Josh Boykin (Intelligame)
@wallstormer.bsky.social
I run @Intelligame.us (pronounced "us"), diving deep into narratives and connecting games with the real world. #ThoughtfulPlay
For work/opps: [email protected]
https://linktr.ee/intelligame
For work/opps: [email protected]
https://linktr.ee/intelligame
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Hey, folks! I'm Josh, and I focus on what I call #ThoughtfulPlay: gaming with a focus on talking about narrative and making connections to the world around us.
If you like that, drop a follow over to @intelligame.us! Plenty more to come.
P.S. HMU if you have writing/editing/narrative design work!
If you like that, drop a follow over to @intelligame.us! Plenty more to come.
P.S. HMU if you have writing/editing/narrative design work!
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Starting off it's 6th year of bringing you monthly highlights of the more unexplored corners of indie games, it's Indiepocalypse #73!
-10 curated games for $15!
-Zine!
-Newly commissioned game by @cmi.bsky.social
-Cover by @alexsiple.bsky.social
pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-73
-10 curated games for $15!
-Zine!
-Newly commissioned game by @cmi.bsky.social
-Cover by @alexsiple.bsky.social
pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-73
February 6, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Starting off it's 6th year of bringing you monthly highlights of the more unexplored corners of indie games, it's Indiepocalypse #73!
-10 curated games for $15!
-Zine!
-Newly commissioned game by @cmi.bsky.social
-Cover by @alexsiple.bsky.social
pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-73
-10 curated games for $15!
-Zine!
-Newly commissioned game by @cmi.bsky.social
-Cover by @alexsiple.bsky.social
pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-73
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It's that time! After a two-year hiatus, CommuniTea Book Club is back and signups are open NOW!
- Digital meetings, club boxes ship domestically and internationally!
- Each month explores a different genre!
- Season pass = get one month free!
- Choose from season pass or a la carte!
- Digital meetings, club boxes ship domestically and internationally!
- Each month explores a different genre!
- Season pass = get one month free!
- Choose from season pass or a la carte!
February 7, 2026 at 1:19 AM
It's that time! After a two-year hiatus, CommuniTea Book Club is back and signups are open NOW!
- Digital meetings, club boxes ship domestically and internationally!
- Each month explores a different genre!
- Season pass = get one month free!
- Choose from season pass or a la carte!
- Digital meetings, club boxes ship domestically and internationally!
- Each month explores a different genre!
- Season pass = get one month free!
- Choose from season pass or a la carte!
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A lot of our political discourse would be easier if we didn't extend good faith to people who would never extend it back.
February 7, 2026 at 3:36 PM
A lot of our political discourse would be easier if we didn't extend good faith to people who would never extend it back.
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I wish the effects on your use of energy, AI, water, etc had a direct impact on your household. If so everyone would be MUCH more conservative
I’m not arguing with no account defending AI. My grandmother lives in an area being environmentally compromised currently by an ai data center. I remember the color of the lake before they built it and the sludge I see in it when I go to see her. Shut the fuck up about “the benefits of AI” forever.
February 7, 2026 at 4:13 PM
I wish the effects on your use of energy, AI, water, etc had a direct impact on your household. If so everyone would be MUCH more conservative
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The Brazilian federal police detained me for an hour as I had once overstayed a visa by accident for two weeks.
After giving me a lecture on immigration policies, they released me.
If I had been a Brazilian in the United States, I'd be in jail.
paydayreport.com/brazilian-fe...
After giving me a lecture on immigration policies, they released me.
If I had been a Brazilian in the United States, I'd be in jail.
paydayreport.com/brazilian-fe...
Brazilian Federal Police Detain Melk, But Release Him After Lecture on Immigration Policies
The Brazilian federal police officer immediately started joking with me, “What do you think, we were gonna throw you in jail? We’re not ICE, we’re Brazilians.”
paydayreport.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:05 AM
The Brazilian federal police detained me for an hour as I had once overstayed a visa by accident for two weeks.
After giving me a lecture on immigration policies, they released me.
If I had been a Brazilian in the United States, I'd be in jail.
paydayreport.com/brazilian-fe...
After giving me a lecture on immigration policies, they released me.
If I had been a Brazilian in the United States, I'd be in jail.
paydayreport.com/brazilian-fe...
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A list of games made with Black leadership you can wishlist) and congrats to Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator for being the first out the gate!
5 Force Fighters by @kaizencreed.com
One helluva cool fighting game - with dope key art by @nodowdy.bsky.social
Has won some best of shows, like the MIX.
Can’t wait for this one.
store.steampowered.com/app/1599170/...
One helluva cool fighting game - with dope key art by @nodowdy.bsky.social
Has won some best of shows, like the MIX.
Can’t wait for this one.
store.steampowered.com/app/1599170/...
