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Marie LeBlanc Flanagan @omarieclaire.bsky.social · 19d

We met last May in the dream room, now we meet in reality palestinian-voices-in-games.com

PVIG is a community of gamedevs, curators, and organizers supporting Palestinian game creators in telling their stories.

Got coins? Support a creator!
Got skills? Volunteer!
Got reach? Share the project!

Palestinian Voices in Games

palestinian-voices-in-games.com

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Interactive Ontario @interactiveontario.com · 28d

@agotoronto.bsky.social and Game Arts International Network hosted Video Game Arts Appreciation Night, led by @jimmunroe.net!
The event showcased Canadian interactive talent. Special shoutout to Ontarian participants @visaigames.bsky.social Venba and @omarieclaire.bsky.social Loser Lane!

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Marie LeBlanc Flanagan @omarieclaire.bsky.social · Sep 5

Come play LoserLane at the Art Gallery of Ontario tomorrow? Watch out world, we're rolling into the museums!

marieflanagan.com/loserlane
ago.ca/events/video...

Loser Lane

Experience cycling between certain death and probable death in this totally accurate street survival simulator. Life without bike lanes? Thanks Doug.

marieflanagan.com

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Toronto Games Week @torontogamesweek.com · Sep 1

Were you at TGW 25? Did you play protest games under a ufo? Invent giant parachute games with a fully armoured knight? Colour with your face on a giant silo with Olivia Chow? Find a giant rat in the depths of Toronto? Relive the glory in 3m thanks to Tate Young www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNf-...

Toronto Games Week 2025 Highlights

YouTube video by Toronto Games Week

www.youtube.com

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Quinn Dombrowski @quinnanya.me · Jun 11

Pssst! Just in time for @readywriting.bsky.social zine-making session on Friday at #ACH2025, we'll have a new #DataSittersClub for you all... including an interview with @b0rk.jvns.ca & @omarieclaire.bsky.social of Wizard Zines! 😍

Cover of DSC #22: Lee Skallerup Bessette, Zine-Sitter, with Lee pointing to the text "We can do better than just printing out the DSC!" and holding a zine of the cover.

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Marie LeBlanc Flanagan @omarieclaire.bsky.social · Jun 4

Toronto Games Week starts in a week! Everyone is going to be there, from the rabble-rousers to the mayor.

Join us for a night parkade, chase an infinite sunset, fight for DEI or DIE, make a business deal, play giant games, search for the godmama. We got you!

torontogamesweek.com/schedule

Toronto Games Week

Celebrating games in Toronto, Canada

torontogamesweek.com

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Marie LeBlanc Flanagan @omarieclaire.bsky.social · May 24

infinite hum overtone echo cellular thrum
in resonance we rise we melt into tone
in vibration we trust
dr(((o))))ne

happy drone day
video: Jónsi installation

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Marie LeBlanc Flanagan @omarieclaire.bsky.social · May 23

What are your fav games made in Toronto or set in Toronto?

I need them for a special event for @torontogamesweek.com!

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Toronto Games Week @torontogamesweek.com · May 22

⚠️ THIS IS NOT A DRILL ⚠️

The schedule for Toronto Games Week 2025 is now live on our website!
torontogamesweek.com/schedule 🕹️

There's so many awesome events happening throughout the week, which ones are you all planning on attending? 👀 #TGW25

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Marie LeBlanc Flanagan @omarieclaire.bsky.social · May 7

I'll be showing work at LUDODROME next week in Montreal, and I'm looking for a volunteer to help. DM for info!

LUDODROME is bringing together 40+ experimental games for an inspiring evening of conversation & gameplay at SAT on May 15th

www.eventbrite.com/e/ludodrome-...

@satmontreal.bsky.social

I piece of string on a colourful blanket

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Saffron Aurora @saffronaurora.bsky.social · Mar 17

While we're on the topic of fostering a sense of community in our games industry at in-person game dev events, may I direct your attention to our cool, local, community organized up-and-coming annual event @torontogamesweek.com?

torontogamesweek.com #gamedev

Toronto Games Week

Celebrating games in Toronto, Canada

torontogamesweek.com

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Marie LeBlanc Flanagan @omarieclaire.bsky.social · Feb 21

Has anyone found solutions for surviving social noise?

I'm talking about art openings or restaurants, spaces with many voices running at full volume and bouncing off the reflective walls like an autitory torture trampoline

Earplugs don't cut it, they mute everyone equally

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Marie LeBlanc Flanagan @omarieclaire.bsky.social · Feb 11

What's your fav voice transcription software/service?

considerations: privacy policy (do they have one? Are they selling data?) price (I love a flat rate over a subscription), live transcription (nice!) english and french language support

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Marie LeBlanc Flanagan @omarieclaire.bsky.social · Feb 11

What animals do you see?

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Marie LeBlanc Flanagan @omarieclaire.bsky.social · Feb 10

I've been taking my morning coffee outside. Snowpants on, perched on a broken plastic adirondack chair for a few minutes.

I get this feeling that I've missed for years. It was one of the hardest things about quitting smoking, years ago. Spending time alone with the morning, every morning.

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Marie LeBlanc Flanagan @omarieclaire.bsky.social · Feb 5

benefits?! yes!

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Toronto Games Week @torontogamesweek.com · Jan 22

We're so happy to reveal our poster for 2025, created by Caitlin Russell. A lovely overview of Toronto, offering a glimpse into the playful events that take place during Toronto Games Week!

We're looking forward to celebrating warmer times in June with you all 🥰 #TGW2025

Toronto Games Week, June 11-17 2025
torontogamesweek.com

A painterly view of the city of Toronto, encapsulated by a gold frame, but the city extends out past it. The top and the bottom of the poster are covered in clouds.

Poster created by Caitlin Russell.

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Marie LeBlanc Flanagan @omarieclaire.bsky.social · Jan 27

Are you a new event organizer and want to do something for Toronto Games Week 2025?

We welcome all kinds of events related to play. Maybe you want to host an underwater scuba arcade? Maybe you want to organize tiny immersive theatre performances on the TTC?

docs.google.com/document/d/e...

New Organizers Info Session - Toronto Games Week 2025

docs.google.com

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Marie LeBlanc Flanagan @omarieclaire.bsky.social · Jan 8

Toronto Star interview is up! www.thestar.com/news/gta/vid...

Video game captures the ‘abject terror’ of cycling in Toronto. Welcome to ‘Loser Lane’

Creator Marie LeBlanc Flanagan, frustrated with Doug Ford’s plan to remove bike lanes in Toronto, coded the impossible-to-beat video game in just two weeks.

www.thestar.com

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Marie LeBlanc Flanagan @omarieclaire.bsky.social · Dec 11

If you are in Ottawa this weekend, come to Pique?

I'll be showing a few things! We don't have a dome, but you can play a flattened version of some of the DO-EMS and experience Soft Sanctuary <3 apt613.ca/pique-return...

Pique returns for 2024 winter season — Dec. 14, 2024

Starting Dec. 14, head to the Arts Court for Pique winter edition. The festival’s got music, visual and interdisciplinary arts, artisan food vendors, and drag and ballroom performances to pique your i...

apt613.ca

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Marie LeBlanc Flanagan @omarieclaire.bsky.social · Dec 10

We're close to the deadline for GAIA 2025 applications. We're looking for curators, streamers, reviewers, festival organizers, advocates & more!

If your work involves celebrating, documenting, curating, educating, organizing in games & playful arts, please apply!

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

GAIA 2025 Call for Applications

The Game Arts International Assembly (GAIA) is an event that creates space for people in the game arts organizing, production and curation community to discuss their challenges and share information. ...

docs.google.com

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Marie LeBlanc Flanagan @omarieclaire.bsky.social · Dec 2

Apply to GAIA Barcelona for 2025? It's a very fun event I co-run!

Game Arts International Assembly is an international symposium & gathering dedicated to exploring the intersections of games, play, and art through critical and creative perspectives.

gameartsinternational.network/gaia-2025-in...

GAIA 2025 in Barcelona Applications Open

We are thrilled to announce the open call for the fifth edition of GAIA, taking place in Barcelona in 2025. GAIA (Game Arts International Assembly) is an international symposium and gathering dedicate...

gameartsinternational.network

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Marie LeBlanc Flanagan @omarieclaire.bsky.social · Dec 2

Love the description "an upsetting frogger"

aftermath.site/loser-lane

This Bike Lane Game Is Nightmare Fuel - Aftermath

It's like a very upsetting Frogger

aftermath.site

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Marie LeBlanc Flanagan @omarieclaire.bsky.social · Nov 29

Last week I made a game about how scary it is to bike without bike lanes. Then on Saturday, with the unbelievable irony of life, I was biking on a street without a bike lane and something bad happened.

www.debaser.ca/news/loser-l...

Loser Lane: Escapist game design with Marie LeBlanc Flanagan — Debaser

Marie LeBlanc Flanagan will be presenting two interactive “game poems” at Pique winter edition on December 14, and recently released a protest game called Loser Lane about “the terrifying reality ...

www.debaser.ca

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Julia Evans @b0rk.jvns.ca · Nov 29

it's zine sale time!

from now until the end of the day on Friday, all my PDF zines are 50% off with the discount code WIZARDPDF

print zines are 30% off with code WIZARDPRINT

wizardzines.com

an image with the discount codes and the titles of all the zines and the cool character from the "How DNS Works" in the background

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