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  'Demystifying Creativity - On Originality in Game Development' by Fawzi Mesmar seems like an absolute must-read. Find it here: https://www.routledge.com/Demystifying-Creativity-On-Originality-in-Game-Development/Mesmar/p/book/9781032200033

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  Ecstatica 1 & 2 just appeared on GOG! What's more, those are subtly improved versions with better controls and an assortment of other bells and whistles. If you haven't tried those cult survival horror classics, you are missing out. Here's the link: https://www.gog.com/en/game/ecstatica

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  RE: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@konstantinosd/117507247850191430 A handy reminder! Oh, and do spread the word :)

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  Anyone tried this Zorin OS? https://zorin.com/

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  A Chill comic book has just been released! https://www.drivethrucomics.com/en/product/590912/chill-a-three-dog-night-chapter-one-la-nuit-des-trois-chiens-chapitre-un

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  Finished watching episode 2 (out of 1180 or so) of the One Piece anime with my daughter, and, frankly, I'm quite loving this already!

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  Cauldron Scare Attack! https://sunteam.itch.io/cauldron

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  Chatting about the making of vampiric RPG 'Nighthawks' with Richard Cobbett must have been the highlight of my autumn. Watch the whole thing here: https://youtu.be/zpp7tUZpljw?si=yIk827XOSVJOefXg

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  Here's my advice: Anyone running ttRPGs for kids under 10 should make certain to include at least one more adult as a player. It helps them focus.

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  If you visit my site at https://www.game-cities.com/ and click on the services button, you will surely notice that I am now offering a 'game city auditing' service. It's a very focused, very efficient way of getting detailed feedback (+ suggestions) on your cities within 2 weeks.

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  Grab dozens of games in a truly indie bundle, support the Game Worker Hardship Fund, and try to come up with ideas for self-organized studios. 🎁 The bundle: https://itch.io/b/3802/game-industry-hardship-fund 🛠️ The fund: https://uvw-cwa.org/hardship-fund-2026

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  Happy to announce that, with the help of Indie Press Revolution, physical copies of Ex Novo will be available at Gen Con 2026!

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  Just finished Forbidden Solitaire. Wonderful game, clever solitaire mechanics, amazing pacing, and a wonderfully weird (and campy) horror story. Can't recommend it enthusiastically enough! ➡️ https://greyaliengames.com/forbiddensolitaire/index.php

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  Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back on the Atari 2600; looked just like the movie ❤️

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  Indies funding indies does sound like a good plan. https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/meet-the-indie-studios-funding-other-indie-studios

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  Classic and deadly Dungeons & Dragons module 'The Tomb of Horrors' has been (rather accurately) turned into a JRPG you can play in your browser. Here: https://mralcoro.itch.io/the-tomb-of-horrors

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  Hibernated 2's Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Amiga, and MS-DOS loading screens by Dylan Barry. http://8-bit.info/2019/04/19/the-art-of-hibernated-2/

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  You can find the impressive (and free) BBC sound effects archive here: https://sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk/

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  Starting on Tuesday May 12, and for a total of three sessions I will be teaching my *Create An Interactive City In Text using ink* course. If you are interested in building interactive urban worlds using unk by@inklestudios@beta.mstdn.cf, you can find out more here: https://www.d6learning.com/course/create-an-interactive-city-in-text-using-ink

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  The amount of insulting, sensationalist article titles that gaming sites manage to come up with is simply shocking.

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  A (rather glowing) TR-49 review by Eurogamer ❤️ https://www.eurogamer.net/tr-49-review

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  'The Mystery of Rennes-le-Château: A Secret History' by the Digital Antiquarian for all the tasteful people who wisely adore Gabriel Knight 3. Read it here: https://www.filfre.net/2026/04/the-mystery-of-rennes-le-chateau-part-3-a-secret-history/

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  Infocom's Cornerstone and the mu machine that would have brought it to every platform of the '80s are not so lost anymore... https://blog.zarfhome.com/2026/04/cornerstone-and-the-mu-machine

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  Sometimes researching stuff can lead to lovely old PC Gamer articles like this one on 'The best pubs in PC games'. Here's the link: https://www.pcgamer.com/the-best-pubs-in-pc-games/

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  GOG is having its Spring Sale, and I simply had to grab several (mostly old) games including: • Jupiter Hell • Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration • Timequest • Nox Archaist • Rise of the Dragon • Timequest (pictured) • EPIC + Inferno • Time Gate: Knight's Chase

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  Read Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker --the existence of which I only discovered yesterday-- and was deeply impressed. I now want to re-read Dracula.

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  I must have read this book (Usborne Guide to Computer and Video Games) a billion times as a kid... Wonderfully, it's also available on the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/UsborneGuide

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  Now here's something I don't believe I ever thought about: 'Why and How to make in-engine gameplay trailers' - https://www.darzalgames.com/in-engine-trailers/

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  This is awesome ⤵️ https://mijofr.github.io/st-panorama/#ENTD_BRIDGE_12

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  The technology of 'Hunter' or how a 1991 Amiga game simulated an entire island: https://www.generationamiga.com/2026/03/20/the-technology-of-hunter-how-a-1991-amiga-game-simulated-an-entire-island/