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Gamedev
- All Stations Beyond from Davemakes - gamedev notes from the developer of Mixolumia and other delightful games
- Heather Flowers' newsletter - dev logs and comments from the developer of Snake Farm
- harmonycorp newsletter from thecatamites - gamedev updates from the developer of many intriguing things I've liked a lot, like Anthology of the Killer and Magic Wand
- Ghoulnoise from Priscilla Snow - game dev and life updates from the musician working on Skin Deep
- Azhdarchid.com by Bruno Dias - a blog from the narrative designer behind Fallen London, and a long-time collaborator of mine
- Someplace Elsewhere by Nat Clayton - writing from the level designer of A Highland Song and others!
- A. Le Doux's Blog - writing from the creator of Bitsy and With The Last Moonbeam, the most recently-developed GBA game I've ever played
- blog.dante.cool by Dante Douglas - my former coworker from Riot and the narrative lead on Airborne Empire
- fungus.zone by Mike Horowitz - an artist and animator whose writing I also loved on Cohost
- Blendo Games News from Brendon Chung - a great game developer who is unfortunately known primarily for being my cool and attractive husband
- Aurambles from Aura Triolo - an animator and fantastic writer about the games industry in general
- everest-pipkin.com - writing from one of my favorite experimental game/web art creators
- hpowellsmith.com - updates from Harris Powell-Smith, a fanastic narrative designer and writer
- brodybrooks.com - game dev posts and tech recommendations from Brody Brooks
- vbuckenham.com - v writes about an eclectic range of topics from game dev, tech, online culture, and real-world livin' in the UK
- Museum of Screens - a blog linking to and archiving web games from the past and present. I've found a lot of interesting little projects here.
- MAEK GAEM - David Lindsey Pittman's blog about weekly game-dev work, mostly on Eldritch 2. Great vision into the labor and work pace required for someone to make a whole ass indie game in their free time.
- Zarf Updates - Andrew Plotkin's writing. Great stuff here stretching back well over a decade.
- enceledean - Nic Tringali's dev blog. They post a ton of great design essays, design diaries, etc.
- Virtual Moose - a blog by Michael Klamerus, who posts constantly about neat indie game finds, making games in Michigan, blog roundups, etc.
Other games, tech, and culture writing
- Cania's Blog - interesting recommendations and reflections on games, culture, and technology, particularly retro games
- Museum of Screens - a blog which aims to archive and explore the history of webgames
- CD-ROM Journal by Misty DeMeo - incredible finds from the history of games and technology
- The Chatner by Daniel Lavery - eccentric comedy writing about history and fiction from one of my favorite culture writers
- blockygraphics - not strictly writing, but this tumblr run by Katherine St. Asaph is a great resource for old computer graphics - images that were distributed on CD-ROM and stuff like that. I love getting a little slice of incredibly tiny 90s art delivered into my RSS reader every once in a while.
- eieio.games - Nolen Royalty's blog. A lot of this is games stuff, but I'm sticking it down here because some of the best stuff on this blog is more in the realm of "playful technology". Some really incredible interactive jokes here.
Bikes, transit, and Los Angeles
- LA Streetsblog - a great resource for news about Los Angeles's transit upgrades, and opportunities for street safety/accessibility activism. The Streetsblog network also includes sites for NYC, MA, Chicago, SF, and California generally
- LA Taco - news about LA told through a very different lens than what you'd normally find in the LA Times. Real local journalism... on a taco website!