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Arman

@armannobari.bsky.social

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Co-Founder, Good Trouble 📜 Ex-YouTube designer, game dev, cancer survivor, big fan of pizza shaped food 🍕 🔗 ⬇️ Find accessible games on AbleToPlay! 🌎 www.abletoplay.com

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Arman @armannobari.bsky.social · Nov 21

I figure an introduction might be in order! 👋🏽 Hey there, I'm Arman. Earlier in life I kicked cancer's ass, used to build tech at Google, and went on to make games.

Now I run a studio focused on accessibility! We're building a new way to find accessible games called @abletoplay.bsky.social 🧡

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Arman @armannobari.bsky.social · 4m

Burnout is so real man. Please take care of yourself!!

Arman @armannobari.bsky.social · 1h

Oh yikes, well then I’m sorry you’re dealing with that! 🤯

Arman @armannobari.bsky.social · 1h

Do you have “Spatial Audio” enabled? Based on BR signal direction, the newer AirPods will dampen the further ear. I find it incredibly disorienting and annoying.

On Mac it’s easy to disable from the top menu bar. On PC, it’s a Sound Playback setting.

Arman @armannobari.bsky.social · 20h

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Tarja Porkka-Kontturi @tarjapk.bsky.social · 2d

I won friends!! 😭❤️ I was acknowledged as one of the games industry leading women with the Aurora Award at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki!

It’s hard to put in words how much it means to me being amongst these honorees.

Tarja showing finger hearts and smiling slightly.

Charly Harbord receiving the award on behalf of Tarja who wasn’t able to attend. Charly is on the stage at PGC Helsinki.

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Arman @armannobari.bsky.social · 2d

LET'S GOOOOO!!! CONGRATS!

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Arman @armannobari.bsky.social · 2d

Holy shit this is *amazing*

Arman @armannobari.bsky.social · 2d

This is such an incredible resource. Will share with my mentees immediately.

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Hannah Rutherford (she/her) @lomadiah.bsky.social · 2d

Please signal boost, it's for a good cause! 🙏

Hey folks - I'm working with an MS (multiple sclerosis) charity to find streamers to support fundraising in November. It's retro gaming themed, so if you're interested in more info - or you know someone who would be amazing - please chuck me a reply 💚

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Alt: a young boy crossing his fingers and screwing up his eyes, saying please say yes

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Arman @armannobari.bsky.social · 3d

Absolutely cannot get over how good this game looks 🔥

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 4d

Listen, @burgerbecky.bsky.social is one of the greats. If you can spare anything at all, and you have love for this medium, I can guarantee she's in some way part of the games you love. Please help our industry help her out.

www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...

Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman

I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer

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Arman @armannobari.bsky.social · 5d

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Arman @armannobari.bsky.social · 6d

Attention is currency.

Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 7d

Are you paying us? Where?

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Arman @armannobari.bsky.social · 6d

de_ohio spawnpoint east

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Chet Faliszek @chetsucks.com · 6d

Hey @jay.bsky.team - I am an early user, early enough that being one of the few posters you followed me...

I really appreciate the service and I think when crisis has happened before you have ended in a good place but...

these?

You aren't just replying to that one person, but everyone on here.

Jay mocking the idea of a posters strike.

Jay insisting users since users aren't paying, we aren't customers.

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Big Head Mode @mike.reuben.games · 7d

some new shots that didn’t make the cut

Night time, two people stand near a car in the glow of a streetlight

A woman stands beside an empty swimming pool, shadows of powerlines

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Magic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com · 8d

Wizards of the Coast is hosting a Twitch stream to support Trans Lifeline, a hotline and non-profit organization offering direct support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community.

Tune in to twitch.tv/magic on Oct 4th at 10am PT to play games with us and support!

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 8d

You might think that the mayor of Yellowknife, the capital of Canada's vast Northwest Territories, would be a fan of giant pickups.

Nope. He's disgusted by car bloat.

www.linkedin.com/posts/benjam...

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tami lam @cuppy.bsky.social · 7d

Hey all, my husband @kevinonthelam.bsky.social found out that he’s going to be laid off next month. 🥺He’s a Staff Character Animator who has been working on The Outer Worlds 2. We’d greatly appreciate any leads that you have, because times are expensive and we have two little boys. 🙏 Thank you!

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Warwick History Post-Doc Club @post-doc-club.bsky.social · 11d

Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

www.jstor.org/action/showL...

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Arman @armannobari.bsky.social · 10d

r/AccidentalRennaisance

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Zane Schacht - Voice Goblin @voicesbyzane.bsky.social · 12d

I strongly suggest focusing on your neighborhood when it comes to political action/mutual aid because 1. Actual tangible change happens on the local level and 2. If you look at this from a national perspective, if you absorb every evil currently happening on a mass scale, you will fry your brain

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AbleToPlay | Find Accessible Games! @abletoplay.com · 13d

Getting to chat with Owlchemy Labs about Cosmonius High, Dimensional Double Shift, and accessibility in VR space was a highlight! We love seeing developers share about what they've learned and how they plan to keep growing accessibility in the space. 🫶🦉

Owlchemy Labs @owlchemylabs.com · 15d

Accessibility is never "done," but we're proud of the progress we've made. Thanks, @abletoplay.com for sharing our story and shining a light on how we're building VR for everyone! No exceptions.

Read the full deep dive: ow.ly/MHXR50X2gAP

Join their Discord community: discord.gg/UwM4hamVqW

Owlchemy Labs: Out of this world accessibility in VR

We interviewed Owlchemy Labs about their recent titles, Cosmonious High and Dimensional Double Shift - two remarkably accessible VR titles.

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Arman @armannobari.bsky.social · 13d

This is awesome!

Arman @armannobari.bsky.social · 14d

It's shocking to me that spreadsheets don't have an easy way to see what other cells reference a given cell in other formulae.