Havilah McGinnis
@mwahahavilah.bsky.social
putting words in pixel mouths
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Go on a thrilling Old West adventure in ROSEWATER, a game about friendship, storytelling, and a good old-fashioned treasure hunt.
It's also an IndieCade nominee!
Get it for 20% off during the Steam Winter Sale: store.steampowered.com/app/1226670/...
It's also an IndieCade nominee!
Get it for 20% off during the Steam Winter Sale: store.steampowered.com/app/1226670/...
December 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Go on a thrilling Old West adventure in ROSEWATER, a game about friendship, storytelling, and a good old-fashioned treasure hunt.
It's also an IndieCade nominee!
Get it for 20% off during the Steam Winter Sale: store.steampowered.com/app/1226670/...
It's also an IndieCade nominee!
Get it for 20% off during the Steam Winter Sale: store.steampowered.com/app/1226670/...
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Bro, you doing alright, bro? I saw the autosave icon come on just as you entered the room
December 20, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Bro, you doing alright, bro? I saw the autosave icon come on just as you entered the room
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Always a market for somebody to tell comfortable and complacent people that their complacency is a virtue and maintaining their comfort as a first priority is a sound and moral position.
bsky.app/profile/stev...
bsky.app/profile/stev...
Can someone tell why anyone takes Yglesias seriously?
December 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Always a market for somebody to tell comfortable and complacent people that their complacency is a virtue and maintaining their comfort as a first priority is a sound and moral position.
bsky.app/profile/stev...
bsky.app/profile/stev...
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This is devastating. One of my favourite games of the year, To a T is a beautiful slice-of-life narrative with some of the best disability messaging I’ve seen in games.
Please play it!
Please play it!
Keita Takahashi said 'To a T' didn't sell well enough. He moved back to Japan with his family, unsure if he will stay in the industry.
store.steampowered.com/app/1875320/...
www.gamesradar.com/games/advent...
store.steampowered.com/app/1875320/...
www.gamesradar.com/games/advent...
December 14, 2025 at 9:33 AM
This is devastating. One of my favourite games of the year, To a T is a beautiful slice-of-life narrative with some of the best disability messaging I’ve seen in games.
Please play it!
Please play it!
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me when an ai tool offers to "help"
December 12, 2025 at 4:56 AM
me when an ai tool offers to "help"
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I love this article SO much :’) If you don’t watch bob’s burgers: this is an article about an interview with the show’s creator on the evolution of a beloved trans character in the show who started as a one-line funny character—and I have never seen a cis white man respond better to anything ever 🥹
'Bob's Burgers' creator Loren Bouchard on the evolution of Marshmallow
"It was perfect," Bouchard says of Jari Jones' introduction to the show.
mashable.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I love this article SO much :’) If you don’t watch bob’s burgers: this is an article about an interview with the show’s creator on the evolution of a beloved trans character in the show who started as a one-line funny character—and I have never seen a cis white man respond better to anything ever 🥹
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Old Skies is PC Gamer’s adventure game of the year! (Magazine held by @rsmoushall.bsky.social)
December 6, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Old Skies is PC Gamer’s adventure game of the year! (Magazine held by @rsmoushall.bsky.social)
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
"Have you considered doing [completely different job that pays much less but is traditionally femme coded]???
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
"Have you considered doing [completely different job that pays much less but is traditionally femme coded]???
RIP Tom Stoppard, you were The Real Thing all along
November 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
RIP Tom Stoppard, you were The Real Thing all along
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A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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I’m super happy to officially announce our next project, spearheaded by @threeohfour.bsky.social!
“Gilt” is a sci-fi/fantasy game about a priest haunted by a dying God.
Learn more (and wishlist!) over here:
store.steampowered.com/app/3979770
“Gilt” is a sci-fi/fantasy game about a priest haunted by a dying God.
Learn more (and wishlist!) over here:
store.steampowered.com/app/3979770
Gilt on Steam
Embark on a quest of redemption across the planet of Gilt to restore a disillusioned priest's faith, a dying God's power, and the waning hope of a people who have forgotten how to believe. A sci-fi fa...
store.steampowered.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I’m super happy to officially announce our next project, spearheaded by @threeohfour.bsky.social!
“Gilt” is a sci-fi/fantasy game about a priest haunted by a dying God.
Learn more (and wishlist!) over here:
store.steampowered.com/app/3979770
“Gilt” is a sci-fi/fantasy game about a priest haunted by a dying God.
Learn more (and wishlist!) over here:
store.steampowered.com/app/3979770
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#3157 A helpful tutorial
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
#3157 A helpful tutorial
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It figures that an industry that thinks that "vibe coding" is a reliable thing would now decide that QA is the next thing you can replace with AI 😒
Your friendly reminder that good QA people are worth their weight in gold and an invaluable part of game dev
Your friendly reminder that good QA people are worth their weight in gold and an invaluable part of game dev
October 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
It figures that an industry that thinks that "vibe coding" is a reliable thing would now decide that QA is the next thing you can replace with AI 😒
Your friendly reminder that good QA people are worth their weight in gold and an invaluable part of game dev
Your friendly reminder that good QA people are worth their weight in gold and an invaluable part of game dev
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This is all a question of the pleasure of responsiveness, and for me the best model of this is in @stcymsn.bsky.social’s dissertation. It’s been incredibly influential to my thinking on narrative satisfaction.
Responsiveness in Narrative Systems
Author(s): Mason, Stacey | Advisor(s): Mateas, Michael | Abstract: While game studies and interactive narrative communities have developed a rich body ofresearch around agency in our interactions with...
escholarship.org
October 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
This is all a question of the pleasure of responsiveness, and for me the best model of this is in @stcymsn.bsky.social’s dissertation. It’s been incredibly influential to my thinking on narrative satisfaction.
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If your values don't apply to everyone, they're not your values. They're just a favor you do for people that you like.
"They're not supposed to do that to ME" is not a position worthy of respect.
"They should never do that to ANYONE" is.
"They should never do that to ANYONE" is.
October 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
If your values don't apply to everyone, they're not your values. They're just a favor you do for people that you like.
Ask A Manager is a great place to learn management/office tips, and also a great place to find a letter writer describing common behavior in the game industry and get a response accurately labeling it as "bizarrely adversarial"
Someone wrote Ask A Manager asking if they can keep letting jerks at work who won't listen to her mess things up, without chasing to try and fix things for them.
I want this person to write her own advice column. I want her to be my life coach. I love her.
www.askamanager.org/2025/10/can-...
I want this person to write her own advice column. I want her to be my life coach. I love her.
www.askamanager.org/2025/10/can-...
can I just let difficult coworkers be wrong?
A reader writes: I have developed a stance over time that my friends, partner, and colleagues all say is unprofessional: I let people at work be wrong, especially if it’s not going to impact our botto...
www.askamanager.org
October 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Ask A Manager is a great place to learn management/office tips, and also a great place to find a letter writer describing common behavior in the game industry and get a response accurately labeling it as "bizarrely adversarial"
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I might not be making Hades 3, but if this is what anyone is after, PLEASE check out Mythmatch and help spread the word to others who might want this because I am making this and it is good!
store.steampowered.com/app/1778050/...
store.steampowered.com/app/1778050/...
October 13, 2025 at 10:39 AM
I might not be making Hades 3, but if this is what anyone is after, PLEASE check out Mythmatch and help spread the word to others who might want this because I am making this and it is good!
store.steampowered.com/app/1778050/...
store.steampowered.com/app/1778050/...
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Proud to announce Deviant Legal’s Game Developer’s Guide to Publishing Agreements: a free resource for developers wanting to learn about publishing deals. Publicly accessible, without requiring to provide your data: deviantlegal.com/guide/game-d...
October 8, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Proud to announce Deviant Legal’s Game Developer’s Guide to Publishing Agreements: a free resource for developers wanting to learn about publishing deals. Publicly accessible, without requiring to provide your data: deviantlegal.com/guide/game-d...
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These kinds of stories are so important to tell
How My Family Taught Me About Political Violence, a true story thread
When I was a kid we had a Nazi flag in our attic. It was huge and red with a swastika in the middle and on several occasions I asked a friend if they wanted to see a real Nazi flag and crept up the ladder to unfold it and stare.
When I was a kid we had a Nazi flag in our attic. It was huge and red with a swastika in the middle and on several occasions I asked a friend if they wanted to see a real Nazi flag and crept up the ladder to unfold it and stare.
October 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
These kinds of stories are so important to tell