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I'm making a tool to help you make games like Paradox does, or like Maxis did, back in the day.

https://clayote.itch.io/Lisien
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Here's a demo of the life simulator engine #LiSE. vimeo.com/815795673
LiSE demo 0.14.0
Demonstration of the Life Simulator Engine. Learn more at https://github.com/TacticalMetaphysics/LiSE
vimeo.com
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Her mom is a right-wing lawyer and the essay was intentionally half-assed because THEY WERE TARGETING A TRANS EDUCATOR.

This wasn't simply a student who got upset over a bad grade.

This was a PLANNED attempt to get a trans educator fired.

Minimizing that does not help.
December 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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this is so reductive lol
“Why are folks getting dumber?” Because they don’t read. “Why aren’t men as romantic & poetic as they used to be?” Because they don’t read. “Why are people so vulnerable to propaganda?” “Why is everyone a conspiracy theorist?” Because they don’t read. Because they don’t read.
December 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Firefox browser falls to AI. What do we do now?

where ‘absolutely not’ means ‘maybe later’

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c40i... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251223-fir... - podcast

time: 9 min 39 sec

pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/23/f... - blog post
December 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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The confusion and conflation of ‘generative ai that is built on stolen artwork’ and ‘machine learning, character behaviour modelling and proc gen’ is intentional on the part of the grifters peddling the former. They benefit from murkiness of classification, because the latter predates their bollocks
December 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Have I got news for you!

www.timesplittersrewind.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Sorry We're Closed is free on Epic Games Store for the next 24 hours. Another mystery freebie tomorrow buff.ly/aadJJDg
December 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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I respect the hell out of @sixoneindie.com and the judges/awards committee for doing this.

I was thinking through how to reach out and at least make my voice heard about E33 but I didn't even have a chance.

It's fantastic to see people sticking to their principles and not taking the easy way out.
The IGAs Nomination Committee is officially retracting Debut Game and Game of the Year, awarding both categories to new recipients. Additionally, we are retracting one of the Indie Vanguard recipients.

Full details can be found in our FAQ under Game Eligibility: www.indiegameawards.gg/faq
December 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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To every liberal trying to defend Bill Clinton right now: Nobody is making you do that. Nobody has a gun to your head. You need to understand that right now you're reading the room and deciding the best thing you can do is defend liberal pedophiles.

We will never forget your judgment.
December 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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We are still recruiting game makers who had games posted to Steam or itch.io in July 2025 for a survey on the impacts of NSFW policy changes. More info on the project website. You can also always email me (via the website or through the email on the USask website) for info or with questions.
We are recruiting game makers affected by the 'NSFW' policy changes on Steam and itch.io for a survey. This survey is part of a broader project on the factors that shape the production, distribution, and consumption of porn games. More info about the project and survey at www.pppproject.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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DONT SNITCH. MEDIA ARE NOT ON OUR SIDE.
Don't talk to journalists about DIY HRT.
December 19, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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DEAD LETTER DEPT. is 20% in the Steam Winter sale until Jan 5th

store.steampowered.com/app/1627350/...

#horror #indiehorror
December 19, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.

And trans lives are grounded in reality.

We see y'all. No matter what.

www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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all the articles you read about this will say it "would charge doctors" but there is nothing in the bill limiting the felony crime to medical providers. you could write "would charge parents" and be just as correct. news outlets downplay it because news outlets are transphobic.
December 18, 2025 at 2:45 AM
alart alart @retropals.bsky.social this is not a drill @retropals.bsky.social Cookie's Bustle has been translated to English
December 18, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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This is a really significant ruling - it’s some important that commissioners, especially human rights commissioners, aren’t just installed because they align with the current regime’s political positions. Today an Aotearoa court has ruled it illegal.
We won! I won my judicial review!
December 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
If your first game from Santa Ragione was Horses, and you enjoyed that, you should check out their previous game, Saturnalia
the good news is that the media attention and support from an audience has helped Horses do well enough that Santa Ragione has been able to pay all its owed royalties and loans. so it's not in debt.

the bad news is it's still not enough to keep the studio together.
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
Horses Sells Over 18k Copies, Pays Back Loans and Royalties Despite Removal From Steam and Epic - IGN
Horses, the indie horror game that was banned from both Steam and the Epic Games Store ahead of its launch two weeks ago, has nonetheless managed to sell over 18,000 copies, says publisher Santa Ragio...
www.ign.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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So when we said Newsom is a racist transphobe and y'all said we were wrong, he's literally praising the man who purposefully let AIDS run rampant to harm queer people and whos policies were horrifically racist. The consequences of his actions continue to damage people worldwide to this day.
The presidency once served as a reminder of our common humanity. Ronald Reagan described its purpose as building "a nation composed of good and decent people."
December 17, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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BREAKING: The High Court of New Zealand has granted PATHA’s application for interim relief, declaring that the Crown should not take any steps to enforce the incoming ban on new prescriptions of puberty blockers to transgender children and young people. More to come:
www.courtsofnz.govt.nz
December 16, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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I *do* know something of this topic, and have some issues with this piece.

(thread)
December 15, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Epic pays for licensing fees for the games they give away for free as promotions. Which means even if YOU aren't paying for it, you're giving money to JK Rowling to harm transgender people AND elevating her stature by giving her franchise higher numbers.

NO TERF WIZARD GAME. NO TERF WIZARD SHOW.
Hogwarts Legacy is free on Epic Games Store. Mystery game is the next title buff.ly/HE94Ti2
December 12, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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the dev can't flag this review anymore, but other users can.

link to the review: steamcommunity.com/id/breakzora...

cite Steam's policy back to them: help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view... "Do not direct abuse or insults at other players, developers, or groups."
Since I posted this yesterday:
- The writer of the "I hate muslims" review has doubled down, and added that they also hate transgender people
- Valve removed my flag from the review, with nothing done about it. The review remains up and on our Steam page

I say again: Is this what Steam is now?
December 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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I've just launched the demo for my new game Factory 95! It's a retro-Windows inspired automation game about making PowerPoints. You can play it here: store.steampowered.com/app/3987250/...
#gamedev #indiegame
December 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Anyone who says “be normal” betrays that they have an implicit value system of who is considered normal and who is not, and when you have that, you will always value some people and traits over another. They will always replicate hierarchies of power in the long run.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Exactly. Newsom translated is “we need to treat a lot of you as abnormal and we need you to be a lot less judgmental about it.”
Which is it man because you can’t say ‘be more normal’ back-to-back with ‘be less judgmental’ without a hint of irony because that’s just positioning yourself as cultural authority & then demanding the type of grace that by virtue of your immediately preceding statement you refuse to extend to us
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 2:43 AM