's just these days often that intention feels like trend-chasing from c suite
February 8, 2026 at 8:50 PM
When I try talking about this stuff sometimes folks write me off as just hating multi-player games. I'm definitely more of a single-player person, but multi-player games are GREAT and VALUABLE when made with intention!
It's just these days often that intention feels like trend-chasing from c suite
It's just these days often that intention feels like trend-chasing from c suite
At a certain point they're just making a whole different game divorced of its series - which they can do! But a NEW game of this type is probably not as 🤑🤑🤑 as Big IP Money x Big Trend Money
I'm just so very tired of the Mass Appeal watering down of anything fun and cool and interesting
I'm just so very tired of the Mass Appeal watering down of anything fun and cool and interesting
February 8, 2026 at 8:50 PM
At a certain point they're just making a whole different game divorced of its series - which they can do! But a NEW game of this type is probably not as 🤑🤑🤑 as Big IP Money x Big Trend Money
I'm just so very tired of the Mass Appeal watering down of anything fun and cool and interesting
I'm just so very tired of the Mass Appeal watering down of anything fun and cool and interesting
It's the ole capitalism/stakeholder "take something folks love that made lots of money and turn it into whatever's trending which will surely multiply into MORE money"
No thought into what makes it appealing that got it all the money in the first place. Just Mass Appeal Multiplier 🫠
No thought into what makes it appealing that got it all the money in the first place. Just Mass Appeal Multiplier 🫠
February 8, 2026 at 8:50 PM
It's the ole capitalism/stakeholder "take something folks love that made lots of money and turn it into whatever's trending which will surely multiply into MORE money"
No thought into what makes it appealing that got it all the money in the first place. Just Mass Appeal Multiplier 🫠
No thought into what makes it appealing that got it all the money in the first place. Just Mass Appeal Multiplier 🫠