5 Force Fighters on Steam
5 Force Fighters is a 2D fighting game with a cast of unstoppable characters, and a combat system that boasts universal offensive and defensive options. Unravel the story of 5 teens blessed with eleme...
store.steampowered.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:16 AM
A list of games made with Black leadership you can wishlist) and congrats to Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator for being the first out the gate!
Stream's live! We're starting with The Warmup, then hopping into Final Fantasy X:
twitch.tv/intelligame
twitch.tv/intelligame
Intelligame - Twitch
Let's take a trip to Scarlet Hollow
twitch.tv
February 6, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Stream's live! We're starting with The Warmup, then hopping into Final Fantasy X:
twitch.tv/intelligame
twitch.tv/intelligame
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Steal, sneak and persuade your way through the simulated city of Fortuna.
🏛 Watch the new gameplay trailer and sign up for our Alpha playtest: store.steampowered.com/app/2946850/...
🏛 Watch the new gameplay trailer and sign up for our Alpha playtest: store.steampowered.com/app/2946850/...
December 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Steal, sneak and persuade your way through the simulated city of Fortuna.
🏛 Watch the new gameplay trailer and sign up for our Alpha playtest: store.steampowered.com/app/2946850/...
🏛 Watch the new gameplay trailer and sign up for our Alpha playtest: store.steampowered.com/app/2946850/...
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🎸Dead Pets: A Punk Rock Slice of Life Sim is OUT NOW! 🎸
Come rock with us and help make us HUGE! 💥
That is after you help deal with band drama, make rent, and sort out my love life…🫠
You have your work cut out for you...
store.steampowered.com/app/1851720/...
Come rock with us and help make us HUGE! 💥
That is after you help deal with band drama, make rent, and sort out my love life…🫠
You have your work cut out for you...
store.steampowered.com/app/1851720/...
February 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM
🎸Dead Pets: A Punk Rock Slice of Life Sim is OUT NOW! 🎸
Come rock with us and help make us HUGE! 💥
That is after you help deal with band drama, make rent, and sort out my love life…🫠
You have your work cut out for you...
store.steampowered.com/app/1851720/...
Come rock with us and help make us HUGE! 💥
That is after you help deal with band drama, make rent, and sort out my love life…🫠
You have your work cut out for you...
store.steampowered.com/app/1851720/...
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Hey folks, I've just added VERHO - CURSE OF FACES to my Steam curator page.
I've been greatly enjoying this King's Field inspired RPG lately. If you liked the likes of Lunacid and Dread Delusion, this is another excellent addition to the Kingslike subgenre.
store.steampowered.com/app/3017330/...
I've been greatly enjoying this King's Field inspired RPG lately. If you liked the likes of Lunacid and Dread Delusion, this is another excellent addition to the Kingslike subgenre.
store.steampowered.com/app/3017330/...
Verho - Curse of Faces on Steam
Verho, a Dark RPG following the tradition of the King’s Field series, takes place after the catastrophic Era of Solitude, where masks have become the only protection against the Curse of Faces. Travel...
store.steampowered.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Hey folks, I've just added VERHO - CURSE OF FACES to my Steam curator page.
I've been greatly enjoying this King's Field inspired RPG lately. If you liked the likes of Lunacid and Dread Delusion, this is another excellent addition to the Kingslike subgenre.
store.steampowered.com/app/3017330/...
I've been greatly enjoying this King's Field inspired RPG lately. If you liked the likes of Lunacid and Dread Delusion, this is another excellent addition to the Kingslike subgenre.
store.steampowered.com/app/3017330/...
It's @intelligame.us stream time!
Today we're co-working and then playing Scarlet Hollow at 11:30a PT
If you loved @blacktabbygames.com's Slay the Princess, check their multi-episode visual novel
(They're also wonderful people so it's great to share their work)
twitch.tv/intelligame!
Today we're co-working and then playing Scarlet Hollow at 11:30a PT
If you loved @blacktabbygames.com's Slay the Princess, check their multi-episode visual novel
(They're also wonderful people so it's great to share their work)
twitch.tv/intelligame!
February 5, 2026 at 8:04 PM
It's @intelligame.us stream time!
Today we're co-working and then playing Scarlet Hollow at 11:30a PT
If you loved @blacktabbygames.com's Slay the Princess, check their multi-episode visual novel
(They're also wonderful people so it's great to share their work)
twitch.tv/intelligame!
Today we're co-working and then playing Scarlet Hollow at 11:30a PT
If you loved @blacktabbygames.com's Slay the Princess, check their multi-episode visual novel
(They're also wonderful people so it's great to share their work)
twitch.tv/intelligame!
February 5, 2026 at 5:21 PM
It's @intelligame.us stream time!
Today we're co-working and then playing Scarlet Hollow at 11:30a PT
If you loved @blacktabbygames.com's Slay the Princess, check their multi-episode visual novel
(They're also wonderful people so it's great to share their work)
twitch.tv/intelligame!
Today we're co-working and then playing Scarlet Hollow at 11:30a PT
If you loved @blacktabbygames.com's Slay the Princess, check their multi-episode visual novel
(They're also wonderful people so it's great to share their work)
twitch.tv/intelligame!
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"Where's all the good writing about games?"
It's right here, ready for you to take a look!
It's right here, ready for you to take a look!
Last chance to take advantage of the Unwinnable year-end special subscription offer: sign up for $5, get all 24 issues from 2025. Ends tonight!
Easily one whole day of distraction from doomscrolling.
unwinnable.com/subscribe/
@unwinnable.com
Easily one whole day of distraction from doomscrolling.
unwinnable.com/subscribe/
@unwinnable.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:54 PM
"Where's all the good writing about games?"
It's right here, ready for you to take a look!
It's right here, ready for you to take a look!
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In about an hour, I’m taping an interview with the brilliant Namwali Serpell about her new book ON MORRISON. Each chapter zeroes in on one of Morrison’s books with new insight.
If you have any good questions about Morrison and her work, let me know! Episode will air this Friday.
If you have any good questions about Morrison and her work, let me know! Episode will air this Friday.
On Morrison
Check out On Morrison - <b>An illuminating, electrifying exploration of the work of Toni Morrison by an award-winning novelist and Harvard professor—“a revelatory encounter with the Nobel ...
bookshop.org
February 5, 2026 at 5:16 PM
In about an hour, I’m taping an interview with the brilliant Namwali Serpell about her new book ON MORRISON. Each chapter zeroes in on one of Morrison’s books with new insight.
If you have any good questions about Morrison and her work, let me know! Episode will air this Friday.
If you have any good questions about Morrison and her work, let me know! Episode will air this Friday.
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Hello, looks like independent publishers should beef up our books coverage.
If you're into the idea of joining the @flaminghydra.com collective and writing a book review each month (800-2000 word range), please send us your ideas and some clips to [email protected]
If you're into the idea of joining the @flaminghydra.com collective and writing a book review each month (800-2000 word range), please send us your ideas and some clips to [email protected]
February 4, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Hello, looks like independent publishers should beef up our books coverage.
If you're into the idea of joining the @flaminghydra.com collective and writing a book review each month (800-2000 word range), please send us your ideas and some clips to [email protected]
If you're into the idea of joining the @flaminghydra.com collective and writing a book review each month (800-2000 word range), please send us your ideas and some clips to [email protected]
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my story is an honorable mention in its category!! not shabby for my first time doing microfiction + something like this hehe 🥹💖
The 1st Round results for the 250-word Microfiction Challenge 2025 are up at nycmidnight.co/4tga7T4! Congratulations to the top 10 in each group for advancing to the 2nd Round, which kicks off this Friday, February 6th. Best of luck to them, and thanks to all who participated!
1st Round Results 2025 — nycmidnight
The 1st Round results from the 250-word Microfiction Challenge 2025.
nycmidnight.co
February 5, 2026 at 3:05 PM
my story is an honorable mention in its category!! not shabby for my first time doing microfiction + something like this hehe 🥹💖
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Hi, I'm Jinx a disabled, nonbinary, queer, snail vtuber and writer.
It would be really neat if folks could help me raise my CCV on Twitch so I could get to partner this year.
Help a snail out 💜🌈🐌
💜 www.twitch.tv/jinxperegrine
🎮 www.youtube.com/@jinxperegrine
It would be really neat if folks could help me raise my CCV on Twitch so I could get to partner this year.
Help a snail out 💜🌈🐌
💜 www.twitch.tv/jinxperegrine
🎮 www.youtube.com/@jinxperegrine
February 5, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Hi, I'm Jinx a disabled, nonbinary, queer, snail vtuber and writer.
It would be really neat if folks could help me raise my CCV on Twitch so I could get to partner this year.
Help a snail out 💜🌈🐌
💜 www.twitch.tv/jinxperegrine
🎮 www.youtube.com/@jinxperegrine
It would be really neat if folks could help me raise my CCV on Twitch so I could get to partner this year.
Help a snail out 💜🌈🐌
💜 www.twitch.tv/jinxperegrine
🎮 www.youtube.com/@jinxperegrine
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 4, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Let's get in THE SPIRIT LIFT
Getting started now!
Getting started now!
Coworking and The Spirit Lift!
Come hang out for some chatting and morning productivity, then let's show some love for @drmikachu.bsky.social and the @prettysmart.bsky.social team by playing their new game The Spirit Lift!
Game starts at 11:30a PT! Stream's live: twitch.tv/intelligame
Come hang out for some chatting and morning productivity, then let's show some love for @drmikachu.bsky.social and the @prettysmart.bsky.social team by playing their new game The Spirit Lift!
Game starts at 11:30a PT! Stream's live: twitch.tv/intelligame
February 3, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Let's get in THE SPIRIT LIFT
Getting started now!
Getting started now!
Coworking and The Spirit Lift!
Come hang out for some chatting and morning productivity, then let's show some love for @drmikachu.bsky.social and the @prettysmart.bsky.social team by playing their new game The Spirit Lift!
Game starts at 11:30a PT! Stream's live: twitch.tv/intelligame
Come hang out for some chatting and morning productivity, then let's show some love for @drmikachu.bsky.social and the @prettysmart.bsky.social team by playing their new game The Spirit Lift!
Game starts at 11:30a PT! Stream's live: twitch.tv/intelligame
February 3, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Coworking and The Spirit Lift!
Come hang out for some chatting and morning productivity, then let's show some love for @drmikachu.bsky.social and the @prettysmart.bsky.social team by playing their new game The Spirit Lift!
Game starts at 11:30a PT! Stream's live: twitch.tv/intelligame
Come hang out for some chatting and morning productivity, then let's show some love for @drmikachu.bsky.social and the @prettysmart.bsky.social team by playing their new game The Spirit Lift!
Game starts at 11:30a PT! Stream's live: twitch.tv/intelligame
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We did it! WE HIT 50 REVIEWS! I'm not crying, you're crying!
(we self-funded you have no idea how huge this is for us and what we could do next!)
Last day of the launch sale! Get your chill horror roguelike deckbuilder while it's HOT! store.steampowered.com/app/1727590/...
#gamedev #indiegame
(we self-funded you have no idea how huge this is for us and what we could do next!)
Last day of the launch sale! Get your chill horror roguelike deckbuilder while it's HOT! store.steampowered.com/app/1727590/...
#gamedev #indiegame
Save 10% on THE SPIRIT LIFT on Steam
A retro horror deckbuilder roguelike set in a haunted hotel in the 1990s. Choose your teens, explore and fight! If you die rewind the night!
store.steampowered.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:02 PM
We did it! WE HIT 50 REVIEWS! I'm not crying, you're crying!
(we self-funded you have no idea how huge this is for us and what we could do next!)
Last day of the launch sale! Get your chill horror roguelike deckbuilder while it's HOT! store.steampowered.com/app/1727590/...
#gamedev #indiegame
(we self-funded you have no idea how huge this is for us and what we could do next!)
Last day of the launch sale! Get your chill horror roguelike deckbuilder while it's HOT! store.steampowered.com/app/1727590/...
#gamedev #indiegame
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Justice for Yorlenys!!
Neither Luis nor Yorlenys are gang members. We knew they weren't the minute Tricia McLaughlin and her lying ass tried to claim they were.
Neither Luis nor Yorlenys are gang members. We knew they weren't the minute Tricia McLaughlin and her lying ass tried to claim they were.
the level of violent misogyny required for DHS to call a rape victim a "prostitute" like this is mind boggling www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
February 3, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Justice for Yorlenys!!
Neither Luis nor Yorlenys are gang members. We knew they weren't the minute Tricia McLaughlin and her lying ass tried to claim they were.
Neither Luis nor Yorlenys are gang members. We knew they weren't the minute Tricia McLaughlin and her lying ass tried to claim they were.
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go.bsky.app/JDVDgew
go.bsky.app/S1xz6oh
go.bsky.app/44uehim
go.bsky.app/U3UQX2A
go.bsky.app/R3zWBRj
Feel free to add more starter packs in the replies highlighting more black creators and talents I might have missed, share the love!
#bhm #blackhistorymonth #blacksky #starterpack #blackcreators
go.bsky.app/S1xz6oh
go.bsky.app/44uehim
go.bsky.app/U3UQX2A
go.bsky.app/R3zWBRj
Feel free to add more starter packs in the replies highlighting more black creators and talents I might have missed, share the love!
#bhm #blackhistorymonth #blacksky #starterpack #blackcreators
February 3, 2026 at 4:27 AM
go.bsky.app/JDVDgew
go.bsky.app/S1xz6oh
go.bsky.app/44uehim
go.bsky.app/U3UQX2A
go.bsky.app/R3zWBRj
Feel free to add more starter packs in the replies highlighting more black creators and talents I might have missed, share the love!
#bhm #blackhistorymonth #blacksky #starterpack #blackcreators
go.bsky.app/S1xz6oh
go.bsky.app/44uehim
go.bsky.app/U3UQX2A
go.bsky.app/R3zWBRj
Feel free to add more starter packs in the replies highlighting more black creators and talents I might have missed, share the love!
#bhm #blackhistorymonth #blacksky #starterpack #blackcreators