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Push to Talk
Push to Talk
By Ryan K. Rigney
Your strategy guide to the new games economy

Good game industry and design takes

- Lynn Cherny

MipMap
MipMap
By Adam
Exploring the depths of 3D art, one polygon at a time.
Resident Anna
Resident Anna
By Anna C. Webster
A blog about horror games from indie to AAA

Deep dives into horror game writing and design.

- Lynn Cherny

Writing Interactive with Greg R. Buchanan
Writing Interactive with Greg R. Buchanan
By Greg R Buchanan
Exploring the art and craft of storytelling across video games, novels & beyond, with insights on creative process and careers. With Dr Greg R Buchanan - bestselling novelist + writer of award-winning video games across horror, thriller, sci-fi & fantasy.

Interesting posts about writing in games. If you're into narrative design, this is one for you.

- Lynn Cherny

Donkeyspace
Donkeyspace
By Frank Lantz
Games, philosophy, and art in the age of AI

Always a good writer and deep thinker on games

- Lynn Cherny

Designing with AI
Designing with AI
By Victor Dibia
Organized thoughts on building/designing apps that integrate state of the art AI agents.

Victor is a thorough and deep thinker with a great design sense. He's one of those people who seem to be good at everything. His posts are always thoughtful resources.

- Lynn Cherny

One Useful Thing
One Useful Thing
By Ethan Mollick
Trying to understand the implications of AI for work, education, and life. By Prof. Ethan Mollick

This has been high-quality signal-to-noise on AI tools from a different perspective.

- Lynn Cherny

AI and Games
AI and Games
By Tommy Thompson [AI and Games]
Exploring research and applications of artificial intelligence in video games.

A classic on AI in/for games, not a hype wagon poster.

- Lynn Cherny

The Space Dog Chronicles
The Space Dog Chronicles
By Char & Martin
A journey through creative space, powered by love for the weird, spices from all around the globe, and video games.

Folks working on AI-assisted creative writing, solid artist and research tech background

- Lynn Cherny

Generative Arts / Creative Coding
Generative Arts / Creative Coding
By Chris Ried
A newsletter made with love on all things revolving around creative coding, generative art and just art as well.

Good procgen art links.

- Lynn Cherny

Game File
Game File
By Stephen Totilo
The business and culture of video games, from a reporter with 20 years on the beat.
Ordinary Plots: Meditations on Poems + Verse
Ordinary Plots: Meditations on Poems + Verse
By Devin Kelly
Posting the occasional poem and the occasional meditation on that poem. Or, in other words: weekly essays on poetry and more.

Fantastic reflections on poetry

- Lynn Cherny

Garbage Day
Garbage Day
By Ryan Broderick
A newsletter about having fun online.

I'm always entertained by this dive into internet culture.

- Lynn Cherny

Data Science Weekly Newsletter
Data Science Weekly Newsletter
In-depth look at the Data Science / Machine Learning / AI / Data Engineering world.

A long-time, high quality DS link-fest.

- Lynn Cherny

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