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Carol Mertz
@carolmertz.itch.io
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Game designer. HELLCOUCH, With You, Exploding Kittens: Good vs Evil, & so many more.

🃏 Board games: bit.ly/carolsBGG
🎮 Indie videogames: carolmertz.itch.io
🌱 Sustainable games: PlayWithYourOwnJunk.com

she/her | st. louis, mo | http://carolmertz.com
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Carol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io · Nov 15
Hey y'all, I'm Carol — I've been making games for like 15 years now?? Some stuff I've done:

- Led dev on about a dozen board games for Exploding Kittens
- Solo designer/dev of With You, a free videogame for couples
- Co-created HELLCOUCH, a playable demon-possesed sofa
- Lots of other little games!
carolmertz.itch.io
Crawling out of the grief sinkhole ain’t easy.
February 16, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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halfrobot.com
The NYU Game Center's hiring! A senior, tenure-track professor post for an experienced game designer, artist or industry pro with a notable body of creative work. Experience finishing games and mentoring/teaching more important than any kind of academic credential!
gamecenter.nyu.edu/were-hiring-...
We're Hiring! Join the NYU Game Center Faculty as an Associate Professor! - NYU | Game Center
Description Associate or Full tenure professor position for the NYU Game Center New York University, Tisch School of the Arts Position Overview The NYU Game Center is seeking applicants to join its fa...
gamecenter.nyu.edu
February 11, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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redemmas.org
A poster hanging in a bookstore. The design is a modern reinterpretation of a tarot card, with a person pierced by ten swords doomscrolling their phone. The text reads “everything is fine”
February 7, 2026 at 11:32 PM
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aftermath.site
A GDC poll has found that 31% of responding international developers have cancelled plans to attend the event this year, with a further 33% considering it, because people just don't feel safe travelling to the United States right now:

aftermath.site/i-do-not-feel-...
January 30, 2026 at 1:10 AM
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minnmax.com
Please pay attention to what's happening in Minneapolis, Minnesota. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY

Reposts are appreciated.
January 26, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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therealnews.com
The union vowed to do everything in its power to ensure Congress members who vote to fund DHS are voted out.
US’s largest nurses’ union demands abolition of ICE after Alex Pretti killing
The union vowed to do everything in its power to ensure Congress members who vote to fund DHS are voted out.
therealnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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jsweetli.bsky.social
Alex Pretti, the man killed by federal agents today in Minneapolis, appears to have been a registered nurse, an athlete, a son and a brother, with ties to Colorado and Wisconsin.

Here is a photo he used for several accounts.
January 24, 2026 at 7:07 PM
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gerikatz.bsky.social
ICE just shot another one of my neighbors. They had the person on the ground, being beaten by several agents, and then fired multiple shots. In front of the donut shop where we like to get donuts for our kids.
January 24, 2026 at 3:46 PM
carolmertz.itch.io
I’ve been watching loads of Pokémon speedruns and challenge runs lately, and I chuckle every time I hear a grown man say “PP Up”
January 24, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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visager.bsky.social
✨ Hi I'm Josie - I make music for games!

I'm looking for work this spring and I'd love 2 combine forces with a team that wants to make something weird, wild, and full of heart.

Is that you? Let's talk!!

🙋🏻‍♀️ [email protected]
💻 josiebrechner.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:05 PM
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timcarvell.bsky.social
I like that the same day a guy was like “this place will never be Twitter” this thread gave us the most 2015 Twitter experience (complimentary) imaginable.
musicologyduck.bsky.social Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 27d
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 4:38 AM
carolmertz.itch.io
So far my most used emoji of 2026 has been 🫩
January 12, 2026 at 7:49 PM
carolmertz.itch.io
It’s a wild experience to try to be creative when your brain is full of yarn spun directly from a big ball of grief
January 12, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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gamedeveloper.bsky.social
Baby Steps leads 28th annual IGF Awards nominations
Baby Steps leads 28th annual IGF Awards nominations
Blippo+, Titanium Court, and Horses have also received multiple nods.
www.gamedeveloper.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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josie.zone
Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears:

