I dunno about NNK, Ninkazu, or Slazer specifically, but a bunch of the folks we used to chat with have transitioned, which has made it difficult to find or reach some of them. It's different for everyone, but most go by new handles in addition to their new meat-space names. Out of respect I don't want to dead-name anyone, but I did recently reconnected with our old friend that runs Hadrosoft, and they seem to be doing well.
That said I have been keeping up with a bunch of folks over on Twitter (Madgarden, Mandrake, Dan MacDonald, Truck, etc). Recently though Twitter has been a shit-show, so most of us have found ourselves taking to the Fediverse instead. For professional/reach reasons I'll continue run Twitter accounts, but I'm most active on my Mastodon server:
https://jammer.social/@mike (or @
mike@jammer.social, which isn't an email address lol)
If you're not familiar with Mastodon or the Fediverse, in a nutshell it's like Twitter if Twitter was distributed like email. Anyone can run a server, anyone can talk to or follow anyone on other servers. And because it's all independently operated, you're not constantly being spammed by advertisers. You only see who you follow, and what they share.
The Fediverse isn't limited to just microblogging. Real+proper blogging can also by federated, as can videos, podcasts, and games (something I'm working on). Functionally it's as if RSS was bi-directional.
If folks are looking for an entry-point, I highly recommend signing up at
https://mastodon.gamedev.place. That server is what finally sold me on the idea of a distributed social network. It's mostly filled with game creators, which is nice. It means the local server's public feed is actually worth browsing, with game screenshots and cat photos
. I've also heard good things about
https://mastodon.art for artists. Ideally, pick a server populated with people with a shared interest. Anybody can follow anybody on any server. It's nice.
