Jim Munroe

After learning from @jimmunroe.net at last night's Video Game Arts Appreciation Night that its brutalist architecture was the inspiration for the level design in @metanetsoftware.com's game "n", I can't look at Robarts Library / "Fort Book" the same way…

Interested in getting your feet wet with interactive narrative? There's a free workshop this Sunday, 1-4pm: ttlmarket.com/products/tex... Part of the @torontogamesweek.com presented Academy of Fun and Games, a weekend of games and learning: gameartsinternational.network/academy-of-f... #toronto

Future? No Thanks! only needs a few more Steam reviews to reach the crucial milestone of 50! If you post a new review I'll send you a postcard with a unique, handwritten review of your review. (more info below)

People keep asking us if they should buy Future? No Thanks! or pre-order GTA VI so we made a quick guide:

I love a good curbside find, and I really appreciate the extra step when people disclose information like "works", "one wonky leg" etc. Giving away stuff is nice and this small step is even nicer.

Future? No Thanks! IS OUT NOW ON STEAM An open-world comedy adventure about workable utopias, the twilight of patriarchy, revolution, and the horrifying possibility that the younger generations might be right. 💀 Windows + Mac 💀 6+ hours of gameplay 💀 20% off at launch futurenothanks.com

A couple years ago I started switching to open source & independent game dev tools, to see if I could replace the software I’d spent my whole career in. I wrote about how it’s going matthammill.com/tools/ (This was for my talk at Toronto Games Week/Open World Map which was so lovely to be part of!)

Were you looking for an excuse to support cyclists today? Donate to my Big Bike Ride fundraiser! Cycle Toronto has been a tireless advocate when we really need one. Or join me on the ride past beautiful rivers & Lake Ontario. If you want to donate: www.canadahelps.org/me/j6QwQJr5

I have been mostly Google-free for eight months, but the news about Google's complicity with the Lake America nonsense was what I needed to click the final click. Perhaps you might find this inspiring? jimmunroe.net/writing/dive...

You heard right, we’re announcing N PLUS INFINITY TIMES TWO! Wishlist it on Steam now: store.steampowered.com/app/3040020/...

Would you like to go for a Wonder Wander with me? I am leading a very casual Humber walk combined with some time for creative writing or drawing, in case you know anyone who would like that in their life before the end of the summer. Limited $10 tickets here: luma.com/k3fzfa6j #mysticmutualaid

📢After 5 years of work and 0 divorces... Future? No Thanks! finally has a release date: July 22, 2026

The Conference For Art Games (C4AG) has officially launched a call for submissions. Games and interactive art from the #AtlanticCanada region will be celebrated in #Halifax #NovaScotia from Sept 18 to Oct 9, 2026. Submission call for exhibits, talks, zines and sponsors. Find more at c4art.games

Announcing N PLUS INFINITY TIMES TWO! Watch this amazing trailer, and then wishlist on Steam (link below): youtu.be/-Jhy9HNs-u0

I'm running this @torontogamesweek.com in about ten days! Looking forward to a whole day of digital dissidance, inspiring demos, empowering workshops and a chat with @droqen.bsky.social about his court case! #gamedev #opensource #digitalsovereignty #enshittification luma.com/8nvmyatm Free!

📢Future? No Thanks! DEMO OUT NOW ON STEAM! Try the game for 30 minutes! An ecosocialist open-world utopia for our dark times. For Windows and Mac store.steampowered.com/app/3861870/...

LOVE gamemaking and HATE technofascism? I am running a @torontogamesweek.com event for you! Free with reg: luma.com/8nvmyatm Featuring @vagabond.quest @matthammill.bsky.social @rwg.aoir.social.ap.brid.gy and more! #Toronto #digitalsovereignty #gamedev (Poster art by @davidhellman.bsky.social)

25 years ago today I did my first ever game related event. Today I get to work with this awesome community via @torontogamesweek.com

You may have heard whispers on the wind, but this is no ordinary #TOJam... This is TOJam's 20th Anniversary!🎉 How has this been going on that long?! To celebrate, this year we have a special theme for the jam: All of them 🥳This year's theme is: Mash-up Any 2 Previous Themes!🥳

Prepare for ETERNAL WINTER

The rumors are true! Future? No Thanks! will be playable at Day of the Devs in San Francisco. I'll be there too! March 8 - 3PM to 8PM - Free www.dayofthedevs.org/events/day-o...

