(((Ｒｉｄｅｒ•ｏｆ•Ｔｒａｐ)))

A pointless charm for a pointless worry

[(((Ｒｉｄｅｒ•ｏｆ•Ｔｒａｐ))) @Menger_Sponge]

Mio Honda goes to Church

[Jessica Wijaya | Coloso @jwijaya_art]

What if Silver Wolf had her own potions brewing game? Introducing Overflow.hex! An imaginary game featuring illegal ingredients, corrupted formulas, and overpowered results 🧪✨  
#HonkaiStarRail #SilverWolfLV999 #SilverLeveling

[Star Rail Universe @StarRailVerse1]

Silver Wolf LV.999 figure by Hakimi Studio

➣Pre-order link: https://t.co/c8uFk5phJv

#HonkaiStarRail

[KawaiiSensei@ポーズ本発売中📖 @KawaiiSensei_jp]

このちょっとの違いが絵を良くしていく✨

[ezdraw @ezdrawps]

Feet can feel tricky, but they become easier when you simplify the shapes.

[jamie ▴ @linkkling]

personally i think "john [name of thing]" is the funniest bit of all time

[Hiatus 🌻 @BRUHMYNAMEISDY1]

Found some super neat tutorial video that could potentially save someone's life.
Credits to LinesSensei

[Romhack.ing @romhackdoting]

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Saikyo Card Battle - English Translation (3DS) Added https://t.co/Dr1pZLaAz4

[Layla🌙 | 3D Modeler @Layla_3D]

ZZZ models have such great jiggle physics, so I studied them!

💫 How to make ZZZ-style thigh jiggles in Blender (+Butt physics)

[えのき @enoki_kino]

正装マギルゥ

[CSAURAGEUL @csaurageul]

Video games will never be taken seriously as an art form because neither the industry nor the audience treats them as art, and the audience is the larger part of the problem. Games are treated as products to be made fast, sold loud, consumed, discarded, and replaced. That is why Call of Duty and FIFA sell in the billions, not because they endure, but because they are disposable and familiar.

This has nothing to do with graphical fidelity, art style, music, voice acting, or budget, even though players insist otherwise. For most people, “artistic merit” means how flashy, pretty, and expensive a game looks. Spectacle is mistaken for depth, and production value is confused with meaning.

Games are not built to be evergreen because the audience does not want evergreen. The people who revisit old titles, engage deeply with systems, or approach games patiently are a minority. Most want the new release, the hype cycle, and the spectacle, then move on as soon as something shinier appears. This is the same reason Avatar makes a billion dollars per film yet leaves almost no cultural footprint. Audiences want stimulation for a few hours, then the exit.

Art requires patience and trust, and games demand both. They ask players to learn systems, accept friction, and think. The audience rejects this. Anything slow, strange, or uncomfortable is dismissed as boring or pretentious, so risk is punished not just by publishers, but by players themselves.

Because of this, metrics replace meaning. Engagement time, retention, and monetisation become the measure of success, because that is what the audience rewards. Art asks what something is saying. Products ask how long you stayed logged in. Games suffer most here because their greatest strength, player agency, is treated as an inconvenience rather than an opportunity.

Legacy is impossible without permission to fail, and the audience does not allow failure. A bad novel does not kill literature. A bad film does not kill cinema. A bad game can kill a studio, because players demand perfection, constant novelty, and infinite support while rejecting experimentation.

So the ceiling stays low by choice. Not because games cannot be art, but because an audience trained on disposability, spectacle, and instant gratification will not tolerate sincerity, patience, or risk. What survives is not what lasts, but what sells loudly and disappears quietly.

[tkt @tkt_aiart]

Esちゃんとプリン sfw

[madebyabra @madebyabra]

self taught blender artist here.

blender is a really intimidating program for beginners so i’d like to share some resources to help people get started 🧵

[Benji @BenjiGameDev]

yeah the map is literally just floating above the level

[André Cardoso @andre_mc]

Recently had the opportunity to build 3 demos to demonstrate the power of game feel!

#gamedevelopment

[le to an @lelegular]

#Silksong

[Desktop Mate（デスクトップメイト） @desktop_mate]

📢 [New DLC Announcement] 📢
Kasane Teto is coming to Desktop Mate!
Releases on August 7 ✨

The community’s No. 1 request is finally a reality!
She’ll chat with you using VOICEPEAK voice lines. 🎤

Add to your wishlist 👇
https://t.co/QZ9XC1JfFj

#DesktopMate #KasaneTeto

[Reggie Fils-Aimé @Reggie]

This July 11 marks the 10 year anniversary of Satoru Iwata's passing. I still think of him nearly every day. Together, we put a lot of smiles on people's faces.

[𝗞𝗲𝘆𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘁 🐺 🔜 Anime Expo & Offkai @keydget]

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