Streaming changed how players find slots. πΊ
Kick's Gambling category jumped 93% in hours watched in September and climbed to No. 7 (Streams Charts).
Studios now design for the stream as much as the player. 18+.
Good or bad for games? π
#iGaming
Fill in the blank π
"The best engineer I ever worked with always ___."
We'll start: explained the hard stuff without making anyone feel small.
#Engineering#Careers
Data centers ranked last. π
In an ITIF poll, just 26% would support one in their community, the lowest of 10 project types. Most want data centers to pay their full power costs.
Fair ask? π
#DataCenters#Energy
Data centers and water: the fix exists. π§
Frederick County's new campus will cut drinking-water use 80% once its reclaimed water system is done (Frederick County).
Recycled water should be the standard, not the bonus.
Should every project do it? π
#DataCenters
The win animation lasts two seconds. The work behind it doesn't. β¨
Slot animators time every coin, flash and reel stop so a win feels earned and big wins feel huge.
Players don't notice good animation. They feel it.
Tag a great animator π
#GameDev#Slots
Best slot theme of all time? π
πΊ Ancient Egypt
β‘ Norse gods
π¬ Candy
π£ Fishing
π Outer space
Vote with an emoji and defend your pick π
#Slots#iGaming
$130B in data centers stalled in 3 months. π
At least 75 projects were blocked or delayed in Q1 2026 (Data Center Watch via Newsweek).
The message: listen to neighbors early, or don't build at all.
What would win your town over? π
#DataCenters
Small reactors, big questions. π
Google, Kairos and TVA agreed on a 50 MW small modular reactor to help power Google's data centers in Tennessee and Alabama, enough for about 50,000 homes (Yahoo News).
Would you want one nearby? π
#SMR#Energy
Five new slots. One provider. π°
One Oct 7 roundup listed five new slots from a single provider (iGaming Business).
Every one needed its own math, art, animation, sound and QA. That pace takes deep teams.
How many could your studio ship? π
#Slots#GameDev
Would you work at a data center? π’
β Yes, sign me up
π Only if it's close to home
β No way
π I already do
Tell us why π
#DataCenters#Careers
Kick just passed 1 million average viewers. πΊ
September brought a record 773.8M hours watched and 1.09M average viewers, its first month above 1M (Streams Charts).
Who's the streamer you never miss? π
#Kick#Streaming
Nuclear is plugging into AI. βοΈ
Talen is supplying Amazon's Pennsylvania data center campus with 1,920 MW from the Susquehanna plant through 2042 (WNN).
Steady power that doesn't push up neighbors' bills is the goal.
Nuclear for AI: yes or no? π
#Nuclear#DataCenters
The most underrated job in gaming? π§
The game mathematician. They decide how often a slot pays, how big wins get and how the bonus feels.
Bad math sinks great art. (We'd know: our founder builds slots too.)
Tag a great one π
#iGaming#Slots
This or that, builders edition π
π Night shift or βοΈ early shift?
π Remote or ποΈ on-site?
π Startup or π’ giant?
Reply with your 3 picks π
#Careers#Tech
This week in 60 seconds β±οΈ
βοΈ AWS: 2027 capacity largely sold out
πΎ Chips: 2026 sales forecast +111%
π° Stake advances in NZ licensing
πΊ Kick: 773M hours in a month
π· Construction unemployment: 3.5%
π¨ Waldorf Astoria: Sydney, Tokyo, Miami
Which matters most? π
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