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I'm looking for a few Game Designers to help out on Goddess of the Hunt (Village Sim x Greek Myth x Legally Blonde) in short sprints over the next few months. 🏹~4 days per sprint 🏹£250 per day 🏹Remote (UK only) Info here: teamartichoke.com/jobs/game-…

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Great company to work for.
✨UK Games Industry Job✨ UI/UX Designer We're looking for a talented self-starter to join Firefly Studios. You'll be working on exciting new projects in the strategy game genre. 🔵WFH/London office if preferred 🔵Grads considered 🔵Portfolio required fireflyworlds.com/careers/ui…
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14 Oct 2022
Joke making rounds: “Apparently @KwasiKwarteng had trouble getting a seat on the plane because no one wanted him near business OR economy.”
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12 Oct 2022
Mick Lynch is good: clear, articulate, understands his brief, avoids being condescending. Can he be in government please.
While discussing the current rail dispute at the @TransportCttee session earlier today, I asked Mick Lynch who he thought should pay for the wage rises he is demanding: passengers or taxpayers?
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What are some of your favourite underrated mobile games? Like, not in the Top 100, probably made by indies, probably not even on any other platforms. What are the real gems people are missing out on?

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Great opportunity here
Hard to overstate how big an opportunity this is!
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I think tonight might be the most fun I've had doing a @TraxionGG stream so far. @hvgames have knocked it out of the park (heh) with You Suck At Parking. FANTASTIC game, the perfect blend of fun and rage
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Firefly Studios will be heading to the @PocketGamer Connects in Helsinki 27th-28th Sept! We'll be showing the first playable build of Romans: Age of Caesar, a co-op city builder by the veteran developers of the classic Caesar series. Please contact @FireFlyNick to arrange a demo!
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12 Sep 2022
Out in 2 days! I've been working on this for more than a year. Really looking forward to seeing it in players' hands.
Micro Machines meets crazy golf? In anticipation of You Suck at Parking's launch later this week, here's our interview with @hvgames covering what went into making this one-of-a-kind arcade racer: wfmag.cc/parking-mad
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Please vote. We're trying to find out how the game industry wants to work: fully remote; fully in the office or hybrid. (Naturally, this is not a scientific poll)
Global games/tech people, do you want to:-
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A cover feature for You Suck at Parking!
It includes the never-before-told story of how we started working on Multiplayer 👀 Thanks for the feature @wireframemag
22 Aug 2022
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18 Aug 2022
You rock at streaming, Vicki ✨
Ok...so @hvgames You Suck At Parking was brilliant today. Thanks to the devs for popping in and chatting. I thoroughly loved the chaos. Everyone wishlist this game so we can all play together when it's released. Cross-platform multiplayer...yes yes yes, give it to me.
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Updated canonical list of all game designer roles as determined by Experts In The Field
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11 Aug 2022
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24 Jun 2022
Can't decide if this is genius or foolishness. I think I'm coming down on the side of foolishness. Just.
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Give this tweet a Pulitzer
16 Jun 2022
Anna Sorokin, known for taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from friends and businesses while posing as a German heiress, says she's trying to move away from the "scammer persona" and plans to launch a collection of NFTs. nbcnews.to/3y5B0Pn
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27 May 2022
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