Aura

took me several years to get around to finishing all 8 directions but i'm finally happy with all of them (click for animation if it doesn't go on its own!)

i started this project in earnest to teach myself to do pixel art, and i thought one with 8-way sprites would be a great way for me to learn. while it was, it has certainly made it take quite a bit longer to make all the assets for the game!!

her name's somna btw

New Maak album!!

Maak's a Japanese chiptune and tracker musician who's been at it since the late 90s. He's worked with a number of styles and chips, but tends to prefer western trackers and computer platforms. This album's devoted to C64 SID tunes.

This is fresh off the presses and it looks like there isn't even a formal CWA press release yet, at least on their public channels. Nonetheless, this has been confirmed by the new union, OneBGS.

Statement as follows:

Workers at Bethesda Game Studios have joined the Communication Workers of America, forming the first wall-to-wall union at a Microsoft video game studio. The workers, consisting of 241 developers including artists, engineers, programmers and designers have either signed a union authorization card or indicated that they wanted union representation via an online portal. Microsoft has recognized the union.

From The Body Politic #5, July-August 1972

I just want to note, since misty's post reminded me of it! If you don't have a sense of where queer people and queer communities were at pre-internet, The Body Politic - an explicitly LGBT-focused Canadian magazine that ran throughout the 70s and 80s - is an incredible read and I hugely recommend it. You'll be amazed how many things are different and how many things are shockingly the same. A surreal and sometimes reassuring dive into queer history.

A ton of issues are available to read for free on archive.org thanks to uploads from the Canadian Museum for Human Rights: