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I’m running some queer storygame sessions in Rotherham during October half term, about witches, skeletons, and dirt: post.intrapology.com/news/plug…

→ 6:46 PM, Oct 14

I’m still looking for 3-5 artists who I can support with grant applications this Autumn-Winter. If you face barriers to formal grant writing processes then this is free to you, as many major funders will pay for support workers. zoyander.cc/services/

→ 1:27 PM, Oct 13

For artists doing projects in England - Arts Council Project Grants is now open for grants up to £100k. If you face access barriers that impact your ability to apply, I’d love to help: zoyander.cc/services/

→ 5:20 PM, Oct 6

Dodgy Derek's poisoned pond (a story about creative fields)

Here’s something that connects a lot of the moral injury and just awkward conversations that I have as a digital artist in the 2020s: A concept, tool, or field of enquiry was once a broad possibility space, explored by folks with lots of different perspectives and interests. A big pond that you can swim around in around fairly freely, without feeling a strong pull in one direction or another. Some currents lead you closer to capital, some lead you further away.
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→ 2:07 PM, Sep 30

On the question "Does Sheffield have an indie games scene?"

This article in Now Then Magazine is at its heart a lovely profile of three local game developers: one small work for hire boutique, and two artgame devs making the sort of thing that’s very close to my heart. Indeed, it’s the kind of thing I constantly have to explain even to people who consider themselves gamers: Maisha Wester’s Coded Black, co-written by Desiree Reynolds, is a walking simulator about anti-Blackness in the US and UK; and Benjamilian Swithen’s Trans Theft Horso is an adventure game about gender gladness.
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→ 8:00 AM, Sep 17

I’d like to support between 3 and 5 artists to write grant applications between now and December. Disabled and neurodivergent artists may be eligible for FREE support. You can request my help with Arts Council England Project Grants, which reopens this month: zoyander.cc/services/

→ 6:07 PM, Sep 1

Flags

I read an article on CNN that was like “it’s normal to see our national flag here in the US, but in the UK it’s controversial”. This was sort of true in the 2010s, for a certain value of “normal”. In my time in California in the mid-2010s I always knew I’d wandered too far from the Bart station when I started seeing flags. When you get too far from a dense population centre, the settlement quickly starts to lose its coherence and has to loudly assert its own existence.
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→ 6:25 PM, Aug 30

Map of regions supported by the UK government’s Department for Culture Media and Sports (DCMS) Create Growth programme. A frustrating time to be running a creative business in South Yorkshire.

→ 1:48 PM, Aug 14

Absolutely love being able to create a custom interface for every performance. This is one of those joys of creativity online that every artist should get to experience. I hope if we get to keep making the show we’ll be able to keep raising the bar on our digital set design. Intrapology.com

→ 2:13 PM, Jul 15

Catch up on Episodes 1-3 of Intrapology. Register to see Episode 4 LIVE this Sunday at intrapology.com/tickets

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→ 5:28 PM, Jul 14

Teletext art for Intrapology S01E04 audio description segments

I’m feeling so excited today after a fantastic session with the Intrapology tech team. This week we we’ve been preparing pre-recorded assets for the show on 20th July, which takes place in a utopian community in a small fragment world started by an alien anthropologist who did fieldwork on earth in the 1970s. I’ve long wanted to make a Teletext-based artwork, so I’ve been keen to take advantage of the opportunity to incorporate Teletext into how I imagine this world.
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→ 8:51 PM, Jul 12

Softly as in a Morning Sunrise [Free] [Interactive Fiction]

→ 10:33 PM, Jul 7

The lonely internet

I’m trying to guard these vulnerable feelings with care, but I want to say something in the open about how utterly lonely it is trying to find the audience for Intrapology. Rationally, I know that this is not personal, nor a reflection of the quality of my work. For one thing, Intrapology is made by a team of very talented people, and even on a bad day I can see clearly that my own deficiencies as an artist are more than adequately counterbalanced by their contributions.
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→ 6:48 PM, Jul 6