i think ive paid gabe newell more from the proceeds of my games than i've paid the government, but gabe doesn't pave my roads or fund my schools or feed the kids in my community probably a few overdue conversations to be had about maybe paying less gabes before we pay less taxes or something

Running a playful culture event during June 11-17th in Toronto? Submit it for inclusion in the Toronto Games Week 2026 program! If you've submitted an event in the past, or have run a gaming event before, this form is for you! 📝 bit.ly/tgw26-organi... 🗓️ 11:59pm ET April 11th

The biggest news in games right now is Horsey Game. A sophisticated open world horse betting/breeding life sim from the maker of Desert golfing, Freeways and Enviro-bear 2000.

After months working in the shadows… meet Curse of Resthaven. A gothic horror mystery where you govern a cursed island trapped in a time loop while searching for your missing niece. If it’s your kind of weird, please wishlist! store.steampowered.com/app/3796150/... More dev secrets soon.

new blog post: The future of public game arts festivals and non-commercial games culture, with notes on @free-play.bsky.social / indie games events around the world www.blog.radiator.debacle.us/2026/02/the-...

Next week! If you're in the Toronto area, I'll be talking about a recent critical edition of the Aperture Science promotional Portal tie-in website (co-edited by Alan Galey, @ellenforget.bsky.social, and myself) as well some of the implications for future born-digital interactive literature.

they say you are over the hill bc as you approach middle age, you stand atop that hill, a great vantage point from which to survey the low-lying territory that is your elder years, and then against your better judgement you begin to walk down, a brave adventurer, into the onslaught you will not win

A panel from Roaming by Jillian and Mariko Tamaki. I love how it incidentally captures trying to squeeze a takeout container into a too-full garbage can -- a weirdly familar moment I've never seen in print.

👁️‍🗨️ Seeking reccos for #opensource history via articles, video or podcast for research I'm doing into a #digitalsovereignty for artists campaign.

I kicked my Google addiction, and now I just use my G Home devices as dumb Bluetooth speakers. When you switch the mic button off to stop them eavesdropping the LEDs go Cylon-orange and they look like they're glaring at you. More about my month here: jimmunroe.net/writing/dive...

Me too. Check out Qobuz for a drag and drop replacement: import your Spotify playlists, similar pricing, but pays artists 5x more.

#Enshittification PSA: If you use Gmail to pick up emails from a custom domain you own with POP3, that will no longer work in January. Related PSA: I am currently feeling out #protonmail as a replacement.

Just a bit of Canadian context/voices on the Rockstar situation. www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...

At Sitges, the sci-fi and horror film festival just outside Barcelona. Really amazed at how it totally transforms the town... There's even a statue of the festival's mascot! It's been going since the late 1960s.

Kudos to @daff.space and the Game Sewer folk for their on-theme sludge refreshments served in petri dishes.

It was great catching up with one of my favourite comic creators @jimmunroe.net, who was debuting his latest book 'Zeroed Out', at Lucky's Comics tonight. Joining was local comics zen master @jasonturner.bsky.social with his latest, Vinegar #46. Always a cause for celebration. Sweet evening.

Hard not to read this as the choice in this cultural moment.

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We met last May in the dream room, now we meet in reality palestinian-voices-in-games.com PVIG is a community of gamedevs, curators, and organizers supporting Palestinian game creators in telling their stories. Got coins? Support a creator! Got skills? Volunteer! Got reach? Share the project!

Overheard on the Vancouver-Nanimo ferry: "Hey Siri, does Rolls Royce make a diesel engine?"

Proud to be representing @inkskratch.com and my graphic novel ZEROED OUT in a Vancouver co-launch with the delightful doodlin' diarist @jasonturner.bsky.social

Proud to be representing @inkskratch.com and my graphic novel ZEROED OUT in a Vancouver co-launch with the delightful doodlin' diarist @jasonturner.bsky.social

Sneaking away from the game conference to say hi to an old friend, the coliseum inspired Vancouver Public Library. We arrived in town around the same time, May 1995!

I'm happy to announce the launch of 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝑵𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝑱𝒂𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓? - an interactive resource that provides post-jam guidance to game jammers! I worked with @jimmunroe.net at GAIN to create this toolkit, which provides advice for jammers interested in commercial, artistic, or experimental development paths.