archive.is/ur35j
First, I want to extend my gratitude to all the people who have reached out from across the country and around the world to support our family. This kindness of strangers is the most fitting tribute because if you ever encountered my wife, Renee Nicole Macklin Good, you know that above all else, she was kind, In fact, kindness radiated out of her. Renee sparkled. She literally sparkled. I mean, she didn't wear glitter but I swear she had sparkles coming out of her pores. All the time. You might think it was just my love talking but her family said the same thing. Renee was made of sunshine, Renee lived by an overarching belief: there is kindness in the world and we need to do everything we can to find it Where it resides and nurture it where it needs to grow Renee was a Christian who knew that all religions teach the same essential truth: we are here to love each other, care for each other, and keep each other safe and whole. Like people have done across place and time, we moved to make a better life for ourselves. We chose Minnesota to make our home. Our whole extended road trip here, we held hands in the car while our son drew all over the windows to pass the time and the miles, What we found when we got here was a vibrant and welcoming community, we made friends and spread joy: And while any place we were together was home, there was a strong shared sense here in Minneapolis that we were looking out for each other. Here, I had finally found peace and safe harbor. That has been taken from me forever. We were raising our son to believe that no matter where you come from or what you look like, all of us deserve compassion and kindness. Renee lived this belief every day. She is pure love. She is pure joy. She is pure sunshine On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns. Renee leaves behind three extraordinary children; the youngest is just six years old and already lost his father. I am now left to raise our son and to continue teaching him, as Renee believed, that there are people building a better world for him. That the people who did this had fear and anger in their hearts, and we need to show them a better way. We thank you for the privacy you are granting our family as we grieve. We thank you for ensuring that Renee's legacy is one of kindness and love. We honor her memory by living her values: rejecting hate and choosing compassion, turning away from fear and pursuing peace, refusing division and knowing we must come together to build a world where we all come home safe to the people we love. E
January 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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danfloydplus.bsky.social
The extent to which Games Done Quick has helped to steer the larger speedrunning community - one of the most hardcore video game enthusiast subcultures there is - into becoming something so welcoming, inclusive and supportive astonishes me
January 4, 2026 at 8:35 PM
carolmertz.itch.io
I just rolled credits on Pokemon Legends AZ and… what did I just play
December 30, 2025 at 11:55 PM
carolmertz.itch.io
Man. The worst of my acute covid symptoms are gone already, but all that nerve pain I’ve spent the last year doing PT for is back in full force.

This virus is devastating even when it’s “mild” and don’t let anyone gaslight you into believing it’s just a cold.
December 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
carolmertz.itch.io
Merry sickness to all and to all a quick recovery

(I got covid rip)
December 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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tigershungry.co.uk
Happy Big Long Night to northern hemisphere pals.

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˙slɐd ǝɹǝɥdsᴉɯǝɥ uɹǝɥʇnos oʇ ʎɐp ƃuo˥ ƃᴉq ʎddɐH
December 21, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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ali-alkhatib.com
@anyaustin.bsky.social got a bunch of people to guess how many trees are in skyrim and then donated $10,000 to Palestine Children's Relief Fund so that at least warrants watching him derive forestry sciences from first principles
How Many Trees Are There in Skyrim?
YouTube video by Any Austin
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December 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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moomanibe.bsky.social
look i wasn't gonna say anything but when you hear "10 years in the making" from a game by jonathan blow just know that a game never takes 10 years because of good employee relationships and clear leadership direction
December 12, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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finjico.bsky.social
🕹️ YOU ARE NOW ENTERING CORGISPACE 🕹️

CorgiSpace is a new collection of 8-bit games with short legs on purpose! This collection by Adam 'Atomic' Saltsman includes more than a dozen action, adventure, arcade, and puzzle games, and it's OUT NOW!

Get it today on Steam and itch.io!
December 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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despelote.game
DESPELOTE: FIFTH TRAILER youtu.be/_MXKlgMZ3Jc?...
DESPELOTE: FIFTH TRAILER (now on nintendo switch)
YouTube video by Panic
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December 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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duckvalentine.bsky.social
Humble's now banned it too, post-launch:
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
Horses, the Upsetting Horror Game Previously Banned on Steam, Gets Last Minute Ban From Epic Games Store Too - IGN
Last week, we reported that disturbing horror game Horses had been banned from Steam. Now, at the last possible minute before the game was set to release widely across other PC store fronts, Epic Game...
www.ign.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM