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former games editor, current freelance writer team Frosty Games Fest (as seen at Summer Game Fest!) he/they https://linktr.ee/kieron.verb 📧: [email protected]

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kv @ornitier.online · Mar 6

*new pinned post*

Hi, I'm Kieron and I do things like the following:

– Games reviewer and writer for WellPlayed @wellplayed.bsky.social
– LEGO Gaming Correspondent at Jay's Brick Blog @jaysbrickblog.com
– Team Frosty Games Fest @frostygamesfest.com
– Cat dad (most important)

Two cats, on the left an orange-and-white cat and on the right a black-and-white cat. Neither has any idea what's going on.

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kv @ornitier.online · 1h

it is unfortunately kinda fun

kv @ornitier.online · 1h

oh no it's claimed another one

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Freeplay @free-play.bsky.social · 2d

Coming to Parallels on Thursday? We have two additions to the line-up to announce!

Building Relationships - @tanatb.housefuckinggame.com (TALK)
Dogpile - @folly.studio (PLAYABLE SHOWCASE)

Building Relationships - "a silly adventure game about a house on a date"

Dogpile - a dog is jumping into a pile of dogs! One of the dogs has cool sunglasses. Hell Yeah.

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 5h

I am fascinated by how ubi has welded the aesthetics of politics in its games and marketing for decades, but always been profoundly cowardly about engaging with them. Political aspartame.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 8h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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kv @ornitier.online · 1h

clocked off early to go home and have a nap before parallels and I think this is going to go down in history as a fantastic decision

kv @ornitier.online · 3h

HMMMMMM

kv @ornitier.online · 3h

jumped onto PSN expecting to see a discount on Yooka-Replaylee as an original backer/owner of the game but instead it's just not letting me buy it at all? am I just too early or...??

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 4h

Ubisoft could not have handled a Reconstruction Era Assassin's Creed:

aftermath.site/assassins-cree...

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kv @ornitier.online · 6h

the current political climate is the perfect reason to make something like this

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 8h

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Vooks @vooks.net · 14h

Nintendo's second 'Close to You' video reveals it was Pikmin all along www.vooks.net/ninten...

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kv @ornitier.online · 17h

wasn't on the judging panel this time around but good to see the right game won 👌

The Australian Game Developer Awards (The AGDAs) @agdas.bsky.social · 18h

The #AGDAs25 Winner For Game of the Year is...

The Drifter by Powerhoof

kv @ornitier.online · 23h

it was fantastic! such a great job done all around

kv @ornitier.online · 1d

made a quick stop while I was in the area

game worlds is a bop

in angles:

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jacobbles @jacobbles.bsky.social · 1d

Ghost of Yotei got me thinking about this one

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kv @ornitier.online · 1d

we are so back

kv @ornitier.online · 1d

tbf that place is good

I couldn't do as many bowls as Clinton

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Jon Ingold @jon.inkle.co · 1d

The thing about this is, is this is how born-rich people *already* do it - whether it's making art, or starting a business, or whatever they successfully do. They already know it works.

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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kv @ornitier.online · 1d

it didn't! that game was about the place you inhabited, it made sense for the format. I'm hoping these early hours are just character dev teething and it turns back toward the good stuff

kv @ornitier.online · 1d

"FAMILIAR LOCATION" flashes on screen as I ride past a conspicuous rock

thanks I've never been here

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kv @ornitier.online · 1d

Game can't decide if it wants to be a player-first open world or a theme park ride of Atsu's trauma

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kv @ornitier.online · 1d

I love to be told when to enjoy things

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Promise Mascot Agency OUT NOW! 🛻✨💕 Kaizen Game Works @kaizengameworks.com · Apr 15

Want to make your own mini To-Fu while you wait for us to make a To-Fu plushie?

Check out our printable papercraft To-fu! ✨ Link below! 👇

Just don't hug him too hard, he's a fragile boy.😭💧
#promisemascotagency #プロミス・マスコットエージェンシー

An image of a papercraft tofu mascot (To-Fu from Promise Mascot Agency / プロミス・マスコットエージェンシー) stuck in a train ticket gate.

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WellPlayed @wellplayed.bsky.social · 1d

It's Melbourne International Games Week and @josefinahuq.bsky.social spoke to a raft of Melbourne-based developers to chat about showing up, money and vibes

Showing Up In The Melbourne Games Ecosystem

Dealing with existential anxieties by being a bum on a seat

www.well-played.com.au

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kv @ornitier.online · 1d

started with the generator, gave up and got creative