The developers of Terra Nil committed a portion of their profit from the game to the Endangered Wildlife Trust and have donated over $100,000 towards environmental conservation! That's some serious "games for impact"

Mouldbreaker Interactive is a new game studio founded on people-first production principles and a “protect your team” philosophy. We'll explain more in the coming months, but check out our website in the meantime or follow us for monthly news and updates! mouldbreaker.com

The only reason I'm a game designer and use games and play as a primary medium in my artistic practice is because play is a radical act. Play can change your life. Play can liberate. Playing is a fundamental form of activism. In a capitalist world, play is resistance.

loves! There's another Playtesting Lab happening at CMU (Pittsburgh, PA) this weekend. reserve a spot at: linktr.ee/pghplaytest

✨new paper✨ Minh Hao Nguyen led this work looking at how digital #disconnection links to well-being using #ESM, this takes research on #digitaldetox to a new level academic.oup.com/jcmc/article/2… #preregistered tx Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions for the support

dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.114… Pair research too. Something that people need to try to adopt more imo.

Debugging is becoming more critical everyday with “AI pair programmers” contributing bugs, but no one remembers it taught in class…We built an LLM-based tutor to help & want to see if you like it - If you know basic Python, pls sign up for our study! 🧵 forms.gle/6ai4sevs7NVHhr…

want to support good writing about games? some underrated folks worth your time: -unwinnable (Unwinnable) -bullet points (Bullet Points) -indiepocalypse (Andrew丨BUY INDIEPOCALYPSE) -gamesline (Gamesline) -superjump (@superjumpmag) -mara (mara) post your favs and i'll 🧵em

Every year a bobcat mama gives a birth to a litter of kittens on roof so owner set up a camera this year

4 years ago, I read Tom’s tweet. Because I’m a holiday girlie who had a classroom tree and array of holiday assignments, I paused and decided to poll my students to see if they opposed holiday decor. +

Undergrove has passed 10,000 backers and $600K! The Kickstarter campaign runs through 8 eastern tonight. This has been an absolute labor of love for me - thank you all for your support 🍄❤️🥰 kickstarter.com/projects/alder…

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What does principled internationalist Left politics on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict look like? A statement signed by a few of us on this question leftrenewal.net

MLK routinely requested permits and court orders before marching, he marched in the places where the injustice was occurring, and he paired those matches, boycotts, and protests with concrete, actionable proposals. Other than that you're identical.

At Liminal Learning, we're building more than a retreat-based developmental program for young people finding their collective purpose. It's also a "Thought Partnership Practice", a thing for which a proper container feels missing. As a first step: releases.metalabel.com/r02/nDWTRH5c4N…

Judaica store clerk: This crock pot will feed 6 jews without any problems. Customer: Where am I going to find 6 jews without any problems?

So, I get to teach a special topics course in the fall! "Building technologies for the resistance" will be coming to a CMU near you in fall 2024. Do any of you have papers you would like me to consider including as a part of the reading list?