Like I *get* it but it's pretty sad that the success of recontextualizing Kratos away from the chud male power fantasy into a character with some depth tied directly to the regret of *being* a chud male power fantasy is now we gotta remake the chud male power fantasy

Current things I reach for the most are still mostly new builds and upgraded stuff: Aloy Artifact Creatures Noctis Thopter/Sword combo Teval Delve Mizzix big spell dumpster

introducing my column about resistance in fiction for @aftermath.site. I’m calling it THE WORK aftermath.site/oscars-revol...

Oh god, not again

We just simply cannot keep making video games like this

So, is Geoffy-boy gonna talk about the layoffs from the game that he shilled and insisted we'd apologize to him over or nah?

“Cut ICE’s budget to restore federal health care funding” is an extremely popular message www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...

"splurging on rotisserie chickens" rotisserie chickens are famously LOSS LEADERS!! they cost LESS to purchase than they cost to produce, used to attract buyers with the promise of picking up precooked dinner along w groceries! you can't "splurge" on something cheaper per pound than raw chicken!

Discord's updated statement seems to be a little confused. The issue isn't that they're going to ID check everyone. It's the ID checking *anyone.*

April 7th! Our release date is SO CLOSE! And since our community is once again concerned about certain Other Wizard Schools being forced into Universes Beyond, I wanted to state very clearly, as a queer author, that Strixhaven is for everyone. We do not board the Bigotry Bus here.

look I get Danganronpa now but that's a red flag bucket hat

Commander Format Update Feb 2026: New Unbans and Thankfully Nothing Else

It's so wild that we live in a world where the response to "teenagers don't like genocide" is politicians pushing "let's stop teenagers from using the internet" so hard that Discord has opted to shoot its own foot off www.theverge.com/tech/875309/...

we may require your government ID, legal name, and full address, but we delete that information as soon as we verify your age! (three weeks pass) hey so our servers got hacked and you guys are not gonna believe what happened to your government IDs, legal names, and full addresses that we deleted

Genuinely sighed in relief writing this one. butwhytho.net/2026/02/comm...

shoutout to @amazingthew.bsky.social for the actual answer to discord adult verification

Glad to be wrong about some of this and right about others. Giving myself a half point for Sundering Titan being in the article.

can we please just make a single multimedia chat app that isn't a fucking tragedy

Discord suffered a data breach just in October where the IDs the already collected were stolen. Even in the best faith (this absolutely is not, by the by) it would be a massive mistake to play along with this nonsense.

OK, so, now's a good time to let Discord know exactly what you feel and where they can cram this change: Email: [email protected] Tickets: support.discord.com/hc/en-us/req...

Forgot to post sooner but calling my shot on the Commander update tomorrow:

you're all watching football, I'm trying to get the sunglasses in Baby Steps we are not the same

That sound you heard was the sign of relief from every high end Commander show running out of notable names to have on

Kids, if you're making a game and want to run it on a steamdeck or switch your text size needs to be bigger no, bigger c'mon coward, bigger! what is this, A GAME FOR ANTS? BIGGER

To any truly devoted control player, fun is a zero-sum game regardless of the deck's colors. I also think it's kind of funny that blue still has this reputation when WoTC has been terrified of printing good counterspells for years and slapping Ward and Hexproof on like. Everything.

Honestly the contrast between how poorly Tycho has aged vs how spectacularly Strong Bad has aged shows that it was never difficult to not be a terrible writer relying on cringe slurs and shit like that. Skill issue, get on the level of The Brothers Chaps

there’s no way a baldurs gate show would be as entertaining as that chris pine d&d movie

you know shit is rough when *hideo kojima* doesn't want to come to *america*

I don't want to read or watch or listen to or play something that its supposed creator couldn't even be fucked to participate in themselves.

I may delete this because it’s a bit spicy but it shouldn’t be lost on us that games being turned into TV is essentially harvesting the stories written by those who don’t have union representation or healthcare with WGA by those that do. Our stories are good enough for TV but the writers aren’t?

Lots of folks saying “this is good” but no, it very much is not. 1) this is the 4th amendment 2) this is a historical norm at worst 3) this is already required 4) again, at worst an historic norm 5) 4A 6) 4A 7) fine 8) good if enforceable 9) useless 10) again, at worst a historical norm

Did the music for this MANSCAPED Super Bowl spot 🏉

okay it's literally $5 right now, go play Paranormasight it's roughly 10-12 hours start to finish, incredibly worth your time, you will be the coolest person in your friend group, etc. www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...

I don't like that they lacked the confidence to avoid the post-Overwatch designs, but a canonical Monster Hunter type game is kind of an interesting expansion for Horizon: youtu.be/JubgL46Xkmk?...

UPDATE: Students at BYU are also protesting Border Patrol’s presence at a job fair on campus at their university tomorrow.

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"it's just Overwatch now"

Oh God this place is so cooked

didn't think we'd be getting into the good whiskey this week, but he's on the good whiskey list

this stuff has really broken me. it's simply astounding that so many people who have been allowed to amass unimaginable wealth are so droolingly stupid, so unmoored from and in fact hostile to any sense of community or social responsibility, and oh by the way they love to constantly rape children

ok this is libbed the fuck out but imma say it anyway: whenever someone tells you that socialism is impossible, remember that ice is just a jobs program for school shooters and the money is never going to run out

Elizabeth is a Columbia Heights fourth-grader who loves volleyball, learning English and giggling in the halls with her friends. She's been held in the Dilley Immigration Processing Center for nearly a month, and she and her mom have both fallen ill. sahanjournal.com/education/co...

of course I had to talk about Shadowheart (and the other Lairs, I GUESS)

People are misreading this lawsuit; this is about Google Assistant ACCIDENTALLY recording you when you ACCIDENTALLY trigger it and retaining those recordings, not always being on.

OH SHIT OH FUCK OH SHIT