20th July performance of Intrapology Episode Four: You're So Jealous I Bet You Think This Episode Excludes You

We’re currently hard at work preparing our next show in the Intrapology series. You should join us for the live online interactive performance on 20th July! An audience member at our last performance said, “there isn’t another show that hits in the way this one does. Y’all are really speaking raw necessary messiness of existence and our current moment.” You’re So Jealous, I Bet You Think This Episode Excludes You
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→ 12:40 PM, Jun 30

Some really wonderful responses to the Intrapology performance on Sunday 🥰 It’s taken so much work by so many people to get here, and I’m gratified that everyone’s efforts are showing through in the final result.

→ 8:19 PM, Jun 19

“Hype and Doom are two sides of the same Bitcoin” I’ve been saving this Ruha Benjamin lecture for a day when I have the capacity to process it, and it does not disappoint youtu.be/ZseJigkUh…

→ 2:27 PM, Jun 18

Final week before the Intrapology performance on Sunday! Absolutely gorgeous live interactive performance about alien anthropologists whose worlds have broken apart. Our biggest challenge is actually reaching audiences - please share!

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→ 9:12 AM, Jun 9

Really keen to share Intrapology with #covidconscious people who are #stillcoviding or who face barriers to in-person theatre because #covidisnotover. Where should I be posting information about our shows? post.intrapology.com/episodes/…

→ 6:22 PM, Jun 5

2025 Access Ability Summer Showcase

Intrapology will be participating in Laura Kate Dale’s Summer Showcase event tomorrow! The aim is to ensure that disabled gamers can find out about new titles that will be accessible to them. Our format is of course super different to your typical game, even in the creative fringe of indie games, and that means we’re able to offer a different kind of accessibility. The showcase will be airing on Friday 6th June 2025 at 4pm UK, 11am Eastern, 8am Pacific.
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→ 2:10 PM, Jun 5

This Pride Month, instead of fawning over whatever corporate crap is pretending to pander to us this year while still colluding in various harms around the world, maybe celebrate queer artists trying to create beauty even while the government tries to destroy our lives.

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→ 10:12 PM, Jun 1

Excellent writing about the status-oriented goals of LLM evangelists. It explains so much. At the same time, there’s something uncomfortable about recognising that the alternative to joining the chorus is to cultivate prestige.

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→ 10:53 AM, May 27

Register to join our new date for Softly as in a Morning Sunrise (Intrapology S01E03)

15th June 2025, 7pm UK time | Online Tickets are now live for the new performance date for Intrapology’s third episode, Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise! You don’t need to have seen the last two episodes to be able to follow the story. Sign in if you’re a paying subscriber, or buy a ticket for £10: post.intrapology.com/episodes/…

→ 7:41 PM, May 26

Half of young people don't want the internet that corporations have created. There's an alternative.

This week the British Standards Institute published a report into young people’s attitudes to the internet. The headline is “Half of young people want to grow up in a world without internet”. The report comes in the context of a wave of new regulations and legislation governing the internet, including the Online Standards Act, which has been criticised for potentially stifling independent, non-corporate community services such as web forums. The BSI will play a major role in establishing and managing standards for internet privacy and safety in the UK, and this research into young people’s experiences of the internet form part of the arguments underpinning their approach to internet governance.
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→ 5:05 PM, May 24

Worked hard today developing character ideas for the finale of Intrapology. We might end up covering Jowling Kowling in gunge, but it depends on the outcome of audience votes in episodes 4 and 5. Meanwhile, we’re performing Episode 3 on 15th June, get tickets at intrapology.com/tickets

→ 10:13 PM, May 22

Just had a lovely meeting about continuing the Desperate Livin website archiving trans health resources. Also planning a couple of workshops for skill sharing to get more people creating DIY indie websites. The internet is still handmade, still beautiful, and still ours. desperatelivin.com

→ 4:56 PM, May 19